New York Monday 9th April 2012 - show 11

OK just an excuse to include a photo of me outside MSG in November 2009

No travelling for us today but no one minds staying in NYC for a couple of days do they?

 Here is a Review from night 2 .  

Bruce Springsteen Gives a Master Class at the Garden on Being a Rock Star

I've picked out a couple of bits here:

Three hours–three freakin’ hours– that’s how long Bruce Springsteen‘s show at Madison Square Garden was on Monday night...He’s 62 years old and he has the looks and energy of a 32 year old. ...  he gives a show that’s a once in a lifetime experience, completely free of hubris or arrogance or self importance.

And for those of you that might be in the front at the europe shows

during “Dancing in the Dark.” ... did I mention that ... at the end of three hours, he pulled two different girls out of the audience and danced with them?

I'll try and sneak my camera in and take a picture from the big screen if any of you get up there.

Finally my opinion _ wow!  This for me is easily the best set list so far.  Backstreets is in my all time top ten or even top five.  It replaced Thunder Road which had been played every night so far.  I know for many it is sacrilege to leave out Thunder Road - but for Backstreets?- well I for one think it was worth it.  I wish I'd been there.  There isn't one song on the list that I don't like although, if I was to be really picky, I would have Shackled And Drawn instead of Because The Night.  I would like to have squeezed Atlantic City in too but shouldn't be too greedy.

So here's the list together with the first show again for comparison.  The most striking thing is the length of the shows lately compared to Atlanta.

Atlanta 18/03/12 Time 8.10 to 10.44	New York  09/03/12 Time 8.26 to 11.29aware
We Take Care Of Our Own	Badlands (7)
Wrecking Ball	We Take Care Of Our Own (11)
Badlands	Wrecking Ball (11)
Death To My Hometown	Out In The Street (4)
My City Of Ruins	Death To My Hometown (11)
The E Street Shuffle	My City Of Ruins (11)
Jack Of All Trades	Spirit In The Night (1)
Seeds	Thundercrack (3)
Easy Money	Jack Of All Trades (11)
Waitin' On A Sunny Day	Trapped (4)
The Promised Land	She’s The One (4)
The Way You Do The Things You Do	Easy Money (11)
634 -5789	Waitin’ On A Sunny Day (11)
Shackled And Drawn	The Promised Land (10)
Lonesome Day	The Way You Do The Things You Do (11)
The Rising	634 - 5789 (11)
We Are Alive	Because The Night (4)
Thunder Road	The Rising (11)
Rocky Ground	We Are Alive (11)
Land Of Hope And Dreams	Backstreets (1)
Born To Run	Land Of Hope And Dreams (9)
Dancing In The Dark	Rocky Ground (11)
American Land	Rosalita (2)
Tenth Avenue Freeze Out	Born To Run (11)
	Dancing In The Dark (11)
	Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (11)

And for my You tube Clip?  No contest