BRUCE !!!!

Tonight, for my 35th birthday present (a week early), we went to the Bruce Springsteen concert.

Its been quite a while since either of has been to a big arena concert, but I've always wanted to see Bruce live because I've always heard he is such a great performer and because I'm a big fan. He was in Charlotte a year and a half ago, but we were too cheap to go. But this time, we splurged because we could call it a birthday present. And it was well worth it. He lived up to his reputation.

It was certianly the most interactive concert I've ever been too - he body surfed on the crowds, pulled kids up on the stage to sing with him, walked around in the crowds, stood on a platform in the middle of the crowds, let everyone touch him and his guitar, and even took signs from people in the audience requesting specific songs ... and then played them. Of course we were way up in the nosebleeds, so not participating in any of this, but still it was enjoyable to see such an unscripted, crowd-friendly performance from a superstar. Plus the music was great! Even Miran by the end decide he was a fan (he wasn't really all that familiar with Bruce Springsteen - though he is pretty popular in Europe, apparently not in ex-Yugoslavia).

So even though I'm getting older, tonight I felt almost like I was in high school again at a big concert - singing and dancing along to songs - some of which were popular way back when I was in high school!