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Live At The Apollo

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band startet the Wrecking Ball tour with an intimate show at the Apollo Theater last night.

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Live At The Apollo

I found this image on the web, that reminded me a lot of one of the greatest live ablum of all times:

James Brown Live At The Apollo Theater


And here’s the setlist from Springsteens show:

Setlist Apollo Theater

A video from “Death To My Hometown” is currently up on www.brucespringsteen.net

Springsteen 21st Century

Tried to create a kind of a “Best Of” playlist of Springsteen’s 21st century albums. But from his five studio albums only 13 songs made it on the list:

Nothing Man
Empty Sky
Worlds Apart
Further On (Up The Road)
The Fuse
Paradise
Devils & Dust
All The Way Home
Long Time Comin’
Leah
O Mary Don’t You Weep
Long Walk Home
The Wrestler

To my suprise I rediscovered “The Rising” and “Devils & Dust”. Six songs from the post 9/11 album and four from the second - almostly acoustic - album made it on the list. The last three songs are form the last three albums… enough said ;)

But there were two remarkable bonus tracks:

The Ghost of Tom Joad /w Tom Morello
How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live

and

the live document “Live In Dublin” which shows the exceptional quality of Springsteen - Live Music!
Hopes had been high that the new album will get him back on rock and not pop, but…

So let’s wait for great shows Furthern On Up The Road.

No - I don’t want to talk about Stings music!But his free iPad app 25 Years is a great example on how to use the possibilities of the new media.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sting-25/id478115302?mt=8
Watch Springsteens live performance of I Hung My Head. The men knows how to play a guitar solo.
p.s. Yes, Lady Gaga can sing ;)

No - I don’t want to talk about Stings music!
But his free iPad app 25 Years is a great example on how to use the possibilities of the new media.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sting-25/id478115302?mt=8

Watch Springsteens live performance of I Hung My Head. The men knows how to play a guitar solo.

p.s. Yes, Lady Gaga can sing ;)

Tiny Desk Concerts

Du sitzt an deinem Arbeitsplatz und kannst dich nicht entscheiden, mit welcher Musik du den Büroalltag erträglich gestalten kannst? Dann stell dir vor, dass eine Band dein Büro stürmt, die Instrumente auspackt und statt Kopfhörermusik gibt es diese Live.

Das ist gar nicht so abwegig, denn bei NPR Musics Tiny Desk Concerts passiert genau das regelmäßig. Künstler diversester Stilrichtungen machen ihre musikalische Aufwartung im NPR Büro: Beirut, Jakob Dylan, Los Lobos, Noah & The Whale, … oder ganz aktuell die Konzertpianistin Jenny Lin.

Um etwas Live-Gefühl auch ins eigene Büro zu holen, steht das Bürokonzert im Internet als Video oder Audio bereit. Und als Draufgabe kann es auch als Podcast abonniert werden.