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So is Springsteen a whining homophobe, or what?
From our article:

'''The album was supposed to have 12 tracks, but the song "Thunder Road" (written by Bruce Springsteen) was pulled from the album at the last minute due to Springsteen not approving to the lyrical re-writes done by Rowland. The promo CD distributed (to radio/press) prior to the official album did have all twelve tracks.'''

It would be really great if we could get into the lyrical changes, into the why of Springsteen's objection. Kevin's version (as found on YouTube) is hardly a "re-write"; it's mostly faithful (in fact, at first I thought perhaps Springsteen was objecting to an assortment of more-singable synonyms), but near the end, Rowland adds a few lines, perhaps a whole new verse, which seems to indicate he is talking to a young man, not a woman. I think that is the soul of Springsteen's objection; is there any evidence to the contrary?

I think, if Springsteen literally prevented this cover version from official release (when some dozen artists have covered it already), he's got something to answer for: Are you that homophobic, Bruce? Are you that fearful, that you can't allow your song to be re-interpreted as a sexy/romantic thing between two young men? I mean, how lame is THAT?

Does Springsteen have a history of not-so-gay-friendly moves? (I'm more sympathetic to the don't-change-my-lyrics-at-ALL school of thought, perssonally, but I don't think Bruce has a history of that.)

And incidentally, our "Thunder Road" article merely lists Rowland as one of the artists who have covered the song. If this topic is better addressed there, that's well and fine with me.

--Ben Culture (talk) 10:08, 12 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Very late answer (seven years later), but according to Kevin Rowland himself:
 * “That’s another myth, that Springsteen turned my version down,” says Rowland. The truth, he says, is that nobody at Creation bothered to get it to the Boss in time. Now, with Springsteen’s management’s approval, the album can be heard as was originally intended.
 * Source: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jul/21/kevin-rowland-interview-dexys-midnight-runners-covid-19-my-beauty-dress-stockings
 * Heath 128.173.42.61 (talk) 14:26, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

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