Springsteen to perform the Superbowl Halftime Show
 

I don't know how many of you have heard this, but:

http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/08/11/sp...he-super-bowl/

:) It's pretty much official. Thoughts anyone?

I heard about this on a Billy Joel board earlier. Actually, it's NOT official quite yet, and neither side will confirm.
In any case, it would be awesome. Though I will say one thing, for this type of performance they'll only have time for 4 songs tops, and they'll have to be "insta-known" songs like BITUSA.

I must say, the reactions on some of the Bruce message boards are making me laugh.

Actually - the Greasy Lake reactions are pretty positive. I am pretty much a die hard football hater - but I have made exceptions for some of the past greats playing the superbowl. Clearly I will be watching this one.

I was poking around Greasy Lakes and Backstreets when I heard the news, and while most did seem to be positive, some people were making it sound like the Bruce doing the SB Halftime show is akin to him "analy-raping their mother while pouring sugar in their gas tank"


BTW, Can anyone name the movie reference I just made?

I heard it from Backstreets. I think it's pretty exciting. I bet they will play BTR, Dancing in the dark, Possibly Badlands, and mabye the Promised Land or BITUSA. In the following years we had Janet Jackson, Paul McCartney, The stones, Prince, and Petty. Bruce is way better then all of those bands and he performs 100X better too.

Janet and Prince yes IMO.
To say Bruce is WAY BETTER than Macca, The Stones, and Petty is an overstatement. I like Bruce better then each of them, but let's not do discounting those bands. Especially Macca.

What I meant was that He is a better performer than all of those bands. Petty was never a really good performer and McCartney and the Stones were both old when they played. Bruce still performs just as good as he did back in '85 and he is 59 years old.

Petty was never a good live performer?
To leave it nicely, I disagree.
As for Macca, he was still great when I saw him in '05.
Never seen the Stones, but my dad saw them in Sept of '06 and said it was the best show he's ever seen. (And he's seen almost everyone you can think of)

If it turns out to be true that would be awesome!! Although i don't want to get psyched yet cause last year everyone was saying Bon Jovi was playing it and then they didn't. So I guess I will keep my fingers crossed for it to happen.

Clerks.
Kevin Smith

I ain't a Jersey girl for nothin :p

Did you see the halftime show when Petty did it? Really wasn't that great. He sounds Good and all, But he doesn't move around that much or does anything special. For me and I've seen both, He is as goods of a live performer as John Cougar.

I saw McCartney back in 05 also and it was good, but I had cheap upper level tickets and the crowd was dead. Nobody stood the whole entire show. I wouldn't have to see him again but I'm glad I did.

And as for the stones, They are Rock legends and they are great, But Carlie looks like he is about to have a heart attack with every strike :rolleyes:. I have never seen them but they are great and all, but at there age the show just doesn't look like it's worth the hundreds of dollars they charge.

Bruce is a better performer than all of them, but overall I have to admit that McCartney is just as good of a song writer.:)

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/pgStory...&photo=8443168

Fits the topic:)

To each his own. I saw it, and I thought they were spectacular. I also have several Patty live DVD's, and all are quite good, especially the 30th anniversary show.
There's more to a good show than moving around IMO.

As for the Stones, I'd say for you to check this out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Biggest_Bang


BTW, None of this is saying that Bruce is not a great performer, as the two Bruce shows I've seen have both been amazing beyond words.

:D:D:D:D
I should've known.

You're kidding right?!

Aloha !

How does a dead crowd make a performer shit? And that crowd was probably dead because many of those songs McCartney performs are either songs the yanks don't know or are songs you don't stand up for. Blackbird, Till There Was You, I Will, Jenny Wren, Follow Me, For No One and more of those aren't exactly well known songs.

McCartney, apart from all the "I need another applause speeches" is an excellent performer and most current bands could only wish they'd be as good as McCartney live. And most acts could only wish they could do the Superbowl like he did. On the 2005 tour he performed 2,5 hours and 37 songs every single night. In the same key as they were recorded. Including all the screams and high notes. How does that make him a bad performer?

McCartney, The Stones and U2's Superbowl performances are the best there ever were. And Bruce will have to put up a very, very good performance if he wants to be added to that list.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

FTR, I saw Macca at MSG and everyone stood for everything, minus the (at the time) new songs.
And BTW, as good as Macca and the Stones were, I think U2's performance was in a class above even those. The passion and energy there were amazing. I still get goosebumps when watching it as a special feature on The Superbowl 36 Highlights DVD (My beloved NE Pats won their first title that year).

I have to agree here though I don't have a shadow of a doubt that he will put up an excellent performance.

I'm not taking anything away from McCartney or the other bands we've been discussing. I'm just a diehard Bruce fan and he would put up the best halftime show. When Petty did it it was nothing fancy. I was going to see him in July when he came to the target center but I decided not to. I'm not upset that I didn't because he played less then 20 songs. Nothing compared to the 3 Bruce shows That I would see at giants where he played over 3 hours each night:).

As for McCartney again, When your at a show where there is a bunch of old people sitting, It takes away some of the energy. His performance was good and I'm glad I went, But next time he comes around I won't have to spend the money to see him again. I could see bon jovi, Bruce, and U2 until I die and never get sick of them.

And crushgan24/88...

GO STEELERS!!!

I own that:). it's good, But not as good as Bruce's Live in NY

Yeah - I own it too and I have to agree. Live in NYC is one of the best live, official shows ever.

^ Amen!...

"Live in Barcelona" > "Live In New York" IMHO.
I know that's not the popular opinion though.

I don't think so for one good reason. The Barcelona concert was recorded very early on in the tour. In my opinion the entire setlist had not come together completely. Compared to the later concerts of the tour it just isn't as good.

One thing I did like about Barcelona was that It was the full show while NY was just Highlights from 2 different nights. But because of that there are way more songs on Live in NY and the setlist is better, except for Incident.

Off the top of my head, Live from NY only has one more song then Barcelona.
Honestly, both are great, but something has always made me dig Barcelona a bit more.

Barcelona is a great show but contains too many songs from The Rising. Ramrod is priceless, though.

You were right about the song count. But the setlist was so much better on live in ny, unless you love the rising. To refresh our memories:

Live in Barcelona:

Disc 1
The Rising
Lonesome Day
Prove it All Night
Darkness On the Edge of Town
Empty Sky
You're Missing
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Worlds Apart
Badlands
She's the One
Mary's Place
Dancing in the Dark
Countin' on a Miracle
Spirit in the Night
Incident on 57th Street
Into the Fire

Disc 2
Night
Ramrod
Born to Run
My City of Ruins
Born in the USA
Land of Hope and Dreams
Thunder Road


Live in New York:

Disc 1:
My Love will not let you Down
Prove it all Night
Two Hearts
Atlantic City
Mansion on the Hill
The River
Youngstown
Murder Incorporated
Badlands
Out in the Street
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Born to Run
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Skin (41 shots)

Disk 2:
Backstreets
Don't Look Back
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Lost in the Flood
Born in the U.S.A.
Jungleland
Light of Day
The Promise
Thunder Road
Ramrod
If I Should Fall Behind

I actually do love the Rising, so perhaps that has something to do with it.
Though my favorite period is the first 7 E Street albums.
Again, it's not that I don't think NY is great, I just really like Barcelona.

-stayed up last year for Petty, great performer. i agree with whoever said it's not all about running round. it's about the songs and musicianship first and foremost.

-Stones were great, don't care what anyone says about them going on for too long. just look at alot of their back catalogue, those songs still deserve to be played live.

-and if he does it (with or without the E street) i am sure Bruce will be phenominal. he is without doubt the best front man i have ever seen live.

*i despise American Football and it takes alot to make me stay up till like 3am on a sunday night with work the next morning. but the bands they are putting on lately are so damn good it has to be done. :D

There both great:)

Live In Barcelona
 

I just got the "Live in Barcelona" DVD. It is my first of Bruce's DVDs and I think that it is just fantastic, way better than any of Jovi's OFFICIAL releases. Thats the way how the live DVD should be done. Just maybe too many songs from The Rising... Now I just have to buy the NY DVD :D

I too stay up for the Superbowl haftime show, it'd be great to see Springsteen up there i hope it happens.

Of recent years, i thought Petty was AWESOME, but not quite as good as Prince (greatest live performer in the world today? gets my vote!), Macca was sweet too but the Stones were not on top form IMO though.