More Bruce: Review and Videos

GILLETTE YOUTUBE LINKS!

The Rising: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SBeT-2nJFs

Rosalita (Come Out Tonight): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qCs7H8vi_s (if nothing else, just watch the first couple seconds of this one..."yes we can...no we can't")

The Promised Land: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59LY00d3_V4

The Knee Slide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T2F319FHTA

Little Latin Lupe Lu: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFZW3NMXhRg

Does This Bus Stop at 82nd St.? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHp7Ubxm24U

JUNGLELAND: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bur6T0uL2

I'm Goin' Down: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIU18DJznh8

Who'll Stop The Rain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcfHgTxkmT4

Glory Days: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj7VWKRDlsE

Badlands: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWmD4m6WwDY (2:54...there we go, like a charm...CULT)

BACKSTREETS.COM REVIEW

AUGUST 3, FOXBORO, MA: THE RAIN BEEN COMIN' DOWN

Another U.S. concert goes into the midnight hour, with the Gillette Stadium show not starting until 9:20, again with "Summertime Blues." Weather, not traffic, was the culprit this time, with a massive thunderstorm drenching the surroundings -- Bruce told the crowd, "We were dodging lightning bolts coming up here for about an hour and a half!" But after delaying the start until one last downpour was through, there was no rain for the entirety of the show (unless you count water running off the stage roof into the pit). And as Bruce said after "Spirit," "I think a little rain agrees with you guys."
It was a shorter show compared to the three nights in Jersey, not quite cracking the three-hour mark, and judging by the cross-offs on the handwritten setlist (including an unplayed "Racing in the Street" after "Mary's Place"), it seemed Bruce had to put some effort into how to trim the show a bit. But they still blew way past Gillette's 11:00 curfew, rocking "Rosalita" until ten past 12. In between, it was another party show -- all release, little tension -- with even more granted requests than usual bringing a pair of tour-debut covers and more rarities to set this night apart.
The biggest mind-blower came after "Tunnel of Love," as Springsteen gathered a heap of signs and complimented their "professionalism." One in particular made him chuckle: "The band will not be ready for this one... oh, they will not be ready!" It was "Little Latin Lupe Lu," a song they've only done a couple of times since the '70s -- and as opposed to some sign requests that probably would get played anyway, there's no way Bruce would have called this one up otherwise.
But it seemed the band was ready after all, the song sounded great -- and the professionalism of the sign sure didn't hurt Bruce's performance. As he pointed out, the sign had the "Lupe Lu" lyrics printed on the back (in a Bruce handwriting font, no less) with "Key of F" written at the top. "That's appreciated!" he laughed, and he wasn't kidding -- he made sure to have the words where he could see.
The requests kept coming, as "Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street" (its second tour performance) and "Hungry Heart" followed, and then it was another cover special for the occasion. Not "Dirty Water" -- though there was plenty of that on the ground -- but another one almost as foreseeable: "Who'll Stop the Rain." Bruce played this one for Bill Belichick: "This is for the coach. He's out there tonight. He didn't bring a sign, though!"
Unusually, Bruce gathered more signs as the encore began, and kicked it off with another fan choice: "We have here the rarely played and even more rarely requested..." and he turned the sign around to reveal "I'm Goin' Down." That was another second tour performance, going into "Jungleland," by request for a birthday in the crowd. Thinking of nearby Boston, Bruce asked before "American Land," "Do we have any Irishmen out there?" The tepid response must have reminded him that this wasn't Boston, though, as at the end of the song he hollered, "Boston! Massachussets! Rhode Island! Connecticut! Wherever the fuck we are! You've just seen..." And on this night, it might have been a little late, but you could add rain-stoppin' E Street Band to the list.

SOME RANDOM PEOPLES' YOUTUBE COMMENTS

"Every Bruce fan's dream of a concert, in my opinion. "

"Wife saw Bruce 28 years ago on the River Tour and said he hasn't slowed down a bit."

This makes me happy because I have always been sad that I never saw him "back in the day", thinking he's slowed down a lot (he is, after all, almost 59). After Buffalo, I still believed that to be the case. After Boston, I no longer do. As he said in Rolling Stone: "if you see us now, you can say you saw us at our best".

If anyone's wondering, the black wristbands are for Danny.