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This book is an insult to the artist it claims to honor. Here we have a musician and songwriter trying to be worth every single dime his fans spend for his albums and concerts, an artist withholding wonderful songs for years because he doesn't deem them good enough for release (cf. Tracks); there, we have a Harvard professor who seems to be short of cash and puts out two new books a year to make a little extra money (see the "also by Robert Coles" list on the first inside page).The basic idea of the book is an interesting one, but nothing is worse than a good idea executed badly. Anyone could have written that book in two days: Just go out and ask five of your friends what they think about Springsteen, than have a secretary type what's on your tape, do not edit it, but send it to the publisher immediately.