Can't go wrong with the American Standards (slowly dying, unfortunately.)
Hey! You mean you didn't purr as The Boss growled, "Strap your hands cross my engines"?? Or relate to every other song in the context of rolling in the dirt or "out in the street"? Very earthy stuff.
Had no idea he wrote an autobiography. Predictable that the Times would be drooling over it. WHATEVER he wrote (see about for brief synopsis of his bio, lol.)
Patti Smith? At her *best* I regarded her as I would an overstuffed unhygienic ashtray. Musically and personally.
Yes, the Boss wrote an autobio and it's reviewed in today's Times. He was hailed as a genius writer and lyricist. Personally, I've never understood a word he's sung and his ludicrously downbeat lyrics, combined with his faux country voice, have always left me cold. Call me philistine!
One aside: I lived one town over from Asbury Park in the 90s and worked very hard to help keep The Stony Pony from being destroyed. The only preservation site that actually DID get preserved in my brief time as a volunteer. We lost everything else in that interesting little burg.