Bruce Springsteen: Not The Me-Me-Me-Me
Paolo Hewitt, Melody Maker, 9 May 1981
STACKED on the left of the typewriter are two blank cassettes which should contain the voice of Bruce Springsteen. But like Kevin Rowland and Elvis Costello, Bruce doesn't like tapes, recorders or notebooks.
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