My afformentioned blog on the concert:
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Bruce F’N Springsteen and The E Street F’N Band...
To whip out a tired cliched statement, there is a reason Bruce Springsteen is called the Boss. After seeing last night's (10/18/07) show at the Garden, I defy anyone to come in and tell me differently. The show kicked off with Radio Nowhere, which sounds better live than it does on Magic, and tore through countless Springsteen classics such as Lonesome Day, Reason To Believe, She's The One, and The Promised Land, mixed with new cuts like Magic, Gypsy Biker, and the brilliant Livin In The Future in the show's first half. However, it was at this point (after the Tunnel of Love cut Tougher Than The Rest) that this show changed for me from a simple rock concert to a full on religious experience.
Springsteen dedicated two songs to the late actor Peter Boyle (Young Frankenstein FTW) Anyway, The band played Meeting Across The River, which is a great song in it's own right, but more importantly to me it's the album lead in to my all time favorite Springsteen song: Jungleland. Now, Jungleland had yet to be played on this tour, and I was nervous I wouldn't get to hear it, but sure enough after Meeting'..ended, Jungleland began..and I utterly lost my mind. I accidently elbowed the guy next to me..lol. And I totlally blew out my voice singing the song's first line "Well the rangers had a homecoming in Harlem late last night.." Truly an amazing song, everything I ever expected from it was blown away. Now, at this point the rest of the show could've been "Bruce sings Britney Spears" and I wouls've been satisfied, but it just kept getting better. Several other great songs rounded out the main set, including The Rising, Last to Die, and Long Walk Home. These all lead into a tremendous main set closer of Badlands, and following that a great encore call which consisted soley of the audience reaction calls from Badlands. The encore was great. Girls in Thier Summer Clothes, and the Classic Thundercrack were good, but the real fun began with a kickass Born To Run and an electrified Dancing In The Dark done with the Garden's houselights turned totally on. The show ended with a kickass American Land, with E Street members, and memebers of Springsteen's "Sessions Band." Just an amazing show. There is a very simple reason why people say Springstten and his band out on the best live show in rock. The reason being, it's true.
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