Coverinfo
Bruce covered the song 4 times (soundcheck included):
1994-07-16 Stone Pony (The), Asbury Park, NJ
Played during The Stone Pony's twentieth anniversary celebration. Bruce, along with Max Weinberg, Patti Scialfa, and Jon Bon Jovi, join Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes.
Played with The Shots. The Shots were a short-lived band led by guitarist Billy Hector. They inherited the role of Stone Pony house band from The Asbury Jukes.
1975-12-12 Post Dome, Greenvale, NY
Songinfo
"
Funky Broadway" is a song written by Arlester "Dyke" Christian. It was originally recorded by his band, Dyke & the Blazers, in 1967, and was made into a hit by Wilson Pickett that same year. The version of
Wilson Picket is most most famous and Bruce, for sure was inspred this one.
Bruce on the artist
Lyrics
Every town I go in
There's a street, uh, huh
Name of the street, uh, huh
Funky funky Broadway
Down on Broadway, huh
There's a nightclub, now, now
Name of the nightclub, now baby
Funky Funky Broadway
Down on Broadway
There's a crowd, now, huh
Name of the crowd, baby
Broadway crowd
Down on Broadway, yeah
There's a dancestep, huh
Name of the dance,
Funky Funky Broadway, hey! huh
Wiggle your legs now, baby
Shake your head, ooh, huh
Do the shing-a-ling now baby, now
Shake, shake, shake now
You don't know, huh, baby, now
You don't know, now woman, owww!
Doin' the funky Broadway, hey!
Lord have mercy
Oh, you got me feelin' alright
Dirty filthy Broadway
Don't I like the Broadway, huh
That Broadway, lookit here
Down on Broadway
There's a woman
Name of the woman, huh
Broadway woman, hey!
Down on Broadway, yeah
There's a man, huh
Name of the man [fade]