new Springsteen 'rumour'

[benisright]

Agree 100%. Pains me to say it too, f**king love Bruce. But its getting very pricey, the Dublin prices have increased by 5-10% since the gig last May. That said, he does put on a great show, and quite long, and his music sounds better live than on record so comparatively speaking, 85 euro isn’t too bad.

But it does fly in the face of his working man image. There is also a worldwide recession in full flow at the moment Im told.

[alframsey]

Didn't roger waters play a fairly long set before rod stewart

[ferraristu]

All you non-believers

Wait till Jungleland

[Jens Wildman]

All you non-believers

Wait till Jungleland

Edited January 28, 2009 by Jens Wildman

[Originalshez]

Right on cue Jens, but you forgot the bit saying (hugely epic and amotional sax solo here)

[parsonjack]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGU0z1DGO8E

The rangers had a homecoming in Harlem late last night

And the Magic Rat drove his sleek machine over the Jersey state line

Barefoot girl sitting on the hood of a Dodge

Drinking warm beer in the soft summer rain

The Rat pulls into town rolls up his pants

Together they take a stab at romance and disappear down Flamingo Lane

Well the Maximum Lawman run down Flamingo chasing the Rat and the barefoot girl

And the kids round here look just like shadows always quiet, holding hands

From the churches to the jails tonight all is silence in the world

As we take our stand down in Jungleland

The midnight gang's assembled and picked a rendezvous for the night

They'll meet 'neath that giant Exxon sign that brings this fair city light

Man there's an opera out on the Turnpike

There's a ballet being fought out in the alley

Until the local cops, Cherry Tops, rips this holy night

The street's alive as secret debts are paid

Contacts made, they vanished unseen

Kids flash guitars just like switch-blades hustling for the record machine

The hungry and the hunted explode into rock'n'roll bands

That face off against each other out in the street down in Jungleland

In the parking lot the visionaries dress in the latest rage

Inside the backstreet girls are dancing to the records that the D.J. plays

Lonely-hearted lovers struggle in dark corners

Desperate as the night moves on, just a look and a whisper, and they're gone

Beneath the city two hearts beat

Soul engines running through a night so tender in a bedroom locked

In whispers of soft refusal and then surrender in the tunnels uptown

The Rat's own dream guns him down as shots echo down them hallways in the night

No one watches when the ambulance pulls away

Or as the girl shuts out the bedroom light

Outside the street's on fire in a real death waltz

Between flesh and what's fantasy and the poets down here

Don't write nothing at all, they just stand back and let it all be

And in the quick of the night they reach for their moment

And try to make an honest stand but they wind up wounded, not even dead

Tonight in Jungleland

[Jens Wildman]

i may fall to my knees and weep uncontrollably if Bruce plays this on the Pyramid

[HolmbridgeLad]

I know what you mean.. First time I heard it live.. wow.. will never forget Clarence`s solo.. and when Bruce whispers into the mic after the solo:

Beneath the city two hearts beat....

Oh man.. get chills just thinking about it..

[tevaburger]

i may fall to my knees and weep uncontrollably if Bruce plays this on the Pyramid

[Jens Wildman]

Or the Professor's piano accompaniment...

[Joe_]

Don't get your hopes up too high. Unlike 'Born To Run' which is played every night, Jungleland is a relative rarity. i've seen my share of Bruce shows and estimate i've got Jungleland less than a quarter of times, and that includes shows in New Jersey and the old Wembley Stadium, "special" venues so-to-say...

having said that...yes, it would be brilliant up on the Pyramid. we can only hope!

[danilson]

Anyone got the Boss' new record yet? Mine is still in the post. Only heard Working On A Dream (not overly impressed) and The Wrestler (brilliant on the end credits of the film, sounded fantastic) but am dying to hear the rest.

[Petewasbristol]

Loving the new album at the moment. Its got some real crackers on it, amazing that someone can still do an album of such quality after so many years in the limelight. I think it sums up why Mr Springsteen could go down as one of the very best to have graced the Pyramid (When announced!)

Fave song on the new album:Outlaw Pete.....for namesake reasons of course

[danilson]

Loving the new album at the moment. Its got some real crackers on it, amazing that someone can still do an album of such quality after so many years in the limelight. I think it sums up why Mr Springsteen could go down as one of the very best to have graced the Pyramid (When announced!)

Fave song on the new album:Outlaw Pete.....for namesake reasons of course

[benisright]

Great...Play.com better get a shift on with my order!!!

[Homer]

I've had a crack at getting into Springsteen today and I must say it's going quite well. However, as someone who wants to download and listen to what he's LIKELY to play at Glast, he's very hard to nail down. Unlike Neil Young, where his setlist seems to stay 90% the same from gig to gig, BS seems to jump about all over the shop!

Anyone got any idea of which songs he plays live more regularly than others? I've got the big/recent singles as you'd have to expect that at a fest he'll take a slightly more inclusive approach.

[Dark Star]

Jungeland... the one thing that eclipses it for me every time is Racing In The Street.

I've seen Bruce and the ESB 7 times since 1999 and been lucky enough to see Jungleland 4 times, twice with Meeting Across The River before it.

I'm pinning my hopes for this summer on finally seeing a full band version of Incident On 57th Street.

Spanish Johnny drove in from the underworld last night

With bruised arms and broken rhythm in a beat-up old Buick

But dressed just like dynamite

He tried sellin' his heart to the hard girls over on Easy Street

But they sighed "Johnny it falls apart so easy and you know hearts these days are cheap"

And the pimps swung their axes and said "Johnny you're a cheater."

Well the pimps swung their axes and said "Johnny you're a liar"

And from out of the shadows came a young girl's voice said: "Johnny don't cry"

Puerto Rican Jane, oh won't you tell me what's your name.

I want to drive you down to the other side of town where paradise ain't so crowded, there'll be action goin' down on Shanty Lane tonight

All them golden-heeled fairies in a real bitch fight

Pull .38s and kiss the girls good night

Oh good night, it's alright Jane

Now let them black boys in to light the soul flame

We may find it out on the street tonight baby

Or we may walk until the daylight maybe

Well like a cool Romeo he made his moves, oh she looked so fine

Like a late Juliet she knew he'd never be true but then she really didn't mind

Upstairs a band was playin', the singer was singin' something about goin' home

She whispered, "Spanish Johnny, you can leave me tonight but just don't leave me alone"

And Johnny cried "Puerto Rican Jane, word is down the cops have found the vein"

Oh them barefoot boys left their homes for the woods

Them little barefoot street boys they say homes ain't no good

They left the corners, threw away all their switchblade knives and kissed each other good-bye

Johnny was sittin' on the fire escape watchin' the kids playin' down the street

He called down "Hey little heroes, summer's long but I guess it ain't very sweet around here anymore"

Janey sleeps in sheets damp with sweat, Johnny sits up alone and watches her dream on, dream on

And the sister prays for lost souls, then breaks down in the chapel after everyone's gone

Jane moves over to share her pillow but opens her eyes to see Johnny up and putting his clothes on

She says "Those romantic young boys

All they ever want to do is fight"

Those romantic young boys

They're callin' through the window

"Hey Spanish Johnny, you want to make a little easy money tonight?"

And Johnny whispered:

Good night, it's all tight Jane

I'll meet you tomorrow night on Lover's Lane

We may find it out on the street tonight baby

Or we may walk until the daylight maybe

[Originalshez]

I've had a crack at getting into Springsteen today and I must say it's going quite well. However, as someone who wants to download and listen to what he's LIKELY to play at Glast, he's very hard to nail down. Unlike Neil Young, where his setlist seems to stay 90% the same from gig to gig, BS seems to jump about all over the shop!

Anyone got any idea of which songs he plays live more regularly than others? I've got the big/recent singles as you'd have to expect that at a fest he'll take a slightly more inclusive approach.

[ferraristu]

Add to Certainties:

Dancing in the Dark

At least two from WOAD

This Land is Your Land (with Obama reference) - Live 75-85

Mary Place - The Rising

Add to probables:

Girls in their Summer Clothes - Magic

Thunder Road - Born to Run

4th July Asbury Park (Sandy) - Wild Innocent

Tenth Avenue Freeze Out - Born to Run

Racing in the Street - Darkness

I'm on Fire - Born in the USA

Reason to Believe - Nebraska

Hungry Heart - The River

Candy' Room - Darkness On the Edge

Please Please Please Please

Jungleland - Born To Run

Incident on 57th Street - The Wild The Innocent

Rosalita - Wild Innocent

Growin' up - Greetings from Asbury Park

Tougher Than the Rest - Tunnel of Love

The River - The River

Edited January 29, 2009 by ferraristu

[Jens Wildman]

I've had a crack at getting into Springsteen today and I must say it's going quite well. However, as someone who wants to download and listen to what he's LIKELY to play at Glast, he's very hard to nail down. Unlike Neil Young, where his set list seems to stay 90% the same from gig to gig, BS seems to jump about all over the shop!

Anyone got any idea of which songs he plays live more regularly than others? I've got the big/recent singles as you'd have to expect that at a fest he'll take a slightly more inclusive approach.

Edited January 29, 2009 by Jens Wildman

[benisright]

Well he'll definitely play american land

And he definitely wont play "this land is our land"....glastonbury is in ENGLAND. He can talk about america, but talk about america as if hes in america, aint going to happen.

[ferraristu]

Well he'll definitely play american land

And he definitely wont play "this land is our land"....glastonbury is in ENGLAND. He can talk about america, but talk about america as if hes in america, aint going to happen.

[zeppelin]

anyone know when springsteen's UK dates are being announced?

I'd heard they were due to be on sale tomorrow but not sure

[Jens Wildman]

anyone know when springsteen's UK dates are being announced?

I'd heard they were due to be on sale tomorrow but not sure

[eFestivals]

I believe that they're due to be announced next week.

However it's very possible that Glastonbury won't be included in what's announced.