Rolling Stone magazine has published in its website an interview with Clarence Clemons, where you can read the questions and see the answers on video.
Check it out at rollingstone.com
La revista Rolling Stone ha publicado en su web una entrevista, en vídeo, con Clarence Clemons. Puedes verla en la web americana de RS.
Lots of “Happy Birthday” signs were visible last night at the show in Des Moines (Iowa), just a couple of days prior to Bruce’s big 60th birthday. The show opened strongly with “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out” followed by rousing versions of “Badlands”, “Candy’s Room” and “Two Hearts”. Later, and for the third night in a row, Bruce went down into the audience during “Hungry Heart” and circled the pit.
“Youngstown” was a welcome comeback to the show, right after “Johnny 99″, and featured the usual magnificent guitar work from Nils. But it was the ‘sign-request’ part that brought the finest moments of the night. “Satisfaction” was played for the second time only, followed by “Cadillac Ranch” and the tour debut of Dion’s fantastic “The Wanderer“. Want more? Because there was more.
Some magical piano notes brought a fabulous “Incident on 57th Street”, and yes, for the first time since Dec.29th 1980′s show at Nassau Coliseum, it was inmediately followed by “Rosalita”. A holy-shit moment that was followed… you guess it… by “Waitin’ on a Sunny Day” (wouldn’t this one work better in the encores?).
The show also featured a rare “Into the Fire”, and lots of greatest hits in the encores, ending with “Glory Days”.
In the morning of the same day Little Steven had time to visit Chicago’s WXRT studios to be interviewed and do some DJ work. You can hear, and see him, at WXRT‘s website.
Los letreros de “Happy Birthday” fueron mayoritarios ayer en el concierto en Des Moines (Iowa), sólo dos días antes del 60º cumpleaños de Springsteen. El concierto se inició con fuerza con “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out” seguida directamente por “Badlands”, “Candy’s Room” y “Two Hearts”. Momentos después, y por tercera noche consecutiva, Bruce saltó a la pista durante “Hungry Heart” y se dio una vuelta completa por toda la zona delantera (el ‘pit’), rodeando el vallado para volver al escenario por el otro lado.
“Youngstown” regresó tras “Johnny 99″ (tras un tiempo de ausencia), e incluyó el habitual e intenso solo de guitarra de Nils al final. Pero fue en la sección de peticiones cuando el concierto alcanzó su punto álgido. “Satisfaction” sonó por segunda vez en la historia de la banda, seguida por una trepidante “Cadillac Ranch” y por el estreno de la fantástica “The Wanderer” (de Dion). A continuación sonaron las mágicas notas de piano que dieron paso a “Incident on 57th Street”, una de las gemas de su catálogo, y como en el disco, sin pausa Springsteen empalmó directamente con “Rosalita”, algo que no ocurría desde diciembre de 1980 (concierto en el Nassau Coliseum de Nueva York). Momento histórico que de inmediato recibe un jarro de agua fría con ese inevitable “Waitin’ on a Sunny Day” poniendo el contrapunto anticlimático.
El resto del concierto siguió la pauta habitual de la gira, con temas de álbumes recientes (incluyendo la poco frecuente “Into the Fire”), y la colección de grandes éxitos encadenados antes de finalizar con “Glory Days”.
Por la mañana Little Steven tuvo tiempo de visitar la emisora de radio WXRT en Chicago, donde pinchó sus discos favoritos mientras era entrevistado. El programa se puede escuchar en la web de WXRT.
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
Badlands
Candy’s Room
Two Hearts
Outlaw Pete
Hungry Heart
Working on a Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Youngstown
Good Lovin’ (instrumental?)
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
Cadillac Ranch
The Wanderer
Incident on 57th Street
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
Waitin’ on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Into the Fire
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
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Thunder Road
Hard Times (Come Again No More)
Bobby Jean
American Land
Dancing in the Dark
Glory Days
As promised, Chicago got the full Born to Run album performed in its original album order. And that brought substantial changes in the set list. The show started with the powerful “Seeds”, followed by “No Surrender”, “Johnny 99″ and “Cover Me”. Later came “Outlaw Pete”, “Hungry Heart” and a disastrous “Working on a Dream” (“That was the sound of the E Street Band fucking up! And it was not pretty! Yeah, it can still happen even after all these years!”, said Bruce, who just a little later corrected himself: “It wasn’t the band fucking up, it was the bossman fucking up!”).
After that, the full Born to Run arrived, performed in the album’s order, the highlights being “Backstreets” and the duo “Meeting Across The River”/”Jungleland”. For “Meeting” Bruce had two guests musicians onstage: Curt Ramm (Seeger Sessions Band) playing trumpet, and Richard Davis playing upright bass (he’s the one playing in the original studio version, and already guested in the same song during the Milwaukee March 2008 show).
Those sublime 40 minutes were followed by the less than sublime “Waitin’ on a Sunny Day”, a real lowdown, and the usual end-of-the-main-set songs, this time finishing with “Badlands”, ala Magic tour.
New changes arrived in the encores. After “Hard Times”, the band started playing the “Raise Your Hand” riff while Bruce picked up sign requests. And those signs brought a couple of tour debuts: The Crystal’s “Da Doo Ron Ron” (another song written by the late Ellie Greenwich, along with Jeff Barry and Phil Spector) and “Rockin’ Robin” (written in 1958 by Leon Rene and recorded by Bobby Day, Gene Vincent, The Hollies and The Jackson Five).
“I’m Goin’ Down” (another sign request), “American Land”, “Dancing in the Dark” and “Rosalita” closed a great show in front of an enthusiastic audience, that even sang “Happy Birthday” to Bruce during the encores, for his upcoming 60th birthday.
La incorporación del álbum Born to Run al completo en el concierto de ayer en Chicago trajo cambios sustanciales en el repertorio. El concierto se inició con “Seeds”, una auténtica descarga eléctrica, seguida de “No Surrender”, “Johnny 99″ y “Cover Me”. Una desastrosa versión de “Working on a Dream” (con Bruce y la banda equivocándose y Bruce quejándose por ello) dio paso al álbum Born to Run, tocado en el mismo orden que en el disco. Destacaron especialmente las versiones de “Backstreets” y el duo “Meeting Across The River”/”Jungleland”. Para la primera contó con dos invitados especiales: Curt Ramm (Seeger Sessions Band) a la trompeta, y Richard Davis (el músico que toca en la versión oficial en estudio) al contrabajo.
Tras 40 minutos sublimes llegó “Waitin’ on a Sunny Day” y el resto de canciones habituales del tramo final del concierto, acabando con “Badlands”, como en la gira Magic. Nuevos cambios llegaron en la tanda de bises. Después de “Hard Times” sonó “Raise Your Hand”, Bruce recogió los habituales carteles y sorprendió con dos versiones: “Da Doo Ron Ron” (de las Crystals, escrita también por la fallecida Ellie Greenwich con Jeff Barry y Phil Spector) y “Rockin’ Robin” (escrita en 1958 por Leon Rene y grabada por Bobby Day, Gene Vincent, The Hollies y The Jackson Five, entre otros).
“I’m Goin’ Down” (otra petición), “American Land”, “Dancing in the Dark” y “Rosalita” pusieron el punto final, ante un público entusiasta que llegó a cantarle el “Happy Birthday” a Springsteen, con motivo de su inminente 60 cumpleaños. Por la tarde, durante las pruebas de sonido, Springsteen ensayó una canción desconocida, no identificada por el momento, acompañado de trompeta.
Seeds
No Surrender
Johnny 99
Cover Me
Outlaw Pete
Hungry Heart
Working On A Dream
Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out +
Night
Backstreets
Born To Run
She’s The One
Meeting Across the River *
Jungleland
Waitin’ On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Badlands
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Hard Times (Come Again No More)
Raise Your Hand (instrumental)
Da Doo Ron Ron
Rockin’ Robin
I’m Goin’ Down
American Land
Dancing In The Dark
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
+ con / with Curt Ramm (trompeta/trumpet)
* con / with Curt Ramm (trompeta/trumpet) & Richard Davis (contrabajo/upright bass)
Bruce Springsteen will deliver an unusual show tonight in Chicago: as announced weeks ago, Bruce and the E Street Band will perform (among other songs) the full Born to Run album. It is yet unknown why he choose to play the album in full at only two shows on this tour (Chicago and Nashville) but there’s no doubt this is a big incentive for tonight’s attendees. There’s only one precedent: the benefit show for the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, New Jersey, in May of 2008, when Springsteen also performed the full Darkness on the Edge of Town album.
And exactly 31 years ago, Springsteen was playing at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey, exhilarating versions of some of the songs from the Born to Run album, including the title song. Those were the days: