Springsteen's 'Career Lessons'
Bruce became a rock star because he couldn't sit still long enough to be a dentist or mess with the nasty blue-collar work he sings about
Springsteen's 'Career Lessons'
Joseph N. DiStefano
Bruce Springsteen became a multimillionaire rock star because he couldn't sit still long enough to be a dentist or IT salesman and he didn't want to mess with the nasty blue-collar jobs he sings about -- and he was persistent, writes David Remnick in this New Yorker profile. (It's long but my 14-year-old pianist-guitarist-drummer read every word.)
Besides deep-diving Springsteen's Shore roots, early Philly exposure, and the guys like drummer Vini Lopez who he left behind -- and the many he brought along -- Springsteen also shows how to build a successful career outside the old college/professional/tradesman/small-business models -- a lesson for young people in these tough times -- writes Forbes' Deborah L. Jacobs here. [link fixed] Springsteen's "Career Lessons," according to Jacobs: - Build strong alliances - Steve Van Zandt, Max Weinberg and the Clemons have been with him since the 70s
- Stay in shape: The man is 62, yet his stage moves still make women scream happy; avoiding drugs helped
- Resist the weight of the past: Used coping with his bipolar dad as a source of strength
- Do what comes naturally: He couldn't easily copy FM radio songs, so he wrote his own
- Be a lifelong learner: He reads great books and has lately gotten into the Russians. Keeps his mind working
- Don't forget where you came from. Duh.
- Find a refuge. On a rebound he married one of his singers; 20 years later they've raised a family on a big Jersey spread, between frenetic tours.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz— ALJ
Comment removed.- you forgot to add, "Use a loophole and pay much much less in property taxes, less than middle income folks on your multi million dollar estate and 1000's of acres in Jersey by citing it is an "organic" farm." Wow how liberal and for the folks can you be? Him and Bon Jovi.— uandwhosearmy
- You stole my response. I've always disliked the facetious phony hypocrite singing about a life he doesn't lead. How much does he pay people to distress those worn looking jeans he wears? — Bob Calvin
I have 6 tickets on the grass for his labor day show at Citizen's Bank Park... Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce!!!
