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Bruce Springsteen, Clarence Clemons, and Nils Lofgren performing in Japan during the Born in the USA Tour, April 1985. Photo by Neal Preston.
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Nils Lofgren, Neil Young, and Bruce Springsteen in 1986 ©️ Ken Friedman
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Bruce Springsteen with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Nils Lofgren - Hungry Heart (1986 Bridge School Benefit)
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Round Two
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Defeated opponents: Prince and The Revolution
Formed in: 1972
Genres: Rock, rock and roll
Lineup: Bruce Springsteen – lead vocals, guitars, harmonica, keyboards
Clarence Clemons – backing vocals; tenor, baritone, and soprano saxophones; percussion
Garry Tallent – backing vocals, bass
Roy Bittan – piano, accordion, keyboards
Danny Federici – backing vocals, organ, accordion, electronic glockenspiel
Max Weinberg – drums, percussion
Nils Lofgren – backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, accordion
Patti Scialfa – harmony and backing vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, synthesizers
Albums from the 80s:
The River (1980)
Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
Live 1975/85 (1986)
Tunnel of Love (1987)
Propaganda: When you think of American rock in the 80s, you think of Bruce. And Bruce made the majority of his best music with the E Street Band.
Depeche Mode
Defeated opponents: Anthrax
Formed in: 1980
Genres: Synth-pop, electronic rock, new wave, dark wave, alternative rock
Lineup: Dave Gahan - vocals
Martin Gore - guitar and keyboard
Alan Wilder - drums and keyboard
Andy Fletcher - bass
Albums from the 80s:
Speak & Spell (1981)
A Broken Frame (1982)
Construction Time Again (1983)
Some Great Reward (1984)
Black Celebration (1986)
Music for the Masses (1987)
Propaganda: The music. The LOOKS. The voice. (The sexual tension?) And they’re still going strong. My colleague saw them in the UK when they were only starting out and said they were so nervous. I find the juxtaposition of the confidence of their sound (not to mention the black leather) and that anecdote really endearing.
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#round 2#bruce springsteen and the e street band#depeche mode#bruce springsteen#clarence clemons#garry tallent#roy bittan#danny federici#max weinberg#nils lofgren#patti scialfa#dave gahan#martin gore#alan wilder#andy fletcher#the hottest 80s band tournament#the hottest 80s band tourney
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Bruce & Nils
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#bruce your bobbie s#bruce springsteen#song: shout#nils being such a pal helping out...#@themagikrat on yt uploaded this#nils lofgren#concert: 2014-05-01 tampa
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this is SO funny
nils lofgren trying to convince everyone that he can totally be in two tours at once as long as he's given complete control of the schedules of two aging superstars
#i believe in him. he could have made it work against all the odds#nils lofgren#bruce springsteen#neil young#backstreets posting
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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 1988
#beautiful singer#beautiful men#beautiful singers#bruce springsteen and the e street band#bruce springsteen#clarence clemons#roy bittan#little steven#garry w tallent#max weinberg#danny federici#nils lofgren#boom boom
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BRIDGE SCHOOL BENEFIT 1986 — DVD (probably converted from VHS) of the Bridge School Benefit Concert on October 13th, 1986. Features performances from Neil Young + CSNY, Nils Lofgren, Don Henley, Tom Petty, & Bruce Springsteen. Notably this is David's first performance with Stills, Nash, & Young since his prison release.
#uploads#neil young#csny#don henley#nils lofgren#bruce springsteen#tom petty#links#stephen stills#david crosby#graham nash
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Stills, Nash, Crosby, Springsteen, young, and Lofgren, 1986
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Nils Lofgren *June 21, 1951
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ITS JOEY KRAMER AND NILS LOFGREN’S BIRTHDAY TODAYY YIPPIEEE YAYAYA EVERYONE SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THEMMM🩷🩷
#joey kramer#nils lofgren#aerosmith#e street band#crazy horse#ringo starr & his all starr band#happy birthday
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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio, April 21, 2024
As he led the E Street Band through “Twist and Shout,” Bruce Springsteen betrayed a roached voice much as John Lennon had when the Beatles cut their version 60 years earlier.
But, like Lennon’s, Springsteen’s voice benefitted from its battered state - conveying joy and conviction, not exhaustion.
The house lights were on and the heart-stoppin’, pants-droppin’, hard-rockin’, Earth-quakin’, booty-shakin’, love-makin’, Viagra-takin’, history-makin’ - legendary - E Street Band had already been on stage for three hours April 21 as it played its twice-postponed-in-2023 gig inside Columbus, Ohio’s, Nationwide Arena to close the U.S. leg of its 2024 spring tour. Springsteen, who at 74 retains the energy and voice - acrobatic with guttural growls and falsetto cries - of a much-younger man, was sweat-soaked, his tie tucked into his blue shirt, his vest now removed, returned alone to close the show with an acoustic version of “I’ll See You in My Dreams.”
Death is not the end, he sang, while proving the life-affirming nature of live music.
Though the band could’ve phoned it in, the expanded 18-piece - augmented with four-voice choir and five-piece horn section - instead brought a loud hailer, opening the 30-song, 185-minute set with a grimy version of “Youngstown,” the first of a handful of tour debuts that included “Streets of Fire” and “I’m Goin’ Down.” That some songs were slowed by a quarter-step seems to have been the only acknowledgement of age.
So, if these guys are actually taking Viagra, it isn’t because of on-stage impotence. The band is so hot that even relatively weak songs like “Bobby Jean” and “Dancing in the Dark” are splendid in the moment.
A few scattered empty seats did nothing to temper the raucous atmosphere inside the hockey arena. Fans hoisted signs - “I’m Mary, thanks for all the songs” was among the best - and Springsteen sung a line of “Thunder Road” to a woman who’d been dancing furiously in front of the stage all evening, causing her to light up like a strobe. Though there was no crowd surfing during “Hungry Heart” - dude is 74, remember - Springsteen did go into the audience during “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out” as images of late E Streeters Clarence Clemons and Danny Federici shone on the house video screens.
Back on stage, the living celebrated being alive. Steven Van Zandt played a guitar emblazoned with the Ukraine flag during “No Surrender.” Fellow guitarist Nils Lofgren spun like the Tasmanian Devil as he unspooled his “Because the Night” solo. And Jake Clemons served as Springsteen’s saxophone-blowing foil and conjured Uncle Clarence’s spirit throughout the night, thus garnering some of the crowd’s loudest adulation.
One of those moments came during a religious-experience rendering of “Spirit in the Night,” when Clemons sat on the stage and Springsteen literally leaned on his bandmate. The music temporally settled before exploding like a supernova and the climax. This was the greatest E Street moment Sound Bites has witnessed since the Band reunited for the 1995 Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
“Last Man Standing,” with Springsteen on acoustic accompanied by trombone, was a nod to his earliest bandmates, all gone now. “Trapped” was a singalong on the choruses. “She’s the One” borrowed the Bo Diddley beat. “Wrecking Ball” transformed the arena into the charismatic church of E Street. “Rosalita (Come out Tonight)” found the group mugging and celebrating with the faithful on a small chunk of stage that jutted into the general-admission pit. And the vaunted “Detroit Medley” once again demonstrated that if you have rock ’n’ roll in your life, your life has the potential to be heaven at any given moment.
Grade card: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at Nationwide Arena - 4/21/24 - A
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4/22/24
#bruce springsteen#bruce springsteen and the e street band#steven van zandt#nils lofgren#neil young & crazy horse#jimmy cliff#2024 concerts#the beatles
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Nils Lofgren _ Valentine
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