Born To Run
- Author: Bruce Springsteen
- Narrator: Bruce Springsteen
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Duration: 18:12:08
Synopsis
FOREWORD
I come from a boardwalk town where almost everything is tinged with a bit of fraud. So am I. By twenty, no race-car-driving rebel, I was a guitar player on the streets of Asbury Park and already a member in good standing amongst those who “lie” in service of the truth . . . artists, with a small “a.” But I held four clean aces. I had youth, almost a decade of hard-core bar band experience, a good group of homegrown musicians who were attuned to my performance style and a story to tell.
This book is both a continuation of that story and a search into its origins. I’ve taken as my parameters the events in my life I believe shaped that story and my performance work. One of the questions I’m asked over and over again by fans on the street is “How do you do it?” In the following pages I will try to shed a little light on how and, more important, why.
Rock ’n’ Roll Survival Kit
DNA, natural ability, study of craft, development of and devotion to an aesthetic philosophy, naked desire for . . . fame? . . . love? . . . admiration? . . . attention? . . . women? . . . sex? . . . and oh, yeah . . . a buck. Then . . . if you want to take it all the way out to the end of the night, a furious fire in the hole that just . . . don’t . . . quit ... burning.
These are some of the elements that will come in handy should you come face-to-face with eighty thousand (or eighty) screaming rock ’n’ roll fans who are waiting for you to do your magic trick. Waiting for you to pull something out of your hat, out of thin air, out of this world, something that before the faithful were gathered here today was just a song-fueled rumor.
I am here to provide proof of life to that ever elusive, never completely believable “us.” That is my magic trick. And like all good magic tricks, it begins with a setup. So . . .
Chapters
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BornToRun 01 Title
Duration: 17s -
BornToRun 02 Dedication
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BornToRun 03 Foreword
Duration: 02min -
BornToRun 04 Book1Ch1
Duration: 09min -
BornToRun 05 Ch2
Duration: 09min -
BornToRun 06 Ch3
Duration: 13min -
BornToRun 07 Ch4
Duration: 12min -
BornToRun 08 Ch5
Duration: 17min -
BornToRun 09 Ch6
Duration: 12min -
BornToRun 10 Ch7
Duration: 13min -
BornToRun 11 Ch8
Duration: 07min -
BornToRun 12 Ch9
Duration: 11min -
BornToRun 13 Ch10
Duration: 06min -
BornToRun 14 Ch11
Duration: 06min -
BornToRun 15 Ch12
Duration: 14min -
BornToRun 16 Ch13
Duration: 45min -
BornToRun 17 Ch14
Duration: 17min -
BornToRun 18 Ch15
Duration: 18min -
BornToRun 19 Ch16
Duration: 22min -
BornToRun 20 Ch17
Duration: 14min