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Friday Fun Thread for November 8, 2024

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I heard The Band cover of Atlantic City

That song is a fucking epic novel or movie in just a few minutes. And The Band's cover blows Springsteen out of the water. When you listen to Springsteen on his own, it's great and poignant. But side-by-side with that cover, you realize how melodramatic and overwrought a lot of the emotionalism is. Levon Helm's more subdued vocals tease out the desperation and forlorn feeling of the song's protagonist so much better.