Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:02 am
Mon Jul 25, 2005 10:50 am
likethebike wrote:To be fair to Elvis, Springsteen did not tour every year in, year out like Elvis did in the 1970s. And Elvis toured amidst personal and physical problems.
Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:31 am
Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:35 am
Mon Jul 25, 2005 6:52 pm
Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:52 pm
Pete Dube wrote:The Boss gave a great, compelling solo show last night in Charlotte. I was somewhat apprehensive as to whether he could sustain interest for 2-1/2 hours(the show was actually 2 hours 20 minutes), but he certainly pulled it off. The majority of the songs were from Devils & Dust and The Rising, although he dug into his now extensive catalogue going back to his first album for Blinded By The Light and his second for the ultra rare Wild Billy's Circus Story. Interestingly, nothing was performed from Born To Run and Born In The U.S.A. I Can't remember all the songs, but here's what I do remember (in no particular order): Racing In The Street; The Promised Land; The River; Highway Patrolman; When You're Alone, You're Alone; If I Should Fall Behind; Real World; Further On Up The Road; Empty Sky; The Rising; Into The Fire; Devils & Dust. There was a bunch more that I just can't remember, mostly from the Devils & Dust album, but also 1 or 2 tunes from the Tom Joad album whose titles elude me, and also cover song. Bruce played guitar (mostly acoustic but he used an electric for a couple of songs), piano, electric piano, organ, and harmonica. I was pleasantly surprised to find him a pretty decent piano player, not just a claw hand chord banger.
He performed 1 bluesy song with just harmonica while stomping his foot for beat. He did The Promised Land tapping on his guitar for percussion effect, simultaneously hitting a chord now & again, which was very interesting.
All in all a great, often mesmerizing show!
Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:17 pm
Pete Dube wrote:I'm going to see the Boss tonight in Charlotte! I've been a Bruce Springsteen fan since the Born To Run days back in '76. I've seen Bruce in concert in August '78; Dec. '80; July '84; Feb. '00 (the E-Street Band reunion tour); and summer '03. While I'm not as rabid a fan as I once was, I still enjoy his music, and in particular his live shows.
I remember when Springsteen did the Darkness On The Edge of Town tour. These concerts ran 3 to 3-1/2 hours long. This caused other male rock singers, and other rock bands in general, to increase the length of their live shows. So in that regard Bruce certainly raised the bar.
Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:31 pm
Mon Jul 25, 2005 10:18 pm
Gregory Nolan Jr. wrote:Minkahed's points are well-taken, however much I was distracted.![]()
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Still, a lot of non-fans could stand a reappraisal of the best of Elvis in the '70s, given the beating his image took (deserving or otherwise) since then.
Mon Jul 25, 2005 10:54 pm
Tue Jul 26, 2005 4:00 am
Tue Jul 26, 2005 4:08 pm
Mike C wrote:Pete: Where did you see him in August of 1978 and December 1980?
Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:29 pm
Pete Dube wrote:Mike C wrote:Pete: Where did you see him in August of 1978 and December 1980?
Mike -
The August '78 show was at the New Haven coliseum in my home state of Connecticut. Bruce opened with Good Rockin' Tonight, and later in the show he did Heartbreak Hotel.
The December '80 show was at the Hartford civic center. It was a 4 hour show!
Thanks for the info on Reason To Believe. For some reason the sound system on that song was a bit garbled, so I didn't recognize it. It also sounded a lot different from the album version.
Wed Jul 27, 2005 6:22 am
Mon Aug 01, 2005 1:25 am
Pete Dube wrote:The Boss gave a great, compelling solo show last night in Charlotte. I was somewhat apprehensive as to whether he could sustain interest for 2-1/2 hours(the show was actually 2 hours 20 minutes), but he certainly pulled it off. The majority of the songs were from Devils & Dust and The Rising, although he dug into his now extensive catalogue going back to his first album for Blinded By The Light and his second for the ultra rare Wild Billy's Circus Story. Interestingly, nothing was performed from Born To Run and Born In The U.S.A. I Can't remember all the songs, but here's what I do remember (in no particular order): Racing In The Street; The Promised Land; The River; Highway Patrolman; When You're Alone, You're Alone; If I Should Fall Behind; Real World; Further On Up The Road; Empty Sky; The Rising; Into The Fire; Devils & Dust. There was a bunch more that I just can't remember, mostly from the Devils & Dust album, but also 1 or 2 tunes from the Tom Joad album whose titles elude me, and also cover song. Bruce played guitar (mostly acoustic but he used an electric for a couple of songs), piano, electric piano, organ, and harmonica. I was pleasantly surprised to find him a pretty decent piano player, not just a claw hand chord banger.
He performed 1 bluesy song with just harmonica while stomping his foot for beat. He did The Promised Land tapping on his guitar for percussion effect, simultaneously hitting a chord now & again, which was very interesting.
All in all a great, often mesmerizing show!
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