Photo: Renegades – Born in the U.S.A. with Bruce Springsteen & Barack Obama | By Chris Willman, Yahoo | For close to a half-century, anyone who trusts lyric sheets and official artist websites has been certain of one thing: In Bruce Springsteen’s “Thunder Road,” Mary’s dress waves, and it does not sway. No matter what some people might think they hear him singing, it’s been right there in writing, from the lyrics included with the original 1975 vinyl pressing to those still posted on the artist’s website in July of 2021. “Sways” was not a perfect rhyme with “plays,” but Springsteen has never been obsessed with perfection. Would the guy leaning on Clarence Clemons’ shoulder mislead us, in writing?
That trust in the printed word turns out to have been misplaced. After a two-week national debate that threatened to turn into a civil war, the matter has been settled, not quite by Springsteen himself, but by his longtime manager Jon Landau, who co-produced the “Born to Run” album.
“The word is ‘sways,’” Landau told the New Yorker’s David Remnick, who reached him by email to settle the matter. .
As for how it’s always been printed in the album art — and still is posted, as of this writing, on his Boss/client’s website?
“Any typos in official Bruce material will be corrected,” Landau said.
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Meanwhile, Steven Van Zandt, who could have ridden to the rescue, and who expounds on so many subjects on Twitter, had found one he considered beneath him. In response to queries, the E Street Band guitarist wrote: “Oy vey. Get this Bruce lyric shit outta my feed!”
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Mary could not be reached for comment, on this or not being particularly beautiful.
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https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jon-landau-says-lyrics-bruce-000727376.html