The Ghost of Tom Joad (guitar) So it's refreshing to find him rediscovering his comic gifts of late, first with the Born to Run memoir, equal parts eloquent and uproarious, and now with Springsteen on Broadway, which aims even more squarely for laughs, but never unearned ones. In the sequel to DreamWorks Animation’s Oscar®-nominated blockbuster comedy, the Templeton brothers--Tim (James Marsden, X-Men franchise) and his Boss Baby little bro Ted (Alec Baldwin)- … If his preceding "magic trick" litany sounds familiar, it's because you've probably read it: it's part of the foreword to Born to Run, and his memoir's text forms a great deal of the script of the show. My Hometown (piano) After a salute to Feed Melbourne and shout-out to the 21 nationalities represented in AAMI Park's pit ("Those Italians follow me wherever I go! There's a metaphor for the pent-up release that followed, but as this is a family publication, I'll refrain from detailing it. Long Walk Home (guitar) "Johnny 99" honky-tonked to Nils's pedal steel and Jake's cowbell. Prove It All Night ('78 intro) The next six songs were a sign-fuelled sprint. The Rising (guitar) And wouldn't get in trouble he was satisfied - 2016 Aug-Dec Setlists Afterwards, as Bruce left the stage — grin still plastered to his face — he could be seen wiping a tear from his eye. You could see the joy in their strut, revisiting this epic song together as on the 2004 Vote for Change tour. The Boss Baby is a 2017 American computer-animated comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox.Loosely based on the 2010 picture book of the same name by Marla Frazee, the film was directed by Tom McGrath, from a screenplay by Michael McCullers, and stars the voices of Alec Baldwin as the title character, along with Miles Bakshi, … Setlist: The answers were "yes," so Nathan got on stage, played like a champion, and sang with a confidence of someone doing 50 gigs a year. Tonight's finessed jokes landed better than they did in the fall. "I wanna guard your dreams and visions," Bruce sang. Two Hearts "Fred 'Sonic' Smith and I wrote this song with the great hope that it would inspire and incite people to action," Patti introduced what was, of course, her great anthem "People Have The Power" [video], which Bruce last performed (along with Stipe and R.E.M.) He's playing a catalog we know with religious fervour yet blowing our minds with songs' intensity and set placement, again. Bituing Walang Ningning (lit. Johnny 99 Dancing in the Dark Tap on chart image. I Fought the Law Shit may indeed be fucked up as he said Thursday night, but not in this house, not on this night. Out in the Street January 27 / Perth Arena / Perth, AU Tougher Than the Rest (piano) - with Patti Scialfa Springsteen "Shout" was typically unhinged and on this night occasionally undressed. The President and First Lady were announced, and they came in from the Green Room to take their seats front and center. followed by a "Professor!" The sadness is still there — enough, apparently, to reduce Reese Witherspoon to a sobbing puddle of tears — but on second viewing you realize how laugh-out-loud hilarious the show is, right alongside the melancholy, often in the very next breath. Bruce dedicated "Trapped" next to "the detainees." Notes: Workshop III, Springsteen's by-invitation dress rehearsal on the Walter Kerr stage before previews begin. Following Follow. As is now standard, an impeccably dressed eight-piece string section showered grace on an audience expecting raw six-string power. Long Walk Home (guitar) Something in the Night A sufficiently affirmative response made him cry "It's ass-shaking time!" My City of Ruins Brilliant Disguise (guitar) - with Patti Scialfa Springsteen And then it was Boss time. Their appearance onstage a few minutes after the intermission was no great surprise to many in attendance. - 2014 Apr-Dec Setlists to an emotionally spent but exuberant audience, and like that, he and Steven exited at stage left and went off into the darkness. Bruce made an unabashed appeal for that energy before "Mary's Place" — "Sydney, make me feel your spirit right now" — before unleashing "Candy's Room" and "She's the One" on a suspecting and highly worked-up crowd. For most this was their first Springsteen concert, so their jubilation was fresh, real, untouched by the taint of "Yeah but you should have seen him in blah blah blah...." For Wendy it was a night she'd not only dreamed about but worked towards since 2013. But it happened, and none of us will ever forget it. Bruce went on walkabout during "Hungry Heart," his ventures up a riser behind front GA giving him panoramic views of the Macedon Ranges and throngs sitting on Hanging Rock's gently sloping hill. The Wish (piano) Jole Blon And there's nobody coming down here. Outside the White House, you'd have no idea any event had been going on. Written and recorded more than 60 years ago, has any jukebox tune ever kicked off with less ambiguous lines than "Gonna tell Aunt Mary 'bout Uncle John / He claim he has the misery but he's havin' a lot of fun"? This 2017 summer tour closer would be the rare gig that all factions could agree on — it was a Get Off Your Ass and Dance show through and through. "Go ahead Roy" brought a sublime "Backstreets," played once previously on this tour and seemingly at the top of everyone's wishlist tonight (besides "Born in the U.S.A.," Bruce's biggest hit in Australia and New Zealand and the one most griped about due to its absence on this tour). All I could do was study faces, eavesdrop on conversations, put away pints with locals and ask their slurred, ecstatic opinions afterward. Growin' Up (guitar) "Kitty's Back" shined a spotlight on Charlie, Jake, Roy and an extremely hip-looking Garry and ended with Bruce and Steve injecting the sprawling tune with psychedelic guitar work. "Working on a Dream" made its tour debut tonight and was followed by "Roll of the Dice." The final night of a terrific two-night stand, the show again began with "New York City Serenade." Notes: Who wouldn't want to spend Valentine's Day with Bruce Springsteen? Dancing in the Dark With a setlist already littered with rarities and tour premieres, Bruce moved the intensity up a notch with "Youngstown," "Candy's Room," "She's the One," and "Because the Night." That enthusiasm was rewarded with another jaw-dropping "NYC Serenade," its grandiose piano and strings contrasting beautifully with Springsteen's collection of romantic tragics from a long-ago time and place. #91 IS HERE! It's greasepaint and footlights, without either of those being literally true. This was followed by a rousing rendition of The Band's "Up on Cripple Creek" (last performed by Bruce at the Stone Pony with Levon Helm in 1987). Garry's bass floated above, below and behind it all. Long Walk Home (guitar) You have been warned. It was a dream of a setlist. Love still plays a part — that, after all, has long been a subject of Bruce's work, too. Life is good.") We know this won't go on forever: every show is a tick on the countdown, every goodbye a roll of the dice. Throughout the pit eyes glistened. The story of Asbury Park in many ways is a story of America in microcosm, a conundrum that demands a long-form, multi-episode format. A quick peek at a video screen provided an answer. Exactly as it's always been. And they flowed differently.". Growin' Up (guitar) After his own set, Peter Wolf joined joined Stevie for a romp through "Freeze Frame" with the Disciples of Soul — the title track of the J. Geils Band's number one album — and one would have thought the 80's had come back to life. And the sweet chorus of "The Wish" — with the line "I'm older, but you'll know me in a glance" — became all the more poignant. Thunder Road (guitar) Dancing in the Dark Tenth Avenue Freeze-out (piano) Tap over featured image. The encores opened with one last sign request. Tonight is why we do it. (This was the first time I had ever witnessed Bruce wearing in-ear monitors which were non-existent during the acoustic set.) The house lights were up for "Born to Run," which was followed in the encore by "Dancing in the Dark" and "Tenth Avenue Freeze-out." Downbound Train At the halfway mark of this 14-show summer tour of Australia and New Zealand, "Serenade" remains a high point creatively and emotionally every night and will be long remembered after the lads and lass have left these shores. We want him to go on, but the Boss needs to go home  — he has "a cheeseburger waiting" for him… he has "pornographic films to watch on the tele…." * * * ON YOUR PC? "Here we are in Asbury Park, New Jersey, just where we were 75 years ago!" We're not drunk. The acoustic guitars will come. In stock now! The two embraced, and Patti came back to the mic to note, "This song always makes me think of three men: Fred 'Sonic' Smith, who inspired it; Jimmy Iovine, who produced it; and Bruce Springsteen, who wrote it." I am here to provide proof of life to that ever elusive, never completely believable 'us.' To my ears it's home to a dense, vibrant sound that beats every other venue on this tour and turbocharges a band hitting on all cylinders. My Hometown You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) But POTUS mostly focused on thanking the staff and their families for all they'd given and given up, "missing kids' soccer games," etc. Bruce introduced a balls-to-the-goofy-wall "I'm Goin' Down" with an odd little story about how he tends to get in fights at home that end with him being asked, "Who do you think you are?! The Wish (piano) The Boss Baby: Family Business In Theaters September 17 Sing 2 In Theaters December 22 The 355 In theaters January 7, 2022 Minions: The Rise of … April 4 -7 / Walter Kerr Theatre / New York, NY Keeping the mood up, Bruce played "Out in the Street," took a sign request for "No Surrender," led a full house sing-along for "Hungry Heart," and body-surfed his way back to the main stage. January 12 / The White House, East Room / Washington, DC Thunder Road (guitar) ", An incredible night. Think of the legendary raps of the '70s and '80s — shaggy-dog stories and goofy cosmic tales that came off ad-libbed but were in fact carefully honed. "Leap of Faith" made its tour debut and was followed by a hypnotic reading of "The River." * * * My Father's House (guitar) Now singing: "Well they made that change uptown now…" Standing alone. on THIS WEEK 60 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA! Lives that, unlike a Bruce show, offer no guarantees. Bruce calling for Sancious to play the Hammond B-3 was priceless; "When I first saw him, he was playing the organ," he commented afterward. Because the Night It is also the first film in the series to be released in 3D. Suddenly, like wolves howling at the scent of blood, a "Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh" "Badlands" chant arises. Bringing Patti up for "Tougher Than the Rest," Bruce talked about the example set by the President and First Lady through the tough years of the Administration and dedicated this one to them. At the song's conclusion, a beaming Bruce leaned into the mic and shouted "Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul!" Brilliant Disguise (guitar) - with Patti Scialfa Springsteen There was no 'Jersey, Jersey, Jersey Strong, Jersey, Jersey, Jersey—shit, I invented that. It's clear he has developed quite an attachment with his Australian audiences after these repeated trips Down Under the past five years, and the feeling is mutual. As "Racing in the Street" began, Bruce raised his guitar up and held it for a long moment, like a general leading his troops to battle; it was a musical call to arms. Much will be made of its length — lights down at 7:45, Bruce proclaiming "The E Street Band loves ya!" We've got parts to perform, hearts to warm Thunder Road (solo acoustic). Of course it all sounded great — the E Street Band knows its job — but Bruce was like a drunken insurance salesman at a trust-fund-family wedding, gladhanding and schmoozing with abandon. Born in the U.S.A. (guitar) Notes: And on this night in a city either protected or cursed by the tyranny of distance, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band took the Perth Arena stage at 7:55 pm and went to battle. Born to Run Backstreets Born to Run (guitar). We lined up at the southeast gate, behind the Treasury building, and they started letting us in a little after 7pm. I wasn't alone. An event in the best sense of the word. The putting away of childish things. Born in the U.S.A. (guitar) Took him a few moments, but he eventually deduced, "I get it — it's a kiwi!" The rest of the show hammered home the message: this is our fight, this is our call to action. He's shaking his ass so we shake our collective asses, again. Growin' Up (guitar) Growin' Up (guitar) Spirit in the Night Growin' Up (guitar) The Promised Land (guitar) A DJ is spinning a mix of hip-hop and obscurities, typical hipster soundtrack. Rosalita After tracing some E Street glory (and man, does "Tenth Avenue Freeze-out" on the piano not disappoint, confident and soulful), we'll find ourselves in the realm of "Brilliant Disguise," "Living Proof," and "Long Time Comin'." Shout Spirit in the Night - 2012 Setlists Part 3 Then Bruce was announced and came in from the Green Room himself in dark jeans and a very typical Bruce outfit otherwise (tight dark vest, shirtsleeves, bracelets, etc.). Setlist: Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie is a 2017 American computer-animated superhero comedy film based on Dav Pilkey's children's novel series of the same name, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox.It was directed by David Soren from a screenplay by Nicholas Stoller, and stars the voices of Kevin Hart, Ed Helms, Thomas … daily assaults on the truth and the institutions that allow our democracy to breathe and flourish… folks appealing to our darkest angels, calling upon the most divisive, ugliest ghosts of our past. After about an hour, the doors to the East Room were opened, and we filed in to take our seats in rows. The Rising (guitar) He praised Feed Melbourne for doing God's work and once again read a list of countries represented in the pit. Notes: Preview seven. The Promised Land (guitar) Out in the Street Long Walk Home (guitar) - Lisa Iannucci reporting - photographs by Mark Krajnak/JerseyStyle Photography, Setlist: "The Rising," when we stood united; "Badlands," with the Aussie asses up out of the seats and fist-pumping against a rich man who would be king; the sing-along "Thunder Road," the set's closing statement and still an invitation to join him. "My Hometown" followed, another song made fresh by the autobiography. Bruce ripped a solo from the Carter administration during "Prove It All Night," and then an audibled "Darkness on the Edge of Town" hit home in a city hobbled by loss and disillusionment. The Wish (piano) - 2005 Setlists The night before Springsteen's birthday, he rehearses again for invitees Monmouth University. As he'd never seen $18 at that point in his 14-year-old life, it required Springsteen to get a job ("I've never worked an honest day in my life. Setlist: And the place is a winery, so there's a fair amount of drinking going on. You think you've heard every variation of "Shout" until on this night Bruce repeated "Listen to me…" over and over until it morphed into a showdown between James Brown and Sam Cooke. Prove It All Night Mary's Place Tonight the seats were sold with 360-degree views. * * * and it's a hoary cliché, but it also means this Broadway upstart is doing it right. The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Playing a sunburst Telecaster, Bruce joined Smith on the first chorus before stepping up for the second verse. Shout Bruce discovered he had the wrong guitar for "Twist and Shout"; Kevin popped out with the right one, and Freehold's favorite son thrashed a version of the first song he ever learned to play on guitar, with some "boogaloo" piano from Roy and a look of ecstasy on his mug. Thunder Road (guitar) The Promised Land Here's how he introduced it: "This is a song about putting things back together… after they've fallen apart. It's not quite a new trick for an old dog, though. ); a lyric his entire audience could recite without thinking, and indeed often do, like schoolboys chanting the Rosary — or, for that matter, like lesser rock stars, rotely phoning in the hits. And we have a new album. A post shared by Bryan Adams (@bryanadams) on Oct 1, 2017 at 2:05am PDT, Setlist: Bruce called out for another beloved cast-off next, and "Be True" sounded equally robust, Clarence's roaring sax finale played with exuberance by Jake. Thunder Road (guitar) Notes: As on 12/26, Patti Scialfa is ill and unable to perform, with "Long Time Comin'" and "The Ghost of Tom Joad" taking the place of the duets. Working on the Highway I want to send this out to everyone who suffered in the earthquake, send out our love and prayers, and to the emergency services who I know are working today to contain the fires outside of town. Me neither. He borrows the notion from his own "Frankie Fell in Love" and repurposes it during this performance, suggesting that logic doesn't always apply when it comes to extraordinary phenomena like these. Springsteen has found his comfort zone without getting too comfortable, or foregoing that man-on-a-wire balancing act between scripted and spontaneous. Badlands (Source: Billboard), FOURTEEN WEEKS overall on the singles chart, “I Will Follow Him” by Little Peggy March peaked this month at No. Rosalita Born in the U.S.A. (guitar) My Hometown (piano) - 2012 Setlists Part 1 - 2004 Setlists Notes: Bruce Springsteen's 2017 Australian Tour came to a close Saturday night at Hope Estate Winery in Hunter Valley. You gotta use your hands now." Bruce performed solo, his voice and guitar the only sound in the crowded arena. Bobby Jean The Rising (guitar) On Saturday night the show began with three Born in the U.S.A. songs and reprised "My City of Ruins" on the heels of the band's first-ever Christchurch concert. The apex of this sequence was the Born in the U.S.A. trifecta: "Working on the Highway, a fabulous version of "Glory Days," and "Darlington County." Calling for E-flat, Bruce was back on the telecaster as the band, with terrific backing vocals from all, kicked into "Jole Blon." My Father's House (guitar) We stand with you. "Land of Hope and Dreams" was the perfect, fitting closer. Heat).The film stars Dhanush and Manju Warrier, where the latter makes her Tamil debut. "These were words that I've chanted so many times—sing-song, bored out of my fucking mind, in an endless drone before class, wearing the green blazer, the ivory shirt, the green tie, the green trousers of St. Rose's unwilling disciples…. Death to My Hometown Tonight those words, that commitment to Christchurch, came to fruition. What to close with, then? Tenth Avenue Freeze-out (piano) When I asked what she'd say to Springsteen if she had his ear, she rubbed her eyes, glanced out the window and looked me straight in the eye. Youngstown Springsteen spoke between most of his selections, talking about politics a bit before "Born in the U.S.A." and calling it a "protest song," one that had been misunderstood before and would be misunderstood again. A perfect show? He wears a suit, speaks with the voice and wit of Alec Baldwin, and stars in the animated comedy, DreamWorks’ The Boss Baby. The night's first sign choice was a sixer (more cricket terminology for you — it equates to a home run). - 2009 Setlists Part 1 "Because the Night" (with Nils's searing solo and Max's wondrous drumming) led into "She's the One" and "Badlands." https://www.mcrfb.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Jimmy-Soul-If-You-Want-To-Be-Be-Happy-HQ.mp3, https://www.mcrfb.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ElvisPresley-Stuck-On-You.mp3, https://www.mcrfb.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Del-Shannon-Runaway.mp3. Brilliant Disguise (guitar) - with Patti Scialfa Springsteen Despair slips in, but it is met with the swell of piano notes, music so beautiful my soul aches. We smash into one another, screaming to the ceiling, laughing with joy. It was dripping from the eyes and down the cheeks of people throughout Mt Smart Stadium. Stand by Me/I Don't Wanna Go Home Blues" bottleneck 12-string "Born in the U.S.A."… the terrors and better angels of "The Rising"… the continuous gauging of our steps up and back in "Long Walk Home"… this trip down the gray brick road is a journey less through his personal life than through the concerns of his work life. Bruce Springsteen may be the only man on the planet to whom surfing over a crowd is as everyday as going for a surf in the ocean before breakfast. Written and directed by the man himself, Springsteen on Broadway is an act of alchemy, taking familiar elements — from his songbook, his concerts (particularly his solo tours), his memoir — and combining them, with a new venue, to create something we've never seen before, something that has had preview audiences… well, spellbound. One other change since last fall: Springsteen's acknowledgement of his mother's seven-year struggle with Alzheimer's, which he hadn't addressed directly in earlier shows. Setlist: It's already amusing to look back at what Jon Landau said in Sunday's New York Times about "the conventions of Broadway": "The show starts, there's absolute silence. Brilliant Disguise (guitar) - with Patti Scialfa Springsteen Downloads, Want to help with our tour reports? The Templeton brothers—Tim and his Boss Baby little bro Ted—have become adults and drifted away from each other. Born to Run The Rising (guitar) Springsteen stayed on stage for one more song as Bryan explained it was time to return the favor and play one of Bruce's tunes. Tonight on 48th Street, Bruce Springsteen made his Broadway debut to rapturous applause — at the outset, throughout, and of course, at show's end. Impossible. Before you knew it, Bruce's acoustic performance was over. The third was Mary's Place — "let it rain!" After this gift of a performance the show rocketed through encore favorites "Born to Run", "Dancing in the Dark," and "Tenth Avenue Freeze-out" before "The Boss" cape came out for a spectacularly campy "Shout." We shook his hand, thanked him for his service and sacrifice to our country, and told him how proud we were of him. At 10:20 pm he closed night one of a two-night Melbourne stand by saying "Tell your friends we'll be back for a Saturday night extravaganza!" Lots of hopping in the pit during another fired-up "Badlands." After tonight's joyride with a finely tuned E Street Band and madly grinning Springsteen at the wheel, it felt like we should have been breathing in Turnpike tollbooth deep in the swamps of Jersey. Three years ago Born to Run was played in its entirety and "My City of Ruins" was dedicated to the people of Christchurch. No Surrender THIS WEEK 61 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA! Did he know the song? . She's the One — from the lip of the pit. Playtime is over. Southside cracked. Because the Night Spirit in the Night My Father's House (guitar) The Rising Their intimacy points to a real hallmark of the whole night's experience. And then came the piece de resistance of this tour to date, "New York City Serenade." Tenth Avenue Freeze-out (piano) But these were the words that came back to me. There was no gap between these two, as Bruce segued right from one to the next. Heard back-to-back they were a masterclass on Springsteen's precocious rise in the '70s from boardwalk poet to street-racing, working man gunslinger. It's a good example of the show's deft mixing of moods that, after cracking the audience up with a story of making that haul without a driver's license ("I had never driven a block… I drove halfway across the country, in a '40s manual-transmission truck"), he intones this passage from the book: The country was beautiful. The set had been advertised as "Patti and her Band will perform the title track of Horses along with some of their signature songs." Dancing in the Dark/Land of Hope and Dreams (guitar) Tougher Than the Rest (piano) - with Patti Scialfa Springsteen Notes: Preview six. Long Time Comin' People stay in their seats." - 2002 Setlists when Kevin gave Bruce a fresh guitar late in the show, a thought no doubt shared throughout Melbourne's rugby stadium. - report and photographs by Joe Wall, Setlist: We are in this together. When cheers went up in the crowd before lights went down, one might have thought Springsteen had pulled a "Boss sneak" and come out early... but no, they were for Stevie Van Zandt, slipping into his seat in the orchestra to see his pal take on the Great White Way. Bruce held his guitar aloft waiting for Roy's piano to begin "Growin' Up" before telling the tale of how he came to own an $18 guitar from Western Auto Parts on Main Street in Freehold. but was inept ("I started to play that thing so fucking terribly I couldn't stand myself.") Born to Run (guitar). on THIS WEEK 56 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA! My Father's House (guitar) Murder Incorporated Born to Run October 3 / Walter Kerr Theatre / New York, NY Dancing in the Dark THIS WEEK 59 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA! On the previous two tours to Australia, which were his first here since 2003, we saw the band augmented by horns, singers, and Tom Morello. Growin' Up (guitar) To quote the bloke from Freehold: Yes, yes, yes, yes. Jackson Browne asked if this was still the Garden State Arts Center — part of the epic Running on Empty was recorded here, and he opened his set with "You Love the Thunder" as a tribute to that night 40 years ago. The songs are familiar, the words aren't new, but their placement in relation to other songs and the intensity of their delivery are what made this a hard pressed, condensed diamond of a show. Thunder Road (guitar) We've come too far and worked too hard, and too many people have paid too high a price for us to allow that to happen…. "Dancing in the Dark" once again had me rueing the invention of mobile phone camera technology, but a glorious "Tenth Avenue Freeze-out" replaced that nonsense with visions of Clarence and Danny, two E Streeters who never made it to Christchurch. Long Walk Home (guitar) Murder Incorporated Born in the U.S.A. (guitar) But an hour or so in, there was no mistaking the chorus of "Bruuuuce" that greeted our man as he stood solo, center stage, acoustic guitar at the ready. THIS WEEK, MAY 4, 1987, A BILLBOARD COLUMBIA RECORDS ’45 AD FLASHBACK! He remembered all the words!" But this one was a real personal thing, this thing for staff who sacrificed so much over the last eight years. Growin' Up (guitar) Born to Run With Bruce taking the final verse, it was a real throwback to their days of late-night club jams. "The job of the artist is to make the audience care about your obsessions," Springsteen recently told Variety, quoting Martin Scorsese. Because the Night Tonight, from the mighty bastion of E Street, the cannons were aimed squarely at the forces of hate and division back in the States. Find out where to stream The Boss Baby: Family Business on ReelGood Synopsis Alec Baldwin returns to headline THE BOSS BABY 2, the follow-up to DreamWorks Animation’s blockbuster animated comedy. The Promised Land (guitar) — with Bruce yelling, "Sydney let me see you! A longtime Backstreets reader was there in the East Room and reports for us. 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