Last night, I finally got to see the E Street Band. I started listening to them when I was 5 and I started being obsessed with them in college, so I've been trying to get to one of their concerts for a very long time. Unfortunately, they were broken up for a majority of my childhood so Bruce could put out mediocre solo albums. However, they managed to muster up one more timeless masterpiece last year with Magic and now they are on the road for maybe the last time.
This show was everything I was waiting for. The set list was perfect: geared toward hardcore fans, skipping old radio singles, playing crowd favorites from 30 years ago and throwing in just enough of the new stuff. Here were the highlights:
- The beautiful tribute and video montage for Danny that opened the show on a somber note.
- After a few newer and lesser-known tunes, they opened up the first and maybe greatest crowd sing-along of the night with "Out On The Street"
- Bruce stumbled around the stage like a drunken man-whore during "Spirit Of The Night"; he performed sex acts on the mic stand and forgot the lyrics on one verse. And I thought that song couldn't get any better...
- He offered some powerful yet surprisingly restrained GW Bush hating on "Living In The Future".
- "Jungleland" - I don't even need to say anything. It was Jungleland.
- The house lights came back on for "Born To Run" for more communal sing-along to send the crowd home happy.
Everything I heard about Bruce shows from when I was a kid was still here. It was a joy to hear the crowd yell "Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuce" after every song: after over 30 years together and one lost member, they still have it.
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