The "Magic" is missing

Here's the setlist...

Setlist:
No Surrender
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
Adam Raised a Cain
Gypsy Biker
Magic
Reason to Believe
Because the Night
She's the One
Livin' in the Future
The Promised Land
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The River
Devil's Arcade
The Rising
Last to Die
Long Walk Home
Badlands
* * *
Girls in Their Summer Clothes
Thunder Road
Jungleland
Detroit Medley
Born to Run
Dancing in the Dark
American Land

Of the new songs, Radio Nowhere and Livin' in the Future both stood out -- Devil's Arcade not so much.

 

Saw the set list on backstreets... did not realize Because the Night --- a rarity -- also was in there. And a 2-hour, 40 minute show, nice.

 

Caught him the other night and he killed, as usual.

What really got me was my own reaction to him. Sure he looks a little older, and I'm not sure how much longer Clarence Clemons is going to hold up. He definitely sat out a few tunes in an easy chair on the side of the stage.

Admittedly I love just about everything he's ever done, but when he whipped into Born to Run, the goose bumps popped out, and stayed there. Maybe it's the memory of what I was doing 2-3 decades ago when that came out, but it still got to me.

 

St. Patty's night in Milwaukee rocked:

Last night in Conseco:

Night
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
Prove It All Night
Gypsy Biker
Magic
Reason To Believe
Rendezvous: Tour Premiere (Danny Federici returns to the stage for the first time since last autumn)
Growin' Up
Because The Night
She's The One
Livin' In The Future
The Promised Land
Spirit In The Night
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Devil's Arcade
The Rising
Last To Die
Long Walk Home
Badlands

Backstreets
Kitty's Back
Born To Run
Dancing In The Dark
American Land

24 songs, most of the tour so far.

Tomorrow, Cincinnati. Monday, Columbus.

 

Federici was being treated for cancer, right?

 

Yeah, malignant melanoma. He looked a little thinner, but otherwise pretty good, Thursday night. He played about half the show.

 

Tonight in Cincy:


1. Darlington County
2. Radio Nowhere
3. Lonesome Day
4. Gypsy Biker
5. Magic
6. Reason to Believe
7. Candy's Room
8. Prove it All Night
9. She's the One
10. Livin' in the Future
11. The Promised Land
12. Be True
13. LOST IN THE FLOOD
14 Devil's Arcade
15 The Rising
16. Last to Die
17. Long Walk Home
18. Badlands

19. GLORY DAYS
20. Born To Run
21. Dancing in the Dark
22. American Land

(Band leaves stage, lights come up, crowd starts filing out, 5 minute delay)

Springsteen returns to stage, says, "hell, we only played two hours!," followed by return of full band -- crowd rushes back to seats

23. Kitty's Back

 

Monday in Columbus, the last stop on my midwest mini-tour:

1. The Ties That Bind
2. Radio Nowhere
3. Lonesome Day
4. Adam Raised a Cain
5. Gypsy Biker
6. SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT ( Tour premiere )
7. Reason To Believe
8. YOU'LL BE COMING DOWN ( World Premiere )
9. Because The Night
10. She's The One
11. Livin' in The Future
12. The Promised Land
13. SHERRY DARLIN' ( Tour Premiere )
14. Incident On 57th Street
15. Devil's Arcade
16. The Rising
17. Last to Die
18. Long Walk Home
19. Badlands

20. Girls In Their Summer Clothes
21. Born To Run
22. Rosalita
23. Glory Days
24.American Land

 

One of the top 3 fan ESB sing-a-long moments-- When the band stops playing and the crowd goes "hey, hey, hey what you say Sherry Darling" before the band kicks back.
Number 2 -- "tonight in Jungleland"
Number 1 -- "show a little faith . . . "

 

au contraire my esteemed collegue. Those are the top three audience participation moments.
Do the "blow away" spots in Badlands come in at No. 4 on your list? If not, do they at least make the Top 5? Or is No.4 on your list the entire first verse of Hungry Heart?

Top sing-a-long moments happen during almost every song. For instance, you hear nearly everyone singing-a-long to "Good night it's all right Jane" (during Incident), or every word during Born to Run, or "mister I ain't a boy now I'm a man and I believe in a Promised Land', and many, many more.

 

ESJ, since I am the emperor of the world which exists in my mind, I get to choose.

 

Webster, fair enough. So which do you choose?