Summary of Stevie Van Zandt's Unrequited Infatuations

Everest Media

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 I had a record player in my room when I was a kid, and I would listen to it over and over again until it became a part of me. Rock and Roll was the second generation able to play records in private, and it was up to us to decide what we wanted to hear.
#2 I was extremely religious as a child, and I regularly went to Sunday School. I was always a little slower than the other kids, so my ecstasy didn’t immediately trigger curiosity. I wanted to know who was making the music.
#3 I never remember my father ever having any conversations with me about his life. I only knew that he had died young, and that he had turned down a job with the New York Giants because it didn’t pay enough.
#4 I had a lucky childhood. I was too small, but I was faster and more fearless than most kids. I hated being a kid, and I wanted to be who I was going to be and get on with it.

Sujets

• Religion

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 23 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669358695
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Stevie Van Zandt's Unrequited Infatuations
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I had a record player in my room when I was a kid, and I would listen to it over and over again until it became a part of me. Rock and Roll was the second generation able to play records in private, and it was up to us to decide what we wanted to hear.

#2

I was extremely religious as a child, and I regularly went to Sunday School. I was always a little slower than the other kids, so my ecstasy didn’t immediately trigger curiosity. I wanted to know who was making the music.

#3

I never remember my father ever having any conversations with me about his life. I only knew that he had died young, and that he had turned down a job with the New York Giants because it didn’t pay enough.

#4

I had a lucky childhood. I was too small, but I was faster and more fearless than most kids. I hated being a kid, and I wanted to be who I was going to be and get on with it.

#5

Goldwater Republicans were different from modern Conservatives. They were more like today’s Libertarians, and they believed in states’ rights instead of federally mandated civil rights.

#6

I was drawn to heroes, not just Zorro, but Tarzan, Conan, John Carter of Mars, Errol Flynn as Robin Hood, and Captain Blood. I loved the Sharks in West Side Story.

#7

The first rock star I can remember watching was Ricky Nelson on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet when I was eight or nine. I looked forward to him performing at the end of the episode, and was disappointed when he didn’t.

#8

The Beatles changed the world overnight. They were the first band to communicate Friendship, Family, and the Gang. They were like the Three Musketeers, but better. They were all for one, and one for all.

#9

The Rolling Stones were the first punk band. They showed us a new world, and invited us in. The Beatles changed the world too much for that, but they were conventionally attractive. The Stones were more primitive, even their clothes seemed like an afterthought.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The teenager was a new subspecies that emerged in the 1950s. They were free, fresh, and fearless, but they couldn’t crank them out fast enough. The marketplace had to sprint to keep up.

#2

The Shadows made their TV debut on Disc-O-Teen on Newark’s Channel 47. The three biggest local bands were the Mods, with the Lillie brothers, Phil Watson on guitar, and Ray Belicose on drums; the Clique, with the Talarico brothers and Jimmy Barr on guitar; and the Motifs, with Walter Cichon.

#3

I met Bruce Springsteen when I was 14 or 15 years old. I was wearing a top hat and a huge tie, so he probably commented on my attire. Our band was good, so maybe the combination of sight and sound got his attention.

#4

The Source was a local band that played the top 40 Pop charts. I had begun buying albums that were being played on the new FM stations, and I began expanding the setlist to include tracks from these albums.

#5

I began hanging out with Bruce, a fellow freak, and we would take the bus into the city to see bands. We would play each other our favorite records, and he would also play me songs he had written. I had only written one song, which was never released.

#6

The five crafts of music are arrangement, performance, composition, recording, and learning from your mistakes. You should always be reaching for greatness, even if you never achieve it.

#7

I was in the Castiles with Bruce, and we had just added a girl singer. We were playing Rock-Pop like the Who's first album, the Youngbloods, Buffalo Springfield, the Byrds, the Hollies, and the Kinks.

#8

I was drafted into the army, and when I got into the draft board room, I decided to just deal with it. I wasn’t interested in killing people, and I didn’t believe that Communists were coming to take over New Jersey. I was free to pursue my dream, but what were the odds of a kid from New Jersey becoming a Rock star.