Born to Run
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (940 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01BNVRATS |
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| Number of Pages | : | 337 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Intriguing look into the life and mind of The Boss, in his own words! How all his marvelous music came to be." according to Tell It Like It Is. If you have ever actually listened to the lyrics of most Springsteen songs (except maybe Waitin’ on a Sunny Day), you know that Bruce Springsteen is a really deep guy. There was a book published 15 years ago called Songs, which contained all the lyrics of every Springsteen song written to that time. I loved that book. I read it cover to cover, several times. You could read and contemplate all his lyrics. Born to Run helps explain the factors that helped Bruce’s amazing catalog of music come into creation.Bruce’s autobiography, Born to Run, gives his fans tremendous insight into w. "Clear look at Springsteen's ego and devils" according to brainstaples. This book was different than I expected. I read Bob Dylan's Chronicles a couple of years ago, and was struck by the artistic voice of the book. Dylan's voice in the book was beautiful prose. Born to Run is different in that it is more of a stream of consciousness of a series of events starting with his childhood in New Jersey. Along the way we see Bruce's ego in a much clearer, less opaque, light than Dylan's in Chronicles.The best parts of the book far and away were the parts which describe Springsteen's struggles with his father and his struggles with mental health aspects of anxiety and depress. Michael King said Born To Read. Bruce Springsteen is the quintessential American songwriter, an impassioned singer, and a great guitarist. The same sensibility and demanding work ethic that he brought to writing song lyrics is evident in the pages of his autobiography. His recollections of details from his early childhood are remarkable. The tale of his personal life, from the child of a mentally disturbed father, to his first failed marriage, to his second successful marriage and fatherhood, give an insight into the man. The course of his musical career, from the Castiles, to Steel Mill, to the Bruce Springsteen Band, to Bruce
This is a book for workers and dreamers, parents and children, lovers and loners, artists, freaks, or anyone who has ever wanted to be baptized in the holy river of rock and roll. He lives in New Jersey with his family.. He describes growing up Catholic in Freehold, New Jersey, amid the poetry, danger, and darkness that fueled his imagination, leading up to the moment he refers to as "The Big Bang": seeing Elvis Presley's debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. He vividly recounts his relentless drive to become a musician, his early days as a bar-band king in Asbury Park, and the rise of the E Street Band. Like many of his songs ("Thunder Road", "Badlands", "Darkness on the Edge of Town", "The River", "Born in the U.S.A.", "The Rising", and "The Ghost of Tom Joad", to name just a few), Bruce Springsteen's autobiography is written with the lyricism of a singular songwriter and the wisdom of a man who has thought deeply about his experiences. With disarming candor, he also tells for the first time the story of the personal struggles that inspired his best work and shows us why the song "Born to Run" reveals more than we previously realized. In these pages, I've tried to do this." (Bruce Springsteen, from the audio of Born to Run) In 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the Super Bowl's halftime show. Rarely has a performer told his own story with such force and