Down in the Jackson Cage
A catch-up post … Had a good time at the second night of Springsteen's stay in Washington this fall. Didn't make it to the second row like in Toronto, but had good seats and company. The show highlight was the standing ovation for the guys from Walter Reed, and the musical highlight was hearing Jackson Cage, one of my favorite Springsteen songs, for the first time.
In telling Jess as much on the way out, she said I could add the song to my collection, an interesting little phrase that got me thinking about what's in there from my 12 shows so far….
Songs heard five or more times: Badlands (10), Born to Run (10), Born in the USA (8), The Promised Land (8), Lonesome Day (7), The Rising (7), Thunder Road (7), Land of Hope and Dreams (6), Dancing in the Dark (5), If I Should Fall Behind (5), Mary's Place (5), She's the One (5).
Songs heard three or four times: Backstreets (4), Bobby Jean (4), Empty Sky (4), Into the Fire (4), My City of Ruins (4), No Surrender (4), Out in the Street (4), Prove It All Night (4), Waitin' on a Sunny Day (4), Working on the Highway (4), You're Missing (4), Darlington County (3), Countin' on a Miracle (3), Ghost of Tom Joad (3), Glory Days (3), Light of Day (3), Murder Inc. (3), Reason to Believe (3), Ramrod (3), Tenth Avenue Freeze-out (3), Ties That Bind (3), Two Hearts (3), Worlds Apart (3), You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) (3), Youngstown (3).
Songs I've only heard twice but would really like to hear again: Cadillac Ranch, Candy's Room, Darkness on the Edge of Town, Hungry Heart, Incident on 57th Street, Night, The River, Trapped.
Songs I've only heard once and would love to hear again: Adam Raised a Cain, Because the Night, Brilliant Disguise, Don't Look Back, Jackson Cage, Long Time Coming, Open All Night, Something in the Night, Thundercrack, Tougher than the Rest, Where the Bands Are.
Officially released songs I've somehow sadly never heard in concert but, thanks to the magic of bootlegging, would knock over old ladies to hear: Bring on the Night, Crush on You, Downbound Train, E Street Shuffle, Fever, From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come), The Hitter, Iceman, I'm on Fire, It's Hard to be a Saint in the City, I Wanna Marry You, Kitty's Back, Meeting Across the River (the only Born to Run song I'm missing), My Love Will Not Let You Down, New York City Serenade, None But the Brave, Price You Pay, The Promise, Real World, Roulette, Seaside Bar Song, Sherry Darling, Soul Driver, Spare Parts, State Trooper, Stolen Car, Streets of Fire (the only Darkness song I'm missing), Take 'em as They Come, Tunnel of Love, Valentine's Day, When the Lights Go Out.
Songs never officially released but, thanks again to the magic of bootlegging, I'm still hoping turn in concert sometime, somewhere, and maybe I'll be lucky enough to be in the building that night: Baby I, Cindy, Delivery Man, I'm Turning Into Elvis, The Klansman, Lonely Night in the Park, On the Prowl, Pilgrim in the Temple of Love, Protection, Taxi Cab, Unsatisfied Heart, The Way, The Wind and the Rain.
I have a lot of work to do.
January 18th, 2008 at 9:08 AM
I could have SWORN he played "I'm on Fire" in Richmond. Guess I am wrong!
January 19th, 2008 at 10:41 AM
That's okay. It was a weird tour for the fact that most nights he played nothing with the word "Fire" in the title. No I'm On Fire, no Streets of Fire, no Fire, no Into the Fire. But absolutely, the list surprised me more than I expected. I was totally bummed to remember he hadn't played Real World — and I wasn't even bummed about that when I was at the show!
May 18th, 2009 at 9:17 AM
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