Confessions of a Fanboy

I love the opener, the covers are nice, but it’s time we face some hard, hard facts: these European set lists have largely blown.
Now I should clarify for all you Springsteen sycophants out there: I love Bruce and I love many of the 28 songs played in Amsterdam. That said, there are [...]

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Someone forgot to pay the light bills in Germany or someone really hates “Jackson Cage” because the band’s attempt to open the Dusseldorf show with that cut from The River was thwarted when the power went out. It looked like the latter when the band opted to play “Night” instead of finishing “JC” when [...]

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I’ll admit it. I forgot. I didn’t forget Bruce was still touring in Europe but did get the days mixed up.
So we’re back in action and the Cardiff opener was “From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come),” a song Bruce wrote and allowed Dave Edmunds to record first. Also noteworthy about [...]

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It’s a London two-fer! My apologies for not getting this updated sooner but life happens and I happen with it, I guess. Bruce & Co. played two shows in London. London 1 was a 28-song marathon with such fan favorites as “Cadillac Ranch.” There’s also the incredibly cool double-shot of [...]

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He really won’t stop playing “Mary’s Place.” He just really won’t stop. That quibble out of the way, let’s take a look at the rest of the show. 26 songs, which is good. Well, 25 and “Mary’s Place.” I need to stop that.
I’m thrilled to see “I’ll Work For Your [...]

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Tip o’ the cap to Dennis Miller. I was thinking about how quickly the Soundtrack of the Day can change and I was going to title this post “As The Day Changes.” It cracked me up because that sounded like a fuckin’ soap opera title. I then started trying to stream together [...]

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I can’t get Bruce to play once in Nashville, but Dublin gets three? Third time was the charm, too. This is clearly the best set list of the three Dublin shows that open the 2008 European leg of the Magic tour. “The Ties That Bind,” “Atlantic City,” “Sandy,” and “Racing in the [...]

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Well, it’s better than the first night in Dublin but for reasons that surpass all understanding he’s still playing “Mary’s Place.” I don’t know if he’s trying to fuck with us or what. Maybe no one has told him just how uninspiring that song is! If that be the case, consider this [...]

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They started in “The Promised Land,” but the set list got real ordinary real quick. For those of you who’ve missed my daily chronicles of the Springsteen Magic tour, fear not! We have returned because Bruce & Co. have returned. Yesterday’s show drew on two Springsteen albums I don’t entirely love: [...]

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At some point yesterday afternoon it occurred to me I hadn’t listened to Counting Crows in awhile. I guess it occurred to me because I love the new record Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings and I listened to it obsessively just prior to and immediately after my interview with Adam Duritz (no, I never [...]

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