Intro to “Badlands”
“Hey, hey (crowd cheers) Sunderland (crowd cheers) this is what it’s supposed to be like, I don’t wanna see no 75 degrees and sunny (laughs from the crowd) when I come to Sunderland, England, I want it just like this…”
Intro to “My City of Ruins”
“Hello, Sunderland (crowd cheers) that’s right…this is what I want it to be like – give me some of that English rain, right (crowd cheers) give me some of that, oh, yeah (crowd cheers) that’s right…this is a song of hellos and goodbyes…all the hellos and goodbyes that run through your life…and of the things that leave us that we can’t do anything about…and of the things that remain that we can’t do anything about either…Max!…”
Middle of “My City of Ruins”
“(Horn players take turns soloing) That’s Clark Gayton, Barry Danielian, Curt Ramm, Eddie Manion and Jake Clemons of the E Street horn section (crowd cheers)…(backup singers vocalize) take me higher…take me higher…take me higher on this beautiful day… take me higher on this beautiful day now…oh, Everett Bradley, Curtis King, Cindy Mizelle, Michelle Moore of the E Street Choir (crowd cheers) Max! (Max hits the drums) roll call…I wanna see who’s in the house tonight (crowd cheers) I wanna know who’s in the house tonight (crowd cheers) I wanna know who’s in the house tonight now (crowd cheers) I wanna know who’s in the house tonight (crowd cheers) I wanna know who’s in the house now (crowd cheers) Professor Roy Bittan’s in the house tonight (crowd cheers)(Roy plays) Brother Charlie Giordano’s in the house (crowd cheers)(Charlie plays accordion) Sister Soozie Tyrell’s in the house (crowd cheers) (Soozie plays violin) the birthday boy Nils Lofgren’s in the house (crowd cheers) (Nils plays) oh, I’m looking for my baby, I’m searching for my girl now…oh, I’m looking for my baby… is there a red headed woman in the house? (crowd cheers) oh, Patti sends her love, she’s at home making sure the kids don’t get into our drugs (laughs from the crowd) she sends all her love here to Sunderland, Miss Patti Scialfa (crowd cheers) and Little Steven’s in the house (crowd cheers) (Steve plays) and Mighty Max Weinberg’s here (crowd cheers)(Max drums) and Mr. Garry W. Tallent (crowd cheers)(Garry plays) are you ready for a house party? (crowd cheers) are you ready for a house party now? (crowd cheers) oh, but I’m in a sad mood tonight…I’m in a real sad mood…are we missing anybody? (crowd cheers) are we missing anybody now? (crowd cheers) yeah, are we missing anybody? (crowd cheers) are we missing anybody now? (crowd cheers) all I know is if you’re here and we’re here, then they’re here (crowd cheers) all I know is if you’re here now and we’re here, then they’re here (crowd cheers) I can hear ‘em in your voices (crowd cheers)…
(…)(laughs from the crowd) Now, there’s tears on the pillow where we slept…and you took my heart when you left…some things you just can’t compete with (chuckles)(laughs from the crowd) (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Spirit in the Night”
“Can you feel the spirit? (crowd cheers) can you feel the spirit now? (crowd cheers) can you feel the spirit? (crowd cheers) can you feel the spirit now? (crowd cheers) well, if you can feel the spirit, I want you to answer me with a “Yeah, yeah” - can you feel the spirit? (crowd and band: “Yeah, yeah!”) can you feel the spirit now? (crowd and band: “Yeah, yeah!”) can you feel the spirit? (crowd and band: “Yeah, yeah!”) the E Street Band’s come thousands of miles, come thousands of miles to Sunderland, England, we’ve come here to bring the power, the glory, the foolishness, the ridiculousness, we’ve come to, we’ve come to, I wanna hear you
holler (crowd and band: “Yeah, yeah!”) we’ve come because I wanna hear you holler! (crowd and band: “Yeah, yeah!”) I said I wanna hear you holler! (crowd and band: “Yeah, yeah!”)…”
Intro to “Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?”
“Yeah, ooh…that’s the way (?) Sunderland, somebody stole my mike (chuckles) she sounded pretty good too (chuckles) alright, “Bus, bus, bus, bus,” ready?…”
Intro to “We Are Alive”
“This is, uh…I was looking for a song to end the “Wrecking Ball”-album…and I…I waited a long time and I couldn’t come up with anything, I was looking for something that would tie down those stories…and point them forward somehow…and as I was writing, I realized that the things I was trying to sum up had gone on for generations and generations…people had lived and died through them before so I started to listen to the voices from the past and decided I needed a ghost story…so, uh…this was my ghost story, you gotta imagine it’s…late on a foggy, wet night (chuckles) and you’re traipsing through the graveyard…at each grave you’re listening…and you’re listening and you’re listening and you’re listening, you’re listening…”
Intro to “Seven Nights to Rock”
“I feel good! (crowd cheers) now let’s go…(starts the guitar intro) give me a little slap, Monte…that’s right, baby…oh yeah…aha…keep doing that, oh yeah…”
At the the end of “Seven Nights to Rock”
“I don’t need all ‘em strings!…”
Middle of “Glory Days”
“Oh, let’s rock that thing, Stevie – are you ready, brother?…”
Towards the end of “Tenth Avenue Freeze- Out”
“Sunderland! (crowd cheers) Sunderland! (crowd cheers) Sunderland! (crowd cheers) Sunderland! (crowd cheers) Sunderland! (crowd cheers) you’ve just seen the heart-stopping, pants-dropping, hard rocking, booty-shaking, love-making, Viagra-taking, history-making, legendary (crowd: E Street Band!”)(crowd cheers) E Street Band!…”
| Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi. |
