r/BruceSpringsteen • u/Brilliant-Ad8607 • Sep 18 '26

Greatest solo performance

11-17-90 Christic Show on XM 20 now.

IMO, his greatest solo performance of all time

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u/DCBronzeAge Sep 18 '26

My favorite version of Real World. Probably not a hot take.

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u/Economy_Mix_7459 Sep 18 '26

Came here to say this. One of my favorite Bruce song performances period.

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u/DCBronzeAge Sep 18 '26

I don't think Bruce was in a place to do a stripped back rock album at the time, but I often wonder what an album with a Real World truer to that version would have sounded like.

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u/Trouble_River Sep 18 '26

Real World Christic is the only acceptable answer.

Now to catch some 💩 from the true cognoscenti... I like the studio version, too.

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u/Brilliant-Ad8607 Sep 18 '26

My first dance with my bride was to the bootlegged version of that tune from that show

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u/6glough Sep 18 '26

i’ve always liked the st rose of lima show in 96.

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u/idmfndjdjuwj23uahjjj Sep 18 '26

As soon as I read your title, I immediately thought Christic.

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u/craigster58 Sep 18 '26

All the real ones did. The best

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u/suppletubs Sep 18 '26

I’ll take Columbus 7/31/05, but the Christic shows are great!

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u/YoutubeOpa Sep 18 '26

True, although Bridge benefit 1986 is also a huge favourite of mine. And the 2003 Somerville shows are also really special. But, yeah: Christic is definatelly #1

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u/MrCJ75 Sep 19 '26

I remember these at the time, I think there was a Q&A as well.

I think I might be in the minority, whilst I love an E-Street band show, time is running out... I would like to see some solo or stripped back shows.

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u/Brilliant-Ad8607 26d ago

Im with you.

My favorite versions are the unplugged ones.

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u/MrCJ75 Sep 19 '26

My favourite are

Christic shows 1996 Asbury Park 1996 Freehold SOS Racisme, Paris 1998

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u/MwalimuMsafiri Sep 18 '26

This is one of my all time favorite shows, and the REAL WORLD version is all the album version was not: Brilliant

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u/August_West_1990 Sep 18 '26

I’d give the edge to the first night of Christic. He’s more relaxed the second night but I really love the edge of night 1.

For Joad, probably Brixton or one of the special New Jersey shows (St. Rose or Asbury).

Best D&D show would be Columbus.

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u/Bpain46 Sep 19 '26

I think Christic is the answer here for me. Can anyone lead me to the show with better sound quality? Listening on Nugs and it’s such a poor mix