More on the E Street Band's 'Hava Nagila'
Folks have asked what was up with that one, so here are a few more details, crossposted from Fb: Springsteen held up fan signs for Hava Nagila and Blinded, asking the band to choose. Max quickly began the beat for the former, and Roy joined in. (Both make Jewish rocker lists, and Max has wedding and bar mitzvah band time.) The two went for about half a minute before segueing into Blinded. If anyone other than the Big Man had a chair, who knows how far they could've gone with it.
The BTX crowd appears to be not be counting it in the setlist, and they're probably right on that, not enough played. Had it been played all the way through, it would not have been a world premiere. See the setlist of 2004 Bruce Springsteen and Friends Holiday Show at Harry's Roadhouse (late show) and, courtesy BTX, the excellent mp3.
May 19th, 2009 at 5:29 PM
I made the Havanagila sign and handed it to Rahm Emmanuel (2rows ahead of me)who handed it to security who gave it to Bruce.
May 19th, 2009 at 5:31 PM
Nicely done! Hope some recordings surface of them playing it last night. Sounds like Rahm played a role with another sign as well.