Bruce Springsteen - 'Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band'

Awards Chatter

Scott Feinberg

Tv & Film, Film Interviews

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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In a rare and candid in-depth interview, the rock and roll legend reflects on his complicated childhood and path to the music biz, inspirations behind his greatest hits, thoughts on the upcoming Jeremy Allen White movie about him, the Hulu doc about his first post-COVID tour (which could bring him the 'E' that would make him an 'EGOT') and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, everyone, and thank you for tuning in to a very special 585th episode of the Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast.
0:15.5	I'm the host Scott Feinberg, and my guest today is one of the most important, influential, and beloved figures in the music
0:22.2	industry, and has been for more than 50 years. The rock and roll singer, songwriter, guitarist,
0:28.7	and frontman for the East Street band, the boss himself, Bruce Springsteen. To help appreciate just
0:35.9	how big of a legend Springsteen is, consider the following
0:39.1	stats. He has won 20 Grammys, an Oscar, and a special Tony Award. He also was inducted into
0:45.5	the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, both in 1999, received a Kennedy
0:50.7	Center honor in 2009, was named Music Harris Person of the Year in 2013,
0:56.0	and was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016 and the National Medal of Arts in
1:01.1	2003. He is the 27th best-selling music artist of all time, having sold more than 71 million
1:09.1	albums in the U.S. and over 140 million worldwide.
1:13.5	He is the first artist who has ever released an album that cracked the top five on the
1:17.3	Billboard 200 chart in six consecutive decades. Speaking of Billboard, he is behind 27 songs
1:24.9	that made its Hot 100 chart and 12 that cracked its top 10. Dancing in the
1:29.6	dark, streets of Philadelphia, I'm on fire, hungry heart, cover me, glory days, born in the USA,
1:35.1	brilliant disguised, tunnel of love, my hometown, I'm going down, and war. And 43 albums that made
1:42.3	its 200 chart, 22 that cracked its top 10, and 11 that reached number
1:46.9	1, 1980s the River, 1984 is born in the USA, 1986 is Bruce Springsteen and the East Street
1:53.1	band, 1975 to 1985, 1987's Tunnel of Love, 1995's Greatest Hits, 2002s The Rising, 2005's Devils and Dust, 2007's Magic,
2:04.3	2009's Working on a Dream, 2012's Wrecking Ball, and 2014's High Hopes. Meanwhile, Rolling Stone,
2:12.6	on its 2010 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, ranked Springsteen number 23, on its 2008 list of the 100 greatest artists of all time, ranked Springsteen number 23.
2:18.9	On its 2008 list of the 100 greatest singers of all time, ranked Springsteen number 36.
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