| 15th October 2007 01:17 AM |
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| M.O.W.A.T. |
Just got back from the show and an amazing one it was!!!
Setlist:
Radio Nowhere
The Ties That Bind
Lonesome Day
Gypsy Biker
Magic
Reason to Believe
Adam Raised a Cain
She's the One
Livin' in the Future
The Promised Land
Tougher Than the Rest (first time on tour)
Backstreets (first time on tour)
Darlington County
Devil's Arcade
The Rising
Last to Die
Long Walk Home
Badlands
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Girls in Their Summer Clothes
State Trooper (first time played in over 24 years with members of Arcade Fire)
Keep the Car Running (Arcade Fire cover song again with members of Arcade Fire)
Born to Run
Dancing in the Dark
American Land
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| 15th October 2007 01:58 AM |
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| Dr. Pepper |
Looks like a good set and show |
| 15th October 2007 06:03 AM |
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| PartyDoll MEG |
Looks like you got a great show!!  Love it when Bruce does "cover songs" and who better to join him on the stage but Arcade Fire, who do a good version of State Trooper anyway. |
| 15th October 2007 07:23 AM |
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| Jeep |
Bruce on the loose
http://www.ottawasun.com/Showbiz/Music/2007/10/15/4576962-sun.html
The last time Capital City saw Bruce Springsteen, the Boss appeared to us as a lone figure armed with acoustic guitar and piano. A travelling troubadour. A folk singer.
Such a solitary existence, longtime fans well knew, was destined to be temporary.
Springsteen, you see, is first and foremost a rocker -- an arrested adolescent in the best sense, seemingly rediscovering the great glory of rock and roll with each sunrise.
True, he has stepped away from that public persona in recent years, striving to broaden his horizons and to further define the contemporary-dust-bowl-ballad territory tested on non-bombastic albums like Nebraska and The Ghost of Tom Joad.
But the E Street Band has never been far from his mind. And even at his folkiest, Springsteen has never given fans reason to doubt his devotion to both rock and roll.
So it was that when the Boss bounded onto the stage at Scotiabank Place last night in front of 15,000 of the faithful to ask the musical question "Is there anybody alive out there?" all was forgiven by those about to rock.
(The line lies at the heart of Radio Nowhere, a song from the new album Magic that rocks to a killer riff not a million miles from Bryan Adams' Run to You -- that's right; I went there -- and that does a better job of questioning the relevance of radio today than 57 Channels did for television 15 years ago).
And rock they did, as the Boss and his nine-piece (!) E Street Band ran through a lengthy set of favourites old and new, trading in the intimacy of his most recent solo visit to the Bank for a different kind of shared cosmic experience.
All the pieces were in place -- wailing sax solos from Clarence Clemons, wailing guitar solos from Nils Lofgren and Steven Van Zandt and plenty of wailing from the gruff-voiced man himself.
Add to that tried-and-true veteran E Streeters Roy Bittan, Danny Federici, Garry Tallent and Max Weinberg, plus multi-instrumentalist Soozie Tyrell and of course Mrs. Boss Patti Scialfa (whose mid-set solo spot at recent shows reportedly provided a welcome beer break), and you have the makings of a vintage Springsteen show.
Oh sure, he has lost a step over the years. (Haven't we all?) But if this wasn't a manic too-late-to-stop-now late-1970s Springsteen show, it suffered not one bit for that lack of reckless youthful energy.
See reference to arrested adolescence and love for rock and roll, above.
MANY HIGHLIGHTS
The highlights came early and continued throughout the night: A cocksure Adam Raised a Cain; the footstomping Born to Run Bo Diddley homage She's the One; The Promised Land, a gem from Darkness on the Edge of Town; a generous encore heavy on the hits; the hypnotic title track from Magic; plus the occasional diatribe against an American administration bent on "rolling back civil liberties."
For, even when accompanied by a nine-piece band, Bruce Springsteen is and has always been a folk singer in the truest sense of the word.
And last night, with a little help from his friends, this rock and roll saviour had the people's ear.
Once more.
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| 15th October 2007 10:12 AM |
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| Mel Belli |
"Keep the Car Runnin'" is a great song. Foo Fighters covered it live a few months ago. Now Bruce. If there's video, please post soon! |
| 15th October 2007 11:06 AM |
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| Gazza |
Sweet. Arcade Fire are really good. Sounds like a nice combination |
| 15th October 2007 01:06 PM |
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| polytoxic |
Cellphone video of
The end of State Trooper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9BWR_nlTL8
Keep The Car Running
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neFv85HHGQs |
| 15th October 2007 01:11 PM |
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| PartyDoll MEG |
can't look at you tube at work, but I found this :
[Edited by PartyDoll MEG] |
| 15th October 2007 01:28 PM |
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| Mel Belli |
That is simply mind-blowingly good. |
| 15th October 2007 01:33 PM |
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| PartyDoll MEG |
Mel..couldn't have said it better myself!!!!!! |
| 15th October 2007 06:00 PM |
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| M.O.W.A.T. |
State Trooper was a real surprise. Bruce came out and said they had some special guests from Arcade Fire and that the tune was a request. The other surprise was when he and the band covered Arcade Fire.
The other songs apart from Radio Nowhere, Darlington County and Born to Run that stood out were: American Land (a real kick up your heels Irish jig that had everyone dancing --- including all the old farts around me), The Rising and Tougher Than the Rest. Bruce dropped Patti's solo set but mentioned that "she had a new cd out that people could buy at the concession stands along with t-shirts and sexual aids!" |
| 15th October 2007 07:27 PM |
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| fireontheplatter |
bruce should go back to wearing those cut off flannels and bandannas he used to sport back in the day. this black shirt and black pant get up is kind of drap...no?
license regestration i ain't got none...
everybody say ow |
| 15th October 2007 08:00 PM |
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| robpop |
30 more days. We are on a collision course. Bruce always puts on an A-list show for his buddy Joe Grushecky. This time I hope they go back to doing Code of Silience together instead of Glory Days. |
| 16th October 2007 06:24 AM |
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| Lazy Bones |
now on Dime...
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=166562 |
| 16th October 2007 07:15 AM |
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| Gazza |
quote:
M.O.W.A.T. wrote:
Bruce dropped Patti's solo set but mentioned that "she had a new cd out that people could buy at the concession stands along with t-shirts and sexual aids!"
Its no coincidence I'm sure that there are two guys in the band who rejoice in the nicknames "Big Man" and "Little Steven" |
