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From: 54326jj@hou2f.UUCP (J.JOHNSON)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Bruce Springsteen
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Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 16:49:11 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 20 16:49:11 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 01:23:00 EDT
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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
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