Band name missing an "L" between "B" and "A".

Love it! 

Nice, but the zydeco thing doesn't quite hit it for me.

Awesome.
 

 Byronape wrote: 

I learned it too, but I was in high school a long time ago.  Back then when we had to take those test by filling in the little circles, we would color them in and make designs.   

Everybody in my hotel room loves this cover...
 

 ThePoose wrote: 
Actually, in my crappy little high school, they did teach this.  Of course, the American HistoryCivics teacher was under constant pressure to only teach to the standardized test that seniors had to pass in order to graduate.  

The fact that this little nugget of history isn't on the test amazes me.
 

hey darcand,

Yeah right. Songs with soul and musicianship suck.

Oh well, you may want to listen to the thud and drone souless crap of these 21st century "rock n roll" bands. 

 BikeCoachDave wrote: 

Ponter Sisters Fire,

What a bore. Contrived. Fake. Worse than the original.

''American'' band??!!  There was only one American in the Band, and four men from Ontario, which for you Americans is a province (kind of like a state without as much ability to thumb its nose at the federal government) in Canada, which trounced war-declaring America in the War of 1812—even chasing the President from his dinner table, eating his dinner, and torching and gutting the White House. Bet they don't teach you that in history class.


dsd wrote: 

I was prepared to hate this version because I love the original so much, but I must confess to liking this rendition.

friggin' awesome!

I like the song, just not this version

Quite possibly the only song remade that exceeds Springsteens own version.

Utterly terrible

Arguably Springsteen's masterpiece covered by arguably the best American band ever (from Canada) —Love this!

Pass.

Is that Garth on accordion?  Nice.

 scraig wrote: 

Please stay in Santa Barbara.

this breaks my heart. i love it.

 jonahboo wrote: 
Yea, it is great! Someone should upload that one, if I ever get a slot again!

 msymmes wrote: 
another good one is Hank Williams III
very dark
starts out fast and goes to a slow down - damn good

 scraig wrote:  Is that a bad thing?

Red neck Jimmy Buffet.

 jbtidwell wrote: 
The song depicts a young couple's romantic escape to the New Jersey city Atlantic City, but also wrestles with the inevitability of death as the man in the relationship intends to take a job in organized crime once arriving in the city. The opening lines of "Atlantic City" refer to mafia violence in nearby Philadelphia, with Springsteen singing: "Well they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night, now they blew up his house too." (The "chicken man" was a mafia boss named Philip Testa, who was killed by a bomb planted at his house in Philadelphia in March 1981.) The song also evokes the widespread uncertainty regarding gambling during its early years in Atlantic City and its promises to resurrect the city. This uncertainty and the man's uncertainty about taking the less-than-savory job are echoed in the lyrics "Everything dies, baby, that's a fact, but maybe everything that dies someday comes back."
    from wikipedia.  I remember this from growing up in Philly area.