“9” 2 DVDs
What a setlist!
Setlist: Janey, Don't You Lose Heart/The Rising/Lonesome Day/Candy's
Room/Trapped/Empty Sky/Waitin' on a Sunny Day/Roll of
the Dice/Because the Night/Badlands/Out in the Street/Mary's Place/Across the
Border (with Emmylou Harris)/Into the Fire/Thunder Road
First Encore: This Hard Land/Raise Your Hand (with Marah)/Glory
Days/Born to Run/Seven Nights to Rock
Second Encore: My City of Ruins/Land of Hope and Dreams/Pretty Flamingo/Rosalita/Dancing in the Dark
Notes: This the best version of this night in
circulation on DVD. It has a very good
audio overdub. It has Menus and Chapters.
It is a two camera mix. A Screwdevil
production. The DVD starts out poorly - as if the
tapers were slow to get set up. But once
they find their shots this DVD is awesome.
There are some parts – like ‘Raise Your Hands” that are just incredible. If you were
there you need this DVD. If you weren’t –
you’ll want this DVD.
Here’s what backstreets said about the show:
In the world of
Bruce Springsteen concerts, some nights seem earmarked as special before the
first note is even played. Whether it's a birthday show or the last concert of
a lengthy stand, sometimes you just get a hunch. There weren't many good
hunches flying around after Thursday's standard set, filmed by a professional
crew. So Saturday night at Giants Stadium (night 9 of 10, if you're keeping
score) caught quite a few folks off guard as Springsteen raised the stakes and
had the crowd raising their hands in joy, gratitude, and disbelief. As the
filming continued--with still no official word as to why--Bruce and the band
busted out of the gate with the ultra-rare "Janey,
Don't You Lose Heart," and established new possibilities for a Rising Tour
that is most likely a month away from wrapping. Eleven songs not played the
night before, ten songs in the encores, two special guests, tour premieres,
rarities, dedications...this one had it all. Highlights (and there were many)
included "Trapped," "Roll of the Dice," "Because the
Night," and the second appearance of "Pretty Flamingo" since
1978. Springsteen dedicated the main-set closer "