Quite a night at The Garden.
Started late due to an issue with the paperless tickets, but was it ever worth the wait.
'The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle' in it's entirety.
Horns, strings, Richard Blackwell on conga...
Highlights?
'Thundercrack' - Bruce introduced it as a 'WIESS' out-take.
'Prove It All Night' - it doesn't get any better than Bruce and Stevie trading "yeahs".
'E Street Shuffle' - horns loud and proud!
A wistful '4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)'.
An
immense 'Kitty's Back' - solos for everybody.
'Wild Billy's Circus Story' - with tuba accompaniment, of course.
'Incident On 57th Street' into 'Rosalita'. Liftoff achieved.
All a mere prelude to this - and perhaps
any - night's peak: 'New York City Serenade'
The Holy Grail chased by all Springsteen diehards, and tonight 20,000 of them held their collective breaths as it unfolded.
It was
stunning.
See and hear for yourself - 'New York City Serenade' (in two parts):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqy60iBbm3owww.youtube.com/watch?v=YBxq6skmJ3UThe bar was set mighty high, and imo, save for 'Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street?', didn't get there again.
Until the last song - 'Higher And Higher', with Elvis Costello.
Kudos to whomever lit that fire.
Simply put, it's everything that's right about Bruce Springsteen and the mighty E-Street Band in the here and now.
01. Thundercrack
02. Seeds
03. Prove It All Night
04. Hungry Heart
05. Working On A Dream
06. E Street Shuffle
07. 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
08. Kitty's Back
09. Wild Billy's Circus Story
10. Incident On 57th Street
11. Rosalita
12. New York City Serenade
13. Waiting On A Sunny Day
14. Raise Your Hand
15. Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street?
16. Glory Days
17. Human Touch
18. Lonesome Day
19. The Rising
20. Born To Run
21. Wrecking Ball
22. Bobby Jean
23. American Land
24. Dancing In the Dark
25. Higher And Higher
And the show's up already -
www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=275249'The River' tomorrow.
Well actually, later today...