Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Down Thunder Road: The Making of Bruce Springsteen by Marc Eliot with the participation of Mike Appel


Springsteen recommends this, in his book.  First 150 pgs of childhood and jersey shore scene were sensational. Then it gets more guarded.  Still good, but all his references to P*ssy (and there are more than a few) are euphemistic.  That seems to have always been the one vice he'll cop to, besides perfectionism and workaholicism and solipsism.

"with the participation of Mike Appel" indeed.  Allegedly setting straight the issue of the monumental lawsuit between Bruce Springsteen and his manager-cum-producer Mike Appel, which prohibited Springsteen from recording for two years in 1976-1978,  Interesting, as are all things Springsteen to me, but the thought of Mike Appel claiming some part of Springsteen's mind-boggling career, even if it's just a fraction, is ridiculous.  Keep your money, Mike, and shut your hole.

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