1. HELD UP WITHOUT A GUN
2. Radio Nowhere
3. Jackson Cage
4. Hungry Heart
5. We Take Care of Our Own
6. Wrecking Ball
7. Death to My Hometown
8. My City of Ruins
9. Spirit in the Night
10. PINK CADILLAC
11. Incident on 57th Street
12. Point Blank
13. Because the Night
14. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
15. Out in the Street
16. Shackled and Drawn
17. Waiting on a Sunny Day
18. For You (Solo Piano)
19. The Rising
20. Badlands
21. Land of Hope and Dreams
*******
22. Kitty's Back
23. Born To Run
24. Bobby Jean
25. Dancing in the Dark
26. Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
11:22
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that is one helluva setlist, i cannot find 1 blemish.
duh its Bruce for gods sake.
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Speechless, voiceless, and body is aching. Well worth it. Will try to find time to write a review this weekend.
Amazing. That's about all I can say right now. Also: I got "Out in the Street"!!!!
If anyone is interested, I have some pictures up on my Facebook page if interested in looking.
Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
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Bruce, if you're going to release a DVD of a show from the tour, please make it Hartford.
Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
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I wonder if the person who did the Held Up.../Radio Nowhere video recorded the whole show?
Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
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I wonder if the person who did the Held Up.../Radio Nowhere video recorded the whole show?
I cannt believe the high quality of that ( and some of the others ) but especially this one- being SCREEN SHOT ! ? ! ? :shock:
I watched the whole show on the stream- fantastic !
And was it just coincidence that you prepped for the show listening to The River., then got many of the songs off of it? good for you bro !
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I wonder if the person who did the Held Up.../Radio Nowhere video recorded the whole show?
I cannt believe the high quality of that ( and some of the others ) but especially this one- being SCREEN SHOT ! ? ! ? :shock:
I watched the whole show on the stream- fantastic !
And was it just coincidence that you prepped for the show listening to The River., then got many of the songs off of it? good for you bro !
Yeah, that certainly was a coincidence. So happy I got 5 songs from The River, especially "Out In the Street" and "Point Blank." "Point Blank" took me by surprise. I also got a new love for "You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)." I didn't know what it was at first until he started singing.
Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
The XL Center lights went out at 8:05pm in Hartford, and the crowd immediately announced their presence with authority. The band took the stage — still dark — as the PA played the theme from “The Magnificent Seven,” with Bruce, as always, coming on last. When the lights finally came on to reveal Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band ready to go, the crowd’s response was deafening. This night would go on to be a shining example of how a band and an audience can be in perfect “concert,” bringing out the best in each other.
The show itself got off to a very hot start. The opener was the tour debut of “Held Up Without a Gun” — the B-side to the 1980 “Hungry Heart” single — and despite its obscurity, the crowd seemed to know every word. A chest-thumping “Radio Nowhere” followed suit, and it was clear already this night was special. Two rockers from The River album kept the momentum going, with a slightly re-arranged “Jackson Cage” and a crowd-surfing “Hungry Heart” up next.
After a trio of songs from this year’s Wrecking Ball album, Bruce finally slowed things down a bit with “My City of Ruins,” the song where he lays out his purpose. Sort of, anyway: “The E Street Band is on a mission! We don’t know what it is, but we’re on it!” “My City of Ruins” is also the song that allows Bruce, the band, and the fans to pay tribute to those we’ve lost, particularly Clarence Clemons and Danny Federici. In an especially poignant moment, Bruce walked over to the spot on the stage where Clarence stood for many years and said, “You can feel the ghosts beside you.” The very appropriate “Spirit in the Night,” up next, featured Bruce asking the crowd if they can “feel the spirit,” and the fans responding, just as Bruce requested, with a “mighty yeah-yeah!”
From a bevy of sign requests, Bruce’s eye was caught by a pink sign requesting — what else? — “Pink Cadillac.” Of course, it was the printed lyrics on the back of the sign that Bruce truly appreciated, as it’s a song they’d yet to do on this tour, and he showed his gratitude with a very soulful performance, complete with blaring horns. The second request was “Incident on 57th Street,” the legendary epic from his second album; while the band didn’t segue into “Rosalita,” as they do on The Wild, The Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, they did go into a very powerful and passionate “Point Blank.”
After an incredibly hot “Because the Night,” including a hopping and twirling guitar solo from Nils Lofgren, Bruce and the band continued the River theme with “You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)” and “Out in the Street,” seeking out Max Weinberg’s 97-year old mother in the crowd on the latter.
Stripping things down momentarily, Bruce gave Roy a reprieve from piano duties and sat down at the keys to play “For You” by himself. “For You” is not usually a sing-along, but the respectful Hartford crowd softly joined in, resulting in a powerful moment between artist and audience. The band then back to full strength, the main set closed with the trio of “The Rising,” “Badlands,” and “Land of Hope and Dreams,” the last of these finding Bruce jumping on his monitors in front of the drum kit and facing off with Max.
The encores opened with “Kitty’s Back,” the closest thing Springsteen and the E Street Band have to a jam in their canon, and jam they did. Each horn took an extended solo, and it was amazing to watch Bruce conduct Max and Roy through their solos. Of course, Bruce himself took a guitar solo, and an extended one at that, taking the song and the show into the stratosphere. As the house lights came on for “Born to Run,” the party was on. “Bobby Jean” and “Dancing in the Dark” utilized the horns to great effect, blasting out the riffs between verses. During the closing “Tenth Avenue Freeze-out,” Bruce sang the last verse from the mini-stage between the two general admission sections on the floor, reaching out to everyone in the arena, and he watched the tribute to Clarence and Danny on the video screens just like everyone else, making for a very touching close to the show.
— Flynn McLean, backstreets.com
Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
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Land Of Hopes and Dreams has been one of my favorites since forever.
Love when Bruce steps over the Maxs drumset and they do the face to face jam out.
Everyone in the place can see the connection that they have, its awesoome.
Note to self ; Make the trip to Hartford next time,
Bruce has a penchant for kicking that cities ass.
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Note to self ; Make the trip to Hartford next time,
Bruce has a penchant for kicking that cities ass.
Yes. He was absolutely loving every minute of it last night. The man rocked Hartford. Him and PJ seem to love Hartford.
I just realized my first PJ concert in 2008 had some rarities and a lot of people on here love that show's set because of the set and the rarities it has. My first Bruce show had rarities. They both knew it would be my first concerts of theirs, so they had to treat me to unforgettable nights.
Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
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10/25, HARTFORD: AND INTO THE RIVER HE DOVE
...and the Hartford hits just keep on coming. Anticipation ran high for this, the lone New England stop of the fall leg, especially coming on the heels of three shit-hot August nights at Fenway Park and Gillette Stadium in neighboring Massachusetts. Try not to ratchet up expectations after those bar-shattering performances. And leave it to Bruce not only to meet but to exceed and defy them.
The 38-year-old XL Center, née the Hartford Civic Center, has hosted its share of memorable Springsteen concerts (ten since 1980), featuring plenty of rarities and some unusual show-openers ("Roulette," "Souls of the Departed," and "So Young and In Love") over the years. So the Hartford faithful have come to expect the unexpected and were ready for a few surprises.
They got a big one right off the bat, as the band took the stage and immediately launched into a giddy, wham-bang "Held Up Without a Gun," to the crowd’s astonishment (and Steve's visible delight). That River-era B-side had been played only four times before, though you wouldn't know it from this razor-sharp performance, with Steve and Bruce sharing a mic and manic grins, Max pummeling away in double-time, and the entire pit pogo-ing along. Clocking in under two minutes, the song was over before it started — but it lit a fire in both band and audience that would keep burning all night.
"Held Up" was just one of many dives into The River and its outtakes. Perhaps Bruce was remembering his first show at this arena, 32 years ago — but by four songs in, it felt like 1980 all over again. (The man himself wore an era-appropriate tie and vest, while Nils' fedora could have been nicked from Steve’s River tour dressing room.) Wedged between "Held Up" and a shimmery "Jackson Cage," even the latter-day "Radio Nowhere" came off like some lost nugget of '80s power pop. "Hungry Heart" whipped the River revival to a frenzy — the choir nailing those swoony Flo & Eddie harmonies — and saw Bruce taking the first of several laps around the pit, then crowd-surfing back to the stage.
Seventy shows in, "We Take Care of Our Own" and "Wrecking Ball" have evolved into the sure-fire crowd-pleasers they were built to be, and Bruce has added some tasty guitar flourishes to the intro of the latter. Hartford being midway between Boston and New York, it was funny to hear half the audience boo and the other half cheer the song's Giants reference. As soon as Bruce let fly with that Joey Ramone count-in, however, the whole arena was on his team.
The swaggering, forward march of "Death to my Hometown," battle-hardened over the course of the tour, showed off the full power of the expanded E Street Band. "We’re on a mission!" Bruce shouted over the intro to "My City of Ruins," punching the air like a prizefighter. "I'm not sure what the fuck it is, but we're on it, goddammit!" On it they were. Bruce's invocation of "the ghosts and spirits that walk alongside us" served as a reminder of "the preciousness of life, and the sweetness of this evening." It was sweet indeed, especially with those gorgeous Mayfield-esque horns.
Following that ghostly exorcism with the now-standard "Spirit in the Night" makes a certain thematic sense, but the long, vampy introduction stalls the momentum a bit, coming after the sprawl of "Ruins"; it could use some trimming. Once it kicked in, "Spirit" was wonderful — and the charming Jake/Bruce duet at the foot of the stage has become one of the show's best moments, at once goofy and poignant.
The tour premiere of "Pink Cadillac" (by sign request) found the band locked in tight on that Peter Gunn groove, with some hot-from-the-fryer brass bringing the oomph. During the breakdown Bruce offered a funny riff on green technology, electric cars, and the high price of gas. "But don't worry Al Gore!" he said before singing "We don't have to drive it / We can park it out in back." (Maybe they could power said Caddy with the grease dripping off those horns. Bruce, eating them up, kept asking for seconds.)
A sparkling "Incident on 57th Street" followed (another request), its delicate opening rising steadily to the damburst of Bruce's majestic, cascading guitar solo. Then it was back into The River, for a searching take on the rare "Point Blank." Roy's plaintive, tinkling piano on that tune segued nicely into the equally haunting "Because the Night," wherein Nils took his customarily shred-tastic solo, culminating in a dervish-like twirl. With the crowd now fully energized, things moved further uptempo with two rowdy River rockers: "You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)" (interesting to hear in the same set as "Held Up," with which it shares some DNA) and "Out in the Street." During the latter Bruce ran out to the floor again to find one cardigan-clad Ruth Weinberg in the stands. "Max’s mom!" he shouted. "97 years old and still at a rock show!"
Another sign request prompted the night's most breathtaking moment: a lovely, solo-piano "For You," sung with such immediacy and conviction that it sounded brand new. A reverent hush took hold; even the chatty crew in my section were soon stunned into silence. A superb rendering, full of ache and longing. "Badlands," too, was particularly strong tonight, calling to mind... what else? That ferocious 1980 performance after Ronald Reagan's election.
After a lively "Land of Hope and Dreams" (which my chatty neighbors recognized as “the baseball song!!”), the encore leapt out of the gate with a scorching "Kitty’s Back" — a sultry, sweat-and-horn-soaked extrava-jam-za that stretched to 17 full minutes, not one of them wasted, as nearly every band member took a solo shot (Barry Danielian's trumpet being one standout). If those jazzier diversions lost some unfamiliar fans, "Born to Run" buckled them right back in, and from there we opened up onto a straightaway, chugging along to a cathartic "Tenth Avenue" finale.
Nice to see some great images of Danny Federici now worked into the video tribute to Clarence, and to hear the fans respond in kind. Phantom Dan, of course, was E Street's secret weapon—the band’s most intuitive tone painter, filling its sturdy canvas with color and light. In short: an impossible act to follow. Yet Charlie Giordano has done so gracefully, unobtrusively, brilliantly. His stylish, inventive organ work on "Kitty's Back" and "Point Blank" were among the night's highlights. Phantom would have been proud.
As it happens, Hartford was the setting for Giordano's stateside debut with the E Street Band, back in February 2008, during Danny’s hiatus. How far this crew has traveled in almost five years since—and how surely Giordano has made that keyboard riser his home.
And that’s just it: This was a night to pay tribute not just to 1980 and 1973 and all the great years past, but also to right now, to 2012. A night to recall what has been and what we once had — but also to be profoundly grateful for what is, and what we still have. What do we have today? A band once again at the peak of its powers, playing with remarkable tautness and discipline, yet with such thrilling abandon and seat-of-the-pants spontaneity that you never know what's coming next. Bravo, E Street, for a night to remember.
Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
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Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
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For an audience recording, this sounds REALLY good and I'm only on "Radio Nowhere."
Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
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Hartford was my 6th time seeing Bruce this year.
Very good show.
Finally got to witness Incident live. Amazing.
Funny story when the signs stated up and he did Pink Cadillac it was liked someone pulled a fire alarm around my section on the floor. I ran to the bathroom and so did I feel about half the building.
I must have heard in the mens room from about five guys "Pink fu**ing Cadillac" really.
I got out of the mens room and walked over to door and Pink was about to end.
I stood on the entrance and saw the 57 sign and I sprinted down the stairs to the floor and just went crazy.
Within seconds all the people that left were all running back on the floor.
Those Hartford videos are absolutely amazing and fabulous. Thank you to whoever shot those!
I agree that that could be made into a nice DVD.
I look forward to watching Pittsburgh tonight if it is streamed, since I have to study...
Yes Jane, Outlaw Pete will be streaming again as far as I understand.
I'll be following along also- alltho i'm not studying.
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For an audience recording, this sounds REALLY good and I'm only on "Radio Nowhere."
It does, love the fuck up half way through Radio Nowhere!
It's a good fuck up, too!
Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
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I don't think I can listen to the album version of "For You" ever again. The solo piano version from Hartford is moving, beautiful, and gives me chills.
Damn you, Bruce!
Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
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and bruce keeps rolling along pulling magic from out of his sleeve in Pitts,...
8:20 pm
1. Don't Look Back
2. Candy's Room
3. The Ties That Bind
4. Streets of Fire :shock:
5. Hungry Heart
6. We Take Care of Our Own
7. Wrecking Ball
8. Death to My Hometown
9. My City of Ruins
10. Spirit in the Night
11. PRETTY FLAMINGO :shock:
12. Talk To Me
13. Adam Raised A Cain :shock:
14. Because The Night
15. She's The One
16. Working on the Highway
17. Shackled and Drawn
18.Waitin' On A Sunny Day
19.The Rising
20.Badlands
21.Land Of Hopes & Dreams
22.Racing In The Streets
23.Born To Run
24. Glory Days (With Joe and Johnny Gruschecky)
25.Light Of Day(With Joe and Johnny Gruschecky)
26.Dancing In The Dark
27.Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
11:28
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are you viewing/listening to the stream?
maybe you can meet up with pete..
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R.i.p. My Dad - May 28, 2007
R.i.p. Black Tail (cat) - Sept. 20, 2008
1. HELD UP WITHOUT A GUN
2. Radio Nowhere
3. Jackson Cage
4. Hungry Heart
5. We Take Care of Our Own
6. Wrecking Ball
7. Death to My Hometown
8. My City of Ruins
9. Spirit in the Night
10. PINK CADILLAC
11. Incident on 57th Street
12. Point Blank
13. Because the Night
14. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
15. Out in the Street
16. Shackled and Drawn
17. Waiting on a Sunny Day
18. For You (Solo Piano)
19. The Rising
20. Badlands
21. Land of Hope and Dreams
*******
22. Kitty's Back
23. Born To Run
24. Bobby Jean
25. Dancing in the Dark
26. Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
11:22
excited to read Newchs review
that is one helluva setlist, i cannot find 1 blemish.
duh its Bruce for gods sake.
:wave:
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Amazing. That's about all I can say right now. Also: I got "Out in the Street"!!!!
If anyone is interested, I have some pictures up on my Facebook page if interested in looking.
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Hartford
Death To My Hometown (Good close up): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kwuuL-0Jv4
For You (Good close up):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkECCuFOC-A
Held Up Without A Gun and Radio Nowhere (screen shot): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrCqUH3ZwHU
Hungry Heart (Good close up): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BdHsXofrFI
Incident on 57th Street (Good close up): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYWnwxL1sMI
Kitty's Back (part 1/2, good close up): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0bvMdwBwgE
Kitty's Back (part 2/2, good close up): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62wtBsROurQ
Pink Cadillac (Good close up): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuQrVDDSkH4
Point Blank (part 1/2, good close up): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yf1pndYN5E
Point Blank (part 2/2, good close up): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSPO1HdvzzM
Spirit In The Night (Good close up): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTZAH3nnhx0
Wrecking Ball (screen shot): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-xcaleTX04
You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) (Good close up): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVnmB_9_OMQ
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Incident and Kitty's Back in the same show... that's some awesome luck right there!
Sammi: Wanna just break up?
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I cannt believe the high quality of that ( and some of the others ) but especially this one- being SCREEN SHOT ! ? ! ? :shock:
I watched the whole show on the stream- fantastic !
And was it just coincidence that you prepped for the show listening to The River., then got many of the songs off of it? good for you bro !
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byxcN899O0c
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Notes From The Road: Hartford, CT
The XL Center lights went out at 8:05pm in Hartford, and the crowd immediately announced their presence with authority. The band took the stage — still dark — as the PA played the theme from “The Magnificent Seven,” with Bruce, as always, coming on last. When the lights finally came on to reveal Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band ready to go, the crowd’s response was deafening. This night would go on to be a shining example of how a band and an audience can be in perfect “concert,” bringing out the best in each other.
The show itself got off to a very hot start. The opener was the tour debut of “Held Up Without a Gun” — the B-side to the 1980 “Hungry Heart” single — and despite its obscurity, the crowd seemed to know every word. A chest-thumping “Radio Nowhere” followed suit, and it was clear already this night was special. Two rockers from The River album kept the momentum going, with a slightly re-arranged “Jackson Cage” and a crowd-surfing “Hungry Heart” up next.
After a trio of songs from this year’s Wrecking Ball album, Bruce finally slowed things down a bit with “My City of Ruins,” the song where he lays out his purpose. Sort of, anyway: “The E Street Band is on a mission! We don’t know what it is, but we’re on it!” “My City of Ruins” is also the song that allows Bruce, the band, and the fans to pay tribute to those we’ve lost, particularly Clarence Clemons and Danny Federici. In an especially poignant moment, Bruce walked over to the spot on the stage where Clarence stood for many years and said, “You can feel the ghosts beside you.” The very appropriate “Spirit in the Night,” up next, featured Bruce asking the crowd if they can “feel the spirit,” and the fans responding, just as Bruce requested, with a “mighty yeah-yeah!”
From a bevy of sign requests, Bruce’s eye was caught by a pink sign requesting — what else? — “Pink Cadillac.” Of course, it was the printed lyrics on the back of the sign that Bruce truly appreciated, as it’s a song they’d yet to do on this tour, and he showed his gratitude with a very soulful performance, complete with blaring horns. The second request was “Incident on 57th Street,” the legendary epic from his second album; while the band didn’t segue into “Rosalita,” as they do on The Wild, The Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, they did go into a very powerful and passionate “Point Blank.”
After an incredibly hot “Because the Night,” including a hopping and twirling guitar solo from Nils Lofgren, Bruce and the band continued the River theme with “You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)” and “Out in the Street,” seeking out Max Weinberg’s 97-year old mother in the crowd on the latter.
Stripping things down momentarily, Bruce gave Roy a reprieve from piano duties and sat down at the keys to play “For You” by himself. “For You” is not usually a sing-along, but the respectful Hartford crowd softly joined in, resulting in a powerful moment between artist and audience. The band then back to full strength, the main set closed with the trio of “The Rising,” “Badlands,” and “Land of Hope and Dreams,” the last of these finding Bruce jumping on his monitors in front of the drum kit and facing off with Max.
The encores opened with “Kitty’s Back,” the closest thing Springsteen and the E Street Band have to a jam in their canon, and jam they did. Each horn took an extended solo, and it was amazing to watch Bruce conduct Max and Roy through their solos. Of course, Bruce himself took a guitar solo, and an extended one at that, taking the song and the show into the stratosphere. As the house lights came on for “Born to Run,” the party was on. “Bobby Jean” and “Dancing in the Dark” utilized the horns to great effect, blasting out the riffs between verses. During the closing “Tenth Avenue Freeze-out,” Bruce sang the last verse from the mini-stage between the two general admission sections on the floor, reaching out to everyone in the arena, and he watched the tribute to Clarence and Danny on the video screens just like everyone else, making for a very touching close to the show.
— Flynn McLean, backstreets.com
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
Land Of Hopes and Dreams has been one of my favorites since forever.
Love when Bruce steps over the Maxs drumset and they do the face to face jam out.
Everyone in the place can see the connection that they have, its awesoome.
Note to self ; Make the trip to Hartford next time,
Bruce has a penchant for kicking that cities ass.
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I just realized my first PJ concert in 2008 had some rarities and a lot of people on here love that show's set because of the set and the rarities it has. My first Bruce show had rarities. They both knew it would be my first concerts of theirs, so they had to treat me to unforgettable nights.
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10/25, HARTFORD: AND INTO THE RIVER HE DOVE
...and the Hartford hits just keep on coming. Anticipation ran high for this, the lone New England stop of the fall leg, especially coming on the heels of three shit-hot August nights at Fenway Park and Gillette Stadium in neighboring Massachusetts. Try not to ratchet up expectations after those bar-shattering performances. And leave it to Bruce not only to meet but to exceed and defy them.
The 38-year-old XL Center, née the Hartford Civic Center, has hosted its share of memorable Springsteen concerts (ten since 1980), featuring plenty of rarities and some unusual show-openers ("Roulette," "Souls of the Departed," and "So Young and In Love") over the years. So the Hartford faithful have come to expect the unexpected and were ready for a few surprises.
They got a big one right off the bat, as the band took the stage and immediately launched into a giddy, wham-bang "Held Up Without a Gun," to the crowd’s astonishment (and Steve's visible delight). That River-era B-side had been played only four times before, though you wouldn't know it from this razor-sharp performance, with Steve and Bruce sharing a mic and manic grins, Max pummeling away in double-time, and the entire pit pogo-ing along. Clocking in under two minutes, the song was over before it started — but it lit a fire in both band and audience that would keep burning all night.
"Held Up" was just one of many dives into The River and its outtakes. Perhaps Bruce was remembering his first show at this arena, 32 years ago — but by four songs in, it felt like 1980 all over again. (The man himself wore an era-appropriate tie and vest, while Nils' fedora could have been nicked from Steve’s River tour dressing room.) Wedged between "Held Up" and a shimmery "Jackson Cage," even the latter-day "Radio Nowhere" came off like some lost nugget of '80s power pop. "Hungry Heart" whipped the River revival to a frenzy — the choir nailing those swoony Flo & Eddie harmonies — and saw Bruce taking the first of several laps around the pit, then crowd-surfing back to the stage.
Seventy shows in, "We Take Care of Our Own" and "Wrecking Ball" have evolved into the sure-fire crowd-pleasers they were built to be, and Bruce has added some tasty guitar flourishes to the intro of the latter. Hartford being midway between Boston and New York, it was funny to hear half the audience boo and the other half cheer the song's Giants reference. As soon as Bruce let fly with that Joey Ramone count-in, however, the whole arena was on his team.
The swaggering, forward march of "Death to my Hometown," battle-hardened over the course of the tour, showed off the full power of the expanded E Street Band. "We’re on a mission!" Bruce shouted over the intro to "My City of Ruins," punching the air like a prizefighter. "I'm not sure what the fuck it is, but we're on it, goddammit!" On it they were. Bruce's invocation of "the ghosts and spirits that walk alongside us" served as a reminder of "the preciousness of life, and the sweetness of this evening." It was sweet indeed, especially with those gorgeous Mayfield-esque horns.
Following that ghostly exorcism with the now-standard "Spirit in the Night" makes a certain thematic sense, but the long, vampy introduction stalls the momentum a bit, coming after the sprawl of "Ruins"; it could use some trimming. Once it kicked in, "Spirit" was wonderful — and the charming Jake/Bruce duet at the foot of the stage has become one of the show's best moments, at once goofy and poignant.
The tour premiere of "Pink Cadillac" (by sign request) found the band locked in tight on that Peter Gunn groove, with some hot-from-the-fryer brass bringing the oomph. During the breakdown Bruce offered a funny riff on green technology, electric cars, and the high price of gas. "But don't worry Al Gore!" he said before singing "We don't have to drive it / We can park it out in back." (Maybe they could power said Caddy with the grease dripping off those horns. Bruce, eating them up, kept asking for seconds.)
A sparkling "Incident on 57th Street" followed (another request), its delicate opening rising steadily to the damburst of Bruce's majestic, cascading guitar solo. Then it was back into The River, for a searching take on the rare "Point Blank." Roy's plaintive, tinkling piano on that tune segued nicely into the equally haunting "Because the Night," wherein Nils took his customarily shred-tastic solo, culminating in a dervish-like twirl. With the crowd now fully energized, things moved further uptempo with two rowdy River rockers: "You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)" (interesting to hear in the same set as "Held Up," with which it shares some DNA) and "Out in the Street." During the latter Bruce ran out to the floor again to find one cardigan-clad Ruth Weinberg in the stands. "Max’s mom!" he shouted. "97 years old and still at a rock show!"
Another sign request prompted the night's most breathtaking moment: a lovely, solo-piano "For You," sung with such immediacy and conviction that it sounded brand new. A reverent hush took hold; even the chatty crew in my section were soon stunned into silence. A superb rendering, full of ache and longing. "Badlands," too, was particularly strong tonight, calling to mind... what else? That ferocious 1980 performance after Ronald Reagan's election.
After a lively "Land of Hope and Dreams" (which my chatty neighbors recognized as “the baseball song!!”), the encore leapt out of the gate with a scorching "Kitty’s Back" — a sultry, sweat-and-horn-soaked extrava-jam-za that stretched to 17 full minutes, not one of them wasted, as nearly every band member took a solo shot (Barry Danielian's trumpet being one standout). If those jazzier diversions lost some unfamiliar fans, "Born to Run" buckled them right back in, and from there we opened up onto a straightaway, chugging along to a cathartic "Tenth Avenue" finale.
Nice to see some great images of Danny Federici now worked into the video tribute to Clarence, and to hear the fans respond in kind. Phantom Dan, of course, was E Street's secret weapon—the band’s most intuitive tone painter, filling its sturdy canvas with color and light. In short: an impossible act to follow. Yet Charlie Giordano has done so gracefully, unobtrusively, brilliantly. His stylish, inventive organ work on "Kitty's Back" and "Point Blank" were among the night's highlights. Phantom would have been proud.
As it happens, Hartford was the setting for Giordano's stateside debut with the E Street Band, back in February 2008, during Danny’s hiatus. How far this crew has traveled in almost five years since—and how surely Giordano has made that keyboard riser his home.
And that’s just it: This was a night to pay tribute not just to 1980 and 1973 and all the great years past, but also to right now, to 2012. A night to recall what has been and what we once had — but also to be profoundly grateful for what is, and what we still have. What do we have today? A band once again at the peak of its powers, playing with remarkable tautness and discipline, yet with such thrilling abandon and seat-of-the-pants spontaneity that you never know what's coming next. Bravo, E Street, for a night to remember.
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"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
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Very good show.
Finally got to witness Incident live. Amazing.
Funny story when the signs stated up and he did Pink Cadillac it was liked someone pulled a fire alarm around my section on the floor. I ran to the bathroom and so did I feel about half the building.
I must have heard in the mens room from about five guys "Pink fu**ing Cadillac" really.
I got out of the mens room and walked over to door and Pink was about to end.
I stood on the entrance and saw the 57 sign and I sprinted down the stairs to the floor and just went crazy.
Within seconds all the people that left were all running back on the floor.
Overall a very good show.
I agree that that could be made into a nice DVD.
I look forward to watching Pittsburgh tonight if it is streamed, since I have to study...
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Yes Jane, Outlaw Pete will be streaming again as far as I understand.
I'll be following along also- alltho i'm not studying.
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It does, love the fuck up half way through Radio Nowhere!
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Damn you, Bruce!
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8:20 pm
1. Don't Look Back
2. Candy's Room
3. The Ties That Bind
4. Streets of Fire :shock:
5. Hungry Heart
6. We Take Care of Our Own
7. Wrecking Ball
8. Death to My Hometown
9. My City of Ruins
10. Spirit in the Night
11. PRETTY FLAMINGO :shock:
12. Talk To Me
13. Adam Raised A Cain :shock:
14. Because The Night
15. She's The One
16. Working on the Highway
17. Shackled and Drawn
18.Waitin' On A Sunny Day
19.The Rising
20.Badlands
21.Land Of Hopes & Dreams
22.Racing In The Streets
23.Born To Run
24. Glory Days (With Joe and Johnny Gruschecky)
25.Light Of Day(With Joe and Johnny Gruschecky)
26.Dancing In The Dark
27.Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
11:28
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"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
are you viewing/listening to the stream?
maybe you can meet up with pete..
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