Wednesday, 28 Jan 2009
Above, Brian Fallon of one my favorite new bands, The Gaslight Anthem, offers an acoustic take on one of our mutual musical hero’s. Ted Leo pays homage with “Dancing In The Dark” here.
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January 28th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Hands down one of my favorite songs of all time. Tough song to cover on acoustic guitar, but this is not good.
I don’t mind the Gaslight Anthem – slightly contrived, but any band the wears that much Springsteen on their sleeve can’t be TOO bad. Just picked the wrong Bruce song to cover
January 29th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
@ Scott – I feel similar – I want to like GLA more than I do, but the recycling of others lyrics borders on theft, at the very least uncreativity – and even if I wasn’t a huge Springsteen fan, this acoustic “Backstreets” is a massacre.
“The ’59 Sound” has some fist-pumping, bonafide hits – but the video above comes off like a guy doing his first open mic.