Inexplicably, this song has been covered by both Tori Amos and George Michael, though a more recent and mainstream cover is that by Tortoise and Bonnie Prince Billy.
Inexplicably, this song has been covered by both Tori Amos and George Michael, though a more recent and mainstream cover is that by Tortoise and Bonnie Prince Billy. It is referenced in a subsequent song by its artist entitled "The Promise," and it appears as the first track on its original album followed by "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out," an album that ends with "Jungleland." The singer references Roy Orbison "singing for the lonely" before entreating the subject to "show a little faith, there's magic in the night, you ain't a beauty but hey you're alright." Sharing its name with a 1958 movie starring Robert Mitchum as a southern veteran who traffics in moonshine, FTP, name this classic rock hit on the Born to Run album by Bruce Springsteen, about searching for the American dream on the title street.
Inexplicably, this song has been covered by both Tori Amos and George Michael, though a more recent and mainstream cover is that by Tortoise and Bonnie Prince Billy.
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