OT: Springsteen tour begins in Tampa tonight

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Instrument abuse.
Report him to theASPCI !!!!
Not sure, but that looked like THE guitar.
Kevin Buell is a local guy. Not a bad gig. He was always the bellweather on if Bruce was going to make a surprise appearance at the Stone Pony or local bar. If Kevin was there, Bruce would likely show.
 

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Report him to theASPCI !!!!
Not sure, but that looked like THE guitar.
Kevin Buell is a local guy. Not a bad gig. He was always the bellweather on if Bruce was going to make a surprise appearance at the Stone Pony or local bar. If Kevin was there, Bruce would likely show.

Age and mileage have accumulated on The Mutt - which is a 50s vintage Telecaster with an older Fender Esquire neck - such that he no longer uses it on stage. Stage guitars, these days, are some number of reproductions courtesy of the Fender Custom Shop (about $5k each).
 
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Age and mileage have accumulated on The Mutt - which is a 50s vintage Telecaster with an older Fender Esquire neck - such that he no longer uses it on stage. Stage guitars, these days, are some number of reproductions courtesy of the Fender Custom Shop (about $5k each).
Don't think we have discussed, but my old shop did patent work for Floyd Rose. Nice guy.
 

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That's quite interesting. I wonder if Floyd is still among us - I'll have to check on that.
Born in 1948, does not say anything about him being gone. Had not realized that his locking tremolo had been adopted by Eddie Van Halen, Neal Schon, Brad Gillis, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, and Alex Lifeson. That's a better than average group of players. Just missing Nugent! 😂

Looked at his Wikipedia page, and he played in a hard rock band in Seattle in the 1980s. Band was called Q5, and they released an album called Steel the Light. My vision of Floyd back at the old shop cannot envision this gentleman playing this music.

 

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Born in 1948, does not say anything about him being gone. Had not realized that his locking tremolo had been adopted by Eddie Van Halen, Neal Schon, Brad Gillis, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, and Alex Lifeson. That's a better than average group of players. Just missing Nugent! 😂

Looked at his Wikipedia page, and he played in a hard rock band in Seattle in the 1980s. Band was called Q5, and they released an album called Steel the Light. My vision of Floyd back at the old shop cannot envision this gentleman playing this music.



Because floating trems are a pain in the ***. First thing I did with my Strat was take the trem rod off and then pin the bridge to the body with the adjustment screws. Out of the box, they're just too hard to keep in tune.
 

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IDK, maybe Grace Slick is right about old fart rockers hanging around too long. A 75 year old man singing "'Cause tramps like us, baby, we were born to run" is almost comical not even mentioning charging thousands of dollars for the privilege hearing it live

Slick: "All rock-and-rollers over the age of 50 look stupid and should retire." In a 2007 interview, she repeated her belief that, "You can do jazz, classical, blues, opera, country until you're 150, but rap and rock and roll are really a way for young people to get that anger out", and, "It's silly to perform a song that has no relevance to the present or expresses feelings you no longer have."
 
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IDK, maybe Grace Slick is right about old fart rockers hanging around too long. A 75 year old man singing "'Cause tramps like us, baby, we were born to run" is almost comical not even mentioning charging thousands of dollars for the privilege hearing it live

Slick: "All rock-and-rollers over the age of 50 look stupid and should retire." In a 2007 interview, she repeated her belief that, "You can do jazz, classical, blues, opera, country until you're 150, but rap and rock and roll are really a way for young people to get that anger out", and, "It's silly to perform a song that has no relevance to the present or expresses feelings you no longer have."
Grace Slick looked 75 when she was 50. That's HER opinion, and maybe she needs to work on those anger issues. If an artist can still bring it and deliver on stage, why stop? Paul McCartney did great until he retired at 80 or 82.

IDK, Moose, she would look the part if she sang White Rabbit today.



But, please Madonna, don't sing like a virgin on the upcoming tour. Not age-shaming her, but it is unfortunate that she had to go the plastic surgery route. There is nothing wrong with aging naturally and graceful and still being beautiful.



Nancy Wilson still looks great at 68.

 
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IDK, maybe Grace Slick is right about old fart rockers hanging around too long. A 75 year old man singing "'Cause tramps like us, baby, we were born to run" is almost comical not even mentioning charging thousands of dollars for the privilege hearing it live

Slick: "All rock-and-rollers over the age of 50 look stupid and should retire." In a 2007 interview, she repeated her belief that, "You can do jazz, classical, blues, opera, country until you're 150, but rap and rock and roll are really a way for young people to get that anger out", and, "It's silly to perform a song that has no relevance to the present or expresses feelings you no longer have."

So don't go.
 

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Orlando 2/5 Setlist:

Show Start: 7:48 pm, EST
Main Set:
1. No Surrender
2. Ghosts
3. Prove It All Night
4. Letter To You
5. The Promised Land
6. Out In The Street
7. Candy's Room
8. Kitty's Back
9. Nightshift
10. Don't Play That Song
11. The E Street Shuffle
12. Johnny 99
13. Last Man Standing (Solo)
14. Backstreets
15. Because The Night
16. She's The One
17. Wrecking Ball
18. The Rising
19. Badlands
20. Thunder Road
Encores:
21. Burnin' Train
22. Born To Run
23. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
24. Glory Days
25. Dancing In The Dark
26. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
27. I'll See You In My Dreams (Solo)
Show End: 10:25 pm EST
2 hrs, 37 mins

Same setlist as Atlanta
Night 4, Feb. 7, Hollywood, FL:

1. No Surrender
2. Ghosts
3. Prove It
4. Letter To You
5. The Promised Land
6. Out in the Street
7. Candy's Room
8. Kitty's Back
9. Nightshift
10. Don't Play That Song
11. E Street Shuffle
12. MANSION ON THE HILL *tour premiere
13. Johnny 99
14. Last Man Standing
15. Backstreets
16. Because the Night
17. She's the One
18. Wrecking Ball
19. The Rising
20. Badlands
21. Thunder Road
22. RAMROD *tour premiere
23. Born To Run
24. Rosalita
25. Glory Days
26. Dancing in the Dark
27. 10th Avenue Freeze Out
28. I'll See You In My Dreams
 

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So he's sticking with the solo acoustic finale, huh?

I think I'd be headed for the exits as soon as it started. Get a jump on traffic.
 
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Here's the question: Does he go longer for the finale at the Pru and, where does he put Jersey Girl in?
 

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IDK, maybe Grace Slick is right about old fart rockers hanging around too long. A 75 year old man singing "'Cause tramps like us, baby, we were born to run" is almost comical not even mentioning charging thousands of dollars for the privilege hearing it live

Slick: "All rock-and-rollers over the age of 50 look stupid and should retire." In a 2007 interview, she repeated her belief that, "You can do jazz, classical, blues, opera, country until you're 150, but rap and rock and roll are really a way for young people to get that anger out", and, "It's silly to perform a song that has no relevance to the present or expresses feelings you no longer have."
I think Slick is being suprisingly narrow in her definition of rock music. It’s about a lot more than expressing anger, although some seem to think that. Ironically, it is the rock music of her era of the 60s and 70s that captured all the human emotions, sadness, happiness, anger, hopefulness, spirit. etc. so well. The best rock bands in my opinion are diverse and musically wide ranging in their approach to music.
 

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with the superbowl on sunday I thought I'd leave this here.

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I think Slick is being suprisingly narrow in her definition of rock music. It’s about a lot more than expressing anger, although some seem to think that. Ironically, it is the rock music of her era of the 60s and 70s that captured all the human emotions, sadness, happiness, anger, hopefulness, spirit. etc. so well. The best rock bands in my opinion are diverse and musically wide ranging in their approach to music.
Most people stopped listening to anything Grace Slick said sometime back in the Seventies.
 

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Grace Slick looked 75 when she was 50. That's HER opinion, and maybe she needs to work on those anger issues. If an artist can still bring it and deliver on stage, why stop? Paul McCartney did great until he retired at 80 or 82.

IDK, Moose, she would look the part if she sang White Rabbit today.



But, please Madonna, don't sing like a virgin on the upcoming tour. Not age-shaming her, but it is unfortunate that she had to go the plastic surgery route. There is nothing wrong with aging naturally and graceful and still being beautiful.



Nancy Wilson still looks great at 68.

Woof.
BTW, who is Nancy Wilson
 

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Love Bruce but I have to admit that I'm sick of "Born to Run". I see he did it in the first show and has probably done it in the 10-15 shows I've seen but I'm tired of it. Maybe he can't not do it - I don't know.
Funny you should mention that you’re sick of BTR. I actually think that is one of the few songs of his that sounds far better on the album than it does live.
 
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Night 4 (or is it 5?) Dallas.

Stevie out of the lineup, and so is Soozie . Please respect Stevie's decision, and be cool about it:



Show Start: 8:53 pm EST
No Stevie, Patti, or Soozie.
Stevie and Soozie both confirmed to have COVID.


Main Set:
1. No Surrender
2. Ghosts
3. Prove It All Night
4. Letter To You
5. The Promised Land
6. Out In The Street
7. Candy's Room
8. Kitty's Back
9. Nightshift
10. Don't Play That Song
11. The E Street Shuffle
12. Johnny 99
13. Last Man Standing (Solo)
14. Backstreets
15. Because The Night
16. She's The One
17. Wrecking Ball
18. The Rising
19. Badlands
20. Thunder Road


Encores:
21. DETROIT MEDLEY
22. Born To Run
23. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
24. Glory Days
25. Dancing In The Dark
26. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
27. I'll See You In My Dreams (Solo)


Interesting take on the show from the Greasy Lake Board. TLDR:

 

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Grace Slick looked 75 when she was 50. That's HER opinion, and maybe she needs to work on those anger issues. If an artist can still bring it and deliver on stage, why stop? Paul McCartney did great until he retired at 80 or 82.

IDK, Moose, she would look the part if she sang White Rabbit today.



But, please Madonna, don't sing like a virgin on the upcoming tour. Not age-shaming her, but it is unfortunate that she had to go the plastic surgery route. There is nothing wrong with aging naturally and graceful and still being beautiful.



Nancy Wilson still looks great at 68.

 

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Funny you should mention that you’re sick of BTR. I actually think that is one of the few songs of his that sounds far better on the album than it does live.
I agree with you. I've just heard it too many times. Back in the cassette days, I made a Born to Run tape with that song (all from the album) on it about 20 times - but I did stick Jungleland in the middle just for some variety.
 

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I agree with you. I've just heard it too many times. Back in the cassette days, I made a Born to Run tape with that song (all from the album) on it about 20 times - but I did stick Jungleland in the middle just for some variety.
Meeting Across the River, Backstreets, and She’s the One define that album for me.
 

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IDK, maybe Grace Slick is right about old fart rockers hanging around too long. A 75 year old man singing "'Cause tramps like us, baby, we were born to run" is almost comical not even mentioning charging thousands of dollars for the privilege hearing it live

Slick: "All rock-and-rollers over the age of 50 look stupid and should retire." In a 2007 interview, she repeated her belief that, "You can do jazz, classical, blues, opera, country until you're 150, but rap and rock and roll are really a way for young people to get that anger out", and, "It's silly to perform a song that has no relevance to the present or expresses feelings you no longer have."

Case by case.

She would be right about guys like Jagger trying to rooster-prance around a stage in lycra
But then you have guys like David Gilmour and Robert Smith who seem to be better than ever
But those guys are performing as musicians and not stage acts with a lot of frills.
Springsteen has lost a bit of polish, and Clemons passing was a turning point, but the gigs are still appealing to a crowd that's older and willing to pay.

Grace is from a time and place that introduced depreciation of anyone of 30 so that might influence her take. Plus she looks like heck.

Coincidentally I was just listening to Slick today on archived Dick Cavett show. She appeared with Joni Mitchell and Crosby/Stills. Some of them just returned from Woodstock and still had mud on their pants. The other Cavett vids are amazing for the way people interviewed without all the PC that's crept in. Hendrix is also interviewed in another segment





Hendrick's makes amazing comments about electrification of music - something people can forget was a big deal in in that era. Hendrick's didn't even have a pedal until 67 and after that he had maybe one or two

 
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Shouldn’t you be asking someone else that?

Mine was a response- to an old and quite obvious refrain about Bruce. Seen it and heard it countless times before and so have you.
You didn't need to take the bait and then jump the shark. It was a good thread.
 
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Apparently the E Street Band got the 'rona. Stevie, Patti and Soozie Tyrell all on the DL.
 

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I saw them at the hard rock on Tuesday. I thought Patti seemed a little distracted or disinterested. Maybe she wasn’t feeling well.
 

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Ruh oh. Looks like Bruce may be playing the Nebraska and Ghost of Tom Joad albums tonight.




 

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Funny. I have a tape of an interview with Bruce way back when he was first starting to hit it big. The interviewer asked him why he didn't play outdoor venues like the Garden State Arts Center. Bruce said that it was because his band relied on a certain amount of "wall sound"--the music bouncing off of the walls.
As an old-timer who grew up going to concerts at venues like the Fillmore and the Capital Theater and actually being able to see the performers, I can't understand how the artists would even play at a stadium....especially selling tickets behind the stage or in the upper deck. Which are they showing less respect for...their music or their fans ?
 
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Funny. I have a tape of an interview with Bruce way back when he was first starting to hit it big. The interviewer asked him why he didn't play outdoor venues like the Garden State Arts Center. Bruce said that it was because his band relied on a certain amount of "wall sound"--the music bouncing off of the walls.
As an old-timer who grew up going to concerts at venues like the Fillmore and the Capital Theater and actually being able to see the performers, I can't understand how the artists would even play at a stadium....especially selling tickets behind the stage or in the upper deck. Which are they showing less respect for...their music or their fans ?
Actually, it's a case of showing respect for the fans. It's simply a demand issue. If they didn't play stadiums, many fans would never be able to see him in concert... unless they played 10x the number of shows at smaller venues, That's not going to happen.
 
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Stadium shows suck. I saw one good stadium show, ever, and that was a Springsteen show where we had 2nd row tickets because JBJ gave them to us at the last minute.
 
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