A look back to my Facebook blog from last Summer...
Managed to cross another 'must see band' from my list (which doesnt have much left on it now!) at the 'Hard Rock Calling' festival in Hyde Park - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band!
Had a pretty patchy support lineup to get through first...
Opening the show was Beauvoir/Free who I had no godly idea who they were. Some post research shows they are Jean Beauvior who was an ex member of the Plasmatics and produced albums for the Ramones, and has written songs for KISS, The Pretenders and Lionel Richie! Micki Free was in Shalamar! Anyway they played for a while and were quite entertaining but ultimately pretty forgettable.
Next up were The Gaslight Anthem who were fantastic, the crowd loved them and they played their arses off. And then they brought Bruce out to join them on 'The '59 Sound', a great set and a great atmosphere throughout.
Following that sadly was James Morrison. Imagine you had just seen a great set from an up and coming band which had generated a great atmosphere. Then imagine someone comes onstage after and shoots a puppy. He was fucking shit and I have no idea whose dick he sucked to get on the bill because he had no business being there. One dreary 'not quite indie' song followed another with only a few pockets of support from the obvious housewives. It also rained from when his started to when it ended. Which couldnt come soon enough. Urgh. What a twat.
So it was up to Dave Matthews Band to turn things back around which they eventually did. I really liked them and will have to get their albums. Matthews is a great frontman and by the end they had the crowd loving them too. Good stuff. They played...
Pantala Naga Pampa
Rapunzel
Don't Drink The Water
Why I Am
Funny The Way It Is
Crash Into Me
You Might Die Trying
Alligator Pie
Two Step
Ants Marching
All Along The Watchtower
Then it was time...Boss Time! I do not have enough superlatives for how amazing it was. Songs I never thought I would hear live...ever! Over 3 solid hours. The singer from The Gaslight Anthem joined the band for No Surrender. The place going mental for Born To Run, the atmosphere for Racing In The Streets and Jungleland. I may sound like a Vietnam vet but you had to be there maaaan. The only downside I read is that Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora were gonna come onstage for a song but the curfew meant it had to be axed! Never mind, doesnt detract from the show. The heartstopping, pants-dropping, houserocking, earth-shaking, booty-quaking, Viagra-taking, lovemaking legendary E Street Band played...
London Calling
Badlands
Night
She's The One
Outlaw Pete
Out In The Street
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Youngstown
Good Lovin'
Bobby Jean
Trapped
No Surrender
Waitin' On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Racing In The Streets
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
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Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
Hard Times
Jungleland
American Land
Glory Days
Dancing In The Dark
Had a pretty patchy support lineup to get through first...
Opening the show was Beauvoir/Free who I had no godly idea who they were. Some post research shows they are Jean Beauvior who was an ex member of the Plasmatics and produced albums for the Ramones, and has written songs for KISS, The Pretenders and Lionel Richie! Micki Free was in Shalamar! Anyway they played for a while and were quite entertaining but ultimately pretty forgettable.
Next up were The Gaslight Anthem who were fantastic, the crowd loved them and they played their arses off. And then they brought Bruce out to join them on 'The '59 Sound', a great set and a great atmosphere throughout.
Following that sadly was James Morrison. Imagine you had just seen a great set from an up and coming band which had generated a great atmosphere. Then imagine someone comes onstage after and shoots a puppy. He was fucking shit and I have no idea whose dick he sucked to get on the bill because he had no business being there. One dreary 'not quite indie' song followed another with only a few pockets of support from the obvious housewives. It also rained from when his started to when it ended. Which couldnt come soon enough. Urgh. What a twat.
So it was up to Dave Matthews Band to turn things back around which they eventually did. I really liked them and will have to get their albums. Matthews is a great frontman and by the end they had the crowd loving them too. Good stuff. They played...
Pantala Naga Pampa
Rapunzel
Don't Drink The Water
Why I Am
Funny The Way It Is
Crash Into Me
You Might Die Trying
Alligator Pie
Two Step
Ants Marching
All Along The Watchtower
Then it was time...Boss Time! I do not have enough superlatives for how amazing it was. Songs I never thought I would hear live...ever! Over 3 solid hours. The singer from The Gaslight Anthem joined the band for No Surrender. The place going mental for Born To Run, the atmosphere for Racing In The Streets and Jungleland. I may sound like a Vietnam vet but you had to be there maaaan. The only downside I read is that Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora were gonna come onstage for a song but the curfew meant it had to be axed! Never mind, doesnt detract from the show. The heartstopping, pants-dropping, houserocking, earth-shaking, booty-quaking, Viagra-taking, lovemaking legendary E Street Band played...
London Calling
Badlands
Night
She's The One
Outlaw Pete
Out In The Street
Working On A Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Youngstown
Good Lovin'
Bobby Jean
Trapped
No Surrender
Waitin' On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Racing In The Streets
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born To Run
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Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
Hard Times
Jungleland
American Land
Glory Days
Dancing In The Dark
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