The Boss was in Philly on Wednesday night! Hope CBP had enough oxygen on hand for six hours of nonstop music! During his set he played some odes to Philly. Others to the shore. But the one that got him in trouble was his song Wrecking Ball that has a line about the Meadowlands and the Giants. He got booed immediately and then sheepishly said “Eagles?” into the mic:

Are they saying “boooooooooooo” or “Bruuuuuucccccccce”?

Lets listen again:

Yea that’s definitely a boo.

Good to see the good people of Philadelphia remain authentic even when it comes to their hero. There are no fans like Bruce fans. You say the 74 year old is a good writer, but can’t carry a tune and they jump down your throat. You say the time of the concerts could be tightened up because the nursing home has a curfew. They’ll tell you to shut up.


And apparently if you talk during a song they’ll shush you:

 

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I’ve never seen someone shush someone else at a concert before. Is that guy whispering to his girlfriend really ruining this woman’s concert experience? I’ll concede the shushed might’ve been a little annoying. The guy who recorded this had his phone out at the perfect time to capture the scene. Either the shusher was long overdue for a good one or this guy recording is Spielberg.

But come on. Bruce played 30 songs. He had TWO encores last night. This guy probably got last minute tickets from work and dragged his girlfriend to the show to see what all the hype was about. The Millennial and Gen-Z brain cannot comprehend a concert this long. Now I’ve never been to a Bruce show before. I’d rather raw dog a six hour flight. But are people not allowed to talk? Apparently they call these people “Chompers” and it’s big at Phish shows to tell them off if they won’t shut up. Give me this guy talking to his girlfriend over the 18 year olds yelling every word at a country show. It’s a concert for god’s sake. Maybe if The Boss played with more balls it would drown out Chad’s voice. Maybe if Bruce tightened up his set your arthritic knees could stand the entirety of the show. Instead Gestapo Karen is here to police the entire section on what they can and can’t do. This lady deserves a bath in Chickie’s and Pete’s cheese sauce. Relax. Its a concert, toots.

And apparently the guy who sent in the video complained they were checking the set list the entire show:

Oh heavens to Betsy!

See, here’s the thing about Bruce fans –

They get mad at you when you criticize him, but then want you to respect the traditions they’ve curated over the last 40 years. This would be like someone at a Phillies game making fun of a person getting into baseball for looking up Bryce Harper on Wikipedia to learn more about him mid-game. God forbid the dude shows some interest in Bruce and beat the traffic. The guys doing construction on the Blue Route overnight are about to start their shift Bruce is playing for so long. Hypocrites!

Kinkead: Confession – my wife and I looked at the Green Day setlist during the show two weeks ago. They were 33 songs in and we weren’t familiar with the back end of American Idiot, so we wanted to see how many tracks were left on that album before they switched back to the other albums. I feel no remorse since American Idiot is just an okay album. We were all there to hear DOOKIE.