Wednesday, November 16, 2011

ASU Epilogue and Some of Fever Chapter 6

What's Rock 'n' Roll without the mentioning of Woodstock, the Age of Aquarius, and of course Bruce Springsteen? The answer:  there wouldn't be any Rock 'n' Roll in the end of the '60s. Epilogue: "Born In The USA"  gave a summation of the late '60s that included the civil rights which was deeply impacted by the sound of music (no pun intended), girls and boys disobeying their parents by experimenting, Woodstock in 1969, generational conflict between those who were under and over the age of thirty, and the "persistent career" of Bruce Springsteen.
I had found the focus of Jersey rocker, Bruce Springsteen to be eye catching within the epilogue and chapter six of Fever. His songwriting skills translated his songs into stories, which really made his albums into series. His career had been basically singing about his life, from the resentment and anger that was about his father in "Adam Raised a Cain" to the having a giant hit with "Born in the U.S.A," which became an anthem for car commercials  to L&M cigarettes and anything that was considered patriotic. Springsteen's musical career was broken up into three stages of his life which was difficult to separate: his early career had been about escaping from places, and then came limits that were in the way of life, and then late in his career towards the '90s came about running away from the limits that were in the way. 
Although he was known as the next Dylan, he had some inconsistencies when it came to dishing out some projects in the '90s: his self- reliance and misconceptions about his work had taken a toll of a number of things. His marriage for one was not all it had seemed to be especially after "Tunnel of Love" was released in 1987. Who needed a soap opera when all you could do was listen to multiple albums of Springsteen with and without his E Street Band? Maybe Days of Our Lives or some other cheesy soap could have been tied with the appeal of Springsteen's music or otherwise known as his life.

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