p.s. loved that link michiel!

I checked out that Badlands covers CD from my public library out of curiousity. I didn't like it all that much except for Crooked Finger's cover of "Mansion on a Hill" which is probably my favorite Springsteen cover.

Like you, I found the Johnny Cash cover interesting but it couldn't compare to the original, even though it was written with his style in mind.

There were a couple of covers CDs that came with Uncut magazine last April when he appeared on the cover. I can't say I listen to those much either - I prefer the real thing!

Yeah I have that cd Badlands, along with several other cover cds like :
Bruce Springsteen Tribute : Made in the USA
One Step Up/Two Steps Back : The Songs Of Bruce Springsteen
Hometown : String Quartet Tribute to Springsteen
For You : A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen

Of these, I like One Step Up/ Two Steps back best (nice fast versions of Something In the Night and Don't Look Back, Elliot Murphy's really sensitive Stolen Car, David Bowie doing It's Hard to be a Saint in the City... very nice

If you want to expand your collection even more, think of the cd's of various band members as well (Little Steven, Nils Lofgren, Patti Scialfa (I absolutely love her (Rumble Doll) !), Soozie Tyrell, Clarence Clemons) all have made some cds.

You can also think of Bruce's inspiration, like Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan and last but not least Woody Guthrie (I love that american folk of the 30s :))