| re: Bruce, Jim And The Ghost Writer | |
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Max 01:43 am UTC 03/26/09 |
| In reply to: | Bruce, Jim And The Ghost Writer - steven_stuart 09:02 pm UTC 03/25/09 |
| How would an obscure late 70s Jim even be able to afford hiring a ghostwriter, given his only major successes had been on off-Broadway and his college? > Someone out there, in cyberspace, has started rumours > claiming that the same ghost writer wrote material for > both Jim Steinman and Bruce Springsteen. This shadowy > figure apparently came up with songs like Born To Run and > Paradise By The Dashboard Light. > > I noticed that several board members read this rumour on a > blog and that they were debating the various possibilities > a few days ago. > > As proof, the blog pointed out some similarities between > Jim's songs and Bruce's songs. > > To me, this comparison does not prove that there was a > ghost writer. > > Firstly, Jim could have ghosted for Bruce or Bruce could > have ghosted for Jim. Why does the blog writer think that > there had to be a third party involved? > > Also, in the BOOH article that I quoted today, it says > (talking about the making of BOOH): "using backing > musicians such as Roy Bittan and Max Weinberg from Bruce > Springsteen's E Street Band." > > It is quite possible that there are some similarities if > both gentlemen worked on Born To Run and Paradise By The > Dashboard Light. > > It does not prove that there was a ghost writer involved. > > Paradise by The Dashboard Light and Born To Run are both > iconic masterpieces. I cannot understand why anyone would > want to deny Jim Steinman or Bruce Springsteen the credit > they deserve. > > I am sorry for bringing this subject up again. > > It's a bit too late to reply to the original thread. It > was only today that I thought about members of the E > Street Band being the reason for musical similarities > between Bruce's work and Jim's work. While I was reading > the BOOH article. | |
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