Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Me and more than 20,000 close friends

We were all "Working on a Dream" last night. Yes, we were at that famous traveling rock revival meeting hosted by BROOOOOOCE!

For a man who turns 60 this year, Bruce Springsteen is in great shape. Oh, hell! What am I saying? If he was a man who turns 30 this year, Bruce would still be simply delicious. As my fellow fangirl Snarkela might say, Bruce deserves to be commended on delivering primo arm porn.

And he rocked. I miss hearing rock and roll, and The Boss had the cure for what ails me. He opened with "Badlands," for Christ's sake! But of course, he was more than that. With "The Rising," which always reminds me of how we pulled together after 9/11, "Land of Hope and Dreams," "American Land" and more, he reminded us of our responsibility to one another. Because we're all Americans, and that's big and it's special and it means something.

So he touched on it all: love, lust, redemption, longing and patriotism. There was so much JOY & HOPE in the United Center last night. The Gal was definitely in her element.

Above left is my fantabulous new Bruce t-shirt. (Such a deal! Only $20!) And now, here's last night's set list:

May 12, 2009
Chicago, Illinois
United Center

Badlands
Spirit In The Night
Outlaw Pete
She's The One
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost Of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
Trapped
Candy's Room
Mony Mony
Waiting On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Wrestler
Kingdom Of Days
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run

(Encores)
Hard Times
Jungleland
Land Of Hope And Dreams
American Land
Dancing In The Dark
Rosalita

3 comments:

  1. I, of course, am pea green with envy, because I want MORE. Can you believe - can you BELIEVE - the man will be 60 in September?

    I'm so glad you enjoyed the show. Where did you get the $20 shirt? There? I didn't shop for stuff, because I had the child with me, and there is no telling how many of Bruce's mortgage payments I would have made.

    Mony Mony! How cool is that? We got Hang On Sloopy, which was a highlight.

    Arm porn. Love it.

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  2. Thinking about the arm porn....I'll be back....

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  3. Great set list! :-)

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