Intro to “The Ties That Bind”
“Thank you (crowd cheers) alright…good evening…”
Intro to “Sherry Darling”
“Alright, Oslo, let me hear some party noises (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Independence Day”
“This was the first song that I wrote about fathers and sons…I think I was 25 or so, it’s the kind of song you write when you’re young… and you’re first shocked by the idea that your parents…might have had their own dreams and their own hopes…and their own plans that maybe…worked out or didn’t work out so well for ‘em…and all you can see when you look at them are the adult compromises that they had to make to build a life…and you’re still too young to understand the blessings that come with those compromises and all you can see is…this thing closing in…and all you can think of is getting out and getting away and…well, this song had a…it had a very simple setting, it was just a late night conversation around the kitchen table…between two people who…who loved each other but were struggling to understand one another…”
Intro to “Crush on You”
“Oslo, I’ve got a crush on you!…”
Intro to “I’m a Rocker”
“(A messy start) Come on, band…what the fuck?…(chuckles) Professor!…we’re gonna get there!…”
Middle of “Backstreets”
“Till the end…till the end…forever friends…forever friends…forever friends…forever friends…till the end…until the end…until the end… until the end…until the end…until the end…(crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Ramrod”
“Are you ready to roadhouse? (crowd cheers)…”
Middle of “Ramrod”
“Steve, is it quitting time? (crowd: “No”) is it sexy time? (crowd cheers) then what time is it? (crowd: “Boss-time”)
Intro to “Shout”
“E-flat…yeah, yeah…is there anybody alive out there? (crowd cheers) if you’re alive out there, let me see your hands…oh, I wanna see your hands now…and what I want you to do, what I want you to do, what I want you to do, what I want you to do is, is …shake your ass now…come on and shake your ass now…”
Middle of “Shout”
“Sister Soozie Tyrell on the fiddle, guitar and vocals (crowd cheers) Charlie Giordano on the organ and accordion (crowd cheers) the magic, the mystery of Nils Lofgren on guitar and vocals (crowd cheers) Mr. Jake Clemons on the saxophone (crowd cheers) the mightiest of the mighty, the Mighty man himself, Mighty Max Weinberg on the drums (crowd cheers) Professor Roy Bittan on the piano (crowd cheers) Mr. Garry W. Tallent on the bass (crowd cheers) and last but not least…the king of the Underground Garage, Little Steven himself (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?…Oslo! (crowd cheers) Oslo! (crowd cheers) Oslo! (crowd cheers) Oslo! (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!”)…”
After “For You”
“Thank you very much, Oslo (crowd cheers) the E Street Band loves you (crowd cheers) we’ll be seeing you soon (crowd cheers) …”
Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi. |