INDEPENDENCE DAY
July 16, 2008 – 5:08 amNot quite an epic performance to match the day it celebrates, this is so far the only FM stereo broadcast of a show from the Magic Tour.
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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND
Independence Day: A Sirius Broadcast from Goteborg 2008 [no label, 1CD]
Live at Ullevi Stadium, Goteborg, Sweden, July 4, 2008. A Sirius radio broadcast in stereo.
Death and taxes are life’s only certainty. So is a Magic show.
The Magic Tour is akin to a “last ride” with fan favourites thrown up and played like in the “good old days” of ‘75 to ‘78. No rearrangement of songs into folk or country versions like on previous tours. Those shows had Springsteen play a wide range of his Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger influences.
But Magic shows are the tried and tested with Sandy, Born In The U.S.A., Out In The Streets, Two Hearts, Prove It All Night, Darlington County, Badlands and all the stronger tracks from his last couple of albums including Mary’s Place, The Rising and This Hard Land. We get Roy Bittan’s piano trills, the Mighty Max’s solid rhythms and the Big Man coming in at all the right places. The familiar.
Magic may also be Bruce Springsteen’s most inappropriate album title as well. It arrived at a time when a recession or depression may well be underway. All the news today hardly brings a cheer to the blue-collar, working class that make up the core of his fans. But hope is eternal.
What’s also missing are those public service announcements from the tour that supported John Kerry for President. This tour coincides with yet another U.S. presidential election but Springsteen seems to be shying away from commenting although he has tentatively endorsed the Democratic candidate, Barack Obama.
We seem to be entering a phase where apathy reigns and even as the mighty strip away your rights, citizens don’t seem to think they can make a difference any more. Magic is pure entertainment and the way this Sirius Radio show is compiled, only the hits are offered. We’re dancing in the dark.
This is a Sirius Radio capture of the July 4, Ullevi Stadium broadcast. Sirius broadcast this live on their Sirius Radio in the U.S. and included five songs from the main set and five of the six encore songs. Dave Marsh was the DJ. Sirius uses compression and the stereo image is very narrow, almost mono. Thanks to born2run63 for sharing. Thanks also to MikeNess for the artwork.
This act of sharing, a crime in some accountant’s book, may be our last defiant act.
- The Little Chicken 
Click on the highlighted tracks to download the MP3s (these are high quality stereo MP3s - sample rate of 192 kibit/s). As far as we can ascertain, this recording has never been officially released.
These tracks are no longer available for download. Kindly email us at mybigo@bigozine.com if you want to download these tracks at a later time.
Track 01. Intro
Track 02 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Track 03. Atlantic City
Track 04. Prove It All Night intro [fades]
Track 05. DJ chatter
Track 06. Because the Night
Track 07. Cadillac Ranch
Track 08. Station ID [fades]
Track 09.Independence Day
Track 10. DJ chatter
Track 11. DJ chatter
Encore
Track 12. Seven Nights to Rock
Track 13. Born to Run
Track 14. Rosalita
Track 15. Dancing in the Dark
Track 16. American Land
Track 17. Outro
Lineup
Bruce Springsteen - lead vocals, lead guitar, harmonica, synthesizer, glockenspiel
Patti Scialfa - backing vocals
Nils Lofgren - lead guitar, backing vocals
Steven Van Zandt - rhythm guitar, backing vocals, mandolin
Garry Tallent - bass
Clarence Clemons - saxophone, backing vocals
Soozie Tyrell - violin, backing vocals, percussion, acoustic guitar
Charles Giordano - organ
Roy Bittan - piano
Max Weinberg - drums
Bruce Springsteen’s latest album is Magic. You can buy it here.
And Springsteen fans can expect the radio broadcast of the July 4, 2008 show at Goteborg, Sweden to be released from Godfather Records (one disc).
5 Responses to “INDEPENDENCE DAY”
This act of sharing, a crime in some accountant’s book, may be our last defiant act.
What prompted this comment on the Bruce Springsteen Independence Day ?
By Deak Mauvais on Jul 16, 2008
Thanks again, as usual I’m glad to be able to listen to this concert, for which I thank you.
And I also am anxious to learn about your reasons for that comment, “This act of sharing, a crime in some accountant’s book, may be our last defiant act.”
Thanks, Tom
By Tom on Jul 16, 2008
Thank you for sharing selected bits and pieces of the recent Springsteen show. It’s still not the entire performance, however. Perhaps a better sounding and complete audience recording will surface? If this is the broadcast quality of Sirus, I’ll pass on their service.
By todd on Jul 17, 2008
ANOTHER GREAT CONCERT AS ALWAYS.THANKS!!!!!!!!!
By daniel on Jul 17, 2008
The book “For You” anthologizes hundreds of fans stories… it forms a genuinely interesting social history, even for those with only a passing interest in Springsteen. Adorned throughout by a luscious range of colour and black and white photos… this is a treat for the eyes and the heart, really capturing the sense of a global fan community.
By Rob Lowson on Jul 19, 2008