Tour 2024 - Leg #04 - Show #04 - Nov 09, 2024 - Canadian Tire Centre - Ottawa, ON setlist thread

I'll never forget that 2012 show. I drove up to Ottawa with my 17 year-old daughter. During the ride up, she asked me if Bruce had any songs that sucked LOL. I told her that he has one clunker that is really dumb called Queen Of The Supermarket. Told her what it was about and she laughed. She asked if he ever played it and I said "no, and he never will." Doesn't he play it that night! - by sign request - for a woman who worked around the corner at a Sobeys. The next day they had an article in the paper about her. On the ride back home, my daughter says "This is why you love Bruce, isn't it?" Yup!

@CrookedCrutch posted:

I'll never forget that 2012 show. I drove up to Ottawa with my 17 year-old daughter. During the ride up, she asked me if Bruce had any songs that sucked LOL. I told her that he has one clunker that is really dumb called Queen Of The Supermarket. Told her what it was about and she laughed. She asked if he ever played it and I said "no, and he never will." Doesn't he play it that night!- by sign request - for a woman who worked around the corner at a Sobeys. The next day they had an article in the paper about her. On the right back home, my daughter says "This is why you love Bruce, isn't it?" Yup!

Great story!!  I was there too, and strangely enjoyed the performance and his apparent like that song. Perhaps it holds special meaning 🤷‍♂️.

@Hey_Eddie posted:

Great story!!  I was there too, and strangely enjoyed the performance and his apparent like that song. Perhaps it holds special meaning 🤷‍♂️.

I have a feeling he is going to play a full band version of it on Saturday night.

I found an old reference of Bruce explaining the song....

Springsteen told the Observer Music Monthly January 2009 the story behind this song, which concerns a man pining over a check out girl. He explained: "They opened up this big, beautiful supermarket near where we lived. Patti and I would go down, and I remember walking through the aisles - I hadn't been in one in a while - and I thought this place is spectacular... it's a fantasy land! And then I started to get into it. I started looking around and hmmm - the subtext in here is so heavy! It's like, 'Do people really want to shop in this store or do they just want to screw on the floor?'" [laughs] Springsteen added: "In the States they're sort of shameless, the bounty in them is overflowing. So the sexual subtext in the supermarket; well, perhaps, it's just twisted me." Springsteen concluded: "I'm telling you, it's there! So I came home, said: 'Wow, the supermarket is fantastic, it's my new favorite place. And I'm going to write a song about it!' If there's a supermarket and all these things are there, well, there has to be a queen. And if you go there, of course there is. There's millions of them, so it's kind of a song about finding beauty where it's ignored or where it's passed by."

I dunno…..  These things that the “twisted” elder Bruce finds inspirational…. I hope he doesn’t suddenly find “beauty where it’s ignored or where it’s passed by” in his next visit to his proctologist.   (Not to demean all you Springsteen loving colorectal surgeons out there).  Some romances are better left unimagined, unspoken, and unsung.

Q2

@CrookedCrutch posted:

I have a feeling he is going to play a full band version of it on Saturday night.

I found an old reference of Bruce explaining the song....

Springsteen told the Observer Music Monthly January 2009 the story behind this song, which concerns a man pining over a check out girl. He explained: "They opened up this big, beautiful supermarket near where we lived. Patti and I would go down, and I remember walking through the aisles - I hadn't been in one in a while - and I thought this place is spectacular... it's a fantasy land! And then I started to get into it. I started looking around and hmmm - the subtext in here is so heavy! It's like, 'Do people really want to shop in this store or do they just want to screw on the floor?'" [laughs] Springsteen added: "In the States they're sort of shameless, the bounty in them is overflowing. So the sexual subtext in the supermarket; well, perhaps, it's just twisted me." Springsteen concluded: "I'm telling you, it's there! So I came home, said: 'Wow, the supermarket is fantastic, it's my new favorite place. And I'm going to write a song about it!' If there's a supermarket and all these things are there, well, there has to be a queen. And if you go there, of course there is. There's millions of them, so it's kind of a song about finding beauty where it's ignored or where it's passed by."

That's Bruce covering for himself. I bet he went to the market with Patti and there was a smokin' hot checkout girl and he wrote a song about it but had to make this other stuff up to not piss off the missus.

43 years of seeing Bruce live, but I've never gotten to see Kitty's Back live. My seats tomorrow are directly over the entrance way to the stage. No way Bruce won't see this sign!

Official tourposter.

Source:

https://needledesign.bigcartel...2024-nov-9-ottawa-on

looks like they embedded part of the official City logo. Sorry poster too rich for me

I was there with hey eddie in the pit

Drive all night

@ccliffy posted:

looks like they embedded part of the official City logo. Sorry poster too rich for me

It is the Parliament buildings.

I know that. The City logo is also in image.

Have a great show everyone.

Due to public demand:

Queen Of The Supermarket - Oct 19, 2012 - Ottawa, ON

@desa33 posted:

Have a great show everyone.

Due to public demand:

Queen Of The Supermarket - Oct 19, 2012 - Ottawa, ON

Pepto Bismol time. 🤢

From Setlist FM     Start time 7:40

1. Lonesome Day
2. No Surrender
3. Prove It All Night
4. Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?
5. Letter to You
6. The Promised Land
7. Hungry Heart
8. Waitin' on a Sunny Day
   (sign request)
9. Darkness On The Edge Of Town

Start time: 7:40

1. Lonesome Day
2. No Surrender
3. Prove It All Night
4. Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?
5. Letter to You
6. The Promised Land
7. Hungry Heart
8. Waitin' on a Sunny Day
   (sign request)
9. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
10. Youngstown
11. Long Walk Home

Start time: 7:40

1. Lonesome Day
2. No Surrender
3. Prove It All Night
4. Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?
5. Letter to You
6. The Promised Land
7. Hungry Heart
8. Waitin' on a Sunny Day
   (sign request)
9. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
10. Youngstown
11. Long Walk Home
12. E Street Shuffle
13. Night Shift

What a weird way to end the tour.

Start time: 7:40

1. Lonesome Day
2. No Surrender
3. Prove It All Night
4. Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?
5. Letter to You
6. The Promised Land
7. Hungry Heart
8. Waitin' on a Sunny Day
   (sign request)
9. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
10. Youngstown
11. Long Walk Home
12. E Street Shuffle
13. Night Shift
14. Last Man Standing
15. Backstreets
16. Because The Night
17. She’s The One

Start time: 7:40

1. Lonesome Day
2. No Surrender
3. Prove It All Night
4. Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?
5. Letter to You
6. The Promised Land
7. Hungry Heart
8. Waitin' on a Sunny Day
   (sign request)
9. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
10. Youngstown
11. Long Walk Home
12. E Street Shuffle
13. Night Shift
14. Last Man Standing
15. Backstreets
16. Because The Night
17. She’s The One
18. Wrecking Ball
19. The Rising
20. Badlands

Start time: 7:40

1. Lonesome Day
2. No Surrender
3. Prove It All Night
4. Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?
5. Letter to You
6. The Promised Land
7. Hungry Heart
8. Waitin' on a Sunny Day
   (sign request)
9. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
10. Youngstown
11. Long Walk Home
12. E Street Shuffle
13. Night Shift
14. Last Man Standing
15. Backstreets
16. Because The Night
17. She’s The One
18. Wrecking Ball
19. The Rising
20. Badlands
21. Thunder Road
22. Born To Run
23. Bobby Jean
24. Dancing In The Dark

Start time: 7:40

1. Lonesome Day
2. No Surrender
3. Prove It All Night
4. Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?
5. Letter to You
6. The Promised Land
7. Hungry Heart
8. Waitin' on a Sunny Day
   (sign request)
9. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
10. Youngstown
11. Long Walk Home
12. E Street Shuffle
13. Night Shift
14. Last Man Standing
15. Backstreets
16. Because The Night
17. She’s The One
18. Wrecking Ball
19. The Rising
20. Badlands
21. Thunder Road
22. Born To Run
23. Bobby Jean
24. Dancing In The Dark
25. Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
26. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

No Kitty, Ghosts, Rosalita, nor Glory Days, yet everything else remains. I don’t get it.

Start time: 7:40

1. Lonesome Day
2. No Surrender
3. Prove It All Night
4. Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?
5. Letter to You
6. The Promised Land
7. Hungry Heart
8. Waitin' on a Sunny Day
   (sign request)
9. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
10. Youngstown
11. Long Walk Home
12. E Street Shuffle
13. Night Shift
14. Last Man Standing
15. Backstreets
16. Because The Night
17. She’s The One
18. Wrecking Ball
19. The Rising
20. Badlands
21. Thunder Road
22. Born To Run
23. Bobby Jean
24. Dancing In The Dark
25. Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
26. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
27. I’ll See You In My Dreams.

And that appears to be a wrap ….

’night all -

It was far from an epic setlist tonight in Ottawa, but it was still a great quality, high energy show. The crowd was more energized than I'd ever seen in that venue on prior occasions. Sunny Day replaced Atlantic City by sign request. Twist and Shout was set-listed but was not played. My seat was behind the stage, front row, directly behind Jake and the horns. All five men in the E Street Horns saw my Kitty's Back sign and gave me a thumbs up, a finger point, a smile or a wave, but Bruce never caught it, unfortunately for me. A few members of the backstage crew laughed and took photos of the sign. It is an interesting perspective to watch a show from where I was seated. Of course, I never sat down. The horn men were a delight to watch from 15 feet away. They were having a ball with each other, they were animated and they continuously turned around to ham it up with us folks in the (back) front rows. In all the Bruce shows I've seen over the years, that interaction was truly unique. It kind of made my night. Jake was super cool. Often, after he returned to his spot after nailing an epic sax solo, I gave him my "I'm not worthy" bows. He saw me doing it, and returned the love, with chested heart taps and blown kisses. At the end of the show, he pointed at us again, waved, gave us a thumbs up, and said goodbye in his gestures. I don't know how to say it exactly - but his uncle would be super proud of how he's filling his shoes with such class and dignity. So many cool things were seen from the perspective I had. When the E Street Horns or the E Street Choir were not required to be on stage for a song, they were right down below us, in back of the stage, having a great time and enjoying each other's company. Some of them danced with each other, sang the songs they were not up on stage for - Backstreets, for instance - and the comradery between them was vivid and very visible. It got to be a bit distracting - because I wanted to keep my focus on what Bruce was killing on stage - but even the techs and roadies who wandered left to right below me could be seen mouthing the words to the songs being played on stage as they went about their duties. Once the house lights came up for the encores, Jon Landau appeared below us. He headed stage left right before Tenth Avenue started, and when Bruce peeled off his vest, he noticed Landau standing there and threw it at him, catching him right in the face. From what I could tell, Jon was not expecting that, and he had a good laugh. From there, Bruce circled the GA pit area as he always does during this song, going from the right side of the arena to the left. As he did this, Landau also made his way right, beneath us behind the stage, to the right side to meet Bruce again, which was beyond our view. I noticed many other details on this night, from where I was seated, but I will need to go through the pics and clips I have before I can post more details.

Thanks to Q2 for the setlist and to CrookedCrutch for the report. Really appreciated.

With no tour premiere the count for different songs played on the 23/24 tour still remains at 108.

you would have directly in front of me I reckon

From Stan G @Spring-Nuts

Sitting behind the stage, or right on the side defintely gives you a new perspective, and yes a chance to interact a little with the band members not involved at the moment. Michelle Moore and I had a thing going at Nassau II last year, haha. And watching Steve's guitar tech was very interesting(Steve was having a BAD night at that show). I've sat behind the stage a lots of indoor Bruce shows, and a few other artists too, it's a lot better than one may expect!

Bruce seemed to be in a rush to get outta Dodge… gap between main set and encore was small.  Common complaint has been that the audience wasn’t on its feet too much.  I was up in the rafters and watched more than one person navigate the stairs with two hands on the railing going up or down.  Getting old really sucks.

It was a strong performance imo.  Could have done without Santa for something else.   Hope this won’t be the last one!

To add to Husker Mike's notes about Bruce's comments about Simon and Garfunkel and Hall and Oates, Bruce said that even the members of the E Street Band don't all like each other, but they stayed together.

We had a great vantage point for the Ottawa show on Saturday. The E Street Horns were lots of fun to sit behind. I had just given Jake a "we're not worthy" bow when he saluted us.