Intro to “The Promise”
“Hej, Göteborg (crowd cheers) mitt folk (crowd cheers) hello (crowd cheers) kul att vara (?) igen (chuckles) (crowd cheers)(tests the piano) yes…”
Intro to “Badlands”
“Bring on the mighty E Street Band! (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Sherry Darling”
“Alright, let’s hear some party noises! (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Spirit in the Night”
“Can you feel the spirit? (crowd cheers) in the stands - can you feel the spirit? (crowd cheers) can you feel the spirit? (crowd cheers) can you feel the spirit? (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? (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!”) come on…alright…let me see you now, let me see you now, let me see you now, let me see you now…”
Intro to “Save My Love”
“Yes, yes…ah…woo, this is a, uh…outtake from…”Darkness on the Edge of Town”…and it’s about, uh…the way that…when we were young, radio connected everybody…and so when you heard something that you loved and that felt so personal to you…like a secret that was being whispered into your ear…you were sitting in your home alone at night…somewhere inside you knew that you were connected to…all these other people…dreaming the same dream as you were at that moment…huh?…remain seated (chuckles)…”
Intro to “The River”
“Steve Van Zandt on the guitar (crowd cheers) “The River” for Anna from Russia…”
Intro to “Drive All Night”
“For Gothenburg…”
Intro to “Shout”
“Is there anybody alive out there? (crowd cheers) is there anybody alive out there? (crowd cheers) is there anybody alive now? (crowd cheers) is there anybody alive now? (crowd cheers) then I want you, I want you, I want you, I want you to shake your ass now… come on and shake your ass now…”
Middle of “Shout”
“Sister Soozie Tyrell on the guitar, vocals and fiddle (crowd cheers) Charlie Giordano on the organ (crowd cheers) the master, the maestro, the magic, the mystery of Nils Lofgren on the guitar (crowd cheers) Mr. Jake Clemons on the saxophone (crowd cheers) on the drums, not just the mighty but the mightiest there is, the Mighty Max Weinberg (crowd cheers) on piano Professor Roy Bittan (crowd cheers) on bass guitar, Mr. Garry W. Tallent (crowd cheers) on the guitar and vocals, the Queen of E Street, Miss Patti Scialfa (crowd cheers) and last but not least, the inimitable, the inevitable, the inscrutable, the indubitable, the intractable, the matter-of-factable, Litte Steven “King of the Underground” Van Zandt on the guitar and vocals (crowd cheers) can I get a witness?…can I get a witness?…can I get a witness?…can I get a witness?…can I get a witness? …can I get a witness?…can I get a witness?…can I get a witness? …can I get a witness?…can I get a witness?…can I get a witness? …can I get a witness?…can I get a witness?…can I get a witness?…can I get a witness?… can I get a witness?…can I get a witness?…can I get a witness?…can I get a witness?…can I get a witness?…can I get a witness?…can I get a witness?…Göteborg! (crowd cheers) Göteborg! (crowd cheers) Göteborg! (crowd cheers) Göteborg! (crowd cheers) you’ve just seen the heart-stopping, pants-dropping, earth-shocking, hard rocking, booty-shaking, earth-quaking, love-making, Viagra-taking, history-making, legendary E (crowd: “Street Band!”)…”
Intro to “Bobby Jean”
“One more for Göteborg! (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Thunder Road”
“Vi älskar er! (crowd cheers) oh…ooh, there’s a nice breeze coming in now…we got another hour or so to go (chuckles)(crowd cheers) you’re not tired, are you yet, no? (chuckles)(crowd: “No”)…”
After “Thunder Road”
“Thank you (crowd cheers) good night (crowd cheers) the E Street Band loves you (crowd cheers) we’ll be back Monday night (crowd cheers)…”
| Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi. |
