1999-11-17 Value City Arena, Columbus, OH

Scheduled: 19:30 Local Start Time ??:?? / End Time ??:??

Info & Setlist | Venue

Show opens with the "Meeting In The Town Tonight" introduction. "Two Hearts" includes "It Takes Two". "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" includes "It's All Right" and "Take Me To The River". "Downbound Train" is played "by request." "Born In The U.S.A." is the acoustic version. "Light of Day" includes "Hang On Sloopy" and "I've Been Everywhere". Patti Scialfa is not present due to a perforated eardrum. Soundcheck includes a performance of The Hollies' "Look Through Any Window".

Intro to “The Ties That Bind”
“(Clarence: “Brothers and sisters, all rise')….Yeah, yeah, yeah… yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah…are you ready tonight, people? there’s gonna be a meeting in the town tonight…yeah, yeah, yeah…good evening, Columbus (crowd cheers) yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah…are you ready for me, people?…there’s gonna be a meeting in the town tonight…"

Intro to “My Hometown"
“Thank you and good evening (crowd cheers) oh…thank you…want to, uh…wanna give you regards from Patti, she’s not with us tonight, she’s been home recuperating from a perforated ear drum she got on a flight that we took but she should be back with us soon but she sends her regards and, uh (crowd cheers) so we’re gonna do this one for you tonight, the boys are gonna do the best that they can, alright…”

Middle of “Tenth Avenue Freeze Out”
“I need a volunteer (crowd cheers)…scurry, girls, I’m taken, what can I tell you, baby…she ain’t here but she’s listening, I guarantee, I can tell you that right now…(sings bits of “It's Alright” and “Take Me to the River”)…that’s right…now, take it easy now…but that’s where I wanna go …I want to go to that river tonight…that river of life …the river of love…that river of happiness…the river of hope… and I wanna find that river of faith…the river of sanctification… wash me in the water…the river of transformation…where you can go and you can be changed …and that river of resurrection…where everybody, no matter what you done, gets a second chance…that river of sexual healing and companionship (crowd cheers) I want to go there tonight and I want you to go with me (crowd cheers) because I need to go with you…that’s why I’m here…because I don’t know how to get there by myself…and I try…and man, I know everybody tries sometimes, they try to get there by themselves but I’m telling you now in the end you can’t get there by yourself…and so I found myself as a young man, one evening I was standing before a dark grove of trees and just like a little child I was frightened to pass through those trees…even though I knew that on the other side, on the other side the river of life was waiting, the river of a meaningful life…and cold beer at a reasonable price (crowd cheers) but my, my arms were heavy and my legs were heavy and I stood there paralyzed because I didn’t want to face the responsibilities that came with that life…I said “No, man, that ain’t for me, I’m gonna keep on running and I’m gonna keep on hiding, I wanna keep on dodging, I wanna keep on weaving because that’s what I know how to do and that’s what I’m good at”…that’s right, you two, that’s what I’m talking about (?)…but as I was about to give up…I heard a beautiful sound coming through the distant trees (Roy starts playing) and I stepped into the trees and there was a gypsy lady and she said “Son…don’t be frightened ‘cause what you need, all you need to get through these, these woods is a little help …you need some friendship…what you need is you need a band!” (crowd cheers) and that’s why I’d like to introduce tonight the dean of the university of musical perversity, Professor Roy Bittan on the piano (crowd cheers) stand with me at the riverside…the foundation of the E Street nation, Southern man, Mr. Garry W. Tallent on the bass (crowd cheers) standing with me at the riverside…I’d like to the Secretary of faith, of friendship, keeper of all that is righteous on E Street, star of the Sopranos, Little Steven on the guitar (crowd cheers) stand with me, brother man, at the riverside…the Minister of the mighty beat, the Secretary of syncopation, the man who night after night after night brings the power with him, star of Late Night television, Mighty Max Weinberg on the drums (crowd cheers) standing at the riverside…the Secretary of heart and deep spirit, the Godfather of the guitar, the great Nils Lofgren (crowd cheers) stand with me, Brother, at the riverside…the Minister of Mystery, Secretary of the unfathomable on E Street, Brother Dan Federici on the accordion and organ (crowd cheers) now it was getting a little lighter (crowd cheers) it was getting a little lighter (crowd cheers) and I could see those river banks and people standing all along the river banks with their hands in the air but still there was something missing…something very big…something very essential…something fundamental (crowd cheers) something we could not go on without…do I have to say his name? (crowd cheers) do I have to say his name? (crowd cheers) say who? (crowd: “Clarence”) say who? (crowd: “Clarence”) say who? (crowd: “Clarence”) say who? (crowd: “Clarence”) say who? (crowd: “Clarence”) say who? (crowd: “Clarence”) say who? (crowd: “Clarence”) say who? (crowd: “Clarence”) say who? (crowd: “Clarence”) say who? (crowd: “Clarence”) say who? (crowd: “Clarence”) say who? (crowd: “Clarence”)…”

Intro to “Downbound Train”
“Alright, by request…”

Intro to “The Ghost of Tom Joad”
“Thank you…thank you, this is, uh…gonna do this next song for the folks from the Mid-Ohio Foodbank, they’re out in the lobby tonight here with us…they’re not a not for profit organization here, they’re dedicated to assist in feeding your struggling neighbors here in Ohio…they’re working to create a community that makes food accessible to all of its citizens as it should be if you were born in the U.S.A (crowd cheers) if you get a chance on your way out, stop by and see them, they could use your help and your support, the Mid-Ohio Foodbank, this is for you folks…”

Middle of “Light of Day”
“…Columbus! (crowd cheers) Columbus! (crowd cheers) Columbus! (crowd cheers) but everywhere I’ve gone, I’ve seen people lost in confusion…I’ve seen people lost…in the wilderness…I’ve seen people lost…in loneliness…but we’ve come thousands of miles tonight and we’re here on a seach-and-rescue mission…if you’ve been downhearted, dispirited, disgusted, dispossessed, downsized, analyzed, stigmatized, retro-psychedelized, Pokemonized, Pikachuized and I know you have, I know you have…pass-another-tax-cut-for-the-rich-Republicanized…it ain’t too late to repent (crowd cheers) I wanna give you your chance (crowd cheers) I wanna give you your chance (crowd cheers) I’m gonna give you your chance (crowd cheers) are you ready? (crowd cheers) are you ready for the healing to begin? (crowd cheers) because I’m here to re-educate, to resuscitate, to regenerate, to re-confiscate, to re-indoctrinate, to re-illustrate, to re-sexualate (crowd cheers) to re-sexualate (crowd cheers) to re-sexualate (crowd cheers) to rededicate, to re-liberate with the power and the glory, the majesty, the mystery…with the ministry of rock’n’roll! (crowd cheers) that’s right…that’s right!…that’s right!…that’s right!…it’s alive (crowd cheers) I can feel it, it’s alive (chuckles) but unlike my competitors, I shall not, I will not, I cannot promise you life everlasting but I can promise you life…right now! (crowd cheers) and all you gotta do is raise your hand and say “I” (crowd and Bruce start going “I, I, I”)…”

Intro to “Ramrod”
“One more for Columbus (crowd cheers) we were just messing with ya (crowd cheers) are you ready to rumble? (crowd cheers)…”

Middle of “Ramrod”
“Come on, baby…turn over…turn over…okay, man, you can do it… you can do it, kid…turn over…it’s a cold Ohio morning (crowd cheers) come on, turn over…you can do it…you can do it…yeah!… yeah!…yeah!…yeah!…
(…) Carry on, brothers and sisters!…”

After “Ramrod”
“Thank you (crowd cheers) thanks, don’t forget the Mid-Ohio Foodbank on your way out, thank you, Columbus, we love you, thanks for a great night (crowd cheers)…”

^{Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi.}

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