LOOSE ENDS - Il Forum Italiano dedicato a Bruce Springsteen

MILAN, ITALY
Wednesday, November 28

A Swiss fan in the Italian court

By Thomas Mäusli

Since Bruce and his E Street Band don't stop in Switzerland anymore, we were forced to travel south to witness the Boss and his legendary band. We tackled the 300 kilometers from Zurich to Milano by car and arrived around four in the afternoon. At the Datchforum (previously Forum Asago) there were already hundreds of people gathered, queuing and/or seeking tickets. After a few pizzas and beers we battled our way inside the stadium, about two hours before the gig. Our tickets didn't give us access to the floor level (where we wanted to be), so we made our way upstairs -- to find three-quarters of the seats already taken! For the Swiss, two hours before the gig normally means "on time," so we were quite surprised how early the Italians were on the spot.

It didn't take long for the Italians to start their cheers, claps and "Bruuuuuuuuuce" shouts -- mind you, two hours before showtime! It wasn't until 9.30 when the lights went out and the crowd went really nuts. You could see shadows entering the stage, accompanied by loud cheers, culminating in a deafening roar when Bruce took the stage. The venue still bathed in black, he yelled, challenging: "Is there anybody alive out there, Milano"? You bet the Italians didn't let the Boss down, answering with a thundering "Yeah!" My god, I've never witnessed such fanatic and fantastic fans -- and I know now why Bruce prefers being in Milano than in Zurich.

From there into the opening riffs of "Radio Nowhere," and off we went onto a stunning 135-minute journey. Everyone was in a great mood, Garry especially was enjoying himself very much, interacting with Roy and Max much of the time. Soozie received more focus with Patti absent, and she did really well. And even though Danny Federici was badly missed, Charlie did a great job; from a distance you couldn't tell if it was Danny or him, so hats off to Charlie!

One thing beclouded the whole thing, though, and that was the volume. It was way (and I mean way) too loud. It wasn't that the mix was bad, it was just too loud. You couldn't distinguish between the three guitars sometimes, and with Garry's bass vibrating in between, sometimes it sounded just awful. Why, oh, why do mixers reckon that quality and power have something to do with loudness? I really don't understand. No more moaning here, it was just some missing icing on the cake. In all it was a brillant night, a great experience, and you can bet that I will come back to Milano -- probably next summer to the San Siro Stadium. Thank you, you crazy Italians!

Pazzi, mooolto pazzi

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"La lingua ce la metto io"
Paolona, La Spezia 12 marzo 2005

caro,se sapesse che fatica è essere italiani in quel modo...........

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Godo....

anche io

ricordo che dopo s.siro 2003 qualucno proprio su questo forum postò la traduzione di un commento letto su un forum olandese,di fans olandesi che si erano visti il concerto a Milano
più o meno come questo svizzero..........

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Certo che il sito ufficiale di Bruce poteva inserire un video da Milano..
Ci sono Olanda e Germania...
che so INCIDENT o SHUFFLE
...vilèn

tanta fatica ma anche tanta naturalezza

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scusii..non parlo italiano bene, pero provo!Quando ero piccolo,il r&r mi ha fatto sognare..sogno di vita,sogno di amore,sogno di sessoo!Maa pu' di tutto mi ha fatto sognare di essere liberooo!E' questo sogno che mi ha fatto venire a Torrrino stasera.

In effetti ad un certo punto era un disastro...
Però... hanno sbagliato il sound check. Lo avevano fatto per un pubblico "normale". Poi le nostri voci li hanno costretti a tirare su tutti i volumi.
Quindi I really do understand Neanche lui si aspettava un pubblico così, o forse sì?

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January 11, 1942 - June 18, 2011

è quello che ho detto io
siamo noi che abbiamo mandato in palla tutto l'audio.......
ciao Lu'!!!

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ma solo due ore e un quarto hanno suonato??pensavo sulle due e mezza..

Aggiungo che ero di fianco a due ragazzi inglesi e li ho sentiti dire che solo in Italia si ha un amore particolare e soprattutto solo in Italia il pubblico fa i cori per la E STREET BAND oltre che per Bruce.

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aggiungerei: come un esercito di ricci


ricordo tanti anni fa un concerto di bruce a basilea: non è mai stato più facile di così ritrovarsi sentra troppa fatica SOTTO IL PALCO !!!

pat

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we'll live with the sadness I'll love you with all the madness in my soul Someday girl I don't know when we're gonna get to that place where we really want to go and we'll walk in the sun but till then tramps like us baby we were born to run