tongue-tied lightning Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Bruce turned 58 yesterday he's playing Asbury Park tonight ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wendy Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 from this: (2nd row, 2nd from left) to this: seems like a pretty good life so far Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 That's when he was on the steroids. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Smith Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 That's when he was on the steroids. Should his record sales for BITUSA and his tour reciepts for that period be marked with an * for this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Should his record sales for BITUSA and his tour reciepts for that period be marked with an * for this?I've always had that era marked with a mental asterisk anyway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Good point. I have this book at home - Backstreets: Springsteen the Man and His Music (I think that is the title) if you look in the back, there is the photo from inside the Nebraska sleeve, and then next to it, some photos from the BITUSA tour. The dude got rather big pretty fast. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 I have this book at home - Backstreets: Springsteen the Man and His Music (I think that is the title) if you look in the back, there is the photo from inside the Nebraska sleeve, and then next to it, some photos from the BITUSA tour. The dude got rather big pretty fast.So did Clarence, though. They were probably working out together. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 So did Clarence, though. They were probably working out together. Now why the hell did that make me laugh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied lightning Posted September 24, 2007 Author Share Posted September 24, 2007 That's when he was on the steroids. this is a happy b'day thread with good wishes.take yer Bruce hate elswhere Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Smith Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Good point. I have this book at home - Backstreets: Springsteen the Man and His Music (I think that is the title) if you look in the back, there is the photo from inside the Nebraska sleeve, and then next to it, some photos from the BITUSA tour. The dude got rather big pretty fast. 1) I have that book too and 2) Two years is plenty of time to increase your size considerably. (Nebraska 1982, BITUSA 1984) So did Clarence, though. They were probably working out together. Clarence did it at the buffet table though. You gotta work out to make the juice work, otherwise... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JerseyMike Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Met the man last week for the first time. Very nice, down to earth guy... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied lightning Posted September 24, 2007 Author Share Posted September 24, 2007 Met the man last week for the first time. Very nice, down to earth guy... no story ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wendy Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 no story ? C'mon JerseyMike, spill! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied lightning Posted September 24, 2007 Author Share Posted September 24, 2007 I shook the Boss's hand at a Knick game, but I froze, and never talked to him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Yea..cut loose with the story. I am guessing Bruce doesn't get out much. Happy Birthday to the Boss. (He has 6 months on me....) LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 I waved to him as he was leaning out of an SUV waving to a group of us outside of Fenway Park after one of his shows. EDIT: I might try to rewrite that in English at some point Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Clarence did it at the buffet table though. You gotta work out to make the juice work, otherwise...I think you're forgetting about Clarence's buff phase (which coincided with BITUSA). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 As long as we're forgetting things about Clarence, I'd like to forget this: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Smith Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 I think you're forgetting about Clarence's buff phase (which coincided with BITUSA). You're right I was thinking of the horrific image of him on stage during the last tour I saw (99? maybe) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied lightning Posted September 25, 2007 Author Share Posted September 25, 2007 a nice set from last night love me some thundercrack Setlist: Radio Nowhere/No Surrender/Gypsy Biker/Empty Sky/Something in the Night/Girls in Their Summer Clothes/Night/The Promised Land/Livin' in the Future/Devil's Arcade/Candy's Room/She's the One/Lonesome Day/My Hometown/The Rising/Last to Die/Long Walk HomeEncore: Thundercrack/Born to Run/Darlington County/American Land Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 September 25, 2007, 10:25 AM ETJonathan Cohen, N.Y.Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played their first show in three years last night (Sept. 24) at Asbury Park, N.J.'s intimate Convention Hall, which served as a warm-up for a fall tour that begins Oct. 2 in Hartford, Conn. Seven songs were premiered from the album "Magic," which also lands Oct. 2 via Columbia. At the outset, Springsteen told the crowd the band would be offering up "a few new ones, a few old ones, maybe a few mistakes, but I doubt it." Among the new album cuts performed were first single "Radio Nowhere," "Gypsy Biker," "Girls in Their Summer Clothes," "Devil's Arcade" and "Last To Die." Set list oddities included the vintage outtake "Thundercrack," which started the encore, "Something in the Night" and "American Land," a song from Springsteen's Seeger Sessions band that the E Streeters were playing live for the first time. Springsteen and company will play Asbury Park again tonight and have just announced a third rehearsal show for Friday at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, N.J. Tickets go on sale this morning. Here is Bruce Springsteen's set list: "Radio Nowhere""No Surrender""Gypsy Biker""Empty Sky""Something in the Night""Girls in Their Summer Clothes""Night""The Promised Land""Livin' in the Future""Devil's Arcade""Candy's Room""She's the One""Lonesome Day""My Hometown""The Rising""Last To Die""Long Walk Home" Encore:"Thundercrack""Born To Run""Darlington County""American Land" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobfrombob Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 Seeing Bruce at Convention Hall is like seeing the Beatles in Hamburg or something. Not a great analogy but it's pretty magic (no, I wasn't there last night and won't be there tonight). For those of you in the swamps, there is also a rehersal show at Continental Airline Arena Friday night. This would be more like seeing the Beatles in an aircraft hanger. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
markosis Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 I stood in front of Bruce's old house in Long Branch, NJ a couple of months ago. That's my Bruce story. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
airtaco Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Anyone get Boston tickets? I struck out, but may try to scalp soon. Do you think GA tix will be cheaper day of? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobfrombob Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Anyone get Boston tickets? I struck out, but may try to scalp soon. Do you think GA tix will be cheaper day of?I have a general aversion to scalpers and think you should be able to get tickets at cost if you make a good effort. PM me if you want me to direct you to places where that kind of thing could happen. At any rate, before you go that route, you should wait at least until after the first few dates on the tour to get an idea of how many tickets are dropped the day of the show at the box office. There seems to be some indication that many tickets sold on the on-sale date were not the best and many prime seats were held back. I would guess at this point, without knowing for sure, that your chances of getting tickets at the box office the day of show are pretty good. And if that happens, the market on the street could be face value or less. Wait until at least mid-October before you do anything rash. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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