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From: lkk@teddy.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: BRUCE at Giants Stadium 8/18...spoiler
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Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 18:22:12 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 20 18:22:12 1985
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Reply-To: lkk@teddy.UUCP (Larry K. Kolodney)
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Evan Marcus' description of the energy and atmosphere at the
SPringsteen concert reminded me a lot of a description of a Dead show.

Even though the two bands play very different music, and have very different 
types of audiences there seem to be many parallels:

1.  Emotional rapport with the audience.

2.  Concern for fans and vice versa.

3.  Hard working (4 hour concerts)

4.  Fan Comraderie.


Maybe in 20 years there'll be Springsteen-heads following him 
around the country, and they will pay their way by selling
home made denim jackets and bandanas?


Of course there are *so* many important differences.  only time
will tell I suppose.

-- 

Sport Death,
Larry Kolodney
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