There is no question in anyone’s mind that Bruce Springsteen is a sheer legend. With numerous awards to his name including one for his song ‘Streets of Philadelphia’, we have to admit that German duo Lea Porcelain’s remake of the classic track is quite amazing. Giving it a dark and haunting post-punk feel, the song was originally recorded for friends and family as a Christmas present. That’s a gift that we all are enjoying.

In regards to the cover, Lea Porcelain wrote:

“During the last recording-sessions for the album, we went for weeks on end sleeping through days and working through nights in the Funkhaus. We hardly saw any family during that time and Christmas was fast approaching and we had no presents to give.

We remembered that for some reason we would always blast this song through our stereo at home and it was kind of a homecoming song during our recording period. One day before we drove down to the family for Christmas, we spent a night covering this song and in various versions, this is the version that we came up with that sounds fully like us and we would give this song to everyone of our family and friends to listen to and to thank them for their support, their understanding and their love.”