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13 May 2026 Conversations with Tyler Bob Spitz on the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, and the Art of Biography
“I would say “Thunder Road” is his masterpiece. I’ve seen him do it with a band and hotwire it, but I’ve also seen him sit down at the piano and play it where he rings every last ounce of romance out of that song.”
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- 13 May 2026
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…“She’s the One.” “Thunder Road.” All of it, really. The sequencing. I would say “Thunder Road” is his masterpiece. I’ve seen him do it with a band and hotwire it, but I’ve also seen him sit down at the piano and play it where he rings every last ounce of romance out of that song. Who writes a song that starts out, “the screen door slams?” It’s beyond me. I don’t know where that comes from. You have to bottle it. Why didn’t Bob Dylan show up for his Nobel Prize?…
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