Bruce Springsteen vs. Steve Earle on Dynamic Range Radio

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.





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