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) can you feel the spirit? (crowd cheers) can you feel the spirit now? (crowd cheers) the E Street Band has come thousands of miles tonight for the answer to just one question…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 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!”)…”
Intro to “Man’s Job”
“Yeah, yeah, the mighty E Street horns! (crowd cheers) oh my God, we’re gonna have a stuffed animals’ request list tonight (laughs from the crowd) we got a duck here that wants to hear “Man’s Job”
and goddamn it, he’s gonna hear it…do we have any other stuffed animals out there?…alright (chuckles)…give me a guitar that’s halfway in tune…here we go…”
[“Jailhouse Rock” – the song before “Man’s Job” - was requested on a stuffed teddy bear.]
Intro to “Atlantic City”
“Hey, Ben!…gonna bring out the great Ben Harper (crowd cheers) …”
Intro to “Darlington County”
“More cowbell, Everett! (chuckles)…”
Intro to “Follow That Dream”
“Got a lovely letter today from a…young lady that said we played this 25 years ago the first time she saw us and so…this is for you, darling…”
Intro to “Shout”
“I don’t see you (crowd cheers) I don’t see you (crowd cheers) I don’t hear you (crowd cheers) I don’t hear you (crowd cheers) I don’t hear you (crowd cheers)…”
Middle of “Shout”
“Soozie Tyrell on the guitar and fiddle (crowd cheers) Charlie Giordano (crowd cheers) Eddie “Thin Man” Manion (crowd cheers) Nils Lofgren (crowd cheers) Curt Ramm (crowd cheers) Jake Clemons (crowd cheers) Max Weinberg (crowd cheers) Everett Bradley (crowd cheers) Professor Roy Bittan (crowd cheers) Garry Tallent (crowd cheers) Curtis King (crowd cheers) Cindy Mizelle (crowd cheers) queen of the twist, Michelle Moore (crowd cheers) Barry Danielian (crowd cheers) Clark Gayton (crowd cheers) and Little Steven Van Zandt (crowd cheers) Werchter!…Werchter! (not much response from the crowd) where the fuck we are!…I want you to know…I want you to know…I want you to know…I want you to know…I want you to know…I want you to know…I want you to know…you’ve just seen the heart-stopping, pants-dropping, Earth-shocking, hard rocking, booty-shaking, earth-quaking, lovemaking, Viagra-taking, history-making, legendary E (crowd: “Street Band!”)…
Intro to “Thunder Road”
“Thank you! (crowd cheers) wooo!…thank you (crowd cheers) yes, yes…yes, yes…yes, yes…can you feel the spirit? (crowd cheers) that’s all that matters…that’s what we came for…”
After “Thunder Road”
“Thanks, safe travels (crowd cheers) we love you (crowd cheers)…”
Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi. |