Bruce Springsteen, Brian Hiatt
Bruce Springsteen, Brian Hiatt
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Bruce Springsteen
The Stories Behind the Songs

Author: Brian Hiatt

Narrator: Jim Seybert

Unabridged: 8 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/29/2020

Synopsis

The legend of Bruce Springsteen may well outlast rock n roll itself. And for all the muscle and magic of his life-shaking concerts with the E Street Band, his legendary status comes down to the songs. He is an acknowledged master of music and lyrics, with decades of hits, from Blinded by the Light and Born to Run to Hungry Heart, Dancing in the Dark, and The Rising.In Bruce Springsteen: The Stories Behind the Songs, longtime Rolling Stone writer Brian Hiatt digs into the writing and recording of these songs and all the others on Springsteens studio albums, from 1973s Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. to 2014s High Hopes (plus all the released outtakes), and offers a unique look at the legendary rockers methods, along with historical context and scores of colorful anecdotes. Hiatt has interviewed Springsteen five times in the past and has conducted numerous new interviews with his collaborators, from longtime producers to the E Street Band, to create an authoritative and lush journey through Springsteens entire songbook and career.

About Brian Hiatt

Brian Hiatt is a senior writer for Rolling Stone magazine and the host of the magazine’s podcast on Sirius XM. He was previously on staff at Entertainment Weekly and its website, EW.com, as well as at MTV News.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kevidently

I've been a Bruce Springsteen fan for over half my life. I got into him during the lull between Human Touch/Lucky Town and The Ghost of Tom Joad. This gave me ample time to scour Springsteen's back catalog, starting with Nebraska, then Tunnel of Love, then everything else, all at once. A lot of that......more

Goodreads review by Michael

There's a million-and-one books out there about Bruce Springsteen (including one by Springsteen himself) so on the one hand, there's precious little ground left to break. On the other, most Springsteen scholarship (including the book written by Springsteen himself) effectively ends after the comebac......more

Goodreads review by Gail

The No. 1 way to appreciate an artist is to immerse yourself in every song he or she has ever written. Over the course of a few months in 2021, that’s exactly what I did thanks to "The Stories Behind the Songs," starting with Bruce Springsteen's Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ (1973) and working my w......more

Goodreads review by J.J.

I’ve read a ton of Springsteen books so I didn’t have high hopes for this. Springsteen’s own autobiography came out a few years ago. Turns out this book was better than I thought. Hiatt doesn’t just analyze lyrics, he gets into the music. This drum beat was like this. They took the opening of this s......more

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