Killer in the Sun Book Review

It's a bunch of books in one. The forward gives the thesis of the book. Songwriters such as Bob Dylan and especially Bruce Springsteen can and should be considered poets and literary artists. The author explains how the overall work of Springsteen to date could be considered one narrative. He drags this out for 131 pages. As I write this I'm surprised it was that short because it felt like forever. 

Then, we get brief descriptions of songs that all have a similar theme. Interesting. There are the notes on lyrics, that was interesting because it does show the similarities in songs and how much religion is in the music. 

The biography was good in at it showed Springsteen in the community of great musicians. It wasn't in Springsteen's own biography, but I learned here about the contract agreements arranged to put the E-Street band back together. Springsteen wrote about it in Born To Run, the book, but I got details here. Who has copyrights and royalties and whatnot. What the split on concert revenue is. We always think of Springsteen and the E Street Band as one unit, but it's more that they were hired hands rather than contributors. 

Clearly I liked the end notes and song discussions, the first half of the book is a drag. 

Here's a link to the book. It's worth taking a look. 

https://www.amazon.com/Bruce-Springsteen-Killer-Selected-1972-2017/dp/1495076415/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1546696117&sr=1-1&keywords=killer+in+the+sun