Springsteen VII ~ Wrecking Ball

[cobl04]

Yeah, I did. I'm sorry it didn't happen to you, you are a much bigger fan.

But you did get to meet Bono.

Spoiler

But I drank with the E Street Band.

 

[Hewson]

Then Everett and Stephen went out to a gay bar (not sure if anything happened between them, don't think so though) and I went home. .

So we don't know if

Spoiler

they went out Ramrodding

?

Couldn't resist.



Awesome story. Sounds like quite a night. That will end up being the best $200 you ever spend quite probably.

 

[cobl04]

Hahaha... nah, we don't know, don't think so though.

Met a bloke tonight after the Wilco gig who was complaining about the Bruce gig (yeah, for real). He's a guitarist himself (obviously a bit of a jaded one) and he was very unimpressed. "It's all just 12-bar blues. It wouldn't be hard to learn all those songs. It's three chords. They're all the same. Learning two hours of a Wilco set would be much harder than three hours of a Bruce set, I can tell you that."

Now, I am about as useful with a guitar as Muldfeld is at Twitter, but that's fucking ridiculous right?

 

[bono_man2002]

Yeah, I did. I'm sorry it didn't happen to you, you are a much bigger fan.

But you did get to meet Bono.

* SPOILER *

If I didn't have work today I might have caught up with you and be part of that story...still a bloody great night. Even if I got to drive 2 hours home in the rain and you had frothies with E-Streeters

Totally need to get my own recount of the night down.

 

[lazarus]

So we don't know if

Spoiler

they went out Ramrodding

?

Let's just say "I'm Going Down" was eventually performed.

 

[lazarus]

Hahaha... nah, we don't know, don't think so though.

Met a bloke tonight after the Wilco gig who was complaining about the Bruce gig (yeah, for real). He's a guitarist himself (obviously a bit of a jaded one) and he was very unimpressed. "It's all just 12-bar blues. It wouldn't be hard to learn all those songs. It's three chords. They're all the same. Learning two hours of a Wilco set would be much harder than three hours of a Bruce set, I can tell you that."

Now, I am about as useful with a guitar as Muldfeld is at Twitter, but that's fucking ridiculous right?

Difficult doesn't mean better, even if it is true. Case in point: Rush.

 

[joyfulgirl]

Yeah, the guy is probably right. But Springsteen's greatness isn't about the complexity of the music.

 

[phanan]

Way to go, cobbler. Glad you had an unforgettable experience.

 

[PhilsFan]

Bruce has never had difficult guitar, but like Laz says, that's beside the point.

Plus, The Professor has very complex piano parts in a lot of songs anyway. He's a wizard.

 

[lazarus]

I was just listening to Born To Run today and thinking, god DAMN that man knows how to tickle the ivories.

 

[cobl04]

He played on Station to Station as well. What a guy.

 

[PhilsFan]

He played on Station to Station as well. What a guy.

Which is the first thing I would talk to him about if I ever met him, so I hope you didn't fuck that up.

 

[cobl04]

I didn't know until after I posted it on facebook and another keen-eyed Bowie fan pointed it out. A huge missed opportunity... Would love to have asked him what it was like working with a genius coke fiend at the time.

 

[PhilsFan]

 

[Popmartijn]

He played on Station to Station as well. What a guy.

Plus Meat Loaf's Bat Out Of Hell.

 

[phanan]

He's fantastic on Dire Straits' Making Movies.

 

[bono_man2002]

He played Atlantic City tonight...


Hopefully again tomorrow

 

[cobl04]

HOW WAS HANGlNG ROCK DANNY!

 

[bono_man2002]

Fucking brilliant! I plan on writing a review of both shows when I get some time, which might be tonight.

Show itself was awesome. Despite No Atlantic City or Land of Hope and Dreams there's a pile of songs that didn't get played but I didn't care much by the end of the night. Because we got Rosie

The only low light was Jimmy Barnes duet with Bruce...it just felt a bit awkward.

 

[cobl04]

Damn, I was hoping that would be cool.

 

[lazarus]

The only reason I even recognize that name is because of this video:

INXS and Jimmy Barnes- "Good Times" Music video - YouTube


Bob Seger-esque bullshit. Dude seemed like a major bogan to me.

 

[cobl04]

He is king of the bogans. The band he fronts is probably second only to VB in terms of bogan icons.

 

[bono_man2002]

Johnny Farnham was in the audience as well. Imagine if he had of been dragged on stage!

Bogan wet dream!

 

[cobl04]

27. Sadie (sign request)

 

[cobl04]

I'm having withdrawals, by the way. I want to see Wrecking Ball, Death to My Hometown, Ghost of Tom Joad again.

I've only ever really had withdrawals before with U2 and Radiohead.

 

[PhilsFan]

Johnny Farnham was in the audience as well. Imagine if he had of been dragged on stage!

Bogan wet dream!

Is that the guy who sings You're the Voice?

 

[cobl04]

Yes.

 

[bono_man2002]

I'm having withdrawals, by the way. I want to see Wrecking Ball, Death to My Hometown, Ghost of Tom Joad again.

I've only ever really had withdrawals before with U2 and Radiohead.

I've started to collect bootlegs to stop the withdrawals. At least it's looking pretty good that we will get included in his next tour!

 

[PhilsFan]

Yes.

The scene with that song in Hot Rod is just the best.

 

[Imperor]

Hot Rod is just the best.