FT. Lauderdale 9/13

Working on the Highway
Badlands
Night
Cover Me
Outlaw Pete
Out in the Street
Working on a Dream
Sherry Darling
Seeds
Johnny 99
Factory
Raise Your Hand (instrumental)
Be True
Cadillac Ranch
So Young and in Love
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Backstreets
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
* * *
Then She Kissed Me
Jungleland
Hard Times
American Land
Dancing in the Dark
Thunder Road

Well, I was stunned to see WOTH as an opener. It doesn't make sense and, how much he loves the song, so be it (He did the same thing in Greensboro circa 1998 but to end the concert). As strange as the setlist appears, it proved true in concert. Although Cad Ranch, Seeds and Backstreets were warmly welcomed, I don't think Cover Me, Jungleand, Hard Times and American Land (especially back to back) should have been in the mix.

It's the truth.



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"Cover Me" and WOTH are two of my least favorites by Bruce.

5 of the 8 songs from BTR, including the Big 4 - BTR, Thunder, Jungle, and Backstreets.

I love "Sherry Darling".

Looks like the working ona/waiting ona setlist.

5 of the 8 songs from BTR, including the Big 4 - BTR, Thunder, Jungle, and Backstreets.


Kind of takes the uniquness (and marketing punch) out of him doing all of BTR in Chicago and Nashville. No telling how he comes up with these setlists sometimes. But to say Jungleland was not well received.......Can't quite believe that. Espicially since he does'nt play it every night.

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Chris Fountain
Well, I was stunned to see WOTH as an opener. It doesn't make sense and, how much he loves the song, so be it (He did the same thing in Greensboro circa 1998 but to end the concert). As strange as the setlist appears, it proved true in concert. Although Cad Ranch, Seeds and Backstreets were warmly welcomed, I don't think Cover Me, Jungleand, Hard Times and American Land (especially back to back) should have been in the mix.

It's the truth.

That's the great thing about Springsteen.Unlike most bands he loves to mix it up and really change the set list nightly.I find it surprising that people still comment on what he plays each night. We are lucky to have all of the great songs he has done and the nightly changes.I think the setlists have been great and I am happy to have heard so many different songs.He could keep the same setlist every night and maybe only change a couple of songs.(like most do).

Saw Springsteen last night in Sunrise/Ft. Lauderdale.


Would love to see the Stones play three hour shows!

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chrismusic
Saw Springsteen last night in Sunrise/Ft. Lauderdale.


Would love to see the Stones play three hour shows!

You can. Just go to two of them.

"It's just some friends of mine and they're busting down the door"

I always felt "Cover Me" went over well live because he started using lighting effects. Newbie concert goers get impressed over little things and were probably blown away by the spectacle and their noise made Bruce think he was performing a classic?

Working on the Highway is painfull to listen to. If children wrote it or performed it for a school play it would have been cute.

Never cared for 'Cover Me' - but was surprised how good it was when he did it in Dublin & Glasgow this summer. Considering what a big hit it was, it's surprising he's hardly played it for the last 15 years.

WOTH is my toilet break song.

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Never cared for 'Cover Me' - but was surprised how good it was when he did it in Dublin & Glasgow this summer. Considering what a big hit it was, it's surprising he's hardly played it for the last 15 years.

WOTH is my toilet break song.

Well at least he isn't doing Mary's Place anymore. You could shit,shower and shave by the time he was done with that one.

"It's just some friends of mine and they're busting down the door"

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I don't think Cover Me, Jungleand, Hard Times and American Land (especially back to back) should have been in the mix.

I will take Jungleland every show I can get! As for the other 3, I can take or leave.

Here is a clip from the concert (sound is somewhat distorted - not arena related)





ESB was determined to Kick Ass. And Max led the Kicking.



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Greenville (who the hell plays Greenville but not LA) 9/16
8:20

1. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out (w/Jay)
2. Badlands
3. No Surrender
4. Hungry Heart
5. Outlaw Pete
6. Working On A Dream
7. Seeds
8. Johnny 99
9. Atlantic City
Collecting signs
10. Raise Your Hand
11. This Hard Land (request)
12. SATISFACTION (request)
13. Ramrod (request)
14. Waitin' On A Sunny Day
15. The Promised Land
16. Backstreets
17. Radio Nowhere
18. Lonesome Day
19. The Rising
20. Born To Run

21. Hard Times
22. DOUBLE SHOT (OF MY BABY'S LOVE)(w/The Swinging Medallions)
23. American Land
24. Glory Days
25. Detroit Medley
26. Dancing In The Dark (w/one lady)
27. Thunder Road

11:09

chicago september 20

BTR album done in full for only the 2nd time ever

1. Seeds
2. No Surrender
3. Johnny 99
4. Cover Me
5. Outlaw Pete
6. Hungry Heart
7. Working On A Dream
8. Thunder Road
9. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
10. Night
11. Backstreets
12. Born to Run
13. She's the One
14. MEETING ACROSS THE RIVER
15. Jungleland
16. Waitin' on a Sunny Day
17. The Promised Land
18. Radio Nowhere
19. Lonesome Day
20. The Rising
21. Badlands
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22. Hard Times
23. Raise Your Hand
24. DA DOO RON RON (REQUEST)
25. ROCKIN' ROBIN (REQUEST)
26. I'm Goin' Down (REQUEST)
27. American Land
28. Dancing in the Dark
29. Rosalita



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Seeds as an opener? Great choice.

As stated before, Cover Me just doesn't fit the bill. In any event, quite a setlist.

I was wondering how he was going to fit BTR in. Their was speculation he would open with it. But this looks like a good way to do it and the reviews from last night were good as well.

"It's just some friends of mine and they're busting down the door"

Great setlist. Looks like he's losing interest in WOAD.

Des Moines Sept 21
1. Tenth Ave Freeze-Out (w/Max)
2. Badlands
3. Candy's Room
4. Two Hearts
5. Outlaw Pete
6. Hungry Heart
7. Working On A Dream
8. Seeds
9. Johnny 99
10. Youngstown
collecting request signs
11. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (request)
12. Cadillac Ranch (request)
13. THE WANDERER (request)
14. Incident on 57th Street
15. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
16. Waitin' On A Sunny Day
17. The Promised Land
18. Into The Fire (request)
19. Lonesome Day
20. The Rising
21. Born To Run
(didn't leave stage)
22. Thunder Road
23. Hard Times
24. Bobby Jean
25. American Land
26. Dancing In The Dark (w/84 year old lady)
27. Glory Days

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13. THE WANDERER (request)

Don't know if this is one Bruce has done many times before, but I always said that I thought he could do a great version of this song.

September 25 / Apollo Theater / New York, NY
Notes: Over the course of a nearly four-hour Spectacle taping at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, Bruce Springsteen and Elvis Costello discussed everything from their Catholic upbringings to fatherhood to being labeled "The Next Dylan" to Asbury Park to the role of the songwriter in a democratic society. They talked quite a bit about where and how their paths crossed over the years, including Roy Orbison's "Black & White Night" performance. It's unlikely that nearly all of last night's absolutely engrossing conversation will make it to air; the only consolation to seeing some of these insightful artistic musings fall on the cutting room floor is that they'll be left out to make room for the music. My God, the music!

Costello and the Imposters opened the show with a cover of "Point Blank," setting the tone early for what was to be a night of many non-traditional Springsteen tunes. At Costello's request, Bruce opened with "Wild Billy's Circus Story," for which he was joined onstage by an acoustic Nils Lofgren (who had performed "Like Rain" earlier with The Imposters backing him) and Roy Bittan on accordion. Costello coaxed some early memories from Springsteen regarding the traveling circus in Freehold and the sense of wonder and fear it inspired in him as a child. This was not Storytellers Part II, though. There was no line-by-line deconstruction of songs. Costello seemed primarily interested in the emotional effects of the music, both on Springsteen and his audience, and a major portion of their talk was devoted to the thematic shift that occurred following Born to Run. As Springsteen explained it to Costello, he became more invested in writing songs he felt he would still be able to relate to at the ripe old age of 40 (this of course drew a laugh).

The show was very explicitly a television taping and not a "concert," though, which meant a lot of stopping and starting to rearrange the stage and to get things just right. A solo acoustic version of "American Skin (41 Shots)" came off after a false start, and Springsteen initially forgot that "Galveston Bay" was in Drop D tuning. When the conversation wandered to Roy Orbison, Costello joined Springsteen in an impromptu cover of "Pretty Woman" that ended abruptly halfway throughg. They redeemed themselves shortly after with a show-stopping rendition of Sam & Dave's "I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down," Bruce taking Sam's part and Elvis taking Dave's.

Following a quick break, the two reconvened with talk of family life. Costello praised Patti's role as musician, wife, and mother, and performed an acoustic version of her "Black Ladder." Springsteen discussed the pleasure he felt standing outside of his son's room one evening and hearing him listen to "Chimes of Freedom." "What do you think of it?" he asked. "Epic," his son replied, "it's epic, dad." And who could argue with that?

More than three hours into his own epic discussion, Springsteen expressed fear that the audience would keel over soon and indicated that it was time for the finale. He strapped on an electric guitar and delivered a gut-wrenching version of "The Rising" backed by the Imposters, Bittan, Lofgren, and Costello (who stepped up for the "dream of life"s). There was a fiery quality to the performance that was only intensified moments later when the band ripped into "Seeds." Springsteen wailed on the guitar and bellowed like he was half his age or younger, and the crowd was on its feet. The night concluded with a "Radio" medley, connecting Springsteen's "Radio Nowhere" with Costello's "Radio Radio." While the two might not have been the perfect musical pairing to mash together, it was a thematically appropriate and satisfyingly creative ending to a truly unforgettable night.
- Anthony D'Amato reporting - photograph by Frank Stefanko

Setlist:
Point Blank (Costello & The Imposters)
Like Rain (Lofgren & The Imposters)
She's the One (Costello & The Imposters)
Wild Billy's Circus Story (Springsteen, Lofgren, Bittan)
American Skin (41 Shots) (Springsteen)
Galveston Bay (Springsteen, Bittan)
Pretty Woman [Aborted] (Springsteen, Costello)
I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down (Springsteen, Costello, The Imposters)
Black Ladder (Costello, Springsteen, Lofgren)
Brilliant Disguise (Costello, Springsteen)
The Rising (Springsteen, Costello, Lofgren, Bittan, The Imposters)
Seeds (Springsteen, Costello, Lofgren, Bittan, The Imposters)
Radio Silence/Radio Nowhere/Radio Radio (Springsteen, Costello, Lofgren, Bittan, The Imposters)

The first of five shows at Giants Stadium 9/30/09
1. WRECKING BALL (new song, tentative title)
2. Seeds
3. Johnny 99
4. Atlantic City
5. Outlaw Pete
6. Hungry Heart
7. Working on a Dream
8. Thunder Road
9. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
10. Night
11. Backstreets
12. Born to Run
13. She's the One
14. Meeting Across the River
15. Jungleland
16. Waitin' on a Sunny Day
17. The Promised Land
18. Into the Fire
19. Lonesome Day
20. The Rising
21. Badlands
22. No Surrender
23. Raise Your Hand
24. The E Street Shuffle
25. Growin' Up
26. American Land
27. Dancing in the Dark
28. Hard Times
29. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)

Bruce is playing Born to Run and Born in the USA twice in full during these Giants Stadium shows and Darkness the other night.

Even more importantly, Backstreets seems to be included each night. It's a great song.

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Even more importantly, Backstreets seems to be included each night. It's a great song.

Well it is on Born to Run. Kind of hard to play the whole album and skip that one

"It's just some friends of mine and they're busting down the door"

SCL

Question: Is the Boss performing BTR (Album) for all these shows? Initially it was intended only for Chicago?

As VL13 mentioned above,he will be doing a full album at each GS show. Here is the schedule:
Wed, Sep 30 - Born to Run

Fri, Oct 2 - Darkness on the Edge of Town

Sat, Oct 3 - Born in the U.S.A.

Thur, Oct 8 - Born to Run
Fri, Oct 9 - Born in the U.S.A.

Thanks..Friday night would be the choice.

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Thanks..Friday night would be the choice.

Indeed! I'm jealous.

Friday would be well worth it for "Something In The Night" alone!

I saw him perform it in Manchester, 1981 and was blown away.