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...journey by pairing up Hall inductees of different vintages and styles for performances that highlight influence. Or just generate a highlight. The first night tilted toward fogyism, with Crosby, Stills and Nash, Simon and Garfunkel and Stevie Wonder, among others, doing serviceable work before ceding the stage to Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, who gamely refused to turn the show into their own by playing with Darlene Love, John Fogerty and Billy Joel. Presumably that was to highlight the influence of New Jersey on Long Island, New York...
...made Underwood seem tame by comparison, and, above all, Taylor Swift, a true singer-songwriter whose undeniable hooks, felt lyrics and incandescent enthusiasm have propelled her to a level of national stardom far above Underwood. It is no coincidence, then, that in the same week that Swift has a Springsteen-esque seven singles simultaneously in the Top 50 (pop, not country), Carrie Underwood released an album that from outset to coda is a unified attempt to move from the mainstream of Nashville to the mainstream of global pop. Unfortunately, “Play On” is a stilted, forced...
...fellow Monmouth County resident Bruce Springsteen, whose music sometimes fills Bharara's office when he works late. A framed photo of the Boss and Bharara's mother hangs in his lower-Manhattan office...
Everything from Andrea Bocelli to Aretha Franklin to Bruce Springsteen to the Black Eyed Peas...
...will be won over by all its new goodies: a cheerful but "kept-real" greeting as part of a new staff-training program, the scent of green tea and ginger in the lobby (as opposed to chlorine from the pool) and a sound track that includes Sting and Bruce Springsteen. And when you step into that room - surprise - a pillow-top mattress with crisp white triple sheeting, a flat-screen television, a bright bathroom with a starched shower curtain and upgraded amenities from Bath & Body Works. Stuff you'd expect to find at higher-priced outfits. Which may leave Holiday...