Steven Van Zandt Essays

  • William Shakespeare Sonnet 116 Comparison

    1696 Words  | 4 Pages

    True love or a fantasy of what love is Poem sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare shows how love can survive any road block life throws at them but Bruce Springsteen lyrics The River shows how love crumbles at obstacles that appears in life. Questions between both poem and lyrics ask what's the similarity and difference between the two. The two are about how love can effect people in different ways and how people can react to situations life throws at people good and bad. William Shakespeare was born

  • Springsteen The River Analysis

    709 Words  | 2 Pages

    Originally scheduled for release in the fall of 1979, The River was held back by Springsteen who felt it needed something more. The first version of the album, titled The Ties That Bind, was recorded and produced as an album of normal length by Springsteen and the E Street Band. However because Springsteen was writing with fervor during his last tour and while working on this new album, he had over thirty new compositions and he decided that the newly titled The River would be a double album. This

  • The Lasting Influence of the Rolling Stones

    688 Words  | 2 Pages

    During their fifty years as a band, the Rolling Stones have released twenty-nine studio albums, eighteen live albums, numerous videos, concert films and compilations. The band was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2004 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989. They were ranked fourth on Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. As of 2014, their albums had sold an estimated 250 million. Well known for their amazing performances onstage and their wild reputations offstage