It's at an E Street Band concert where casual fans become diehards, because there's nothing - absolutely nothing - quite like a three hour rip-roar through some of the greatest rock and roll music that's ever been written, played by a band as good as there is on any stage anywhere in the world, and led by a man whose songwriting is legendary, and whose straight-forward concert, full of sweat, passion, emotion and euphoria, makes every other band you've ever seen play live, even the ones you came away from raving to your friends about, pale into insignificance in comparison.
It doesn't matter what you've heard or what you've been told. Know this: there is no wall of sound like an E Street Wall of sound.
Sydney got a taste of this - three tastes if you were lucky - on a warm week in March of 2013: Bruce Springsteen the heart-stoppin', booty shakin', love makin', Viagra-takin', history makin', legendary E Street Band.
Monday night, up in the silver seats. Opened with American Land as a late St Patrick's Day surprise (it was the day after...) and it only got better from there.
Three hours...felt like three minutes. The encore was spectacular: "Thunder Road" "Born to Run" "Dancing in the Dark" "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out" Perfection.
To that point, the best concert I had ever seen.
Greeting the faithful on Sydney Night Three
Great round of applause each time Jake played a sax solo!
The E Street Horns
Lights up! The encore featured "Born in the USA" - a hellishly loud version that was simply epic
Here he comes..."Dancing in the Dark"
Courtney Cox #1
Extended sax solo as Bruce does the two-step
Courtney Cox #2
Waiting...
Bruce spotted something cool in the Pit
"Rosalita" to end the night
A hundred people around me swore he was pointing at them!
Jake, Bruce & Nils
Final bow - and the end of the greatest concert I've ever seen
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