Chapter 6 and 7 of Fever

      In chapter 6 of Fever the rock icon of choice is Bruce Springsteen. Tim Riley describes him as, "the only American rock star Worthy of comparison to the original Elvis..." After reading this chapter i learned things about Springsteen that i never knew. He was obviously a rock icon of his time and had a huge range when it came to his writing style.
    What i found interesting was that Springsteen sang more songs to his father more than any other writer. His lyrics were fueled by typical father-son tension that most people could relate to. Most songs focused on love, either acquiring it or ending a relationship so a different focus made his songs very popular. Springsteen paints a picture of his father through his songs, "Springsteen is torn between seething resentment for hi father and embittered respect," said Riley.
     In chapter 7 of Fever i found the material written by Tina Turner most interesting. The chapter discusses the fact that most songs during that time were fictional statements of perfect relationships. They wanted listeners to believe everything was like a fairytale and no other couple could compare. It worked very well because we all want that and we all strive to get it. Things were much different than what people assumed and that comes to light with Tina Turners story.
     Few women compared to Tina in any medium and when she broke out from her abusive relationship she shined even brighter. In 1984 she was one of the first artists to sing about such hardships explicitly. It was very inspirational to read about her life and how she used her lyrics to reach out to women that were in the same situation as her. Those trapped by domestic abused could use her as an outlet.
    It's clear that in both chapters music can be a very powerful and inspirational outlet for whatever subject. Love, pain, anger and sadness have a long history of dominating the charts. That's because people want songs they can relate to and they want songs that can relieve some of their everyday tribulations. That is one thing that i think will never change.