Showing posts with label Santa Clause Is Coming To Town. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Santa Clause Is Coming To Town. Show all posts

Tuesday, 4 December 2012

Denver 19th November 2012 - show 80




 Denver brews more beer than any other city with 80 different beers brewed here daily.




The photo above is taken from a review by Westword.com.  I've copied these couple of lines especially for our Irish and Welsh friends

Springsteen fused pure rock and roll, Pentecostal fervor and Celtic bravado in the course of three hours.  There were too many ... memorable moments to count. The effect was dizzying, inspiring and intoxicating, all at once.

This review sums up the show in a few words:-

Stage-diving. Tubas. Santa Claus. Crowd-surfing. And no politics.

The writer clearly understands the rapport between Bruce and his fans: -

The songs are important, as any Springsteen mega-fan will attest. But more pressing is the feeling of being near the Boss. Springsteen has a smile that is more infectious than the office cold. He has an enthusiasm that is as genuine as it is boundless. When he looks your way, the connection is real. And when he grabs your hand, that current is live.

More exciting than Springsteen’s steady gaze is the look of his fan — the young girl he brought up to help him sing, or the older dude who landed a high-five when the artist was making his way through the crowd — when they come into contact with him. He’s a rock star, yeah. But he’s also more than that. He’s Bruce.

The full set list is here.  Is Santa Claus Is Coming To Town going to be a regular from now on? I Love the song myself - so cheesy but so Bruce!



Kansas City
17/11/12
Time 8.20 to 11.23
Denver 
19/11/12
Time 8.12 to 11.14
1
Kansas City (1)
Get Out Of Denver (1)
2
Prove It All Night (26)
I’m A Rocker (5)
3
Candy’s Room (13)
The Promised Land (39)
4
She’s The One (28)
Hungry Heart (37)
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Hungry Heart (36)
We Take Care Of Our Own (80)
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We Take Care Of Our Own (79)
Wrecking Ball (80)
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Wrecking Ball (79)
Death To My Home Town (80)
8
Death To My Hometown (79)
My City Of Ruins (80)
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My City Of Ruins (79)
Spirit In The Night (47)
10
The E Street Shuffle (21)
The E Street Shuffle (22)
11
Fire (3)
Bishop Danced (2)
12
Incident On 57th Street (6)
Human Touch (4)
13
Because The Night (33)
Savin’ Up (2)
14
Cover Me (6)
Working On The Highway (38)
15
Downbound Train (10)
Shackled And Drawn (64)
16
I’m On Fire (6)
Waitin’ On A Sunny Day (80)
17
Shackled And Drawn (63)
Raise Your Hand (10)
18
Waitin’ On A Sunny Day (79)
Lonesome Day (25)
19
Raise Your Hand (9)
Badlands (72)
20
The Rising (64)
Land Of Hope And Dreams (55)
21
Badlands (71)
Across The Borderline (1)
22
Land Of Hope And Dreams (54)
Born To Run (80)
23
Light Of Day (4)
Bobby Jean (16)
24
My Beautiful Reward (1)
Dancing In The Dark (80)
25
Born To Run (79)
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (3)
26
Dancing In The Dark (79)
Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (79)
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Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (2)

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This is really quite beautiful.  Bruce is so good at covering other artist's songs.







Sunday, 18 November 2012

Omaha 15th November 2012 - show 78


The Lied Jungle located in Omaha is the world's largest indoor rain forest.




So our first review says:-

Springsteen knows how to keep an audience enthralled. It was one of the best show's I've seen, even better than his 2008 show here. 

The first 'Santa' of the tour gets a mention here

... up came the “Did Santa come to Omaha?” sign and the Santa hat and then suddenly Bruce realized that this was going to be a problem, trying to ho ho ho, and — “Big Man! We need you!”, he cried out.

Clearly this had not been thought about or rehearsed or soundchecked (although Ed Manion had no problem pulling off the horn solo); what hadn’t been worked out was who was going to do Clarence’s lines in the song, which are not trivial, and he hadn’t thought about it once before tonight. It was beautiful and sad... The fact that Bruce hadn’t thought about it until now is beautiful, and it is why I would like to punch anyone who thinks that Bruce needs to cut “Tenth” from the setlist; we are still missing Clarence, it is a very big hole, and it will remain that way for some time yet.

Here's the set list. To celebrate being in Nebraska there are ... a lot of songs from 'Nebraska'





St Paul
12/11/12
Time 8.22 to 11.25
Omaha 
15/11/12
Time 8.21 to 11.27
1
I’m A Rocker (4)
Reason To Believe (1)
2
Hungry Heart (34)
Johnny 99 (22)
3
No Surrender (21)
Atlantic City (15)
4
Night (9)
Hungry Heart (35)
5
Loose Ends (3)
We Take Care Of Our Own (78)
6
Something In The Night (7)
Wrecking Ball (78)
7
Stolen Car (1)
Death To My Hometown (78)
8
We Take Care Of Our Own (77)
My City Of Ruins (78)
9
Wrecking Ball (77)
Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street (12)
10
Death To My Hometown (77)
Sherry Darlin’ (5)
11
My City Of Ruins (77)
Lost In The Flood (6)
12
E Street Shuffle (20)
State Trooper (1)
13
Pay Me My Money Down (5)
Trapped (15)
14
Devils And Dust (1)
Open All Night (5)
15
Youngstown (13)
Shackled And Drawn (62)
16
Murder Inc (22)
Waitin’ On A Sunny Day (78)
17
She’s The One (27)
Raise Your Hand (8)
18
Shackled And Drawn (61)
Highway Patrolman (1)
19
Waitin’ On A Sunny Day (77)
Backstreets (12)
20
The Rising (63)
Badlands (70)
21
Badlands (69)
Land Of Hope And Dreams (53)
22
Land Of Hope And Dreams (52)
Thunder Road (44)
23
Jungleland (7)
Born To Run (78)
24
Born To Run (77)
Dancing In The Dark (78)
25
Dancing In The Dark (77)
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (1)
26
Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (76)
Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (77)
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American Land (13)

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