And we wandered into the Garden.....
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lagilmanThat. Was. A Smokin'. Hot. Show.
Top 5? Maybe not. Top 10? Absoflippinglutely. The band came on-stage and they were HOT like hotness. Plus, we got not one but TWO stories, and a classic NY/NJ shout out ("I am an ambassador between two lands.... There are many things in NY that NJ folk like. The Statue of Liberty... which is actually in NJ. A great theme song...sung by a NJ boy...)" As a Jersey girl-turned-New Yorker, I was all on that.
Dear Universe: When I am 62, I would like HALF of the energy, activity, and enthusiasm Bruce Springsteen displays, sez she who, twenty years younger, who was beat into the ground (happily) during last night's three-hour show.
Knees hurt. Feet hurt. Throat hurts. Hands hurt. Shoulders hurt. Happy meerkat.
And we blew the roof off.
1. Badlands
2. We Take Care of Our Own
3. Wrecking Ball
4. Out In The Street
5. Death To My Hometown (firmly cemented as my fave new song on the album)
6. My City of Ruins (it has now moved from the post 9/11, recession-depression song, to purely being about personal loss, and very much about losing Clarence. And it works.)
7. Spirit in the Night (woooooooo!)
8. Thundercrack (sign request) (crowd seems just a bit happy.
9. Jack Of All Trades
10. Trapped
11. She’s the One
12. Easy Money (a tweaked version of this that works even better than before. Still my least-fave from the album, but solid.)
13. Waiting on a Sunny Day
14. The Promised Land
15. Apollo Medley (2 beers "stolen" from the crowd, as he surfed among them)
16. Because The Night (possibly the best version I've ever heard)
17. The Rising
18. We Are Alive (even better than last week's show, IMO)
19. Backstreets
20. Land of Hope and Dreams
21. Rocky Ground
22. Rosalita ("spotlight on Steve, and on me. Well, more me.")
23. Born To Run (Roof. Came. Off).
24. Dancing In The Dark
25. 10th Avenue Freeze Out (the tribute to the Big Man as ever the perfect way to end the night, although I'd swear Bruce could have gone on for another few songs before falling over. However, at that point he might not have gotten back up for a week. It's the recovery time that kills ya....)
EtA: and once again, the age range was remarkable. I was next to a guy who went to his first show back in the late 70's, and there were ten and eleven-year olds at their first show, having an absolute blast. As I oft-say, the only people who dismiss Springsteen are people who've never seen him live.
EtA2: Backstreets has their take, with more details I missed, being too damn busy partying down. :-)
EtA3: I didn't take many photos, but here are a few of my faves:
You can't see it behind the mike, but he's got the BEST we're-havin'-fun-tonight! grin on his face.
Possibly the best photo I took all night. And yes, that's how close we were, and how clear a sightline we had. :-)
It was April's first show, and she got a good'un. Not to mention that we were dead center, on the risers. The only better seats would have been just behind Max. Spoiled rotten, she is now.
Also, it has been determined: still one of the great backsides of rock'n'roll. And for those of you who enjoy such things, , I proposed that true happiness would be, being the filling in a Springsteen/Clooney sandwich. April got a small smirky happy-place look on her face that I suspect I was sharing...
As before, I reserve the right to add things, incl photos, as my brain regrows and I remember
Top 5? Maybe not. Top 10? Absoflippinglutely. The band came on-stage and they were HOT like hotness. Plus, we got not one but TWO stories, and a classic NY/NJ shout out ("I am an ambassador between two lands.... There are many things in NY that NJ folk like. The Statue of Liberty... which is actually in NJ. A great theme song...sung by a NJ boy...)" As a Jersey girl-turned-New Yorker, I was all on that.
Dear Universe: When I am 62, I would like HALF of the energy, activity, and enthusiasm Bruce Springsteen displays, sez she who, twenty years younger, who was beat into the ground (happily) during last night's three-hour show.
Knees hurt. Feet hurt. Throat hurts. Hands hurt. Shoulders hurt. Happy meerkat.
And we blew the roof off.
1. Badlands
2. We Take Care of Our Own
3. Wrecking Ball
4. Out In The Street
5. Death To My Hometown (firmly cemented as my fave new song on the album)
6. My City of Ruins (it has now moved from the post 9/11, recession-depression song, to purely being about personal loss, and very much about losing Clarence. And it works.)
7. Spirit in the Night (woooooooo!)
8. Thundercrack (sign request) (crowd seems just a bit happy.
9. Jack Of All Trades
10. Trapped
11. She’s the One
12. Easy Money (a tweaked version of this that works even better than before. Still my least-fave from the album, but solid.)
13. Waiting on a Sunny Day
14. The Promised Land
15. Apollo Medley (2 beers "stolen" from the crowd, as he surfed among them)
16. Because The Night (possibly the best version I've ever heard)
17. The Rising
18. We Are Alive (even better than last week's show, IMO)
19. Backstreets
20. Land of Hope and Dreams
21. Rocky Ground
22. Rosalita ("spotlight on Steve, and on me. Well, more me.")
23. Born To Run (Roof. Came. Off).
24. Dancing In The Dark
25. 10th Avenue Freeze Out (the tribute to the Big Man as ever the perfect way to end the night, although I'd swear Bruce could have gone on for another few songs before falling over. However, at that point he might not have gotten back up for a week. It's the recovery time that kills ya....)
EtA: and once again, the age range was remarkable. I was next to a guy who went to his first show back in the late 70's, and there were ten and eleven-year olds at their first show, having an absolute blast. As I oft-say, the only people who dismiss Springsteen are people who've never seen him live.
EtA2: Backstreets has their take, with more details I missed, being too damn busy partying down. :-)
EtA3: I didn't take many photos, but here are a few of my faves:
You can't see it behind the mike, but he's got the BEST we're-havin'-fun-tonight! grin on his face.
Possibly the best photo I took all night. And yes, that's how close we were, and how clear a sightline we had. :-)
It was April's first show, and she got a good'un. Not to mention that we were dead center, on the risers. The only better seats would have been just behind Max. Spoiled rotten, she is now.
Also, it has been determined: still one of the great backsides of rock'n'roll. And for those of you who enjoy such things, , I proposed that true happiness would be, being the filling in a Springsteen/Clooney sandwich. April got a small smirky happy-place look on her face that I suspect I was sharing...
As before, I reserve the right to add things, incl photos, as my brain regrows and I remember
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Date: 2012-04-10 07:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-04-10 09:56 pm (UTC)That said, the videos give a pretty damn good idea of the experience, too. Haul up the speakers to eleven, invite some friends over, and spill beer on each other, and you've got it. ;-)
well, he's on my list
Date: 2012-04-10 10:28 pm (UTC)Failing that, I'll get better speakers. :)