Intro to “We Take Care of Our Own”
“Evening, Cape Town! (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Wrecking Ball”
“Good evening (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Tougher than the Rest”
“It says him, Steve, it says him (chuckles)(Steve laughs) it says him…(intro music starts)…we like to foster domestic peace and tranquility…”
[The song was requested with a sign saying “Play Tougher than the Rest and I’ll give my husband a blowjob.”]
After “Tougher than the Rest”
“Good luck! (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Jack of All Trades”
“Very hard times back home…past five, six, seven years…I know there’s hard times for a lot of folks here in South Africa too…this is “Jack of All Trades”…”
Intro to “This Is Your Sword”
“Give me some lights…”This Is Your Sword”…alright, we haven’t played this one out yet, we’re gonna give it a shot…are the horns ready?…come on, boys…(chuckles) alright, “This is your sword, this is your shield”…”
Intro to “Because the Night”
“Tom, where’s your brother?…Tom’s brother is here…come over, man…here’s your chance…we’re looking for him…he was over there …no, he’s where? here?…alright, that’s the other brother…(Tom: “Where is he sitting?”) we’re looking (Tom: “This is his big chance”) (chuckles)(Tom: “Where is he?”) is there another Morello in the house? (Tom: “They’re pointing over there…Buch, where are you, man? this is your big”)…alright, we’ll be back…at the end of this song (chuckles)(Tom: “Here he comes, Bruce”) we’re flexible (Tom: “Bruce, we got him”) you got him? (Tom: “We got him”) alright, come on up…(crowd cheers)…is she here?…(Tom’s brother: “Anne Wamae…Anne Wamae, please get up here, please come here, love, come here, baby (crowd cheers) thank you so much…(crowd cheers) Anne, Anne, you are my, Anne, you are my, you are the love of my life, will you marry me?” (crowd cheers)(she says “Yes” off mic)…thank you, thank you so much”…let’s hear it for ‘em, it all happened right here (crowd cheers)(?)…alright, the next two songs are for you guys…”
Intro to “Sun City”
“Yeah, yeah, Mos, if you’re in the house, if Mos is in the house, come on up…alright…in the ‘80s…Steve put together a group of musicians, rockers and rappers and made a great, great record about what was happening at the time here in South Africa, informed, uh, enormous amount of the American public about what was going on and we’re gonna try and play it for you tonight (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Rocky Ground”
“Meanwhile 30 years ago back home…we had our own economic Apartheid…come on, Curt…for 30 years…”
After “Rocky Ground”
“Peace, South Africa (crowd cheers) and for us too…”
Middle of “Glory Days”
“We gotta get going, Steve (Steve: “Where we going, baby?”) we have got to get going…we gotta get to Johannesburg (Steve: “Right, yeah, right, yeah”) we gotta get to Johannesburg (crowd: “No”) no Johannesburg? (crowd cheers) keep going right here? (crowd cheers) keep going right here? (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Seven Nights to Rock”
“No Johannesburg? (crowd: “No”) are you sure? (crowd: “Yeah!”) ‘cause we’re gonna keep going (crowd cheers) we will keep going (crowd cheers) we will keep going (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Dancing in the Dark”
“No Jo-burg? (crowd: “No”) No Jo-burg! (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out”
“Are you done yet, Cape Town? (crowd: “No”) you’re finished! (crowd: “No”) you’re tired! (crowd: “No”) you’re ready to go home, I can tell (crowd: “No”) are you done yet? (crowd: “No”) are you done yet? (crowd: “No”) are you done yet? (crowd: “No”)…”
Intro to “Twist and Shout”
“Thank you! (crowd cheers) Jo-Burg! (crowd: “No”) Jo-Burg! (crowd: “No”) Johannesburg! (crowd: “No”) Johannesburg! (crowd: “No”) Johannesburg! (crowd: “No”) Johannesburg! (crowd: “No”) Johannesburg! (crowd: “No”) Kevin Buell, where the fuck are you? (chuckles) come on, man…one more for Cape Town (crowd cheers)…”
Middle of “Twist and Shout”
“I got Soozie Tyrell (crowd cheers) Eddie Manion (crowd cheers) Curt Ramm (crowd cheers) Charlie Giordano (crowd cheers) Garry Tallent (crowd cheers) Curtis King (crowd cheers) Roy Bittan (crowd cheers) Miss Cindy Mizelle (crowd cheers) Michelle Moore, twist that thing (crowd cheers) Everett Bradley (crowd cheers) Clark Gayton (crowd cheers) Barry Danielian, excellent twist moves (crowd cheers) the great Nils Lofgren (crowd cheers) Jake Clemons (crowd cheers) Tom Morello (crowd cheers) the Mighty Max Weinberg (crowd cheers) and the legendary Steve Van Zandt (crowd cheers) ladies and gentlemen…ladies and gentlemen of Cape Town (crowd cheers) you’ve just seen the heart-stopping, pants-dropping, earth-shocking, booty-shaking, earth-quaking, love-making, Viagra-taking, history-making, legendary E (crowd: “Street Band!”)…”
After “Twist and Shout”
“The greatest band in the land! (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Thunder Road”
“Hey man…bring that thing back (crowd cheers) I just wanna say thank you, thank you for the welcome we’ve received down here in Cape Town (crowd cheers) we’ve been, uh, doing this a long time and you never really know on any given night what you’re gonna get, what to expect particularly when you haven’t been someplace and, uh…we just couldn’t have had lovelier, lovelier hello or a lovelier welcome, thank you, thank you for indulging us and, uh (crowd cheers) this is a beautiful, it’s a beautiful place you live here, it’s, uh (crowd cheers) there’s icy cold water and sharks that wanna bite you in the ass, that’s right (laughs from the crowd) and it’s got everything else, besides that it’s got everything else you’d want (crowd cheers) alright…yeah, we had to get a little medieval on you, you’re gonna be sore tomorrow, you’re not gonna be able to talk, sit or walk (chuckles) (crowd cheers) but you will be able to make love, I guarantee you! (crowd cheers) we’ll make sure of that before we send you home, thank you…”
After “Thunder Road”
“The E Street Band loves you (crowd cheers) thanks, thanks a lot, we’ll be seeing you (crowd cheers)…”
| Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi. |
