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Roll over, Beethoven; Chuck Berry, turning 61 but still supple and satanic, is reelin' and rockin' with a movie and an autobiography...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

...Bruce Springsteen become America's rockin' role model? Critic Dave Marsh, a member of Springsteen's inner circle, suggests that he was driven to it by two haunting figures, Elvis Presley and Ronald Reagan. One a hero gone wrong, the other an antagonist, both taught the Boss a lesson about the hazards of being isolated and uninformed. After Reagan was elected, the Boss traded romantic fantasy for a gritty populism and gave birth to Born in the U.S.A., his heavyweight album about everything from Viet Nam to dying hometowns. In this overlong account, Marsh purveys no dressing-room scandal -- apparently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bookends: Jun. 22, 1987 | 6/22/1987 | See Source »

...Rockin' roll writing, sir," said Johnny...

Author: By Tom Reiss, | Title: Rocker Dead in Writing Class | 5/11/1987 | See Source »

...Rockin' roll writing, boy?" said Wordsworth...

Author: By Tom Reiss, | Title: Rocker Dead in Writing Class | 5/11/1987 | See Source »

...Rockin' roll writing, sir," Johnny said again, climbing onto a desk and singing into an unsheathed Bic ball point: "You should of heard them modernist poets writin' rock/ Everybody let's rock/ Viva Cambridge, people...

Author: By Tom Reiss, | Title: Rocker Dead in Writing Class | 5/11/1987 | See Source »

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