Springsteen, Bruce - Just Like Fire Would Lyrics

God. Springsteen isn't The Saints.

A great song totally butchered.

Blackheathenly well that’s certainly not an opinion shared by the song’s writer Chris Bailey—you could read a few interviews he gave shortly before his untimely death.

I suppose you either like the sound of the E Street Band or you don’t, but I just think there’s so much to love in both versions.

Hell, I might well agree with you that the original is better, but to call this “butchered” without any elaboration—when it’s clearly anything but—seems a little silly.

But we agree on the single most important point: this is a _great_ song.

The Saints. Not so much “ahead of the times” but just truly “shit hot”!!!

This version is nowhere near as good as the original ... The Saints Forever!

❤❤👏👐💛💛🎶🎸🎶BRUCE BOSS YOU HAVE TO INVITE ME ONE TIME TO THE CHORUS^^✌❤🎶🎧WITH PATTI ✌👐❤💛

Had a walk today
Fuck it was hot
Saw a sign said firewood for sale
Song x

Just reminded me that's all
Always hearing bruce songs in my head x

The saints were a unique aussie band .the boss shouldnt have covered it. Sorry bruce. Still love ur work

Springsteen plays this song like a cover band .. Saints were before their time

Spettacolare
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Fantastica....

The Boss 🎸 Love 💘🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼💕💕💕

Good the Saints

Great cover of a great song by The Saints.

I like this music.

I Like

Inala!!!

I like

The Boss!

🇦🇺 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 🇺🇸

Awesome. They all look like they are enjoying playing this gem.

Sadly, Bruce himself doesn't even write songs with hooks like this anymore. Ever since The Rising came out, Bruce changed. I'm sure losing Danny and Clarence, and then dealing with his Depression have taken a huge toll on his Art. Still love him as a passionate songwriter, having said all of that, though.

A great

The Saints, from Australia.

Thanx Boss ! From France !

wood? firewood?

Powerful band

no one can hit that high C chord on vocals, Chris Bailey had a great technique, that album was really Chris Bailey saying something more than he could confined in the Saints image,pure urban poetry ,credit to Chris Bailey

Gosto da música e do BOSS.

Loved The Saints but it's AWESOME that this great song got new life

Not a bad cover of a great Aussie band. The Saints.
Not as gritty as the original.
Saints were classed as to punk for punk. Later songs were closer to folk rock.

best ever aussie band the saints

Well done cover

just his sound

yea a gr8 saints cover, i love the saints, chris bailey and ed kuepper the real saints, plus St kilda Saints and New Orleans saints, go SAINTS!

Aint no saints bud

Great cover of a classic.

111 jerks didn't like the video.

Great Cover to a Great Song

The Saints, Ed Keupper...Aussie legends.

Perfect to hear meanwhile i'm working in my illustrations!! ... just the perfection that Bruce can make!! pure authentic music!!!

SAINTS!

original is best no disrespect to Bruce Springsteen is intended !

Bailey sings smoked my last pack of foreign cigarettes but Springsteen sings smoked my last cigarette, chris bailey had a knack for fitting whatever he wanted into a phrase also I think there's a verse missing lyrically one of the best. It's a bit weird, I give it a thumbs up but with broken thumb

job Rothberg .. No verse missing, everything the same pretty much apart from the one line change as you mentioned

The Boss. The great song by The Saints.

Not a bad version, hopefully Chris Bailey from The Saints will get well deserved income from the sales of this......

Richard Albert Henderson hopefully yes, I agree. But when the Boss covers one of your songs... well, naturally, that's a career highlight.

Excelente canção de Bruce..

Who gives a flying fiddlers fark about Patties hair... its a great son

Quien es el autor de esta musica...?

Hate the way Patti has her hair on this video, doesn't suit her at all.

This must be the best song Bruce has covered that he didn't write..great tune.

I think Patti looks great here.

Naaa...she looks too severe with her hair pulled back.
Looks better long and flowing.
Just my taste I guess, I would never go for a woman with short hair.

A nod to Aussie rockers The Saints

As soon as I saw Morello , I turned this off .

LOL !
Well behaved ! Ha ha , I like that ...A well behaved Morello . OK , good point . Still like the stripped down band better though .

fire always wins

Who were the Saints?

a Brisband band

A Brisbane band that released a punk single before the Sex Pistols and The Damned, but a little after The Ramones' first album. Original line-up split in London and singer Chris Bailey continued the name (like Chrissie Hynde of Pretenders) and eventually turned the punk identity into a more heartland singer-songwriter thing. The Boss also did a version of Suicide's 'Dream Baby Dream', which proves he was born with his ear to the ground.

This is THE BOSS......respect!

Eric Burdon

great by the saints great by bruce springsteen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Way go Bruce

The saints were so great. What a fantastic song.

And, oh! Now we should all remember how fucking cool Springsteen is. This guy don't care about shit; if he likes it, he's gonna cover it. i'd be honored if Bruce Springsteen covered one of my tunes.

No kidding. I'd be thrilled just to meet him. Maybe spend a weekend bar-hopping in Manhattan.

REM played six shows with him in early October, 2004, on the short "Vote For Change" tour, the purpose of which was to help turn out the progressive vote in an effort to defeat George Bush.

They were in awe, and after returning to Athens, GA, where they, and I, live, raved about how modest, gracious and just plain nice he was. Bruce was obviously a much bigger deal than even REM. REM!! But they said he was just a regular guy, not a hint of a prima donna. (Traci Chapman and John Fogarty were also on the bill.) Apparently if you didn't know that Bruce Springsteen has been one of the biggest rock stars in the world for over 40 years, you wouldn't know it from hanging out with him.

I mean REM? Hardly a second rate band (although, of course now disbanded).

(Videos of many of the performances on this tour are available on YouTube.)

couldn't have put it any better, in the immortal words of Meatloaf, " you took the words right out of my mouth "

LR III right on LR!!

What LR III said!

the original far far better

Despite a cast of thousands,& all the right intentions, the original version of nearly 3 decades ago still prevails.

True. I love the original, and my band plays it too. Bruce is paying homage.

I should add that Springsteen’s version is just fine too. I wasn’t being critical. Just so used to the original.

I love both. Great song by Chris Bailey, Springsteen's voice is insanely good.

Chris has such a distinct rich voice. Hard to compete.

Keeps me just smiling :D love this song. And the trumpets/the brass at 2:15. Hail to the Boss.

СПАСИБО ! МЫ ЖИВЫ И ЛЮБИМ !

Yep, my idol singing a mega fucking awesome Aussie song....thankyou bosssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.....THANKYOU SAINTS!!!!

I prefer the original version

As close as u can get to the original

Bella canzone!

Sounds great! Many had never heard it, and sometimes singers are inspired to do the song of another. Would take a heck of a woman to inspire him to sing that, so doubt that was it in this case. Many reasons, but imitation is a great form of flattery. Perhaps he just likes the band and the song. It was as good for me as it was for him. Kiddos Boss.

Muito Bomm Showww

Altro pezzo di BRUCE magnifico anche questo non si deve dire più niente ascoltare e basta mamma perchè e cosi bravo Gio Penna." Just Like Fire Would "

Please adjust the notes here to read: Music: "Just Like Fire Would" by Chris Bailey (The Saints)

+ Phillip Ramm you hit the nail on the head Phillip ) even though this rocks I love the raw sound of the The Saints and Chris Bailey was such a great Aussie character in the 80's loved the band live.

Never had the pleasure but this American has listened to The Saints off 'n' on since 1977...maybe '78.  :)

Amo Bruce Springsteen.....Assisto todos seus vídeos, todos os dias.

Great cover by the Boss. Suits his voice perfectly.

Awesome version!

Hello Uncle!

Not nearly as good as the original.

BEM AVENTURADO SEJA O ROCK 

The best, very good 

 A great compliment to a great band who happened to be light years ahead of their time - the Saints.

Amen to that.

Inala Richlands "I Love so much" as i do the original song,

Remember light years is a measure of distance (the distance light can travel in a year). You're looking for a measure of time, not distance..

When the boss covers you....welcome to the big leagues

The Saints. Not so much “ahead of the times” but just truly “shit hot”!!!

This is a pretty great cover but very faithful to the original which was a hit for the great Australian band The Saints in the 80s. more people should know about them.

Bryan Wendorf
Yes yes.
Love the Saints

yeah i agree

Arguably the first punk band. A lot hinges on what you call "punk", though. Ramones, for example, were called "punk" but were pretty boring. Sex Pistols were anti-establishment but a bit artificial. Saints played the kind of music that was to become known as "punk" but weren't called punk until later, after the Sex Pistols had made it big.

Perfectly said!!

Amen brother.

Bruce really likes "fire", right???

Lol, yep, the way U2 likes "tonight"

Bruce really likes "fire", right???

...sounds a bit like David Bowie...:)

No, it doesn't.

Magnifique

Magnifique

Que. Puedes, decir de más. Grande ??. Nada........!!!!!!

Are Tom and Bruce both playing lead guitar?

During this tour, it was really hard to say who was truly LEAD guitar...Tom shined on songs like "The Ghost of Tom Joad" and a few others but mostly hung in the back and was more or less a compliment to Bruce and Nils's playing (Stevie was gone for a big chunk of the tour when he was filming)"

Tom morrello is in this video!?!? Love hime

Go th boss,keep rocken,till yor end..

love this song

Je suis amoureuse !! love u boss

Covering the "Saints", great move the Boss,.Right on

Hey boss pretty amazing you and the band aint ever sounded better !

This has to be the worst song i have ever heard, absolutely terrible...sounds like he is dying behind the mic

excellent song by the boss

wow great job boss, one of best aussie songs of the 80,s

Please go and find he original Saints song on YouTube. It is so much better than this cover.

Just like fire wood

A fitting tribute and acknowledgement by Bruce singing a song from one of the worlds influential bands from back in the day, The Saints.

The Boss is back !!!

Hasn't ever left...!

Never left

fantastic song . Nearly as good as The Saints version. Well done Bruce.   

The Hucksters.