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Re: The Boss!

Postby Govangirl » Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:34 pm

Sheik Yir Erse wrote:Must say I'm enjoying the new album.

Have you guys got any arrangements made for Hyde Park? Could we meet up for a small refreshment beforehand? :D

I've still got a spare ticket if anyone is interested (before I put it on Ebay)


1. I'll take your ticket Sheik! My wee lassie has decided to go.

2. Yes, I'm up for making arrangements to meet in the park with a couple of bottles of Eldorado
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Re: The Boss!

Postby Sheik Yir Erse » Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:49 pm

Consider it sold to the young lady from Sunny Govan :D

Will catch up with you to make arrangements at some point.
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Re: The Boss!

Postby Govangirl » Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:25 pm

Brill! Let me know how much and where to send it. In the meantime folks, here are two pics from this week! Wow!!

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Re: The Boss!

Postby Govangirl » Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:09 pm

In The Rolling Stone magazine: not only a full and frank interview but the ten things to expect at the upcoming shows :D

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ten-things-to-expect-from-bruce-springsteens-upcoming-world-tour-20120314
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Re: The Boss!

Postby Ags » Fri Mar 30, 2012 1:42 pm

Will look out for Rolling Stone GG thanks for posting that. Will also look forward to a wee catch up with you and Mrs Sheik in London SYE. Must get our travel arrangements organised once this extremely busy spell I am having is over.
Have barely heard the new album though am enjoying what I have heard so far. It is now on the I-pod for the LONG school trip bus journey to Paris tomorrow. Will know all the words by the time I get back :D . Happy Hols everybody!!
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Re: The Boss!

Postby Sheik Yir Erse » Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:59 am

Finally got travel and accommodation booked last night. We get in late on Friday night and are staying at the Hilton Olympia, so not too far from the gig.

Any thoughts for the Saturday? Trying to work out whether I want to go and see John Fogerty - not sure I can pass up the opportunity of seeing the man himself perform Born on the Bayou



Oh....... and Proud Mary........ and Bad Moon Rising and (hopefully) Fortunate Son!

GG - I have printed off the ticket (it's one of those Print-Your-Own malarkeys) do you want me to send it to you, or just hand it over before the gig - I assume we might manage to catch-up for a bijou refreshment!

Oh and..... loving the new album

Cannae wait!
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Re: The Boss!

Postby Govangirl » Mon Jun 18, 2012 10:40 pm

My wee lassie is well pleased because she's found out that Amy McDonald is playing at Hyde Park on the Saturday. Also Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman is playing on the Main Stage in the afternoon so who's betting that he'll come on Bruce's set and play with him? Great stuff.

Will it be okay for you to bring the ticket Sheik? That's probably better. I'll bring your £3 on the day :wink:
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Re: The Boss!

Postby Ags » Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:05 pm

One teenager wavering from travelling to London for HRC has now heard Amy MacDonald is playing. We have gone from downloading one track last night to whole album tonight!! Don't sell her ticket just yet GG :lol:
I am just off to pack my bags for a wee dress rehearsal for Hyde Park at the Ethiad Stadium on Friday night!! Most unexpected trip, can't wait!! 3 hours 48 minutes in Madrid.......bring it on!! Frosty are you going to Manchester? :D
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Re: The Boss!

Postby Sheik Yir Erse » Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:12 pm

Govangirl wrote:My wee lassie is well pleased because she's found out that Amy McDonald is playing at Hyde Park on the Saturday. Also Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman is playing on the Main Stage in the afternoon so who's betting that he'll come on Bruce's set and play with him? Great stuff.


That's great news GG - didn't know Tom Morello was going to play - delighted with that. Bring on the pair of them doing Tom Joad :shock: I wonder if Horse Called Juan Face will make an special trip to hear Morello - he'd definitely be there if Eddie Vedder was playing! What ever happened to the dear old Horse?

Govangirl wrote:Will it be okay for you to bring the ticket Sheik? That's probably better. I'll bring your £3 on the day :wink:


Yes, will bring the ticket, it's one of those ticketfast things, so have got it printed out here.

PS. It was £2.50 and 3 ginger bottles - don't try and diddle me oota ma hard earned cash!
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Re: The Boss!

Postby Frosty » Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:51 pm

GG, Ags and Sye, You lucky people!
I was in Newcastle Wednesday night, had to travel to Sheffield on Thursday then onto Bolton on Friday! I couldn't even stay in Bolton to go to Manchester for the show, however I was stuck in the traffic jams around the M60 - the rain never stopped.
Did you manage to get to the stadium on time Ags, there were a lot of people phoning Radio Stations with requests as they were sat on various Motorways - on '' The road to hell '' !
I'm waiting for your reports please! I'm not even going to get to London, I wouldn't have minded seeing Cold Chisel on the Friday night before The Boss on the Saturday!!!
Rush in May 2013 is the only concert ticket I have, you three can be my eyes for for this tour, please!
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Re: The Boss!

Postby Govangirl » Sun Jun 24, 2012 6:04 pm

Isle of Wight: it's not over until the great man sings. Remember to record the festival live tonight when The Boss headlines and finishes the festival - Sky Arts 1 :D :D :D We'll get a wee taste of what Ags experienced Friday!
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Re: The Boss!

Postby Ags » Sun Jun 24, 2012 8:52 pm

Badlands
No Surrender
We Take Care Of Our Own
Wrecking Ball
Death to My Hometown
My City of Ruins
Spirit in the Night
The E Street Shuffle
Jack of All Trades
Atlantic City
Prove It All Night
(78 Intro)
Two Hearts
You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
Darlington County
Shackled and Drawn
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
Save My Love
The Promise
(solo piano)
The River
The Rising
Out in the Street
Land of Hope and Dreams
Encore:
We Are Alive
Thunder Road
Born to Run
Bobby Jean
Cadillac Ranch
Dancing in the Dark
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Twist and Shout

WOW WOW WOW WOW!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT A SHOW!!!!
The trip down to manchester was horrendous on Friday, thank goodness Iain was driving because I would have just pulled onto the hard shoulder and cried! The road, the sky, the spray were all the same colour it was awful and the rain just didnt stop.
What should have been a 20 minute journey to the stadium from our family in Sale took us about an hour and a half, but we made it Frosty......just, with me in borrowed wellies, to the opening bars of Badlands.
Bruce made a tribute to Clarence just before "My city of Ruins", he was saying over and over to louder and louder cheers "are we missing anybody tonight".....it was all really emotional. The crowd were all cheering Clarence!!
His son Jake was playing sax and what a welcome. I don't know how he held it together.....I didn't :(
When they played Tenth Avenue Freeze out, and the lyrics came round to "when the big man joined the band", the music stopped dead and there followed a two minute montage of photos on the big screen with 60,000 fans applauding the great Clarence Clemons!! Then they just started right back to the bit of the song they had stopped at. I get goosebumps even thinking about it!! It was quite incredible.
Earlier in the show Bruce pulled a girl out the crowd who was holding up a sign saying "I want to dance with Jake". She came on stage and danced while he played sax. He also pulled out a girl wearing a union jack "onesie" out who was hugging him and made Bruce take a bow with her. He was in fits of giggles. Also as I've seen done before, he picked out a wee one in the audience singing along to "Waiting on a sunny day".
The new album stuff is just amazingly good live.....I have been humming "Wrecking Ball" ever since. The brass section instrumental with it was great. Nils Lofgren's guitar solo at "Jack of all trades".....another WOW!!
Iain's favourite has always been "Land of hope and dreams" and it didn't disappoint.
This was another reminder of what a showman The Boss is. At nearly 63 to get on stage and play for 3 and a half hours solid while grinning from ear to ear and looking like you are enjoying every single minute is just joyful.
The last time he played Manchester, Bruce played at Old Trafford and when he eventually stopped playing after 5 songs to greet the crowd he said "I've learned so much since I was last here in Manchester. I have learned that there are 2 football teams in Mannchester and i heard one of them just........no......I won't go there...." :D
The Manchester evening news said he "launched into My City of Ruins" Launched is the right word as no performer ever does it quite like Springsteen for intensity of performance coupled with real meaning. He is the last of the big name protest singers, the consience for a nation as well as a storming rock n roller." They continued "As world recession bites the common man and leaves the well heeled untouched, Bruce is back with a vengeance, standing up for the ordinary Joe and singing of love, loss, destruction and hope. From the first song in the 3 and a half hour set when Eastlands became Badlands the masses were captivated. The refreshingly angry "Wrecking Ball" album was plundered in the first half of the gig. The album is a triumph and works beautifully live".
All hail the "Heart Stopping, Pants Dropping, Hard Rockin, History Making, Knee Shakin, Viagra Takin LEGENDARY E STREET BAND".......
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Re: The Boss!

Postby Govangirl » Sun Jun 24, 2012 9:58 pm

OMG, what a fantastic review Ags, absolutely brilliant! :D
I can't wait now. I do love this album but agree that it is going to be even better live. All my favourites are there, it's a stomping playlist. I'm going to be greeting too, I know it. Loved the idea of dancing with Jake - hope I won't embarrass you at Hyde Park if I hold up a sign saying I want to make love to Bruce :oops: :lol:
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Re: The Boss!

Postby Ags » Sun Jun 24, 2012 11:43 pm

We had to giggle at the huge lead in the trumpet player got for his solo at "Twist and Shout" tonight. He missed his cue completely on Friday night and the rest of them all just laughed and laughed.........just another wee flashback :D
And what can I write on my sign GG :lol:
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Re: The Boss!

Postby Govangirl » Sun Jun 24, 2012 11:49 pm

Twist and Shout was fab, especially with the fireworks!!!! The band are sounding fantastic!!!!
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