Bridge and Tunnel Boys : : Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, and the Metropolitan Sound of the American Century / / Jim Cullen.

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...

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Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (290 p.) :; 4 color photographs, 10 B-W photographs, 1 B-W ill
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface: You see? i was right!
  • Author’s note i: gauging success
  • Author’s note ii: historical records
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1 NEW YORK STATE OF MIND
  • 2 HARD TIMES, BOOM YEARS
  • 3 POINTS OF DEPARTURE
  • 4 ARRIVALS
  • 5 THROUGH GLASS, DARKLY
  • 6 RIGHT TIME
  • 7 FAMILY FEUDS
  • 8 HOMING
  • CONCLUSION
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR