Glory Days: Bruce Springsteen (Hardcover)

by Dave Marsh (Author)

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Product Description
How did critically acclaimed rocker Bruce Springsteen achieve icon status in the 1980s? Filled with candid comments from Springsteen, a behind-the-scenes perspective, and perceptive commentary, Glory Days chronicles both Bossmania and the context in which it blossomed. 63 photos. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 478 pages
• Publisher: Pantheon; 1st edition (April 12, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0394546687
• ISBN-13: 978-0394546681
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,893,429 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Embarrassing, February 24, 2000

By A Customer

Although I've valued Dave Marsh's musical taste and criticism over the years, this book is an embarrassing suckup to Bruce. Marsh criticizes Springsteen's fans for resisting elements of Born in the USA and its accompanying hoopla, but never fairly addresses the possibility that they may be correct in assessing the album's failures. Other reviewers are right that in Marsh's mind, Springsteen can do no wrong, both musically and personally. The low point of this book for me was his fawning over not only Dancing in the Dark (one of my most depressing moments as a Springsteen fan was the disappointment I felt when the long awaited new single turned out to be this synth-driven throwaway), but the dance remixes of the Born in the USA singles. Yuck! Even more frustrating is the fact that Marsh never questions the judgment of Jon Landau as he pushes the reluctant Springsteen towards superstardom. It was clear to me the compromises Bruce made to gain such popularity.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars An awful book., January 20, 1999

By A Customer

This is one of the worst books written on a rock subject because Marsh completely fawns over this guy. Springsteen, in Marsh's eyes, can do no wrong. To Marsh, every record he put out is brilliant, every quote Springsteen says should be taken as gospel. You get some insight into his recording process, but the way Marsh absolutley loves this guy makes reading this book very difficult. I can understand liking a persons' music and who he is but as a professional journalist Marsh takes it WAY overboard. Marsh should have shown at least some ojective restraint, but he doesn't....

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A little creepy, February 16, 2006

By	William J. Eichelberger "I will not go quietly" (Ft. Thomas, KY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Glory Days: The Bruce Springsteen Story (Marsh, Dave. Bruce Springsteen Story, V. 2.) (Paperback)

First off, let me say that I really liked "Born To Run", the first part of this story, when it came out. I bought "Glory Days" hoping for more of the same, only to find that Dave Marsh had apparently gone from being a fan of Bruce Springsteen to being something of an apostle of the man. I guess that's fine for some, but although I'm a fan of some of his music, I can't see anything about Bruce that would lead me to think he walks on water. A little bit of objectivity could have gone a long way in this book.