After posting about Steve Earle's brilliant new track "Satellite Radio" a few days ago, I've just heard Bruce Springsteen's excellent new single "Radio Nowhere" and there are some interesting similarities to the lyrics. "Satellite Radio" is written from the POV of a DJ, a role that Steve Earle played for a few years on XM or Sirius or whatever they're calling themselves since the two corporations merged, and "Radio Nowhere" is from the perspective of a listener, but they both repeat variations on the phrase "is there anybody out there" several times. The Boss's track is more of a straight-ahead rocker while The Hardcore Troubadour's song is more musically inventive, but both tracks have excellent pounding rhythms and would make great driving songs.
Here's the official video for "Radio Nowhere", but I still can't find anything for "Satellite Radio", although Amazon does have a cool in-studio performance/interview clip featuring the song "City Of Immigrants", a terrific duet with his wife Alison Moorer. Yes, Steve Earle's wife is the stunning Alison Moorer. Have you seen what Steve Earle looks like these days? Watch the videoand be baffled. This relationship makes the Billy Joel/Cindy Crawford marriage seem perfectly natural.
Today I went looking to see if I could find a video for Steve Earle's brilliant new song Satellite Radio (no such luck) but I did stumble upon this excellent promo clip for Steve's outstanding 1996 album "I Feel Alright". This clip features bits from several of the album's best songs including the title track, "More Than I Can Do" and the chilling "CCKMP" (Cocaine Cannot Kill My Pain).
This was the first album of entirely new material Steve Earle recorded after being released from prison on drug charges, and you can hear his pent-up energy in every note. I couldn't recommend it more highly.
and be baffled. This relationship makes the Billy Joel/Cindy Crawford marriage seem perfectly natural.
