Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen is an American musician, singer, songwriter and humanitarian. He was born on September 23, 1949 in New Jersey, USA. His father, Douglas Frederick Springsteen, was of Irish and Dutch ancestry & worked as a bus driver. His mother, Adele Ann, was of Italian ancestry & worked as a legal secretary. He has an older sister named Virginia and a younger sister named Pamela Springsteen. Bruce was raised under the Catholic religion. At this point in his life Bruce has long since given up on the Catholic religion lifestyle , but he has admitted that it had quite an influence on his life and his music. He would later say said: “Much of my music is a result of being completely brainwashed by Catholicism in my formative…

Bruce Springsteen’s 1975 hit song, “Born to Run” is a hopeful anthem for any individual who has felt the desire to escape from the banality of day-to-day life. While the song features a love story between the narrator and a character named “Wendy”, the more overarching message is the longing to leave behind a town that holds few opportunities and take on the unknown in search of a more fulfilling future. In analyzing this song, three major themes can be identified. These can be simply summarized…

Even “Bruce Springsteen”, who’s not a rapper, a fellow rock artist shares a powerful song “American Skin(41 Shots)”, where in the middle of the song where Springsteen states, “41 shots, lena gets her son ready for school she says now on these streets Charles you got to understand the rules promise me if an officer stops you’ll always be polite never ever run away and promise mama you’ll keep your hands in sight”(Line 26-30). which this songs explains the tragic fatal death of “Amadou Diallo”,…

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen was a dramatic poem with lots of depth involved in it. This poem is based on a man and women who fell in love with each other and then it took a drastic turn. This poem represents love in a whole new way. It shows that two people in love can go through anything and still love one another even through death. This poem also shows that love can make you do crazy things. This man showed his undying love for the women and even wanted her to be there when he died. This…

American musician and songwriter Bruce Springsteen is considered to be one of America’s most talented rock artists. Much of his music consists of working class values and American culture. He rose to fame with his 1975 album Born to Run and became an even bigger sensation nine years later with his seventh album, Born in the USA. The album featured seven top 10 hits such including “Dancing in the Dark”, “Glory Days”, and “Born in the USA”. The album would go on to reach up to fifteen times…

To the Harvard Library Committee, A recent discovery of an unpublished Bruce Springsteen poem, “Leaving The Cold,” has caused quite a lot of controversy regarding whether this composition is a true Springsteen piece. I write to inform you all that I am currently in possession of the poem, and I can confirm and support the legitimacy of it. I present to you my analysis of the unpublished Springsteen piece. I am confident this analysis will put to rest all discussion over this poem’s authenticity.…

Getting her start at local clubs around New York in her early adult years, Lana Del Rey began to make a name for herself. Born as Elizabeth Grant, she originally jumped around from many nicknames, such as May Jailer and Sparkle Jump Rope Queen, before settling on Lana Del Rey, which she chose because it reminded her of the coast of Florida. Highly influenced by artists from all genres, like Eminem, Bruce Springsteen, and Nancy Sinatra, Del Rey gains inspiration and incorporates her own sultry,…

These beliefs of the American dream originate in the Declaration of Independence, which states, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Pair this political belief with rock music and it’s plain to see why Shuya revered rock music, especially with the song Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen. How’s that for dramatic irony?…

Senseless Crime in Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska” Through the use of first-person narrative, Bruce Springsteen’s song “Nebraska” recounts the crimes of a murderer leading up to his impending execution. Inspired by the murders of Charles Weather and Caril Anne Fugate (Anonymous), Springsteen positions himself as Charles Weather and his audience as the auditors of the song, allowing them to garner an insight into the perspective of the criminal. The song itself takes on the lyric form of a…

But how can this be true when both are killing? This could be all false as God may not be real which then they are believing in false luck and which means their sins are not washed away and will haunt them. This is shown in Bruce Springsteen’s Dust n Devils and the poem A Giant Has Been Awakened by Joe Pielmeier. I believe the connection is between how both sides of war state that God is on their side and fighting for their cause but how can God fight for both sides when they are fighting each…