Today we have met Mattias who saw his first show at The Globe arena, June 15th 1992.

He told us about his gigantic expectations before the first concert in 1992 and how the show had been so much better than he ever could imagine. For many years Mattias have been a very devoted fan, but after the concert at the Globe 2002 he was a bit disappointed. And the first night at Ullevi in 2003 didn’t change that feeling.

“When I walked out from the arena I thought it was all over. It felt like Bruce and his music couldn’t touch me, like I had grown apart from it all. And on the second night I went to the concert in a bad mood, feeling uneasy, I even thought about not going at all. But then I could see that Bruce had picked up another guitar and then he started with The Promised Land. That song is one of the best in the world and it just hit me, it got me straight through the heart. It was like Bruce reached out his hand and said ‘come on, let’s try again’ and the rest of the night it was like he sang just for me, picking out my favorites. After that I started to listen to the records again and got back to a feeling for the music that I hadn’t had in years.”

Mikael preparing to shoot at Mattias’ place.

Mattias also told us that he likes when Bruce is political. “For me both Nebraska and The Ghost of Tom Joad are political statements. I would really like Bruce to turn out another acoustic album that would center around what has happened after 9/11 and how the war in Iraq has affected the American people.”

We also talked about the swedish fanforum springsteen.se and Mattias thought it was really fun that there are so many young fans in their early teens who discuss Springsteen’s music with great gusto.

After the interview we met with Håkan Lahger, a journalist who have written a lot about Bruce Springsteen in magazines like Schlager and Slitz. We discussed some ideas and Håkan will be one of the critics we are going to interview later on.