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Springsteen’s Hollywood Romance
An abridged version of this article originally appeared in Air Mail News on October 24, 2020
“What does art do? It contextualizes life….
They (films and music) can make you feel less lonely when you see yourself
or yourselves reflected back at you.”
- Springsteen on TCM, 2019
Leave it to The Boss to make letter writing cool again. With his new album, Letter To You, recorded in just five days with the E Street Band at his Jersey home studio, Springsteen’s clearly returning to his rock and roll roots. And those roots, among many, include a long-running correspondence with Hollywood. As he’s often done with other albums, several tracks on Letter To You share the titles of previous Hollywood films. Bruce has yet to confess if that was once again, the intention- a magician never reveals all his secrets.
It’s no wonder that Springsteen first dropped the news of a new, work-in progress album during a conversation with Martin Scorsese…
