Bowie Covered Springsteen Then Met Him

Music News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jun 26, 2026 · 1m

David Bowie’s unexpected admiration for Bruce Springsteen led to two rare covers — “Growin’ Up” and “It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City” — but their 1974 meeting was anything but smooth. Springsteen rode a Greyhound to Philly, only to find Bowie an hour late and disheveled. Bowie later admitted he chickened out of playing the song, didn’t love Springsteen’s solo sets, and felt they couldn’t connect — Bowie saw Springsteen as “weird,” Springsteen wondered how to talk to “normal people.” Yet, Bowie’s early love for Springsteen’s songwriting left a quirky, unforgettable mark on music history…