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Very very solid list. Up there with first Brisbane show. I'd expect probably 10 song changes on Tuesday and maybe 3 or 4 songs not played on the tour in the first 6 shows.

I expect those who went will say what a great show and be very excited with what they saw. What will never come thru from these lists are the excitement and joy and interaction the boss and band has with the audience .

I'm expecting some very excited reports coming thru in a few hours.
 
FFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU I am so happy!!!!

Best night ever. Certainly the best concert I've ever been to. He is incredible, so energetic, his voice is amazing, he genuinely loves being out there performing, and he loves his fans. Omg.

The River was beautiful, so glad that was played. Tom Joad was gorgeous. All the encore songs went off, as you'd imagine! I really loved Wrecking Ball, Land of Hope and Dreams, and High Hopes.

I touched him! When he was crowd surging during Hungry Heart, I touched his fingers and he grabbed my hand! Oh, I...I have no words.

Tom Morello is fvcking unreal. His voice is great too - I had goosebumps during Tom Joad. And of course, he's one of the best guitarists in the world. Amazing.

Just got home...ears are ringing like crazy! I took some video, will see if I can upload it (I am technologically ******ed).

Cruyff14 was beside himself at the end of the show.
 

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RussellEbertHandball said:
Very very solid list. Up there with first Brisbane show. I'd expect probably 10 song changes on Tuesday and maybe 3 or 4 songs not played on the tour in the first 6 shows.

I expect those who went will say what a great show and be very excited with what they saw. What will never come thru from these lists are the excitement and joy and interaction the boss and band has with the audience .

I'm expecting some very excited reports coming thru in a few hours.
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Just got back from tonight. Unbelieveable. Fantastic setlist (very different to the second night in Sydney which i went to). Very happy to hear hungry heart, the river and Born in the USA.

I overheard a comment from someone which is a great way to describe the show. There are no filler songs, he makes every song sound like his best song, so upbeat and played with so much passion. It was an enjoyable 3 hours that is for sure.

While it isn't my favourite song, Wrecking Ball once again was fantastic. When the Brass kicks in......wow just wow.

I do wish I got to hear Thunder Road, but I am so happy with my Springsteen experience the past few days, I don't really mind so much.

Just another fantastic night
 
RussellEbertHandball said:
jpkennedy where did you guys position yourself. Did he notice Cruyffy's sign???
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There were quite a few signs and Cruyff ended up behind me so I'm not sure if Bruce noticed his. Initially we were next to each other about four or five row back, but during Hungry Heart the crowd surged and I got shoved to the front, ended up second or third row, dead centre. Suited me :D I got some great pics!
 
jpkennedy said:
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Tom Morello is fvcking unreal. His voice is great too - I had goosebumps during Tom Joad. And of course, he's one of the best guitarists in the world. Amazing.

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Little Stevie might have to watch out. Tom Morello has been a star on this Tour. I was disappointed when I heard no Stevie because him and Bruce bounce off each other so well, but from a musicality point of view the band hasn't lost anything by Tom getting the gig, if anything he has added substantially to it, especially on Tom Joad which has been a highlight of every show I went to, just slipped down the list in Sydney 2nd and 3rd shows as so many new songs were added.

Interesting story about Stevie talking about missing the tour - from an article on Thursday.

http://www.classichitsandoldies.com...lillyhammer-season-and-rascals-broadway-show/
 
jpkennedy said:
There were quite a few signs and Cruyff ended up behind me so I'm not sure if Bruce noticed his. Initially we were next to each other about four or five row back, but during Hungry Heart the crowd surged and I got shoved to the front, ended up second or third row, dead centre. Suited me :D I got some great pics!
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Did you start in front of Nils like Cruyffy said he was aiming for?
 
jpkennedy said:
No, we were dead in front of Bruce. I was stoked, Tom was to Bruce's left and I could see him really well (love him too!) And we had a good view of Nils and Max too.
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Sounds like you started pretty much in the same spot I did on Friday night re reading your other post. This arvo I posted a photo from the roadie of Friday night and described where I was. I had my sign folded and I waved it when he clicked and it partially obscures my face. See post 2593 for the photo and post

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/bruce-springsteen.866515/page-104#post-27494278
 
Just wow.

Hard to believe the man is 63 when you see the energy he put in to the show last night. He really pushed himself too, was buggered toward the end. The whole of the band were just fantastic and I'm glad they all had the opportunity rip out a solo or two.

Be fair to say I'm not the hardcore fan many people in this thread are - I basically bought a ticket thinking it was a 'must see' gig. A month's listening to the back catalogue culminating in the awesomeness of last night leaves me wondering why it took me so long!!!!!

Interesting different people's takes on the songs - I really liked the performace of the River last night. Other faves probably WOASD, Wrecking Ball, Death to Our Hometown.

...oh and Tom's and Bruce's guitar playing during Tom Joad - wow that was really special. Perhaps that was my favourite of the night.

Russel Ebert, you hit the nail on the head re it being difficult to show in this forum just how well he worked the crowd. The most engaging performer I've ever seen. He's been doing this every other day for years and doesn't look for a minute like it's become a chore one little bit.


My only criticism was he sounded like a pom when he tried to say 'arse' in an Aussie accent. :p
 

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Sometimes there are times in life, if you're lucky, you get to experience the greatest moment of your life, and if you're even luckier, you get to experience that with your idol. On Sunday night, I was lucky enough to have such an experience.

When he got on stage, he was met with a huge roar for his opening night in Melbourne. Asking "Melbourne, are you ready?" He immediately burst into a shit hot Out In The Street, the pit immediately went berserk, and fist pumping was rife. The elation that everybody was sharing in the room was magical, being a first timer, I couldn't believe that, the day I have waited 10 years for, was finally happening. I was in the same room as Bruce Springsteen and I was only metres away from him. From Out In The Street, he dug deep and surprised us with The Promised Land, as soon as that harmonica intro rung through everyone's ears is in the pit, we went into raptures. I was standing beside a guy whose favourite song was Promised Land. He was loving life. The "Blow away" bit during Promised Land is absolutely mental, shouting that out with other fans is something you can't describe. Then was a premiere of the tour. Something In The Night. This is when the tears started to flow. As soon as he pointed at Roy, and Roy begun playing, I was moved like I have never been moved in a concert before. I could not believe I was hearing this live. It was haunting. The rumble of Max's drums during the intro, Bruce's whails, just absolutely incredible. You can't describe it. An absolutely magical moment in my concert going life. I would say it is up there with the best moments I have had at a concert.

The one-two punch of Wrecking Ball and Death To My Hometown was great, loved when he said "COME ON MELBOURNE LET ME HEAR YOUR VOICES CALL!" nothing special, but a great moment to me. Death To My Hometown is brutal and to see the band as a whole throw the kitchen sink at you with a massive wall of sound is just brilliant. Then came the fun, Hungry Heart. He collected a massive sign from a fan with a heart on it, and I am talking massive, there were things written inside it. He did his usual crowd surf thing, then launched into Spirit. I love the intro during that, "CAN YA FEEL THE SPIRIT?" is just a ****ing epic question and the pit again went mental. Him and the band launched into it and the time was flying by.

High Hopes followed and I gotta say, it is excellent live. Everett and Bruce really own the stage and with its fast pace, it really draws you in. Next was The River, I was standing next to the lady who had the sign, she actually wanted Meeting Across The River, but the fans won with The River. It was an amazing rendition. His falsetto is just magic. Absolutely beautiful to witness.

Next up was another one-two heavy hitting punch of Seeds and Johnny 99. They aren't really songs that get played often for more, so I was a little more subdued during this. But Nils' guitar is just electric. Then, a huge big gun was brought out after this double shot. Prove It '78. I was literally one in front of the guy in the line who had the sign, very nice man who had also seen Bruce in Florence with his 9 year old son. A 19 year old girl broke down beside me when he played it. Absolutely brilliant. He shreds the shit out of his guitar during that intro and the raw sound of it ringing through your ears is just electric. Then the band come in and everyone again just can't contain themselves. Nils' solo was a joy to behold, especially when he did his spins. An amazing song to said I have seen done right before my eyes.

I am no fan of The Sessions stuff, but Pay Me My Money Down is fun. American's have trouble saying arse, and Bruce explained this, but he came off sounding British. Alas though, an amazing song that got everyone up in 90 seconds like Bruce said it would. Lots of fun and wouldn't be disappointed to hear it again. Darlington County followed and that again was a lot of fun with Bruce venturing into the crowd, great fun. It was funny seeing Nils run to make it in time to sing the lines he does with Bruce midway through.

Shackled and Drawn and Sunny day were next in line and both were fun. Sunny Day is much more fun experiencing it live rather than just seeing it appear on a setlist show after show. I could grow tired of it hearing it multiple times, but it does get the crowd involved and when you see the little kid he gets up on stage, you just melt.

The Rising and Badlands were two highlights of the night for me. The lighting during the intro of The Rising is just incredible. Got a great shot during that. Badlands was just insane. The fist pumping was just ridiculous and doing the woah oh oh oh was great to share with other fans. I was stadning with two 19 year olds (one of whom was the girl on stage in Sydney), who were with their fathers, and evne the fathers started jumping up and down. It was just great to see, we all sung together, while fist pumping and jumping and it was just an incredible feeling, knowing, that, these people are feeling the exact same way you are. Joad followed and just wow, again not a favourite of mine, but Morello is absolutely beastly during this. The conviction he puts into it not only singing, but also playing is incredible to witness. Just brilliant.

LOHAD was the "epic" of the night and I enjoyed it. Then he ripped out BIT USA and the crowd really got up and just went bananas. Everyone around me in the pit was fist pumping like it was 1985 and Bruce's vocals were ruthless. Straight into Born To Run and the house lights came on, and nobody sat down for the rest of night. As epic as I thought it would be.

The final double shot of DITD and 10th Avenue was great. Dancing is heaps of fun. 10th Avenue is great and Bruce getting up on the piano during the woah oh oh oh oh oh bit is just fantastic.

I was spent by the encore. My shoulder was destroyed, it hurt to fist pump and it hurt to speak. I don't know how Bruce does it.

The greatest night of my life? You bet.
 
You have 4 more greatest nights of your life to come Cruyff. So happy for you that you loved it. Can tell so much from your post and know exactly what you are saying after having been in the pit a couple of times and a couple of times out of it.

You wrote something I forgot to write about in my posts. The fist pumping as well as the arm pumping and in a lot of songs he talks about "one' so also the finger pointing in pit. It's such a big part of the experience. And Bruce does it so many times.

For me Badlands is a special song. In the pit it becomes - as Bruce would say - very very speeeeeeecial song with the fist pumping, the jumping up and down as the music cranks up to a crescendo and then the woah oh oh oh as it backs off.

You talked about the fathers. In the third Sydney show I was two or three behind in the line to a guy who was a lollie boy at the Beatles 1964 shows in Sydney. Had a good chat to him in the line and he has run decent size businesses, so he's not an old hippy type music fan. he has been to heeps of concerts for heeps of artists over the years. He was a two or three people away from me on my left in the pit. He got into it and after the show I had a quick chat to him and he said its as good a show as anything he has ever seen.
 
RussellEbertHandball said:
You have 4 more greatest nights of your life to come Cruyff. So happy for you that you loved it. Can tell so much from your post and know exactly what you are saying after having been in the pit a couple of times and a couple of times out of it.

You wrote something I forgot to write about in my posts. The fist pumping as well as the arm pumping and in a lot of songs he talks about "one' so also the finger pointing in pit. It's such a big part of the experience. And Bruce does it so many times.

For me Badlands is a special song. In the pit it becomes - as Bruce would say - very very speeeeeeecial song with the fist pumping, the jumping up and down as the music cranks up to a crescendo and then the woah oh oh oh as it backs off.

You talked about the fathers. In the third Sydney show I was two or three behind in the line to a guy who was a lollie boy at the Beatles 1964 shows in Sydney. Had a good chat to him in the line and he has run decent size businesses, so he's not an old hippy type music fan. he has been to heeps of concerts for heeps of artists over the years. He was a two or three people away from me on my left in the pit. He got into it and after the show I had a quick chat to him and he said its as good a show as anything he has ever seen.
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Rocking it out with random dads was fun, I was talking to their daughters for most of the show (one was the one who got in stage in Sydney and the other who broke down during Prove It), and we all just went nuts. It is something I will never forget. Just an absolutely smashing time. Playing Badlands now and it is the woah oh oh bit halfway through, just magical.
 
Bruce Springsteen does not sings songs. Bruce Springsteen does not put on a concert. Bruce Springsteen does not even host an event. Bruce Springsteen holds court. He takes a tennis venue and once you enter and the lights go down he transforms it into the Bruciverse. We are all guests in the universe he creates. He is without doubt the star around which the planets of his universe revolve but without them there is no universe. He is the living embodiment of the big bang theory as there is nothing then there is his show. And as that show continues it coalesces into into a planetary system before your eyes. It takes your breath away, it makes you laugh, it makes you weep with joy and and like the motes of dust in the big bang theory you are drawn into the universe and for a magical few hours become part of the transformation.

As RussellEbertHandball says you can't put into words the emotion attached to this concert. No set list does it justice. It pumps through your body, picks you up and sweeps you away into another world, another universe. I think I came from that concert sweating more than The Boss and I was in a seated section. The pit would be great, the interaction he had with the people in there was amazing. But to see the spectacle unfold from a small distance was phenomenal. The Old Dark Navy's had the same experience. To take in the effect of the explosion from the stage coruscating out through the crowd and watching the punters swept up in the joy and emotion of it all was a sight in itself. It's worth its own price of admission.

Truly one of the great spectacles of world entertainment not just music. The Boss puts in the effort of an AFL team and produces a universe that is truly majestic and that the only sad part of is the minute the lights come back up and you realise it is over.

I'm glad you were finally able to experience that joy Cruyff14 and be thankful you found such an amazing performer to influence your life.
 
Just to add, I came away from the concert thinking, wow he didn't play Thunder Road, Backstreets, Jungleland, Outlaw Pete, Racing in the Street, Rosalita, We Take Care of Our Own, Mary's Place, Candy's Room, Because the Night all of which I would have loved to have heard and he still filled close enough to three hours and it didn't matter. Because I had experienced an amazing event that swept me and everybody in the venue away from the merely mortal.
 

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Ford Fairlane said:
Bruce Springsteen does not sings songs. Bruce Springsteen does not put on a concert. Bruce Springsteen does not even host an event. Bruce Springsteen holds court. He takes a tennis venue and once you enter and the lights go down he transforms it into the Bruciverse. We are all guests in the universe he creates. He is without doubt the star around which the planets of his universe revolve but without them there is no universe. He is the living embodiment of the big bang theory as there is nothing then there is his show. And as that show continues it coalesces into into a planetary system before your eyes. It takes your breath away, it makes you laugh, it makes you weep with joy and and like the motes of dust in the big bang theory you are drawn into the universe and for a magical few hours become part of the transformation.

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A great post in total Ford, but I just wanted to bold the bits you expressed, so much better than I ever could.
 
Ford Fairlane said:
Just to add, I came away from the concert thinking, wow he didn't play Thunder Road, Backstreets, Jungleland, Outlaw Pete, Racing in the Street, Rosalita, We Take Care of Our Own, Mary's Place, Candy's Room, Because the Night all of which I would have loved to have heard and he still filled close enough to three hours and it didn't matter. Because I had experienced an amazing event that swept me and everybody in the venue away from the merely mortal.
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Exactly, you don't begrudge the experience because there is simply not enough time to do them all. You just sit there and watch in envy as the setlists pour in from other shows and curse the fact you couldn't afford to follow the tour around like a groupie.
 
The Australian's Sean Sennett wrote a great review of the first show in Brizvegas and Bruce's official site has drafted him to write a review for every show. Last night's is at

http://brucespringsteen.net/news/2013/6022

and the other 4 are at
http://brucespringsteen.net/category/news

James Wigney is now writing the Oz's reviews. Here is last night's. If the pay wall blocks you, just cut and paste a paragraph or two into google search and click on the link and you get access.

Bruce Springsteen's Wrecking Ball Tour hits Melbourne

EVEN if he didn't sing it, Bruce Springsteen brought the glory days back to a packed Rod Laver Arena last night with a hit-filled marathon set that still had the fans baying for more after close to three hours.
The Boss may have kept the faithful waiting for a decade since his chequered stadium tour of 2003, but he more than made up for it with a master class that showed why he has been for 40 years - and still remains - one of the most relevant and revered figures in the rock pantheon.

From the moment he bounded on to the stage - and then out into the crowd with Out In the Streets to his final farewell 23 songs later, stomping on the piano and waving goodbye to a sea of hands with Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out (both songs more than 30 years old and sounding fresh as ever), Springsteen gave it his all.
At 63, and with the energy of a man half his age and the charisma to match, Springsteen pulled out every rock trick in the book - a book he helped write. From sweat-soaked posturing to booty shaking and guitar slinging, to frenzied forays into the crowd, the Boss had the audience in the palm of his hand............

Bruce Springsteen's Wrecking Ball Tour hits Melbourne

and a nice article in the age today. the author also gives the set list and comment on each song after it.

He's still the Boss
 
Been smashing Out In The Street after last night, really is a fun song I have neglected. I have been buzzing all day. I am a combination of exhausted, anxious, excited and buzzing. I have a very knotted shoulder blade, a huskier voice than Bruce's and I am the mayor of struggle town. The next two days are going to be brutal but well worth it.

Here are some pictures I took

The first few lines of Spirit -

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Prove It '78 Intro

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Prove It intro again

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And probably my favourite photo. During the first few bars of The Rising. ****ing epic.

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JuddyBuddy said:
Something in the night, Cruyff will be over the moon!
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Netti said:
3rd song in, I wonder if he is still standing?
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I thought I was going to cry when he came out, but when he pointed at Roy and Roy begun playing, is when I started crying. It was just beautiful. An absolutely majestic song and the rendition was just flawless. Wow.
 
Cruyff14 said:
Been smashing Out In The Street after last night, really is a fun song I have neglected. I have been buzzing all day. I am a combination of exhausted, anxious, excited and buzzing. I have a very knotted shoulder blade, a huskier voice than Bruce's and I am the mayor of struggle town. The next two days are going to be brutal but well worth it.

Here are some pictures I took......
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Yeah why didn't you have that it in your top 61!!! :D Hope you are bashing out the Live in NYC version.


Great photo's by the way. Your camera is a lot better than mine. Mine takes forever to click and most are blurry as a result, as neither Bruce or band members stay still.
 

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