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Geoffrey Himes - Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA

Av Geoffrey Himes

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Beskrivning
When Bruce Springsteen went back on the road in 1984, he opened every show by shouting out, "one, two, one, two, three, four," followed by the droning synth chords of "Born in the USA". Max Weinberg hit his drums with a two-fisted physicality that cut through the swelling chords. With a rolled-up red kerchief around his head and heavy black boots under his faded jeans, Springsteen looked like the character of the song, and from the very first line ("Born down in a dead man's town") he sang with the throat-scraping desperation of a man with his back against the wall. When he reached the crucial lines, though, the guitars and bass dropped out and Weinberg switched to just the hi-hat. Springsteen's voice grew a bit more private and reluctant as he sang, "Nowhere to run. Nowhere to go". It was as if he weren't sure if this were an admission of defeat or the drawing of a line in the sand. But when the band came crashing back at full strength - building a crescendo that fell apart in the cacophony of Springsteen's and Weinberg's wild soloing, paused and then came together again in the determined, marching riff - it was clear that the singer was ready to make a stand.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2005-11-15
  • Mått: 120 x 160 x 15 mm
  • Vikt: 140 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Serie: 33 1/3
  • Antal sidor: 160
  • Förlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • ISBN: 9780826416612
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Geoffrey Himes has written about music on a weekly basis in the Washington Post since 1977, During that time he has also written about pop music for the Oxford American, Rolling Stone, No Depression, the Chicago Tribune, Country Music Magazine, Sing Out, Request Magazine, and other outlets. He won a 2002 ASCAP/Deems Taylor Award for Music Feature Writing.

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"'A brilliant series of pocket-sized books focussing on a classic album. Each one a work of real love.' NME"

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2 recensioner, genomsnitt 4.5/5

  1. 4/5 Bo F

    Geoffrey Himes, ursprungligen musikkritiker på Washington Post, har här gjort en relevant och mycket läsvärd bok om "Born in the USA". Det är inte den totala boken om plattan - jag föreslår Clinton Heylins "The E Street Shuffle" som komplement (en ännu viktigare bok och intressant på varje sida) - men Himes kommer längre än många i 33 1/3-serien. Intressant inside information, ganska få irrelevanta utvikningar eller tacksamt ännu färre woke-revisionistiska analyser, sätter plattan på kartan både tidsmässigt och i Springsteens karriär.

  2. 5/5 Stefan

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