Dude, I LOVE that song.

The Boss is just so authentically AMERICAN.

I live on the outskirts of his hometown (Freehold) and will be getting a kick out of these responses.

/well technically one town over, right off of Highway 9
//the "factory" is now senior housing

damageddude: I live on the outskirts of his hometown

In the darkness?

I lived on the outskirts of town, in an eight room farmhouse, baby

To close out the stadium in style, as a grand finale he'll perform a 20-foot crotchslide directly into the decomposed skull of Jimmy Hoffa.

Maybe he'll invite Bob Dylan to play and they could mumble into the mics together.


Ha ha its funny because its true.

Bruce Springsteen sucks.

/that is all

I just wonder how a guy who grew up in Jersey sings like an Okie.

That "The Rising" song, the one we were all lectured was his Vitally Important Lesson About America Post 9/11, was particularly bad for that. "Come on up FER the RISINNNNN"...

I live in his hometown. So damageddude and I are neighbors. He is correct about the factory.

Springsteen frequently visits the downtown and hangs out with quite a few people he grew up with.

necropoultryac: Bruce Springsteen sucks.

/that is all

Thanks for clearing that up. You obviously have a wonderful economy with words, necropoutryac. I look forward to your next syllable with great eagerness.

However, your work is finished here, and you are needed in the baseball thread, stat.

/end hobson voice

Maybe he will play that song where he likes policemen, then he will play that other song where he doesn't like policemen.

Have fun waiting eight hours to cross the George Washington Bridge after the concert is over.

unfarkingbelievable: Springsteen frequently visits the downtown and hangs out with quite a few people he grew up with.

My wife, her friend and a few others were at a concert at whatever the performing arts center in Holmdel is called these days a year or two ago. They were sitting in traffic, waiting to exit the lot, when her friend looked over and saw Springsteen in the car next to them with his daughter. They asked for his autograph and he said, sorry, not with my daughter here. They said ok, sat in traffic a few more minutes and realized he said nothing about pictures. They grabbed their camera, ran back and called him on his loophole. He laughed and posed for a few pictures.

/taking the kids to Jersey Freeze tonight

I heard Bon Jovi is opening at that they're going to play that song too.

/only they'll do a poorer job of it

damageddude: that's a great story! He's the kind of guy that as long as you're respectful to him, he's the same way right back. Pretty friendly and very humble. He walks in, sits down at the bar and just hangs with people just shooting the breeze over some beer.

Have a great time at Jersey Freeze!

Hey, that describes several of his songs!!

Oh.

If it wasn't for the whole singing thing, Springsteen would easily make my top 150.

A few years ago my friend and I were at the movie theaters near where he lives, and he and his daughter came in and sat down next to us. We ended up chatting until the movie started. He's a really nice guy, as long as you don't go all fangirl/boy on him.

/why, yes, I am getting a kick...

Clash City Farker: Maybe he will play that song where he likes policemen, then he will play that other song where he doesn't like policemen.

beat me to it ..

i was late i would been here sooner but the highways jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive..

pope183: Clash City Farker: Maybe he will play that song where he likes policemen, then he will play that other song where he doesn't like policemen.

beat me to it ..

i was late i would been here sooner but the highways jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive..

You might have gotten here sooner if you had taken Thunder Road. Just be carful not to take a wrong turn and just keep going...

Why would they tear down the San Francisco Giants stadium?

*clicks link*

Oh, THOSE Giants.

Seriously, couldn't someone find a link to a paper from NY/NJ?

Damageddude

My wife, her friend and a few others were at a concert at whatever the performing arts center in Holmdel is called these days a year or two ago.

PNC Bank Arts Center.

/miss the days of Garden State Arts Center
//just rolls off the tongue better

This one time, my girlfriend and I were at a flea market a few miles from where he lives, and Bruce was standing in line at the snocone stand with us. My girlfriend said "Hi!" and he turned around, I think he was on heroin, and he said "shut up whore, I'm gonna get me a snocone", so she started crying and I got up and said that wasn't cool, and he beat the living shiat out of me until some guys came along and pulled him off. The he started shouting how God was dead and all women were sluts.

I love that "Nebraska" album though.

Springsteen does not move his jaw when singing; the jaw stays affixed to the microphone and only the top of his head swings back.

Watch him next time, you'll see.

this next song, heh heh heh, this is, uh, this is uh, uh, heh heh, i mean, when i was younger, h'and-uh, h'and-uh, me and my dad, we uh, uh, back then, we uh, heh heh heh, growin' up was different, and he was like me and uh, we uh, heh heh heh, we didn't always, uh....the funny thing about bein' young, is uh, uh...and we didn't always get along, h'and-uh, sometimes I'd leave and uh, just kinda drive, heh heh heh, and-uh, I used to think about things, and uh, just kinda, try to think about maybe goin' somewhere, anywhere, where-uh.....

*wipes sweat off brow*

....h-and when uh, heh heh heh, i came back home, and uh, I was older, I was shocked at how much smarter my old man had uh, he'd uh, heh heh heh *smile*....The old man had gotten so much smarter the older i got A ONE TWO THREE FAAWWWWWW

Taima: Why would they tear down the San Francisco Giants stadium?

*clicks link*

Oh, THOSE Giants.

Seriously, couldn't someone find a link to a paper from NY/NJ?

That's what I came to say. I thought "Isn't that a newer park? Why the Boss in SF?"

LOL, I keep thinking how many of the Bruce Bashers in this thread probably are dying fro the new Ski Patrol or Animal Collective concept album to come out.

You *KNOW* the next time you hear about "waking up at night with the sheets soaking wet," it'll be in an commercial for bladder control medication.

Peaceboy: To close out the stadium in style, as a grand finale he'll perform a 20-foot crotchslide directly into the decomposed skull of Jimmy Hoffa.
The Superbowl crotchslide was ridiculous. one of the best things i've seen in a long time. awesome camera angle.

damageddude: My wife, her friend and a few others were at a concert at whatever the performing arts center in Holmdel is called these days...
is and always will be the Garden State Arts Center to me. Brendan Byrne Arena and Great Woods too. Take that corporate sponsors!

/shaking fist at the man
//if only there was a musician that wrote songs about the plight of the little guy fighting against great odds and the system

Maybe he will play the one about the long, lonesome highway he travels on and how he doesn't have any money and the house is cold and his relationship with his girlfriend/wife is rocky and how only liberals know how to save the nation and how cops always kill innocent people when there are 57 channels and nothing's on.

THAT is the song I want to hear; think he will play it?

Yup a Jersey guy singing like an Okie.
It is hard to over-estimate the gullibility of the American people...

Bob Dylan mocked Springsteen in a song he did with the Traveling Wilburys.

Tweeter and the Monkey Man (new window)

unfarkingbelievable: He's the kind of guy that as long as you're respectful to him, he's the same way right back. Pretty friendly

I've heard that from others in the area who have met him. I think his mother is still in the borough, but I could be wrong.

darch: PNC Bank Arts Center.

Wasn't sure if it was still PNC. I lose track of corporate names.

I can't wait until 2010 when Giants Stadium turns in to the tea and crumpet crowd like Yankee Stadium is now. That'll be awesome.

Daniels: I can't wait until 2010 when Giants Stadium turns in to the tea and crumpet crowd like Yankee Stadium is now. That'll be awesome.

the E Street Bandwagon?

Just hand out pamphlets that say things like "Quiet is for offense and Loud is for defense."

actually, better text it to them.

/thank you Bob Kraft for pricing and Zero-tolerancing the fans who kept the team afloat for 40 years out of Gillette.
//I'll still be there this fall, biatching that THIS is the LAST year (like i have for the last 4.)

rickythepenguin: this next song, heh heh heh, this is, uh, this is uh, uh, heh heh, i mean, when i was younger, h'and-uh, h'and-uh, me and my dad, we uh, uh, back then, we uh, heh heh heh, growin' up was different, and he was like me and uh, we uh, heh heh heh, we didn't always, uh....the funny thing about bein' young, is uh, uh...and we didn't always get along, h'and-uh, sometimes I'd leave and uh, just kinda drive, heh heh heh, and-uh, I used to think about things, and uh, just kinda, try to think about maybe goin' somewhere, anywhere, where-uh.....

*wipes sweat off brow*

....h-and when uh, heh heh heh, i came back home, and uh, I was older, I was shocked at how much smarter my old man had uh, he'd uh, heh heh heh *smile*....The old man had gotten so much smarter the older i got A ONE TWO THREE FAAWWWWWW

BWA HA HA HA HA

"WHOA WHOA WHOA !!!!"

rickythepenguin: this next song, heh heh heh, this is, uh, this is uh, uh, heh heh, i mean, when i was younger, h'and-uh, h'and-uh, me and my dad, we uh, uh, back then, we uh, heh heh heh, growin' up was different, and he was like me and uh, we uh, heh heh heh, we didn't always, uh....the funny thing about bein' young, is uh, uh...and we didn't always get along, h'and-uh, sometimes I'd leave and uh, just kinda drive, heh heh heh, and-uh, I used to think about things, and uh, just kinda, try to think about maybe goin' somewhere, anywhere, where-uh.....

*wipes sweat off brow*

....h-and when uh, heh heh heh, i came back home, and uh, I was older, I was shocked at how much smarter my old man had uh, he'd uh, heh heh heh *smile*....The old man had gotten so much smarter the older i got A ONE TWO THREE FAAWWWWWW

for all that effort I will award you my Internets for the day

I posted this on brooklynvegan, seems appropriate to repeat it here...

He'll slide across the stage, right into the very foundation of the stadium, causing it to crumble dramatically atop him as the band plays "My City of Ruins" from the safety of the parking lot. When the dust has finally settled, his fist shall defiantly punch though the rubble heap, the crowd will roar with might, and the band launches into "The Rising."

And then he'll play Lucky Town and Human Touch back-to-back, in their entirety.

NotaryDPO: I heard Bon Jovi is opening at that they're going to play that song too.

/only they'll do a poorer job of it

Hey man, they're just telling you to never give up the faith like Tommy and Gina and Jenny and Bob and Juan-Jose and all the rest of them. Now watch me prance on stage like a fairy and embarrass my bandmates (well except for Richie because he's drunk right now) while a bunch overweight housemoms fawn over my drop dead sexy abs and ass.

Already Disturbed: I posted this on brooklynvegan, seems appropriate to repeat it here...

He'll slide across the stage, right into the very foundation of the stadium, causing it to crumble dramatically atop him as the band plays "My City of Ruins" from the safety of the parking lot. When the dust has finally settled, his fist shall defiantly punch though the rubble heap, the crowd will roar with might, and the band launches into "The Rising.".

Or they could just have Roger Waters walk on stage and perform "Outside the Wall." Not that it's the least bit relevant to Giants Stadium, but he needs the publicity.

rickythepenguin: this next song, heh heh heh, this is, uh, this is uh, uh, heh heh, i mean, when i was younger, h'and-uh, h'and-uh, me and my dad, we uh, uh, back then, we uh, heh heh heh, growin' up was different, and he was like me and uh, we uh, heh heh heh, we didn't always, uh....the funny thing about bein' young, is uh, uh...and we didn't always get along, h'and-uh, sometimes I'd leave and uh, just kinda drive, heh heh heh, and-uh, I used to think about things, and uh, just kinda, try to think about maybe goin' somewhere, anywhere, where-uh.....

*wipes sweat off brow*

....h-and when uh, heh heh heh, i came back home, and uh, I was older, I was shocked at how much smarter my old man had uh, he'd uh, heh heh heh *smile*....The old man had gotten so much smarter the older i got A ONE TWO THREE FAAWWWWWW

lol

I just found out that my father is going to try to get tickets to this and I am so excited about this. We did the summer of Springsteen a few years ago when he first came back with the E-street band and I never have seen my father so happy in my life. Singing every song note for note and I think that he knew the words even better, if not close to Springsteen. God, I think that it's gonna be better if he gets rid of the damn fiddle player and makes the wife stay in the back, but those a just wishes.

He has possibily the best Springsteen Story that puts all others to shame.

This is going way back to when Asbury Park was in it's semi-down fall, right around the late 60s to early 70s. My mother and father just started dating and were hang out in Asbury Park seeing a local concert that happened to have a new and up coming artist by the name of Bruce Springsteen as one of the headliners. The saw him play and hung out and saw a few other acts play and decided that they had enough and where leaving.

On their way out, they passed Springsteen who was wasted beyond belief and were pretty dumb that he was just sitting basically in the gutter. They asked him if he wanted to go back inside, because he had to play a second set. The shrugged it off and basically as my after put it was falling over.

My mother and father helped him out of the gutter and propped him against the wall outside of whatever club he was playing at that night and left him there.

To this day, I like to tell people that story when they say that their parents are big Springsteen fans and pretty much silences them right away.

/loves the early albums
//not crazy about the new stuff.
///prays to god for tunnel of love, but that will never happen.

PascalsGhost: LOL, I keep thinking how many of the Bruce Bashers in this thread probably are dying fro the new Ski Patrol or Animal Collective concept album to come out.

I'm thinking none...

mfaby: Maybe he will play the one about the long, lonesome highway he travels on and how he doesn't have any money and the house is cold and his relationship with his girlfriend/wife is rocky and how only liberals know how to save the nation and how cops always kill innocent people when there are 57 channels and nothing's on.

THAT is the song I want to hear; think he will play it?

Yup a Jersey guy singing like an Okie.
It is hard to over-estimate the gullibility of the American people...

That's all his songs...uh, I mean 'ballets'

Sometimes I prefer Springsteen-tinged Dire Straits songs to actual Springsteen....

in that light...
1st side of Making Movies

and most of Love Over Gold

FTW

Third_Uncle_Eno 2009-05-22 10:07:50 PM
Sometimes I prefer Springsteen-tinged Dire Straits songs to actual Springsteen....

in that light...
1st side of Making Movies

and most of Love Over Gold

FTW

Oh yeah!
It's mind over matter and love over gold...

Two men say their Jesus, one of them must be wrong...

She's makin' movies...on location...

Midnight Rambler: Bob Dylan mocked Springsteen in a song he did with the Traveling Wilburys.

Tweeter and the Monkey Man (new window)

That's funny, especially since Jello Biafra once called Springsteen "Dylan for jocks."

Going to see Springsteen at the Meadowlands tomorrow. 7th time I've seen him since 2003. Will surely be going to this Giants Stadium show, too. It's like a pilgrimage. Sure, I've seen plenty of bands do better shows in tiny venues for a tenth of the price, but Bruce is a religious experience, and to see him at the Meadowlands is like a pilgrimage.

AgentOrangeDrink: Midnight Rambler: Bob Dylan mocked Springsteen in a song he did with the Traveling Wilburys.

Tweeter and the Monkey Man (new window)

That's funny, especially since Jello Biafra once called Springsteen "Dylan for jocks."

AgentOrangeDrink: Midnight Rambler: Bob Dylan mocked payed a playful homage to Springsteen in a song he did with the Traveling Wilburys.

Tweeter and the Monkey Man (new window)

That's funny, especially since Jello Biafra once called Springsteen "Dylan for jocks."

Link

One of the best ONE TWO THREE FAWWWWW songs ever written.

/love Dave Edmunds' version even more