Penthouse Pet Of The Year Playoff 2005 21
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May 17 / Philadelphia, PA / Tower TheatreNotes: Nice to see some things don't change: 30 years ago, touring for Born to Run, Springsteen played a four-night stand at Philly's Tower Theatre; tonight, as on the Ghost of Tom Joad tour, he returned to this nearly 80-year-old venue. "It's great to be back at the Tower," he said, adding that the alley out back had given him flashbacks. Of course, Springsteen's 2005 model is quite a different evening at the theater, and despite his usual penchant for his older tunes in Philly, Bruce played not a single song from that 1975 stand -- "Incident" was the only song in tonight's set that even dated back that far. But it's not like there wasn't anything for the aficionados: "This is something I recorded for the Darkness record, and have never played before... something special for the Tower." And with that, at the piano, he went into "The Iceman," the long-cherished outtake that finally surfaced on Tracks in 1998, here a live world premiere. We can exhale, as "Real World" finally returned to the set (where we hope it stays) as an audible. And a tour debut kicked off the encore, a reworking of "Ramod" on acoustic guitar and harmonica -- a light, upbeat arrangement that borrowed the tune from Nick Lowe's "Half a Boy and Half a Man." So though "Wreck on the Highway" stayed in, tonight wasn't quite as dark as the previous pair of arena shows. Not as much talk from Springsteen (could be he was biting his tongue -- it was a rowdy crowd), but lots of subtle musical differences (like a new intro to "Further On") keep the show moving forward as we near the end of the U.S. leg.Setlist: My Beautiful Reward**/Reason to Believe/Devils & Dust/Youngstown/Empty Sky/Black Cowboys/The Iceman*/Incident on 57th Street*/Part Man, Part Monkey/Maria's Bed/Silver Palomino/Reno/Wreck on the Highway***/Real World*/The Rising/Further On (Up the Road)/Jesus Was an Only Son*/Leah/The Hitter/Matamoros Banks//Ramrod/Land of Hope and Dreams/The Promised Land/Dream Baby Dream***=piano**=pump organ***=electric piano
April 10 / Asbury Park, NJ / The Stone PonyPrivate RCDS benefitNotes: For the fourth April running, Springsteen played a small, private benefit show on Sunday night for an audience of Rumson Country Day School parents and teachers. He was backed once again by Bobby Bandiera and his band (a very similar line-up to the 2004 holiday jams), who gave the crowd a taste of "Wipeout" and "The Wanderer" before Bruce took the stage for Wilson Pickett's "634-5789." Despite that start, the 2005 Annual Bar Bash wasn't nearly the cover-fest of previous years. While Springsteen did pull out a few golden oldies, he concentrated far more on his own catalog, and the setlist shared many songs with those December 2004 Harry's Roadhouse shows ("Two Hearts," "Spirit in the Night," "Rendezvous," "All That Heaven Will Allow," et al). Southside Johnny played a bigger part than last year, joining in for such Bruce-penned numbers as "Talk to Me" and "The Fever." Still sound like the Harry's concerts, you say? It's true -- for the first time, some fans can actually say they saw a similar show. But the Pony crowd still got the kind of covers the RCDS benefits have been known for: "Seven Nights to Rock," "Bad Moon Rising," "Shake," Patti Scialfa singing "Son of a Preacher Man"... and for the "Twist and Shout" finale, Springsteen brought school staffers on stage to sing along. If only all teachers were this well compensated.Setlist: 634-5789/Talk to Me*/Seven Nights to Rock/Two Hearts/Spirit in the Night/Rendezvous/All That Heaven Will Allow/Tell Him**/Son of a Preacher Man**/Boy From New York City**/Further on up the Road/Waitin' on a Sunny Day/The Fever*/I Don't Want to Go Home*/Darlington County/Seaside Bar Song/Bad Moon Rising/Stand on It/Shake*/If I Should Fall Behind/Tenth Avenue Freeze-out/Twist and Shout**with Southside Johnny**with Patti Scialfa 2b1af7f3a8