Born to Run

564 pages

English language

Published Sept. 27, 2016

ISBN:: 978-1-101-97446-9
OCLC Number:: 945647265

(11 reviews)

Over the past seven years, Bruce Springsteen has privately devoted himself to writing the story of his life, bringing to these pages the same honesty, humor, and originality found in his songs. 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. 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.

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DaveNash3 reviewed Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen

Review of 'Born to Run' on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

The Boss' biography from birth to almost now in his own words.
I would have like more depth about his prime career and less about growing up, but there is only so much space to cover. Some sections he writes well - when he's describing a desert scene or working on a specific song and other times he's filling in the basic David Copperfield stuff.
I have a deeper appreciation for his work and dusted off his great albums - Born in the USA, The Rising, Born to Run as well as Nebraska and The Ghost of Tom Joad. He's even better live.