564 pages

English language

Published Sept. 27, 2016

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

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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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Review of 'Born to Run' on 'Goodreads'

Obwohl ich vor allem die ältere Musik von Bruce Springsteen liebe, wurde mir der Boss durch seine Autobiografie richtig unsympathisch.

Seine Beziehung mit der E Street Band war wohl davon geprägt, dass jeder Musiker nach seiner Pfeife tanzen sollte und es ja nicht wagen durfte, selbst im Rampenlicht zu stehen.

Außerdem hätte ich von Springsteen weit weniger Patriotismus erwartet. Wie er da manchmal über die USA spricht, ist besonders für deutsche Ohren etwas befremdlich. Typisch amerikanisch eben. Ich dachte, man bekäme das ein oder andere kritische Wort zu hören, aber darauf kann man leider lange warten.

Zudem fand ich alles, was nach seinen großen Erfolgen in den 70ern und frühen 80ern passiert ist, nicht mehr wirklich interessant. Es ist mir einfach völlig egal, welchen Berufen seine Kinder nachgehen. Vor allem weil dann über seinen Prozess, Musik zu schreiben so wenig erzählt wurde.. Ich hätte an seiner Stelle einen anderen Fokus …

Review of 'Born to Run' on 'Storygraph'

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.

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Subjects

  • Rock musicians
  • Músicos de rock
  • Biography
  • Biografía

Places

  • United States
  • Estados Unidos