So if it is true that my encounter with the Beatles was my musical Pentecost, it would also be true that my first Springsteen concert was like Easter: it raised me from the dead and set me on a new path of living an ever more integrated and joy-filled life. Right out of the gate, the Boss man launched into Born in the USA ~ one of my all-time favorites (that will show up in the "political" side of Springsteen posting yet to come.) But then, a la Van Morrison meets Martha Reeves and the Vandellas at their kick-ass best, it was party time in Detroit and the E Street Band asked to us come Out in the Street.
That show also included a bunch of others that have become favorites over the years including: Rosalita, Sherry Darling, Spirit in the Night and one of the sexiest, funniest, shake your booty good-time tunes ever: RAMROD.
About 8 years later, I saw the band in Cleveland and they did a long groove on The E Street Shuffle that is waaay fun to dance to ~ and falls into that other category of extended story/dance grooves. More than 10 years after that they reclaimed the same fun party spirit with Girls in Summer Clothes, Waitin' on a Sunny Day and Mary's Place (that can be just a hoot in concert.)
And last but never least are the remakes that sometimes grace the encores of a Springsteen concert: damn, if they aren't a party unto themselves. He's done a killer mix of Mona/She's the One that is to die for ~ he makes it happen with Quarter to Three ~ his Twist and Shout is pretty righteous ~ but the Boss has come to own something called the Detroit Medley ~ that sometimes includes some Creedence and who knows what else? It is all just flat out PARTY music and it sets your soul free... which is a pretty fine gift to this broken world, yeah?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
a blue december offering: sunday, december 22 @ 3 pm
This coming Sunday, 12/22, we reprise our Blue December presentation at Richmond Congregational Church, (515 State Rd, Richmond, MA 01254) a...
-
There is a story about St. Francis and the Sultan - greatly embellished to be sure and often treated in apocryphal ways in the 2 1st centur...
-
NOTE: Here are my Sunday worship notes for the Feast of the Epiphany. They are a bit late - in theory I wasn't going to do much work ...
No comments:
Post a Comment