Voici la setlist du concert de Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band à Saratoga (New York) le 25 août 2009.
No Surrender [with Jay Weinberg from here on]
Badlands
Radio Nowhere
Outlaw Pete
Spirit in the Night
Working on a Dream
Rendezvous
Atlantic City
Johnny 99
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Raise Your Hand (instrumental)
Summertime Blues
Two Hearts
Surprise Surprise
Because the Night
Waitin’ on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Racing in the Street
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
Rosalita
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Girls in Their Summer Clothes
Thunder Road
American Land
Bobby Jean
Dancing in the Dark
Hungry Heart
Les notes de Backstreets
A fun night to wrap up this first batch of shows before a three-week break—maybe not the high points of Hartford or Mansfield 1, but an energetic Bruce in a playful mood always goes a long way. No tour premieres, but some nice you-don’t-get-that-every-night selections, like “Rendezvous,” “Atlantic City,” “Darkness on the Edge of Town,” and “Racing in the Street.”
“Summertime Blues” kicked off the request section, followed by “Two Hearts” picked from a spin-the-wheel sign (with options including “Bruce’s Choice” and “Big Man’s Choice). Real nice vocals on that one from Bruce and Steve. “Surprise Surprise” followed, and while this song has its detractors, surprise surprise, it was well-played and quite a good time. “Because the Night” had an unusual moment, when Springsteen himself took the guitar solo. Nils started off his patented riffage, but after playing on his back (!), there was a sound malfunction that led him to pass it off to Bruce, who took it from there.
Things were sloppy here and there, a trade-off for the fun, loose vibe: Clarence missed a couple cues, including his “Badlands” solo; Bruce had to count off “Girls in Their Summer Clothes” again after an instrumental trainwreck. “Rosalita” also had Bruce stopping the band to count them back in again—Jay still shaking the rust off tonight, it seemed, for his first full show in a while. But Bruce made sure to sing his praises: “He really saved our ass this summer… you’re not supposed to be able to do that at 19 years old!”
The encore was back down to a more standard six songs, giving a few gals the chance to dance on “Girls in Their Summer Clothes” and “Dancing in the Dark.” Closing with “Hungry Heart,” Bruce said, “We’re gonna send you home with one more summer song!” And indeed, it’ll be mid-September next time he and the E Streeters take the stage.
