Springsteen

/ ˈsprɪŋˌstiːn /

noun

1. Bruce. born 1949, US rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His albums include Born to Run (1975), Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978), Born in the USA (1984), The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995), The Rising (2002), Magic (2007), and Wrecking Ball (2012)

Example Sentences

As with “Born to Run”’s make-or-break release six years earlier, the early 1980s find Springsteen at a crossroads.

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White turns in a bravura performance, bringing Springsteen vividly to life as a moody musician having achieved success beyond his wildest dreams yet uncomfortable with the international fame he realized with “Hungry Heart” and “The River” in the early 1980s.

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As “Deliver Me from Nowhere” makes indubitably clear, Springsteen’s artistic confidence is buoyed by his career-making partnership with Jon Landau.

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By contrast, White’s performance is a wonder to behold, carefully walking the tightrope between Springsteen’s bigger-than-life stardom and the deep thinker who brought the rawness of “Nebraska” to fruition.

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But in many ways, it’s something better, offering proof positive that Springsteen’s stripped-down version of “Nebraska” was the right artistic choice.

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