Who wrote the original "It's hard to be a saint in the city"?  Was it Bruce Springsteen or David Bowie?
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The song was written by Springsteen as most of his songs are. Bowie was going to cover it, not sure if he did though.
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Born Paul Dickinson on August 7, 1958, in \nWorksop, Nottinghamshire, he adopted the first name Bruce as a youngster for reasons unknown. Shortly after relocating to Sheffield as a teenager, Dickinson became enamored of such '70s heavy metal bands as Deep Purple, and after an attempt at becoming a drummer didn't work out, he began singing in local bands -- Styx (not the renowned American band of the same name), Speed, and Shots. But none of these bands broke out of regional status, something that would change when Dickinson fronted his next band, Samson. \n\n\nThe group, named after guitarist Paul Samson, specialized in heavy metal despite punk being all the rage at the time in their native England (during his tenure with Samson, Dickinson went by the name Bruce Bruce). The band issued a pair of albums with Dickinson, including 1980's Head On and 1981's Shock Tactics, and while the bandmembers were part of the aforementioned NWOBHM movement, they failed to gain the popularity obtained by such fellow acts as Def Leppard, Judas Priest, and Iron Maiden (in fact, their greatest bit of publicity was non-musical -- their drummer, Thunderstick, would wear a black cloth mask that caused some criticism when a British rapist wore a similar-styled disguise). Citing "musical differences," Dickinson left the band in the summer of 1981 shortly after Samson appeared at the summer's Reading Festival. \n\n\nAlmost immediately after his exit from Samson, Iron Maiden's singer Paul Di'Anno left the band despite being in the midst of a meteoritic rise to stardom. A tryout was arranged with Dickinson, who was named Iron Maiden's new vocalist in late 1981. Several months after joining the group, Maiden released The Number of the Beast -- not only one of the best albums of their career, but an undisputed all-time heavy metal classic. With his powerful operatic vocals, the new Dickinson-led Maiden stormed the charts and arenas worldwide for the remainder of the decade -- solidifying their standing with such further acclaimed releases as 1983's Piece of Mind, 1984's Powerslave, 1985's Live After Death, 1986's Somewhere in Time, and 1988's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. \n\n\nDespite Maiden's massive success, rumors always circulated about Dickinson often butting heads with Maiden founder/bassist Steve Harris, and the release of Dickinson's first ever solo album in 1990, Tattooed Millionaire, only intensified the speculation. But Dickinson returned to Maiden shortly thereafter, lending his vocal talents to 1990's No Prayer for the Dying and 1992's Fear of the Dark. While the band remained extremely popular in just about every area of the world, Maiden began losing its footing stateside, and sensing that the band's best days were behind them, Dickinson left the group in 1993 after a farewell tour (several Dickinson-era live albums were issued by Iron Maiden around the same time -- A Real Live One, A Real Dead One, and Live at Donnington 1992). \n\n\nMaiden would soldier on with replacement vocalist Blaze Bayley (formerly of Wolfsbane), while Dickinson resumed his solo career, resulting in 1994's Balls to Picasso, 1995's Alive in Studio A, 1997's Accident of Birth, 1998's The Chemical Wedding, and 1999's Scream for Me Brazil. But like Bayley era Maiden, Dickinson's solo career failed to reach as wide of an audience as '80s Maiden had. Dickinson and Maiden patched up their differences by the late '90s, as he rejoined the group for a successful reunion tour in 1999, and a year later, for the album Brave New World and supporting tour. \n\nWhile Maiden is once again his top priority, Dickinson has also formed a side project, named Trinity, with two of heavy metal's other top vocalists -- Geoff Tate (Queensrےche) and Rob Halford (ex-Judas Priest). In addition to music, Dickinson is an avid fencer, has authored a pair of comedic books (Lord Iffy
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The brief answer is no.  Bruce Springsteen was born in 1949.\n\nHowever, Bruce Springsteen did perform with Roy Orbison, one of his idols, in the 1988 television special 'Roy Orbison & Friends: Black and White Night'
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I think that it is Bruce Springsteen
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David was best by far. He also wrote all their best songs, classic songs like "My Friend Spanner", "Love Is Lovely With You" and "Trickle Down Flower". Unforgettable stuff!
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Came to mind instantly: Trent Reznor & Jim Morrison. David Bowie is up there, too.
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I love that album! It is one of my favorites, I call it a piece of art, too. I absolutely love Bowie.
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David Bowie\n(I know he is not a band but he is my favourite.)
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Glen Matlock. Glen was the original bassist and wrote the songs Pretty Vacant and he wrote the music but not lyrics to Anarchy in the UK and God Save the Queen.
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What is David Bowie's real name?\n\n    David's real name is David Robert Jones.\n\n\n\nWhat date is David Bowie's birthday?\n\n    He was born on Wednesday, 8th January 1947 at 22:59hrs at 40 Stansfield Road, Brixton, London, SW9 9RZ, England.\n\n\n\nHow old is David?\n\n    David is 58 years of age.\n\n\n\nHow tall is David?\n\n    5 foot 10.5 inches (1m 79).\n\n\n\nWhen did David Jones officially change his stage name to David Bowie?\n\n    On September 16th 1965, David Jones officially changed his stage name to 'David Bowie'.\n\n    David said: "Back in 1965, I seriously wanted a name change. The first attempt of several. This one was adopted for about three weeks, I even did a photo session for it apparently. The name? Tom Jones."\n\n    He chose the name 'Bowie' because it was "the ultimate American knife. It is the medium for a conglomerate of statements and illusions."\n\n    The main reason for the change of stage name was because of the emerging fame of Davy Jones on the London theatre stage, who later became the lead singer of The Monkees.\n\n\n\nWho were David's parents?\n\n    David's father was Haywood Stenton Jones (known as 'John'), born at 41 St. Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN1 1TD, on 21st November 1912. (Which is now an Oxfam shop).\n\n    His parents (David's grandparents) were Robert Haywood Jones and Zilla Hannah Jones. Haywood passed away on 5th August 1969 of pneumonia.\n\n    David's mother was Margaret Mary Jones (nee Burns) (known as 'Peggy'), born at 15 Meadow Road, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 0HL, on 2nd October 1913. Margaret passed away on 2nd April 2001 aged 88.\n\n    Her parents (David's grandparents) were James Edwards Burns and Margaret Mary Heaton.\n\n    They first met at the Ritz Cinema in Tunbridge Wells where Peggy worked was a waitress in the restaurant. Haywood worked as a Public Relations Officer for Dr. Barnardo's Childrens' Homes at Stepney Causeway. They married on 12th September 1947 at Brixton Register Office, South London after Haywood's divorce from his first wife Hilda became absolute.\n\n    Haywood's first marriage was to Hilda Louise Sullivan on 19th December 1933.\n\n\n\nWhere did David live with his parents?\n\n    40 Stansfield Road, Brixton, London, SW9 9RZ, England.\n        (8th January 1947 - January 1953).\n\n    106 Canon Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 2SP, England.\n        (January 1953 - February 1954).\n\n    23 Clarence Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 2DD, England.\n        (February 1954 - June 1955).\n\n    4 Plaistow Grove, Bromley, Kent, BR1 3PB, England.\n        (June 1955 - April 1965).\n\n\n\nWhere else has David lived?\n\n    39 Manchester Street, London, W1U 7LJ, England. (June 11th 1967 - August 1968)\n\n    22 Clareville Grove, South Kensington, London, SW7 5AS, England. (August 1968 - January 1969)\n\n    24 Foxgrove Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 5XU, England. (March 1969 - October 1969).\n\n    Haddon Hall, Flat 7, 42 Southend Road, Beckenham, Kent, England. (October 1969 - 1973).\n\n    Oakley Street, Chelsea, London, SW3, England. (1973 - April 1974).\n\n    West 17th Street, New York City, USA. (April 1974).\n\n    North Doheny Drive, Bel Air, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, LA, California, USA.\n\n    ?, Los Angeles.\n\n    155 Hauptstrasse, Schöneberg, West Germany. (October 1976 - February 1978).\n\n    Manhattan, New York City. (1979).\n\n    Clos de Mésanges, Blonay, Vevey, Switzerland. (1976-1992).\n\n    Essex House Hotel Apartment, (9th Floor) 160 Central Park South, New York City, USA. (- until February 2002).\n\n    He currently lives in New York City.\n\n    In late January 2003 David and Iman bought the 64-acre Little Tonche Mountain, Shokan in New York.\n\n\n\nDoes David have any brothers or sisters?\n\n    Two half sisters Annette and Myra Ann and one half brother Terence.\n\n    Annette's was Haywood's first chil
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Bruce is the better singer; but album wise I love the "Killers" lp.\nSong:  Run To The Hills (Studio)/The Trooper (Live)\n\nAlso if you ever get a chance check out "The Iron Maidens" an all female tribute band to Iron Maiden.
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1.  Born to Run         Bruce Springsteen    \nSpringsteen set out to write the greatest rock song ever, and who's to say he didn't succeed? Bombastic, epic, romantic, dense, this song demands attention. A breakthrough for Springsteen also in terms of situating his heroes palpably in the "American Dream". A driving, powerful, sublime classic. \n\n2.  Love Minus Zero (No Limit)      Bob Dylan    \nIn the midst of his word-tripping in 1965, Dylan created this - a modest, serene love song. Still wordy, the opening line is "My love, she speaks like silence." It is a paean to a woman who doesn't exist, who perhaps can't exist. But the timeless, flitting melody wills her into our consciousnesses. \n\n3.  Frederick         Patti Smith    \nLike Dylan's "Sara", a directly biographical love song, blurring the art/reality line. Smith can invest her music with anthemic power, and to do so with a love paean is bold. Almost impossible to listen to without breaking down. "My soul surrenders, astonished to death". Life and death, ultimately, are one. \n\n4.  SOS        Abba    \nAbba redefined pop music as something that can be emotionally rich as well as entertainingly light. Deep in their best songs, there is no kitsch, only beauty and majesty. "SOS" is the sweetest and saddest lost-love song in existence. "Where are those happy days? They seem so hard to find." \n\n5.  I Want to Hold Your Hand      The Beatles    \nThis must have been a revolution in 1963 - the excited, staccato intro, the tantalising build-up, and then Lennon's double-tracked vocals, with handclaps, and the sublimest guitar fill at the end of each line. Even now, this is the sound of pure energy and joy - joy at creating music, joy at simply being alive.
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Alan Jackson...just listen to the songs he writes and the kind of person he is..he'd be awesome...
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"Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton\n  - written after his baby son died by falling off the balcony\n\n\n"The Living Years" by Mike and the Mechanics\n  - written about his father's death\n\n"I Wasn't Prepared" by Eisley\n  - I don't know the history of the song, but it's haunting and extremely sad
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not in the history of rock.the answer would be very simple JOHN BONHAM
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Actually Rain ^^^^^^ sourced this before Smiddy managed to, so the points should go there ... unless of course someone else actually provides some deeper insight.\n\n\n\n"Levon" is a popular 1971 song, recorded by Elton John with music written by him and lyrics written by Bernie Taupin. It was from John's album Madman Across The Water.\n\nAs usual with Taupin, the lyrics are a complex riddle, involving Jesus, Venus, Christmas, The New York Times, Friedrich Nietzsche's joke "God is dead", and the apocryphal Alvin Tostig. The titular character's name derives from The Band drummer Levon Helm. [1]. The track's power derives from John's solid vocals and his piano-based melody married to Paul Buckmaster's dynamic string arrangement.\n\nThe song describes a family living with mental illness. The first line is the first clue to Taupin's riddle. "Levon wears his war wound like a crown" refers to being used as a "pawn" in warfare, and receiving a head injury. His son, irreverently named "Jesus", is growing apart from his father, who seems to fixate on religious and status symbols. The song's refrain, "He shall be Levon" contains a subtle pun which John's phrasing alternately obscures and punctuates: "He shall believe on".\n\n"Levon" has since been remade by several artists, including Bon Jovi and Billy Klippert. It was also taken on by Taylor Hicks on the fifth season of American Idol and was one of the most praised performances of that season.
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Yes we know who you are refering to, GWB. But it was written in the 60's for LBJ. Another POS. you should get The 30th Aniversay Concert Celebration CD, Eddie Vedder sings this song as a tribute, it's awesome. makes you get goosebumps.