Intro to “Spill the Wine”
“(Intro music starts)…Where’s the wine? (crowd cheers) where is the wine?…well, I was out strolling one every hot summer day and I thought I’d lay myself down to rest…in a deep, green valley…in a field of tall grass…I lay there in the sun…and I felt it caressing my face…and I fell asleep…and I dreamed…now, I dreamed I was in a land far, far, far away from my home…a land at the, at the very edges of the Earth…was populated by…strange animals of all kinds …wombats (crowd cheers) kangaroos (crowd cheers) koalas (crowd cheers) now, in this land…all the women were beautiful (crowd cheers) and all the men very handsome (crowd cheers) and all the children were exceptional students (crowd cheers) and everyone greeted you in a strange language that sounded like…”G’day, g’day, g’day, g’day” (crowd cheers) but I…I couldn’t remember how I, how I got to this place, how Italian-Irish-American mutt like me…ended up here…but there I was…came into a place…”
At the end of “Spill the Wine”
“Now I awoke from that dream…and I realized there was something here…what was that rain? (laughs from the crowd)…”
Intro to “I’m Goin’ Down”
“Well…it was alright in the beginning…but it’s always…(?) right now …it’s like…things were…rolling along…I was doing the same things I do now and that I always do…uh…and all I know is…I don’t think…I don’t think I fuck it up, I don’t think I can change anything, I don’t think I…no, no, it’s the same, it’s the same…alright, alright, alright, things cool, things cool a little bit, yeah, yeah, that happens…but…I mean…it’s not like I’m a big surprise, I’m like the same, I’m the same guy that, uh…that’s not like some, uh…yeah…”
Intro to “4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)”
“Woo! (crowd cheers) a beautiful night (crowd cheers) this was a song I wrote for a night like tonight…this was, uh…our organ player Dan Federici’s, kind of his signature song (crowd cheers) it’s a song about where we all came from…alright…alright, so let me get this straight: were at the end of summer? (crowd cheers) got it, alright, perfect, perfect…”
Intro to “Rockin’ All Over the World”
“Are you done? (crowd: “No!”) are you finished? (crowd: “No!”) (?) are you ready to quit? (crowd: “No!”) are you ready to quit? (crowd: “No!”) are you ready to quit? (crowd: “No!”) are you ready to quit? (crowd: “No!”)…key of B!…”
Middle of “Rockin’ All Over the World”
“Alright, take it easy now…we got Sister Soozie Tyrell (crowd cheers) on the fiddle, the guitar and the fabulous vocals (crowd cheers) we got Charlie Giordano (crowd cheers) we got the incredible Nils Lofgren (crowd cheers) we got Tom Morello (crowd cheers) we got Eddie “Kingfish” Manion (crowd cheers) “Kansas City” Curt Ramm (crowd cheers) Jake Clemons (crowd cheers) we got the Mighty Max Weinberg (crowd cheers) we got Garry W. Tallent on the bass (crowd cheers) we got Clark Gayton on the ‘bone (crowd cheers) Barry Danielian (crowd cheers) Professor Roy Bittan (crowd cheers) Michelle Moore, come on down! (crowd cheers) Cindy Mizelle, come on down! (crowd cheers) Curtis King, come on down! (crowd cheers) the Reverend Everett Bradley, come on down (crowd cheers) and we got last but not least star of stage, screen and tellyvision, that’s right, I’m talking about the legendary, the incomparable, the inimitable, the inscrutable Little Steven Van Zandt (crowd cheers) that’s right…is somebody shooting off fireworks?…where are the fucking fireworks?…are the fireworks? (crowd cheers) I can’t see the fireworks!…take care of all those fireworks, boys…(sound of fireworks) ah, here they come, are they good?…I always (?) fireworks…yeah, yeah…yeah, yeah…keep ‘em going, kids, alright, alright…Hunter Valley! (crowd cheers) Australia! (crowd cheers) Australia! (crowd cheers) Australia! (crowd cheers) you’ve just seen the heart-stopping, pants-dropping, Earth-shocking, hard rocking, booty-shaking, earth-quaking, lovemaking, Viagra-taking, history-making, did I mention Viagra-taking? legendary E (crowd: “Street Band!”)…”
Intro to “I Wish I Were Blind”
“Alright…we got folks from the Foodbank of New South Wales with us tonight, two million Australians go hungry every year, Foodbank of New South Wales is the largest food relief organization in Australia, they rescue food that would go to waste and turn it into meals for, to feed the hungry and the disadvantaged and the struggling neighbors and citizens, please if you see them out there, give your time and help the Foodbank of New South Wales (crowd cheers) alright, we’re gonna do this for you, my man…yeah, did you break up with your girl or something?…usually the guys that ask for this song had just had a bad break-up with their girlfriend…yeah …maybe not, I, I, no, good, oh, good, you’re just, just an art-lover, alright (chuckles) here we go…”
After “Thunder Road”
“The E Street Band loves you (crowd cheers) we’ll be seeing you (crowd cheers) thanks for two great nights (crowd cheers)…”
| Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi. |
