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"How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?" is an American folk song originally recorded on December 4, 1929, in New York City. It was written, composed...

(Turpentine & Dandelion Wine)" (Randy Newman) - 1:45 "How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?" (Alfred Reed) - 2:45 "Available Space" (instrumental)...

Wreck of the Virginian" and "How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?", the latter of which has been covered many times, including versions by Bruce...

such as Seeger's "Bring 'Em Home" (cast towards the Iraq War rather than the original Vietnam) and Blind Alfred Reed's "How Can a Poor Man Stand Such...

drastically rearranged and featured multiple outros, a version of which appears on Bruce Springsteen with The Sessions Band: Live in Dublin album, released...

good right now You better get it straight darlin’ Poor man wanna be rich Rich man wanna be king And a king ain't satisfied 'Til he rules everything I wanna...

broadcast of the annual Stand Up for Heroes event, along with another song from the same album, "House of a Thousand Guitars" and the 2007 song "Long Walk...

and I never had heard Springsteen’s version until I went and saw him live in 1977 in Montreal. So Manfred just sang me the song and said this is how it...

was cast in a different arrangement that featured a Clarence Clemons saxophone part; one such rendition was included on the subsequent Live in New York...

celebration, honors 'the Big Man' at Tampa Bay Times Forum". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved February 28, 2014. Remnick, David. "Bruce and Trayvon: American Skin"...

man prior to their meeting. The song begins with Starkweather meeting Fugate: I saw her standin' on her front lawn just a twirlin' her baton Me and her...

album Born in the U.S.A. The song is a seriocomic tale of a man who now ruefully looks back on his so-called "glory days" and those of people he knew...

"Get Tough" / "Pledge of Love" (1985, EMI America) "How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live" (1985, EMI America) "Get Tough" (1986, EMI America)...

Records. All songs written by Scott Kempner, except "How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?" by Alfred Reed Deming, Mark. "Frontier Days". Allmusic...

— such as big hair — usually associated with that stereotype. One writer for The New York Times stated that "the Jersey girl, the one Tom Waits and Bruce...

to make a statement as well, to let your audience know where you stand. Springsteen's choice is brilliant. Singing in the words of a black man who is railing...

inhabits the space established by other early 1960s works, such as Jan and Dean's "Dead Man's Curve" and various other Beach Boys works. Writer Jim Cullen sees...

the song "Fire" after seeing a live gig by Gordon and Link Wray. According to Gordon, "it was a choice between 'Fire' and another new song but [Springsteen]...