Eliot's ideas on the history of tradition. Moreover, Wolff (2014) documents Springsteen's ideological 'folk process,' by extrapolating from poets William Wordsworth's concept on the voice of the everyday citizen, and T.S. Graff (1996) states that although Springsteen, the 1970's large stage bar-rocker, had a '.common man touch.' his lyricism is powerful and picturesque (p. Romanowski and Warren (1995) declare Springsteen to be '.a rock & roll working-class hero.' because he embraces the heart of small town America, with the perspicacity of singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie and novelist John Steinbeck (p. This applies to Springsteen at his finest, who, as a solo artist, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999, with U2's Bono delivering the poignant and mirthful induction speech ( RRHOF, 1999). Note Wilson (1996), who quotes Springsteen's redeeming words (unsourced), 'People deserve truth, they deserve honesty.and the best music is there to provide you something to face the world with' (p. By encapsulating the vivacity of '50's rock, combined with a '60's cerebral posture and culminating into a 70's phraseology, '.critics hailed him.the savior of rock'n'roll.' (Ruhlmann, 1997, p. 72).īruce Springsteen, 'The Boss,' usually fronts his E Street Band and accomplished it all- touting some of the greatest ever selling albums, filling concert stadiums, receiving an Academy Award, winning a plethora of Grammys, and getting his portrait to grace (simultaneously) the covers of Newsweek and Time.

'Man's search for.meaning is.the.sign of being truly human.' Viktor Frankl (1967, p.

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