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Topic: Bruce Springsteen Writes A Letter To The Editor Return to archive
August 2nd, 2005 06:51 AM
Ten Thousand Motels Bruce Springsteen Writes A Letter To The Editor
by Paul Cashmere
1 August 2005
undercover.com

Bruce Springsteen claims he is no 'saintly, man of the people' in a letter he has written to the editor of the New York Times.

Springsteen was commenting on an article published in the New York Times reviewing the books covering the "bosses" bibliography'.

In the article, film critic A.O. Scott writes "Every fan knows it's hard to be a saint in the city, and every reader of the Bible (one of Springsteen's preferred storehouses of phrase and image) has heard that it's not easy to be a prophet in your own country. Maybe, in Springsteen's case, it only looks easy; God -- or anyone who has been to a Springsteen concert -- knows the man works hard".

Springsteen responded "the "saintly, man of the people" thing I occasionally see attached to my name is bull----. It was perhaps invented, like myself, by Jon Landau...or maybe by that high school kid somewhere who supposedly wrote "Blowin' in the Wind."

The New Jersey superstar rarely comments on other people's impressions of his work but in this case wrote "the merits of my music and performances over the last 30 years I gladly leave to the fans, critics and writers. On the subject of "image," however, I thought I might be able to provide some simple clarification".

In one line, Springsteen summarized "Life, art and identify are, of course, much more complicated. How do I know? I heard it in a Bruce Springsteen song".

(This article seems to be incomplete to me. I can't find the actual text of the letter online either...oh well.)
August 2nd, 2005 06:58 AM
glencar I think he took this AO Scott too seriously which is a mistake few other people ever make.
August 2nd, 2005 07:27 AM
Gazza
quote:
Ten Thousand Motels wrote:
(This article seems to be incomplete to me. I can't find the actual text of the letter online either...oh well.)




you have to subscribe to the NY Times online to read it - the letter is no big deal, but for the record, here it is :

Greetings From Rumson, N.J.
To the Editor:
Regarding "The Boss Bibliography" (July 3), by A. O. Scott:


The merits of my music and performances over the last 30 years I gladly leave to the fans, critics and writers. On the subject of "image," however, I thought I might be able to provide some simple clarification.


The "saintly, man of the people" thing I occasionally see attached to my name is bull – – – –. It was perhaps invented, like myself, by Jon Landau . . . or maybe by that high school kid somewhere who supposedly wrote "Blowin' in the Wind." Life, art and identity are, of course, much more complicated. How do I know? I heard it in a Bruce Springsteen song.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Rumson, N.J.

Original article by A.O. Scott was here :
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/03/books/review/03SCOTTL.html?ex=1123128000&en=ea8df7f4506db928&ei=5070
August 2nd, 2005 01:20 PM
Saint Sway Springsteen = The Next Tom Cruise


OK. NY Times rebuttal down.... check! Next Up: jumping up and down on Oprah's couch and arguing with morning talk show hosts....

tick... tick... tick....tick...
[Edited by Saint Sway]
August 2nd, 2005 03:14 PM
Ten Thousand Motels
quote:
Saint Sway wrote:
Springsteen = The Next Tom Cruise



huh??!!!


Bacall: Cruise is sick

By Richard Simpson, Daily Mail
2 August 2005

Lauren Bacall has attacked Tom Cruise as 'shocking, vulgar and sick' for exploiting his private life to sell his movies.

The 81-year-old Hollywood legend also poured scorn on his acting abilities.

Miss Bacall spoke of her distaste at Cruise's publicising of his relationship with fiancèe Katie Holmes, which conveniently coincided with the launch of his latest film
' His whole behaviour is so shocking,' she told Time magazine.

'It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially. I think it's kind of a sickness.'

Miss Bacall, who was married to Humphrey Bogart and appeared with him in several films, added insult to injury by saying 42-year-old Cruise was not much of an actor.

'When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise,' she said.

Asked 'So you don't think Tom Cruise is a great actor?', she confirmed: 'No, I don't.'

As far as Cruise's gushing over his engagement to 26-year-old Miss Holmes goes, Miss Bacall simply seems to be saying what everyone else is thinking.

The actor, who remained fiercely private throughout his 11-year marriage to Nicole Kidman, has been ridiculed for the energetic way in which he has used his relationship with Miss Holmes to win coverage for War Of The Worlds.

Miss Holmes has also been publicising her first proper movie role, in Batman Begins.

Cruise's sudden enthusiasm for emotionally baring all about a woman he hardly knows and is 16 years his junior has left plenty wondering if the relationship is all it appears to be.

They have put on wild displays of affection at their movie premieres, and the press were tipped off before he proposed to her at the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Miss Bacall, whose films include To Have And Have Not, The Big Sleep and Key Largo, also had some sage words for Miss Holmes, previously only known for U.S. teenage drama Dawson's Creek.

'All right, so you start off when you're a kid, and you make an impression,' she said. 'You can't always be a leading lady. You can't always be a glamour-puss. It all changes, thank God.

'When everything happens to you when you're so young, you're very lucky, but by the same token, you're never going to have that same feeling again.

' The first time anything happens to you - your first love, your first success - the second one is never the same.'

Miss Bacall's comments come a little under a year after she criticised Cruise's ex-wife Miss Kidman, 38, for being a 'beginner'.

Asked what it felt like to co-star with 'movie legend' Miss Kidman in the film Birth, Miss Bacall was quick to object.

She said: 'She's not a legend. She's a beginner. What is this "legend"? She can't be a legend at whatever age she is.'
August 2nd, 2005 03:46 PM
glencar Brittle Bacall has it right. Cruise is nuts & Kidman ain't no legend.
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