He did wind up adding in new commentary about his DUI bust, the deteriorating health of his mother, and returning to the stage after the pandemic. He also dropped “Brilliant Disguise,” “Long Walk Home,” and “Born to Run” in favor of “American Skin ,” “I’ll See You in My Dreams,” and “Fire.”
The latter song was written right after Springsteen saw Elvis Presley at Philadelphia’s Spectrum on May 28th, 1977. This was just three months before Presley died and he was in very rough physical shape. “He looked old,” Springsteen told the crowd at a Rotterdam show in 1981. “And he looked tired.” Presley is the reason that Bruce Springsteen first picked up a guitar. And after seeing his idol in such diminished form, he decided to write him a song that might help revive his struggling career. The result was “Fire,” which he recorded one month later and even sang in an Elvis-like voice to try and coax him into doing it. But before he could even get him the demo, Presley died.
Months later, Springsteen gave the song to neo-rockabilly singer Robert Gordon and even played piano on his recording. This was the first release of the song in any form, but Springsteen wasn’t credited and Gordon was a relative unknown, so it was heard by very few people. That started to change in 1978 when Springsteen started playing the song live with the E Street Band on thetour. Here’s video of them doing it at the Summit in Houston on December 8th, 1978.
It must have been a frustrating situation, but he remedied it in 1980 when “Hungry Heart” hit Number Five. And oncearrived in 1984, he became more famous than the Pointer Sisters, Patti Smith, and Manfred Mann combined. But there were still probably one or two people in the audience at
Still think PointerOfficial is the definitive cover of this great song.
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Brilliant song - best versions go to Pointer Sisters & Robin Williams
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