Bruce Springsteen’s been touring Australia of late. He’s indulged the locals with covers of some well-known Aussie bands. But this has to be the topper – “Stayin’ Alive” as you’ve never heard it before.
(h/t PowerPop) And from the comments there:
When I first saw the clip a few days before this post, this popped into my head (first read of it via Dave Marsh’s book “The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made”):
“Look at great huge Maurice Gibb, singing like Donald Duck on ‘Stayin’ Alive,’” Roger Daltrey of the Who carped in 1978, then instantly added, “And that’s a great song. Bruce Springsteen could sing that lyric.”
Get The Picture 
Hear, Hear, especially for all the acoustic electrical instruments.
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I like this version also…
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Great music but while watching it I was reminded that the Big Man is no longer with us. Bummed me out for a minute.
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I still don’t get why Bruce put Tom Morello in the E Street Band. He’s a talented dude but it makes absolutely no sense. Every clip I see where he starts shredding some stupid guitar solo straight out of the 80’s, it sounds so out of place. I hate to think what he’s doing live to songs like “Jungleland.”
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For better or for worse, the Boss recently treated the Kiwis to a rendition of “Royal” by local pop singer Lorde
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I stopped paying attention to Springsteen when he made his stage a political platform. Alot of folks, not just me, think he should leave his political opinions on the tour bus and just play his music. He’s the prototypical limousine liberal, spouting his bullshit whilst speeding up his mile-long Rumson, NJ driveway.
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Fortunately you have Ted Nugent to fill the gap there, Jax.
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I’ll see your NUgent (who is nuts) but I don’t think you want to have a comparative analysis conversation about liberalism and celebrities. Nugent is low-hanging fruit (pun intended), but the entertainment ledger is weighted heavy to the left.
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I was merely commenting on your decision to give up the Boss.
If I based my musical likes/dislikes on an entertainer’s politics, I suspect I’d follow a lot less music than I do.
Don’t forget James Brown once endorsed Richard Nixon for President.
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Don’t forget that James listed Senator Strom Thurmond as a hero of the 20th century, and brother Ray endorsed Ronnie for prez. 😉 Doesn’t bother me in the least. I like their music and they are both tremendous talents.
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And he posed with Vince
“Even if Brown wasn’t a card-carrying militant (he made it his business to curry favor with Richard Nixon, something the Black Panthers never considered), his music exuded blackness in its rawest form. That, apparently, was a bit much for that other America.”
http://www.popmatters.com/column/157147-that-which-makes-funk-funky-the-one-the-life-and-music-of-james-brow/
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James Brown – I bet Nixon was like “thanks but no thanks pal”.
I hear R Kelly has offered his support to Hillary.
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Wrong.
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Wow. Even Tricky Dick knew he needed the black vote.
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Nixon would be considered a RINO in today’s Republican Party.
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Goodness. I’m getting old. I didn’t know who R Kelly was… I don’t have any of his stuff. nsfw
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Look up R Kelly’s Ignition Remix. I couldn’t tell you another song of his, but that one is pretty slick and not explicit
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“Chris Christie, Bruce Springsteen: An unrequited love story”
Even The Outlaw Jersey Whale likes Bruce
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/01/chris_christie_bruce_springsteen.html
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Bruce must have found the string section on Milledge Ave. SMOKIN!
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I saw Bruce in his early days at a rock club in the ATL. He was pretty good but not the next Dylan, as he was being billed at the time. His band was great, he had this black dude on the old hammond organ that was as good as I have seen. I saw Ted in Atlanta in a battle of the bands It was okay if you are a head banger, but even then blowing up Mar5shall amps for the hell of it did not appeal to me. I saw Gracie Slick and Dave Crosby on a TV show once and Crosby mentioned hooking up with Springsteen, Gracie said,”Who would play lead guitar?”
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My gosh, he gave Stayin’ Alive an addadicktomy. Love it!
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