Bruce Springsteen

[RussellEbertHandball]

^^ what a great out of office auto email reply ManWithNoName

If you are on twitter send it to his account and maybe even greasy lake's. It will get retweeted around the world.

Otherwise leave it on his facebook page. Do that as well

 

[Cruyff14]

So I just set my Out of Office autoreply for the next 5 weeks:

I just found you on FB

 

[ManWithNoName]

I just found you on FB

Yes you did. I still have no name.

 

[Cruyff14]

Yes you did. I still have no name.

FB would say otherwise

 

[paddy18]

2nd encore of 2nd show. All 3 shows the 2nd encore has been Bruce solo acoustic, Thunder Road, This Hard Land and Thunder Road again. The band can't keep up with the old guy.

paddy18 do you belt this one out on your guitar??

3 chords...probably the easiest Bruce song to play along with Incident. Harder to perfect that twang with the vocals though

 

[Cruyff14]

3 chords...probably the easiest Bruce song to play along with Incident. Harder to perfect that twang with the vocals though

Yeah cos I bet you can smash out the Incident solo

 

[Gasometer]

Gawd I hope am standing in the same position as the dude who filmed this ^^^^ Hard Land

 

[Cruyff14]

That Sin City vid is ****ing sick.

 

[paddy18]

That Sin City vid is ******* sick.

The Sun City one is as well

 

[paddy18]

Yeah cos I bet you can smash out the Incident solo

Nah....they're just showing off.

 

[Cruyff14]

The Sun City one is as well

Go play your guitar. Wannabe.

Nah....they're just showing off.

Ha!

 

[paddy18]

Go play your guitar. Wannabe.


Ha!

Watch Bruce's face on the HR2 vid during the guitar solo..looks like he's in agony..it doesn't look like any fun at all.

 

[Cruyff14]

Watch Bruce's face on the HR2 vid during the guitar solo..looks like he's in agony..it doesn't look like any fun at all.

It's fooking mesmerising.

This SC thing is freakin incredible.

Love how when Steve and Mos Def are centre stage, Bruce just goes off and sings through Nils' mic. Doesn't care about not having the spotlight.

 

[paddy18]

FB would say otherwise

I saw that out of office reply pop up on my fb as well and thought that it looked very familiar. There is indeed a name.

 

[Cruyff14]

I saw that out of office reply pop up on my fb as well and thought that it looked very familiar. There is indeed a name.

It was the avatar. I saw the avatar before the post.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Another show on early Sunday morning Oz time. This video of Sun City is superb quality both vision and sound and better than the one I posted previously.

Stevie's hair on TV isn't real - but surely his teeth aren't that white and perfect - gotta be dental assistance.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Great set list in Joh'burg

1. Free Nelson Mandela
2. Land of Hope and Dreams
3. No Surrender
4. SEEDS
5. Out in The Street
6. CADILLAC RANCH
7. High Hopes
8. Wrecking Ball
9. Death to my Hometown
10. Hungry Heart
11. I'M ON FIRE
12. The River
13. American Skin (41 Shots)
14. Heaven's Wall
15. MURDER INCORPORATED
16. Johnny 99
17. Working on the Highway
18. Darlington County
19. Shackled and Drawn
20. Waitin' on a Sunny Day
21. The Rising
22. The Ghost of Tom Joad
23. Badlands

24. WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN
25. Born in the U.S.A.
26. Born to Run
27. Bobby Jean
28. Dancing in the Dark
29. Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
30. Shout

31. Thunder Road (acoustic)

 

[Cruyff14]

Murder Inc

 

[DrVanNostrand]

I love this song.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

The stats from the 4 shows. I don't think we should worry about variety over his 11 Oz shows and 2 NZ shows.

He performed 27+27+30+(3+31) = 118 songs sung

http://www.setlist.fm/stats/bruce-springsteen-2bd6dcce.html?tour=High+Hopes+Tour

64 different songs - 61 during the official shows + 3 acoustic pre show at the FNB Stadium
Acoustic pre-show_

01. Working On The Highway
02. I’ll Work For Your Love
03. Growin’ Up

9 songs played at every show
High Hopes
Shackled and Drawn
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
Born to Run
The Rising
Badlands
Dancing in the Dark
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Heaven's Wall

Other songs from High Hopes
3 times - American Skin (41 Shots) + The Ghost of Tom Joad
twice -
once - This is Your Sword - JLFW

Geez we better get Frankie, Harry's Place The Wall, Dream Baby Dream and Down in the Hole. I wont be upset if there is no Hunter of Invisible Game.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

It's Super Bowl time. And its finally being played in the Boss' back yard at the Meadowlands Stadium but he is touring SAF and Oz.

Bruno Mars is doing the show this year and said he is looking to Bruce for inspiration.

Bruno Mars looks to Bruce Springsteen for Super Bowl halftime show inspiration

Then there is this British music news site that rates its best 10 Super Bowl halftime shows. It ranks Bruce no. 2 behind Michael Jackson. I think that's fair enough as Jackson's performance in 1993 took the half time show to a completely different level compared to the usual university and high school marching bands, walt disney shows and dancing troupes doing the halftime shows. After Jacko did his show

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/n...test-ever-super-bowl-shows.html#ixzz2s4Qu9gK7

2. Bruce Springsteen: Super Bowl XLIII
Bossing the Bowl

"I want you to step away from the guacamole dip! I want you to put the chicken finger down!" How had The Boss not played the Super Bowl before 2009? America's greatest blue collar hero was a match made in heaven for the sporting spectacle and boy did he deliver. From the shoulder-to-shoulder intro with his best buddy, the Big Man Clarence Clemons, to the specially adapted feelgood singalong of 'Glory Days', it was a dream setlist. Throw in a rampaging 'Born to Run' and you've got the makings of one of the greatest ever Halftime Shows.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/n...test-ever-super-bowl-shows.html#ixzz2s4Qu9gK7

 

[ManWithNoName]

Seems there's no FLAC version of Cape Town 2. Watch the sound nerds go nuts.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

A bit of footage out of Joh'burg.

pre show acoustic - growin up



Looks like he played to about 45k-50k in a 95k stadium.

 

[ManWithNoName]

I leave tomorrow. Oh good god what have I done.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

I leave tomorrow. Oh good god what have I done.

I hope you have given yourself a bit of time if there is a plane delay.

Watched the 2nd half of the Super Bowl today and they had music from High Hopes album on the Fox coverage on ESPN when they came back from ad breaks. Think it was early in the last quarter and one of the commentators said something like we like giving a young New Jersey act a bit of a free plug.