Intro to “New York City Serenade”
“You look good, hello, Chicago (crowd cheers)
Intro to “Prove It All Night”
“Hello, Chicago (crowd cheers) it’s so nice to be inside where there’s air-conditioning (chuckles) (crowd cheers) let’s go…”
Intro to “Sherry Darling”
“Party noises, Chicago! (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Mary’s Place”
“Good evening, Chicago (crowd cheers) are we having fun yet? (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “None But the Brave”
“What have you got out there? (crowd cheers) oh!…what have you got out there? alright…very obscure but we’re gonna do that one for you, buddy…(?)…alright, outtake from “Born in the U.S.A” (crowd cheers) I’m pretty sure we know this…it’s one, two, bump-bump-bump-baa, right? (laughs from the crowd) always gotta check this beginning, make sure it’s, you get that, the rest of the song is cake (chuckles)…”
After “Hungry Heart”
“Somebody passed me a copy of the Constitution while I was on my way (laughs from the crowd) that’s the kind of crowd I draw, ladies and gentlemen (crowd cheers)(chuckles) thank you, Sir, thank you for that very much…”
Intro to “Jack of All Trades”
“Thank you (crowd cheers) everybody good? (crowd cheers) wrote this song in 2009 and, uh…when so many people were losing their homes and losing their life savings…for the greed in a few people and, uh, this is called “Jack of All Trades”…”
Intro to “Cadillac Ranch”
“Come on and bury my body at the Cadillac Ranch! (crowd cheers) …”
Intro to “Waitin’ on a Sunny Day”
“Alright, we gotta play one for this little kid…”It’s my first show” (crowd cheers) she’s Waiting on a Sunny Day (crowd cheers)…”
Middle of “Waitin’ on a Sunny Day”
“[A girl about ten years old performs and does moves and everything]…Sign her up! (chuckles)…ladies and gentlemen, the future of rock and roll (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Backstreets”
“(Crowd continues the “Badlands”-chant) You sound good (chuckles) I wanna thank everybody for coming out tonight (crowd cheers) thanks for coming out and being with us and for supporting our music over all these years (crowd cheers) we’re also here with some friends of ours tonight from the Greater Chicago Food Depository (crowd cheers) every year there’s people in Chicago who wake up not knowing if they’re gonna have enough food to eat, the Greater Chicago Food Depository through their network of food pantries, soup kitchens and shelters makes sure that no one here has to go hungry, if you see them in the hall tonight, give a hand to the Greater Chicago Food Depository (crowd cheers)…”
Middle of “Backstreets”
“Till the end…till the end…until the end…we swore forever friends… forever friends…forever friends…forever friends…until the end…until the end…until the end…(crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Shout”
“Is there anybody alive out there? (crowd cheers) are you still alive out there? (crowd cheers) is there anybody alive now? (crowd cheers) can you take any more? (crowd cheers) can you take any more? (crowd cheers) can you take any more? (crowd cheers) then shake your ass now…come on and shake your ass now…”
Middle of “Shout”
“Sister Soozie Tyrell on the guitar, fiddle and vocals (crowd cheers) Charlie Giordano on the organ and accordion (crowd cheers) Mr. Nils Lofgren on guitar and vocals (crowd cheers) Jake Clemons on the saxophone (crowd cheers) the mightiest of the mighty, the man that goes all night long and doesn’t stop, the Mighty Max Weinberg (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…the king…the king…the king of the Underground, Little Steven Van Zandt on guitar (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?…Chicago! (crowd cheers) Chicago! (crowd cheers) Chicago! (crowd cheers) Chicago! (crowd cheers) you’ve just witnessed the heart-stopping, pants-dropping, Earth-shocking, hard rocking, never-stopping, booty-shaking, Earth-quaking, love-making, Viagra-taking, history-making, legendary E (crowd: “Street Band!”)…”
After “Bobby Jean”
“Thanks for a great night (crowd cheers) thank you (crowd cheers) thanks for a great night, Chicago (crowd cheers) the E Street Band loves you (crowd cheers) everybody in the back! (crowd cheers) up top! (crowd cheers)…”
| Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi. |
