I remember watching this on TV. My dad told me all about what is was like attending a concert. In 2003 Bruce springsteen was my first concert at giant stadium the rising tour. Great concert
Well I am just gonna start off my gig with a song that was an outtake from my most popular record......a song, in retrospect, I felt should've been put on the record. Springsteen is one of the few songwriters who can afford to do that because of the quality of his unreleased material.
JULY 15TH 1999... 20 YEARS AGO TONIGHT... 1ST OF 15 SOLD OUT NIGHTS AT THE MEADOWLANDS ARENA IN NORTH JERSEY AND THE OPENING NIGHT OF THE 1999-2000 REUNION TOUR IN NORTH AMERICA WITH THE E STREET BAND... ALSO MY 1ST EVER E STREET BAND SHOW... LEGENDARY 🎸 🎹😎
I should be sad, but I will never see a better concert than my first Springsteen one. January 1, 1979, Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio (Cleveland). I was in line for the New Year's Eve show that sold out, when they announced this extra concert, so I was at the front of the line, and got a floor seat (when there were actual seats on the floor and not just standing room). When I got to the arena I found that my seat was where the sound board ended up. So, the usher took me down to a seat within the first 15 rows! Now, I didn't know this at the time, but this was the LAST concert of the "Darkness on the Edge of Town" tour, and apparently the first one where Bruce decided to go all-out and do a marathon show for closing night. Three hours and forty five minutes, no opening act, no intermission. For years after that it stood as his longest concert. From the first chord of "Badlands" to a scorching "Detroit Medley" encore, probably the last of like three encores, the greatest concert I will ever see. They did it all, a tribute to Elvis, Clarence dressed as Santa for "Santa Claus is Coming to Town", some Gary Bonds, probably most of his catalogue at that point. Spoiled me for just about any other concert after that for years. Oh, and I believe I paid something like $9.95 for the ticket, and since I bought it at the venue there was no add-on fee, like there would be today. At any rate it was under $20, because I couldn't afford any more than that back then. And it was the classic early lineup, no horn section except Clarence, no extra singers or drummers. Like I said, I will never see anything that great again. Bruce didn't play another show before the No Nukes concerts that Fall.
What? He should write songs like, "Sugar Sugar?" Listen to, for example, "Long Walk Home," on the album, *Magic* (2007). It's about torture, rendition, secret prisons, and all the rest. It's your right to be in favor of those things, and his to write songs criticizing them and those who used them. You don't have to buy his records, attend his concerts, or watch his videos. There's a reason Bruce Springsteen is one of the most respected musicians on the planet. I guess it's your bad luck that he has spent 50 years building credibility and a platform from which to be heard, and you are barely able to make audible squeaks trolling the internet.
I remember watching this on TV. My dad told me all about what is was like attending a concert. In 2003 Bruce springsteen was my first concert at giant stadium the rising tour. Great concert
I was there, it was so great I kept going back...5 more times
I was there, it was so great I kept going back...14 more times to see ALL 15 !!
Well I am just gonna start off my gig with a song that was an outtake from my most popular record......a song, in retrospect, I felt should've been put on the record. Springsteen is one of the few songwriters who can afford to do that because of the quality of his unreleased material.
Damn. My cheer goes to Max. He is bringin it.
The Great One!
JULY 15TH 1999... 20 YEARS AGO TONIGHT... 1ST OF 15 SOLD OUT NIGHTS AT THE MEADOWLANDS ARENA IN NORTH JERSEY AND THE OPENING NIGHT OF THE 1999-2000 REUNION TOUR IN NORTH AMERICA WITH THE E STREET BAND...
ALSO MY 1ST EVER E STREET BAND SHOW...
LEGENDARY 🎸 🎹😎
I was there too.
I saw 9 of the 15.
How LOUD was crowd?
It was awesome.
I should be sad, but I will never see a better concert than my first Springsteen one. January 1, 1979, Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio (Cleveland). I was in line for the New Year's Eve show that sold out, when they announced this extra concert, so I was at the front of the line, and got a floor seat (when there were actual seats on the floor and not just standing room). When I got to the arena I found that my seat was where the sound board ended up. So, the usher took me down to a seat within the first 15 rows! Now, I didn't know this at the time, but this was the LAST concert of the "Darkness on the Edge of Town" tour, and apparently the first one where Bruce decided to go all-out and do a marathon show for closing night. Three hours and forty five minutes, no opening act, no intermission. For years after that it stood as his longest concert. From the first chord of "Badlands" to a scorching "Detroit Medley" encore, probably the last of like three encores, the greatest concert I will ever see. They did it all, a tribute to Elvis, Clarence dressed as Santa for "Santa Claus is Coming to Town", some Gary Bonds, probably most of his catalogue at that point. Spoiled me for just about any other concert after that for years. Oh, and I believe I paid something like $9.95 for the ticket, and since I bought it at the venue there was no add-on fee, like there would be today. At any rate it was under $20, because I couldn't afford any more than that back then. And it was the classic early lineup, no horn section except Clarence, no extra singers or drummers. Like I said, I will never see anything that great again. Bruce didn't play another show before the No Nukes concerts that Fall.
IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO TODAY 😎
I was there and it was DEAFENING.
I liked him, but misusing music for left-wing extremist politics really disappointed me !
What? He should write songs like, "Sugar Sugar?"
Listen to, for example, "Long Walk Home," on the album, *Magic* (2007). It's about torture, rendition, secret prisons, and all the rest. It's your right to be in favor of those things, and his to write songs criticizing them and those who used them.
You don't have to buy his records, attend his concerts, or watch his videos. There's a reason Bruce Springsteen is one of the most respected musicians on the planet. I guess it's your bad luck that he has spent 50 years building credibility and a platform from which to be heard, and you are barely able to make audible squeaks trolling the internet.