{"id":491749,"date":"2019-10-31T09:59:39","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T15:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=906140"},"modified":"2019-10-31T09:59:39","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T15:59:39","slug":"bruce-springsteen-to-guest-program-turner-classic-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/bruce-springsteen-to-guest-program-turner-classic-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Springsteen to Guest Program Turner Classic Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/679350_0795_RW.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/bruce-springsteen\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bruce-springsteen\" data-tag=\"bruce-springsteen\">Bruce Springsteen<\/a> will appear on Turner Classic Movies November 2nd to \u201cguest program\u201d the network by picking two of his favorite movies and discussing them with host Ben Mankiewicz. First up is the 1956 John Ford\/John Wayne classic Western <em>The Searchers<\/em>. It will air at 3:30 pm EST. It will be followed by Elia Kazan\u2019s 1957\u2019s masterpiece <em>A Face in the Crowd<\/em> at 5:45 pm EST.<\/p>\n<p>The interview segments were shot at Springsteen\u2019s home studio in New Jersey and we have two exclusive clips from them right here. In the first one, Springsteen talks about how his songs are similar to movies. \u201cI write in character,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd to write like that you need to gather so much cinematic detail, constantly filling the songs with images, images, images, geography, little character traits, things very similar to script writing, really.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the second one, he explains how the 1973 Terrence Malick movie <em>Badland<\/em>s and the 1955 thriller <em>The Night of the Hunte<\/em>r influenced his songwriting on <em>Nebraska<\/em>. \u201cThe thing they have in common is they\u2019re both twisted fairytales,\u201d he says. \u201cEven the score in <em>Badlands<\/em> had, I believe, glockenspiel \u2014 was very fairytale-ish. I took that sound picture and made a record to of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Springsteen has been busy over the past week promoting his new concert film <em>Western Stars<\/em>, which he co-directed with his long-time collaborator Thom Zimny. He has performed in public only a handful of times this year, but on November 4th he\u2019ll make his annual appearance at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bruce-springsteen-jon-stewart-john-oliver-stand-up-for-heroes-881762\/\">Stand Up For Heroes<\/a> veterans benefit at the the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n<p>On December 9th, he\u2019ll perform alongside Sting, John Mellencamp, Eurythmics, Ricky Martin, Shaggy and James Taylor at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/sting-springsteen-james-taylor-rainforest-fund-benefit-lineup-2019-903087\/\">30th anniversary Rainforest Foundation Benefit<\/a> at New York\u2019s Beacon Theater.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bruce-springsteen-tcm-906140\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce Springsteen will appear on Turner Classic Movies November 2nd to \u201cguest program\u201d the network by picking two of his favorite movies and discussing them with host Ben Mankiewicz. First up is the 1956 John Ford\/John Wayne classic Western The Searchers. It will air at 3:30 pm EST. 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