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Reply #325 - May 19th, 2008 at 5:50pm
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Bruce joined Mike Ness for his encore at the Stone Pony on Saturday night.

1. Misery Loves Company
2. Ball & Chain
3. If You Leave Before Me
4. I Fought The Law

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Reply #326 - May 21st, 2008 at 9:08pm
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LOS SEGUIDORES DEL CANTANTE CUENTAN SUS EXPERIENCIAS
'For you' y los legendarios fans de Springsteen

* El libro, del fotógrafo Lawrence Kirsch, ofrece testimonios de cientos de seguidores

21/05/2008 10:15 (CET)
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NUEVA YORK.- Lawrence Kirsch, fotógrafo canadiense, mordió la fruta prohibida a finales de 1975, cuando compró dos entradas para ver a Bruce Springsteen y la E Street Band en el Place des Arts de Montreal.

Cuestionado al respecto, aclara: "En el 75 yo no era un gran fan de Springsteen, me tiraban más Bob Dylan, David Bowie o los Rolling Stones. Aquella noche, cuando apagaron las luces, olvidé todo e inicié mi viaje con Bruce y con Roy Bittan (pianista de la E Street). Arrancaron con una versión acústica de 'Thunder road'.

Nunca había sido testigo de una apertura de concierto tan sencilla y, sin embargo, tan efectiva y apasionada. Bruce cantaba con tanta convicción que parecía revivir sus temas. El concierto duró tres horas, mucho más que cualquiera que yo hubiera visto antes, y al final la audiencia estaba exhausta. Abandonamos el teatro sabiendo que habíamos visto algo especial".

Treinta y tres años, y 60 conciertos de Springsteen más tarde, Kirsch publica (mejor reedita: la primera edición, limitadísima, se agotó hace meses, al poco de salir) 'For you'. Ofrece testimonios de cientos de seguidores del de Nueva Jersey contados en primera persona. Sus vivencias alumbran toda una épica.

Van de la anécdota descacharrante al bosquejo de una vida enroscada en torno a la música. Demiurgo, socio, compañero y maestro, Springsteen proyecta entre sus seguidores una imagen atípica. Trasciende su papel asignado (megaestrella) y se transforma en algo más, tal vez el buen pastor que consuela sin arengar, cronista implacable del sueño americano y sus desvelos.

Convocados por Kirsch para enviar textos y fotografías, los seguidores respondieron con entusiasmo. Había que documentar décadas de conciertos masivos y secretos, de los estadios de fútbol a los bares donde a veces, muchas, Springsteen rocanrolea hasta la madrugada.

También era necesario explicar por qué se trata de uno de los dos o tres artistas más pirateados de la historia y las decenas de miles de entradas que registran páginas web como 'Backstreets' (desde 1980, documentando los pasos de Springsteen, primero como fanzine y más tarde como web), contar, como hace Kirsch, porque "Springsteen nos da esperanza. Si se limitara a entretenernos, sería estupendo.

Pero hace más, ha contribuido a nuestra educación, nos pide mantener la mente abierta y receptiva hacia los problemas sociales y (desde 2004) la situación política de los Estados Unidos. Algunos fans no están de acuerdo con este último aspecto, pero es su problema".
Sugestión y mordisco

Kirsch, él mismo uno de tantos 'tramps' (vagabundos, por 'Born to run') que planean sus vacaciones con la idea de ver tantos conciertos de Springsteen como sea posible, apostó todo en 'For you', dispuesto a colocar el espejo en el lado contrario.

Quienes quieran conocer las causas del hechizo deben saber que Springsteen rara vez decepciona en vivo. Sus conciertos sugestionan y muerden a partes iguales. Aparte la duración (maratoniana, pero sin llegar a los sobrehumanos excesos de los viejos tiempos: al cabo Springsteen tiene 59 años), destaca la perenne sensación de sorpresa.

Sirva como ejemplo que durante la segunda parte de la gira americana de 'Magic' (que ahora desembarca en Europa), Springsteen ha llegado a cambiar más de 10 canciones entre un concierto y el siguiente, tocado temas nunca antes escuchados en directo (caso de 'None but the brave', una de tantas joyas descartadas durante las sesiones del 'Born in the USA', sólo escuchada en vivo durante unos conciertos navideños en 2003).

Arrancas 'For you' inquieto, fascinado con sus fotografías y, sí, temeroso por la perspectiva de un aluvión de cartas del tipo Bruce salvó mi vida y 'blablablá'

Ha invitado a Arcade Fire, Connor Oberst ('Bright Eyes'), Alejandro Escovedo, Joe Ely, Tom Morello ('Rage Against the Machine') o Roger McGuinn a acompañarlo en distintas ciudades y versioneado temas ajenos (por ejemplo, 'I´ll fly away', clásico gospel que Springsteen y la E Street Band tocaron como homenaje a Danny Federici, miembro fundador y legendario teclista del grupo fallecido el pasado abril).

Arrancas 'For you' inquieto, fascinado con sus fotografías y, sí, temeroso por la perspectiva de un aluvión de cartas del tipo Bruce salvó mi vida y 'blablablá', y vale, bueno, algunos mensajes turban por ingenuos, pero en el cómputo final pesan infinitamente más las increíbles historias de gente corriente y los nudos que el mejor arte sugiere, haciendo de la ecuación música/biografía fascinante sucesión de lágrimas, risas, polvo y sudor, besos y estrellas, que viaja de lo divertido a lo mágico sin derrapar en el misticismo barato.

'For you', al cabo, termina por ser un canto de amor, pero no el previsto desde la trinchera cínica. Gozoso, vibrante, lírico y poético, demuestra que si bien "lo más difícil es conservar tu idealismo tras perder la inocencia" (Springsteen dixit), siempre nos quedará la música (nuestro París de Fenders).

Antes de concluir la entrevista, Kirsch avisa a los fans españoles con entrada para los conciertos de junio: "Verán a unos Bruce Springsteen y la E Street Band más decididos que nunca a mostrar lo que hay. Es su única oportunidad para volarte la cabeza. Sin retiradas, segundas oportunidades o mañanas. Con la reciente muerte de Danny Federici el grupo está repasando su historia personal e, incluso, su propia mortalidad... Ve esta gira todo lo que puedas, creo que será la última de la E Street Band".
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Reply #327 - May 21st, 2008 at 9:12pm
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Or in other words....It's BOSSTIME Fuck you Gazza, Will ya? At least for Gazza anyway. Cheers mate. I hope all the hype from this side of the pond meets up to expectations over there...I have a feeling it will.   Let's go get drunk
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Reply #328 - May 21st, 2008 at 9:17pm
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sweetcharmedlife wrote on May 21st, 2008 at 9:12pm:
Or in other words....It's BOSSTIME Fuck you Gazza, Will ya? At least for Gazza anyway. Cheers mate. I hope all the hype from this side of the pond meets up to expectations over there...I have a feeling it will. War horses couldn't drag me away


SCL.. This is not  War horses couldn't drag me away

This is  Let's go get drunk Gazza enjoy! Cool Fuck you Gazza, Will ya?

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Reply #329 - May 21st, 2008 at 9:23pm
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I stand corrected. Too much Better seen on weed!
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Reply #330 - May 21st, 2008 at 9:26pm
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sweetcharmedlife wrote on May 21st, 2008 at 9:23pm:
I stand corrected. Too much Better seen on weed!


Oh and by the way, while I am thinking of it..
you do need to see Dylan at least once.... Wink

continue Better seen on weed! Let's go get drunk
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Reply #331 - May 21st, 2008 at 9:44pm
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From Backstreets:

Speaking of not set in stone, a rumored itinerary for fall U.S. dates has been floating around in recent days. Sources tell us that there's truth to it -- we're likely looking at a two-month arena leg in September and October, leading off with Bruce and the band's August 30 Milwaukee show. But as always, we wait for official confirmation; you'll know when it's posted here that a fall schedule is no longer tentative.
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Reply #332 - May 22nd, 2008 at 10:52am
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I would love t hear Bruce and Mike Ness's singing Ball and Chain.  According to Backstreets it was done with a country flavor.
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Reply #333 - May 22nd, 2008 at 2:29pm
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Text from Gazza:  No Patti. Promised Land Radio Nowhere and Lonesome Days

Earlier today he texted me that they had met Nils and Little Stevie. Update:  I now have confirmation that Gazza did meet the entire band except for Bruce

Sounds like fun in Dublin! Cool You rock!
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Reply #334 - May 22nd, 2008 at 4:48pm
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OK 1st Dublin show...

1) The Promised Land
2) Radio Nowhere
3) Lonesome Day
4) Out in the Street
5) Gypsy Biker
6) Magic
7) Reason To Believe
8 ) Candy's Room
9) Prove It All Night (got to hear this one Cool)
10) Darkness
11) Because The Night
12) She is the One
13) Livin in the Future
14) Mary's Place
15) Waitin´On A Sunny Day
16) The River
17) Devil's Arcade
18 ) The Rising
19) Last to Die
20) Long Walk Home
21) Badlands (main show clocked in at 2 hours per Gazza)

Encores:
22) Thunder Road
23) Born to Run
24) Bobby Jean
25) 10th Avenue Freeze Out (with Southside Johnny per Gazza)
26) American Land
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Reply #335 - May 22nd, 2008 at 7:40pm
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Looks like a pretty solid show for an opener. 1 down 4 to go for the G man.
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Reply #337 - May 23rd, 2008 at 5:14am
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good for Gazza!  Let's go get drunk

looking forward to my show, next friday (30th)   Fuck you Gazza, Will ya?
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Reply #338 - May 23rd, 2008 at 9:49am
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Where in Dublin's Fair City was that show?
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Reply #339 - May 23rd, 2008 at 3:38pm
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Today I got two entirely unexpected Springsteen tickets in the post, no bloody idea how I managed to totally forget about it....
Blank Frigging Stare
Aaaaaanyway, I'm reeeeeeally excited now, AND I also have a spare ticket, as this is far too short-noticed for my airmile- guzzling hubby, so, if anyone would like to jump the pond real quick, you can be my guest.....
Gazza, if you're reading this: have a blast in Dublin, and if you change your mind and would like to drive to Diggle again after the concert at Trafford......
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Reply #340 - May 23rd, 2008 at 7:54pm
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From Gazza: Last nite was great. Tonite was off the radar. Bruce changed 9 songs. Opened with "night". Also added no surrender, trapped, girls in summer clothes, murder inc., darlington county, jungleland, glory days and dancin in dark.

Gazza said 'Howdy everyone"!!

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sounds like Gary had one hell of a 2nd night!  Fuck you Gazza, Will ya?
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Setlist:
Night
Radio Nowhere
No Surrender
Lonesome Day
The Promised Land
Magic
Trapped
Murder Incorporated
Darlington County
Prove It All Night
She's the One
Livin' in the Future
Mary's Place
Girls in Their Summer Clothes
Devil's Arcade
The Rising
Last to Die
Long Walk Home
Badlands
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Jungleland
Born to Run
Glory Days
Dancing in the Dark
American Land




This review from Backstrees, as our resident reporter is enjoying a holiday...

Here's Chris's report (the picture of the vertical screens are actually really cool -- however i'm not sure how we're gonna get bs.net videos from this but we shall see lol):

"Who was here last night?" Bruce asked the crowd Friday night in Dublin, and he got a huge response back. "Get out of here! We'll switch it up for you, then." Bono, though in attendance, didn't join in as rumors suggested he would, so it wasn't switched up that much... but more than a third of the set changed for the second show of the leg, with nine songs not played on opening night. "Trapped" into "Murder Incorporated" was a particular high-energy highlight. The "Darlington County" that followed (one of three songs played from Born in the U.S.A.) was a very physical performance, with Bruce running all over that enormous stage. "Prove It" featured more stunning and ever-evolving solo work from Nils.

Though a hot day, it was anoher chilly night, and before "Girls in Their Summer Clothes," Bruce said "I guess it's a little cool for this one...." But the band's finally getting the hang of it, this was probably the best-sounding live version of the song to date, and Bruce generated enough heat that he took a beer from the crowd and drank it down before "Devil's Arcade." "So I owe someone a beer now!"

In the encore, Springsteen thanked Dublin for their "support of all the music we've made, in the past ten years especially." As he asked Stevie for the time in "Glory Days" -- sleepy time? quittin' time? -- he wondered aloud, "Maybe it's Guinness time!" With "Dancing in the Dark" next, Bruce came down to pull a young girl up for a dance, but seemingly overwhelmed, she had to go right back to her folks. So instead, he went the other direction and grabbed a grown-up guy from Brescia, Italy for the honor. Bruce announced at song's end: "I will now scare small children!"

So these new two-way screens are cool -- they control the horizontal, they control the vertical. As you can see above, they're starting to play around more with some vertical shots. Still, there are some kinks to work out, like at the end of the night when for the "E! Street! Band!" splash graphics, the thing just got stuck on "E!" Embarassing? Ehhhh... not Egregious. Entertaining.
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Reply #343 - May 25th, 2008 at 2:06pm
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I am home..although I am sure I've lost a few more much needed brain cells.  Gazza texted me that they are in the Pit yet again and that it would be hard for Bruce to top Friday's show.  I assured him that it was always possible....
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Reply #344 - May 25th, 2008 at 2:22pm
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Listening to Gazza singing No Surrender Grin  (I could hear a Little of Bruce too)
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Listening to Gazza singing No Surrender Grin  (I could hear a Little of Bruce too)


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Reply #346 - May 25th, 2008 at 4:03pm
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Ok Last Dublin Show (Thanks Gazza for texting me.. I think he misses his Stones setlist days.- either that or he is keeping in practice!)  He said the Sandy, Growin' Up, Because the Nite trifecta was the best 15 mins ever?!!!!

show started approx. 8:25 IST

1. No Surrender
2. Radio Nowhere
3. The Ties That Bind
4. Spirit In The Night
5. Gypsy Biker
6. Atlantic City
7. Reason To Believe
8. 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
"Story about danny hash plant and stolen car"
9. Growin' Up
10. Because The Night
11. She's The One
12. Livin' In The Future
13. Mary's Place
14. The Promised Land
15. Racing In The Street!
16. The Rising
17. Last To Die
18. Long Walk Home
19. Badlands

20. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
21. Born To Run
22. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
23. Dancing In The Dark
24. American Land

25. Ramrod!
26. Glory Days!
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Reply #347 - May 25th, 2008 at 4:26pm
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He just called  and was singin Rosalita!! Cool
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I got the Roslita call, too!

What a week our Irish friend is having.
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