bruce and alan (απ το www.backstreets.com)<br><br><br><i>"You know, Alan, if Elvis was alive today, he'd be you… you know, Alan, you're 20 years ahead of your time." —Bruce Springsteen on Alan Vega<br><br>Punk rock pioneer, New York's own Alan Vega, part of the groundbreaking duo Suicide, passed Saturday night at the age of 78. The connections between Vega and Bruce Springsteen might seem improbable, but critics saw the similarities between "State Trooper" and Suicide's "Frankie Teardrop" around the release of Nebraska. In 2005, Bruce began performing Vega's "Dream Baby Dream" during the Devils & Dust tour, leading to Springsteen and Vega reconnecting as a result.<br><br>Springsteen and Vega met back in the late '70s, when they were both recording at the Power Station. Bruce was working on The River, and Vega was working on the second Suicide record. They were introduced by Ric Ocasek of the Cars, who was producing Vega. "...I said, 'Bruce, let's go and get a drink,'" Vega told Backstreets in 2005. "And he said, 'No, my manager doesn't want me to,' and I said, 'Come on in the men's room, Bruce,' I had a little bottle of vodka with me... and here we are, two guys in the bathroom, like in high school, smoking cigarettes or something.'" And when asked how he felt about the comparisons between Suicide and Nebraska, Vega said, "Good for him, that he listened to me and managed to make it commercial!"<br><br>When asked what his favorite Springsteen song was, Vega replied: "Dream Baby Dream." On my death bed, that's the last thing I'm going to listen to. I'll play it at my funeral.</i><br><br><br> Dream baby dream<br><br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1nTfDAn2KQ<br><br><br>http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/read-bruce-springsteens-tribute-alan-vega-84482