That's the word on the street from the typically reliable sources. None But the Brave etc.
I don't know if this is what I want personally, but I imagine I'll probably really enjoy it. I just hope there's as much if not more regular soul songs as there is alleged Christmas tracks.
He should cover 'You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman' without altering a lyric... it would be worth it for the Fox News meltdown alone...
This has me totally jazzed, he's always been a great soul singer and I freaking love when he deviates off course! This almost sounds like the perfect artistic move to me so I best start SAVIN' UP.
Strange. This seems like a ship that sailed in the early 90's, when The Commitments were big. Australian artist Jimmy Barnes had one of his biggest hit albums at that time also with Soul Deep, a collection of soul covers. So been there, done that for me.
But let's wait and see. If it includes my all time favourite soul style number in Sam Cooke's Bring It On Home To Me, I'm in.
He's a fool if the liner notes don't read "produced by Bruce Springsteen and Steve Van Zandt."
This seems a tad random.
We'll see what comes to pass.
Interesting, soul being my favourite genre and Bruce being my favourite everything, I think I might like this! I'd rather he did something new of course.
Is this necessary? It seems like a late-career kind of move that satisfies a contractual requirement and pleases the artist. A double album seems even frivolous. Does Bruce perform some amazing soul covers? Yes. usually onstage with the E Street Band, so why not a band project? I expect it will be a decent record, but if he chooses to do songs he's made staples of his live shows, those studio tracks can only pale by comparison. Save these recordings for after he's no longer with us and give us the damned Nebraska and USA sets, ten new songs. If he needs to do something different, do something a little more daring, like Western Stars was, not soul covers he's already proven himself to be masterful at.