Bruce Springsteen - The Stories Behind the Songs: Bruce Springsteen by Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone Journalist

ISBN-13: 9781787395404 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 320 str.

Brian Hiatt

Opis

This book is the first to examine Springsteen's complete studio-recorded output, and offers a unique insight into one of the greatest rock 'n' roll songwriters that the world has ever seen.

A detailed look at each and every one of his tracks, providing a unique look at this rock legend's method, as well as some of the many anecdotes and tales that are prolific in his long music history.

Spis treści

Bruce Springsteen: The Stories Behind the Songs looks at every song that Springsteen performed on his albums, from 1973's Greetings From Asbury Park N.J., to 2020's Letter To You. Each album is discussed and then each song is examined in terms of lyrical meaning, placing in historical context where necessary or relevant.

O autorze

Brian Hiatt is a Senior Writer for Rolling Stone magazine, where he began in 2004 as an Associate Editor. He has written 54 Rolling Stone cover stories so far - the second-highest total for any writer in the magazine's 50-year history. He was previously on staff at Entertainment Weekly and its website, EW.com, as well as at MTV News. He shared the Scripps Howard National Journalism award in 2000 for an investigation of the riots at Woodstock '99. In 2016, he handled the text for the widely acclaimed coffee-table book A Portrait of Bowie, writing the intro and conducting interviews with Bowie's friends and collaborators. He has interviewed Bruce Springsteen five times, including for the artist's most recent Rolling Stone cover story. Like Springsteen, Brian grew up in New Jersey's Monmouth County.