Intro to “New York City Serenade”
“Good evening, New Jersey (crowd cheers) it’s good to be back (crowd cheers) let’s do it again (crowd cheers)…”
After “New York City Serenade”
“Let’s hear it for our strings out of New York City (crowd cheers) Sam Bardfeld! (crowd cheers) thank you, thank you (crowd cheers) good evening…here we go…”
Intro to “Night”
“It’s “Born to Run” birthday day…”
Intro to “Sherry Darling”
“Wooo!…let’s hear some party noises, Jersey! (crowd cheers)…”
Middle of “Sherry Darling”
“[Spots a three-year-old fan in the audience singing along] She knows the words (chuckles)…”
Intro to “Spirit in the Night”
“Can you feel the spirit? (crowd cheers) can you feel the spirit now? (crowd cheers) can you feel the spirit? (crowd cheers) can you feel the spirit now? (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 now? (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!”)…”
Intro to “My City of Ruins”
“Alright, alright (crowd cheers) light it up out here…alright, give me that one…that one right there too, yeah…that’s it, send it up, send ‘em up…let’s see what we got…alright…that’s an easy one but… where was the one from Italy?…the one from Italy…let’s see, alright…oh, let me see…bring me that, “Seen 150 shows”…that’s a lot of shows…alright, “Can I sing with you?” really?…I don’t know, that’s, she can sing it?…yeah, we’ll try in a little while (chuckles) we should try it now, is that it? (chuckles) while she’s awake, is that the story? (chuckles) alright, we’ll do one more, then we’ll give it a shot (chuckles) give me that, yes, yes…let me have that… alright, alright…there was a friend with a sign out there from Italy, we have such great fans in Italy and, uh (crowd cheers) ‘course they just went through this terrible earthquake so…gonna send this one out to them and as always for our friends from Manhattan…”
Middle of “My City of Ruins”
“Oh yeah now…this is, uh…I originally wrote this song for my adopted hometown, Asbury Park (crowd cheers) which suffered so long and is finally having a nice little renaissance down there (crowd cheers) it’s good!…people on the beach (crowd cheers) people on the boardwalk (crowd cheers) people in the street (crowd cheers) that’s right…so if you’ve ever been knocked down and you gotta build yourself up again…this song is for you…have you ever been knocked down? (crowd cheers) have you ever been knocked down? (crowd cheers) have you ever been knocked down? (crowd cheers) have you ever been knocked down? (crowd cheers) but can you build yourself back up again? (crowd cheers) will you build yourself back up again? (crowd cheers) will you build yourself back up again? (crowd cheers) will you build yourself back up again? (crowd cheers) that’s right…oh, that’s right now…oh, that sounds so good now…”
Intro to “Waitin’ on a Sunny Day”
“Yes, yes…alright, we got a volunteer down there…”Can I sing?”… we’ve got a volunteer down there…how old?…oh my God…alright, you got guts, you got guts, kid (crowd cheers) you got guts (chuckles) let’s see what you got…”
Intro to “Lost in the Flood”
“Alright, “150 shows but no Lost in the Flood” (chuckles) (crowd cheers) you, you, you, tonight’s your lucky night…”
Intro to “Death to My Hometown”
“Tom Morello’s gonna join us for one here (crowd cheers) come on, Tom…”
Intro to “Youngstown”
“Oh, yes, yes…you hear so much talk out there during this election cycle…the ugliest that I’ve ever seen…(?) the fact that there were so many people starting from the ‘80s who were hurt so hard by American de-industrialization, globalism and by NAFTA, that can get lost in all the noise…this is “Youngstown” (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Jack of All Trades”
“(tests his harmonica) Wrote this song back in, uh…2008, 2009… when I saw so many people losing their life savings, parts of their life savings, losing their houses ‘cause of the actions of…few greedy people and, uh…this is called “Jack of All Trades”…”
After “Jack of All Trades”
“Let’s hear it for the strings (crowd cheers) and Sam Bardfeld, thank you (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Cadillac Ranch”
“Come on, bury my body at the Cadillac Ranch (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Tougher Than the Rest”
“Alright…turn Roy up for me, Monte…do we have any lovers out there? (crowd cheers) that’s all? middle of the summer? (chuckles) do we have any lovers out there? (crowd cheers) alright, Patti and I are gonna send this one out to you…”
Middle of “Backstreets”
“Till the end…till the end…till the end…we swore forever friends…we swore forever friends…we swore forever friends…till the end…until the end…until the end…until the end…(crowd cheers) come on! (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Shout”
“E flat…is there anybody alive out there? (crowd cheers) is there anybody alive out there? (crowd cheers) is it too hot for you now? (crowd: “No”) is it too hot for you? (crowd: “No”) then I want you to…shake your ass now…come on…shake your ass now…”
Middle of “Shout”
“Sister Soozie Tyrell on guitar, fiddle and vocals (crowd cheers) Charlie Giordano on accordion and organ (crowd cheers) the magnificent Nils Lofgren on the guitar (crowd cheers) let’s have a hand for Tom Morello tonight (crowd cheers) Mr. Jake Clemons on the saxophone (crowd cheers) the mightiest of the mighty, Mighty Max Weinberg on the drums (crowd cheers) Mr. Garry W. Tallent on the bass (crowd cheers) Professor Roy Bittan on the piano (crowd cheers) my mother’s here tonight without whom we would not be here (crowd cheers) that’s right! take a bow, Ma! (chuckles) that’s right…the Queen of E Street, Miss Patti Scialfa (crowd cheers) and last but not least…the king…the king…the king of the Underground Garage, Little Steven Van Zandt on guitar and vocals (crowd cheers) oh God…have mercy, have mercy, have mercy, alright…I only need to know one thing…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?…Jersey! (crowd cheers) Jersey! (crowd cheers) Jersey! (crowd cheers) Jersey! (crowd cheers) my people! (crowd cheers) my people! (crowd cheers) you’ve just witnessed 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 “Thunder Road”
“You just don’t sound satisfied to me (crowd cheers) I need to hear that satisfied sound (crowd cheers) I need to hear that “I sweat through my clothes, I won’t be able to get up for work tomorrow ‘cause my (crowd cheers) I wanna hear that sound (crowd cheers) give me that sound and we’ll keep going (crowd cheers) there it is! (crowd cheers) that’s it, give me that sound and we’ll keep going (crowd cheers) you got it! (crowd cheers) alright, just before we keep going, I want you to know we got friends from the Community Foodbank of New Jersey, for over 30 years the Foodbank of Jersey been helping struggling families here in the Garden State, if you see them on your way out, please give them a helping hand…this is for them…this one got away from us last night…”
Intro to “Jersey Girl”
“Alright, alright (crowd cheers) grab your girl…(guitar intro) this is for all the…Jersey girls! (crowd cheers)…”
Middle of “Jersey Girl”
“When I come by to take you out to eat…what’s going on down there? (chuckles) what the hell is going on down there? (crowd cheers) what are you doing?…well, don’t do it down there, come on up here and do it (crowd cheers) come on…oh, love is in the room tonight…come on up…I need help, somebody play the damn guitar (chuckles)(laughs from the crowd) go ahead…(a male fan: “This is my girlfriend Jill, we’ve been together eight years, we’ve been to a ton of shows together, this is by far the highlight of them all…Jill, you’re my best friend, I love you more than anyone else in the world, I love you more than music itself, hell, I love you more than Bruce! (laughs from the crowd) sorry, Bruce…I’m so happy you said “Yes” and I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with you” (crowd cheers) give her a little dance…oh yeah…give her a little dance, man, come on (chuckles)…I see you on the street and you look so tired…I know that job you got leaves you so uninspired…when I come by to take you out to eat…you’re all dressed up on the bed, baby, fast asleep…go in the bathroom, put your makeup on…we’re gonna take that little brat of yours and drop her off at your mom’s …I know a place where the dancing’s free…oh, baby, won’t you marry me? (crowd cheers)…”
After “Jersey Girl”
“Congratulations!…and good night (crowd cheers)…let’s hear it for them (crowd cheers) we’ll be back on Tuesday for another extravaganza (crowd cheers) way up top, in the back, up top! (crowd cheers)…”
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