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Boognish
Recently Bruce played in Toronto and he saw a woman in the crowd, an 89 year old grandmother, and he had her come up on stage and they slow danced together. That's something you'll never see The Stones do.
Also, Bruce is known for taking requests. Have the Stones ever taken a request from the audience before?
It IS largely the same band.Quote
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DandelionPowderman
Bruce is excellent, but his band is a bit anonymous. The Stones has a ridiculously distinct sound where we hear what everybody plays - all the time.
The E-street band may change the setlist all the time, but we rarely hear the nuances in what they're playing. It's a solid beat, keyboards and guitars way down in the mix.
I like both bands, but for different reasons. They can't really be compared, though. They're too different.
Well don't forget, this is not the same 'back-up' band as Bruce had during the 1970s-1980s...that 'E-Street' group had soloist musicians and a lot of personality. And it was an enjoyable three hour performance back then.
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Boognish
Recently Bruce played in Toronto and he saw a woman in the crowd, an 89 year old grandmother, and he had her come up on stage and they slow danced together. That's something you'll never see The Stones do.
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Boognish
Recently Bruce played in Toronto and he saw a woman in the crowd, an 89 year old grandmother, and he had her come up on stage and they slow danced together. That's something you'll never see The Stones do.
Also, Bruce is known for taking requests. Have the Stones ever taken a request from the audience before?
It was. I didn't realize it was a "thing" he does every show. That annoys me too, impromptu moments that are actually staged. Oh well.Quote
Seb91
Was that during the "Dancing In The Dark"? If so that seems to be a rehearsed part of the show - ie during the song he'll get someone up to dance.
There are hundreds of millions of dollars at stake...it's unrealistic to expect them to wander onstage like they're a bar band and just rip through a set without each member knowing precisely what their roles are supposed to be.Quote
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Boognish
Recently Bruce played in Toronto and he saw a woman in the crowd, an 89 year old grandmother, and he had her come up on stage and they slow danced together. That's something you'll never see The Stones do.
Also, Bruce is known for taking requests. Have the Stones ever taken a request from the audience before?
Was that during the "Dancing In The Dark"? If so that seems to be a rehearsed part of the show - ie during the song he'll get someone up to dance. Plus, in order to have played a fan request the band will have to have learned it (ie it would have to be in their current repertoire) otherwise it would sound like a train wreck.
I don't mean to be critical of Bruce - it's just a lot of these 'impromptu' moments aren't so impromptu. One thing I actually took from the show I saw was just how rehearsed it was.
The difference is the amount of rehearsal Bruce does I guess as to do different sets each night you have to put extra work in. I mean in an interview Tom Morello did about his stint in the E Street Band he said he had to learn an insane amount of songs. I doubt the Stones rehearse 50 odd songs prior to a tour. I do think the fan vote thing is a great idea though.
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BoognishIt was. I didn't realize it was a "thing" he does every show. That annoys me too, impromptu moments that are actually staged. Oh well.Quote
Seb91
Was that during the "Dancing In The Dark"? If so that seems to be a rehearsed part of the show - ie during the song he'll get someone up to dance.
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DandelionPowderman
Bruce is excellent, but his band is a bit anonymous. The Stones has a ridiculously distinct sound where we hear what everybody plays - all the time.
The E-street band may change the setlist all the time, but we rarely hear the nuances in what they're playing. It's a solid beat, keyboards and guitars way down in the mix.
I like both bands, but for different reasons. They can't really be compared, though. They're too different.
Well don't forget, this is not the same 'back-up' band as Bruce had during the 1970s-1980s...that 'E-Street' group had soloist musicians and a lot of personality. And it was an enjoyable three hour performance back then.
The vast majority of the E Street band is intact: Little Steven, Roy Bittan, Max Weinberg, Garry Tallent and Nils Lofgren have all been in the band since the '70s/early '80s, and you can bet that Clarence and Danny would still be there had they not passed away.
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It is interesting to me, but when I read some of the threads posted regarding Springsteen on this forum, there will typically be a group of folks who put him down or disparage him in some ways-maybe because they themselves are threatened by him as if he and the E Street Band will de-throne our mighty Stones and replace them as the "Greatest Rock and Roll Band."
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DandelionPowderman
Bruce is excellent, but his band is a bit anonymous. The Stones has a ridiculously distinct sound where we hear what everybody plays - all the time.
The E-street band may change the setlist all the time, but we rarely hear the nuances in what they're playing. It's a solid beat, keyboards and guitars way down in the mix.
I like both bands, but for different reasons. They can't really be compared, though. They're too different.
Well don't forget, this is not the same 'back-up' band as Bruce had during the 1970s-1980s...that 'E-Street' group had soloist musicians and a lot of personality. And it was an enjoyable three hour performance back then.
The vast majority of the E Street band is intact: Little Steven, Roy Bittan, Max Weinberg, Garry Tallent and Nils Lofgren have all been in the band since the '70s/early '80s, and you can bet that Clarence and Danny would still be there had they not passed away.
Yes, exactly...they've gone down hill (unlike the Stones).
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JTHanis
The E Street Band has, in now way, gone downhill. To offer that assertion is ridiculous.
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crholmstrom
I just listened to the Chicago show real loud. For the most part its real good, with some stunning spots. Looks like its luck of the draw on the non-River stuff. Chicago didn't get anything from "Darkness" era. I'm praying for some of that in Seattle! The BTR stuff sounded real good. I could seriously live without "Human Touch" though.
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Boognish
Recently Bruce played in Toronto and he saw a woman in the crowd, an 89 year old grandmother, and he had her come up on stage and they slow danced together. That's something you'll never see The Stones do.
Also, Bruce is known for taking requests. Have the Stones ever taken a request from the audience before?
They do it every night. Angie won the vote yesterday
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Boognish
Recently Bruce played in Toronto and he saw a woman in the crowd, an 89 year old grandmother, and he had her come up on stage and they slow danced together. That's something you'll never see The Stones do.
Also, Bruce is known for taking requests. Have the Stones ever taken a request from the audience before?
They do it every night. Angie won the vote yesterday
Yes, from THEIR choice of FOUR of THEIR songs. Bruce picks from, at times, dozens if not more songs of his AND what would be COVERS. He and the ESB play anything, at the drop of a hat. The Stones even have had guest artists on their voted songs. The guests knew their parts so well it's like... they had rehearsed the surprise song of the night!!!
I think that right there sums up why so many Stones fans here have so much antipathy for Springsteen, even though they'll never admit it. They wish the Stones had the same fearless thirst for artistic adventure that the E Street Band has even after 40 years. They'll instead whine about his earnestness or his politics or the fact that the band use too many keyboards or isn't guitar-oriented enough, but in the end, it comes down largely to envying what he delivers every night.Quote
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Boognish
Recently Bruce played in Toronto and he saw a woman in the crowd, an 89 year old grandmother, and he had her come up on stage and they slow danced together. That's something you'll never see The Stones do.
Also, Bruce is known for taking requests. Have the Stones ever taken a request from the audience before?
They do it every night. Angie won the vote yesterday
Yes, from THEIR choice of FOUR of THEIR songs. Bruce picks from, at times, dozens if not more songs of his AND what would be COVERS. He and the ESB play anything, at the drop of a hat. The Stones even have had guest artists on their voted songs. The guests knew their parts so well it's like... they had rehearsed the surprise song of the night!!!
We all know the fan vote is the greatest fraud of all time.
The artists are completely different. Bruce challenges his audience and the band; the Stones don't and that's fine. Bruce calls audibles on stage. I witnessed the Stones do this once at MSG 1 in 1998 with Little Red Rooster in lieu of The Last Time but they were forced into that because of technical problems.
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keefriff99
I will say that the Licks tour in 2002-2003 was the single most exciting post '89 period because it was the one time they dug deep into their catalog and went onstage without a net.
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I will say that the Licks tour in 2002-2003 was the single most exciting post '89 period because it was the one time they dug deep into their catalog and went onstage without a net.
Absolutely. Look at those first four club shows! Sadly, they started dialing it back as the tour progressed.
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midimannz
The livereleases after the shows are taking too long,
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