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Anoche por fin pude ver este conciertazo del Jefe Bruce Springsteen !!!! :o



London Calling: Live in Hyde Park (Blu-Ray) (2010)

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Captured in London at the Hard Rock Calling Festival on June 28, 2009 in HD, the 163-minute film documents 26 tracks of live Springsteen that begin in daylight and progress through a gorgeous sunset into night. Viewers are able to see Springsteen spontaneously directing the E Street Band and shaping the show as it evolves. The set list spans from 'Born To Run' era to 'Working On a Dream' and includes rare covers such as The Clash's "London Calling," Jimmy Cliff's "Trapped," The Young Rascals' "Good Lovin'," and Eddie Floyd's "Raise Your Hand." Springsteen also performs fan favorite "Hard Times (Come Again No More)," written by Stephen Foster in 1854. Brian Fallon from The Gaslight Anthem joins the band as a guest vocalist on Springsteen's own "No Surrender." GRAMMY and Emmy Award-winning producer and editor Thom Zimny and director Chris Hilson, both members of Springsteen's video team dating back over a decade, oversaw the film. Audio was mixed by Bob Clearmountain.

TRACK LISTING: 1. London Calling 2. Badlands 3. Night 4. She's The One 5. Outlaw Pete 6. Out In The Street 7. Working On A Dream 8. Seeds 9. Johnny 99 10. Youngstown 11. Good Lovin' 12. Bobby Jean 13. Trapped 14. No Surrender 15. Waitin' On A Sunny Day 16. The Promised Land 17. Racing In The Street 18. Radio Nowhere 19. Lonesome Day 20. The Rising 21. Born To Run 22. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) 23. Hard Times (Come Again No More) 24. Jungleland 25. American Land 26. Glory Days 27. Dancing In The Dark 28. Credits (Raise Your Hand)Raise Your Hand (Instrumental) 29. The River (Glastonbury) 30. Wrecking Ball (Live at Giants Stadium)

Tremendo concierto, concuerdo completamente con el review de Blu-ray.com:

Blu-ray review

Movie 4.5
Video 4.5
Audio 5.0
Extras 2.5
Overall 4.5

Cita:.... Springsteen has always been one of the most unpretentious musicians of his generation, a "regular guy" that most of us find instantly accessible and real. That working class ethic shines through the London Calling concert, when from the first thrashing moments of the title song, Bruce and band simply let loose with a good, thumping rock beat and pretty much never let it go for the rest of the three hour tour. Springsteen visits all eras of his now multi-decade career, hitting a lot of the expected hits ("Born to Run" and "Dancing in the Dark"—albeit without a Courtney Cox stand-in ushered up on stage) to lesser known and/or newer material from his Working on a Dream album. (There are some notable missing tunes like "Hungry Heart," so read the set list at the bottom of this review if you're looking for some tune in particular). Through it all, Springsteen doesn't just perform the songs, he embodies them physically, with a grimacing face and often tightly shut eyes, as if he's being transported away to some private island of creativity. Springsteen is one of those rare performers who seems to really enjoy what he's doing, and manages to convey that without a scintilla of pretense. This is just good, basic rock and roll, delivered honestly and with a lot of integrity.

London Calling: Live in Hyde Park is an ambitious concert documentary by any stretch of the imagination. First, there's the incredible length of the piece: Bruce and band come on stage and then rip through one song after another for an astonishing two hours and fifty-plus minutes. There's little chit-chat, just the occasional count off by Bruce as the band lights into yet another rock classic. But the filmmakers also had to contend with the awesome size of the crowd, which seems to go on for miles. Lots of aerial crane shots capture the teeming masses that are there to adore their hero, and it's really a breathtaking sight to see so many thousands swaying in unison. But perhaps most ambitious of all is the lack of high-tech magic to supposedly distract us into believing the music is better than it is, so often the refuge of other, less gifted artists who tend to rely on the visual rather than the aural to make their live concerts memorable. This is a mostly well-filmed concert with an unusually wide array of angles and shots, and most importantly, it gets the viewer right up there next to Bruce for the bulk of the evening. Some may quibble about a couple of botched shots in terms of capturing soloists and the like, but the overall proximity to Bruce and his crack players more than makes up for these passing qualms.

There's rarely a break to catch a breath throughout the evening. In fact I was repeatedly struck by the lack of ballads and lower key material on the main concert offering (there is a nicely reflective version of "The River" included as a bonus performance). How can Bruce and the band keep their energy so unflagging for so long? They obviously suck in waves of love from the audience, and Bruce does make a foray or two out at least close to the front row, at one point taking a handful of huge poster "requests" back to the stage. At another point, he jokingly falls down in exhaustion after having hiked out to the audience and then back up a long flight of stairs. But within a moment he's up on his feat, thrashing at his guitar and emoting with that husky, almost hoarse, voice that has become his trademark. This is a guy who's obviously in it for the music, both for what that music provides to him personally and how it communicates something ineffable to his audience. It's such a refreshing pleasure to see someone performing honest, down to earth rock music without any frills. A lot of Johnny-come-lately's could take a lesson from The Boss, as London Calling amply proves. Bruce and the E Street Band may indeed be senior citizens in official terminology, but their music is timeless and this concert proves that age is no obstacle for good, old fashioned rock 'n' roll
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A diferencia del "Going Back" del buen Phil Collins, "London Calling Live In Hyde Park" es casi un documental de la longeva carrera de Bruce Springsteen. A su edad, lo primero que sorprende es que pueda interpretar 27 canciones una tras de otra por 2 horas y 45 minutos con esa energia !!! No se limita a cantar y dejarle el resto a la famosa "E Street Band" que por cierto hizo un gran trabajo a la par del jefe, Springsteen actua sus canciones y se ofrece gustoso obteniendo una gran respuesta del publico que se le entrega por completo durante todo el show. Hay una parte que bromea y solicita que le pongan un elevador, que a sus jodidos 60 años no puede estar subiendo y bajando del escenario pero aun asi se la pasa haciendolo a lo largo del concierto. A los fans que estaban en primera fila les fue muy bien pues algunos de ellos hasta pudieron cantar con el Jefe algunas de sus canciones mas populares.

El video en mi opinion es de gran nivel tecnico, con las nuevas camaras aereas lograron unas tomas barbaras dandonos una idea certera del tamaño y concentracion del publico asistente al concierto. El audio no me parecio tan bueno, no al menos de nivel audiofilo, pero vamos, es un concierto de buen rock y como tal, ruidoso.

Gran duo junto a Brian Fallon, de The Gaslight Anthem interpretando "No Surrender" !!!

Cita:.... London Calling: Live In Hyde Park muestra tanto la experiencia de un artista encima del escenario como la del público sumergido en el ambiente de un gran festival. El DVD permite a los espectadores ver a Bruce Springsteen al frente de la E Street Band y la evolución del concierto de principio a fin con canciones que recorren desde los tiempos de Born To Run a la era Working On a Dream, incluyendo versiones de The Clash (London Calling), Jimmy Cliff (Trapped), The Young Rascals (Good Lovin') y Eddie Floyd (Raise Your Hand). Springsteen también interpreta favoritos como Hard Times (Come Again No More), escrita por Stephen Foster en 1854. Brian Fallon, de The Gaslight Anthem, se sube al escenario como invitado para cantar con Springsteen el tema No Surrender.

El concierto fue un delirio. The London Times lo definió como "épico" y The Independent publicó: "Conquistó a 50.000 personas empapadas por el sudor ya en la segunda canción, lanzando su guitarra a los roadies con el vigor de un líder y bajando a pie de escenario para encontrarse con sus admiradores y escuchar sus peticiones. La intensidad de Springsteen asombró a todos".

Tom Zimny (ganador de premios Grammy y Emmy) y el director Chris Hilson, habituales colaboradores del equipo de vídeo de Bruce Springsteen desde hace décadas, han supervisado la película, cuyo sonido ha sido mezclado por Bob Clearmountain. Como material extra se incluyen imágenes tras el escenario de The River filmadas el 27 de junio de 2009 en Glastonbury y el vídeo completo de Wrecking Ball, rodado en el Giants Stadium de Nueva Jersey ....

Y bueno, ya tengo ganas de verlo de nuevo !!! Por cierto, las nuevas bocinas al frente de mi HT, unas Odyssey Nightingales fueron perfectas para reproducir este conciertazo !!!!

Saludos

Carlos