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Originally Posted by Wario
I absolutely hate springsteen for having so many live soundboards available  |
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Originally Posted by Wario
the fact bruce fans get all this live stuff pisses me off.
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Is that Bruce's fault?
Thanks to Julie and evil nickname for their detailed reviews. I'm a bit late and I haven't had time to finish a longer report so far, so here's just a short summary.
I was at Bruce's Berlin show a month ago. What can I say? The greatest concert I've seen so far.
More than three hours full of incredible energy, cool music, great atmosphere and lots of fun. Bruce was smiling most of the time and obviously enjoying the show and the interaction with the fans. I almost got jealous of the girl who got the chance to "play" his Telecaster during
Dancing In The Dark, being the guitar nut that I am.
The concert was kicked off with a special song. You can watch a recording of it on his YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsjkqHT0O-o
I was surprised by the variety to be found in the music as well as well in Bruce's vocals. At times he even sounded like a 1960s soul singer and he often appeared more like a skilled, passionate preacher than just an "ordinary" rock singer.
Bruce had promised to "rock our pants off", now look what happened towards the end of the show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icVOmkAxoyo 
When the concert was over, I had the feeling that I had to
crawl out of the Olympic Stadium, every bone and muscle in my body was aching - but it was worth it.
I wonder how Bruce and the E Street Band felt and how they manage to do such demanding shows.
I can't complain about the organization of the event, everything went smoothly. Although I arrived rather late, I didn't have any problems to snatch a good spot in the front of stage area. The fans were very considerate, in spite of their ecstasy (even whenever Bruce came over to shake hands and they all started moving towards him like a giant wave, chanting "
Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce"
).
Fantastic songs, fantastic musicians, fantastic audience! That night was the ultimate definition of rock and roll. Thank you, Bruce!
By the way, I noticed that Bruce's speech on economic problems (which he delivered in German) was even mentioned by foreign media.