Monday, April 27, 2009

Bruuuuuce!!

I have no idea how a 60 yr old guy has that much energy but it was amazing to see.
Review from the AJC
http://www.ajc.com/living/content/printedition/2009/04/28/springsteen0428.html

Also found the playlist at Backstreets.com because there was no way to remember the entire night.

April 26 / Atlanta. GA / Philips Arena
Notes: Bruce was a man of many hats tonight—besides the cowboy hat for "Outlaw Pete" there was a white fedora for "Tenth Avenue"—but even more notable was the number of covers: five out of a 25-song set. There was the now-standard sign collection song, "Raise Your Hand," and the encore-opening "Hard Times," of course. And then two requests. First: "They think they're gonna stump the band—but this is the greatest bar band in the land, and if they don't think we know 96 f$*%n' Tears..." Yep, spotlight on the keys for ? and the Mysterians' "96 Tears," followed by a bit more common cover (but no less powerful for it), the E Street Band's take on Jimmy Cliff's "Trapped," also a tour premiere.

Bruce wasn't done with the signs yet—a few songs later, after "The Wrestler," he started looking through the crowd for one he'd seen earlier. And there it was: "Alanta's STEENagers deserve Jungleland." They got it, too, after Bruce talked a bit about meeting some young'uns in Freehold who said they had never seen the E Street Band, leading to their current mission. Speaking of teenagers, Jay Weinberg got another one under his belt tonight, not only revisiting the songs he played Friday night in Hartford, but also pounding away on "Land of Hope and Dreams" for the first time—a fabulous job on this one.

Still no Patti—Bruce dedicated "Kingdom of Days" to her once again, and he also gave a shout-out to producer Brendan O'Brien, whose home base is here and who was in the crowd. Bruce was feeling good, feeding off the loud, boisterous crowd, who'd been into it all night, and he had one more treat for them after "American Land." "It ain't over!" And then came that fifth and final cover, the tour's first "Detroit Medley," with Professor Roy Bittan going nuts on the piano, driving the crowd wild and closing the Atlanta show in style.

Setlist:
Badlands
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Outlaw Pete
She's the One
Working on a Dream
Radio Nowhere (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Seeds (w/ Jay Weinberg)

Johnny 99 (w/ Jay Weinberg)
The Ghost of Tom Joad (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Raise Your Hand
96 Tears
Trapped
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Wrestler
Jungleland
Kingdom of Days
Lonesome Day
The Rising

Born to Run
* * *
Hard Times
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
Land of Hope and Dreams (w/ Jay Weinberg)

American Land (w/ Jay Weinberg)
Detroit Medley

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