Springsteen says Goodby to the Meadowlands....

Giantone · 10-02-2009, 04:18 AM

Wanted to put this in the football section but.............,so I stole this off another Giant board.

Okay, so it's not really football, BUT it is about our Stadium, so I put it here in the Giants section! Bruce wrote a song specifically for Giants Stadium & it's ultimate demise.
Bruce Springsteen set list: New song 'Bring on Your Wrecking Ball' bids Meadowlands goodbye

Bruce Springsteen administered last musical rites to Giants Stadium Wednesday night. And who better to do so?

Not only has the star headlined this soon-to-be-demolished venue an astounding 24 times (selling more than 1.2 million tickets in the process), he long ago established himself as the unofficial icon of its home state, New Jersey.

More, Springsteen is no stranger to images of death and rebirth in his lyrics, a fact that lent Wednesday night's songs extra meaning, since the new stadium looms right next to the doomed one. To boldface the point, Bruce penned a topical new song to open the show - "Bring on Your Wrecking Ball," a rousing declaration of defiance in the face of destruction.

Wednesday's performance represented the first of five nonconsecutive shows Bruce will give at the stadium, leapfrogging through Oct.9. To give these shows an extra tug of nostalgia, Springsteen plans to perform one of his classic albums from start to finish at each event. Wednesday night, he offered a full-tilt take on "Born to Run."

By performing music he wrote in his 20s, just one week after turning 60, Springsteen made a bracing case for both the disk's ongoing worth and his own continued vitality. If anything, eight songs from "Run" seemed even more relevant and involving than ever, especially when he let the crowd sing the built-to-age line, "Maybe we ain't that young anymore."

Springsteen performed this, his most operatic work, more deliberately and theatrically, making its original 39 minutes last more than 55 minutes - to stirring effect. Other sections of the show held together with a recession theme.

But Bruce didn't need to dovetail with current events to seize the moment. Once again, this more than three-hour show proved him to be one of the few performers charismatic enough, and anthemic enough, to use the stadium scale to his advantage - whether it be this one, the next one, or, it would seem, whichever one that comes after that.

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10-02-2009, 04:18 AM	#1
Giantone Gamebreaker Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 14,427	Springsteen says Goodby to the Meadowlands.... Wanted to put this in the football section but.............,so I stole this off another Giant board. Okay, so it's not really football, BUT it is about our Stadium, so I put it here in the Giants section! Bruce wrote a song specifically for Giants Stadium & it's ultimate demise. Bruce Springsteen set list: New song 'Bring on Your Wrecking Ball' bids Meadowlands goodbye Bruce Springsteen administered last musical rites to Giants Stadium Wednesday night. And who better to do so? Not only has the star headlined this soon-to-be-demolished venue an astounding 24 times (selling more than 1.2 million tickets in the process), he long ago established himself as the unofficial icon of its home state, New Jersey. More, Springsteen is no stranger to images of death and rebirth in his lyrics, a fact that lent Wednesday night's songs extra meaning, since the new stadium looms right next to the doomed one. To boldface the point, Bruce penned a topical new song to open the show - "Bring on Your Wrecking Ball," a rousing declaration of defiance in the face of destruction. Wednesday's performance represented the first of five nonconsecutive shows Bruce will give at the stadium, leapfrogging through Oct.9. To give these shows an extra tug of nostalgia, Springsteen plans to perform one of his classic albums from start to finish at each event. Wednesday night, he offered a full-tilt take on "Born to Run." By performing music he wrote in his 20s, just one week after turning 60, Springsteen made a bracing case for both the disk's ongoing worth and his own continued vitality. If anything, eight songs from "Run" seemed even more relevant and involving than ever, especially when he let the crowd sing the built-to-age line, "Maybe we ain't that young anymore." Springsteen performed this, his most operatic work, more deliberately and theatrically, making its original 39 minutes last more than 55 minutes - to stirring effect. Other sections of the show held together with a recession theme. But Bruce didn't need to dovetail with current events to seize the moment. Once again, this more than three-hour show proved him to be one of the few performers charismatic enough, and anthemic enough, to use the stadium scale to his advantage - whether it be this one, the next one, or, it would seem, whichever one that comes after that. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/09/30/2009-09-30_bruce_springsteen_rocks_giants_stadium_in_final _concerts_at_famed_arena.html?print=1&page=all#ixz z0SjToxXNG Last edited by Giantone; 10-02-2009 at 06:50 PM.

Springsteen says Goodby to the Meadowlands....

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