El Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ha celebrado su 25 cumpleaños con un macroconcierto en el Madison Square Garden de Nueva York ayer 29 de Octubre de 2009. Tras la presentación de rigor, efectuada por Tom Hanks, abrió fuego The Killer, Jerry Lee Lewis, con una revisión de Whole lotta shakin goin’ on.
Tras una serie de actuaciones de musicos como Crosby, Paul Simon, Dion, Stevie Wonder, B.B. King o Sting finalmente llegó el turno de Bruce Springsteen y la E Street Band, a los que se unían, como en la gira de Tunnel of love, los Miami Horns. Sola o en compañía de amigos, la pandilla de Asbury Park abrochaba la noche con dinamita.
Tom Morello repetía junto al Boss durante el Ghost of Tom Joad y, más tarde, en London calling. Con John Fogerty (ver foto) Bruce cantó Fortunate son, Proud Mary y Oh, Pretty woman, y con Darlene Love, Fine fine boy y Da da ron ron (Inciso: Darlene y la E Street, sin Springsteen, ya habían sumado fuerzas en 1992, cuando grabó junto al grupo All alone on Christmas, compuesta por Steve Van Zandt para la banda sonora de Solo en casa 2). Más adelante Billy Joel se les unía para cantar You may be right, Only de good die young y New York state of mind.
Del repertorio propio de Springsteen no faltaron Born to run, Tenth Ave Freeze-Out, Jungleland o Badlands. El concierto acaba al ritmo de Higher and higher, fastuosa gema soul de Jackie Wilson que Springsteen recuperó la pasada semana en Filadelfia y que no interpretaba desde los míticos conciertos de Boston en 1977.
Mañana, segunda y última noche de fiesta con actuaciones a cargo de U2, Aretha Franklin, Metallica, Lenni Kravitz, Annie Lenox, Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy, Ozzy Osbourne, Lou Reed, etc…
Setlist Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame 25th
Jerry Lee Lewis :
“Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On”
Crosby, Stills and Nash:
“Woodstock”
“Marrakech Express”
“Almost Cut My Hair”
Bonnie Raitt with David Crosby and Graham Nash:
“Love Has No Pride”
Bonnie Raitt and Crosby, Stills and Nash:
“Midnight Rider”
Jackson Browne with Crosby, Stills and Nash:
“The Pretender”
James Taylor with David Crosby and Graham Nash:
“Mexico”
Crosby, Stills and Nash with James Taylor:
“Love the One You’re With”
Crosby, Stills and Nash:
“Rock and Roll Woman”
Crosby, Stills and Nash with Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne and James Taylor:
“Teach Your Children”
Paul Simon:
“Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes”
“Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard”
“You Can Call Me Al”
Dion DiMucci with Paul Simon:
“The Wanderer”
Paul Simon with David Crosby and Graham Nash:
“Here Comes the Sun”
Paul Simon:
“Late in the Evening”
Little Anthony and the Imperials:
“Two People in the World”
Simon and Garfunkel: “The Sounds of Silence”
“Mrs. Robinson”/”Not Fade Away”
“The Boxer”
“Bridge Over Troubled Water”
“Cecilia”
Stevie Wonder: “Blowin’ in the Wind”
“Uptight (Everything’s Alright)”
“I Was Made To Love You”
“For Once in My Life”
“Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours”
“Boogie On Reggae Woman”
Smokey Robinson with Stevie Wonder:
“The Tracks of My Tears”
John Legend with Stevie Wonder:
“Mercy Mercy Me (the Ecology)”
Stevie Wonder with John Legend:
“The Way You Make Me Feel”
B.B. King with Stevie Wonder:
“The Thrill Is Gone”
Stevie Wonder:
“Living for the City”
Stevie Wonder and Sting:
“Higher Ground”/”Roxanne”
Stevie Wonder with Jeff Beck:
“Superstition”
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band:
“10th Avenue Freeze-Out”
Sam Moore with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band:
“Hold On I’m Comin’”
“Soul Man”
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band with Tom Morello:
“The Ghost of Tom Joad”
John Fogerty and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band:
“Fortunate Son”
“Proud Mary”
“Oh. Pretty Woman”
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band:
“Jungleland”
Darlene Love with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band:
“A Fine, Fine Boy”
“Da Doo Ron Ron”
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band with Tom Morello:
“London Calling”
“Badlands”
Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band:
“You May Be Right”
“Only the Good Die Young”
“New York State of Mind”
“Born To Run”
Darlene Love, John Fogerty, Tom Morello, Billy Joel, Jackson Browne, Peter Wolf and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band:
“(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher”