who are you?

[dari]

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1423977&a=10660278&p=42322077&Sequence=0&res=high

another one of those things i found when going through cartons trying to make the timeline for BAT2 was this article someone from chicago had sent to me in 1988. i had never heard of this guy but he had been in my shop and had signed my book. this "opinion poll" book was left at the front of the place, so that i could look over it and see who "we" were...us bruce fans.here are the questions i asked at the time plus some new ones. it seems like a good time to ask again. this was done here in some form a year ago but some things have changed since then. so if you want, take the time and let's see who we are now. ignore the questions you don't want to answer.

name
age
born where?/live now
occupation
followed bruce since
favorite song
favorite album
favorite line from a song
first concert you attended
favorite concert you attended
favorite unreleased song
and most importantly WHY?

dari

[TSnide]

name...TSnide, T for Todd, Snide is short for my long last name

age...34

born where?/live now...Alexandria, MN,...Roseville, MN

occupation...Former Computer Operator, Radio Announcer...took a leave after my divorce to finish school (graduating in May).

followed bruce since...1984, but liked what few songs I heard on the radio prior to.

favorite song...Thunder Road, if I have to narrow it down to one!

favorite album...Born To Run, ditto above

favorite line from a song..."God have mercy on the man who doubts what he's sure of"..."Is a dream a lie if it don't come true, or is it something worse?"..."It's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin, and can't stand the company"..."We learned more from a three minute record than we ever learned in school"...sorry, couldn't narrow it down to one!

first concert you attended...Minneapolis 1992, shoulda been St. Paul 1984, but I've shared that story ad nauseum...

favorite concert you attended...Tampa 2000, the "Point Blank" fiasco notwithstanding...I was too emotionally distraught at the Minneapolis 1999 show for that to be my "favorite."

favorite unreleased song...not sure if it counts, but Thunder Road...unless you meant NEVER released, like on an official album. But I don't "collect" boots, not yet anyway, so I don't know many unreleased songs...LOHAD until it gets released is my choice.

and most importantly WHY?...Why Bruce? I originally connected because of the commerciality, yet non-pop-like songs on BITUSA. Yeah, it's too pop for many of our standards here, but compared to what was being produced then (and now for that matter), it was simply the best written and performed rock-n-roll around. Anyway, what really hooked me was getting beyond the pop appeal, I started noticing that his songs on BITUSA each had something I could relate to. It was the first time in my life I ever connected like that. I didn't have to have a brother who fought in 'Nam to relate, my "Bobby Jean" was a girl who didn't move away (I did), and "My Hometown" didn't have a textile mill and I was only 18, not 35, but I sure did remember sitting on my dad's lap and steering. So I began buying his other stuff and the same phenomenon happened. It's been that way ever since, and every album he has ever released has these connectors. For every thing I have gone through, good and bad, and every emotion I have experienced, there is a Bruce Springsteen song that explains it better than I ever could.

[Edited by TSnide on February 28th, 2001 at 10:23 PM]

[Nebraska Fan]

Great idea Dari!

name Nebraska Fan / Jeff (I lived in Nebraska and am a fan of the Album)
age 39
born where?/live now Colorado / California (LA area)
occupation Attorney
followed bruce since 1975
favorite song The Price You Pay
favorite album Darkness on the Edge of Town
favorite line from a song Now you play the loving woman I'll play the faithful man but just don't look too close into the palm of my hand
first concert you attended Kansas City 1981
favorite concert you attended Christic
favorite unreleased song State Fair / Losin' Kind
and most importantly WHY? The man combines it all. Song writing, guitar playing, singing and performing. There is no other performer who can do it the way Bruce does it.

[BitNL]

name : Ed
age : 29 and 11 months...
born where?/live now : The Netherlands
occupation : computer programmer
followed bruce since : 1985
favorite song : Born to run
favorite album : The river
favorite line from a song :
"When this world treats you hard and cold
I'll stand beside you, We're two for the road"
first concert you attended : Rotterdam, 19/4/1993
favorite concert you attended : Dublin, 25/5/1999
favorite unreleased song : Unsatisfied Heart
and most importantly WHY? : in one word: Connection

[Jimmy Conway 75]

OK...

Name: Bobby P.

Age: 31 (ugh)

Born: Virginia

Live: Burbank, California

Occupation: Television publicity

Followed Bruce since: early 1980s, summer vacation in
Pittsburgh, when my cousins played me "The River" album

Favorite song: Impossible to say

Favorite album: Darkness on the Edge of Town

Favorite line from a song: It constantly changes, but this one always holds true -- "All I can think of is being five years old, following behind you at the beach, tracing your footprints in the sand, trying to walk like a man."

First concert you attended: second Los Angeles Sports Arena show on HT/LT tour

Favorite concert you attended: 7-1-00, followed by 5-27-00 (took my father and brother to their first Bruce shows in town where I grew up) and 10-23-99 (last show of Staples Center run, where Bruce played Incident, For You, The Promise and Blinded By the Light)

Favorite unreleased song: My City of Ruins

Bobby P.
Bruuuuuuuce, CA

[brn2rn_99]

name: Kylie

age: 29 hit the big 3-0 in May!

born where?/live now: Adelaide, South Australia

occupation: Registered Nurse

followed bruce since: 1984

favorite song: Can't pick just one & it depends on my mood

favorite album: gain difficult to choose but usually a tie between BTR & Greetings

favorite line from a song: too many to list - what can I say the man is just too good

first concert you attended: Feb 17th 1997

favorite concert you attended: Feb 17th 1997 (only seen one :()

favorite unreleased song: used to be The Fever or Frankie until 18 Tracks & Tracks but now I would have to say You Mean So Much To Me or perhaps even My City Of Ruins

and most importantly WHY: too hard to put into words but as fellow Tramps I know you understand

[Sandy4th]

I have a hard copy of last year's reponses and I look forward to comparing them, seeing who is still with us.

Name: Gail/Sandy4th on LiveDaily/ghalti on RMAS

age: 42

born where/live now: Boston/Jacksonville,FL

occupation: stay at home mom for 20 years, now part time secretary

followed Bruce since: May 1976, heard his music first time on "Goat Hill" behind Newport Jai Alai

favorite song: this is one I just can't answer, it just changes so often.

favorite album: WIESS, at least most of the time

favorite line from a song: "....I watch a young man in a red shirt walking through a night so still
Put his jacket round his girl as the autumn wind sends a chill..........." purely for sentimental, sappy, nostolgic reasons.

first concert attended: Jacksonville (1977?) front row, right side!

favorite concert attended: although I have been to some more exciting shows, I would have to pick Atlanta from this last tour because I shared it with my youngest daughter who is a Bruce nut too. Just watching her face, seeing her sing the words to all the songs.

favorite unreleased song: definately LOHAD.

why? very difficult to answer. I connect with it on a personal level, husband and I have been married for 22 years, raised kids, had financial ups and mostly downs, family members and friends are beginning to die on us, it's become a song that we can sing for each other, to offer comfort and love. (and he's not even a fan)

[Phillyfan1]

Hey Dari..great thread....great way to get to know a little more about each other..ok..here I go


name : Deirdre ( everyone calls me Dee )

age : 41 yrs old..no make that young

born where?/live now: Philadelphia, Pa

occupation: Full time Mom..part time operator in a Hosp.

followed bruce since: Sometime in the 70's with the release of Born to Run

favorite song: This is so hard...cannot pick a favorite..but The River has always been at the top of my list

favorite album: Born to Run / The River both favorites

favorite line from a song : Is a dream a lie if it don't come true , or is it something worse... (again this is just one of my favorite lines..too many to choose from)

first concert you attended: Aug 1985 Vets Stadium here in philly...went with no ticket..and ended up in 5th row..had the time of my life !!!!...long story..but what a night !

favorite concert you attended: May 8,2000 Hartford !!!Best show of the tour in my opinion. Also was thrilled to take my husband along with me on this one..his first show..he loved it...and thanks to those special board members who helped me get tickets..without this place I would have never made it !!

favorite unreleased song: Gotta go with one of the new ones.
American Skin (41shots) for all the song says and for Bruce's bravery singing this song every night in NY.

Most important why? : The Man speaks from his heart ! We can all relate to the characters in his songs. We're Wendy, We're Janie,We're Johnny99...and of course his live performances..there's absolutely nothing like it !!!




[Edited by Phillyfan1 on March 1st, 2001 at 05:21 AM]

[NH Bruce fan]

Name: Andy

Age: 43

Born where: Yonkers NY
Live now: Windham NH

Occupation: Software Engineer

Followed Bruce since 1974. Heard Rosie on WNEW in New York.

Favorite Song. Incident on 57th St. I'm a sucker for the early years material and this song just hit a nerve with all the emotion.

Favorite Album: Tie, but depending on the mood one is usually preferred over the other. WIESS and BTR

Favorite line from a song.
If pa's eyes were windows into a world so deadly and true
You couldn't stop me from looking but you kept me from crawlin' through.

First concert attended. August 1975, Bottom Line in NY

Best Concert. Probably 9/21/78 at the Capitol Theatre.
Honorable mention to Thanksgiving 1980 at MSG and 8/21/99 since it was the first show for me in 11 years.

Favorite unreleased song. Was Thundercrack until Tracks.
Now LOHAD.

Why: Not much need to say it on this forum, but for me the distinguishing thing that put Bruce over the top is the live performances. Even hearing them on bootlegs, you can still feel the energy he puts into each show.

[bdill]

Name: Bill Dillon
Age: 38
Born: Jersey City, near the Garden of Eden (per the BITUSA tour Pink Cadillac rap)
Live: Chicago
Occupation: Insurance Consultant
Fan since: 1976
Fav song: Kitty's Back
Fav Album: Darkness
Fave Line: "They ain't gonna do to me what I watched them do to you" (Independence Day)
First Show: 2nd night of No Nukes
Best Show: Alpine Valley 7/12/84 - good seats, lots of good friends, converted a lot of people to Bruce fans that night
Unreleased song: The Way
Why?: NJ connection, girl/cars connection, bad relationship with father connection, no drug problems, his ego's usually in check, his dedication to fans

[nicnmic711]

this is a great idea

name: Debbie
age: almost 38
born in: Bayonne NJ and still live there
occupation: social services
followed Bruce since: 1978
favorite song: she's the one
favorite album: btr
favorite line from a song: roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
First concert attended: 8/20/84
Best concert: 8/20/84
Favorite unreleased song: The Way
Why: I have loved bruces music from the first time i heard it.i don't know,it just felt right. It seemed like he was always singing to me or about something i was going through at any given time.It has gotten me through some pretty low periods in my life and for that i am forever greatful.

[young again]

name: Debbie

age: 36

born where?/live now: born NYC, live in south Jersey

occupation: psychologist

followed bruce since: casual fan since late 70's, "converted" in 1999

favorite song: Thunder Road, Sandy, Promised Land

favorite album: BTR, except when it's Darkness or Wild/Innocent

favorite line from a song: (too difficult to decide 1st thing in the morning)

first concert you attended: 9/24/99

favorite concert you attended: 9/24/99 was the best, but 6/26/00 was my favorite

favorite unreleased song: LOHAD - for a few more weeks

and most importantly WHY?:
Why a casual fan all those years - why not?
Why "converted" in 1999 - just what I needed just when I needed it.

[cobalt]

name: Rob

Age: 43

Born in Richmond VA, but lived for 20 years in Atlanta, GA

Occupation: project mgt-database publishing

followed Bruce since 1975

Favorite song...tough..some days it's She's the One, some days it's something else...it's never Hungry Heart.

Favorite album...the next one, always the next one!

Favorite line..."I ain't here on business, I'm only here for fun!" It's kinda my mantra!

First concert-Uptown Theater in Chicago, october 1980.

Best concert-Either the Uptown show or 6/4/00 in Atlanta.

Favorite unreleased song...E-Street Band Youngstown!

Why Bruce? I've always been amazed by how his songs tell where in his life he is...and how well it always seems to parallel my own life!

[orthy]

Name: Dave O.

age 31

born: Buffalo, NY/live now Rochester, NY

occupation: M&A consultant

followed bruce since 83 (reason to believe at 13)

favorite song: Jungleland/NYC Serenade/Lost in the Flood

favorite album: WIESS

favorite line from a song: well if you can't make it stay hard, stay hungry, stay alive

first concert you attended: Buffalo, Tom Joad 95

favorite concert you attended: 7-1 NYC and Incident in Toronto

favorite unreleased song: Was Frankie..Now, 41 Shots..How about Incident piano only from Main Point..

and most importantly WHY? Love goosebumps..!!

[emsquared]

name - Monica
age - Dari, I'll tell if you will. :)
born where?/live now - Youngstown, Ohio/League City, Texas
occupation - Software Test Engineer
followed bruce since - 1984
favorite song - Has to be Promised Land. Because that was the song I first "Got" when starting to listen.. And of course "YOUNGSTOWN" that one makes me cry/makes me angry and sad all at the same time.
favorite album - Darkness on the Edge of Town. The album reflected my life in 1984.
favorite line from a song - "Blow away the dreams that tear you apart. Blow away the the dreams that break your heart. Blow away the lies that leave you nothing but lost and broken hearted."
first concert you attended - Houston, Summit (Compaq Center) 1984
favorite concert you attended - Wow !.. Houston 2000. My brother flew in from Ohio to attend... It was his first Bruce show. (now he's hooked..he he)
favorite unreleased song - LOHAD
and most importantly WHY? - He writes and sings my life...And he ain't hard to look at either....

[Incident]

How did I miss this before?

Name: Incident/ Paul

Age: 37

Occupation: Grocer

Followed Bruce since 1978 though was aware and had seen him before.

Song: Incident (duh)

Album: Human Touch -- God, I can't even write that as a Joke. WIESS

Line: 'lil Angel dances the Shuffle like she ain't got no brains.

First: Are you Loose they tried to blow us up that night. Yeah I was 12 don't tell my Mom. But only vaugly remember the show.

Best: Second Night Chicago 1999

Unreleased: Wings for Wheels( I like this much better than Thunder Road ) or if that doesn't count, Tokyo.

Why? Just listening to the opening bit Of The EStreet Shuffle I ask Why Not? Plus on the Album cover he looks a little like Jesus.

[SteveS]

name - Steve Shea
age - just turned 44
born where?/live now - Brooklyn NY/just outside Tampa FL
occupation - Mgr in Financial Services
followed bruce since - 1975
favorite song - pick from 'Incident', 'Thunder Road', 'Backstreets', 'Born to Run', 'Jungleland'
favorite album - BTR with WIESS a close second
favorite line from a song - 'My machine she's a dud, I'm stuck in the mud somewhere in the swamps of Jersey'.
first concert you attended - Feb '75 at Widener College in West Chester PA
favorite concert you attended - 9/19/78 at the Capital Theatre with 11/28/80 at MSG a close second
favorite unreleased song LOHAD
and most importantly WHY? Imagery and Energy. The best friend you never met.

[NCBruce Fan]

Name Ken Nelson
Age 30
Born where?/Live now Belleville, NJ, raised in Clark, NJ, now live in Holly Springs, NC near Raleigh
Occupation Computer Programmer/database development
Followed Bruce since 1984-85
Favorite song Thunder Road/BTR/Badlands
Favorite album BTR/Darkness
Favorite line from a song
I want to find one face that ain't looking through me,
I want to find one place, I want to spit in the face of these, Badlands
First concert you attended 4/21/2000--Charlotte
Favorite concert you attended 6/4/2000-Atlanta
Favorite unreleased song LOHAD or Further On Up The Road
and most importantly WHY? Why Not? Seriously, I just relate to Bruce. There's just something about the words and music that mean something to me.

[All Heaven Will Allow]

Name: Beth Green

Age: 30 soon to be 31

Born/Live: Long Island/Live now in Jersey City, NJ

Occupation: Admin. Assistant in Financial Company

Followed since: Since 1984, I adored Dancing in the Dark and then when I saw the video and the butt, I became a HUGE fan!! Bought everything that had been released at that point.

Favorite Song: Hungry Heart. It was the first song of Bruce's that I had ever heard, when I was 10 and I was
thrilled when I made the complete connection.

Favorite Album: The River. It has so many things to offer. It just depends on my mood. This can be said of all of the albums.

Favorite Line: "I wear my love, darlin, without shame. I'd be proud if you would wear my name." I always loved that line, and hoped someday to find someone that I could have that kind of feeling with. Now, I know that the feeling does exist.

First Concert: 7/20/99 at the Meadowlands

Best Concert: 6/27/00. Awesome show and I met this incredibly great bunch of people, including (though I didn't know it at the time) the love of my life. (That would be you Paulie ):)

Favorite Unreleased Song: LOHAD, still gives me chills.

Why? I always loved Bruce because he made me think about what he was saying. It is not just glossy pop music that you get nothing out of. I didn't always get it when I was 14, but as I kept listening, I slowly did get it. No matter what I am going through, I can find some message in the music that helps me get through it. Also, he has always seems more of a real person than most performers. I constantly point out to my family all that he does for charitable organizations and people in general. And last but certainly not least, his music brought me together with the only person that I could ever think of being with now. If it hadn't been for the MSG stand and lots of other circumstances, I never would have met him.


[Edited by All Heaven Will Allow on March 1st, 2001 at 07:45 AM]

[teenage werewolf]

Name: Chris Stevers
Age: 29
Born: Cleveland,Ohio I'm still here!
Occupation: Police Officer (Detective)
Followed Since: 1984 (I was 13 and impressionable)
Fav. Song: Jungleland, NYCS a close second
Fav. Album: WIESS
1st Concert: Cleveland 1984
Fav. Concert: 11-15-99, Cleveland, Jailbait seats and what a set list. 7-1-00, The whole experience, meeting other fans from around the world and hearing "lost in the flood"!
Fav. Line: "It's hard to be a saint when you're just a boy out on the street!"
Fav. Unreleased song: Gimme that Wine/Seaside Bar Song
Why?: Because Bruce is the only artist that can paint a picture so vivid, I feel I am living in the song!

[Candy's Boy]

name: Jim Collins
age: 41
born where?/live now: Atlanta/Rome,Ga.
occupation: The InterCept Group.We monitor ATM's across the USA.
followed bruce since: 1978
favorite song:Meeting across the River
favorite album: Darkness/BTR,Flip a coin
favorite line from a song: God have mercy on the man who doubts what he's sure of
first concert you attended: River tour Atlanta.The Omni
favorite concert you attended: Charlotte 2000
favorite unreleased song: LOHAD
and most importantly WHY? He tells about all
of our lives in his music.And through Bruce I've made countless
friends.Family is all that comes before this!





[Edited by Candy's Boy on June 30th, 2001 at 06:04 PM]

[Zephyrs 23]

name Tim
age 19
born where?/live now Born and raised in Springfield, Massachusetts. Currently a resident of Springfield, Massachustetts, though I spend much of my time in Worcester, Massahcusetts, as I go to school here.
occupation Student... prospective Doctor, Dentist, Rock n Roll Musician, or artist... eclectic, no?
followed bruce since the grand old year of 1999, though I first heard him in 84 and first liked him in 95
favorite song Thunder Road... ahhhh
favorite album BTR or WEISS, it's a tough call, on any given day it will be one or the other
favorite line from a song
"Outside, the street's on fire in a real death waltz,
between what's flesh and what's fantasy.
And the Poets down here don't write nothing at all,
They just stand back and let it all be."
first concert you attended Albany 11/21/99
favorite concert you attended I think that Hartford 5/00 was probably the best show, but MSG 6/29 is definitely my favorite (i still consider it the best day of my life)
favorite unreleased song Until I knew about Tracks, it was Thundercrack, now it's Tokyo (and the band played) or possibly American Skin, which in less than FIVE WEEKS will make it Tokyo
and most importantly WHY? Bruce Springsteen connects to me, someone seperated by 30 years in age, and 15 years musically. But lyrically he hits all the nails squarely on the head, capturing emotion like no other songwriter I know of, with his peers being only the greatest and most elite, in Lennon/McCartney and Bob Dylan. On stage, even at 50, when i saw him live, he's more exciting than nearly any other act i've ever seen, or am likely to. Thanks bruce!

[Edited by Zephyrs 23 on March 1st, 2001 at 08:25 AM]

[Great White North]

Name: Greg
Age: 39...really!
Born Where/Live Now: Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada/Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Occupation: University Professor
Followed Bruce Since: Became big fan in mid-80s, casual fan before that time
Favorite Song: Hmmm...that's a tough one. On any given day, it could be Backstreets, Jungleland, Promised Land, Prove It All Night....
Favorite Album: Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Favorite Line From A Song: There's a dark cloud rising from the desert floor, I packed my bags and I'm heading straight into the storm; Gonna be a twister to blow everything down, That ain't got the faith to stand its ground (OK, so it's not a single line, so sue me! ;))
First Concert You Attended: Toronto, 11/6/92
Favorite Concert You Attended: Atlanta, 6/4/00 closely followed by Toronto, 5/4/00 (my wife's first!)
Favorite Unreleased Song: Until April 3, I'd say American Skin (41 Shots) because of the power and passion and sadness it evokes. It's an emotional rollercoaster ride. Favorite Bruce cover would have to be Trapped.
And Most Importantly WHY: People have been responding to this question by referring to Bruce in general or their favorite unreleased song. Because I've already explained the latter, I'll focus on the former. Because the music connects on so many levels. The lyrics are full of evocative imagery and tell a story. Sure there are some songs that are throwaway pop songs, but many tell stories of real people. They are poetic, but also read like a great novel. The music sets the backdrop for the stories, creating an emotional state that allows for the interpretation of the lyrics (unless you are a politician, it seems!).

[Show A Little Faith]

This is way cool!!

Name:Tom
Born/Live: Uniondale, LI, NY / Sayville, LI,NY
Occupation: Sales for a Debt Reduction company.
Follwed Since: 1983
Favorite Song: I'd like to say just about all but gun to my head, Thunder Road.
Favorite Album: Greetings
Favorite Line: Blow the dreams that tear you apart, Blow away the dreams that break your heart... I live by this every day.
1st Concert: 8/21/84 Giants Stadium. Was a mile away from the stage but it didn't matter.
Favorite Concert: 6/27/00 7 rows from the stage, right in front of Clarence. What a different persective being so close.
Favorite Unreleased song: LOHAD for the next month or so.
Why: I can pinpoint every major point in my life with one of Bruce's songs. The connection has been made that will never be broken.

[Edited by Show A Little Faith on March 2nd, 2001 at 05:57 AM]

[BadScooter]

This will be a good way for me to reintroduce myself. It's been quite sometime since my last post. (I think it was around the end of the tour last summer.

Anyway...

name - Michael
age - 33
born - Savannah, GA
live now - Virginia
occupation - university administrator
followed bruce since - 1983
favorite song - 10th Avenue/The Promised Land/Cadilac Ranch/The Wish
favorite album - The River
favorite line from a song - "Someday these childish dreams must end/To become a man and grow up to dream again"
first concert you attended - Charlotte, October 1992
favorite concert you attended - Charlotte, April 2000
favorite unreleased song - "Tokyo/And the Band Played"
and most importantly WHY? - Because I love the paradox of his songs in juxtaposition to one another, the dichotomies of life...eternal hope and ever-present hopelessness. Because there is something in his songs that resonates, that triggers something emotional.

[sugarpie5]

Name: Jeniene Cenoz

Age: 36

Born where/Live now? Born in Long Branch, New Jersey, now live in Grover Beach, California

Occupation: Mom/Volunteer/Fundraiser

Follwed Bruce since 1981 when my friend Serena was going out with this guy who was a Bruce fan. He suggested we all go to a concert and I've been hooked ever since.

Favorite Song: Jungleland, followed closely by Lost in the Flood and Incident on 57th Street

Favorite Album: Born to Run

Favorite Line from a song:"The Rangers had a homecoming
In Harlem late last night..." The beginning of a song I could hear 1000 times in a row and never get sick of it.

First concert: Well I'm ashamed to say I don't remeber the exact date. It was at the LA Sports Arena in 1981. (that's just pathetic)I found the ticket stub. It was August 27,1981

Favorite concert: May 22,2000, Arrowhead Pond. I got to sit 5th row center and just seeing him that close made it the best show. Also seeing him at Wembley Stadium in 1985 was fun.

Favorite unreleased song: I like Stand on it and Roulette. 41 Shots is also great. Too many great ones to choose from.

Why?: The songs, the shows, the man...THE SHOWER PICTURE!!
Because he is a wonderful story teller.

[Edited by sugarpie5 on March 1st, 2001 at 11:01 AM]

[Flory Days]

Another great topic dari! If this ran last year I also missed it.

Name-Mark Stanton
age-46
born in the USA - Racine, WI
live- Louisville, KY
occupation-I am a manager/analyst for a venture capital fund that invests in African-American owned businesses.

followed Bruce-casual fan since hearing Born to Run. Have been a serious fan since 1984.

song-Thunder Road, Backstreets, Promised Land, Badlands, This Hard Land, this could get pretty long here.

album-BTR/Darkness/WIESS

line-I want to find one face that aint looking through me/roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair/blow away the dreams that tear you apart/blame it on the lies that killed us blame it on the truth that ran us down/how can you pick one...how can I stop?....

first show-Hoosier Dome BITUSA tour. Should have been Chicago during the River tour....aaaargh!

favorite show-6/26/00 followed closely by Columbus 11/99, my wife's first show.

unreleased song-was Frankie, now LOHAD

why- Seeing a concert got me hooked. The quality of his live performance is without parallel. He really has fun performing and shares that. The music has a way of speaking to his fans both as an individual and part of a larger group. As posted by someone earlier: in a word, CONNECTION.

[Edited by Flory Days on March 1st, 2001 at 10:37 AM]

[CA Girl]

Well it's about time that I post again, maybe I'll get to 75 posts by the end of the year!

Name: Stacee
Age:34
Born: Pasadena, CA Now live in Upstate New York
Occupation: Mom with 3 kids
Followed since: 1984
Favorite song: Backstreets
Favorite album: Born to Run
Favorite Line: "Blame it on the lies that killed us, blame it on the truth that ran us down. You can blame it all on me Terry it don't matter to me now".
First Concert: October, 1984 LA Sports Arena
Favorite Concert: April 8, 2000 St. Louis took my 9 year old son and we sat in the front row!!
Favorite unreleased song: Right now it's "Protection". I really don't know why, it's just kind of a fun song.

[bates]

name:Bates/Karri
age:29 y and 11 months
born and live: in the great STATE of Chicago-Ha
occupation: Dietitian
followed bruce since: 84 or 85
favorite song: Incident/Badlands
favorite album: BTR
favorite line from a song: 'ain't no sin to be glad you're alive!'
first concert you attended: Chicago 2000
favorite concert you attended: MSG 6/17/2000
favorite unreleased song: LOHD
and most importantly WHY?
I can relate with his character's defeats, hopes, dreams and triumphs and he is the sexiest man alive!

[Toots]

name: Toots (no it's not my real name but it's what my family and my Bruce friends call me.
age: 40
born where?/live now: Baltimore, Maryland. I live in California now by way of many other places.
occupation: Preschool Teacher
followed bruce since: 1974
favorite song: Backstreets, Back in Your Arms, Incident on 57th Street. There are lots of others.
favorite album: Born to Run
favorite line from a song: There are too many, it's hard to pick one. Right now off the top of my head I'll say "Is a dream a lie if it don't come true, or is it something worse"
first concert you attended: Springfield, Mass. Sept. 1976
favorite concert you attended: Another tough one. I've only been to 8. The last night at Staples in L.A. was great, Vegas was fun, Anaheim I sat (well not sat) in the 5th row and Bruce slapped my hand. Any Bruce show is my favorite if I got to go to it!
favorite unreleased song: Land Of Hope and Dreams
and most importantly WHY? Bruce writes from the heart or the soul and puts emotions and feelings into words that I could never express. It's like he knows what we (or I) are going through and makes it all seem real, that we aren't alone in our pain or joy or anger. He's the best live performer, even at 50 he outdoes the competition. And that butt.....LOL

Toots

[brucegroupie]

name Deena

age 40

born where?/live now born and lived my whole life to date in Liberty, KY (except for the college years when I lived in Morehead, KY)

occupation Finance Officer for my hometown School District

followed bruce since 1979

favorite song all-time fave is Backstreets; but also includes The Fever and Meeting Across the River, For You is in there too

favorite album The River

favorite line from a song Blow away the dreams that tear you apart; blow away the dreams that break you apart....

first concert you attended July 5, 1984 Cincinnati

favorite concert you attended April 30, 2000 Cincinnati

favorite unreleased song The Fever and Pretty Flamingo; plus does The Iceman count?

and most importantly WHY? because his music speaks to my heart like no other; plus what he gives "to the kids" in his live shows, once you see one, you could never turn your back on anyone who can give so much to you like he does during his shows. He is simply amazing and I like his style, where he hasn't let all this go to his head. He seems very down-to-earth.

[Blind Terry]

name: David aka BT aka Blind Terry
age: 38
born where?/live now: UK
occupation: Specialist in substance Misuse
followed bruce: since 1980 my roommate at Uni was a fan and beat me into submission with the River
favorite song: Jungleland
favorite album: Born to run
favorite line from a song: I can't keep it to a line but this is my favourite verse:
Now the hardness of this world slowly grinds your dreams away
Makin' a fool's joke out of the promises we make
And what once seemed black and white turns to so many shades of gray
We lose ourselves in work to do and bills to pay
And it's a ride, ride, ride, and there ain't much cover
With no one runnin' by your side my blood brother

first concert you attended: Manchester 1999 After 14 years of trying to get tickets
favorite concert you attended: The first time is always special
favorite unreleased song: Chevrolet Delux of the recent songs LOHAD
and most importantly WHY?: Music for any time, place or mood.

[bigthal]

name Gary (bightal)
age 38
born where?/live now Washington D.C /Elkridge MD
occupation Liquor Store Manager
followed bruce since 78
favorite song Backstreets
favorite album Born to Run or Darkness
favorite line from a song Nothing is forgotten or forgiven
When its your last time around
I got stuff running round my head
That I just cant live down
first concert you attended 78
favorite concert you attended Hartford 5/8 or Asbury 12/18
favorite unreleased song County Fair

[gyspyangel]

gypsy: Ami
age: soon to be 35!! :eek:
live: The great state of NJ!
occupation: High School English Teacher, Special Ed.
Fan since: 1975
Favorite song: Something in the Night
Favorite album: Darkness on the Edge of Town
Favorite line from song: Well you're born with nothing and better off that way...
first concert: Spectrum, 1978
Favorite concert attended: that is a tough one, I am having a hard time choosing....so I will just say ALL 51 OF THEM!!
Favorite unreleased song: The Way
and finally WHY?

I think I have told this story again so I won't bore anyone with all the details however, (this may sound corny) Bruce's music literally saved my life! Thought no one understood how I felt and then I heard Bruce's lyrics and said finally someone who completely understands what I am going through. He has been constant in my life ever since...

I think I have answered all the appropriate questions...

gypsy

[Edited by gyspyangel on March 1st, 2001 at 04:01 PM]

[lucynsky]

name: anna
age: 44
born where?:live now bergenfield,nj- originally yonkers,ny
occupation 4th grade teacher
followed bruce since 1981
favorite song :Thunder road/Born to Run
favorite album: Born to Run
favorite line from a song: I want to know if love is wild and i want to know if love is real /throw out the dreams that tear you apart...
first concert you attended :1984 Meadowlands June
favorite concert you attended: Opening day Meadowlands 1984 June
favorite unreleased song: Land Of Hope and Dreams
and most importantly WHY? Bruce shows his vulnerabilities, he can express emotion, he sings about hope. He can write poetry and play the guitar and sing so sweet. Hes such a perfect dream guy.

[BruceFan38]

Name: Debbie
Age: 40 1/2
Occupation: Dental Hygienist
Born: Columbia, SC Now: Central NY
Followed Bruce since: 1978
Favorite Song: Thunder Road
Favorite Album: Darkness on the Edge of Town
Favorite Line from a song: "We ain't that young anymore"
First concert attended: July 1984 Saratoga. a blizzard kept me from traveling to see Bruce in 1979.
Favorite Concert: Atlanta 6/4-backstage pass and front row, debut of 41 shots and Further.
Favorite unreleased song: Further on up the road
Why? Because since I first became aware of Bruce's music I felt connected to it. I was from a small town and was dreaming of a way out. I related to Bruce's stories he told in the songs. It seemed like whatever he was going through when he wrote the music was what I was feeling when I heard it. His music has helped me to get through some very rough times in my life, and I hope it continues to do so.


[Edited by BruceFan38 on March 2nd, 2001 at 03:56 PM]

[Boss MD]

Two Answers for us!!

Boss MD
Name: George
Age: 41
Born where?/live now: Syracuse, NY/Elkton, MD
Occupation: Contract Specialist for US Army
Followed bruce since: 75
Favorite song: (Geez...only one??) I guess Jungleland
Favorite album: Darkness
Favorite line from a song: My signature line since it so aptly describes the emptiness that one feels when IT all falls apart.
First concert you attended: 78 Baton Rouge, LA
Favorite concert you attended: Philly 99 (B-Day)
Favorite unreleased song: LOHAD (41 Shots is great, but LOHAD has so many emotions with it...great song content, end of concert[disappointment here], great comraderie in the audience)

Boss RKS
Name: Trish
Age: 38
Born where?/live now: Frankfurt, Germany/Elkton, MD
Occupation: General Assistant in Ele. School
Followed bruce since: 79
Favorite song: Paradise by the C
Favorite album: Nebraska
Favorite line from a song: "Go over to your radios and turn the mother f***er up as loud as she'll go (my wife is saying this??)
First concert you attended: 88 Chapel Hill, NC (with Boss MD!)
Favorite concert you attended: Philly 99 (B-Day)
Favorite unreleased song: 41 Shots because is poignant and took a lot of courage to play it in NY.


Oops forgot why...
Why? Because I breathe. Better the sun not come up or the earth spin. Not to follow Bruce is tantamount to a life of misery and expressionless/emotionless drudgery. Where else can a 40 yr old man go to cry upon hearing Jungleland for the 1st time in 16 years? Who else could possible write/compose/sing compositions in such a manner that each time I hear the song (as I played on "Track Repeat" for 4 days straight) new subtleties and nuances? Who else could possibly know what I am thinking in any given situation? Please don't misunderstand, but I can't possibly imagine going through life without Bruce. The years (26 now) have held such memories that the memories now are life and life is the memory. But I ramble. I go to concerts and I get The Promise and This Hard Land, not E Street Shuffle or Incident or NYCS. Thus I must yet go to more concerts or listen to boots ceaselessly. Sorry this was so long. I stop now. :D

[Edited by Boss MD on March 3rd, 2001 at 06:42 PM]

[Sherry Darlin]

Name: Cindy
Age: 43

Born where/live now: Born in NYC, now living in So. California.

Occupation: Database Analyst

Followed Bruce: Since 1980

Favorite Song: Tough One! "Incident", "Back in your arms", "The Way" and I gotta say it - "Sherry Darling"

Favorite Album: Born to Run

Favorite line: "I believe in the love that you gave me, I believe in the faith that can save me, I believe in the hope and I pray that some it may raise me...

First Concert: 1984 Born In the U.S.A., Los Angeles Coliseum. It was incredible!

Favorite Concert: March 9, 2000 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida with Dari, Lonestar Girl and Geeboss. Sat on the floor for the first time, I had goose bumps all over!

Favorite unreleased song: "Land of Hopes and Dreams". Wish he would have included "The Way" on Tracks.

Why do I love Bruce? Well, how much space do I have? From the first time I really sat and listened to him he became my best friend. His music turned loneliness into the greatest company one could have. It's seen me through every good and bad period of my life and will forever. As far as being a performer, there's no one else who pours out as much passion and energy as Bruce. And who else could possibly look that good in a pair of tight black jeans? :)

[BADABING/NJ]

steve...born newark nj 50yo.. known him since since 1968,playing drums down the shore...played drums in bands n studio work for 20 years,then becae a sheriffs officer in the narctic unit,till i developed lupus in 1997,now on permanet disability...darkness album.... best show> carlton theatre in red bank 1976......fav line<someday we,ll look back n this will all be funny

[Dr. Zoom]

Name: Christian
Age: 27
Born/live now: Oslo, Norway
Occupation: I work at a daycare center
Fan since: 5/4/85 - my mother got me BITUSA for my 12th birthday.
Favorite song: Kitty's Back, Racing In The Street, Backstreets, One Step Up...there are so many.
Favorite album: WIESS, Tunnel, Darkness.
Favorite line from a song: "She sits on the porch of her Daddy's house / now all her pretty dreams're torn / she stares off alone into the night / with the eyes of one who hates for just being born" is one that comes to mind. But he's got so many others...
First concert: 7/27/88, Oslo
Favorite concert: 4/26/00, Pittsburgh / 6/24/99, Stockholm. 4/21/00, Charlotte is a contender.
Favorite unreleased song: Ballad Of The Self-Loading Pistol, Preacher's Daughter, None But The Brave...to name a few.
Why? : because. I can't explain it, but his music is like a friend. And like some of the others have said: connection.

[pmurph]

Name: Paul Murphy
Age:43
Born in Waterbury, CT, still live in Waterbury, CT
Occupation: funeral director
Followed Bruce since 1976
Favorite songs: There are too many to name one
Favorite album: BTR
Favorite line: "I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk"
First concert: 8/21/76 Palace Theater, Waterbury, CT, I just got the boot.
Favorite concert: 5/8/00 Hartford and 6/15/00(I was MIB'd),
but there have been many
Favorite unreleased song: It was the Fever but Tracks solved that problem. Now LOHAD but that is also soon to be solved.
Why: My life was changed after my first show in 1976. He filled a big void in what was out there musically at that time. Since then I've been a rider on that train. These past couple of years have just topped it off. Personal highlight: Shaking his hand at the Stone Pony in November

[Hidinonabackstreets]

Name: Steve
Age: 42
Born: Saginaw, MI grew up in Flint
Now in Nashvlle, TN

Occupation: musician/songwriter
Followed Bruce since: had the BTR record in '75..then we got a hold of some of the '78 boots..kept an eye on him the whole way, but didn't in up to my neck until I saw him live.

Fave Song: An impossible question

Fave LP: Live '75-'85 because it's full of so many 'moments', TOL, Nebraska, and if I keep going I'll just list them all..

Fave Line: There are so many that have applied to so much, I find it difficult to cite just one or two. However, I have noticed that even though Tunnel isn't necessarily a favorite album, a lot of people's favorite lines are from that record.

First show: Detroit, March 28, 1988

Fave show: Of 8 shows I've seen, I love them all for one thing or another. Again, they're all full of those 'moments'.

Fave unreleased song: probably LOHAD..

Why: He's different. Somehow, especially when you see a live show, you feel you've made a friend. He's never exuded the 'rock star elitest' vibe and in the stories on bootlegs he seems to make himself
accessable of the human experience. It makes the audience
feel like they're not alone in their conflicts. Everyone in his audience could say at one time or another, "He's talkin' about me."

At the Joad show I saw, some one yelled out, "We love you, Bruce!"
he replied, "Thanks, I love you, too." I immediately thought, 'but you don't know us...'. After pondering THAT for a while, I thought, 'Well..then again, maybe he does..'

[dari]

hidin'

pretty funny that you wrote that last line. at the christic shows someone yelled out at bruce "we love you bruce" to which he said "yea...but you don't really(or "even") know me".

dari

[Flory Days]

I got an e-mail notifying me that dari had posted to this thread. How many others rushed to check it out to see if she answered her own questions yet? I guess we have to wait a bit longer; it was just a tease, like one of those album rumours that come out early.

[LesterX]

Name: Leslie

Gender: Female (Sorry, had to add a category since my silly screen name is a source of confusion and my real name doesn't resolve the issue!)

Age: 37

Born/Live Now: Born and live in the LA area

Occupation: Independent Consultant working with schools and non-profit organizations

Followed Bruce Since: 1984. I wasn't an immediate convert, but I had college roommates who were huge fans and I remember a road trip with Sherry Darling blasting from the tape deck. I eventually bought a used copy of BTR and the rest is history.

Favorite Song: Impossible to choose! I'll go with some of the obvious contenders, BTR, Thunder Road, Badlands, as well as Growin' Up, Candy's Room and Point Blank.

Favorite Album: BTR or Darkness

Favorite Line: Again, too hard to narrow down but the 1st thing that came to mind was "is a dream a lie if it don't come true or is it something worse" so I'll stick with that.

First concert: October 1984 LA Sports Arena. I came down from the Bay Area with friends after spending 8 or so hours in line and being devastated about failing to obtain tickets there. Didn't tell my parents I was in town, knowing they'd think "you drove all the way down here for a CONCERT?!?" Little did I know that I would be going to far greater extremes in my thirties!!

Favorte Concert: Not sure I have a favorite. July 1, 2000, October 23, 1999 and the first night of the Christic Institute stand out, but all have been incredible.

Favorite Unreleased Song: Have to go with the majority here and say LOHAD

WHY? The passion and compassion that permeate the music, and the genius songwriting ability that captures all the nuances of life. The live performance aspect -- his energy and passion on stage are like nothing I've ever experienced, and there's such a sense of community created among a bunch of strangers who may have absolutely nothing else in common. Oh yeah, and that butt ain't too bad either...

[Muddyemms]

Name: Erik Waters
Age: 36
Born/Now: Troy NY/Clifton Park NY
Occupation: Lab Tech/Chemist
Favorite Song: Thunder Road
Favorite LP/Album: Born To Run
Since:[/i] 1980-81
[b]First Show: 11/21/99, Albany NY
Favorite Show: The first is always special . . . that, and it's the only one (but I did have tickets to the first show of BF38 above, and Atlanta 6/4 . . .).
Favorite Unreleased Song: "Further On Up The Road"--it says, "We'll be back . . ."
And, most importantly, . . .
Why? Honest rock & roll. And, he sings to most people's hearts. And, I've never seen a live peformer with as much intensity, energy, and respect for his fans as Bruce.
And a whole lot of other stuff that I won't get into right now, as it would take a while.

[Paulie]

Name: Paul

Age: 36

Birthplace: Norfolk, VA

Now Live: Somerville, MA (close enough to Boston to count!!)

Occupation: In the world of the Live Tramps: Bartender/Chief Navigator/Professional Roxburyer/Kidnapper of WWA
In the "real" world: Assistant bank manager

Followed Bruce Since: 1977

Favorite Song: Born to Run (with The Promise closing on the outside)

Favorite Album: Born to Run (by a nose over Darkness)

Favorite Line: "It's a town full of losers, I'm pulling out of here to win" among many

First Concert Attended: January 24, 1985 Providence, RI

Favorite Concert: Hartford, May 8, 2000 (the best show I've ever seen)

Favorite Unreleased Song: LOHAD

WHY??: the passion, the dedication, the committment to his craft and his fans continue to amaze me more than two decades later. His songs are so easy to relate to because they so perfectly capture our own hopes, fears, dreams, nightmares...our very lives. And that connection is so greatly intensified in concert, as he reaches out to all of us, to let us all revel in this ministry of rock & roll. To borrow from Carly Simon: "Nobody does it better."

[Rams]

name........................... Jim Ramsey

age............................ almost forty.

born where?/live now .......... NYC/ Charlotte

occupation .................... TV producer

followed bruce since .......... mid 70's / BTR era

favorite song ................. Jungleland. an epic.

favorite album ................ still BTR.

favorite line from a song...... changes allthe time. When I'm with my wife, the answer is "better days with a girl like you."

first concert you attended...... MSG Aug 23 1978 !

favorite concert you attended... 4/21/00 in Charlotte, first time for my wife.

favorite unreleased song ....... Further on up the road.

and most importantly WHY? ...... It's corny, but his music has been the soundtrack of my life, and any song that I've heard a thousand times and STILL get goosebumps, why change?

Rams
a cool rockin' daddy

[Great White North]

Rams, I like your choice for favorite line. I realize that I have already cast my vote, but this weekend my wife and I celebrate 14 years of marriage. As I pointed out earlier, 5/4 was her first Bruce experience and, when I said I needed to see more, she said "Go for it!" That was why I was in Atlanta and why I had the opportunity to meet a lot of people from this board and had the chance to see one of the most incredible shows ever (the American Skin and FOUTR debuts). She has been tolerant, might I even say, supportive, of my obsession (with apologies to "Obsessed", though I haven't seen her post in quite a while). To her, I say, Happy Anniversary!

[Candy's Boy]

Greg,
I have in my hand one hot Cocoa held HIGH in your honor.
Here's to 14 more buddy!

[orthy]

Same here GWN.....Lets shoot for another 28..!!!

[BigBonesBilly]

NAME: Dave
AGE: 4 weeks shy of 30
BORN/LIVE: Bricktown, NJ/Forked River, NJ
OCCUPATION: Sales Manager for a computer company
FOLLOWED BRUCE SINCE: 1979 at the ripe age of 8
FAVORITE SONG: Thunder Road
FAVORITE ALBUM: Greetings From Asbury Park
FAVORITE LINE: "It's a town full of losers and I'm pullin' outta here to win!" ... so I pulled out and moved 40 minutes away.
FIRST CONCERT: 12/18/80 at MSG
FAVORITE CONCERT: Either 6/27/00 or 12/17/00
FAVORITE UNRELEASED SONG: LOHAD
WHY?: It rocks...every time I listen to it I think about how lucky we all are that the band got back together for this past tour.

BBB

[Flamingo Lane]

OK - Here are my "Boss thoughts".....


name - Flamingo Lane / Linda
age - 41 for 1 more month
born where?/live now - "Jersey Girl" Shore area - all of my life.
occupation - Teacher (Special Education)
followed bruce since - 1977-78
favorite song - There are sooo many. If I have to choose one..... Thunder Road
favorite album - BTR
favorite line from a song - I have 2 - "You've got to learn to live with what you can't rise above, if you want to ride on down, down into this tunnel of love" and "At the end of every hard earned day, people find some reason to believe"
first concert you attended - Spectrum, Phila 1978? so long ago
favorite concert you attended - Spectrum - River Tour
favorite unreleased song - Was Fever, Now LOHAD
and most importantly WHY? From the first concert I attended I felt that not only was Bruce having a great time but that he felt a responsibility to us, and that seeing us have a great time was bringing him joy. He is genuine and the relationship he has with his fans is genuine. It is rare to find such commitment between people. Oh and I cannot forget that great music and lyrics that I could really identify with..... My question is WHY would anyone NOT?

[Pickle]

Hey, this is a great thread. I've enjoyed learning a bit about everyone who's posted. Here's mine:

Name: Greg

Age: 41

Born/Now: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Occupation: Teacher (Gr. 6 this year)

Favorite Song: I don't have one favorite above all others..... so many greats...but always seem to go back to almost everything on Darkness...especially: Badlands, Prove It, Promised Land, Racing in the Street

Favorite Album: Darkness on the Edge of Town

Followed Bruce since: the day I bought Darkness in 1978... a convert ever since!

Favorite unreleased song: The Way

First Show: Minneapolis Met Center...May 10, 1988..

Favorite Show: FARGO Fargodome during the last tour. I was able to get 8th row floor seats. Bruce was in a great mood and put on a spectacular show! It was also the first time my good friend ( we got into Bruce together in '78) and brother-in-law had ever seen Bruce and the E Street Band. After hearing me talk about his concerts for years, it was quite a moving experience to finally share a concert together.


Why? Keeping it short....for me, it's the raw emotion, honesty, humanity and the passion in Bruce's music.....no other artist speaks to me so personally and directly... his music is a celebration of life.

Favorite Line: ...it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive!

[Spirit]

NAME...Liz

AGE....36

BORN WHERE?/LIVE NOW...NYC/Central NJ

FOLLOWED BRUCE SINCE....1978

FAVORITE SONG...this is always a tough one. Just can't limit it to only one. Obviously Spirit In the Night is one of my favs. It's always so much fun to see him perform it. Other tops on my list: BIYA, Racing, Meeting-Jungleland, Incident, NYC Serenade......

FAVORITE ALBUM...Born To Run

FAVORITE LINE..."Is a dream a lie if it don't come true or is it something worse?"

FIRST CONCERT ATTENDED...11/28/80-MSG

FAVORITE CONCERT ATTENDED...9/24/99-Spectrum (The Big 5-0)

FAVORITE UNRELEASED SONG...Another vote for LOHAD

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY...WHY?...His words touch my heart. His performances amaze me time after time. His beautiful face, arms, butt, etc....

[Marsha]

Name: Marsha
age: 41
born where?/live now: You can take the girl out of Philly but you can’t take the Philly out of the girl/Cheltenham, PA/Very close to that
occupation: Mobile medical examiner, MT, mother, Bruceaholic
followed bruce since: late 1974
favorite song: Night, Thunder Road, She’s The One
favorite album: BTR
favorite line from a song: Many; And I dropped to my knees, hung my head and cried, Yeah I know I ain’t nobody’s bargain But hell a little touch-up And a little paint, Tonight this fool’s halfway to heaven and just a mile outta hell (all lines from Better Days), Barroom eyes shine vacancy, to see her you got to look hard (all of For You), yada, yada, yada
first concert you attended: Kutztown State College July, 1975
favorite concert you attended: Above concert, all, and the last was really special Dec.18, 2000
favorite unreleased song: LOHAD
and most importantly WHY?: Silly question at this point.
Ancient Chinese proverb: Me love you long time.

[imabrucefan]

Name: Kim
Age: 43
Birthplace/Live Now: Charlotte, NC my hometown
Occupation: Pharmacist/Natural Medicine Consultant
Followed Bruce since: 1976 after hearing the very first notes of BTR
Favorite song(s): Thunder Road/Back in Your Arms
Favorite album: BTR
Favorite line: "Is that you, baby, or just a brilliant disguise?"
First concert: Charlotte, August 2, 1978 AWESOME! Met Clarence at a party afterward
Favorite concert: April 21st, 2000 Charlotte. The anticipation I felt that night was incredible! Met a bunch of you, got to sit on the 5th row (best seat I've ever had) and appreciated the reunion of Bruce and the ESB all the more after all these years. One of the best times of my life!
Favorite unreleased song: LOHAD
Why? Because just like Rams said, he gave me goosebumps the first time I heard him and he still does. I can't put into words the excitement I feel listening to his music. Because he's REAL. Because he touches my soul.


OK Dari, your turn!

[HazyDavie]

Name: David

Age: 39

Born: London, England -

Occupation: Lawyer

Followed since: 1980

Favourite Song: Thunder Road

Favourite Album: Darkness ............

Favourite Line: How tough a question is that? - However, after much thought
'There's a river that runs by that little town,Down into the sea,
It was there in the shade i lay my body down, As she flowed on so effortlessly, Now there's a party tonight out at County Line, They'll be dancing down at Seven Trees, From these banks I can see those party lights, Maybe she's there, maybe she's looking for me..........

1st Concert: 5th Nov 1980 - ASU, Activity Center, ASU
'Heart and Soul' - Was studying/partying at ASU at the time.

Favourite Concert- Anaheim 22nd May 2000 - Flew from London, England to LA with my nine year old daughter to take her to her first show. Saw both nights but only the second with her. Great seats the first night-right up front. She loved it and so did I. Stayed three nights and flew back. Exhausted but great stuff!

Favourite Unreleased song- 'County Fair'.

Why? coz he sends a chill down my back everytime I hear
'A one, two, a one, two three four............'!!!!!!!!!!!

[HazardFromHarvard]

name: Tom

age: 37

born where?/live now: Methuen, MA / Kingston, RI

occupation: corporate lawyer

followed bruce since: approximately 1979

favorite song: Changes all the time - right now it's Backstreets

favorite album: Darkness of the Edge of Town

favorite line from a song: If Pa's eyes were a window into a world so lonely and true / You couldn't stop me from lookin', but you kept me from fallin' through (The Wish)

first concert you attended: 1/23/85 in Providence; should have been 12/15/80 in Boston, but I've told that story before...

favorite concert you attended: 8/26/99 in Boston

favorite unreleased song: Cindy, The Hitter, Child Bride (and if we include covers, Drift Away)

and most importantly WHY?: My wife asks me this about 3 times a week. I just love the music - I can't put a finger on why.

[PIMDBOSSFAN]

Name-Craig, PIMDBF (Pawleys Island M.D.)
Age- 41 and a cool rocking Dad(Sorry Rams)
Physician
First listened to Bruce in 1978, when Darkness came out. Have seen every tour since, but sometimes only got to one show.
Favorite song changes weekly . Right now it is BIYA, Darkeness on the edge of town,Racing in the streets, LOHAD
Favorite album -Darkness on the Edge of Town
Favorite line- If the truth is spoken and it don't make no difference something in your heart runs cold.
First concert 1981 in Columbia,SC Hooked for life
Favorite concert- toss up between 1984 Born in the usa show and 7/1/00.
Favorite unreleased song LOHAD,Code of silence
Why-Would take too long. His is the best

[TSnide]

Rams:

"Soundtrack of my life." Exactly the phrase I was going to use, but VH1 beat me to it!!

[jungleland933]

name: Chris
age: 39
born:Bronx
now:Toms River NJ
occupation:retail mgmt
follow Bruce since 77
fav song: backstreets
album: the river if i have to pick
first concert 9/21/79 No Nukes
best concert 12/17/00 Holiday show
fav line: is a dream a lie if it don't come true
unreleased song:lohad
why:Look at the faces in the crowd at any of his concerts. You can't put into words the way that Bruce can connect with us.It is that joy that you feel that keeps me a fan.

[lori]

Dari: I would love to see your sign-in book--I'm sure I'm in there somewhere.
Who: Lori (see how creative I was when I cam up with my name!)
Age: 34
Born/Now: Los Angeles (but I did live up North and in Chicago, so I have moved around a bit)
Occupation: Attorney
Fan Since: approx. 1979
Favorite Song: Imposssible to answer
Favorite Album: Also impossible, but if you held a gun to my head it'd be BTR.
1st time: Second night Oakland, 1984
Best concert: So hard to say. 7-1-00 was pretty memorable, though.
Favorite line: So many, but the one I use the most is "Someday we'll look back on this and it will all seem funny"
Unreleased song: Hard to say. LOHAD and American Skin are pretty incredible and probably the ones I am most familiar with.
Why: Can't even begin to explain in words. He moves me in a way no one ever has.

[ForYou]

name-Sandy
age-19 & holding (ha)
born-Richmond, VA. now live-Knoxville, TN
occupation-realtor/property mgr.own bus with husband
followed Bruce- since '69
favorite songs- For You, 4th of July(Sandy), NYCS, The Price You Pay, Atlantic City, LOHAD and and and..
favorite album- Greetings/Wild, Tracks and and and..
favorite lines- But I could give it all to you if only you could ask(all of ForYou) / I hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd but when they said sit down I stood up / You make up your mind, you choose the chance you take You learn to sleep at night with the price you pay / Sandy the aurora is risin behind us, the pier lights our carnival life forever Love me tonight for I may never see you again, hey Sandy girl / the chorus of Atlantic City and and and..
First concert- Monroe Park, Richmond 6/69
Favorite concert- I'm with Hidin-every one has it's moments.
7th & Marshall Parking Deck, Richmond
BTR/Darkness
Tom Joad Nashville & Atlanta
Tunnel Atlanta ( wish I had been at 12/17 cause I
Atlanta 6/4, Cinci, 7/1 know that would be one)
Favorite unreleased- LOHAD
Why- love at first sight & sound plus all of the wonderful reasons all of you have given. Everyone of them true.

[2catwoman]

Name: Kim
Age: 38
Born where?/Live now: CT/West Virginia by way of Long Island, NY and Pittsburgh, PA
Occupation: Research Biologist
Followed Bruce since: summer '78
Favorite song: the one I am listening to right now : )
Favorite album/Darkness/Born to Run
Favorite line from a song: Is a dream a lie if it don't come true Or is it something worse?/Blow away the dreams that tear you apart. Blow away the dreams that break your heart. Blow away the lies that leave you nothing but lost and broken hearted/I'll love you with all the madness in my soul/Dreams will not be thwarted...Faith will be rewarded/I believe in the love that you gave me. I believe in the hope that can save me. I believe in the faith.../It's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin and can't stand the company/You can't shut off the risk and the pain without losin' the love that remains/
First concert: 8/31/85
Favorite concert: toss up between 5/8/00 which I shared with family members and 6/26/00 when I got to rub Bruce's upper thigh and look into his beautiful eyes : )
Favorite unreleased song: American Skin (41 Shots)
Why: Bruce has literally saved my life during a very long and difficult period. Because he can express so wonderfully all my thoughts and feelings that I find so difficult to express myself. Because I can go to a show alone and be surrounded by friends that I haven't met and yet we all share a connection. Because of his quiet generosity. Because he lives his life on his own terms without all the publicity that others in his position seem to crave. Because when I am faced with a difficult situation, I can find inspiration in Bruce's lyrics and music that help me to have faith in myself and the universe. Because, quite simply, it is Bruce-the man and his music.

[dari]

hey..i like to pose these things. doesn't mean i like to answer them.

name...dari. hey the day i signed on was my first day on the internet. never thought to use an alias. now i'm glad i didn't.

age...emsquared,foryou, and i are pleading the fifth on this one. let's just say younger than bruce but older than most people, it seems, on here.

born where?/live now....NYC/ santa monica, california

occupation...artist/designer..right now i design kid's clothes and gift items.

followed bruce since....i can remember. unlike most people who can give you an exact date,concert,etc. i went to a few of the early shows before i became religious about it. but it was definitely around 70-71.

favorite song...if you don't know one of them by now you haven't been reading this thing for very long. but it is a tie between nyc serenade and thunder road. i got to hear one of them at almost every concert since 1975. wish i could say the same about the other. but geeboss and i will get to hear it again someday.just hope we're together when it happens.

favorite album...born to run/wiess...just depends on the day you ask me.

favorite line from a song...show a little faith there's magic in the night,you ain't a beauty but hey you're alright .....hey vibesman hey jazzman, play me you're new york city serenade (okay, so he only said the "new york city" part in concert but for me it's always in there) ....so walk tall, or baby don't walk at all...can i go on? do i need to?

first concert you attended...cafe wha?/nyc dec 1967-jan 1968
this was my teenage hangout and i went there every weekend as a kid. cannot tell you anything about the show or the band but we were in the same room at the same time as the castiles and i don't remember a thing about it. i also saw jimmy james and the blue flames there and had to be reminded of this by one of the girls i went to school with years later. ( jimmy changed it to "jimi" and...well you get the idea)

favorite concert you attended...bottom line stand 1975.

favorite unreleased song...this has changed now that some of them have been released but "if i were the priest" is still right up there.

and most importantly WHY? i knew when i first saw bruce and really took him in as an artist that he was who i was...the kid who had been a loner in high school, maybe misunderstood
by his parents/peers and above all else he knew how to express this all in words that totally escaped me. like all of you i constantly found myself saying "how can he know exactly what i am feeling all the time?". had he also been hurt, rejected, and ostracized? of course i was still too young to realize that most people go through these things in life. to me, as with all of you i'm sure, he was writing and performing those things for me about my life. the rest of you were just in that crowd with me. he knew me without ever having said 2 wrods to me. and he continued to speak that way to me for 20 years. we may have grown apart slightly, bruce and i, but he is still the old friend i can come to in times of happiness and trouble and his music will take me somewhere that no other music can. it is music to be listened to alone in your room dancing with wild abandom and it is music to put on your headset and cry uncontrollably over. but the best part for me is turning around when he is on stage and singing "born to run" and watching the faces of all of the other fanatics in the crowd and realizing that i am not alone anymore. there are 20,000 people in that space in that time that feel exactly the way i do and for that moment it transcends all else. or i can come here and talk to you........


dari

[emsquared]

Dari,
You sure hit the nail on the head...

Like an old friend, the music that speaks to you will always be there and never let you down. The words and music won't lie to you when you need those words that encourage or share a feeling or mood. Or even allow you to cry when that's what you need to do.

Like alot of folks have already said, Bruce's music has got me through some really tough times.

I know that he didn't experience any of the things that brought me to where I am today but he KNEW enough of the economy and what was happening in the country that drove people away from their hometowns and into new and uncertain lives.

[Flory Days]

dari, who cares about age? Besides if you are younger than Bruce that still qualifies as young, IMHO. Remember he is young enough to have 3 little ones. You always have excellent stories to tell. The Cafe Wha? Bottom Line shows? It must have been great to be in NYC in those days. Most of us only get to read that stuff in books(or in a dari post). For You, thanks for being our link to the Richmond history. Must have been in the right place at the right time....who would have figured a kid from New Jersey without a record deal would have had a chance to be big in Richmond?

[Edited by Flory Days on March 6th, 2001 at 01:34 PM]

[Nebraska Fan]

Dari do you write for the Sapranos? I was watching a show from the second season and one of the characters says that he saw Jimi at the Cafe Wha? and told him he had talent. Must have been the night you were there. When I was back in NYC for the 6/17 MSG show we went to the Wha? and our friend Bill got to get up on stage and play with the house band. You'll have to tease him about that the next time you see him.

[Weakkneeswilly]

name....Rob James
age.....34
occupation...GM of a small packaging company
since....1981
fav song...Thunder Road
fav album....Born to Run
Fav line....too many
fist concert.....Jan 23 1981 Montreal Forum
favorite.....probably my first,it changed my life
favorite unreleased....Real World acoustic after the Human
Touch fiasco I still consider this an
unreleased song
Why?......There will never be anyone like him again

[dari]

NF

i promise to rib bill about that the next time i see him. haven't been in that place since the mid 70's. it would be very nostalgic for me now.

flory days

you are right about the age thing. some days i feel like i am the world's oldest person but most days it's more like
"i'll do that when i grow up". one thing about not having kids...no slap in the face with reality on a daily basis.

weakkneeswilly

you are right about "real world". it is still unreleased as far as i'm concerned. it was a crime to realease that song and the others he played at the christic for the first time the way they were done on the cds.

dari

[Rams]

Dari...

when you said... "there are 20,000 people in that space in that time that feel exactly the way i do and for that moment it transcends all else.".. it made me tihnk about how the concepts of connecting and participating are so vital to the Bruce Live experience.
In Charlotte, I took a big sign that simply said, 1-2-3-4!
I really enjoyed turning around with it, making eye contact with someone else, and seeing the flash of recognition and appreciation come across their faces.
It's a great feeling, isn't it?

Rams

[Nebraska Fan]

I saw Max before one of the MSG shows and asked him what the chances of hearing them play Real World were. He said "None, we don't know that one."

According to Backstreets, Real World was subsquently sound checked in the solo acoustic mode.

[Atlantic City]

Name: Brian
Age: 35
Born/Live: Baltimore,MD/Columbia,MD
Occupation: Broadcast Technican
Followed Bruce since: 1980
Favorite Song: Too many to name
Favorite Album: Tie between Nebraska & Darkness
Favorite Line: At the end of very hard earned day people find some reason to believe.
First Concert: 7-24-99 Meadowlands
Favorite Concert: 9-3-99 DC For You in the set list plus Bonnie Raitt,Jackson Browne,Shawn Colvin, Bruce Hornsby & Bruce's cousin Frankie join in the encores for Hungry Heart & Red Headed Woman. And I was in the 13th row on the floor on Steve & Patti's side!!
Favorite Unreleased Song: The rockabilly Your Hometown
Why: The man cuts to your emotions, he speaks the truth & the music flat out rocks!!!

AC

[Voyager]

Great thread, Dari... still on vacation, but I needed my Bruce fix :D
name: Anne
age: 37 (but only just :) and who says I have problem with my age!)
born: in London, but now live in Munich, Germany
occupation: Translator/English Editor
followed bruce since the beginning of last year (a real beginner!)
favorite song: toss up between Thunder Road, NYC Serenade and Racing in the Street (really can`t decide)
favorite album: Darkness and BTR - depends on my mood
favorite line from a song: you better look hard and look twice
first concert attended: June 15
favorite concert attended: only attended 3 so far and they were all incredible (duh) - I had to work hardest for June 17 (8-hour wait in line and shot nerves), so maybe that`s the one I appreciated most.
favorite unreleased song: 41 Shots
and most importantly WHY?: He always has something to say to me, no matter how I`m feeling...can`t say the same for any other artist (or for many people I know for that matter)...

[Kumo]

Dari, great thread to do this one again!!

Name: Kumo/ Ku for Kurt and mo for Mortier

Age: 24

Born/Live now: Brugge, Belgium / Clearwater, Florida /
will be back in Brugge from april on...

Occupation: Avionics Engineer

Followed Bruce since: 1991

Favorite song: hm... depends of course but I'll
take "Backstreets" as one of them!!

Favorite Album: Born to run

Favorite line: many favorites, but let's see... "Blow away the dreams that tear you apart. Blow away the the dreams that break your heart. Blow away the lies that leave you nothing but lost and broken hearted."

First concert: April 92, Gent, Belgium

Favorite concert(s): both concerts at the MSG stand in NYC on 6/20 and 6/22!!! Thank you forever to the persons that got me those tickets, they know who they are!!! It was GREAT!!!

Favorite unreleased song: does "Trapped" count? Otherwise it is Americon Skin for the moment

Why: He is just rocking!! Absolutely great lyrics!!! No words to describe it, you know what I mean!! He is just doing honest rock 'n roll! That's it

[radiogirl70]

Name: Laurie

Age: 30

Born: Mobile, AL, live/work in Tuscaloosa/Birmingham, AL

Occu: journalist

Bruce fan since: '84

Song: Promised Land

Album: Darkness (today :))

Line: We're all riders on this train...

First show: Joad, '96, Birmingham

Favorite show: NYC 7/1 AND Atlanta 6/4

Unreleased: LOHAD!!!

Why? Lots of reasons. The songwriting, the dedication/passion about his music -- and the way that music makes me feel.

Great thread (again) Dari,
rg70

[VTGIRL]

Name: Kendra
Age: 30
Born/Live: Woburn,MA/Milton,VT
Job: Operations Manager
Followed Bruce since: 1978
Favorite Song: It varies from day to day. Today it is Incident
Favorite Album: Darkness
Favorite Line: You and me we were the pretenders, we let it all slip away in the end what you don't surrender, well the world just strips away.
First Concert: Michigan 1999
Favorite Concert: Charlotte 2000
Favorite Unreleased Song: Land of Hopes and Dreams
Why? Bruce taps my central nervous system with feelings I have never felt before from anything emotionally or mentally. What I would give to meet this man... Only in my dreams, every night......

[bunnylips]

name - Kirstin
age - 34
born where?/live now - Omaha, NE / Strasburg, CO
occupation - None
followed bruce since - 1984
favorite song - Thunder Road
favorite album - can't decide
favorite line from a song - "At night on them banks I'd lie awake, and pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take"
first concert you attended - Lincoln, NE '84
favorite concert you attended - Lincoln
and most importantly WHY? - My brother (Pony Boy)got me hooked and at first a lot of it was because my brother thought he was cool. After awhile I began really listening to the words & music. There is so much passion & meaning in the songs, it draws you in.

[smitten]

name-jen (i've been a live daily ghost since this summer, never posted...i couldn't resist this particular post though...)
age 19
born where?/live now-born in MA, just outide of Boston, live in New York City now
occupation-student at NYU
followed bruce since - introduced to Bruce in the fall of 99 but it didn't click with me until the spring of 2000 at which point it REALLY REALLY REALLY clicked...it was the Ghost of Tom Joad that did it...then once I really listened to Thunder Road, it was all over
favorite song- New York City Serenade. This is not a song, it is a poem...an epic...i can hardly contain by the time he gets to "listen to your junk man..."
favorite album - The Wild, The Innocent, and the E-Street Shuffle...one song after another is a blockbuster...this album can't be playing in the background while I'm talking to someone on the phone cause I am too distracted...NYC Serenade and Kitty's Back...Wild Billy...E-Street Shuffle? SO GOOD. Born to Run is close though...I am usually numb with happiness by the time I get to Jungleland and at that point I just don't know what to do with myself...
favorite line from a song - too many to name...ever since i got into bruce though...i use "badlands, you gotta live it every day let the broken heart stand for the price you gotta pay..." as a motto for living...its good to be young and impulsive...
first concert you attended-the first show at the MSG shows in June this summer...changed my life, REALLY...i saw four more after that
favorite concert you attended - EVERY ONE...but seeing E-Street Shuffle live was especially incredibly, not to mention JUNGLELAND and (swoon) Back in Your Arms (that song live was powerful in a way I can't quite describe)

is this too long? i'm sorry...i will post more in the future...this is kind of a hidden post, six pages into and a few days late but that's okay, right? be talking to you all...

[Toots]

Smitten,

Welcome to the board! It's never too late to get on the train. We'll look forward to seeing you around more often.

Toots

[imabrucefan]

Yes, welcome Smitten! It's great to have another new fan, especially a "youngster". And it sounds like you've got it bad! Hope to see you around here--don't be a ghost.

[ForYou]

Welcome Jen-You've come to the right place. We are all Smitten here.

[dari]

let's see smitten

should we be glad you're here? well you're probably living down the block from where i grew up (on university place next to bradley's bar which is still there) and your favorite song is "new york city serenade". sounds like this is gonna be your kind of place....WELCOME!

dari

[teenage werewolf]

Hey Big Sis,

Looks like we might have a little sis... NYCS, sounds like family to me!

Welcome and enjoy!


The Werewolf

[katiesdad]

Name--Jamie

Age--33

Born and raised in the plains of Kansas...not exactly Bruce territory, but what are you going to do?

Job--Teacher...6th grade English. High school soccer and basketball coach.

Followed Bruce since--'85. I had resisted Bruce until I saw the video for "Dancing in the Dark." When I saw the massive crowd in the final pullback, I knew that I had to start checking this guy out. I'm very glad I did.

Song--Off the beaten path here, but "Tougher Than the Rest."

Album--"Live "75-85"

Line--Mister I aint a boy. No I'm a man! And I believe in a Promised Land.

First Concert--Chicago in September of '99.

Favorite concert--Kansas City-April '00

Unreleased--LOHAD

PS. I would greatly appreciate ANY information about obtaining boots. I have always wanted to get involved, but never have had an opportunity. Someone PLEASE PM me with some info! Thanks!

P.S.S. I just realized that the e-mail address on my profile is incorrect. Yet, when I try to change it, I get some nonsense about my current address already being taken. I do not think this is accurate. (I previously was under a different name and the e-mail addresses got mixed up. Anyway, you can reply on the thread or e-mail me at jvd@hit.net
Sorry for the trouble. Again, any help would make my year!

[Edited by katiesdad on March 12th, 2001 at 06:19 PM]

[Pony Boy]

I have tried to log a post 3 times and AOL has disconnected me each time and I've lost my post, right as I get to the first concert question. Sooooo!I am going to try again some other time when my ANGER at AOL has subsided! ARGGGGGHHHHHH!!

[MkVoss]

Name: Mike Voss

Age: 44

Born where?/live now: Santa Monica/Reseda, CA

Occupation: Service Writer/Rental Agent

Followed bruce since:
In earnest, since late 1985, with a big boost
from online participation on Backstreets/Luckytown
and the old GEnie board in the early to mid 90's.

Favorite song:
Really varies, but I'm still partial to Thunder Road.
I like to put a good word in for less noticed songs
though, which would include Loose Change.

Favorite album:
I'm interpreting favorite as one I listen to
a lot (as opposed to best, which is, imo, Nebraska,
and not something I think *anybody* puts in the
cd player every day - except perhaps NebraskaFan <G>).
So favorite, although again it varies, would be
TOL - soon giving way to LINYC :-)

Favorite line from a song:
Difficult choice again. We can go for the "merely"
evocative ("Big Wheels roll through fields where sunlight
streams/Meet me in a land of hope and dreams"), to the
chilling ("Got a cold mind to go tripping cross that thin
line"), or the truly profound ("Sister, I won't ask for
forgiveness, my sins are all I have"). You pick :-)

First concert you attended:
10/29/84, LA Sports Arena. $500.00 to VIP Tickets
for a pair of 14th-row center tix and, incredibly, it
took a boot of This Gun's For Hire playing repeatedly
on my turntable to really hook me!

Favorite concert you attended:
You ask hard questions, Dari :-)
11/26/95, Wiltern Theater, LA
10/23/99, Staples Center, LA (front-row upgrade)
7/1/00, NYC (the E-St Band chant and BB to close
are hard to beat - and I'd choose every one of the
final 6 shows as a "favorite" because I flew to NY
from LA without a single ticket, or offer, in hand
and saw all 6!)
Obviously I can't choose one :-)

Favorite unreleased song:
Probably "Follow That Dream"...

and most importantly WHY?
...because that's pretty much what I did during
this tour, seeing 13 shows where I'd previously
only attended 10 from 1984-1996.

[MkVoss]

An addendum after going back and reading Dari's
entry, in which she answered "First concert
attended" with her FIRST concert, rather than her
first Springsteen gig: my first concert ever was
around 1970-72, at the Valley Music Theater
in Woodland Hills, CA. Headlined by Badfinger,
it was opened by Pure Prairie League and a
"special guest from Long Island" - Billy Joel!
Who stole the show completely.

Mike

[dari]

hey mike

my "first concert attended" was a bruce show...it was the castiles at the cafe wha?...just didn't know it at the time. as i once said here and (gulp!) will age myself yet again, my first concert ever was a line up that included buddy holly and the crickets and when i was 5 and already a rock and roll fan.


dari

[GEEBOSS]

name - geeboss
age - 50
born where?/live now Washington,DC/ Fairfax,VA
occupation - livedaily picture poster, man of few words
followed bruce since - 75 after meeting with Mrs. G
favorite song - NYCS could there be anything else?
favorite album - The Wild and The Innocent
favorite line from a song - Hey vibes man, hey jazz man, play me your serenade first concert you attended - 12/7/75 McDonough Arena, DC
favorite concert you attended - Va Tech 4/22/76
favorite unreleased song - The Way ...I just get cold chill singing this to my lovely wife!!!!


http://www.zing.com/picture/p275852c39039793f4bd4ea6e3083ab5b/ff241fd4.jpg

[dari]

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! he lives...he posts!!!!!!!!!


dari

[Flory Days]

And he has the most important occupation on this list!

[ForYou]

You don't need words GEE. When you post-we "listen"

[Sandy4th]

OK Totally useless but interesting (I thought) information:
I pulled out my hard copy of last year's who are you thread just to see who was still here and this is what I found:

I found 49 members that posted on the 2000 thread last year and who appear to still be with us (2001 who are you thread and/or frequent posters to other threads). Not a bad core group.

Of course this doesn't count those that have changed their screen names or those that read/post infrequently because of school,work,family or whatever.

Still.......not a bad "retention rate"

[piwi]

name - Sigine
age - 32
born where?/live now - Groemitz / Eutin (both north Germany)
occupation - banker
followed bruce since - 88
favorite song - Thunderroad
favorite album - Born to run
favorite line from a song - Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
first concert you attended - 07/30/88
favorite concert you attended - sorry, can't decide this
favorite unreleased song - American Skin
and most importantly WHY? - his music is guarding my dreams and visions.


It took a long time to answer and I'm not satisfied with my answers. No problem with the hard facts :D , but to bring down everything else on the point is hard.

[piwi]

name - Sigine
age - 32
born where?/live now - Groemitz / Eutin (both north Germany)
occupation - banker
followed bruce since - 88
favorite song - Thunderroad
favorite album - Born to run
favorite line from a song - Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
first concert you attended - 07/30/88
favorite concert you attended - sorry, can't decide this
favorite unreleased song - American Skin
and most importantly WHY? - his music is guarding my dreams and visions.


It took a long time to answer and I'm not satisfied with my answers. No problem with the hard facts :D , but to bring down everything else on the point is hard.

[Blind Terry]

Back to the top

[beckster]

name - Becky
age - 43
born where?/live now - Grew up Western Massachusetts / lived in NYC last 22 years
occupation - Finance/Ad-PR Agency
followed bruce since - Mid 70's
favorite song - Right now -Prove It All Night-Live
Others - Spirit in the Night, Rosalita, Atlantic City, Brilliant Disguise, Back in your Arms, BTR of course
favorite album - Tie BTR,Darkness,WIESS
favorite line from a song - None in particular, most all
first concert you attended - 08/21/99 Boston
favorite concert you attended - 4/30/00 Cincy. 4th row, first stage rush - got hand slap from Bruce, bra incident
but also loved MSG 6/17/00 (E Street Shuffle)
favorite unreleased song - Code Of Silence

Not only do I like the music, but what I know/read about Bruce as a person , I respect and admire (the way he deals with his success and treats his fans). Also based on the people that are his fans, I think that say something special about Bruce.

[Dusty BR]

name - Amy
age - 34
born - Chicago. Now live in Colorado Springs, CO and have also lived in Tampa, FL
occupation - Investment Firm Branch Manager
fan since - 1984
favorite song - She's the One, Rendezvous
favorite album - The River
first concert - Chicago, 8/9/85
favorite concert - Chicago, 8/9/85
unreleased song - Code of Silence
Why - his list of great songs is endless, I can relate to his beliefs and values and the E-Street band is awesome!

[Karo]

Name: Kathy

Live: Staten Island, NY ( no big hair- well maybe 1 or 2 years in the eighties)

Occupation: Work for a Mutual Fund Co

Age: 35

First Show: 7/5/81

Favorite Album: Darkness on the Edge of Town

Favorite Song: Impossible to narrow down.

Favorite Concert: Tie 8/20/84 and 7/1/00

Favorite Line: This Train- Dreams will not be thwarted This Train- FAITH will be rewarded.

Why: His words, music and concerts just touch my soul

[RMO]

name - Rich
age - 34 when began posting; now 36
born where?/ born in Chicago, IL, have lived in Dallas, TX since '72
occupation - lawyer and, unlike Geeboss, man of sometimes too many words
followed bruce since - Casually since BITUSA, maybe The River. Intensely since attending Tom Joad show in January of '96
favorite song - Don't think I could ever narrow it down to 1 or even 2. But most consistently Thunder Road, Born to Run and often Brilliant Disguise
favorite album - Almost tougher than favorite song cuz it depends on the mood. But probably BTR.
favorite line from a song - Love me tonight and I promise I'll love you forever...
first concert: Cotton Bowl in September of '85
favorite concert you attended - Probably 11/14/99 in Cleveland cuz 12th row center.
favorite unreleased song - Doesn't really count now, but always was The Promise.


Oops. Almost forgot the most important "why?":

So many reasons. Genuine respect for the fans and compassion for those less fortunate. Not mere lip service. Not afraid to search for the "truth" and be true to himself regardless of commercial risks. Just good, often inspirational music if you let be so.



[Edited by RMO on April 16th, 2001 at 01:46 PM]

[MB]

Name: Michael Brown
Age: 35
Born/Live: Pittsfield,MA/ Glendale, CA
Occup: Managed Healthcare ( boo )
Followed since: 1980
Favorite Song: So tough. T- Road, Brilliant Disguise, LOHAD
Favorite Album: BTR/Darkness
Favorite Line: So tough times 100...." God have mercy on a man, who doubts what he's sure of ".
1st Concert: Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI 1984
Favorite Concert: Charlotte 2000, Cleveland #1 1999
Favorite unreleased: Was LOHAD
Why: Family, commitment, connection. The energy and experience of a LIVE show is uncomprable...NOTHING compares. It is an event, and you could say historic beacuse as a fan you mark time by it... you recall that particular time of your life by a LIVE date. It is like nothing else on earth.

[69 Chevy]

Back up-top for Dari.

Still ponderin' for myself...

[Candy's Boy]

To the top!

[glennm]

Name: Glenn
Age: nearly 27 the big 3-0 is getting closer and closer
Born/Live: Berlin/Erding, a small town near Munich, Germany
Occup: We keeep the bank going (another man who's working on computers the whole day:-))
Followed since: 1986
Favorite Song: Love them all..right now American skin, Lost in the flood, the river
Favorite Album: Darkness on the edge of town
Favorite Line: Is a dream a lie if it's don't come true... First Concert: Munich 1993
Favorite Concert: Berlin first night 1999
Favorite unreleased: Sugarland
Why: Why not??? He's the man who's writing the best soundtrack for my life...listen to his music is always like coming home....