Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band - Oklahoma City, OK - April 3, 2016
- Apr 4, 2016
- 3 min read
I'm currently flying back from the show last night and wanted to post about it, as I always enjoy reading everyone one else's wrap ups. I've had about 10 hours of sleep the past three nights so forgive any misspellings! Hope this novel is interesting to someone!
First of all, I'm beyond proud of Bruce for not cancelling the show due to the sales. I don't know if they truly wound up with the 12,000 seats number being reported unsold in the end. I work in the music industry, so I know that's a big deal. People have cancelled for a lesser percentage before. I know he's Bruce and only ever cancels if a severe emergency occurs, but still major props.
My friend and I were both pit virgins and we were blessed to win the lottery. After our experience I'm not sure how I'll deal with seats in Columbus next week. The pit lottery ran very smoothly. For that I was thankful after the stories I have read on here. Due to our numbers the front stage was already 2 people deep when we got in, so we took the advice of a pit legend (shout out to Steve) and headed to the second stage. I guess because of the sales, the pit was about 75% full the whole night. No one really cared about being back there until Bruce was about to be there, and we were able to go crazy and dance together while freaking out. If the pit had been full, it wouldn't have been as enjoyable. It truly felt like winning the lottery for real.
With every show I have learned to love The River album more. I'm moving into my late twenties and I think it's starting to all make sense. At last night's show though, I gained a new appreciation for Point Blank. Something about noticing the way he uses his hands and the mic stand during the song made me love the emotion behind it that I hadn't noticed before. The same thing happens during I'm On Fire usually. Independence Day is always emotional for me and it was no different at this show. I never felt like Bruce was phoning it in or upset with the missing level of energy he's used to. Yes, a surprise in the set would've been appreciated. But I will admit hearing Bobby Jean after Shout was still great. Something about hearing the lines "Good luck, good bye" during the last song made it hurt less that the show was over. I still rocked out and loved hearing the staples as much as I did that my first show.
Some personal show highlights, I made a sign asking for Tougher Than The Rest and if I could be Patti's replacement. It's my fav song and I still haven't been able to hear it live since she hasn't been at many shows. My utterly amazing friend Catherine even made a sign asking him to pick my request. He saw my sign during the Hungry Heart crowd surf and pointed at it. Sadly, it still didn't work though. :( We made matching shirts that I'm guessing he saw from the stage, as he said shake it sugar at us during my attempt at dancing during Cadillac Ranch (I think...I went freaking crazy during all the fast songs quite honestly). I got him to hold my hand during 10th Ave too. We decided to be "those people" after the show and watch him leave the arena. He had the window rolled down and flashed a peace sign to everyone. I am beyond sad I didn't get a pic of him doing that because he looked so cool! I was holding my sign up like a moron and he saw it and gave me a wink. It's the little things! 😍
Overall, I'm happy he didn't shorten the set list due to lesser amount of energy than he'd normally get from a crowd. The pit was definitely where the highest level of energy was flowing from for the show. He didn't phone anything in. I enjoyed the staples and still went crazy. Yes, a surprise would've been appreciated as there were some good sign requests out there. But, Bobby Jean was nice to have even though it's happened at several other shows after Shout. Hearing the lines "Good luck, goodbye" made the show being over hurt a little less. And now my post Springsteen show depression begins...
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