So yeah, mortality was a heavy theme in Springsteen’s passion play - or what he could still impressively summon at 73 after rocking oft-mythical local shows for five decades. “It makes you realize how important living every moment of every day is…” ![]() “At 15, it’s all tomorrows and hellos, and then later on, a lot more goodbyes,” he said. A more expected moment came when he delivered a sole soliloquy before a solo acoustic rendition of the new “Last Man Standing,” written after the death of the only other surviving member of the Castilles, Springsteen’s first band as a teenager. It was one of a few moments where the legendary New Jersey rocker cracked a deeper plane of emotion in a largely choreographed, celebratory near-three-hour show with his E Street Band, expanded on many songs to 18 members. “The rest I’m carrying right here,” he said, tapping his guitar-picking hand brace against his chest, repeating “Until the end.” He finally opened his eyes, reared his head, and blinked into the spotlights. Lids clenched shut, he turned a mantra around the song’s “Until the end” lyric into musing about a box of personal artifacts from a departed friend. There was an extraordinary moment in the middle of “Backstreets” at TD Garden Monday where Bruce Springsteen made his eyes water. Bruce Springsteen and Steve Van Zandt at TD Garden. ![]() ![]() So yeah, mortality was a heavy theme in Bruce Springsteen’s passion play - or what he could still impressively summon at 73 after rocking oft-mythical local shows for five decades.
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