HE'S BACK!!!!! BRUUUUUUUUUUCE.....

[Ken Gargett]

touring again early in '17. woohoo!

 

Jan 25, 2017Perth Arena, Perth -

Jan 30, 2017Adelaide Entertainment Centre Arena, Adelaide -

Feb 02, 2017AAMI Park, Melbourne -

Feb 07, 2017Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney -

Feb 11, 2017Hanging Rock, Macedon -

Feb 14, 2017Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane -

Feb 18, 2017Hope Estate, Hunter Valley -

[Colt45]

He's playing tonight at Gillette stadium - home of the four time Superbowl Champion New England Patriots. I'm washing my hair, so I can't make it.

[Ken Gargett]

  On 9/14/2016 at 8:39 PM, Colt45 said:

He's playing tonight at Gillette stadium - home of the four time Superbowl Champion New England Patriots. I'm washing my hair, so I can't make it.

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oh mock all you like, but there is no human on earth who has ever been to a bruce concert and not gone out smiling, happy and thinking that the world really is a wonderful place.

[Fugu]

So, what a real big shame you won't make it this time, Ken, since at that time you'll still be breeding over your report on the BBE....mock, mock...

[Ken Gargett]

  On 9/14/2016 at 8:59 PM, Fugu said:

So, what a real big shame you won't make it this time, Ken, since at that time you'll still be breeding over your report on the BBE....mock, mock...

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fugu, any idea who i'll be breeding with? or is that one monumental freudian slip?

[Fugu]

Oh, just back in Oz and he has yet forgotten about it....!!

 

EDIT: Just checking whether I perhaps missed something, but no, I had to browse to page 7 but it's still there - untouched!

 

Edited September 14, 2016 by Fugu

[Ken Gargett]

  On 9/14/2016 at 9:16 PM, Fugu said:

Oh, just back in Oz and he has yet forgotten about it....!!

 

EDIT: Just checking whether I perhaps missed something, but no, I had to browse to page 7 but it's still there - untouched!

 

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i think we are at cross purposes - i assume you meant "brooding", not "breeding" and that was my, obviously inept, attempt at humour.

it is not forgotten.

[Fugu]

Haha, don't get side tracked, Ken!  

[Ken Gargett]

  On 9/14/2016 at 9:40 PM, Foulhook said:

You guys should keep him there! Can't stand the guys music or politics. 

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the man is the shakespeare of the 20th century (and a bit of the 21st, if we are getting technical).

 

[OZCUBAN]

Good news for some LOL 

i put up  a post up the other day you mustn't have seen it 

don't want to rain on your parade though A reserve pre sale tickets for me . My wife who is by no means a Springsteen fan likes some of his earlier work like B in the USA 

reckons the last concert we went to (the last tour ) was one of the best concerts she has ever Been to and I concour 

[Ken Gargett]

  On 9/14/2016 at 11:41 PM, OZCUBAN said:

Good news for some LOL 

i put up  a post up the other day you mustn't have seen it 

don't want to rain on your parade though A reserve pre sale tickets for me . My wife who is by no means a Springsteen fan likes some of his earlier work like B in the USA 

reckons the last concert we went to (the last tour ) was one of the best concerts she has ever Been to and I concour 

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sorry, missed it. was travelling from monday morning through to yesterday and saw no emails/forum/net/anything. apols.

i thought the previous tour hit the highest possible heights but then the last one topped. i do agree. adelaide was fantastic. the hunter, different but fun and then brizzy was the best i have ever seen. half way through, held a vote to see if we wanted the full album of the wild, the innocent... amazing. went a few minutes short of four hours. greatest concert ever.

by chance, when travelling these days, i just linked to the various downloaded bruce concerts and away we go.

[OZCUBAN]

Think I will download the jersey concerts including the 4hr 13 min one all good 

[JohnInCleveland]

I'm always fascinated by how many people are turned off to Bruce by his perceived political views.  Who gives a shit who your favorite band votes for?  I refuse to deprive myself of a living legend bc he happens to blab about his politics occasionally.  

 

Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face...

[Ken Gargett]

been listening to the new york ones he recently did, including the full river. read that the one at national stadium on sept 2 was a cracker but not found it yet.

meanwhile, how can you not love this!!

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+bruce+springsteen+full+concerts&qpvt=YouTube+Bruce+Springsteen+Full+Concerts&FORM=VDRE

 

[JohnInCleveland]

I caught it in Buffalo and managed to get in the pit in Columbus.  You won't be disappointed.  I'm a relative newbie to the Boss (maybe 5 years a fan) and he tore the house down every night.  

 

Bruce gave my dad a high five and I got him tickets for his birthday.  What more could I ask for?

[Ken Gargett]

  On 9/15/2016 at 12:01 AM, JohnInCleveland said:

I'm always fascinated by how many people are turned off to Bruce by his perceived political views.  Who gives a shit who your favorite band votes for?  I refuse to deprive myself of a living legend bc he happens to blab about his politics occasionally.  

 

Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face...

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agreed. very much. i would not say that his politics and mine align particularly closely - yes in some things, no in others. i could not care when he is on stage.

i've been to about 10 of his concerts now. can't remember him raising more than a few vague concepts over that time. he does not shove it down your throat at his concerts. he knows people are there for a good time.

[MIKA27]

  On 9/14/2016 at 10:59 PM, Ken Gargett said:

the man is the shakespeare of the 20th century (and a bit of the 21st, if we are getting technical).

 

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You have heard that there are many who believe Shakespeare was a fake  

[Ken Gargett]

  On 9/15/2016 at 12:16 AM, MIKA27 said:

You have heard that there are many who believe Shakespeare was a fake  

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i assume they'd be found sitting in parliament next to that fruitcake malcolm roberts?

perhaps he thinks that shakespeare is another NASA conspiracy. how the hell did we get him into parliament? i read, but i digress, that with our absurd system, i read he got 75 first up votes and then wormed his way in with the flow of preferences.

and i am allowed to hijack the thread - it i my thread!

[MIKA27]

  On 9/15/2016 at 12:25 AM, Ken Gargett said:

i assume they'd be found sitting in parliament next to that fruitcake malcolm roberts?

perhaps he thinks that shakespeare is another NASA conspiracy. how the hell did we get him into parliament? i read, but i digress, that with our absurd system, i read he got 75 first up votes and then wormed his way in with the flow of preferences.

and i am allowed to hijack the thread - it i my thread!

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You may indeed hijack your own thread Sir...

[El Guero]

Isbell is awesome! Great live performer. Goin to see his old band, Drive-By Truckers next month.

[wabashcr]

  On 9/15/2016 at 1:04 AM, El Guero said:

Isbell is awesome! Great live performer. Goin to see his old band, Drive-By Truckers next month.

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Used to love the Truckers.  Haven't seen them live since Isbell left, but saw them a few times when he was with them.  The 3 guitar attack was really something.  

[Colt45]

  On 9/14/2016 at 8:55 PM, Ken Gargett said:

oh mock all you like, but there is no human on earth who has ever been to a bruce concert and not gone out smiling, happy and thinking that the world really is a wonderful place.

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Would never consider it:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/09/14/bruce-springsteen-people-rock-god/oZckr1bU6oOsCpQTTDGQJM/story.html

[foursite12]

Capturing the absolute essence of a time, a place and an emotion and effectively transferring that essence to the rest of us is pure art, whether it comes from Bruce or from Richard Wagner. Bruce is no Shakespeare; he is no Bob Dylan. But neither of those guys is Bruce Springsteen, either.

Screen door slams, 
Mary's dress waves.
Like a vision she dances across the porch 
As the radio plays 
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely 
Hey that's me and I want you only 
Don't turn me home again 
I just can't face myself alone again. 
Don't run back inside 
Darling you know just what I'm here for 
So you're scared and you're thinking 
That maybe we ain't that young anymore 
Show a little faith there's magic in the night 
You ain't a beauty but hey you're alright 
Oh, and that's alright with me 

[Ken Gargett]

  On 9/15/2016 at 8:45 PM, foursite12 said:

Capturing the absolute essence of a time, a place and an emotion and effectively transferring that essence to the rest of us is pure art, whether it comes from Bruce or from Richard Wagner. Bruce is no Shakespeare; he is no Bob Dylan. But neither of those guys is Bruce Springsteen, either.

Screen door slams, 
Mary's dress waves.
Like a vision she dances across the porch 
As the radio plays 
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely 
Hey that's me and I want you only 
Don't turn me home again 
I just can't face myself alone again. 
Don't run back inside 
Darling you know just what I'm here for 
So you're scared and you're thinking 
That maybe we ain't that young anymore 
Show a little faith there's magic in the night 
You ain't a beauty but hey you're alright 
Oh, and that's alright with me 

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one of the absolute classics.

if you ever get to listen to a very early live version, before "Born to Run" was released (album, rather than specific song), it was not mary. it was angelique or some other name. forget which. but mary works far better. always wondered whether iot got changed because it simply fitted a bit better, or he fell out with angelique or took up with mary.

[Ken Gargett]

  On 9/15/2016 at 12:24 PM, Colt45 said:

Would never consider it:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/09/14/bruce-springsteen-people-rock-god/oZckr1bU6oOsCpQTTDGQJM/story.html

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glad to hear it. woohoo!