Complex Numbers

B minus 4 Days

The Day looms closer...

I can't let a buildup like this go by without mentioning those without whom Bruce would still be awesome... but maybe a little less visible: The almighty E Street Band.

The lineup has changed only slightly over the years, but what hasn't changed is the near-mystical rapport they seem to have with each other and with Bruce. People call him "The Boss," but I don't think that's quite their relationship. I mean, it's all about his music, of course, but the depth and breadth that a full-fledged band concert brings to a set... wow.

I've seen concerts now with the E Street Band (three times), entirely solo (twice), and with the Seeger Sessions Band (once), the latter of which only overlaps slightly with the E Street Band. There's something to be said for all of them, and I'd do any of them over. But there's nothing in this world like an E Street Band concert. Nothing. Other rock performances can come close, but this is the pinnacle, the apex, the point nothing else can touch.

And from all accounts, shows on this current tour - despite being shorter than those in their younger days - represents the ensemble at its absolute peak.

With that kind of buildup, Sunday evening had better fucking ROCK, or it'll be a major letdown for me. And 19,999 other people.

When the change was made uptown
And the Big Man joined the band
From the coastline to the city
All the little pretties raise their hands
I'm gonna sit back right easy and laugh
When Scooter and the Big Man bust this city in half
With a Tenth Avenue freeze-out, Tenth Avenue freeze-out