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Location: Marlton, NJ | Just got back from seeing Springsteen and the E Street band at the Spectrum in Philly. After all these years, he still puts on a great show. I saw him for the first time about 30 years ago. They played a pretty even mix of new and old stuff - definitely minus a few classics like "Rosalita". He ended with "Kitty's Back" which is from way back. I wouldn't have gone again except that an old friend called me out of the blue and invited me.
The only "O"ppearance was Miami Steve playing his MM68 mandolin on a few songs. There were several Tak appearances. Patti Scialfa played (or maybe just held) a blue one through the whole show. There were a few others as well.
For die hard Bruce fans - he's still got it - just not as much of it, but still worthwhile. |
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Location: GA USA | My son and his girlfriend saw him just the other night in Atlanta. They were given tickets and were an island in a sea of oldness. But he said it was okay. |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Glad u enjoyed it Mike! |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Mike, I had a girlfriend that stood in line for 6 hours in Hampton VA to get tickets for the "Born in the USA" tour in the '85...4 plus hour show and with out a doubt; one of the top three shows I have seen in my life...Life is strange; the girlfriend didn't last but the memories of that concert will last a lifetime...
Glad you had a chance to go again...Bruce rules... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | 1978 at the Capital Theater in Passaic was the best damn concert I ever saw. Period. The cool thing was that it was simulcast on WMMR Philly, WNEW New York and WBCN Boston. A friend who wasn't at the show taped it for me on reel to reel. I transfered it to CD and play it often. It's really cool to hear the show and knowing that some voice out there in the crowd was mine. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Back then - late '70s, early '80s, they would play for over 4 hours. It was amazing. I have a bootleg of when he played at the Winterland in SF in '78. I listen to that one on the turntable from time to time.
My first real date with my wife was seeing him at one of the 'Aid' concerts (live, farm - I forget which) in Philly in '88. It was Bruce, Peter Gabriel, Tracy Chapman and a couple of others. Very cool. |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | I saw the Born in the USA Tour in 1985 also. My cousins husband is a graphic designer who worked for CBS/Sony. He worked on the album cover design.
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Location: south east Michigan | Originally posted by Phil Wong:
My cousins husband is a graphic designer who worked for CBS/Sony. He worked on the album cover design.
Oh Yeah???
My sister in-laws half brother wrote "Mr. Holland's Opus".
So there! |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Passaic Theater! I was there too! Here's a link for those who do their own Mp3 playlists or CD's ...
http://addictedtovinyl.com/blog/2008/09/21/good-listening-bruce-spr...
I had just turned 17. At the time, I didn't know how good we had it musically. Ramones were blasting away in NYC, Spiro Gyra was jamming in Buffalo, there were tons of local bands playing all kinds of music, bluegrass, blues, rock, jazz plus radio and the national scene was still intereting.
I thought all that was normal and it would last forever. |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | Originally posted by Slipkid:
Originally posted by Phil Wong:
My cousins husband is a graphic designer who worked for CBS/Sony. He worked on the album cover design.
Oh Yeah???
My sister in-laws half brother wrote "Mr. Holland's Opus".
So there! |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | I was speaking to my neighbor earlier today - he's got a big Bruce connection. His sister dated Gary Tallent, the bass player in the E Street Band years ago, and they've all remained close over the years. I met Gary at the neighbors house a couple of years ago. They actually went out with Springsteen last night. He was telling me that years ago, Bruce gave him the denim jacket that he wore during the "Born In The USA" years. Like many of us middle aged men, he expanded a bit and the jacket doesn't fit him any more, so he gave it to his son. |
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Location: NJ | wow
back in the day I had around 30 bootleg springsteen lp's
I loaned them to a co worker in the 80's yes all of them and guess what? his apartment burned down that weekend.
I was a huge fan pre 1980
went to the first show at the spectrum listened and recorded radio concerts from the main point and the tower.
I had a ticket to the trenton war memorial show in 74 or 75 but did not go I had to work. the guys that went still tease me about missing that one.
lost interest in recent years. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | what a bummer |
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Location: los angeles | I too have lost interest in Bruce in recent years - actually since the Tunnel of Love tour which put me to sleep. |
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