Saw Bruce Springsteen at the Specturm last night. Ask me anything.

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The Boss. He played the entire "Born to Run" album.

Will be playing the entire "Born in the USA" album tonight, but I won't be there.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

1. I really enjoy the latest album, with the exception of "Outlaw Pete"

I particularly like "This Life," which was a song that justified the "Bruce returns to his "Born To Run" recording style" hype that surrounded the release of the album. Really unusual track with the whole "Wall of Sound" thing, and the fade-out background vocal refrain is straight outta the Summer of Love. A real stand-out track if there ever was one.

Outlaw Pete, I just don't care for at all...all eight minutes of it. Ideally I want to put a mix CD together of the strongest tracks from The Rising, Magic and Working On A Dream so that I have one, rock-solid, modern-era Bruce CD for the car.

Glad you enjoyed the show.

:toast:

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5. We like "Radio Nowhere"

I thought it sounded kind of like Elvis Costello, and my SO, who had never heard it before, agreed.

[mvd]

8. I think "Outlaw Pete" is ok, but not my favorite on the album

Magic has really grown on me to be one of the best Brice releases ever. It has a modern feel mixed with 60s and old Bruce. Working On A Dream is Born In The USA meets pre-BITUSA Bruce with a bit of the Wall of Sound style. He's at the top of his game. :yourock:, Bruce!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. How was traffic?

I would imagine the whole Philadelphia stadium/arena area would be crazy between the combo of the NLCS game and the Springstein concert.

[Patiod]

6. I believe the word clusterf$#k was invented for this situation

It took us 50 minutes to get to the stadium area, and 20 to go about 5 blocks from the exit to the parking lot. Fortunately Bruce let out JUST before the game ended, so it only too 20 minutes to get home!

[Beer Snob-50]

3. was mrs springsteen there?

also did he play a good mix of old and new stuff. my wife was upset the last time we saw him because in her mind, he didn't play enough of his older stuff (well in her mind it should ONLY be old stuff)

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7. No Patty. And yes, a mix of old and new

but of course, mostly old, since he played the entire "Born to Run" album.

And the women's bathroom lines were just as long as I remember them.....

[abq e streeter]

4. All I can say is, I made the choice to live in a state where he never plays

of course didn't choose for him to never play here.... So,as I said to you earlier, I'm jealous beyond words ( and still owe you a followup PM to the first one, that I said I'd send). .......C'mon Bruce...even Denver, or Phoenix... just somewhere within 500 miles of here, and I'll be there. let's see; ask you anything...1.did he play the Harry Kalas tape again? 2. were you there in April when he did? 3. If not, I'll post it right here ( or will anyway )4. any cool garage band oldies and/or obscure stuff ( I'd kill to see him do None But the Brave, and Seaside Bar Song) ? 5. best performances ( as opposed to best songs; as I said in either a reply or a PM, I was surprised at what I thought the most powerful songs were at the April Denver show)6. Rosalita or Kitty's Back; neither? both? ( my '78 Passaic NJ bootleg has him shouting "playing that for Philadelphia" at the end of Kitty's Back

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDeqN5W4eV4

[Patiod]

9. He did "Seaside Bar Song" at both Philly shows last week

but not last night.

The set list was
Walk In The Room/Two Hearts/My Love Will Not Let You Down/Hungry Heart/Working On A Dream/Thunder Road/Tenth Avenue Freeze Out/Night/Backstreets/She’s The One/Meeting Across The River/Jungleland/Waiting On A Sunny Day/Raise Your Hand/It’s Hard To Be A Saint In The City/I Wanna Marry You/All Shook Up/Blue Suede Shoes/Radio Nowhere/Lonesome Day/The Rising/Badlands/No Surrender

Encore: Land of Hope and Dreams/American Land/Bobby Jean/Dancing In The Dark/Rosalita/You Can’t Sit Down

I love that they don't pretend to go off stage - they just bow, then go back and do the encore.

This particular performance of "It's Hard to be a Saint" (which I like on the album) kind of sucked, but "Jungleland" was beautiful. "I Wanna Marry You" was to indulge a fan who was proposing to his girlfriend. Really enjoyed "Radio Nowhere", and "Rosalita" is the first song of his I ever heard, plus it's just so damned good.

He was talking a little after "Working on a Dream", and waving the harmonica around, and I said to the SO "he's got out the harmonica! you know what that means! Thunder Road!" although the first half was done sort of as a singalong, which is fine for Hungry Heart but for Thunder Road, I want Bruce singing, not his middle-aged fans.

Missed the April show (much to SO's dismay, since SO is a HUGE Clash fan and he did "London Calling" - we hadn't heard about the HK tribute.

I've noticed that people who live in the South and West don't really relate to Bruce, which might be why he doesn't play out there - not enough fans.

[Brigid]

10. All I can say is . . .

I'm soooo jealous! I'm glad you enjoyed the show. :)