The Rising

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Hallo Zusammen,

das habe ich beim Stöbern auf einer US Fanseite gefunden und ich wollte euch doch vor allem das Foto nicht vorenthalten!
(Der Autor hat auf diesem Konzert das erste Mal seines Lebens einen Musikwunsch äußern wollen und ein wirklich beeindruckendes Schild gebastelt und er hatte ein schlagendes „Argument“)

Viel Spaß!
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LOS ANGELES, CA
Thursday, April 16
In the Stratosphere
By Neil Van Harte
…….The real story of Thursday is that Bruce picked my sign.
I've never really been sure about creating a request sign. It seemed like a lot of effort, you have to lug it around, and you're never assured a good spot in the pit. For some reason, however, I felt this need to make a sign.
I thought long and hard about what I wanted to hear, what would mean the most to me, and what might catch Bruce's attention. When the idea struck, I went to work.
I wanted to hear "Growin' Up." I grew up in Wall Township, NJ, which is on the Jersey Shore. My parents went to high school with Bruce and always bragged that they had a photo of him in their yearbook. It's not the graduation picture that usually makes the rounds, though. This is a photo of Bruce as a freshman, wearing proper preppy school attire, hair coiffed just so, with a youthful eagerness and large ears that his head hadn't grown into yet.
I printed the photo, and captioned it with "Play Growin' Up... For This Guy," with two arrows pointing to the photo of Bruce. It was three feet by three feet with bold type. I wanted my chances to be good.

During the sign collection phase, Bruce grabbed it, started to tuck it under his arm, and then realized who "this guy" was. The look on his face was utter disbelief and then laughter. It was precisely the reaction I'd hoped for. When Bruce grabbed another "Growin' Up" sign from a young boy, I knew we were golden.
Eventually, my sign emerged from the pile and made its way to the microphone stand. Bruce showed it to the only member of the band who might actually know who "that guy" was. Steve struggled to contain his fits of laughter as Bruce announced to the audience, 'Who IS this guy'? The best part is that he never told the audience that it was him. It was like a private joke between myself, Bruce, and Steve.
The song was amazing. I was a "local hero" in the pit, and the little boy got to sing a verse of the song.
Ahhhhh good fortune indeed.
And by the way, I think I found a descriptive word after all.
Delirium.

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