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Artist Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band
Title Live in NYC
Label Columbia Records
Reviewer Vinnie Apicella
Rating
This one starts out like a house of fire. In fact, for the throngs of supporters who turned out in NY's Madison Square Garden for this year ago performance, that's probably a good analogy of what it must have been like. I've never seen Springsteen live, with renowned band or solo, nor have I been an avid follower of his music but I respect what he's accomplished and support him as one of the true American originals. On the performance level, as evidenced on this brand new double-live rendition, there are few who can match the passion and absolute power delivered by Bruce and the band. Climbing back in the saddle with the long awaited reunion, the band roar through their many golden moments spanning countless albums and twenty-plus years worth of Rock and Roll magic.

"My Love Will Not Let You Down," like many that've risen from his pen, preaches of hope and optimism in the face of despair and one that could easily become a future staple for its highly anthemic and uptempo quality that leaves you bracing for more before having even had a moment to settle into your seat. And anyone left still sitting after that one most certainly found the ambition to rise in unison for another unexpected classic "Prove It All Night," one of my early favorites and here, a rousing rendition that climaxes to a deafening roar of approval.

Cruising through the set, Bruce and the band revisited many familiar stomping grounds-an extended version of "The River," "Badlands," "Out in the Street," and "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" much to the delight of the listeners who by this point basically obscure the "Boss" himself -- while making a few new stops along the way for the bluesy "Youngstown," the seriously themed "Murder Incorporated," and "American Skin (41 Shots)."

Disc two features six tracks culled from additional performances along the way and features long time classic "Jungleland," and a booming rendition of "Born in the U.S.A!" While it may be said and fairly obvious that the sum is greater than the whole of its parts, in taking nothing away from this band as individual performers, there's just an inestimable degree of magic that happens when they perform together. Captured on one memorable occasion at no more famous place in the world, hear Bruce and the E Streeters prove it all over again.

 


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Robert R. Lewis


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