Springsteen's Superbowl Concert/Guess the set list.

Badlands – He probably wants to start out with a message like this. It gives him a chance to make a political statement with one of his most played anthems. He can probably get additional meaning out of lyrics like “lights out tonight/trouble in the heartland” If not Badlands, then Promised Land will be the first song.

No Surrender - Perfect song for a Superbowl. If one team is up 20-3, the announcers can make a reference to the song by telling the fans “this team shouldn't surrender just yet.” Oh man! It'll be terrible! If there's a 4^th quarter comeback, one of the bastards will say “We told you, there's No Surrender in this team.” UGH! You know how announcers love that crap. Springsteen can also be sneaky-political with this song. He slows the song down now for the verse that starts “Now on the street tonight the lights grow dim/the walls of my room are closing in/there's a war outside still raging/you say it ain't ours anymore to win.” He could also choose to do a solo, acoustic version of "Born in the USA" for song #2.

It's Gonna be a Long Walk Home - He'll want to squeeze in a political statement. I'm sure the NFL said “no talking; just sing!” So he'll have a song from “Magic. If he's allowed 5 songs, I bet he'll do two new ones: this one and “Living in the Future.” That's a political song that sounds “happy and poppy.”

"Born to Run" The more I think about it, there really can't be any other song to close out his Superbowl show. However, he may come up with some surprise out of left field. He may not want to play that song. Hey, what can you do? The guy rarely plays Thunder Road on his current tour. He's gone on tours before w/o playing Born to Run. It's just something we fans have to deal with sometimes.