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Bruce Springsteen Impact On The Author's Life
The music of Bruce Springsteen had a huge impact on the author’s life, which find himself struggling to please his father. Hence, The passion with Bruce Springsteen started when Amolak recorded a cassette for author. Bruce Springsteen’s music was extraordinary because its lyrics where crafted for true purpose, a unique sensation in which the sorrows of its voice entered into the acoustic meatus of the author. He stated that “as I listened to Bruce Springsteen I realized this was like nothing I had heard before” (92). The sound was called “Growin up”. This sound opened his mind but it was the lyrics who had impact upon the author life. The author expresses that “This was not a song, it was a spoken words introduction to a song; it was man

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