American singer and songwriter says he had already had contact with Elvis Presley, but it was an English rock band that turned his destination
Just over 60 years ago, Bruce Springsteen He experienced the epiphany that would change his life forever. It was in 1964 that the American singer and composer heard the song that defined the course of his destiny: being a rock artist.
According to him, the person responsible for this was “I Want to Hold Your Hand”of the Beatleslaunched in late 1963 as a single. The song became the band’s first hit to reach the top of the charts in United States.
In a statement highlighted by Far Out MagazineThe Boss recalled the impact that the song had on him:
“‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ He played on the radio in 1964. That would change my life, because I would take the guitar with this success and learn to play. ”
Springsteen offered more details about this crucial moment in his life. He recalls that he had already had contact with Elvis Presley previously, but that the Beatles They took their obsession with rock to another level.
He states:
“I saw Elvis on TV, and when I first saw him, I was nine years old, but I was a little young, I tried to play guitar, but it didn’t work, so I kept. The song was in 1964, ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ in South streetwith my mother driving […] I immediately required her to let me out. I ran to the bowling track, I ran by a long corridor lit by Neon, went down the bowling track and entered her. I ran to the telephone booth, I entered and immediately called my girlfriend: ‘You’ve heard this band called Beatles? ‘ After that, there was only rock ‘n’ roll and guitars. ”
Another great influence for Bruce Springsteen
Beyond Beatlesanother artist also had a strong influence on Bruce Springsteen: Bob Dylan. The Folk icon played a key role in inserting sociopolitical aspects in pop music, and Springsteen would take it to his own work in the future.
It specifically cites the album Highway 61 revisited (1965) as a watershed in his perception of the world:
“I want people to have the same experience when I hear one of my records I had when he heard Highway 61 revisited. The idea that something was revealed to them that it was fundamentally true and essential, and that gave them a view of their world, their country, their city, their neighbors, their family. ”
Springsteen: Save me from the unknown
In late October, it hits theaters Springsteen: Save me from the unknownBruce Springsteen biography. The film opens on the 24th in several countries, including the United States, and on the 30th in the Brazil.
Directed by Scott Cooper and starring Jeremy Allen White – who was notable as CARMY BERZATTO in the series The Bear – the film will focus on the production journey Nebraska (1982). The album in question was responsible for marking a different artistic direction of the hits singer as “Dancing in the Dark”, “I’m on Fire” and “Born to Run”.
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