Bridge And Tunnel Boys

Author : Jim Cullen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781978835221
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Bridge and Tunnel Boys written by Jim Cullen and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the surprising parallels between Long Islander Billy Joel and Asbury Park, NJ native Bruce Springsteen, cultural historian Jim Cullen places their music within a longer tradition of the New York metropolitan sound. By recombining classic influences in unique ways, each man created music that appealed to wide audiences in a rapidly changing America.

Author : Jim Cullen
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 197883523X
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Bridge and Tunnel Boys written by Jim Cullen and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2023-10-13 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born four months apart, Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel both released their debut albums in the early 1970s, quickly becoming two of the most successful rock stars of their generation. While their critical receptions have been very different, surprising parallels emerge when we look at the arcs of their careers and the musical influences that have inspired them. Bridge and Tunnel Boys compares the life and work of Long Islander Joel and Asbury Park, New Jersey, native Springsteen, considering how each man forged a distinctive sound that derived from his unique position on the periphery of the Big Apple. Locating their music within a longer tradition of the New York metropolitan sound, dating back to the early 1900s, cultural historian Jim Cullen explores how each man drew from the city’s diverse racial and ethnic influences. His study explains how, despite frequently releasing songs that questioned the American dream, Springsteen and Joel were able to appeal to wide audiences during both the national uncertainty of the 1970s and the triumphalism of the Reagan era. By placing these two New York–area icons in a new context, Bridge and Tunnel Boys allows us to hear their most beloved songs with new appreciation.

Author : Jimmy Guterman
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0786741295
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Runaway American Dream written by Jimmy Guterman and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2008-12-17 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the course of a career now in its fourth decade, Bruce Springsteen has earned one of the most passionate, devoted followings in all rock 'n' roll. He's selling more records and concert tickets in his fifties than he sold in his twenties. Yet to many fans he remains an enigma. How has Springsteen produced such a consistent body of work and retained his currency while other top rock 'n' rollers have gone by the wayside? Jimmy Guterman, an accessible and entertaining music writer, has been writing about Springsteen since the late 1970s. In Runaway American Dream, he delves deep into dramatic and crucial moments from every phase of Springsteen's career, interpreting the songs and incisively commenting on the man and the culture at large to deliver a nuanced portrait of The Boss from the earliest days right up to Springsteen's 2005 album, Devils & Dust.

Author : Jonathan D. Cohen
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 1978805284
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Long Walk Home written by Jonathan D. Cohen and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2019-09-23 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bruce Springsteen might be the quintessential American rock musician but his songs have resonated with fans from all walks of life and from all over the world. This unique collection features reflections from a diverse array of writers who explain what Springsteen means to them and describe how they have been moved, shaped, and challenged by his music. Contributors to Long Walk Home include novelists like Richard Russo, rock critics like Greil Marcus and Gillian Gaar, and other noted Springsteen scholars and fans such as A. O. Scott, Peter Ames Carlin, and Paul Muldoon. They reveal how Springsteen’s albums served as the soundtrack to their lives while also exploring the meaning of his music and the lessons it offers its listeners. The stories in this collection range from the tale of how “Growin’ Up” helped a lonely Indian girl adjust to life in the American South to the saga of a group of young Australians who turned to Born to Run to cope with their country’s 1975 constitutional crisis. These essays examine the big questions at the heart of Springsteen’s music, demonstrating the ways his songs have resonated for millions of listeners for nearly five decades. Commemorating the Boss’s seventieth birthday, Long Walk Home explores Springsteen’s legacy and provides a stirring set of testimonials that illustrate why his music matters.

Author : Gillian G. Gaar
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
ISBN 13 : 076034972X
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Boss written by Gillian G. Gaar and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 2016-07-22 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated biography of one of America's paramount rock stars, featuring a complete discography of his work.

Author : Meredith Ochs
Publisher : Chartwell
ISBN 13 : 0785843752
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Bruce Springsteen written by Meredith Ochs and published by Chartwell. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bruce Springsteen: An Illustrated Biography offers fans an intimate look into the life of this beloved artist, including photos of The Boss, both on stage and off, and 10 removable pieces of memorabilia.

Author : June Skinner Sawyers
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440684197
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Racing in the Street written by June Skinner Sawyers and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-04-06 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than three decades, Bruce Springsteen’s ability to express in words and music the deepest hopes, fears, loves, and sorrows of average Americans has made him a hero to his millions of devoted fans. Racing in the Street is the first comprehensive collection of writings about Springsteen, featuring the most insightful, revealing, famous, and infamous articles, interviews, reviews, and other writings. This nostalgic journey through the career of a rock-’n’-roll legend chronicles every album and each stage of Springsteen’s career. It’s all here—Dave Marsh’s Rolling Stone review of Springsteen’s ten sold-out Bottom Line shows in 1975 in New York City, Jay Cocks’s and Maureen Orth’s dueling Time and Newsweek cover stories, George Will’s gross misinterpretation of Springsteen’s message on his Born in the USA tour, and Will Percy’s 1999 interview for Double Take, plus much, much more.

Author : Jim Cullen
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444351400
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Essaying the Past written by Jim Cullen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of Essaying the Past features a variety of updates and enhancements to further its standing as an indispensible resource to all aspects of researching and writing historical essays. Includes expert advice on writing about history, conducting good research, and learning how to think analytically Includes a new chapter addressing common situations that represent steps in the transition from a rough first draft to a final version Covers important topics such as framing questions, developing a strong introduction and topic sentences, choosing good evidence, and the crucial role of revision Includes an annotated case study that takes the reader through one student’s process of writing an essay, illustrating how strategies in the text can be successfully implemented New edition features updates to cultural references, a newly written preface, and reorganized table of contents

Author : Dave Marsh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Born to Run written by Dave Marsh and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography highlighting the career of the well-known rock musician.

Author : Jim Cullen
Publisher : Permuted Press
ISBN 13 : 1682619923
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Best Class You Never Had written by Jim Cullen and published by Permuted Press. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History teacher Kevin Lee is retiring from Seneca Falls High School, where he has worked for the past forty years. He decides to use the freedom of his pending exit to toss the state curriculum and teach the U.S. survey as the story of the alluring, inspiring, murderous concept we know as the American Dream—which, he understands, his students regard with justified, if instinctive, skepticism. Lee discusses the rise, fall, and legacy of the Dream with these smart, funny, and irreverent eleventh graders, in a narrative peppered with memos, email exchanges, text messages, student journalism, and other documents from beyond the walls of his classroom. The result is the best history class you never had. A chronological history of the United States, this compelling novel also offers a snapshot of American education, written by a veteran teacher who slices through the arid literature of pedagogy to vividly depict the life of the classroom. Finally, it offers a deeply affectionate and patriotic vision of American life—one fully aware of the nation’s limits and failures while honoring the longings so many of us have to believe in our country, even as we harbor deepening doubts about our nation.