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Drew Howard
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Posted 1 Feb 2009 5:36 pm |
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WOW NICE HALFTIME SHOW - did you see the move where the Boss drops to his knees and comes up on his toes?!
Love the guitar toss to the roadie!! Way better than the Stones Stupor Bowl XL half-time show in 06.
I totally forgot about the Steelers scoring!
I totally forgot about the Boss and Walmart!
Boss rocks more than a 20 year old!!
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Marc Jenkins
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 1 Feb 2009 5:44 pm
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My favorite part was when he slid on his knees and crotched the camera.
No really, that was pretty awesome. |
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Alvin Blaine
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Picture Rocks, Arizona, USA
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 1 Feb 2009 7:27 pm
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Great nail biter of a 4th quarter!
Poor Fitzgerald, he must be gob smacked, even with the record.
I thought it was great Jenifer Hudson got something positive
after a truly horrendous year for her. She can sing for sure.
Springsteen was in good form and the big man played some fine tenor.
They had fun with it, not too serious,
especially him and Lil Steven, hamming it up.
I though Harrison should have had 'Born To Run'
dedicated to him.
Guys playing his position don't get records
like this one too often.. like almost never..
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Russ Tkac
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Posted 2 Feb 2009 6:40 am
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Great show! I remember seeing him in 1978 at the Masonic Temple in Detroit. I was stunned then and I sill am.  |
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 2 Feb 2009 7:06 am
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The mix was terrible (or at least to my thinking). I couldn't hear or understand a lot of his words. I've never been to one of his concerts so I don't know how he really wants the mix.
But, there weren't any "dead" spots, he was at it for the entire 12 minutes. |
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Marc Jenkins
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 2 Feb 2009 8:31 am
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| Jack Stoner wrote: |
The mix was terrible (or at least to my thinking). I couldn't hear or understand a lot of his words. I've never been to one of his concerts so I don't know how he really wants the mix.
But, there weren't any "dead" spots, he was at it for the entire 12 minutes. |
The mix was, to my ear, exactly as I'd expect from a big rock band playing in front of thousands of yelling football fans; noisy, rough and messy.
The Faith Hill and Jennifer Hudson tunes were obviously lip-synched (apparently at the request of the producer) and therefore much cleaner. |
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 2 Feb 2009 9:03 am
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I watched it with the sound coming through my stereo system and studio monitors. The mix was pretty good for a quick setup halftime show without lip synch. Don’t know how it would sound on typical TV speakers. I thought his vocal was a little too strong for a rock band. Unlike country, where the vocal is always way out in front of the faint background stuff, since The Who and The Stones, rockers tend to prefer the energy of having the instruments compete with the vocals. You’re not necessarily supposed to be able to understand every word. It adds mystique to the usually stupid lyrics (of course Springsteen’s are some of the better lyrics). REM perfected the technique of the surrealistic unfathomable lyrics.
My drummer/singer friend who was watching with me had been amazed at Springsteen’s all-out assault on the vocals in concert a few years ago. He was shocked at how much of a wimpy old man he sounds like now in comparison. Much as I admire his athletic antics (great shape for a guy his age), he was clearly winded for the vocals. They compensated by turning up the vocals, but that just gave a clearer impression of him as a winded old man - it ain’t the same as his screaming torrent in the old days. And it didn't help that his antics took him out from behind the floor monitors at times and he lost the pitch a little.
This brought up for me the whole dilemma of the aging rock god. Rock has always been a youth music. In the early days there were no old rockers, simply because it hadn’t been around long enough for that. Now with the unfortunate exceptions of those who O.D.ed young, we have boatloads of old coots still out there flogging the public with their old stuff. Except for us aging baby boomers, it doesn’t work. When we were kids in the ‘50s and ‘60s, did we get off on Bing Crosby? Aging R&B and blues singers do okay. Their years just add to the character of people like B.B. King and John Lee Hooker. And when you go to the symphony, old guys with white hair (if any) and paunches lend credence to the seasoned virtuosity. But for a music built on youthful energy and rebellion, watching the stars grow old sadly detracts from the experience – unless maybe you’re as old as they are.
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chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 2 Feb 2009 9:54 am
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Drew Howard
From:
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Posted 2 Feb 2009 9:58 am
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After all the sliding, jumping, running and yelling BEFORE he sang a note I reckon the Boss was a tad winded!!! 
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Bo Borland
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Posted 2 Feb 2009 11:04 am
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I thought the show was very good. I like the way he uses old school floor monitors, no ear pieces and the guitar amps are laid way back... If you can't hear yourself you step back and the amps don't overpower the mikes.
Sure Bruce has lost some of the high notes but who hasn't? |
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Dave Mudgett
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Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 2 Feb 2009 12:07 pm
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I thought it sounded fine. It's rock and roll. I think Springsteen is aging the same way an old blues performer does - the music has gotten more introspective and interesting for someone who's been around the block. Who said rock and roll is only for kids? OK, some said, and some still say that. They're wrong. 
Older performers in any style lose some of the physical aspects - energy, technical virtuosity, or whatever. That includes classical, jazz, country, R&R, blues or anything else. But they gain other things.
I also think some younger listeners get it. Back in a day, I thought screaming bansheeism was only one side of rock and roll. There was always room for the more thoughtful side. IMHO. |
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Stu Schulman
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Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 2 Feb 2009 12:46 pm
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Springsteen is my favorite! Who was the B-3 player ?I miss Danny Federici.
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Russ Tkac
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Posted 2 Feb 2009 4:55 pm
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Drew, I'm with you. If I drop to my knees...I'm done.  |
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Chris LeDrew
From:
Canada
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Posted 10 Feb 2009 6:19 am
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"Step away from the Guacamole dip!!"
When he looked into the camera and yelled this into the mic, I just about fell off the couch!
He's certainly not the wiry kid who pranced around during the '78 footage of "Rosalita", but he still has the passion. Now....if someone could convince Steve Van Zandt to stop wearing tights and blouses, we'd be all set. He's been modeling maternity clothes for some time now. |
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