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Ryan Adams covered Bryan Adams (watch)

Ryan Adams at Bowery Ballroom in September (more by PSquared)
Ryan Adams

Ryan Adams has been having a busy year, with a new record, on-stage collaborations with Bob Mould and Johnny Depp, and he has a tour with four NYC shows on the horizon. He’s also been doing some, uh, choice covers. Following his take on Foreigner’s “I Want To Know What Love Is,” he’s also offered a version of “Run To You” by the similarly named Bryan Adams. On his Bryan Adams history, NME writes:

Ryan has given mixed messages over the years about his feelings towards the Canadian rock star (who, remarkably, also shares his birthday). In a 2008 blog entitled ‘Facts About Me’, he wrote “In my opinion he [Bryan Adams] is not a serious artist. His songs have ‘implied target audience’ written all over them and in fact he is quite embarrassing in general. Also a piss poor photographer.”

At a gig in 2002, as reported by Billboard, the former Whiskeytown frontman refused to play until a fan who screamed a request for Bryan Adams’ ‘Summer of ’69’ left the auditorium. According to Spin, however, he has covered the track since, and in a recent interview with The Globe And Mail, Ryan asserted that the 54-year-old has been a major influence on his career.

He played the song in Santa Barbara, CA on October 1. You can watch a video of the cover below…

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