Monday, February 2, 2009

The Boss is Back - Super Bowl XLIII

After releasing "Working on a Dream" earlier this month, the world has been beaming with Springsteen fever & its just great. Bruce Springsteen even took home a Golden Globe for his theme song from the Mickey Rourke movie, The Wrestler.

Springsteen got in a couple verses of the title track off his new album, but just as the crowd was getting warmed up to the cut's gospel groove it was straight into "Glory Days". When you have 12 minutes, better keep them wanting more... Springsteen had some hard hits to cram in. He hit the stage, playfully demanding, “I want you to put your chicken fingers down and turn the television all the way up". “Is there anybody alive out there?” he shouted, pushing the pedal closer to the floor with “Born To Run,” and raised the roof higher...


...The halftime show rakes in the viewers -- last year's Super Bowl was watched by a record 97.5 million people, according to Nielsen Media Research. Springsteen has to be feeling good- according to Billboard, Springsteen tallied the second-highest grossing tour of 2008, bringing in a total gross of more than $204 million. The Boss is back...(source)

Boss time” was over and game time resumed (and damn, what a game), the set was:

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“Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out”
“Born To Run”
“Working on a Dream”
“Glory Days”


SUPER BOWL XLIII Steelers 27, Cardinals 23
(Brett Keisel recovers a fumble to seal Super Bowl XLIII)

(Steve Breaston Catches Pass)


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