Re: quibble

[jackthecat]

Bruce played the garden as an opening act for some crappy headliner very
early on pre born to run and swore he would never return there...that was
before No Nukes....he got lousy audience reaction, wasn't used to such a big
stage/venue so not doing his "Act" and his allotted time was arbitrarily cut
short during his show the second nite. Also fucked over by the suits in
other respects...he was completely bummed and went back to the jersey shore
bar scene...the headliner was someone like ted nugent, aerosmith (who aren't
crappy), some heavy rock stuff, someone with a big following and bruce was
an unknown....it was his first intro to the big scene arena and he vowed to
come back and kick ass so its poetic justice that his touring days may have
ended there on the recent 10 day stand...JTC-----


Original Message -----
From: The Braens <braeniac>
To: <babel-list>
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 11:37 PM
Subject: Re: quibble


> Actually, Bruce didn't play MSG until 9/79 and that was as part of the No
> Nukes shows. He didn't headline there until 11/80 during the River tour.
> It really wasn't until 1984-85 with the Born In the USA LP and tour that
> he became a mega-superstar. Aside from the East Coast and some scattered
> western cities, he was still a (pretty big) cult figure until then. The
> bottom line is that even with his huge popularity Bruce has done what he
> wanted to do. Like Patti, he's an artist with great integrity who has
> remained true to his art. The Nebraska and Ghost Of Tom Joad records were
> brilliant, yet hardly commercial. He knew what would sell,yet chose to
> put out the records he wanted to make. Yes, the luxury of millions in the
> bank makes it easier, but he and the E Streeters played zillions of dives
> for well over 10 years to get there. He happened to connect with a mass
> audience. There's nothing wrong with that. It's hard when you're with an
> artist from the beginning and then they hit it big. It feels as though a
> special secret has been stolen from you, but you can't begrudge them
> their success. Patti is just as deserving of it herself.
>
> Phil
>
> "Anthony J. Rzepela" wrote:
>
> > toddmcgovern wrote:
> > >
> > > Springsteen was hardly  "big selling" or  "radio friendly" in 1978.
> >
> > This is dependent on geography.
> >
> > Springsteen was a certified superstar here
> > in the Norheast Corridor in 1978. He had already
> > played the Spectrum (Philadelphia's hockey arena)
> > in 1976, and played the same joint three or four
> > times on his 1978 tour. I believe he made it to
> > Madison Square Garden for multiple shows
> > in 1978, also.
>