All About The Boss at MSG

Thursday night I had the good fortune to be in attendance at Bruce Springsteen's only show for the Seeger Sessions tour at Madison Square Garden*. The show was nothing short of phenomenal. Bruce had us all in the palm of his hands for the duration of his 2.5+ hr show. He started off the night with a new track he's never performed before, may be something along the lines of an old Pete Seeger song with new lyrics, this is developing news for Bossfans. He played a solo acoustic version of "Bring 'Em Home" which was absolutely exceptional and moving. The audience deferred to Bruce by singing along softly at the start, then the spirit basically overcame us and we shook the entire arena.

"My City Of Ruins" was really something. It's been a standout at every show I've heard him play it, but in NYC it was positively profound. Bruce wrote this song in the wake of 9/11 for The Rising about the grief and loss experienced by those who lost loved ones that day as well as the universal grief and shock felt by the rest of us; it is essentially a song about giving yourself over in faith to heal when you don't feel like you can go on. This song felt so personal to the NYC audience. The crowd seemed to be waving their hands in the air by reflex as Bruce guided us, the audience, to unity through his song.

Here's a link to some videos of songs from this tour-
http://music.aol.com/artist/bruce-springsteen/5505/video









* Only show scheduled so far, that is. The way this tour is taking off, I don't doubt he'll come back around the States for another leg of the tour this fall.