Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band cover is, and always had been, far and beyond better than the Springsteen original.
I have always been impressed with their use of perpetual canon (ROUND) in that song.
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band
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Manfred Mann’s Earth Band - Martha's Madman (Ohne Filter, Oct 15th 1999)
Well, mastership...
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Mama always told me not to look
into the eyes of the sun,
But Mama,
That's where the fun is
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Group Stage - Day 4: Group L
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7/6/23
memory lain, hugh / headloss - caravan
back into the future - man
father of day, father of night - manfred mann’s earthband
good day - nektar
parents - budgie
orgone accumulator - hawkwind
street urchin - pink fairies
wheel of fortune - badger
dreams by the sea - john martyn
time captives - arthur brown’s kingdom come
terminal eyes - al stewart
l’auberge du sanglier / a hunting we shall go / pengola / backwards / a hunting we shall go (reprise) - caravan
flying teapot - gong
metamorphosis - curved air
still - pete sinfield
starship trooper (yessongs) - yes
bedside manners are extra - greenslade
ashes are burning - renaissance
(wind of change: progressive sounds of 1973)
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Blinded By The Light ~ Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce
Another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
Madman drummer bummers
Indians in the summer
With a teenage diplomat
In the dumps with the mumps
As the adolescent pumps
His way into his hat
With a boulder on my shoulder
Feeling kinda older
I tripped a merry-go-round
With this very unpleasing
Sneezing and wheezing
The calliope crashed to the ground
The calliope crashed to the ground
But she was blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce
Another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce
Another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce
Another runner in the night
Some silicone sister
With her manager mister
Told me I got what it takes
She said, I'll turn you on sonny to something strong
Play the song with the funky break
And go-kart Mozart
Was checking out the weather chart
To see if it was safe outside
And little Early Pearly
Came by in his curly-wurly
And asked me if I needed a ride
Asked me if I needed a ride
'Cause she was blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce
Another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
She got down but she never got tight
She's gonna make it to the night
She's gonna make it through the night
But mama, that's where the fun is
But mama, that's where the fun is
~ ♫♪♫♪ ~
Mama always told me not to look into the eyes of the sun
But mama, that's where the fun is
Some brimstone baritone
Anticyclone rolling stone
Preacher from the east
Says, "Dethrone the Dictaphone
Hit it in its funny bone
That's where they expect it least."
And some new mown chaperone
Was standing in the corner
Watching the young girls dance
And some fresh-sown moonstone
Was messing with his frozen zone
Reminding him of romance
The calliope crashed to the ground
But she was blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce
Another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce
Another runner in the night
(Madman drummers bummers and Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat
In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat)
Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce
Another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce
Another runner in the night
(With a boulder on my shoulder feelin' kinda older I tripped the merry-go-round
With this very unpleasing sneezing and wheezing the calliope crashed to the ground)
Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce
Another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce
Another runner in the night
(And now Scott with a slingshot finally found a tender spot and throws his lover in the sand
And some bloodshot forget-me-not whispers daddy's within earshot save the buckshot turn up the band.)
Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce
Another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce
Another runner in the night
(Some silicone sister with her manager mister told me I got what it takes
She said I'll turn you on sonny to something strong)
She got down but she never got tired
She's gonna make it through the night
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band - "Stranded" 1980
stay indoors, keep safe
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Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
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Like many, I happened to have heard this (Manfred Mann...) version before the original song (not knowing it was a cover).
And, I do like this version a lot. Particularly the guitar tone/sound at 1:23 (no, can't explain why).
Makes sense as they describe the music of Manfred Mann (originally a South African keyboardist) as 'more famous for his covers'.
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And, it gets fascinating because this cover is so drastically different from the original song by Bruce Springsteen.
Spirit in the Night, 1973. (Completely different feel.)
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Blinded By the Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
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Release: February 24, 1978
Lyrics:
Davy's on the road again
Wearin' different clothes again
Davy's turnin' handouts down
To keep his pockets clean
All his goods are sold again
His word's as good as gold again
Says, if you see Jean now ask her
Please, to pity me
Jean and I we moved along
Since the day down in the hollow
When the mind went driftin' on
And the feet were soon to follow
Davy's on the road again
Wearin' different clothes again
Davy's turnin' handouts down
To keep his pockets clean
Sayin' his goodbyes again
Wheels are in his eyes again
Says, if you see Jean now ask her
Please, to pity me
Downtown in the big town
Gonna set you back on your heels
With a mouthful of memories
And a load of stickers for my windshield
Davy's on the road again (again, again, again, again)
Shut the door, cut the light
Davy won't be home tonight
You can wait 'til the dawn rolls in
You won't see our Davy again
Davy's on the road again (again, again, again, again)
Davy's on the road again
Wearin' different clothes again
Davy's turnin' handouts down
To keep his pockets clean
All his goods are sold again
His word's as good as gold again
Says, if you see Jean now ask her
Please, to pity me
Jean and I we moved along
Since the day down in the hollow
When the mind went driftin' on
And the feet were soon to follow
Songwriter:
Davy's on the road again
Wearin' different clothes again
Davy's turnin' handouts down
To keep his pockets clean
Sayin' his goodbyes again
Robbie Robertson / John S. Simon
SongFacts:
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