Intro to “We Take Care of Our Own”
“Hello, Stockholm! (crowd cheers) härligt att se er! (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Spirit in the Night”
“I have been here many times before (crowd cheers) I have been here…many times before (crowd cheers) and still we come back (crowd cheers) because what we need to do tonight…we can’t do by ourselves (crowd cheers) no matter how mighty the E Street Band is…no matter how strong they’re gonna play tonight…we can’t do what we came here to do by ourselves (crowd cheers) we…need… you! (crowd cheers) we need you to help us…in not just answering this question…but we’re gonna make some magic right now…we’re gonna manifest something out of nothing…out of this empty room with nothing but air, we’re gonna make something right now…so what I wanna know is…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 tonight, 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!”) let’s make a little magic…”
Intro to “Thunder Road”
“Oh, I was coming into the hotel the day before yesterday, somebody says “What do you, what are you gonna surprise us with? What are you gonna surprise us with?”…and so I went into my room and I started to think and I realized Stockholm was one of the first cities we ever came to when we left the United States (crowd cheers) we were, uh, 25 years old (chuckles) and, uh…it was, uh…miraculous for us at the time and to stand here tonight so many, so many lovely voyages here behind us and to be greeted as we are greeted when we come here year after year after year (crowd cheers) we want to thank you all and all your friends and all your relatives for making us a part of your life, for making us a part of your culture, for making us a part of Sweden and Stockholm, thank you (crowd cheers) so (crowd cheers) tonight we will play the record that brought us over here the first time (crowd cheers) we’re gonna play “Born to Run” from start to finish (crowd cheers) for you! (crowd cheers)…”
Middle of “Backstreets”
“Until the end…till the end…with your lonely, sad eyes…with your lonely, sad eyes…with your lonely, sad eyes…with your lonely, sad eyes…till the end…till the end…with your lonely, sad eyes…with your lonely, sad eyes…just me and you, baby…just me and you, baby… just me and you, baby…oh…come a little closer now…come a little closer now…with your lonely, sad eyes…with your lonely, sad eyes… come a little closer now…come a little closer now…come a little closer now…just me and you, baby…”
Intro to “Darlington County”
“And now on with the show (chuckles)…”
Intro to “Mountain of Love”
“We got an unusual request here…we’ve played this with the band going back to the early Seventies…and as we know…that was a time when Michelle Moore wasn’t even born yet (chuckles)(sings to himself) if I remember the chords…(sings to himself) haven’t got it yet, hold on (chuckles)(sings to himself) anybody know this, Garry Tallent? (sings to himself) oh, there it is (sings to himself) okay, alright (crowd cheers) now, Johnny Rivers used to sing – who was the original guy who sang this, Garry?…who sang “Mountain of Love” originally?…Harold Dorman – you guys know Harold Dorman in Stockholm, don’t you? (chuckles) Harold Dorman sang this first …(starts playing the rhythm and crowd starts clapping)…now you’re confusing me, you’re confusing me, hold on (chuckles) here we go …”
Intro to “Glory Days”
“My friend, Elliott Murphy’s gonna join us…”
Middle of “Mountain of Love”
“Alright, I can use help now!…”
After “Mountain of Love”
“A masterpiece! (crowd cheers)…”
Middle of “Twist and Shout”
“You’re looking good out there…you look good…man, you look good (chuckles) you look good…let me see those moves, oh, you girls are good, you’re good…what do we got over here, man? what about everybody up in the stands, come on, man…way up top now…what about everybody way up back – let me see you…oh, that’s right…
(…) I think they got one more left in them…one more…Aah…”
After “Twist and Shout”
“Thank you (crowd cheers) thanks for a great night (crowd cheers) we’ll be back tomorrow night! (crowd cheers)…”
| Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi. |
