The bulk of the show is given over to Cynthia Weil, who died Thursday at 82. With her husband Barry Mann, the Brill Building songsmiths gave us “On Broadway” and “Uptown,” “Kicks” to “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” — a song Springsteen once said encapsulated all he ever tried to do with his own music.
And what of “Shape of Things to Come” and the Righteous Brothers’ epic “You’ve Lost that Loving Feeling?” All the way to “He’s So Shy” and “Running with the Night.”
Got a little tripped up in the Spector stuff at first but got on track to things like “Blame It on the Bossa Nova,” “Love is Only Sleeping” and the ever-topical “None of Us Are Free.” Left time to toast Laurie Anderson’s 76th birthday, tout three different D.C. shows Saturday, and recount highlights of an Omaha weekend.
Looks like the link to the archived show works this week. The setlist follows: