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Re: Thundercrack The Boss Is Back

Geoff Judge — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 14:12:56 -0000

Nice seats Fred! The Wed. night show was also over the top. Bruce may be looking a bit older, but his concerts build stronger throughout the night. Just a tad shorter than the old days. Loved hearing Badlands and Born to Run again, both played at a fever pitch with Clarence blowing that horn just like the old days. The tunes from Magic are classic Bruce. Girls in their Summer Clothes from the encore keeps ringing in my head.
Don't miss this tour.

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Steve Poland — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:20:46 -0000

He still plays his shows as if it's the last show he's ever going to play in his life. And they put twists on the songs -- I just saw him Monday in Toronto; he played 'Reason to Believe' in a way I'd never heard before; and it was bloody amazing!

I go to so many shows each year of various artists, but no one can touch Bruce still -- and I'm 28. Bruce just has so much energy -- and whips out 4 songs right in a row with no break, as mighty max is nailing out the last drums and Bruce is grabbing his next guitar, music still playing, Bruce on the mic -- "1-2-3-4.."

Anyhow, he's still the Boss. And there's nothing left in this world once you've seen him, except for seeing him again. We're the lucky ones that can die tomorrow with a smile on our faces "ear to ear". :)

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fredwilson — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:38:01 -0000

Rudy and klaus are alive and kicking. Jackson and I saw them a couple weeks ago at the beacon. Rock is certainly not dead!

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dankeldsen — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:29:24 -0000

Wow, the Scorpions are still alive? Incredible. Saw them at one of the last "Monsters of Rock" in Pittsburgh at Three Rivers Stadium many many years ago.

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Tony Alva — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:48:53 -0000

If you wanted to give these young musicians a lesson in rock you should have taken them to that Scorpions show a few weeks ago.

No slag against Bruce, I've got the new one in heavy rotation right now too, but they would have a new benchmark for what rock is walking out of that Scrops show.

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Fred333 — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:42:28 -0000

Sounds like a great show. Been a long time Bruce fan myself.

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Bruce Barber — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:53:39 -0000

Fred,

I laud your decision to provide a valuable educational experience to these young musicians.

As we both know, one can learn "more from a three minute record, baby, than you'll ever learn in school..."

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David Schlesinger — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:14:46 -0000

There's a video of State Trooper with Arcade Fire on www.BruceSpringsteen.net.

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Dave Hyndman — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:59:36 -0000

I'm envious, Fred. I also read that at his recent gig in Ottawa, Canada, he was joined onstage for an encore by Arcade Fire's Win Butler and Régine Chassagne. And they played State Trooper and Keep the Car Running. Would love to have seen that.

Globe & Mail story here: http://www.theglobeandmail....

(sorry about the empty post above; hit Enter too soon)

DAVE

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Dave Hyndman — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:54:12 -0000

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Weissman — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:35:20 -0000

Any maybe that's the issue right there -- he is now in the "make my classic songs sound great, night after night" phase. Much harder.

American Land -- which closed the show -- was really fun. And she's the one had great energy, as did the whole show.

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fredwilson — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:29:07 -0000

i enjoyed his Seeger Sessions shows last year more than last night. i loved the song he ended with last night. never heard it before. its got to be hard to play born to run, dancing in the dark, promised land, etc over and over again, night after night, and make it great every time.

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Weissman — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:23:55 -0000

Typical Bruce show - meaning relative to anyone else it was amazing, near incredible. That being said, the best shows I have seen (granted 20+ years ago) where when he had something to prove to the world (Early years = Jersey kid gone wild; Born to Run = the savior of RnR; Darkness = my manager screwed me; River = flirting with pop and 30+ new songs; Born in the USA = the greatest live performer ever, anywhere in the world, etc).

Maybe it's age, maybe his number of songs/albums is too large to anymore represent something about Bruce vis a vis the world. Or maybe his listeners are just getting older too. But to me there was something missing (ok, it was Jungleland ;-) ) the last 3 or 4 shows relative to his best, or his better.