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Summary: the best of the best
Review: For me Bruce, the boys and a beautiful woman, are the best of the best. There is nothing like a live experience with Bruce and the E-Street band. So I am so excited to have a Bruce concert at home on DVD. To see Clarence play his solo on Jungleland, that is worth the money alone.
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Summary: A career highlight
Review: His first live album since the "1975-1985" box set, this does not dissapoint. Bruce and the band sound better than ever. Time has given them new skills, and it shows. Their passion matches what we heard on the box set, and Bruce's vocal abilities have amazingly improved!Plus it has "American Skin," which bleeds.
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Summary: A MUST HAVE
Review: Great 1st disc - which is the HBO Telecast. 2nd disc includes 11 songs never before seen including the epic 'Jungleland' & 'Thunder Road'. Don't forget to turn your amp up during 'Land of Hope and Dreams'. It'll knock your socks off! Simply, A Must Have!
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Summary: This is what got me to love Bruce
Review: For a long time, I was skeptical of Bruce Springsteen. I never gave him a chance because I just had in my mind the typical caricature that's been conjured up of him: one-dimensional, anthemic and elementary songwriter, and average guitar player. After buying this DVD on a whim, I found myself kicking myself for not getting into his music much earlier. To put it simply, this is one of the finest concert DVD's I have seen. A friend of mine saw Bruce on the Born In The USA Tour in the 80's, and he described the show this way: "I've never been in a place where there was more happiness on such a large scale." This DVD perfectly conveys that "happiness" on the part of the crowd. You can see it on the faces in the crowd: 50 year old men who are probably accountants or executives, looking up at Bruce with an expression of awe and joy, thanking him for the years of happiness and companionship he's provided through his music. It is so obvious that Bruce loves what he does, and he can't seem to get enough of the crowd interaction. The opener, "My Love Will Not Let You Down" is a song that was only recently released on the box set "Tracks," and it starts things off right. Bruce's exuberance from the first song is infectious, and the quality is so good that you honestly feel like you're right there. "Atlantic City" is rearranged perfectly, and the buildup at the end is breathtaking. "Youngstown" is transformed from an acoustic ballad into a heart-pounding, exclamation-inducing powerhouse, thanks to Bruce's impervious vocal chords and Nils Lofgren's brilliant guitar solo (it will leave you speechless). The highlight for me is "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out," the E Street anthem. From Bruce's acrobatics at the beginning to the band introductions to the perfection of the band's backing and Bruce's antics, this performance is priceless. Disc One, despite being culled from two shows, flows extraordinarily well as a "single show." Disc Two has some great performances of classics, and a nice extra with interviews. It is obvious how much fun Bruce and the band are having, and as Danny Federici said in an interview on Disc 2, "We enjoy being together more now than we did before, because when you're young, you don't know what you have." What they have here is a remarkable testament to the strength and integrity of one man and his band. All I can say is that this DVD turned a former Bruce-skeptic/disliker into a fanatic. The 3-CD live set "Live 1975-1985" is a great companion, as is Dave Marsh's book "Two Hearts: The Definitive Biography." Bruce, as I've learned, is quite a bit more than most think. And one helluva performer!
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Summary: A must have, and I'm not even a Bruce Springsteen fan
Review: I saw Bruce at Madison Square Garden the week this DVD was filmed, and its sad to say this DVD doesn't come close to the live show. The biggest shortcoming is that they did not film one concert, or even several songs all the way through. They show 'Born to Run' and then fade to black and then fade to another song, which was clearly not the next song played during the actually concert. This really takes away from the feeling that you are there watching him. The quality of music is amazing, and Bruce live is simply the best. Unfortunately this DVD does not capture that. I hope he releases a most continuous show from his 2003 'The Rising' tour, where he was twice as good as he was on this 2001 tour.
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Summary: Awesome concert DVD
Review: I'd never seen a Bruce Springsteen concert until I bought this DVD. I've owned it for six months now and I put it on to watch or listen to every few days, it's brilliant. The sound and picture quality are FLAWLESS, none of my other concert DVDs even come close. Yes the setlist is out of order but this is the only Bruce concert DVD available and it's a damn fine first release. Hopefully the Rising tour will be equally well recorded when it is released some time in the future. Buy it!!
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