[Chi-townChief]

I wonder if Bruce dug into Seeger's 1941 Songs for John Doe catalogue.

[Chi-townChief]

CHICAGOLAND PING

[Izzy Dunne]

a Tex-Mex-meets-ska roadhouse number with tuba solos

gag me with a tuba...

[Lurker]

So Springsteen grossed 50 Gs?

That kind of coin won't cover his bands bar tab.

The author is right about one thing. He should have played the Auditorium or even the Ampitheatre. He might have been able to make it look like he still had a following.

I've loathed Springsteens music since 1977 and quite proudly I might add.

Working mans hero my ass.

He's a phony.

L

[Fresh Wind]

But Springsteen's hard-rockin' reworking of Blind Alfred Reed's "How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live" continues to be an emotional cornerstone of the set.

Springsteen added his own post-Katrina lyrics to the 1929 blues song that reflected on the Great Depression.

Blind Alfred Reed was not a blues singer, the song was not blues, and it's tough to reflect on the "Great Depression" a month after the Wall Street crash.

[MrCruncher]

the $92 ticket price knocked out the working-class audience that Springsteen and Seeger have championed.

[garyhope]

"Bruuuuce" is one of the biggest phonies around. Typical of all "liberals", smug, arrogant, condescending, preachy, self-righteous. Plus he's stupid and doesn't know it.

5,500 tickets sold out of 30,000 seats, not very good "Bruuuce".

[Solamente]

Front row seats for Jimi Hendrix' Band of Gypsies at the Fillmore East, New Years Eve 1969 - 8 dollars.

[borisbob69]

...So Springsteen tried his best, especially in the second portion of the 2-1/2-hour show....

Couldn't happen to a nicer jerk! Back when I used to like the 'Boss' I really liked him...when he took that major left turn and then went after Patti, I said WTF? Bye Brucie...LOL

[caver]

The Boss is going down along with the Dixie Clucks. You think they might get the picture after a while?

And who would pay $92 to hear him? Geez....

[MrBambaLaMamba]

"Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack
I went out for a ride and I never went back ..."

Wanna Be NJ Billy Joel Couldn't Make It As A Solo Act Had To Get A Band Workin' Man's Family Values.

[tcostell]

Shark Jumping, 450lb Elvis BTTT

[CrazyIvan]

Maybe getting the Dixie Chicks to open for him would help.

[pissant]

Maybe the Boss can team with the Dixie Chicks and play the indian casino circuit. If they add in Bin Jovi, they might even fill most of the 1500 seats.

[Fester Chugabrew]

I can't think of a single Springsteen tune that doesn't cause my radio to suddenly turn off or change channels.

[Skooz]

.....the $92 ticket price knocked out the working-class audience that Springsteen and Seeger have championed.

That's all you need to know about liberals.

[reagan_fanatic]

Springsteen and his raucous 17-piece band failed to even fill the pavilion. Roughly 5,500 fans showed up, and the $92 ticket price knocked out the working-class audience that Springsteen and Seeger have championed.

So much for the 'working' people Springsteen claims to represent.

Ticket prices anymore are beyond outragious. I have passed over a number of concerts in the last several years because it would have cost over $100 for me and my Wife to go. Forget it - they're not that important.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Nobody's gonna beat Ry Cooder's version of "Blind Alfred Reed's "How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live".

[FlyVet]

(In what is becoming a Springsteen tradition, he kicked off the concert almost an hour after the advertised 7:30 p.m. start.)

Make'em wait.

"Working-class man" letting the little guy know what he really thinks of him.

May Brucie Boy have many more empty seats in his future.

[Sue Perkick]

Maybe he could do "The View".

[retrokitten]

The starchy atmosphere was not lost on the Boss, who earlier in the concert remarked, "Tinley Park. I don't know where the hell that is -- some big black box outside of Chicago?"

Let's see, less then half of the place sells and the people who do show up, you insult. Good plan!