BRUUUUUUUUUUUUCE

I (unlike Paul Scanniello) was unsure how I felt about the new Springsteen album.  Well, at least about the two songs I'd heard so far.  I can definitely say that I dislike that We Take Care of Our Own song, and Wrecking Ball was just meh.

Then came Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on Friday.

The interview with Bruce was great, as most usually are, despite Fallon's usual out of control fanboy yammering.  Then came the first song they would perform that night.  It's called Death to My Hometown, and I cannot tell you just how much I love this song.  It could be the presence of fifes (yes, fifes) that make me love it, due to the Irish factor.  Or it could be that it just kicks ass.  My only concern is that the studio version on the album may not be as awesome.  As with many of Springsteen's songs, sometimes the live version just blows the album one out of the water.  I guess I'll have to wait and see.  The second song they did wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either.  The closer was brilliant, however.  They did The E Street Shuffle, which is not something you'll hear performed live often, and they did it with The Roots.  And you know that when you add The Roots to just about anything, it's better.

The only downside to the amazingness of the track was that it made me want to see him and the E Street Band on their upcoming tour even more than I had before.  Unfortunately, I am not a bajillionaire, so that's not going to happen.