Allen Ginsberg, Amiri Baraka, Dorothy Parker, William Carlos Williams . . . New Jersey has produced a number of good poets. But only the Garden State only gave us one bard: Bruce Springsteen. In Lesson 18 of X-Chromosome, our sptlight on the ladies of music, we prove that it takes a woman to be The Boss as we spin two dozen Bruce songs covered by women. Poetry is poetry, rock is rock and Bruce is for the people.
PLAYLIST:
BORN TO RUN: SUZI QUATRO (VERY BEST OF…)
THUNDER ROAD: SARA WATKINS (BORN TO UKE)
BECAUSE THE NIGHT: PATTI SMITH (EASTER)
THE PRICE YOU PAY: EMMYLOU HARRIS (CIMARRON)
HUMAN TOUCH: BONNIE TYLER (HEART STRINGS)
LIGHT OF DAY: JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS (FLASHBACK)
DANCING IN THE DARK: LUCY DACUS (DANCING IN THE DARK)
PINK CADILLAC: NATALIE COLE (1988 BEST OF BY UDISCOVER)
FIRE: POINTER SISTERS (ENERGY)
HUNGRY HEART: DARLENE LOVE (HUNGRY HEART)
COVER ME: THEA GILMORE (SONGS FROM THE GUTTER)
I’M ON FIRE: SOCCER MOMMY (HENRY/I’M ON FIRE SINGLE)
STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA: BETTYE LAVETTE (SONG OF AMERICA)
STOLEN CAR: PARRY GRIFFIN (1000 KISSES)
GLROY DAYS: ANDRA DAY (CARS 3 OS)
FACTORY: LUCINDA WILLIAMS (THE GHOSTS OF HIGHWAY 20)
STATE TROOPER: COWBOY JUNKIES (WHITES OFF EARTH NOW!)
IF I SHOULD FALL BEHIND: FAITH HILL (BREATHE)
SAD EYES: TRISHA YEARWOOD (REAL LIVE WOMEN)
TOUGHER THAN THE REST: EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL (ACOUSTIC)
PROTECTION: DONNA SUMMER (DONNA SUMMER)
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