Fantastic Bruce show… as expected.
But I have a very strong feeling that tonight’s show will be even better (and longer)….
Here are my “votes”:
| # | Song | Short review | 0-6 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who'll Stop the Rain? (Bruce & Roy) | Soulful start. Nice surprise. | 5 |
| 2 | Downbound Train | Heavy & raw sound. Solid delivery. | 5 |
| 3 | Cover Me | Not my song at all... but this version was good. | 4 |
| 4 | We Take Care of Our Own | Back to "standard" material... You immediately felt the bands confidence rising... having played this song 48 times (out of 50) on this tour... Good stuff. | 4 |
| 5 | Wrecking Ball | One of my favs from the new album... and works far better live than on the album. | 5 |
| 6 | Death to My Hometown | The best song from the new album... especially live. This is a solid "Feel Good" Springsteen song. | 5 |
| 7 | My City of Ruins | Band intros.. and sent his love to Patti. Also warned norwegian red-headed women... to stay away from him. Very good version. Best vocal performance so far! .. "Are You Missing Anybody?.... It's all right." | 6 |
| 8 | Spirit in the Night | Always a treat.. Love the fact that Spirit is now played on every show! Really looking forward to hearing it again tonight. Fantastic song.. solid performance! | 6 |
| 9 | Seaside Bar Song | waaaoo. Nice surprise. Haven't heard this in a while. The band however, nailed it! Anyhow... not a very strong song.. | 4 |
| 10 | This Depression | Tour Premiere. One of the weakest songs from the new album. OK version. | 3 |
| 11 | Atlantic City | Lovely. I was crossing my fingers for Atlantic on one of the Bergen shows. One of Bruce's strongest songs! Top 15 for sure. Powerful version... | 6 |
| 12 | Because the Night | Solid version, and Nils's guitar solo lifted it higher! Brilliant guitar stuff! | 5 |
| 13 | The Promised Land | One of my all time Bruce favs. Never lets us down. | 6 |
| 14 | Darlington County | Another BITUSA track.... The best BITUSA track so far. Very solid & swingin version | 5 |
| 15 | Shackled and Drawn | For me the show kind of lost momentum with Shackle... Ok version though.. | 4 |
| 16 | Waitin' on a Sunny Day | Not my song... but fair enough.. | 4 |
| 17 | For You (solo piano) | soulful singing, but again not a song very high on my list... | 4 |
| 18 | The River | Nice surprise.. One very good live version of this brilliant song. | 6 |
| 19 | The Rising | Solid, but no great rising version | 5 |
| 20 | Radio Nowhere | ...and the show started to gain momentum again.. "Is there anybody alive out there?" great version. | 5 |
| 21 | Badlands | Yes! Back on track. Badlands never let's us down. Powerful Bruce guitar solo! | 6 |
| 22 | I'm on Fire | BITUSA again. This is one was magical... soulful.. | 6 |
| 23 | Thunder Road | Maybe Bruce's best song. Solid version.. lovely Sax solo. Great singing. | 6 |
| 24 | Born in the U.S.A. | Powerful & solid.. as always. | 5 |
| 25 | Born To Run | Best song & performance tonight! The best live version I've witnessed. | 6 |
| 26 | Bobby Jean | Fine version... the band could not go wrong now... | 5 |
| 27 | Dancing in the Dark | Max was briefly released from his duties :-) A girl from the audience was allowed to play his drums!!! Nice gesture.. Good live performance | 5 |
| 28 | Tenth Avenue Freeze-out | Showtime again... One of my all time favs. Fantastic version | 6 |
| 29 | Twist & Shout | Long, powerful & thrilling. Shake it all baby! | 6 |
Hallgeir will update this post with his comments & some pictures tomorrow.
-Egil
Well, so how do I do this?
Bruce Springsteen concerts are something else, always good, often great. The concert was a 6 out of 6, but it was very “showy” and vey 80′s oriented, nothing wrong with that, but I miss a few songs…
The show was fantastic (as expected) and very Born in the USA bent (7 songs!) Bruce flirted with the audience, it was a great show for the casual fan. Actually it was a great show for any one, Bruce and the band were in great form
My top 10 songs of the evening:
1. Thunder Road
2. Promised LAnd
3. For You (Egil clearly doesn’t know what he’s talking about 
)
4. Because the night
5. Born to Run
6. Badlands
7. The River
8. Atlantic City
9. Spirit in the night
10. Born in the USA (what an Anthem this is!)
- Hallgeir
All photos by me (Hallgeir):
Because the Night solo:
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