“Revved up like a Deuce” is one of the leading candidates for most misheard lyric of all time!

@scottNNJ

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been wondering what the reaction would be if Brad & Lex didn’t have a preference for lyric videos….

@jwthiers

2 жыл бұрын

There is a KZread video where Springsteen explains where the lyrics came from. In it he states something to the effect of this cover they changed the lyrics to reference a certain feminine hygiene product. And since the cover was more popular than his original the listeners have spoken about which version was best. LOL.

@mikepaulus4766

2 жыл бұрын

Wrapped up like a douche 😅

@barrycohen311

2 жыл бұрын

"Wrapped up like a Douche"

@frankdtank7444

2 жыл бұрын

Too true! I grew up thinking it was "wrapped up like a douche" and wondering why the hell they would write that lyric.😕

I hope Lex never loses that beautiful energy and enthusiasm. It's a beautiful thing to witness.

Lex, You're a ray of Sunshine on the darkest day. I love it when you start playing the air drums and your OH! Thanks for making my days a little brighter.

One of those 1970's anthems I used to listen to on my transistor radio I got for Christmas as a kid. It is chocked full of slang from the era. A real classic.

@janef220

2 жыл бұрын

Ha ha I got a transistor radio for Christmas one year. It’s a present a really liked getting. !

This was actually written by Bruce Springsteen and released on his debut album "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J." in 1973.

@grelch

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. And Bruce's version is vastly superior, imo of course.

@thepunadude

2 жыл бұрын

NOT!

@Dzangggg

2 жыл бұрын

@@grelch I agree. Way better

@dewboy910

2 жыл бұрын

@@grelch Hell no. Bruce is not even close to sounding as good as the Manfred Mann's Earth Band's version. Bruce sounds and looks like he has a 2x4 stuck up his rear end when he's singing this song and most of his other songs as well.

@grelch

2 жыл бұрын

@@dewboy910 Disagree. Opinions, eh?

Springsteen may have written it but Manfred Mann made it. An ingenious cover and the only one I love. Thanks for playing it because I totally forgot about it and how much I like it!!!!

@stevemd6488

2 жыл бұрын

A Springsteen song I like

@Mr_Dopey

2 жыл бұрын

I've always like the energy in the Springsteen version. It almost has a punk teenage angst vibe.

@SevenHunnid

2 жыл бұрын

I get paid to smoke weed on my KZread channel lmao😅 The pandemicc showed alot of people you can’t rely on a 9-5 solely on its own💯🙏

@dr.burtgummerfan439

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mr_Dopey I like the Springsteen version better myself. This one sounds like a Muzak version or something.

@dickcnormis1444

2 жыл бұрын

Every song Springsteen and Dylan write that are done by other artists are way better. Springsteen sounds like he’s taking a dump when he sings and Dylan is a nasally yenta.

Really great to see 70's music being appreciated by people today. I think we had the best music in the 70's.

The guitar solo in this song turns my ears to pudding! Starts out slow,ethereal,and gradually builds with intensity! It's definitely in my top 5 favorite guitar solos! Great pick!

@kelleychilton2524

11 күн бұрын

YES 👍👍

One of the greatest, most overlooked guitar solos of the era. Great tone, takes you somewhere different sonically but still within the "vibe" of the track and is, overall, is a master class in solo construction and building tension right up to the refrain of those haunting unison bends at the end followed arguably by the most impactful lyric and vocal...."Mama always told me not to look into the eye's of the sun". Even as a hard rock / metal guitar guy, this one always still makes my greatest solos list

@johntaylor8066

2 жыл бұрын

I love this song so much

@tommack9395

2 жыл бұрын

I would had liked to do a cover of this back in the 70's, in this style but was not like a gigging band could reproduce all the keyboard and synth sounds without deep pockets. btw... you do know this was written and recorded by Bruce Springsteen in '73 but Manfred Mann's version is a lot better imo.

@428chase

2 жыл бұрын

@@tommack9395 yeah because Bruce Springsteen has the worst singing voice of all time

@rodb9275

2 жыл бұрын

Yes that was an awesome guitar solo. And I definitely like this version the most. Personally, I'm not a Bruce fan. "We are the World" is probably the only time I've liked him. Bruce does my most hated song of all time. "Going Down". OMG I HATE THAT SONG. Even I could have written a dumb song like that. It has maybe 10 words. LOL. I'm exaggerating, of course.

@neilpatrickhairless

2 жыл бұрын

The tone on the solo, the bends, the arpeggios, the picking dynamics, the effects... it really is a flamethrower solo

This, for me, was the original, the one that I remember from my early adolescence. I didn't learn until decades later that it was a cover. And then, after hearing the original, I'm grateful to MM, because they took a fairly lazy song to a completely different place. Amazing.

And it's "revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night". LOL

@janoshunyadi2

2 жыл бұрын

I so dislike lyric videos written by people who cannot spell!

Manfred Man also did “ Do Wha Diddy Diddy” and “ The Mighty Quinn”

It makes sense Brad likes this. It was written just based off any word that rhymed, not meaning. It's a Bruce Springsteen song, but I do like this version better. Manfred Mann changed the lyrics slightly. In Bruce's version he says something more logical. If I recall the lyrics off the album jacket, (and they do align with Bruce's interest in cars), the lyric video should have said *'cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night.'* But I saw him twice live, and both times we thought we clearly heard him sing *'Revved up like a deuce coupe for a run out in the night.'* We noticed because we'd struggled singing that lyric in the car, and that version sounded so much more singable. So maybe he switched it because it flowed out of his mouth more smoothly than on the album. It wouldn't be the first time a hit had that happen. A Deuce Coupe is the kind of car Harrison Ford raced against in the classic film '73 American Graffiti. That's why there's the line about 'Some go-kart Mozart was checkin' out the weather chart to see if it was safe outside.' Hot Rods fanatics like clean cars and avoid rain.

@scottNNJ

2 жыл бұрын

Actually I thought the Springsteen lyric is “cut loose like a goose”. But then again, I’m on the minority side of Bruce’s “Mary’s dress waves/sways” interpretation as well.

@haroldrhodes2610

2 жыл бұрын

Harrison Ford was driving the black 55 chevy that rolled at the end of the movie. Had to Google that since I didn't even remember Harrison Ford in AG! My wife is from the central valley, the street scene in that area was EPIC.

@padresteve619

2 жыл бұрын

Deuce would be a ‘32 ford coupe. John Milner drove the deuce coupe in American Graffiti.

@barrycohen311

2 жыл бұрын

@DMB1990 The Original was "Wrapped up like a Douche." They had to change it because radio stations refused to air it.

@timferderer4979

2 жыл бұрын

Perfect. I had to get on the laptop so I could reply when they said they wanted to hear a cover of the song... THIS is a cover of the song

I've heard this song 100 million times. The little kid in me always loves the chopsticks. One of the few licks I can play on the piano. 🤣🤣🤣

This hit #1 in 1977, but Manfred Mann had already had a #1 hit way back in 1964 with "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", and hit the top ten again in 1968 with a cover of Bob Dylan's "Mighty Quinn"

Manfred Mann made their first record in 1963 and the band is still touring. They were huge in the UK in the 1960s and the Earthband also knocked a number of hit albums in the 1970s. Manfred Mannn was also famous for showing Keith Emerson how to play the Moog Synthisiser and lending one to him.

@Isleofskye

2 жыл бұрын

Only Rick Wakeman and Manfred knew how and Rick would not show anyone so he pocketed the £6 Session Fee as he did with "Space Oddity" by David Bowie in 1968. Eventually the studio engineers got it :)

@3okWalker

2 жыл бұрын

Manfred Mann and Manfred Mann's Earth Band are fundamentally different projects.

@pauldover1403

2 жыл бұрын

@@3okWalker I'd have to disagree with you there. Manfred Mann, Chapter 3 and Earth Band were all part of Manfred's developing vision so one evolved from the other.

I can literally see the moment when Brad's brain short circuits on this one trying to grasp at anything as to what this song means.... hilarious.

My Gen-X parents always said that this song takes them back to a time when you actually had to have TALENT to make good music, and that there was room for extreme creativity within the music genre... Listening to this song makes me wonder what happened to the soul of the music nowdays...

Manfred Mann's Earth Band and The Alan Parsons Project just ruled their times. Best prog rock bands ever. Listen to Mann's "No Kwazulu". Mind-blowing.

Lex saying it makes her think of Yes and Rush shows she’s really seeing some of the groupings in classic rock and the intricacies within a broad genre.

For the most part the lyrics are about Bruce Springsten's teenage years playing baseball. "Madman Drummer" is his friend Vini who was a drummer, "Indians in the summer" is the baseball team Bruce played on. "in the dumps with the mumps" is a reference to being sick and depressed because the team was doing poorly. "pumps his way into his hat" was about Bruce not taking his baseball cap off at home. "with a boulder on my shoulder" references to try to make the team not suck but it being an impossible task like Sisyphus pushing the boulder up the hill. "tripped the merry go round" is a baseball term that means the pitcher kept walking batters. "this very unpleasin sneezin and weezin" is about one of the kids having allergies.

@senggarangbangi6948

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the interpretation.

@Seabee_Camper

2 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure "pumps his way into his hat" is not about a baseball hat. Springsteen said as much on VH1 Storytellers. It's a bit more graphic than that.

@thomasolson1154

2 жыл бұрын

@@Seabee_Camper That may be. I am basing my interpretation on a biography I saw of Bruce were they talked about him playing baseball and interviewed his Aunt. She said Bruce never took his hat off, he had a teammate with allergies who really annoyed Bruce, his team was the Indians and Bruce being depressed because he was the best player on a bad team.

@lawdogg5688

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the clarity 😀

@joshhencik1849

Жыл бұрын

JFC that makes way more sense than what I was imagining all these years. XD

Takes me back to my childhood in rural North Texas. We lived in a town with about a thousand people with a little burger joint and this song playing constantly in the jukebox. And I can see it all so clearly some 40+years later. Thanks for this bringing back vivid memories

Just read this on Song Facts Springsteen talked about this song in detail on an episode of VH1 Storytellers.A lot of the references are personal, to include people he knew or had met on the Boardwalks, or had grown up around, or were just direct personal references to himself: "Madman drummers bummers" - Vinnie "Mad dog" Lopez, the first drummer in the E Street Band. "Indians in the summer" - Bruce's little league baseball team as a kid. "In the dumps with the mumps" - being sick with the mumps. "Boulder on my shoulder" - a "chip" on his shoulder. "Some all hot, half-shot, heading for a hot spot, snapping fingers clapping his hands" - Being a "know it all kid growing up, who doesn't really know anything." "Silicone Sister" - Bruce mentions that this is arguably the first mention of breast implants in popular music - a dancer at one of the local strip joints in Asbury Park. He wrote this song in his bedroom, primarily using a rhyming dictionary. Or as Bruce put it, "the rhyming dictionary was on fire."

Before radio stations had heavy rotation of the same 50 songs, we used to call the local radio station and request songs. This was one we always wanted to hear when hanging out doing nothing….

@centuryrox

2 жыл бұрын

Your radio station has a 50 song rotation??! I think mine has about 20! And request lines... It was rare to get anything but a damn busy signal! When it did ring through, I felt like I won the sweepstakes. But then, sometimes the egotistical DJ wouldn't even bother playing my request!! Grrr...

@laurakali6522

2 жыл бұрын

@@centuryrox I remember being excited when they actually answered. We were lucky to have a fairly fan friendly rock station in New Haven. Especially the DJ from 7 to midnight.

@centuryrox

2 жыл бұрын

@@blakerh "And right now, if you're my 12th caller, you win Peter Frampton's hot new album, "Frampton Comes Alive". Call now!"

@davidkillawee6

2 жыл бұрын

@@blakerh I remember calling to request this song.

This is definitely a nostalgia type of song Put you in deep thinking of the past or present time or what’s to come. One of the most underrated rock songs of all time! The beat and switch up of the beat is what really makes it interesting

I probably played this song a THOUSAND times when it first came out. That's where the fun is,,,🤪 🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥😎

Every time, I see Brad face listening to these classic rock songs. He looks like he is thinking, "Shit these guys are all so talented."

One of the guitarists for this band was a guy called Steve Waller and he quite often performed as a guest with a pub band called Hershey and the Twelve Bars. They played regularly at a place in SW London called Ye Olde Leather Bottle back in the early 80s when I was about 20yrs old. When Stevie was on stage the band was transformed into an amazing band. Manfred Man’s Earth Band released some wonderful music too. Sadly Mr Waller is no longer with us.

Manfred Mann took Bruce's song, completely reworked it and made it their own. This is one of the best songs of the 70's. I just can't seem to get tired of it. Such a BRILLIANT piece of production and musicianship. Don't know if you guys have done it yet, but check out the band 10CC and their song "I'm Not In Love".

@sarahjane8146

2 жыл бұрын

YES

@dunhill1

2 жыл бұрын

Ah yes. 10cc. Do you know the original story of how they got that name? Hehehe.

I love Lex for her brains, ears and understanding.

"Blinded by the Light" is a song written and originally recorded by Bruce Springsteen, which first appeared on his 1973 debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. Manfred Mann's Earth Band covered the song in 1976 and had a major hit with it. The lyrics of "Blinded by the Light" revolve around a man who has lost his direction in life and seems to be in need of some spiritual revival. The singer offers him hope for a better future. The song opens with the line: "Madman drummers bummers and Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat." This verse refers to people who are either down and out or looking for something unusual to do as summer is approaching. A teenage diplomat is probably a young person involved in politics who is trying to make his mark on society. The chorus starts: "Blinded by the light, wrapped up like a deuce, another runner in the night." A deuce is street slang for an automobile, which suggests that this particular individual may be living on the streets or at least not have a home at this point in time. The original lyrics to this song were written by Bruce Springsteen. He titled it, "Blinded by the Light," but that title was taken by another band, so Manfred Mann renamed it, "Revved Up Like a Deuce." The song uses a lot of car-related terms and images to describe the narrator's girlfriend (or maybe just an idea of his perfect girl). It's deliberately ambiguous whether he's in love with her or she's driving him crazy. The first verse describes her as a "Mona Lisa" - an image of perfection. She "tucks the tail of her sister's blouse" like she doesn't care about anyone else and is free from the pressures of society. She "got skirts that cling to the thigh" - maybe too clingy - which shows that she likes to be noticed. And the narrator is pretty sure she knows how to use it: "She comes out in leopard skin tights." He may or may not want to be with her, but he does want "to be her back doorman." This is a sexual/drug reference; if you're someone's back doorman, you're their dealer (or maybe secret lover)

Manfred Mann's band actually does this live. They performed this song on Midnight Special and you can watch it. It is really good!

The "Wrapped up like a douche" song!

@BlackHatCinephile

2 жыл бұрын

Even CC says so! 😆

@cindiherriott3259

2 жыл бұрын

You said what I wouldn’t say… but hey, that’s how we sang it!

I know a lady, who is a You Tube drummer, did a cover of this song, she did the full version song, showing all the drum work in this song. She goes by sina- drums on KZread, she was the drummer for a band in Germany, the band she was in, was the opening act for Manfred Mann and Glen Hughes, she got to meet all of the after the show, they joined her and her band, she said they were all really down to earth and great people.

1975 #1 song of the year on 630 CHED Edmonton's AM radio, it's still as magical now as it was the first time I heard it.

One of the best songs of the decade.

Just like this song, I prefer Manfred Mann's version of Spirits in the Night by Bruce Springsteen. They also did a good cover of Bob Dylan's Mighty Quinn.

@boki1693

2 жыл бұрын

They also did Bruce's "I came for you."

@cesarnarro6013

2 жыл бұрын

I had forgotten all about their version of " Spirits in the Night "

@phillipharrison2836

2 жыл бұрын

They did covers of many Dylan songs, 'With God on our side', 'If you gotta go, go now' and 'Just like a woman' also come to mind

@billiondollarbaby3276

2 жыл бұрын

@@boki1693 FOR YOU

@davidcupples278

Жыл бұрын

geez didn't know they did tat one, one of my fave BS's songs for true

You listened to the FULL version!!! Congratulations!!! You just experienced one of the greatest creations of the 70's. It hit #1 in 1977. The radio edit is horrible! I'm glad you heard the full version.

Good memories of sitting in my car, smoking it out alone during dusk to this song.

This makes me want to hear “Dream Weaver” by Gary Wright. Also, too bad you had the lyrics the first time on this song…you could have misheard the lyrics like the rest of us😂

@heathcornbeef

2 жыл бұрын

A few years ago me and my friend were painting Chris Thompson town house here in Auckland Aotearoa new zealand and my friend started to ask Chris about THAT LINE bin didn't get to finish the question Chris knew what was going to come out of bin's mouth and answered much to bin's confusion how did you know i was going to ask you that?...... Probably the most asked question in the history of music

@keithosmond5730

2 жыл бұрын

I was going to mention Dream Waever as well. The two have always been connected in my head. Same era; somewhat similar sound.

@biggredd2092

2 жыл бұрын

Like "his anus curly wurly" 😂😂😂

@heathcornbeef

2 жыл бұрын

@@biggredd2092 Hershey Log💩

@trsidn

2 жыл бұрын

lol

Great reaction guys. Love Lex's excitement, especially when they started playing chopsticks on the keyboards. Brad just looks so intense and always so supportive of Lex. "Just listen to this verse then you can go back to your thing" you guys are so adorable. Wish I had grandchildren but since I don't I will just have to adopt you two for my own. Thank you so much you guys make smile and never fail to give me my daily dose of happiness. Love you both.

They actually still play live, another setup but Manfred Mann is actually giving another tour in 2024 at 83 years of age, f*cking legend!

This is what Rock and Roll does. It takes a little blues and then shoots out in a thousand different directions. It literally took every band in the 60's and 70's to define Rock and Roll. You should listen to the next song on the album... Singing the Dolphin Through. It's even better.

No matter what the lyrics say, it will always be "wrapped up like a 'douche'" to me

@26shedan

2 жыл бұрын

lol, me too. I was hoping this wasn't a lyric video to see what Brad thought but of course-Brad cannot deal with a video that he cannot see and analyze the lyrics to.

@williamh4172

2 жыл бұрын

Right? That's what we thought!

@PurebloodedPatriot

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao!

@thomasflynn5366

2 жыл бұрын

He definitely says douche. There is a clip of Springsteen saying "if I knew I just had to change that one word to make it a hit I would have done it" and he laughs. But the song as a whole is awesome.

@eddiemckenna9414

2 жыл бұрын

To everyone. Lol

Manfred Manns Earthband is still going on tour, sometimes even for free. So is the singer, Chris Thompson. One of the best live-gigs, I believe ...

@johnnosiennek7066

2 жыл бұрын

Chris Slade (drums) was seen with AC/DC when they recorded Thunderstruck in the studio promo video .Colin Pattenden (bass) had a recording/rehearsal studio in the Shepperton Studio complex. Peter Cox (vocals) joined up with Richard Drummie and later became the band Go West.

Their first hits in England were very different. Late '63, must've been, they debuted with '5-4-3-2-1', an unapologetically simple car-themed lyric and propulsive track that just moved the playlist along nicely; the follow up was 'Doo Wah Diddy', a straight from the blues/R&B playbook bit of lovelorn fun and games that was even more irresistible to young audiences at the time. Both were helped along by original singer Paul Jones' strong, bluesy vocals and pop-idol presence. The "proggy" evolution came later.

This song is a cover. The original was written and performed by Bruce Springsteen. It was released on his album "Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ" very early in his career in '73 about three years before this was released. It was more of a straight forward rock song while this version has a lot of 70's disco elements in it. I remember the first time I heard this in '76 or so. I actually heard this version long before I heard Springsteen's version as this was a huge hit and I don't think I have ever heard Bruce's version except from the album, never on radio.

Bruce wrote a song with Patti Smith called "Because the Night" worth checking out. Her best work, imo, was on her album Horses featuring the song "Gloria".

@wonderbread4725

2 жыл бұрын

Omg haven’t thought of that song in years. Heading to it after this !

@EchoRider515

2 жыл бұрын

@@wonderbread4725 same! 😉

@urbangrouse

2 жыл бұрын

"Because the Night" was on Patti's album "Easter". Side one of that album is a fantastic trip!

@laudanum669

2 жыл бұрын

"Because the Night" is a great song and was quite a departure from Patti's style and sound.

You 2 made my day doing this song!! It's a 70's Classic!!

Saw them in concert in late 70's, and they did replicate this song, but they had an orchestra behind them, so there is that part. Saw them at the Minnesota Opera House

This song is just the sound of my childhood. This one was easily one of my favourite songs as a child. The vibe was PERFECT. It always reminds me of returning home from Nova Scotia in the summer and watching the trees fly past and pretending its somehow a music video for this track.

This song was coming up the charts when I was ten years old. I bought the 45 record of it.

That's Bruce Springsteen spittin' on the paper. Very few lyricists like him- besides Dylan. He wrote this around '72, which gives you an idea how ahead of his time he was. Manfred covered this in '77, which makes Lex' comment ironic that she would like to see someone cover it.

@HeavyTopspin

2 жыл бұрын

All credit to the Boss for writing the song... but his version is almost unlistenable once you're used to the production values of this one.

@bellodrade

2 жыл бұрын

@@HeavyTopspin I hear ya.' Cover is definitely better. It's like what Hendrix did with Dylan. The Boss would probably agree just like Dylan said one time that Jimi made 'Watchtower,' and 'Rolling Sone' his own.

@chopa2less

2 жыл бұрын

@@HeavyTopspin Nah. I'd say the production is over the top on this. A terrible cover.

@goldenageofdinosaurs7192

2 жыл бұрын

@@chopa2less I don’t know that I’d go to ‘terrible,’ but I certainly prefer Springsteen’s original.

Ive been waiting for this reaction. The lyrics are gonna drive Brad silly

Had a friend who passed away in 2019….this was his favorite jam RIP Terry…

Ahh yes. The kids and I have always called this the the Summer’s Eve song

"Wrapped up like a douch"... my friends & I had all thought THAT was what this song was saying during that whole "wapped up like a duce" line... LoL. Let me say that it definitely confused the hell out of us for a good while; until someone finally got ahold of something with the actual lyrics written on it and then we finally learned better what it was they were actually singing about and we corrected that particular little lyrical misunderstanding

I love Chris Thompson's vocals on this and the work he did on Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds album

This band is one of those come and go bands--they'd have a hit, disappear (more or less) for years, then re-appear again. One of their first singles was "Do Wah Diddy" in 1964. Blinded By The Light was released in 1977, with only a couple of hits in between, the most popular being "The Mighty Quinn" in 1968. Each of them unique, and most well appropriated covers.

"Classical tie-in" with Chopsticks. I guess it's a classic! Makes for a nice rhythmic counterpoint in this song.

Another favorite band since, forever.

This is a great song. This band is such a good band. I think you'll like them. Full of innuendo.

A little fun fact currently there is a show called the Wonder Years on TV.. It's a reboot from a show from the 80's with the same name. On the 80's version the Daughter actress Olivia Dabo is the Daughter of vocalist Mike Dabo from this band.

I forgot about that guitar solo . And this is why the 70s had some fantastic music

How do I translate the friggin’ coolness of this song reaction with Lex’s super chill coolness and Brad enjoying the experience in a KISS shirt! My man…love this. You two are a coupe of my absolute fave reactors 🙏🏽❤️

They did this live on The Midnight Special...it's off the chain. This is actually a Bruce Springsteen cover.

@ronparsons8786

2 жыл бұрын

Love the live version

@michaelakkerman407

2 жыл бұрын

@@ronparsons8786 yea, the drummer goes off...

@mattpfarr5992

2 жыл бұрын

Epic guitar solo also

Almost 50 years old and does it take me back. A friend had a demo copy of the album and we played it over and over again.

I saw singer Chris Thomson in the 80s playing in a London pub along with the ex drummer of Camel Andy Ward, what a great voice that guy had.

This was my sisters favorite song!! She wore it out!!! Hahaha ❤️Tennessee

@jerickson725

2 жыл бұрын

It was my sister's favorite song too. I remember her buying this 45 the same time I purchased the 45 of Undercover Angel by Alan O'Day. We totally wore them out 😁!

Thank you for doing this song. It's a great song. So much going on in it. It's always been one of my favorites.

This reminds me of how Lex is OBSESSED with sound and rhythm and patterns and yet ZERO FOCUS on any lyrics, unless the song is simple. BANANAS 😂

This was the lead track from "Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ", the first album by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band. It was songs like this that led critics to dub Springsteen "The New Dylan" because, while it *sounds* almost like a stream of consciousness performance, there is a story there, as there is in most Springsteen tunes. The Manfred Mann version mixes up the order of the lyrics and leaves a few to be sung as a counterpoint to the main lyric line toward the end, but it all there. Manfred Mann's Earth Band had a few hits in the sixties including a cover of Bob Dylan's "Quinn The Eskimo", but this is perhaps the band's biggest single hit. It was on the radio all the time for what felt like the entire year.

Manfred Mann does this live on the Midnight Special. Pretty cool.

@v.j.3029

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that's one of the most amazing live performances I've ever seen.

The album this comes from is a weird prob masterpiece . The roaring silence def worth a full listen

@Pavium

2 жыл бұрын

Waiter, There's a Yawn in my Ear....What?

The fella had the same knack for rimes and lines as Bob Dylan. It was 1976 white rap. And it was beautiful.

This brings me right back to me being 14 in the hot UK summer of 76... love this song, and even know all the words...

That's alliteration at work in this song - a string of words all starting withe same letter. You'd like their other hit cover of Springsteen - 'Spirits In The Night'.

@fordp69

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Bruce was a better writer than performer, IMHO. Manfred Mann helped Bruce by making this a hit.

@jonm7888

2 жыл бұрын

@@fordp69 you ever been to a Springsteen concert?

@ari048

2 жыл бұрын

@@jonm7888 I guess he ment that Springsteen did not have a US nr 1on his own . But MMEB took this one to right to the top of US charts .

@fordp69

2 жыл бұрын

@@jonm7888 No, I have not, no desire. However, I will say that I used the wrong term. Performer has connotations I did not intend, Singer/musician might have been more appropriate. Remember, this is just MHO, and your mileage may vary.

Manfred Mann had a string of hits in the sixties. During the seventies he used the name Manfred Mann's Earth Band and released a few great albums, but had less success in the hit charts. This song was originally written and recorded by Bruce Springsteen on his debut album. Three of MMEB's biggest hits in the seventies were covers. The other two being "Spirits in the Night" (also by Springsteen) and "The Mighty Quinn" (Bob Dylan). The latter had already been a hit single back in 1968.

@5309backbeat

2 жыл бұрын

"Spirits In The Night"

Takes me back to the 70s and top 40 radio…..life was simpler

Manfred Mann and Rush were on tour with each other back in the mid 70s . Another progressive band .

I thought this would be a good one for Brad to puzzle out the lyrics. Chill music for Lex, too. 👍 "She Blinded Me With Science" by Thomas Dolby deserves a spin. 😄

@NoCanDu

2 жыл бұрын

Not sure if “Science” would be quite as fun with a lyric video! 🥲

Hey I just noticed something when it started I wonder if Supertramp was influenced by this band because they're keyboard sounds so much like this Group which was much earlier than Supertramp

@neillenet291

2 жыл бұрын

Just an fyi Supertramps first album came out 6 years before this song.

@babaoriley1

2 жыл бұрын

I noticed after the "chopstix" break down it sounds like "I'm not in love" by 10cc with the airy vocals.

Oh and they are still performing that song live in 2022. Very very good live Band btw

Definitely can REPLICATE! Live on Midnight Special!!! Kicks ass!!!

Lex, a tobacco voice ? You have me laughing here, I love the way you get into a song, with those guitar solos you really feel it, and bopping on the sofa. Check out Edgar winters group " Frankenstein " Lex you will love it. Both of you keep on Rockin

@Impalaman1968

2 жыл бұрын

Gotta be the live performance though.......just hearing it ain't enough!

@TanisHalf-Elven

2 жыл бұрын

My band Frankenstein okays a song we like to call Bride of Edgar Winter

Iron Maiden Powerslave

I absolutly loved watching and hearing your reactions! I've listened to this song a THOUSAND times and can not imagine some other band covering it. This thing is some sort of wierd study in words and rymes and melodies. Great reaction.

Soundtrack of my childhood. Brings back so many memories.

Another great Manfred Mann song you should react to is "For You". The music and lyrics are great! Brad would love it!

@michaelkorsten1066

2 жыл бұрын

Also written by Springsteen.

@cazgerald9471

2 жыл бұрын

they covered three songs off Springsteen's first album

great tune. There is a live version by them from the Midnight special check it out its awesome.

@mattpfarr5992

2 жыл бұрын

Epic guitar solo on that version

Chris Thompson on lead vocals, Manfred himself comes in at the end on counterpoint.

Watch them play it live on the midnight special version, it truly is a beautiful thing to behold.

Manfred Mann did a great album in the 80s too that showcased their South African roots.

Lex Is A Genius. To compare this to Yes is right on. With no experience of the music or formal training it’s really exceptional that she can have such insightful and relevant reactions.

Think of us in the 65-80 year old group... we went from Doowop to this in just a couple years!

I'm glad you listened to the full version and not the one they cut to pieces for the radio.

It’s a crazy song, for sure.

Bruce Springsteens only song to chart #1

@Nazman06

2 жыл бұрын

fuq springsteen

@marckusel5602

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nazman06 Thanks for taking the time to respond lol

One of my favourite songs.

Love how Lex lost it on the chopsticks part 💕 😂