{"id":186,"date":"2003-09-09T22:22:00","date_gmt":"2003-09-10T03:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertxgillis.com\/?p=186"},"modified":"2014-01-10T19:26:20","modified_gmt":"2014-01-11T00:26:20","slug":"bruce-springsteen-at-fenway-park-september-6-and-7-2003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertxgillis.com\/?p=186","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Springsteen at Fenway Park September 6 and 7, 2003"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertxgillis.com\/uploaded_images\/bruce1-701260.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertxgillis.com\/uploaded_images\/bruce1-799804.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Bruce Springsteen at Fenway Park September 6 and 7, 2003<br \/>\nby Robert Gillis<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Note: Not so much a review as a gushing fanboy reaction to what had to be the most or<\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">gasmic set of Springsteen shows, EVER. EVER.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND<br \/>\nFENWAY PARK, BOSTON<\/p>\n<p>IT&#8217;S BOSS TIME! WELCOME TO BOSS-TOWN!<\/p>\n<p>September 6 Set list: Take Me Out to the Ballgame\/Diddy Wah Diddy\/The Rising\/Lonesome Day\/Be True\/The Ties That Bind\/Empty Sky\/You&#8217;re Missing\/Waitin&#8217; on a Sunny Day\/Janey Don&#8217;t You Lose Heart\/Because the Night\/Badlands\/No Surrender\/Out in the Street\/Mary&#8217;s Place\/Across the Border\/Into the Fire\/The Promised Land. First Encore: Bobby Jean\/Hungry Heart\/Ramrod\/Born to Run\/Seven Nights to Rock. Second Encore: My City of Ruins\/Born in the U.S.A.\/Rosalita\/Dancing in the Dark\/Dirty Water (with Peter Wolf)<\/p>\n<p>September 7 Set list: Diddy Wah Diddy\/The Rising\/Lonesome Day\/Adam Raised a Cain\/Something in the Night\/Empty Sky\/Waitin&#8217; on a Sunny Day\/Spirit in the Night\/For You\/Because the Night\/She&#8217;s the One\/Badlands\/Mary&#8217;s Place\/Frankie\/Jungleland\/Into the Fire\/Thunder Road. First Encore: Further On Up the Road\/Glory Days\/Born to Run\/Seven Nights to Rock. Second Encore: My City of Ruins\/Born in the U.S.A.\/Rosalita\/Dancing in the Dark\/Dirty Water (with Peter Wolf)<\/p>\n<p>Song thoughts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Waitin&#8217; on a Sunny Day (Steve did some of the words).<\/li>\n<li>Because the Night (Sue didn&#8217;t know Bruce wrote this &#8212; excellent song)<\/li>\n<li>Out in the Street (Oh, oh! Oh, oh!)<\/li>\n<li>Mary&#8217;s Place (Band Intros)<\/li>\n<li>Across the Border (Liked it but don&#8217;t remember it)<\/li>\n<li>Into the Fire (God this gives me chills).<\/li>\n<li>Ramrod (Let&#8217;s roadhouse!)<\/li>\n<li>Seven Nights to Rock (God I love this song)<\/li>\n<li>Second Encore: My City of Ruins (Bruce on piano, he mentioned the Boston Food Pantry)<\/li>\n<li>Born in the U.S.A. (full blow out!) (Prefaced by the PSA about holding our leaders accountable)<\/li>\n<li>Adam Raised a Cain (Yeah!)<\/li>\n<li>Something in the Night (Definitely a show for the fans!)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Do you feel the spirit???&#8221; Spirit in the Night<\/li>\n<li>She&#8217;s the One (He loves the fans)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Are you ready?&#8221; &#8220;Haven&#8217;t done this one in a while, we&#8217;ll see how it goes.&#8221; Frankie\/Jungleland (Crowd went INSANE) (Best show ever)<\/li>\n<li>Dirty Water (with Peter Wolf) an incredible ending to the show with Springsteen screaming, &#8220;Boston you&#8217;re my home!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Diddy Wah Diddy (I like this song &#8212; very sultry and great rock!)<\/li>\n<li>Glory Days (Best Show ever)<\/li>\n<li>Dirty Water (Best show ever)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The first concert EVER at Fenway Park! Fenway! I stood on the field at FENWAY! How cool is that! Dad would have loved it!<\/li>\n<li>Bruce literally howling at the moon and the video superimposing the moon over Steve and Bruce howling at it.<\/li>\n<li>The entire Fenway area was bustling with excitement. I thought of Dad every now and then. I remembered the Sox game he took me to years ago. I wish we&#8217;d gone to more games.<\/li>\n<li>Bruce said it was a &#8220;lovely privilege&#8221; to play in the heart of Boston and felt the &#8220;soul of the city&#8221; in Fenway.<\/li>\n<li>The scoreboard had been changed to just read &#8220;Bruce Springsteen.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Of Fenway, Springsteen said, that there aren&#8217;t many places where &#8220;you can feel the soul of a city, but this is one of those places.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>He described those &#8220;evil citizens&#8221; and &#8220;greedy bastards&#8221; from &#8220;New . . . New . . . New Haven &#8230; New &#8230; New &#8230; Haven, Connecticut!&#8221; as the crowd laughed at his refraining from saying New York (but we knew what he meant).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>September 7, 2003: Best &#8230; Show &#8230; EVER<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertxgillis.com\/uploaded_images\/banner-745944.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertxgillis.com\/uploaded_images\/banner-744698.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce Springsteen at Fenway Park September 6 and 7, 2003 by Robert Gillis Note: Not so much a review as a gushing fanboy reaction to what had to be the most orgasmic set of Springsteen shows, EVER. EVER. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND FENWAY PARK, BOSTON IT&#8217;S BOSS TIME! WELCOME TO BOSS-TOWN! 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