Intro to “Shackled and Drawn”
“Hello, Vancouver! (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “My City of Ruins”
“(chuckles) Here, here!…I see, I see…oh, a great crowd tonight (crowd cheers) Santa Claus is here…the elves are here…yes, yes… the E Street Band is back! (crowd cheers) and we got some old faces and some new faces with us…and I look into the crowd and I see some old faces…but I see some new faces also, yeah (chuckles) (some cheers) alright…who’s never seen the E Street Band before? let me see you (some cheers) oh my God…we have been around little while (chuckles) but that’s good, I like to have something to prove every night…I’m an old man but I don’t wanna go home (crowd cheers) you got miles to go yet…yes, yes…yes, yes, I like my job (crowd cheers) this is a song that…I wrote as a…for my adopted hometown, Asbury Park, when it was struggling to get back on its feet…since then it’s been sung at many different occasions and been about many different things…but uh…we waited 25 years for…the town we all met each other in to get back on its feet, it took 25 years, you would go there in the summer and the beaches were empty and stores were boarded up and deserted but 25 years later…if you’ve been back there in the past five years or so you come in the middle of the night and the beaches would be full again with people and the boardwalk was filled with local businesses and restaurants, music clubs…it’s a good place to visit… so it was very hard to see so much of it washed away just barely three weeks ago…people who’d put so much into the town…but, uh …it’ll be back, I bet you (crowd cheers) come in the summertime (crowd cheers) the beach is nice, the ocean’s good (chuckles) but, uh, this is a song, on this tour that’s become about ghosts…when you’re young, you’re taught that ghosts are frightening but as you get older you realize ghosts are spirits of your lost friends and the places that have imprinted themselves on your heart, that have become an indelible part of your life and you carry them with you, good spirits everywhere you go, so, uh…tonight if you’re, if there’s anybody missing from your life, a brother, a sister, a mother, a father, sons, daughters, places, things that made you who you are, this is from our ghosts to your ghosts tonight (crowd cheers)…”
Middle of “My City of Ruins”
“(Horn players take turns soloing) Yeah, yeah!…Clark Gayton, Barry Danielian, Curt Ramm, Ed Manion and Jake Clemons are the E Street horn section (crowd cheers)…(backup singers vocalize) take me higher…take me higher…oh yeah…that’s right…oh, we got the Reverend Everett Bradley on percussion (crowd cheers) if you wanna get married, step up here now, he can do it! (crowd cheers) we got Curtis King, Cindy Mizelle and Michelle Moore of the E Street Choir (crowd cheers) yeah, yeah…come on, Max! (Max hits the drums) roll call…I like to do a roll call each night…so I knew who’s in the house with us tonight…is there anybody in the house tonight? (crowd cheers) is there anybody in the house now? (crowd cheers) what I’m asking is are you with me tonight? (crowd cheers) are you with me tonight now? (crowd cheers) Professor Roy Bittan’s with me (Roy plays) do it again, man (Roy keeps playing) Sister Soozie Tyrell’s in the house! (Soozie plays violin) (crowd cheers) Brother Charlie Giordano’s on the soul accordion (crowd cheers)(Charlie plays accordion) Nils Lofgren’s in the house tonight (crowd cheers) (Nils plays) yeah, yeah, Miss Patti Scialfa’s with me tonight, she sends her love, let’s hear it for Miss Patti (crowd cheers) talking ‘bout my baby…Little Steven’s with me tonight (crowd cheers) (Steve plays) yes, yes…and the Mighty Max Weinberg’s in the house (crowd cheers)(Max drums) bringing the beat…and Mr. Garry W. Tallent (crowd cheers)(Garry plays) oh yeah, yeah, it’s alright… oh, yeah, yeah, it’s alright…oh, yeah, yes, it’s alright…oh, yeah, yeah, it’s alright…I said I’m in a sad mood tonight…darling, I’m in a sad mood…oh, I’m in a sad mood…baby, I’m in a sad mood …are we missing anybody? (crowd cheers) are we missing anybody tonight now? (crowd cheers) are you missing anybody? (crowd cheers) are you missing anybody tonight now? (crowd cheers) yes, yes…yes, yes…that’s right…that’s right…this is where we like to take a moment and feel those we’re missing…those ghosts standing alongside of us…you can just…just let it sit…ssshh…and the change was made uptown now…and the change was made uptown…and the change was made uptown now…oh, the change was made uptown… oh, the change was made uptown…oh, the change was made uptown…oh, the change was made…yeah, the change was made uptown…(crowd cheers) alright, let me hear you (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Spirit in the Night”
“The E Street Band has come thousands of miles tonight…we’ve come thousands of miles tonight (crowd cheers) we’ve been all around the world plenty of times! (crowd cheers) but we’ve come thousands of miles tonight for the answer to just one question… we’ve come thousands of miles tonight for the answer to just one question…backstage there’s a big sign painted on the wall, it says “We are all Canucks” (crowd cheers) what does that fucking mean? (crowd cheers) what does it fucking mean? (crowd cheers) that’s not actually the question…the question I want an answer to tonight is can you, can you, can you…(a fan: “Feel the spirit”) that’s right, kid (chuckles) 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) if you can feel the spirit, I want you to answer me with a mighty “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!”) can you feel the spirit now? (crowd and band: “Yeah, yeah!”) the E Street Band’s here tonight to bring you the good news, we’re here tonight to bring you the bad news, we’re here tonight to bring you the news that make you wanna holler (crowd and band: “Yeah, yeah!”) holler! (crowd and band: “Yeah, yeah!”) holler! (crowd and band: “Yeah, yeah!”) …”
Intro to “Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?”
“Alright, somebody shouted for this out back on our way in so…oh baby…this is…this is, uh…we stick with our first record for a bit…I had some friends when I was making my first record who let me stay at their place up on 82nd Street, I’d take the bus up there from the studio every day and I wrote this song…come on, boys…”
Intro to “Red Headed Woman”
“What’s on the request (?) out here tonight, huh?…(?) that’s tough, we don’t know that one…we don’t know that one…”Happy birthday, Steve,” alright (chuckles)(?) bring that up there, that’s not impossible (chuckles)…(chuckles) it’s good, it’s good, that’s, “Let Steve pick one,” alright, go ahead, Steve, pick one (chuckles)…(?) “Streets of Fire,” that’s a good one, bring that down, come on, we’ll see (chuckles) hey, you look good, you look good (chuckles) alright (chuckles)…that’s a good one, you gotta bring that up here, man, that…I like to see somebody who’s spent time on their sign (chuckles) this would be a case in point right here (crowd cheers) this person ain’t fucking around with their sign! (chuckles) they’re serious as hell with this sign (chuckles) damn, we don’t even know this song any more but we’re gonna play it (chuckles) that’s how good this sign is…oh my Lord…look good – woo! (crowd cheers) notice the, uh, joints, they’re moveable, good Lord…what I’m gonna do with this back at the hotel! (chuckles)(laughs from the crowd) oh boy!…I don’t know if I can play it like this, though, hold on…let me see…alright…alright, we’re gonna play this one, just follow me, I’ll tell you when the band comes in…this might be steel guitar, man, yeah…”
[According to Backstreets.com, “a fan had created an anatomically correct, full-sized "Red Headed Woman.”]
Middle of “Raise Your Hand”
“Is there something you want? (crowd cheers) is there something you need? (crowd cheers) then just raise your hand…”
Intro to “Racing in the Street”
“Thank you, Vancouver, British Colombia, thank you (crowd cheers) woo, damn…thank you…oh yeah…we got some friends in the hall tonight, folks from the Greater Vancouver Foodbank Society (crowd cheers) the Greater Vancouver Foodbank Society is dedicated to providing food through related assistance to those in need, they collect, they distribute food for nearly 27,000 people each week throughout British Colombia (crowd cheers) when times are hard, people depend on these grassroots organizations more than ever, they’re out on the frontlines doing God’s work, if you can, the Greater Vancouver Foodbank Society, please support (crowd cheers) alright, this was a request so, uh…from somebody over there, we’ll do this for you…”
Intro to “Radio Nowhere”
“Whose request was this? (?)…”
Middle of “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town”
“Thank you, everybody (crowd cheers) what do you got there, Santa?…thank you, Santa…we wanna thank everybody for coming out to the show tonight (crowd cheers) thank you, Vancouver, thank you, British Colombia (crowd cheers) we wanna thank Santa or whoever the fuck he is (chuckles) here we go…Santa Claus is – see you, Santa…”
Intro to “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out”
“One more for Vancouver (crowd cheers)…”
After “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out”
“The mighty E Street Band! (crowd cheers) thank you, Vancouver, for a beautiful night (crowd cheers) fantastic audience, thank you, we love you (crowd cheers) have a happy holiday! (crowd cheers)…”
| Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi. |
