Brilliant Covers: Blinded by the Light
Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night ... When a band takes on someone else's song as a cover, it is a risky thing. Usually the author, if they are a singer songwriter, knocked it out of the park, and the rest are pale shadows of the greatness. We think about 90% of the time this is the case. But this comparison isn't one of those. It is one where the cover of the song was so brilliant as far as being a hit, it isn't generally known (except by trivia buffs or true fans) that the band that made the song famous wasn't the one that wrote and performed it first. Our white hot spotlight is highlighting one of these in what we hope to be a regular feature. The classic rock anthem, "Blinded by the Light," was written and first performed by Bruce Springsteen early in his career. The Manfred Mann's Earth Band picked the song up in the mid 1970's and turned it from an interesting if lesser known Bruce Springstee...