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Bruce Springteen: 'I make a sound like singing' Bruce Springteen: 'I make a sound like singing'
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Bruce Springsteen opened his sold-out Bruce Springsteen opened his sold-out Australian tour with the first of three shows at the Perth Arena on Wednesday night, less than a year after his 2013 Wrecking Ball tour of the east coast.
Australian tour with the first of three shows at the Perth Arena on Wednesday night, In that time the New Jersey rocker’s popularity has skyrocketed once again – not only in Australia but globally, with the love-letter documentary, Springsteen & I, and a revealing authorised biography, Bruce, opening the door more than ever into his life and work.
less than a year after his 2013 Wrecking Not that Springsteen is feeling overexposed. “I kind of do what I want and people get to say what they want about me,” he told a small group of media during a break from soundcheck earlier in the afternoon. “It sort of comes with the work that I do.
Ball tour of the east coast. “Generally, my press agent tries to keep me out of the newspapers,” he continued. “On a scale of one to ten, what usually gets out there about me is so much less than the amount of information that people are spewing onto the internet about so many things. So it’s not as though it’s a full-scale publicity blitz. I don’t even notice it, to be honest with you.”
In Springsteen's setlist – and new album, High Hopes – includes a cover version of Australian punk pioneers' the Saints’ Just Like Fire Would. Pondering what other Australian artists he could potentially cover, he was curious about former Perth band, the Triffids.
that time the New Jersey rocker’s popularity has skyrocketed once “The Triffids you say? What’s the song called? Wide Open Road? Can somebody please write that down?”
again – not only in Australia but globally, with the love-letter documentary, Springsteen & I, and a revealing The man with such classic songs as Born to Run, The River, Dancing in the Dark, Badlands, Hungry Heart and many more doesn’t really need to consider covers, but even his iconic talents are tinged with an endearing modesty.
authorised biography, Bruce, opening “I never thought of myself as an interpretative singer,” he said. “I didn’t quite have the feel like Rod Stewart or Ray Charles. Singers’ singers. I made myself sing. I make a sound that sounds like singing. It’s communicating, as I call it.”
the door more than ever into his life and work.
Not that Springsteen is feeling overexposed. “I kind of do what I want and people get to say what
they want about me,” he told a small group of media during a break from
soundcheck earlier in the afternoon. “It sort of comes with the work that I do.
“Generally,
my press agent tries to keep me out of the newspapers,” he continued. “On a scale
of one to ten, what usually gets out there about me is so much less than the amount of
information that people are spewing onto the internet about so many things. So
it’s not as though it’s a full-scale publicity blitz. I don’t even notice it,
to be honest with you.”
Springsteen's setlist – and new album, High Hopes – includes a cover version
of Australian punk pioneers' the Saints’ Just Like Fire Would.
Pondering what other Australian artists he could potentially cover, he was
curious about former Perth band, the Triffids.
“The Triffids you say? What’s the song
called? Wide Open Road? Can somebody
please write that down?”
The man with
such classic songs as Born to Run, The
River, Dancing in the Dark, Badlands, Hungry Heart and many more doesn’t
really need to consider covers, but even his iconic talents are tinged with an
endearing modesty.
“I never
thought of myself as an interpretative singer,” he said. “I didn’t quite have the
feel like Rod Stewart or Ray Charles. Singers’ singers. I made myself sing. I
make a sound that sounds like singing.
It’s communicating, as I call it.”