It’s hard to describe to someone who has never seen Bruce Springsteen.  It’s hard because so much of what he did last night would have been seen as a gimmick if anyone else had tried to pull it off.

- He walked through the crowd

- He had the crowd bodypass him back to the stage

- He performed his most popular album in it’s entirety

- He brought a young boy up on stage to sing with him

- He played a set of audience requests

- There were several audience participation segments of the show

- He opened with the song that mentions Wisconsin (Cadillac Ranch)

But here’s the thing- in the hands of the master- it all worked.  Nothing came off gimmicky.  Born To Run was just as relevant today as it was 30-some years ago.  The kid who came up on stage to sing with him- knew every word to the song he sang.  As did everyone in the crowd on those “audience participation” numbers.  The audience requests where done by collecting all the signs that people had brought with them- piling them on the stage and then randomly grabbing one, showing it to the band and playing it.

As usual Bruce Springsteen does not fail to impress.  In fact he gets more impressive every time I see him.