Amaxesha e-7 uBruce Springsteen wangqina ukuba wayeyiBoss

1. Xa edlale iiyure ezine ngqo kwiBar yeCarousel e-Asbury Park. 2. Xa wanceda umlandeli ocetywayo kwintombi yakhe eqongeni ePittsburgh. 3. Xa wayedlala umboniso we-impromptu kwisikhululo segesi saseNew Jersey. 4. Xa weza nomlandeli omncinci esiteji ukuba adlale isiginci kunye naye eBoston. 5. Xa wafaka uBon Jovi kwiRock and Roll Hall of Fame. 6. Xa wayesenza umsitho wokumiselwa kuka-Obama. 7. Xa wayedlala ikonsathi exhasa uncedo lweNkanyamba uSandy.

Iinkwenkwezi zeRock kunye neemvumi zithatha iziqhulo ezintle ngexesha labo ekukhanyeni. Nokuba kufana nomzimba wentlango kaJim Morrison owamthiya igama lesiqhulo elithi The Lizard King okanye uthando lokuhamba emajukujukwini olwanika uDavid Bowie i-Starman moniker yakhe, ukunikwa isiteketiso ngamanye amaxesha kunokuba yinto encinci. KuBruce Springsteen, indoda eyaziwa ngokuba yiBoss, yayiyinto emsulwa.

Njengendoda ekhokelayo ye-E Street Band, iSpringsteen yayingeyiyo nje indoda esesichengeni kunye nelizwi leqela eqongeni, ngaphandle kweqonga, wayeyinkokeli yeqela. Kwakuthetha ukuba njengenxalenye yemisebenzi yakhe waqokelela imali kwiindawo kwaye wahlawula iqela ngalinye. Kungesi senzo silula awathi wafumana isiteketiso sakhe esihlala sihleli-kodwa wenze okuninzi ukusigcina naye.

Kanye nokufika kwiminyaka yamashumi asixhenxe kwaye esakwazi ukutsala isihlwele malunga neminyaka engama-50 kamva, u-Springsteen wafumana isiteketiso sakhe sokuba ngu-Boss ngokuba ngumfana obalaseleyo. Kude nokuba yi-suit emhlophe emhlophe kwiofisi ongenakuvunyelwa ukuba uyibone ngaphakathi, i-Springsteen yayingumsebenzi wekhola eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, evuyayo ukwabelana ngebhiya, ihlaya kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo ingoma.

U-Springsteen uchithe ixesha lakhe ekukhanyeni ekhupha awona cwecwe athandwayo elitye, ezibonisa ukuba ungumbhali wengoma onesiphiwo okwaziyo ukudibanisa iingcambu zakhe zerock 'n' roll kunye ne-balladry enyanisekileyo kunye nenjongo yobubongo. Ngaphandle kwesiteji uye wachitha ixesha lakhe enikela kwisisa, echitha ixesha kunye nabalandeli bakhe kwaye ngokubanzi eyindoda yabantu.

Ke, ekubhiyozeleni usuku lwakhe lokuzalwa, sijonga ngasemva kumaxesha asixhenxe apho uBruce Springsteen wangqina ukuba wayeyiBoss.

Ukumela abacinezelweyo

Inye into ethi uSpringsteen angazingca ngayo ngaphandle komsebenzi wakhe wokucula ophumeleleyo kukuba, xa enikwe ithuba, uMphathi uhlala ebambelele ebantwini. Kutshanje, uMphathi ubhengeze intshukumo yeBlack Lives Matter njengethemba elikhulu, esithi, ukongama kwabaMhlophe kunye nelungelo elimhlophe liye nzulu kakhulu kunokuba bendicinga ukuba benzile. Ndicinga ukuba imvakalelo yam ngaphambili kwiminyaka emithathu okanye emine edlulileyo yayikukuba ubuhlanga kunye nobukhulu obumhlophe kunye nelungelo elimhlophe yayiyimithambo emacaleni ethu, kunokuba i-aorta enqumla intliziyo yesizwe, endivakalelwa kukuba ngoku. Ke oko bekuvula amehlo, nokuba bendingenatyala ngaphambili okanye bendingenatyala.

Kuyo yonke iminyaka yakhe, u-Springsteen akazange oyike ukuqaqambisa imiba abantu abamnyama baseMelika abajongana nayo. Xa wayecula kwisiXeko saseNew York kamsinya nje emva kokubulawa kuka-Amadou Diallo owayeneminyaka engama-22 ubudala ngamapolisa awayenganxibanga mpahla ngo-1999, uThe Boss wenza ingoma yakhe ethetha ngentlekele ethi 'American Skin (41 shots)'—ingoma ethiywe emva kwenani lezithonga. wadubula uDiallo.

Wadibana noqhanqalazo oluxhaphakileyo malunga nengoma, kwanoSodolophu waseNew York uRudi Giuliani wazigxeka zombini iSpringsteen kunye nengoma. Abaninzi babecinga ukuba uya kuluphepha uxinzelelo kunye nengoma ngokupheleleyo ngobo busuku. Kunoko, wathatha isiginkci sakhe waza wathetha inyaniso yakhe. Abazali bakaDiallo babesegumbini ngobo busuku kwaye bambulela uMphathi ngeengcinga zakhe.