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6/10 Two days before opening night, Bruce and the band rehearse at the same theater in Ft. Monmouoth, NJ, that they occupied before leaving for Europe to begin the tour. Songs rehearsed include "American Skin", "Further On Up The Road" "Code Of Silence" and most interestingly "Wages Of Sin" perhaps an alternate choice for night one's opening statement.
The world premier of "Code Of Silence" opens the stand. Springsteen's first public 'comment' since the "American Skin" media frenzy. VH1's "The Daily ONe" reports that Springsteen gave "Code Of Silence" to the band within two days of the NYC opener, though he wrote it almost 2 years ago. "American Skin" has its first NYC airing, too, with no spoken introduction. In the crowd : Kadiatou and Saikou Diallo, the parents of Amadou, who met with Springsteen and expressed their appreciation.
"Born to run, or at least to be redeemed." Jon Pareles in the New York Times: . . ."American Skin" itself, which Mr. Springsteen performed in his first of ten sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden, is no anti-cop diatribe. With piano chords tolling behind Mr. Springsteen's care-worn voice, it's a resonant elegy and a reflection on how fear can become deadly...
Mr. Springsteen has made no statement beyond the song itself. Bu on Monday night, he opened his three hour set with a new rocker, "Code Of Silence," that he wrote with Joe Grushecky, a kndred songwriter. It could be about a couple that has stopped speaking - he calls somone 'darling' and 'baby' - or about a broken public trust. He also placed "American Skin" between "Point Blank" and "The Promised Land."...
Mr. Springsteen has been touring with the E Street Band for a year, and they have reached a new peak as an ensemble: gleaming with the keyboards of Roy Bittan and Danny Federici, surging with the basslines of Garry W. Tallent and the drumming of Max Weinberg, honking with rhythm-and-blues from Clarence Clemons's saxophone and unleashing three lead guitarists - Mr. Springsteen, Steve Van Zandt and Nils Lofgren ... Patti Scialfa strums acoustic guitar and sings backup. The band vamps like a soul revue, then hits like a stainless-steel fist...
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