- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Back Bay Books (Aug 9 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0316039179
- ISBN-13: 978-0316039178
- Product Dimensions: 12.7 x 2.5 x 19 cm
- Shipping Weight: 272 g
- Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,588,911 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
Bruce Springsteen, The Boos, is an authentic American hero. Eric Alterman investigates the man, his music and his audience.
About the Author
Eric Alterman is a columnist for The Nation and NSNBC. He is a contributor to Rolling Stone, Elle, Vanity Fair, The New York Times and The Washington Post.
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Lenny Kaye, the rock archivist and guitarist with the Patti Smith Group, has boiled down the essential myth of rock 'n' roll as follows: "In the either/or mythos of teenagery, you either hang with the quasi-thugs or the bespectacled intellectuals, the jocks or the jokesters. Read the first page
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Lenny Kaye, the rock archivist and guitarist with the Patti Smith Group, has boiled down the essential myth of rock 'n' roll as follows: "In the either/or mythos of teenagery, you either hang with the quasi-thugs or the bespectacled intellectuals, the jocks or the jokesters. Read the first page
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Bruce Springsteen: Art, History and Passion,
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This review is from: It Ain't No Sin To Be Glad You're Alive: The Promise of Bruce Springsteen (Paperback)
Bruce Springsteen's music at times seems no less than magical in its power. Three years ago, I bought the greatest hits collection looking for of all songs, "Dancing In the Dark." But, from the moment that I first heard Born to Run and Thunder Road I realized that I found some sort of lost scrolls.After purchasing album after album and gaining more and more about Springsteen I decided to learn more about my newfound musical hero. "It Ain't No Sin to Be Glad You're Alive" is a literary masterpice that is an excellent compliment to Springsteen's eclectic catalog. The book digs deep into the history of Bruce and illuminates angles heretofor never seen. It is consise, and at times almost feels as though it is a review of each album stapled together. However, the personal stories and Alterman's own powerful feelings on Bruce produce a wonderful tapestry of history, art, and passion. In short, this short book proves just why Bruce makes it "no sin to be glad you're alive."
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Born To Bow,
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This review is from: It Ain't No Sin To Be Glad You're Alive: The Promise of Bruce Springsteen (Paperback)
Eric Alterman and Bruce have one thing in common. They both worship the ground Bruce walks on. Eric, and fans like him, that bow at the altar of Bruce need to get a life. The idea that Bruce or Eric have a "cultural impact" is just nonsense. Bruce is a talented songwriter and performer and it pretty much ends right there. Making him the focal point of ones life will rob you of time. If Bruce has a message in his songs it's about movement in life and growing up so why can't fans just take the advice he offers and let it rest already.
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Stick to the politics,
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This review is from: It Ain't No Sin To Be Glad You're Alive: The Promise of Bruce Springsteen (Paperback)
While Alterman is one of the most creative, and insightful, political authors in the country...this book is basically a fan letter.It is light and easy to read, but Alterman does not know Springsteen and has never really even met him.
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