Jen and I saw Bruce Springsteen for the second time on this solo acoustic tour. Tonight’s show was the first show on this leg of the tour, following a couple weeks off. Here, to the best of my recollection, is the set list. Following the list if my little review:
- Idiot’s Delight
- Living Proof
- Devils & Dust
- My Father’s House
- Long Time Comin’
- Independence Day
- Two Faces
- Ain’t Got You
- Maria’s Bed
- Cautious Man
- Reno
- Nothing Man
- Real World
- Racing in the Street
- The Rising
- Further On (Up the Road)
- Jesus Was an Only Son
- This Hard Land
- Two Hearts
- Galveston Bay
- Matamoros Banks
ENCORE
- Growin’ Up
- The Ties That Bind
- The Promised Land
- Dream Baby Dream
All in all, a fantastic show. His voice was in perfect form, the crowd was into it, and the show was a lot more upbeat than the July 18 Buffalo show, which had a great set list and a lame audience. Idiot’s Delight was a powerful opener, with somewhat distorted and delayed vocals and a great electric guitar part. Long Time Comin’ is quickly becoming one of my favorites. When he announced that he was going to play a song “for the first time on this tour,” the crowd cheered. He said, “I don’t know why people always cheer. I’ve played about 120 songs on this tour, which means you’re going to miss about 100 of them. But I’ve thought about it, and these are the best 20. There’s a system.” Then he played Independence Day. Further On Up The Road was very intense. The encore was great — Bruce changed some lyrics in Growin’ Up, I think. I know he also changed them in ain’t got you (from “king’s ransom for doin’ what comes naturally” to “king’s ransom for doin’ what I’d do for free”).
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