My ex insisted we go to a Bruce Springsteen concert long ago, it was a 'solo acoustic' show, supposed to be him alone playing all acoustic performances of his stuff. There was a long list of rules, including no concessions at all once the first note of the first song was played, and if you left your seat they had blackout curtains at the top of every aisle so if you came back to sit down and Springsteen was in the middle of a set you had to wait (ushers stationed at the top of every aisle to keep you from going through the blackout curtain to sit back down) - and not just wait for that song to end, wait for the entire set to finish. Such a load of pretentious bullshit, but the topper was one of his last sings he played 'Born in the USA' and he walked away from his piano in the middle of playing the song to stomp around clapping his hands on stage, somehow in this one man acoustic performance the piano kept playing even though he stepped completely away from it and was stomping around on stage? Total fraud.
My ex insisted we go to a Bruce Springsteen concert long ago, it was a 'solo acoustic' show, supposed to be him alone playing all acoustic performances of his stuff. There was a long list of rules, including no concessions at all once the first note of the first song was played, and if you left your seat they had blackout curtains at the top of every aisle so if you came back to sit down and Springsteen was in the middle of a set you had to wait (ushers stationed at the top of every aisle to keep you from going through the blackout curtain to sit back down) - and not just wait for that song to end, wait for the entire set to finish. Such a load of pretentious bullshit, but the topper was one of his last sings he played 'Born in the USA' and he walked away from his piano in the middle of playing the song to stomp around clapping his hands on stage, somehow in this one man acoustic performance the piano kept playing even though he stepped completely away from it and was stomping around on stage? Total fraud.
That’s actually pretty hilarious. It’s 150% pure cringe on his part but it’s pretty hilarious to imagine it.