Absolutely no problem getting in....no pre-paid parking needed...plenty of parking because of stage configuration allowing 54,000 people when the stadium usually handles 25,000 more..
OT Bruce Springsteen
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I am not the biggest Bruce fan and a few years back his political views from the stage turned me off from him. With that said, I went to Tuesday nights show and it was the best concert I have ever been to! Bruce played for almost four hours straight, got the audience involved and played some of the best of his catalog. Bruce may at times express his political views but Tuesday nights show was all about the music. Bruce is one hell of an entertainer!
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Amazing, isn't it. I was not old enough to go to The River or Darkness tours, but I have heard from several that the energy of those tours has never been matched again. But considering the age of Bruce and the band and the fact that they have further honed their skills over the years, their sound and stagings may have gotten better over the years.
Amazing, isn't it. I was not old enough to go to The River or Darkness tours, but I have heard from several that the energy of those tours has never been matched again. But considering the age of Bruce and the band and the fact that they have further honed their skills over the years, their sound and stagings may have gotten better over the years.
Can he do it until age 74?Last Tuesday at the Bergen PAC,I heard Chuck Negron of Three Dog Night belting it out just as he had done in the 70's.
With the exception of 41 shots it was one of his better concerts, no politics, no preaching, just rock and roll
Will Christie be there? I don't think he has ever missed a Springsteen concert. Now he can meet Springsteen backstage since is the Gov.
Bruce was hard on his voice. Sometimes the line between singing and yelling can be hard to find. Even in photos he often looks like he's straining. He was closer to Randy Newman than Sinatra
41 shots was awesome tonight! I don't want to get into the politics of it but if you think firing 41 shots at an unarmed man is ok, you just don't get it and never will.
Agreed, getting too old to remember all of the shows I have been to but tonight has to be one of the best. Having Tom Morello playing tonight made the concert even better. His guitar in tom Joad was amazing.
We just looked at each other in amazement how at 66 years old he can do what he does.
Too much of Tom Morello's guitar playing can be like nails on a chalkboard. I really liked RATM, but putting his guitar for a full Bruce show is overkill. Truly a square peg in a round hole, with three outstanding guitarists already on stage.
He played on three songs. Nils had two very impressive solo's also. Never thought that Steven was that great.
Steven shines as Bruce's foil, and while technically not as strong as Nils, he holds his own and knows how to rock out. His solo album Born Again Savage highlights his excellent guitar work.
Was hoping Bruce had one more true rock album left in him, but rumor is he is gearing up for solo work tour next.
I never said firing 41 shots at a person was ok. Don't put words in my mouth a$$hole. It is a very depressing song and drains the energy out of show. I also come from a family of police officers
While Bruce shilling would not stop me from going, I get a good laugh from overly-liberal types acting like they have some special relationship to him and other artists and telling others not to listen to them.
I agree with RC1978 - Tom Morello was great last night. Ghost of Tom Joad/Badlands was the highlight of the evening.
In 2014 I saw Bruce at Hershey when Steven was absent from the tour. Morello filled in for him and really pushed Bruce on stage. His influence was noted with the opening song of that Hershey show - The Clash's "Clampdown but for most of that night he played within context of the band. GOTJ is always one that he lets loose on.
All in all a tremendous show last night.
1. There's no such thing as "overly-liberal".
2. They're not saying don't listen to him. They're saying you AREN'T listening to him. One of the biggest laughs I've ever gotten was watching a bar full of yahoos singing along to the jukebox playing Born In The USA....not one of them thinking it was anything other than an updated version of Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler's The Ballad Of The Green Berets.
Perhaps you should try Ted Nugent.
It was an awesome show except for the 20 minute rendition of Dancin' in the Dark.
Highlights for me were Badlands and No Surrender. And Darkness on the Edge of Town. And Thunder Road. Just utterly awesome.
But people are smoking crack if they think this was the best Springsteen concert. It was great, for sure, but listening to Rosalita last night I found myself thinking "didn't this used to be a rock 'n roll song?" I mean, they are pushing 70...its not a knock on them...but you can't compare last night to THIS. Not even the same universe.
Highlights for me were Badlands and No Surrender. And Darkness on the Edge of Town. And Thunder Road. Just utterly awesome.
But people are smoking crack if they think this was the best Springsteen concert. It was great, for sure, but listening to Rosalita last night I found myself thinking "didn't this used to be a rock 'n roll song?" I mean, they are pushing 70...its not a knock on them...but you can't compare last night to THIS. Not even the same universe.
Also, the venue matters. No concert in a giant 80,000 seat stadium will ever be "the greatest" because it's absolutely crap way to see live music.
I agree. I've been very impressed by all of the great comments in regards to the latest Bruce shows. Some of my buds said similar things. It's hard to believe that The Boss could be setting records for show length at his current age.
That being said, I find it impossible to believe that the show could be of the quality of the stuff I witnessed any number of times at smaller venues like the Capital Theater back when Bruce was just coming up. At those shows you could actually see and hear him and the band. I've still got a tape of an interview with him many, many years ago where he was asked about his aversion to playing larger venues...especially outdoors. As I recall, he talked about the loss of intimacy and the wall sound that wouldn't be there at huge venues.
Still great to hear he's still numero uno.
As sure as the sun will rise in the East and set in the West, there will be caterwauling about Springsteen's liberal politics.
Fact is, in these shows, there was no politics from Bruce as I would not consider hi playing "41 Shots" a political statement. Fact is it is a timely subject matter.
Maybe the fact that Bruce is not talking politics is that he does not like the democratic candidate.
As aside note, at last week's Zac Brown Band concert at Citi Field, Zac came out for the encores wearing a NYPD shirt (and sporting a Mets hat).
Zac Brown has a new fan.
Bruce was pretty vocal in his vote for change tour, and even played a few campaign stops for Obama. Not this time.
However, liberal shill Bon Jovi is doing benefits for Hillary's campaign. Meanwhile, he uses tax loopholes (a bee farm) to avoid paying full taxes on his property in Middletown. That hurts the hard working people who pay full property tax.
I'm not really a fan of Bon Jovi's music or politics but I will withhold criticism on the farm exemption. The reduced real estate taxes on farm property serves a purpose - without it there would be a lot of large tracts of land parceled out for development. Those extra acres that Bon Jovi owns does not really cost the town anything in services. If it was developed for housing there would be an added cost to the town for services, education and so on so while the tax base would grow, so would town expenditures. NJ is a congested state, the farm exemption helps keep some land undeveloped.
The threshold for getting such an exemption is pretty low. I think there are as many "hard working" people who take advantage of it as there are uber rich rock stars.
Don't necessarily disagree, but much of that area is zoned for larger lots. Don't know the exact details of his land, but it just smacks of a rich guy not wanting to pay his fair share--would he really develop/sell the land without the tax break? IIRC, Max Weinberg pulled a real nice stunt. He was a member of some land conservation group, and he then negotiated a subdivision of land he owned in Middletown and carved one large lot into four separate lots. Just like in the Jack of All Trades song, the Entertainer man grows fatter, and the working man grows thin.
Entertainers are generally a bunch of hypocrites.
http://www.redbankgreen.com/2008/04/max-weinberg-pl/
Thank you for illustrating my point. You are just so cool because you're aligned politically with Springsteen. You guys must be best friends. Everyone should be more like you. I guess you're right and no conservative can appreciate songs like Thunder Road. For you its all about Born in the USA.. One of his worst. Good for you. BTW, how do you feel about Bruce sending his son to a Catholic university? Did he lose any points with you? Still besties?
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Actually I've always been so cool....not sure why, but it pre-dates the Boss.
And I'm not so sure Bruce is progressive enough for my tastes.
BTW, I'm a progressive because I seriously want progress. And you're a conservative because......well, we all know what you wanna "conserve".
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Bruce and the Band delivered a show that was beyond epic last night. I was going to sell my tickets and skip the show, but a long time Bruce buddy and I went and were absolutely blown away. I have lost count of how many show I have been to, and the number is probably around 50. Last night's show will go down in the top 5 or 10 show of his career. Clocking in at just over 4 hours, the show was heavy on songs from the first two albums. Huge bonuses were no 41 shots, no politics, and no Tom Morello.
Bruce turns 67 next month. He is still in fabulous physical shape and I can see him touring for at least another 5 years. If you have never seen him, and you are a fan of rock and roll, go. Bar none, the best live rock and roll band in history.
Here is a review :
http://www.app.com/story/entertainm...e-springsteen-metlife-4-hours-glory/89621306/
Bruce turns 67 next month. He is still in fabulous physical shape and I can see him touring for at least another 5 years. If you have never seen him, and you are a fan of rock and roll, go. Bar none, the best live rock and roll band in history.
Here is a review :
http://www.app.com/story/entertainm...e-springsteen-metlife-4-hours-glory/89621306/
That was some set list. Since leaving Jersey I haven't seen the Boss live much; last time was at Dodger Stadium some 10 years ago or more. Good crowd but nothing like seeing him at old Giants Stadium or the old Byrne Arena.
It's funny, and the reviewer alluded to this fact, Jersey shows seemed to never live up to the hype. Some of the best shows I have seen have been in Philly or MSG. But last night is in my top 3. There was one Jersey show in 1984 which was the final night of a 10 show stand at the old Byrne arena that is also in my top 3. After a horrible Monday and dealing with something I hope I never have to deal with again, last night really raised my spirits and got me back on track. If he tours out your way, I highly recommend going to the show.
I was at his closing Jersey show in 1999 at the Arena and came away with the same feeling that it was something special. He moved on to mostly outdoor, larger venues from there on and those are tougher on the chemistry. I also remember that '84 home stand well; a secretary in our office had tix for each show and was not the sharing kind.
Just a footnote. Back in the day I did a lot of real estate work in NJ and most of my client base who purchased homes in Morris,Somerset and Hunterdon County( mostly wealthy Republicans) made it a point to take advantage of the Farmland Assessment exemption; it was (and probably remains) very common- and knows no political or partisan boundaries.No hypocrisy, just business as usual.
Just an FYI on this... I work at Met Life and was at all 3 shows. He did not make one political statement ( outside of playing 41 shots on night 2 if you want to call that a political statement)
To be fair, they appreciated "Born in the USA" when Reagan used it, but mostly because they zoned out after the chorus, in line with their attention span when it comes to nuance on a broad range of issues.
The other candidate claimed he didn't owe NJ taxes on his casinos because he didn't have enough income...despite claiming he's a billionaire...and won't release his returns now...
However, I would be curious to see where Hillary has staked out a position on bee farm and similar taxes.
Veteran of 70-80 shows including Many wonderful Christmas benefits in Asbury Park as well as a few rehearsal shows.
Perhaps its because I'm so bad off now but these shows seemed like an afterthought on today's concert scene. It's almost like I have a vibe that Bruce is an attention whore and he played so long (way back when we used to say Bruce played for 4 1/2 hours) just for the publicity. Really seemed to be little if any pre concert excitement for these shows,
I know I will say that though I'm a fan I'm real turned off how most seats for these shows were $170 per. Then he has that Jersey guy rep and wears Rutgers shirts but then sends his kids to BC and Dook, I know others on this board fel the same way.
I really think times have changed when my buddies on this board only attended 1 of shows (though they were in Vegas for one show and their prior vacation was a combo Bruce/NASCAR trip to Phoenix in March). Another of our pseudo crew members (who gets VIP GA tix because brother used to be an assistant to Bruce missed at least one show (was working the MTV video awards though).
Saw the original "The River" saw back in 2009 at the Garden a week after the Yankees won the 209 World Series (what an incredible couple of weeks) so I did see a show...
Right now however, it seems as though Bruce is a blip on the music scene-and really needs to come out with new material (and lower ticket prices-$170 Lower level for a STADIUM? show). Seems like Bruce has forgotten the "little guy".
Perhaps its because I'm so bad off now but these shows seemed like an afterthought on today's concert scene. It's almost like I have a vibe that Bruce is an attention whore and he played so long (way back when we used to say Bruce played for 4 1/2 hours) just for the publicity. Really seemed to be little if any pre concert excitement for these shows,
I know I will say that though I'm a fan I'm real turned off how most seats for these shows were $170 per. Then he has that Jersey guy rep and wears Rutgers shirts but then sends his kids to BC and Dook, I know others on this board fel the same way.
I really think times have changed when my buddies on this board only attended 1 of shows (though they were in Vegas for one show and their prior vacation was a combo Bruce/NASCAR trip to Phoenix in March). Another of our pseudo crew members (who gets VIP GA tix because brother used to be an assistant to Bruce missed at least one show (was working the MTV video awards though).
Saw the original "The River" saw back in 2009 at the Garden a week after the Yankees won the 209 World Series (what an incredible couple of weeks) so I did see a show...
Right now however, it seems as though Bruce is a blip on the music scene-and really needs to come out with new material (and lower ticket prices-$170 Lower level for a STADIUM? show). Seems like Bruce has forgotten the "little guy".
