Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site hou2f.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!hou2f!54326jj From: 54326jj@hou2f.UUCP (J.JOHNSON) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Bruce Springsteen Message-ID: <515@hou2f.UUCP> Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 16:49:11 EDT Article-I.D.: hou2f.515 Posted: Tue Aug 20 16:49:11 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 01:23:00 EDT Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 56 I just read Evan Marcus' comments on The Boss' concert, and I too, would like to make some comments. I also saw Bruce at Giants Stadium on 8/18. Four of us arrived there at 5:00, and we didn't do any tailgating! We waited an hour and 15 minutes before the gates were opened. This is where I'd like to flame a bit. The Meadowlands has the worst system I have ever seen for letting people in to see a concert. They have all sorts of gates that could be opened, so people could stroll in. Instead, they wait forever to open the gates, and when they do, one gate will open instead of two. As a result, 20,000 people are trying to squeeze through a 20-foot wide space. And you wonder why problems can arise! The same thing happens at the Byrne Arena. It's a shame the disrespect we rockers receive from the officials! Anyway, now that I got that off my chest, back to the show. Bruce was great, as usual. I have seen him a few times before, at the Byrne Arena, and at Nassau Coliseum. I think Bruce is just as intimate with a crowd of 65,000 as he is with a crowd of 20,000 or less. Since my seats were behind the stage, pretty high up, the sound could have been a little better, though I was surprised at the quality of the sound for such a big place. The screens were absolutely no good for us fans behind the stage. Because we were behind the stage, the BIG MAN's sax playing didn't come through as clearly as in an indoor arena. We also got an echo, which I don't know if people in other parts of the stadium heard. I would have liked to have heard more from The Wild ..., but I guess we can't hear everything! Everything he played was fabulous, and he is a great storyteller, and a real sincere man. The E Street Band is a great band, they have just as much energy as The Boss himself. The show ended at 11:55 p.m. (as opposed to the 11:45 that Evan stated). The only thing that surprised me was that the crowd did not try to get him back out after his second encore. Most shows I go to the crowd tries their best to get the performer back out. But as soon as Bruce ended with Sherry Darling and said good night and walked off, everybody started to leave! This is the first time I have ever witnessed anything like this!! By the way, I am going back to see Bruce on Thursday, 8/22. One can never get too much Bruce Juice!! I am also interested in seeing more comments on his shows! Jo-Ann Johnson AT&T Bell Labs Holmdel, NJ hou2f!54326jj