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Bruce Springsteen General Discussion Thread
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Hmm, this story sounds familiar....;)AhInFairness wrote: »I was right by the barrier on the left hand side of the stage where you could see the hospitality area. We saw him arrive and he casually strolled over. There was this huge rush of people behind me and I had people literally trying to climb over me to shake his hand. I said "Bruce! They're killing me! They're killing me!" and he laughed and found my hand in the sea of arms and shook it.
Sshhh you
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Myself and my mate were in the hotel having a glass of wine, not intending to stay that long unless there was something going on, turned out lots went on. First we spotted John Landau in the lobby, then Gil was buzzing around orgainizing whatever he organizes.....a few minutes later Charles came in from outside and we had a chat with him for a while, really good guy, I'd met him once before in Dublin. He said he didn't know for certain that Paul McCartney would be appearing but said that gary could see him in the wings on his side of the stage and Gary was saying to himself 'wohhhww, I'm playing base guitar in front of Paul McCartney' (i.e. don't **** up!)
So we went back to our Vouvray demi sec, which we were getting to last for quite a while at this stage. Roy came in but went straight up to his room. Then Charles came back and sat in the lobby on his own, after a while Bruce appeared and started to talk to Charles, we went back out to the lobby and stood discretely back as Gil and a hotel security guy stood close to them, we even stepped back a little more just in case. I had asked Gil was it ok, and he nodded and said 'just give it a minute' or something like that. Although there were other people milling around, we were the only two waiting to talk to Bruce.
We could hear some of the conversation, Bruce repeated what he said at the concert, i.e. 'I've waited 50 years for that moment....' and 'this guy (Macca) inspired generations of song writers'. Charles was nodding in agreement but I couldn't hear what he said. Again, we were trying to be as discrete as possible and giving them space for what was a private conversation so I didn't hear much else.
They spoke for maybe 5 minutes then Bruce gave him a hug and a clap on the back. I looked at Gil first he made a hand gesture and we went over to Bruce, shook his hand, thanked him, told him we enjoyed the show etc. He thanked us, told us it was a great show. I said I was looking forward to Dublin, he said me too. We didn't push it any further or ask for photos, it just didn't feel like the time to do it. So he said 'thanks guys' again and went outside to sign autographs. Of course it was going to be easy for me to get an autograph, I just followed him out after a few seconds and put my ticket (well, print-out!) in front of him as he signed a Rolling Stone mag for someone. Then off he went.
That's my ticket he's signing in the first photo.
Very brief meeting, and of course I forgot to ask him all that I had planned to but I'm happy.
We had a quick chat with Nils later also, he seemed unhappy about the curfew!0 -
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I got most of it, it was the highlight of the 2nd night for me, with Nils really letting rip.musicmania wrote: »and a full version of Because the Night from night 2?
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Well,a week on and I'm still on a Brucie high..
The two shows last week were just stunning,both nights were fantastic for different reasons.
On the Wednesday night I thought I'd died and gone to heaven...................BACKSTREETS.........I've been waiting nearly 30 years to hear that,apparently he played it Birmingham on the Tunnel of Love tour,but my memory is shot to shiite these days,and I can't remember that far back
I had a look on the backstreets website,and there were some on there giving out saying that he only played American Land both nights because he was pandering to the Irish audience !! I don't care why he played it,I'm just glad he did,I love that song,as I love most of his songs.You get the impression that there is no pleasing some of the posters on that site.
I don't live in America so I don't get the chance to see him in multiple cities,I can't afford to go mainland Europe and see him in different countries,I live here,and when he comes here I just want to see him and The E Street Band,and to honest,I don't really care what he plays,I just enjoy being in the company of several thousand like minded people who just enjoy Bruce for his music.
I loved both nights,both nights had so many highlights,so many songs that stopped me in my tracks.
We had a band that were on fire,a band leader supreme,and a crowd that were up for it from the get go,so,all in all,two fantastic nights,I really enjoyed it,I wish he was back in town next week........................
So,all I know is
Someday girl I don't know when
we're gonna get to that place
Where we really want to go
and we'll walk in the sun
But till then tramps like us
baby we were born to run
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