From: yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Scott A Yanoff)
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Subject: Concert Spoilers: Sat 3/12 IN Mpls.
Date: 14 Mar 1994 04:44:16 GMT
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I am sure of the order of the first 3 songs and the pairings of a few
others, and the final songs....otherwise, it's all from memory!

No Man's Land
Pressure
Balland of Billy the Kid
Lullabye
River of Dreams
My Life
I Go to Extremes
Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
Allentown
Innocent Man
Shades of Grey
Angry Young Man
Goodnight, Saigon
Good Times, Bad Times (Led Zeppelin cover)
We Didn't Start the Fire
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
You May Be Right
Only the Good Die Young

Encore:
Big Shot
Piano Man

Comments:  The visuals were great, a really nice light show.  The highlight
for me in terms of the lighting effect was on the Lullabye, the green lights
shone on the lighting rigs in the back of the stage in just a neat way.

The band was really excellent.  The bassist was T-Bone Wolf from SNL
(excuse me, that's probably not correct name)
Liberty Devito was spectacular behind the drums, and my favorite was
Crystal Tolifero, truely, her talent amazes me.  Billy was really in
fine form on the piano and keyboards, playing the piano in the front,
rear, and sides of the stage setup and kicking his piano stool away when
he really wanted to rock, and eventually climbing the railing and doing
his microphone stand twirling antics for the final 3 songs of the
first set.  

The set, I thought was way too predictable, except for "Ballad of Billy
the Kid" and the suprising "Goodnight, Saigon." My personal favorites
were "My Life", "We Didn't Start the Fire", and "Piano Man" because
everyone sang along on those.  I just get a chill listening to the entire
crowd belt out the chorus to piano man by themselves, reminds me of a
Springsteen concert.  Anyway, I would have liked to have seen at least
one more song from the last album in there, such as "Downeaster Alexa"
and I admit I was glad he didn't bog the concert down with a lot of
the new album.  Still, a few more suprises would have been nice,
such as "Captain Jack" (isn't that like Springsteen not doing "Thunder
Road"), "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" and my favorite, "Miami 2107 (Seen the
Lights Go Out...)."  But, by throwing in "Goodnight, Saigon" he really
pulled it off well, with the vets up on the upper stage singing arm-in-arm,
and the thunderous roar of the chopper blades before the song started.
This was a moving song, and such a fantastically written one, at that.

It was my first time at the new Target Center (or Mpls, for that matter)
and it reminded me a lot of the Bradley Center here in Milwaukee, both are
oval-shaped 18,000-seat arenas with steep seating and luxary boxes and not
a really bad seat in the house (although I am glad I was on the side).
The acoustics were good, and like I said before, the lighting effects good, too.

-Scott
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