Intro to “Mary’s Place”
“Göteborg! (crowd cheers)(?) regn or sleet – we don’t care (chuckles) (crowd cheers) let’s go…(intro music starts)…alright… we’re so glad to be here in your beautiful city tonight (crowd cheers) are you ready for a Swedish house party? (crowd cheers) are you ready for a Swedish house party? (crowd cheers) are you ready for a house party Swedish style? (crowd cheers) alright… woo!…”
Intro to “Sherry Darling”
“Alright, let me hear some party noises now! (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Independence Day”
“This is, uh, the first song I wrote about fathers and sons…it’s a young man’s song…I wrote it when I was probably…25 years old… and, uh…it was about when you’re…young and you’re first startled by your parents’ humanity, by the idea that they may have had hopes and dreams and…plans of their own that may or may not have come true…because all you can see are the compromises that they had to make…to build a life…and you’re still too young to see the blessings that come with compromise so all you see is this small world closing in, closing in and closing in on you…and all you can think about is how to get away from that…so this is a song about two people that love each other but struggle to understand one another…”
Intro to “Hungry Heart”
“Here’s another song about getting out of town…”
Intro to “Jole Blon”
“(Chuckles) Gotta find out what key were in (sings to himself) we’re in B, we’re in B-flat…yeah…C? (sings to himself) B-flat…alright…B-flat!…”Jole Blon” for the man out there (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Lucky Town”
“Haven’t played this one in a while, here we go…”
Intro to “Ramrod”
“Alright, let’s roadhouse!…”
Intro to “Shout”
“Is there anybody alive out there? (crowd cheers) is there anybody …alive out there now? (crowd cheers) well, if you’re alive, if you’re alive, if you’re alive…I want you to, I want you to, I want you to… shake your ass now… come on and shake that ass now…”
Middle of “Shout”
“Soozie Tyrell on the fiddle, guitar and vocals (crowd cheers) Charlie Giordano on the organ and accordion (crowd cheers) the magic, the mystery and Swedish-American of the Year (crowd cheers) Nils Lofgren (crowd cheers) Mr. Jake Clemons on the saxophone (crowd cheers) the Mighty, Mighty, Righteous Max Weinberg on the drums (crowd cheers) Mr. Garry W. Tallent on the bass (crowd cheers) Professor Roy Bittan on the piano (crowd cheers) the Queen of E Street, Miss Patti Scialfa on guitar and vocals (crowd cheers) and last but not least…the King of the Underground, Little Steven Van Zandt on 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!”)…
(…) I can’t go on!…I can’t go on!…(goes back to the song)…”
Intro to “This Hard Land”
“Thank you, thank you, Gothenburg (crowd cheers) vi älskar er (crowd cheers) yes, yes…thank you, thank you for coming out and being with us these two nights…and we’ll see you again just a little while down the road (chuckles) (crowd cheers) thank you, this is a, uh, special place for us, it’s a special audience here in Gothenburg and here in Sweden, you’ve been with us for so long, we appreciate your long support of our music (crowd cheers) we thank you very much (crowd cheers)…”
After “This Hard Land”
“Thank you (crowd cheers) the E Street Band loves you (crowd cheers) we’ll be seeing you (crowd cheers)…”
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