Clarence Clemons Day

Oggi venerdì 11 gennaio – data di nascita di Big Man –  si festeggia per la prima volta, ma  nel solo New Jersey, il Clarence Clemons Day istituito nello scorso mese di dicembre grazie al senatore Jennifer Beck.

Per ricordarlo, fra tutti i video a disposizione, ho scelto questo tributo degli U2 dello scorso 30 giugno con la canzone Moment Of Surrender.

 

Consiglio di leggere la sua autobiografia, uscita in italiano un paio d’anni fa con la prefazione di Bruce Springsteen, intitolata Big Man – Storie vere e racconti incredibili.

Light Of Day Benefit 15.01.2011

Light Of Day Benefit 15.01.2011

Light Of Day Benefit 15.01.2011

Light Of Day Benefit 15.01.2011

Light Of Day Benefit 15.01.2011

 

Annuale appuntamento con il Light Of Day Benefit al Paramount Theater di Asbury Park.

Il bootleg testimonia le 11 canzoni suonate da Bruce Springsteen   con Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers.

La scaletta della serata:

    • Intro
    • Your Own Worst Enemy
    • This Hard Land
    • Another Thin Line
    • Atlantic City
    • Never Be Enough Time
    • Adam Raised A Cain
    • Wrong Way Street
    • I’m Not Sleeping
    • Save My Love
    • Talkin’ To The King
    • Pink Cadillac
    • Darkness On The Edge Of Town
    • The Promised Land
    • Light Of Day
    • Twist And Shout
    • Thunder Road

Il bootleg lo potete trovare a questo link.

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Dream Baby Dream

 

Da oggi, primo venerdì dell’anno, vorrei iniziare una serie settimanale di post video.

Il primo è questo confronto fra la versione di Dream Baby Dream con cui Springsteen chiudeva i concerti nel 2005 durante il tour di Devils & Dust e l’originale suonata dai Suicide.

Secondo me non c’è gara. Voi che versione preferite?

 

Bruce Springsteen The Best Of 2012

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Anno nuovo, indirizzo nuovo.
Mi scuso per il disordine, ma sto ancora sistemando il blog.
Detto questo, come da tradizione, ecco una selezione dei post più letti dell’anno appena concluso.

Per quanto riguarda i concerti visti nel 2012, quello di Helsinki è ovviamente al primo posto, seguito da quelli di Vienna (dove ha preso la mia richiesta) e Praga. Al quarto posto metto Trieste, e al quinto – ed ultimo, per me – Colonia.

Mi dispiace solo di  non aver visto dal vivo Drive All Night e  la prima esecuzione di Jungleland dopo la morte di Clarence Clemons.

 

We Don’t Play This One Much: Rare Originals 1999-2009

La compilation a marchio Flynn è composta da 6 bootleg audio con tutte le rarità suonate da Bruce Springsteen e la E-Street Band dal 1999 al 2009.

La raccolta include quindi i seguenti quattro tour:

  • Reunion
  • The Rising
  • Magic
  • Working On A Dream
Sono stati esclusi i tour di Devils & Dust (2005) e quello con la Seeger Sessions Band (2006).
Qualche nota dai realizzatori di questa raccolta bootleg:
There are many things to love about the ten years of touring Bruce and the band did since reuniting on stage in 1999, but high on the list is the staggering amount of material assailed. By the end of the WOAD tour, Springsteen had tackled some 280 songs, a number boosted considerably by the sign requests of the last two tours, especially given how many of those yielded one-off covers.
But even more compelling than live versions of other peoples songs are airings of little-performed material from Bruce ís own canon. It ís easy to forget that the 1999 tour was mounted in support of Tracks and rarities from the box did work their way into setlists to varying degrees, especially early on when such uber obscurities as  Car Wash î and ìBrothers Under the Bridgesî received their first and, to date, last airings.
Fast-forward to the end of the 2009 WOAD tour in Buffalo, and again Bruce pulls out first/only readings of several songs including the stunning River outtake (included on Tracks) ìRestless Nights.î Steve might have been right all these years year, indeed.
For the hardcores, folks who saw dozens of shows over the last 12 years, these uncommon performances provided some of the greatest moments we experienced in those arenas. The genuine surprise delivered by a song you never thought you’d ever hear or hear again is one of the sublime pleasures of being a fan of an artist who has both an enormous back catalog and who isn’t afraid to mix up his set lists to revisit it. For us, there’s nothing more exciting than when Bruce steps to the microphone and says something to the effect of, ìWe don’t play this one much…

Those words provide the title to our comprehensive 6-CD anthology. “We Don’t Play This One Much” gathers ten years of rarities from the once-played to the infrequently-played, all in one place. This set is all about the songs you haven’t heard that often and haven’t grown tired of, culled to create a listening experience that should be quite refreshing to anyone who has listened primarily to complete shows from any of the four tours.
You may wonder where we drew the line. The answer is somewhere around a dozen performances, any more than that and the song didn’t feel so rare any more, with just a couple of exceptions that felt like they would have been conspicuous by their absence given the other material included (like ìCode of Silence.î)  We’ve also included songs performed slightly more but new to the Springsteen live canon over the course of the decade.
–Butterking for JEMS

SCALETTA

We Don’t Play This One Much: Rare Originals of the Reunion Era 1999-2009

Disc 1
1. Ricki Wants a Man of Her Own (Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO, 2008-08-24)
2. Seaside Bar Song (The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, 2009-10-13)
3. Trouble River (Continental Airlines Arena, E. Rutherford, NJ, 1999-08-01)
4. The Price You Pay (The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, 2009-10-20)
5. You’ll Be Coming Down (Schottenstein Center, Columbus, OH, 2008-03-24)
6. Intro (to County Fair) (Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Buffalo, NY, 2003-09-20)
7. County Fair (Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Buffalo, NY, 2003-09-20)
8. I Wish I Were Blind (Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY, 2003-10-04)
9. Intro (to Wild Billy’s Circus Story) (Bobcats Arena, Charlotte, NC, 2008-04-27)
10. Wild Billy’s Circus Story (Bobcats Arena, Charlotte, NC, 2008-04-27)
11. Queen of the Supermarket (Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm, Sweden, 2009-06-05)
12. Intro (to I Wanna Marry You) (The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, 2009-10-19)
13. I Wanna Marry You (The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, 2009-10-19)
14. Intro (to Devils and Dust) (Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO, 2008-08-24)
15. Devils and Dust (Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO, 2008-08-24)
16. Brothers Under the Bridge ’95 (Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain, 1999-04-11)
17. Crush On You (Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, VA, 2008-08-18)
18. State Trooper (with Win and Regine Butler of Arcade Fire) (ScotiaBank Place, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2007-10-14)

Disc 2
1. Blood Brothers (rock) (Amway Arena, Orlando, FL, 2008-04-23)
2. What Love Can Do (The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, 2009-10-14)
3. Local Hero (Comerica Park, Detroit, MI, 2003-09-21)
4. Dollhouse (Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria, 1999-04-24)
5. All or Nothing At All (Ford Amphitheater, Tampa, FL, 2009-09-12)
6. Fade Away (Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm, Sweden, 2009-06-07)
7. Secret Garden (Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 2000-06-22)
8. Part Man, Part Monkey (Hershey Park Stadium, Hershey, PA, 2008-08-19)
9. Man’s Job (Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY, 2003-10-01)
10. Car Wash (Bruno-Platche Stadion, Leipzig, Germany, 1999-06-13)
11. Sinaloa Cowboys (Oakland Arena, Oakland, CA, 1999-10-28)
12. Intro (to Let’s Be Friends) (Rentschler Stadium, Hartford, CT, 2003-09-16)
13. Let’s Be Friends (Rentschler Stadium, Hartford, CT, 2003-09-16)
14. Intro (to Terry’s Song) (Toyota Center, Houston, TX, 2008-04-14)
15. Terry’s Song (Toyota Center, Houston, TX, 2008-04-14)
16. My Beautiful Reward (Comerica Park, Detroit, MI, 2003-09-21)
17. Intro (to Restless Nights) (HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NY, 2009-11-22)
18. Restless Nights (HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NY, 2009-11-22)

Disc 3
1. Intro (to Lionís Den) (Bryce Jordan Center, State College, PA, 2000-02-28)
2. Lion’s Den (Bryce Jordan Center, State College, PA, 2000-02-28)
3. Take ‘Em As They Come (Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1999-10-23)
4. Cover Me (Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna, Austria, 2009-07-05)
5. Streets of Fire (Giants Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ, 2003-07-24)
6. Good Eye (HP Pavilion, San Jose, CA, 2009-04-01)
7. Jackson Cage (Wembley Arena, London, England, 2002-10-27)
8. Loose Ends (Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden, 1999-06-24)
9. Paradise (Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ, 2002-07-30)
10. Souls of the Departed (Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY, 2003-10-01)
11. Lucky Town (Giants Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ, 2003-08-31)
12. Lost in the Flood (Giants Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ, 2003-08-31)
13. Intro (to Across the Border) (Giants Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ, 2003-08-30)
14. Across the Border (with Emmylou Harris) (Giants Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ, 2003-08-30)
15. This Life (Monte Do Gozo, Santiago, Spain, 2009-08-02)
16. Surprise Surprise (HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NY, 2009-11-22)
17. Follow That Dream (Pyramid Arena, Memphis, TN, 2000-03-18)

Disc 4
1. Code of Silence (Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 2000-07-01)
2. Don’t Look Back (Civic Center, Hartford, CT, 2000-05-07)
3. Tunnel of Love  (Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH, 2007-11-04)
4. Be True (Stadio Friuli, Udine, Italy, 2009-07-23)
5. Downbound Train (Schottenstein Center, Columbus, OH, 1999-11-17)
6. Intro (to Streets of Philadelphia) (Fleet Center, Boston, MA, 1999-08-22)
7. Streets of Philadelphia (Fleet Center, Boston, MA, 1999-08-22)
8. Nothing Man (Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, NY, 2003-03-11)
9. Living Proof (Rentschler Stadium, Hartford, CT, 2003-09-18)
10. Pink Cadillac (Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy, 2009-07-19)
11. Janey Don’t You Lose Heart (Giants Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ, 2003-08-30)
12. Held Up Without a Gun (Giants Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ, 2008-07-28)
13. Another Thin Line (Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 2000-06-26)
14. Drive All Night (Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2008-07-05)
15. Human Touch (Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 2009-11-07)
16. Roll of the Dice (Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ, 2003-03-07)

Disc 5
1. From Small Things (Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA, 2003-08-11)
2. Cynthia (Giants Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ, 2003-08-31)
3. Roulette (Civic Center, Hartford, CT, 2000-05-08)
4. None But the Brave (GM Place, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2008-03-31)
5. The Fever (The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, 2009-10-13)
6. Back in Your Arms (Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH, 2009-11-10)
7. Your Own Worst Enemy (Key Arena, Seattle, WA, 2008-03-29)
8. New York City Serenade (Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 2000-06-20)
9. Where the Bands Are (Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1999-10-18)
10. Better Days (Jacksonville Coliseum, Jacksonville, FL, 2003-03-04)
11. I’m a Rocker (US Bank Arena, Cincinatti, OH, 2002-11-12)
12. Intro (to Freehold) (Continental Airlines Arena, E. Rutherford, NJ, 1999-07-18)
13. Freehold (Continental Airlines Arena, E. Rutherford, NJ, 1999-07-18)
14. Stand On It (Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden, 1999-06-24)

Disc 6
1. I Wanna Be With You (Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden, 1999-06-24)
2. So Young and in Love (Civic Center, Hartford, CT, 2008-02-28)
3. Leap of Faith (Mile High Stadium, Denver, CO, 2003-09-25)
4. Red Headed Woman (Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH, 2009-11-10)
5. Tougher Than the Rest (Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 2007-10-18)
6. Intro (to Mary Queen of Arkansas) (Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 2000-06-27)
7. Mary Queen of Arkansas (Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 2000-06-27)
8. Intro (to Dead Man Walkin’) (Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC, 2000-04-21)
9. Dead Man Walkin’ (Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC, 2000-04-21)
10. Intro (to Fire) (HP Pavilion, San Jose, CA, 2008-04-05)
12. Fire (HP Pavilion, San Jose, CA, 2008-04-05)
12. Thundercrack (Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 2009-11-07)
13. Give the Girl a Kiss (Continental Airlines Arena, E. Rutherford, NJ, 1999-07-29)
14. Intro & False Start (to Frankie) (Fenway Park, Boston, MA, 2003-09-07)
15. Frankie (Fenway Park, Boston, MA, 2003-09-07)
16. Blinded by the Light (Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1999-10-23)
17. Further On Up the Road (Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 2000-07-01)
18. Intro (to Blood Brothers) (Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 2000-07-01)
19. Blood Brothers (Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 2000-07-01)

Come tutti i precedenti anche questo è un ottimo lavoro, ottimo.

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Philadelphia 25.09.1999

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Sistemando un po’ di bootleg mi è capitato fra le mani questo triplo CD che mi ero dimenticato di avere.

La registrazione testimonia il sesto ed ultimo concerto di Bruce Springsteen e la E-Street a Philadelphia durante il Reunion Tour (25 settembre 1999).

La qualità audio del bootleg non è niente di eccezionale però l’apertura con Incident On The 57th Street non è una cosa da tutti i giorni.

In scaletta troviamo anche Streets Of Philadelphia e soprattutto New York City Serenade.

SCALETTA

01 Incident on 57th street
02 The ties that bind
03 Prove it all night
04 Two hearts
05 Atlantic City
06 Factory
07 Point blank
08 Youngstown
09 Murder inc.
10 Badlands
11 Out in the street
12 10th avenue freeze-out
13 Sherry darling Continue reading

7 Must Have Springsteen’s Bootlegs

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7 (plus 7) Must Have Springsteen’s Bootleg

I bootleg di Springsteen in circolazione sono tantissimi, credo abbiano superato il migliaio.

Quelli di seguito elencati sono i bootleg audio e video che, secondo me, sono fondamentali.

audio bootleg

  1. Walking In A Springsteen Wonderland 15.12.1978
  2. The Early Uber Collection 1972 – 1973
  3. A Long Way From The Boardwalk 03.05.1981
  4. Radio Waves 1973 – 1974
  5. Singing To Roy Orbison 23.04.1988
  6. Once Upon A Time In Rome 06.06.2005
  7. The Ghost 1996 – 1997

DVD bootleg

  1. Breathless in Paris 29.06.1985
  2. 3 – A Lot Can Happen In 3 hours 13.09.2003
  3. A Gentleman of Verona 11.04.1993
  4. I’ve Been Out In The Desert 30.05.2005
  5. Blood Brothers On A Stormy Night 28.06.2003
  6. Vienna 05.07.2009
  7. Helsinki 31.07.2012  (coming soon)

Voi cosa ne pensate?

Siete d’accordo con le mie preferenze?  Cosa cambiereste?

Any comment?

Survival Sunday 14.06.1981

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Survival Sunday

Concerto contro il nucleare con Jackson Brown, Gary US Bonds e ovviamente Bruce Springsteen del 14 giugno 1981.

Il DVD bootleg è composto da 5 canzoni:

  1. This Land is Your Land
  2. The Promised Land
  3. Jole Blon con Jackson Browne
  4. Hungry Heart con Gary US Bonds
  5. Brother John is Gone

A questo link lo potete vedere su youtube.

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Vienna Scaletta Springsteen 12.07.2012

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Arriviamo a Vienna direttamente da Praga dopo qualche ora di sonno nel nulla fra Praga e Brno, alle sei del mattino siamo davanti allo stadio dove prendiamo i numeri 73 e 74 che ci garantiranno un’ottima posizione in transenna.

Anche questa sera pesca la mia richiesta e, dopo 13 canzoni, finalmente la fa!

SCALETTA:

1. We Take Care Of Our Own
2. Wrecking Ball
3. Badlands
4. Death to My Hometown
5. My City Of Ruins
6. Spirit In The Night
7. Rendezvous (request)
8. LOOSE ENDS (request)
9. EMPTY SKY (request)
10. Trapped (request)
11. Jack Of All Trades
12. Because The Night
13. Darlington County

14. Working On The Highway
15. Shackled and Drawn
16. Waiting On A Sunny Day
17. Raise Your Hand
18. Tougher Than The Rest (solo piano)
19. Racing In The Street (request – la mia!)
20. The Rising
21. Lonesome Day
22. Land of Hope and Dreams
23. We Are Alive
24. Born In The USA
25. Born To Run
26. Hungry Heart (request)
27. Glory Days
28. 7 Nights To Rock
29. Dancing In The Dark
30. Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
31. Twist & Shout

Altro concerto da 3 ore e 40, probabilmente il mio concerto preferito, tutto ottimo, pubblico, scaletta e… ovviamente, Racing.

Mi è appena arrivato il bootleg della serata, non vedo l’ora di sentirlo.

Parigi Scaletta Springsteen 04.07.2012

Grandissimo concerto di Bruce Springsteen e la E-Street Band ieri sera a Parigi.

Fra le perle della serata, la scaletta include, oltre che Sandy ed  Independence Day solo al piano, anche E-Street Shuffle, Because the Night (solo al piano), Land of Hope and Dreams e American Land.

Da segnalare il ritorno di Patti Scialfa sul palco.

Intro: La Vie en Rose by Roy and Charlie (accordion)
1. WTCOOO
2. Wrecking Ball
3. Badlands
4. Death to my Hometown
5. MCOR
6. Spirit in the Night
7. E-Street Shuffle
8. 4TH OF JULY, ASBURY PARK (SANDY)

9. Jack of all Trades
10. Because the Night [Solo Piano]
11. Darkness on the Edge of Town
12. Johnny 99
13. Darlington County
14. Easy Money
15. Waitin’ on a Sunny Day
16. The Promised Land
17. Apollo Medley
18. INDEPENDENCE DAY [Solo Piano]
19. The River
20. The Rising
21. Out In The Street
22. LOHAD
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23. We Are Alive
24. BITUSA
25. BTR
26. Bobby Jean
27. Dancing in the dark
28. 10th Avenue Freeze Out
29. American Land

Al solito, ho preso la scaletta da SPL.

Sono molto curioso della scaletta di questa serata.