Monday, October 02, 2006

This day in music history.

October 2, 1975, Bruce Springsteen plays a concert at the Uptown Theatre in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Someone calls in a bomb scare during the show and after about 8 songs the show is stopped so the theatre can be searched. The audience is told to come back at midnight. Bruce and the E-Street band go to the bar at the Hotel Phister and get shitfaced drunk. On the way back to the hall, Bruce rides on top of the car, screaming and laughing the whole way. After re-taking the stage Bruce tells the audience "I'm a little loose, are you loose?. He then gave a blistering hot show that went into the early hours of the morning. Some call it one of his wildest shows ever.
Its Hard to be a Saint in the City by Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band
I had skin like leather and the diamond-hard look of a cobra
I was born blue and weathered but I burst just like a supernova
I could walk like Brando right into the sun
Then dance just like a Casanova
With my blackjack and jacket and hair slicked sweet
Silver star studs on my duds just like a Harley in heat
When I strut down the street I could feel its heartbeat
The sisters fell back and said "Don't that man look pretty"
The cripple on the corner cried out "Nickels for your pity"
Them gasoline boys downtown sure talk gritty
It's so hard to be a saint in the city
I was the king of the alley, mama
I could talk some trash
I was the prince of the paupers crowned downtown at the beggar's bash
I was the pimp's main prophet, I kept everything cool
Just a backstreet gambler with the luck to lose
And when the heat came down and it was left on the ground
The devil appeared like Jesus through the steam in the street
Showin' me a hand I knew even the cops couldn't beat
I felt his hot breath on my neck as I dove into the heat
It's so hard to be a saint when you're just a boy out on the street
And the sages of the subway sit just like the living dead
As the tracks clack out the rhythm, their eyes fixed straight ahead
They ride the line of balance and hold on by just a thread
But it's too hot in these tunnels, you can get hit up by the heat
You get up to get out at your next stop but they push you back down in your seat
Your heart starts beatin' faster as you struggle to your feet
Then you're out of that hole and back up on the street
And them Southside sisters sure look pretty
The cripple on the corner cries out "Nickels for your pity"
And them downtown boys sure talk gritty
It's so hard to be a saint in the city