Songs You Didn't Know Were Covers
Posted Tuesday 04/24/2007 12:00 AM in
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by
Larry Dobrow
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"Jersey Girl" (popularized by Bruce Springsteen; originally performed by Tom Waits): They're not saying "boooooooo"; they're saying "Bruuuuuuuuuuuuce's reinterpretation is an appropriate pairing of artist and sentiment, even though Waits's gravelly yowl better captures the narrator's mix of sincerity and melancholic gloooooooom."