Bruce nuts are scrambling like mad to get MSG tix now, some even talking
about flying cross-country!

The fact that I can't understand the excitement leads me to believe I'm
not insane and that I do indeed have a life.

On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:40:22 -0500, "doerz" <jmNOdoerzS... at (no spam) yahoo.com
wrote:

do these decisions mean that bruce is a nostalgia act?

"colonialacres" <colonialac... at (no spam) comcast.net> wrote in message
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Bruce nuts are scrambling like mad to get MSG tix now, some even talking
about flying cross-country!

The fact that I can't understand the excitement leads me to believe I'm
not insane and that I do indeed have a life.

yes  

do these decisions mean that bruce is a nostalgia act?


"colonialacres" <colonialacres at (no spam) comcast.net> wrote in message
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Bruce nuts are scrambling like mad to get MSG tix now, some even talking
about flying cross-country!

The fact that I can't understand the excitement leads me to believe I'm
not insane and that I do indeed have a life.

On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:40:22 -0500, "doerz" <jmNOdoerzS... at (no spam) yahoo.com
wrote:

do these decisions mean that bruce is a nostalgia act?

"colonialacres" <colonialac... at (no spam) comcast.net> wrote in message
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Bruce nuts are scrambling like mad to get MSG tix now, some even
talking
about flying cross-country!

The fact that I can't understand the excitement leads me to believe I'm
not insane and that I do indeed have a life.

yes

do these decisions mean that bruce is a nostalgia act?

"doerz" <jmNOdoerzSPAM at (no spam) yahoo.com> wrote in message
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do these decisions mean that bruce is a nostalgia act?

Bruce himself, I don't know. But Bruce and The E Streeters, it's hard to
deny that they're headed in that direction.
They're touring after releasing two albums in the last 2-3 years (one of
them an absolutely brilliant record, the other not bad), and they play
very few tracks from either. Instead, they choose to play old complete
albums, and requests. And if you're advertising that you're gonna play old
albums, you're certainly leaning towards being a nostalgia act.

"cwb" <querosuave.beck at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
"so, you guys *wouldn't* want to see them perform the complete River
album?
Come on..."

Sure I would. But I wouldn't fly 3000 miles for it. I wouldn't drive 100
miles for it. I'm not having a hissy fit because I can't be there.
Even if it was in Oakland, I'd much rather see them perform the newer
songs as a tightly rehearsed unit (a la 1980-81 or 1984-85), mixing in the
older gems and rarities, and with a good sound system. You know, like a
real concert.

"cwb" <querosuave.beck at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
"so, you guys *wouldn't* want to see them perform the complete River
album?
Come on..."

"burtonlmb" <burtonlmb at (no spam) comcast.net> wrote:
Sure I would. But I wouldn't fly 3000 miles for it. I wouldn't drive 100
miles for it. I'm not having a hissy fit because I can't be there.
Even if it was in Oakland, I'd much rather see them perform the newer
songs as a tightly rehearsed unit (a la 1980-81 or 1984-85), mixing in
the older gems and rarities, and with a good sound system. You know, like
a real concert.

Thanks Mr. Burt. Your post is what I would have answered had I been
around. Like you, I don't have the Bruce bug, haven't for many years.

The last show I saw was San Jose "Magic". It was fantastic. I think
general consenses among the aficianados is that show ranked in the top 5
from that tour. Did it leave me wanting more? No.

The way I see it the entire WOAD tour has been a bad joke. The guy puts
out a beautiful, brilliant album for people in their 50's, tours behind
its name and then fails to play any songs from it. Now he's playing
oldies on home turf. Yeah, I think that qualifies him as a nostalgia act.
One who knows there are always 20,000 nuts willing to jump planes.

I have now seen Bruce 13 or 14 times or so, in 5 cities, and have traveled,
oh, must be 100 to 150 Bruce Miles all together, in 30 years now. Call me
crazy, but it was all worth it.

Agreed. My experience and memories are cemented in the 75-81 tours,
and that for me, was the pinacle of the Springsteen experience. The
guy still makes outstanding studio albums for the most part and I'm
sure the recent live shows are great, but for me those tours will
never be topped by Bruce.
15 shows in 78 in 8 cities, 6 shows in 81 in 4 cities now those are
some great memories!

Wow. Now to me that would have been worth the effort, especially at a young
age. How did you happen to see all those shows? Did you have a music related
job, or did you just have lots of free time those years?

that wasn't my question's implication...

"cwb" <querosuave.b... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote in message

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so, you guys *wouldn't* want to see them perform the complete  River
album?

Come on...

cwb

On Nov 4, 8:58 pm, gumboman <gu... at (no spam) gumbo.com> wrote:

On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:40:22 -0500, "doerz" <jmNOdoerzS... at (no spam) yahoo.com
wrote:

do these decisions mean that bruce is a nostalgia act?

"colonialacres" <colonialac... at (no spam) comcast.net> wrote in message
news:hcsc9r$j22$1 at (no spam) news.eternal-september.org...
Bruce nuts are scrambling like mad to get MSG tix now, some even
talking
about flying cross-country!

The fact that I can't understand the excitement leads me to believe I'm
not insane and that I do indeed have a life.

yes

"cwb" <querosuave.b... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
"so, you guys *wouldn't* want to see them perform the complete  River
album?
Come on..."
"burtonlmb" <burton... at (no spam) comcast.net> wrote:
Sure I would. But I wouldn't fly 3000 miles for it. I wouldn't drive 100
miles for it. I'm not having a hissy fit because I can't be there.
Even if it was in Oakland, I'd much rather see them perform the newer
songs as a tightly rehearsed unit (a la 1980-81 or 1984-85), mixing in the
older gems and rarities, and with a good sound system. You know, like a
real concert.

Thanks Mr. Burt.  Your post is what I would have answered had I been around.
Like you, I don't have the Bruce bug, haven't for many years.

The last show I saw was San Jose "Magic".  It was fantastic.  I think
general consenses among the aficianados is that show ranked in the top 5
from that tour.  Did it leave me wanting more?  No.

The way I see it the entire WOAD tour has been a bad joke.  The guy puts out
a beautiful, brilliant album for people in their 50's, tours behind its name
and then fails to play any songs from it.  Now he's playing oldies on home
turf.  Yeah, I think that qualifies him as a nostalgia act.  One who knows
there are always 20,000 nuts willing to jump planes.

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