Word: breakthrough
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Whoever did not catch on to Springsteen until 1984's commercial breakthrough, Born in the U.S.A., which sold some 17 million copies worldwide and became Columbia's all-time hit album, can now take Live/1975-85 and play an extraordinarily exciting game of catch-up. 4th of July, Asbury Park, which dates back to the "Boss's" second album, released in 1973, has never sounded more poignant or evocative of all its epiphanies down on the Kokomo than it does here, in a performance recorded at a New Year's Eve concert in New York City six years ago. Springsteen fans...
...drift apart and do other projects and come back together and do an album of new pop songs," Byrne observes. "As long as I have an outlet for the other things I want to do, usually I am really happy to work within the band form." But Byrne's breakthrough with True Stories may tip the balance. He is reading books like Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle and The Epic of Gilgamesh, brainstorming on a new movie. In one way or another, every rock singer wants to be Elvis Presley. But here, all of a sudden...
...missile deal not linked to SDI. If Reagan accepted the bait, as he initially did, the Soviets would be in the catbird seat. Either Reagan would end up curtailing Star Wars, or he would emerge as the Grinch who stole Christmas, the man who dashed hopes for a radical breakthrough in arms control...
...believe an historic breakthrough occurred in Reykjavik and there is no turning back," Speakes said. "For the first time, there is serious discussion of arms reductions rather than arms control...
...believe an historic breakthrough occurred in Reykjavik and there is no turning back," Speakes said. "For the first time, there is serious discussion of arms reductions rather than arms control...