UPDATE (4/1): Can somebody clue me in to why I am suddenly getting hundreds of hits on this post in the comments please?
I am not a big Bruce Springsteen fan, in general. Nebraska, yes; Seeger Sessions was also pretty good, and I cover "Dancing in the Dark" sometimes. Nonetheless, I wouldn't count myself as a fan. The version of "Thunder Road", as he wrote it, is a great example of why. The song is desperate and sad; yet he plays it as a tinkling piano ballad in a major key. This is especially unfortunate, since it's maybe the best lyric in the entire Springsteen oeuvre.
For that reason, I was pleased to hear the Tortoise / Bonnie "Prince" Billy version that was released on The Brave and the Bold a couple years ago. The synth is, arguably, a little over the top, but in general, I think this one gets the feeling right. Tortoise is on tour until July 8, Billy is not, at the moment.
Tortoise and Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Thunder Road
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super random... but the song quote in the title of this post was used in the one tree hill episode this week..
Thank you for helping me figure out where I located the quote from. I'm also not a big Springsteen fan and was pretty sure I didn't know it from the song but I was a big One Tree Hill fan and so I'm guessing that's how I came across the quote. :)
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