![]() The only statement we've gotten from Bruce so far is that he wanted to make an album that showcased his singing. And yet, I can't quite make sense out of Only the Strong Survive. In many ways, he's laid a foundation for a project like this over his entire career. Springsteen's clarity here is remarkable. Ain't nobody does it better than them soul artists." I'm doing different things, but in that tradition. The best band leaders of the last ten, 20 years, from what I've listened to, have been your soul band leaders. Because the white guys always tend to be a little too sloppy, too lazy they think it's part of the act to be not together or something. most of your better band leaders have been your soul band leaders. Wilson Pickett, Sam Cooke, Sam and Dave, Eddie Floyd, the MGs, Steve Cropper. ![]() As far back as a 1975 interview ("Local Boys, Trailer Parks, and the Godfather of Soul," printed in Backstreets #57), when asked about his influences, Springsteen said: "All the Stax stuff and Atlantic stuff, I'm very into that. He's also paid homage to soul musicians throughout his career, acknowledging the debt he owes to soul bands. Only the Strong Survive gatefold - photograph by Danny Clinch - art direction & design by Michelle Holme and Meghan Foley Soul has obviously influenced his own songwriting and singing on songs like "Fade Away," "If I Should Fall Behind," "I Wish I Were Blind," and of course "Back in Your Arms," just to name a handful. Wilson Pickett guested in the set at Bruce's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. Back in the early 1970s, he'd pull out Chris Kenner's "Something You Got." He's created medleys of his songs and soul covers that work as thematic centerpieces of his shows, like "The E Street Shuffle/Havin' a Party" (1975), "Two Hearts/It Takes Two" (1999), and "Mary's Place/The Monkey Time/Turn on Your Lovelight" on the Risingtour. megastardom days, Curtis Mayfield's "People Get Ready" in the reunion era, Arthur Conley's "Sweet Soul Music" on the Tunnel tour. No matter when you became a Springsteen fan, you heard soul music in his concerts: the Contours' "Do You Love Me?" in the Born in the U.S.A. Soul music has been a throughline in his career, even back to his mid-'60s band The Castiles. Springsteen's vocals and affection for the music drive his soul covers only so farīruce Springsteen releasing an album of soul covers is no surprise.
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