OT: Springsteen tour begins in Tampa tonight

BossNJ

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Typically whiny little man. Stop it. Let me explain how things work around here for you.
Troglodyte #1 comes in trying to start ****. Whiny people take the bait and engage. Troglodytes #2, #3, and #4, who are bruhs join in the fracas. Whiny people complain to mods. Thread gets shut down.

Proposed solution. Ignore the troglodyte. Don't engage. None of the other stuff happens except a small troglodyte circle jerk, making them look foolish.

Try being a little more intelligent, maybe. I will wait for my apology. I won't hold my breath.
Lol, sure pal. Keep defending your moronic buddies. Don’t address the idiots, address those who react, who by the way, are more in line with your ideology. Sorry, nobody buys your BS, or that of your buddies.

And to demonstrate how gullible you are, you choose to buy the lies that ilk makes up about posters who dare to call out their BS.

Give it a rest champ.
 

Knight Shift

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Lol, sure pal. Keep defending your moronic buddies. Don’t address the idiots, address those who react, who by the way, are more in line with your ideology. Sorry, nobody buys your BS, or that of your buddies.

And to demonstrate how gullible you are, you choose to buy the lies that ilk makes up about posters who dare to call out their BS.

Give it a rest champ.
You really are thick in the head, aren't you? I'm not your pal. Have fun with your arguments with no-brained troglodytes and their bruhs and getting the thread shut down. You are sad little whiny boy. You go to ignore again, like the troglodytes. You don't get how it works, but you will continue to fight with the idiots and drag threads down. If you put them on ignore, there is nothing to see. But go on with your idiotic grand assumptions about people. You are part of the problem if you don't get it. If somebody doesn't do things 100% your way, they are on the "other side." That attitude will get you nowhere. Have a nice life.
 
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BossNJ

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You really are thick in the head, aren't you? I'm not your pal. Have fun with your arguments with no-brained troglodytes and their bruhs and getting the thread shut down. You are sad little whiny boy. You go to ignore again, like the troglodytes. You don't get how it works, but you will continue to fight with the idiots and drag threads down. If you put them on ignore, there is nothing to see. But go on with your idiotic grand assumptions about people. You are part of the problem if you don't get it. If somebody doesn't do things 100% your way, they are on the "other side." That attitude will get you nowhere. Have a nice life.
Wait, you’re not my pal??? How disheartening! 😂

And btw, your detailed, coddling response to one of the chief “troglodytes” clearly illustrates that you don’t have “them” on ignore, as you suggest.

Post in thread 'OT: Springsteen tour begins in Tampa tonight'
https://rutgers.forums.rivals.com/t...r-begins-in-tampa-tonight.255743/post-6254551

So as I said, enough with the sanctimonious BS.
 
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Knight Shift

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Back to the real topic..A-MAZING SHOW! Can we talk about the 13 minute performance of Kitty's Back?!

Also to those who decided that Nightshift was worthy of the pee break..clearly not music appreciators.
Kitty's Back is
on fire GIF
 

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Great show at The Rock Friday night... as expected. 😎

It was the second show I saw on the tour. I also went to the concert in Philly, which was the first after several postponements due to illness. Bruce was more energized, moving around the stage much more freely on Friday than in Philly. Only 25 songs were performed in Philly... 27 were played at The Rock.

Anyone familiar with actor Bobby Cannavale? If it wasn't him, a dead ringer (guy in white shirt) was sitting a few rows in front of us. Some fans around me were convinced it was him. Others said no. Cannavale is known as a huge Springsteen fan. The guy sitting is definitely Howard Freeman, who runs the annual balloon festival in Readington. He worked for the Nets (1978-81) when they played at the RAC.



https://balloonfestival.com/contact/our-team/howard-freeman/
Love Bobby Cannavale. Could be him, although the guy in your pic looks a bit younger than current day BC to me, but I could be wrong, as there are certainly a lot of similarities. He's in one of my all-time favorite independent Jersey films, the Station Agent, with Peter Dinklage and Patricia Clarkson and lots of other good stuff...
 
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PiscatawayMike

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Love Bobby Cannavale. Could be him, although the guy in your pic looks a bit younger than current day BC to me, but I could be wrong, as there are certainly a lot of similarities. He's in one of my all-time favorite independent Jersey films, the Station Agent, with Peter Dinklage and Patricia Clarkson and lots of other good stuff...
I was thinking the same... this guy appeared to be too young. Cannavale is 52. I'll have to check out The Station Agent. Loved BC in Boardwalk Empire and Vinyl.
 
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Great show at The Rock Friday night... as expected. 😎

It was the second show I saw on the tour. I also went to the concert in Philly, which was the first after several postponements due to illness. Bruce was more energized, moving around the stage much more freely on Friday than in Philly. Only 25 songs were performed in Philly... 27 were played at The Rock.

Anyone familiar with actor Bobby Cannavale? If it wasn't him, a dead ringer (guy in white shirt) was sitting a few rows in front of us. Some fans around me were convinced it was him. Others said no. Cannavale is known as a huge Springsteen fan. The guy sitting is definitely Howard Freeman, who runs the annual balloon festival in Readington. He worked for the Nets (1978-81) when they played at the RAC.



https://balloonfestival.com/contact/our-team/howard-freeman/
I also vote no on the BC link. However Howard is an old friend of mine I haven't seen for quite a few years. I had a real good relationship with him at the NJFoB for a number of years. Always got me front row seats for the shows there.

PS. Nice seats. Hopefully you were sitting behind Hoard and not the BC look-alike. :)
 
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The other night at his show in Spain Bruce had someone join him on stage for a rendition of Glory Days...Michelle Obama.
 
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Regardless of your affiliations, you can't deny that getting in a group pic that includes Spielberg, Bruce, and Obama is pretty insane. That's amazing.
Someone in that group once said "Blind faith in your leaders or in anything will get you killed," before launching into a rousing version of Edwin Starr's War (what is it good for). But the elites are pro-war now. 🤷‍♂️

Kinda weird how Patti was MIA for the US leg of the tour, but she shows up for the Euro leg. Will she stay on, or was this just a chance for a photo op with Michelle?
 
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Kinda weird how Patti was MIA for the US leg of the tour, but she shows up for the Euro leg. Will she stay on, or was this just a chance for a photo op with Michelle?

Bruce and Patti both had CV-19 in mid April so maybe she was taking it easy.
Bruce has said 2/3 of his fans are in Europe and they will be playing large outdoor stadiums
 

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First saw Bruce in ‘73 at Seaside Heights then at Rutgers/State Theater in April ‘74. A huge fan since but after his layoff and his age had no interest in this tour. Then free tickets fell into my lap. Amazingly, it was a great, great show 50 years on.
 

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First saw Bruce in ‘73 at Seaside Heights then at Rutgers/State Theater in April ‘74. A huge fan since but after his layoff and his age had no interest in this tour. Then free tickets fell into my lap. Amazingly, it was a great, great show 50 years on.

Good post and I get it, but you really could have put more (some) effort into the writing.

This is a great story. You should tell
it as a great story.
 
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Springsteen getting big reviews in UK.
I'm not sure why though because to me he sounds rough

"It was a three-hour display of musical storytelling from a man at the absolute peak of his powers."

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/review-bruce-springsteen-bst-hyde-park/

Here's a clip from gig being given glowing review. 2:42 things get bad


He’s been doing that falsetto for years as he closes The River. It’s sounded really good over the years, but here, not so much. Could’ve been a one-off, but at 73, one can’t expect to keep it up forever.
 

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First saw Bruce in ‘73 at Seaside Heights then at Rutgers/State Theater in April ‘74. A huge fan since but after his layoff and his age had no interest in this tour. Then free tickets fell into my lap. Amazingly, it was a great, great show 50 years on.
Nice story, with just the right amount of detail, lol.
 
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First saw Bruce in ‘73 at Seaside Heights then at Rutgers/State Theater in April ‘74. A huge fan since but after his layoff and his age had no interest in this tour. Then free tickets fell into my lap. Amazingly, it was a great, great show 50 years on.

If there are any other Bruce fans out there who have passed on this tour, take note of Zebnatto’s post and the attached tweet/article. Bruce is putting on great, energetic shows without trying to pretend that he’s 30 anymore.

 

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If there are any other Bruce fans out there who have passed on this tour, take note of Zebnatto’s post and the attached tweet/article. Bruce is putting on great, energetic shows without trying to pretend that he’s 30 anymore.


So glad I went to the Easter Sunday show at UBS. Not sure I will go again, especially to a stadium show. Perhaps one more, but with the setlist fairly static, don't feel the need to go multiple times.
 

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So glad I went to the Easter Sunday show at UBS. Not sure I will go again, especially to a stadium show. Perhaps one more, but with the setlist fairly static, don't feel the need to go multiple times.
Two down, two more to go for me. I went to Philly and The Rock... going back to Philly and then MetLife.

Can't get enough...lol. I lost track of how many times I've seen The Boss. I'd guess I'm approaching about 150 shows. First time I saw him was at the Meadowlands in 1984 when I was 19.
 

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Two down, two more to go for me. I went to Philly and The Rock... going back to Philly and then MetLife.

Can't get enough...lol. I lost track of how many times I've seen The Boss. I'd guess I'm approaching about 150 shows. First time I saw him was at the Meadowlands in 1984 when I was 19.
I went to 3 nights of the 10 night stand. Remember a 4 to 4.5 hour closing show, but remember more making out with some hot chick in my 1966 Rambler!!!
 
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Tonight and Friday’s shows in Phil. have been postponed.
Philly didn't get the full show (2 songs short) at Wells Fargo on March 16 due to The Boss not feeling 100% after three postponed shows due to illness. Now this. Ugh. Feel better Bruce.
 
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Probably won't catch a Springsteen show this tour.

But the guy who made this custom Strat for Stevie is making me a custom Flying V.
 
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Probably won't catch a Springsteen show this tour.

But the guy who made this custom Strat for Stevie is making me a custom Flying V.
From the guy who sang along vociferously to Edwin Starr's War, that guitar coloration is kind of odd. But whatever fits his party's narrative is OK now. . . . .
 
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From the guy who sang along vociferously to Edwin Starr's War, that guitar coloration is kind of odd. But whatever fits his party's narrative is OK now. . . . .

My V isn't going to look like that.

We're talking about an as yet undetermined dark wood with a natural finish, probably a mahogany neck and ebony fretboard. Gold hardware, pickups TBD but my default would probably be Seymour Duncan's Pearly Gates.
 

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My V isn't going to look like that.

We're talking about an as yet undetermined dark wood with a natural finish, probably a mahogany neck and ebony fretboard. Gold hardware, pickups TBD but my default would probably be Seymour Duncan's Pearly Gates.
Who is the guy? Local?