Picture this: JD and Casey standing in the aisle screaming the lyrics to ‘Rosalita’. It was not 1984 at Toronto’s CNE stadium; it was last night in Rochester – 23 years later.
Once again – I AM HEALED by the power of rock ‘n’ roll. Until you have seen Bruce Springsteen live, you have not seen a rock ‘n’ roll show.
For those who attended last night’s event, please share your comments.
Someone please tell the D&C music critic that the song is entitled – ‘BECAUSE the Night.” While on the topic of that song – Bruce never released this song on an album. After hearing it for the third time live, I have to think Bruce never felt he could capture the true energy of that song in the studio. Last night’s rendition was absolutely chilling. If we want to start a Mt.-Rushmore-of rock-anthems discussion, ‘Because the Night’ has to be considered.
‘Reason to Believe’ ascended Casey’s list of Bruce favorites.
It was great seeing so many friends in one place.
What are the chances our seats would be one row behind Monty and Monty Jr?
“Poor man wanna be rich
rich man wanna be king
and the king ain’t satisfied
’til he rules everything.”
If you call my name today, and I don’t respond please don’t take it personally. My ears are ringing, and I am still humming ‘Badlands’.
Casey
Dude,
That could have been the best. (But I say that everytime I leave a bruce show).
The place was absolutely electric. Rochester had bruce in AWE. Which is always a good thing.
Becasue the Night is awesome live, The Rising, Rosie came out with bruce spinning on the floor. Loose ends in one of my favorite off tracks.
I will see him many times this summer.
Casey you want to go to Long Island.
Just watching everyone enjoy themselves is what I get a kick out of.
Remember the Boss is 58 and he Rocks like he is 25
He is the greatest, and truly not doing this to put his kids through college.
How bout the Big mans chair. I need on of those.
Casey and prior to the show I was wrong about Danny. I can’t belive I got that wrong. I’ll take a mully on that one.
I wish i was in Buffalo tonight.
The Thrilla
https://www.brucespringsteen.net/news/index.html
Becasue the Night
Tell the Boss to lower his ticket prices
Thrilla,
I am intrigued by the prospect of going to LI. Wish I could say yes and go from there.
What is the size of the venue? I’m not into stadium shows.
When is it?
Casey
I sent this to Casey earlier in the day, but it completely rings true for my first Bruce concert.. I have to share it again. the quote comes from music critic Jon Landau wrote after seeing a performance at the Harvard Square Theater:
“I saw the future of rock and roll and its name is Bruce Springsteen. And on a night when I needed to feel young, he made me feel like I was hearing music for the very first time.
I left the Blue Cross Arena with a sense of euphoria that I have never felt before.. I had thought I had seen concerts before, but Bruce took the cake and ran away with it singing, “It going to be a long walk home…..”.
Rochester did itself proud last night and I still get goosebumps thinking about it. And yes JD and Casey were dancing away in the aisle to Rosalita..
Can I get in on the caravan to Long Island? I gotta see him again.
Thrilla
How many Springsteen shows have you attended?
Casey
Broooooooooooce!
Smitty – I got goosebumps reading your post 🙂
Growing up loving the 10,000 Maniacs’ version of “Because the Night”, I was excited when i became a Bruce fan and learned the Bruce actually wrote the song. I was even more excited last night to hear it live for my first time. That song is certainly packed with passion and emotion. And, if there is any question about how ridiculously good Nils is on the guitar, that solo should put it all to rest.
A quote from Backstreets.com after the Hartford show…
” “This show just put a big dent in my bank account,” a friend of mine told me afterward. How come? “Before, I was on the fence about how many I was going to see this time,” he said. “After ‘Loose Ends’ I realized, dammit, I’m gonna have to see ’em all.” ”
When I hear a song like Loose Ends, I just don’t see how it is possible for people not to love Bruce Springsteen. They have no idea what they are missing.
You gotta love that the E Street Band can just randomly play a song without having rehearsed it in who knows how many years. Yeah, so what if they screwed it up and had to regroup to get back together; they still nailed it as far as the fans were concerned. I learned one thing, though, I don’t know the words to the verses of that song very well 😉
Rochester got one heck of a show, and it was well worth the 20 hour round trip from Chicago. I won’t be going to Long Island, but I am trying to get my brother-in-law to go to Milwaukee with me on St. Patrick’s Day.
“Somewhere in the swamps of Chicago”
~ Monty Jr.
Monty Jr.
Springsteen has this ability to make his concert goers take a different view of life. Years from now we will see each other and somehow the topic of Thursday night’s show will enter the conversation. It’ll be something like – “remember how we serenaded the band back for an encore using the melody to ‘Badlands'”, or “remember Little Steven taking the lead vocals on ‘Long Walk Home'”? It could be any number of things. A Bruce show has the effect of making one consider life before and life after that show.
Does this border on the melodramatic? Only to someone who has never seen Bruce live.
By the way – here’s the set list from Buffalo:
Setlist:
The Ties That Bind
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
Be True
Gypsy Biker
Magic
Reason to Believe
Night
Because the Night
She’s the One
Livin’ in the Future
The Promised Land
I’ll Work for Your Love
Working on the Highway
Devil’s Arcade
The Rising
Last to Die
Long Walk Home
Badlands
* * *
Buffalo Gals
Girls in Their Summer Clothes
Thunder Road
Detroit Medley
Born to Run
Dancing in the Dark
American Land
Casey
ps. “Windows are for cheaters, chimneys for the poor
closets are for hangers, winners use the door
so use it Rosie – that’s what it’s there for
Casey,
Ive lost count, but I think that might have been # 10.
Like I said to you earlier, we have to do it right this summer. Get some GA tickets get to the arena at 12:00 and get in the pit. Ive been there once. It was awseome.
Z Dubzz,
His ticket prices are the lowest going. You want to see the Police in Buffalo. THey start at 250. The boss’s highest ticket price: 96.00
Casey get tunnel of love out and call me in a week. you will be changed.
Tunnel of love, is a great album, listen. It will move you.
THe Thrilla
At Night #2 in Chicago, Bruce busted out the tour premier of “Tunnel of Love” and needless to say, my sister and brother-in-law and me were bouncing with joy with that special treat. The album is extremely powerful.
Thrilla, GA tickets this time around (if they are doing it the same as the first leg of the tour) are done on a random ticket basis. You show up at the venue 4 hours or so before the show and you get a random number. An hour before the show, they choose a number randomly, and the first 200 or whatever numbers from that random one on, get into the front pit. The rest after that are just regular GAs. Unfortunately getting there early doesn’t improve your chances of getting the front pit.
3 days later and still on a high from the show.
‘Cause at the end of every hard-earned day
good people find a reason to believe
Monty Jr
Yes Im fully aware of the chance you take with the GA’s, I was in the front of the PIt in 04 at the CAA, in NJ. I would take that chance every show. but my wife would never like being down there so when I go with her I try to get the best “assigned seats”
Anyways we will always have the magic of the Clipboard working with us.
“if dreams came true Ah wouldn’t that be nice
This aint no dream were living through out the night
You want it, you take it
You pay the price”
The Thrilla
Thrilla – I didn’t know that is how he always did it; I thought it was new for this tour. But i agree, definitely worth the shot, because even if you’re not in the front pit, the GA section is loaded with energy and is a great experience.
Sometimes it might seem like it was planned
For you to roam empty hearted through this land
Though the world turns you hard and cold
Theres one thing mister that I know
That’s if you think your heart is stone
And that you’re rough enough to whip this world alone
Alone buddy there ain’t no peace of mind
That’s why I’ll keep searching ’till I find my special one
Two hearts are better than one…
beneath the city
two hearts beat
soul engines running through a night so tender
and in a bedroom locked
and whispers of soft refusal
and then surrender
in the tunnels uptown
the rat’s own dream guns him down
the shots echo down them hallways in the night
no one’s watching as the ambulance pulls away
or as the girl shout outs the bedroom lights
outside the streets on fire
in a real death waltz
between what’s flesh and what’s fantasy
and man the poets down here
don’t write nothing at all
they just stand back and let it all be
and in the quick of a knife
they reach for their moment
and try to make an honest stand
but they wind up wounded
not even dead
tonight in Jungleland
Casey,
Do you reliaze he played Jungleland everywhere else.
How bout this one, What song is this from.
“i’ve got debts no honest man can pay”
hold on – don’t tell me.
Atlantic City – hah!
You got it
of all his albums through Born in the USA that one is probably the one I’m weakest on picking out lyrics. Just happened to get lucky. White Noise covered that tune for a while. 🙂
Gents – i am currently downloading the Rochester show and will happily pass it along to anyone that is interested. I haven’t heard what the quality is like yet, but they are usually pretty decent. Just let me know.
And if you want me to grab a show with Jungleland in it to hear what we missed, I can do that, too 🙂
Monty Jr.
Please put me on the list. Much appreciated.
Casey
Monty Jr.
Count me in please..
Thrilla,
He uses that same line in Johnny 99 – only change is the word could instead of can.
Casey
My sister and I have always been intrigued by Bruce reusing lyrics. Nebraska alone finds many lines repeated, such as that one, but even beyond that, Bruce uses exact lines in various places throughout his work. Some of the ones that are jumping to me now…
“I came crashing down like a drunk on a barroom floor”
–All the Way Home
–My Beautiful Reward
“Got on a dead man suit and smilin’ skull ring
Lucky graveyard boots and a song to sing”
–Further On (Up the Road)
–Maria’s Bed
“The highway is alive tonight”
–The Ghost of Tom Joad
–Seaside Bar Song
–(I feel like there are more for this one…)
“Tonight I’m gonna burn this town down” with Bruce in Milwaukee!!