As the title says, it’s true. I don’t particularly like his music but one of my friends had an extra ticket since the person who was originally going to go with him cancelled at the last minute. I was invited earlier but said I don’t like him and would rather not go. Even up to the last minute I said I didn’t really want to go but said friend wouldn’t have gone alone so I went with him.
While there said friend and I went guy watching. It is the best way to pass the time. There were a lot of really hot guys. It shouldn’t be surprising since the audience filled the stadium. One older gentlemen was dancing with a 5ish year old boy that we catted about. “Poster couple for NAMBLA!” Teehee. Not really, it was probably grandfather and grandson but it was still funny at the time.
The presence of many women who have what we used to call “Jersey hair” was quite entertaining too. For those that don’t know, it is the poofy bangs and big hair that makes most glam rock bands hang their heads in shame. Poison would wish their hair was like that.
Also, I was flirted with by two women most unskillfully. It was flattering but I figured they didn’t have gaydar at all since they were probably from a place where most of the gay folk are closeted. It is odd being flirted with by women since I don’t realize it is happening very often. The first one looked me up and down, smiled real big, and winked. Nice, but not at all subtle. The second, looked me up and down, wiggled her eyebrows and said “hello there big boy.” I was thinking, “what are you, some kind of hooker?!” She said it most cheesily. It made her seem about 15 years younger than she was (she was about 30 as I am also about 30). It was nice so I said hello to her and smiled. There wasn’t a reason to be rude.
There were also a lot of burnout hippy folk there. Bruce is my mom’s favorite singer and she is a burnout hippy so that isn’t too surprising to see them there. I was more surprised with the huge age range of people there. Of course there were a ton of people who took their kids. So there were mid 30-somethings with their 2-5 year old kids, a bunch of early teens who appeared to be their by themselves, and then people in every decade of life into their 60’s (or so I would guess). It was nice to see such a mixed group of people.
I was surprised. He puts on a pretty good show even though I didn’t like his music. The entire audience stood when he came on, I could have cared less so I sat most of the concert and watched every once in a while on the screens when they came in view.
He had a lot more energy than I thought he would. He played a lot of music I didn’t recognize but eventually he played “Pink Cadillac.” I vaguely remembered that one. He claimed to not have played it in concert for about 20 years. Of course he ended the concert with his big hits “Born in the USA” and “Born to Run” and “Born whenever/Whatever.” I was seeing a “Born something or other” theme there. 
It was a good concert overall. The energy he put into it really made it enjoyable. I promised my friend I wouldn’t make fun of him the whole time since I didn’t want to be a drag the whole time and make the concert no fun for me or him and just let it be what it would be.
