from "Down Thunder Road The Making of Bruce Springsteen"by Mike Appel and some other guy; reprinted without permission because none is neededIt wasn’t only that he wanted it all, it was the way he went after it. For instance, one day later on, during the making of the Born to Run album, Landau walked into my office and wanted to know the order of the names of the producers as they would appear on the album credits. He was particularly interested to know whose name would come first. “Bruce Springsteen’s,” I said to him. “Yeah, yeah,” he said, “but who’s second?” “Well,” I said, “it’s going to be Mike Appel and Jon Landau.” At which point he put his hands together and began pleading, “Oh, Mike, please, it would really mean the world to me if my name came second. I’d really appreciate it, I want it in the worst way. ” I stared at him in disbelief. Finally, I said to him, “Does it matter to you that much?” and he said, “Yes. ” At that point I said, “I don’t know why it’s so important, but if it’ll make you happy, I’ll put my name last.” .... “Yeah, yeah” |
