Intro to “New York City Serenade”
“Good evening, New Jersey (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Blinded By the Light”
“Let’s hear it for our string section out of New York City (crowd cheers)…that’s right, that’s right…alright, alright…are you ready to gamble with the E Street Band tonight? (crowd cheers) tonight we’re gonna try to play a bunch of things we didn’t play the other two nights (crowd cheers) so let’s see how we do, alright…alright…”
Intro to “It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City”
“Oh…alright, New Yorkers (crowd cheers) it’s so hard to be a saint in the city (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Spirit in the Night”
“Miss Rickie…come on out, girl…Rickie Lee Jones gonna sing a little background vocals (crowd cheers)…alright…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!”) New Jersey! (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Summertime Blues”
“Alright…is it Boss-time? (crowd cheers) is it summertime? (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)”
“Alright, who’s from down the Shore? (crowd cheers) okay…we haven’t played this one in a while…”
Intro to “Kitty’s Back”
“Woo! (crowd cheers) it’s a beautiful night we got tonight (crowd cheers) this is as good as New Jersey gets right here! (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Pretty Flamingo”
“Yes, yes…woo! (crowd cheers) alright…this one’s for the old, old, old, old, even older than this old man right here…are we ready, Charles?…(Charlie starts playing the intro)…come on, Roy (Roy joins Charlie in playing)…this is a story…it’s a sad fucking story (chuckles) but it’s happy too…band! (rest of the band starts playing)…that’s right…it’s about wanting something…Max! (Max hits the drums)…bring it down, Charles…that’s right…this is a story, uh, sad but happy…uh, bright but dark…I used to live over a luncheonette and I had a routine…’course I’m a creature of habit…I don’t like change!…don’t change on me, baby (chuckles) I don’t like too much change…so I am a creature of habit and I used to wake up…in the morning and I would roll over…I would throw on my jeans and a t-shirt and I would go down to the luncheonette but morning for me was about one o’clock in the afternoon…way back when…just give me some chords, Charles…and so I used to go into that luncheonette and I used to order a ham sandwich with cheese and lettuce and a lot of mayonnaise…but no mustard…don’t give me no fucking Grey Poupon (chuckles) I don’t like any mustard, I don’t like it on my hot dog, I don’t like it on my sandwiches, no…so I would have ham, cheese, lettuce, a lot of mayonnaise…on white bread!…and I’d sit there…and every day around 1.20…there’d be this…lovely woman that would come walking down the street…and I would sit in my seat by the window…and I’d just watch her come up and I’d watch her pass…and I would do this regularly, five days a week (chuckles) no, her name was not Cynthia (chuckles) and she had about her that was so…transcendent that when she would come by, I would want to walk out on to the street and tell everybody to stop shopping, stop driving, stop doing whatever you’re doing…and just stop for a minute (band stops) (crowd cheers) out of respect…and then she’d pass on by…cross the street, go up that way and then…(band starts playing) life would go on, like it has to…five days a week…and I wanna tell you what we used to call her…alright…but remember…when I say stop…we’re gonna stop (band stops) out of respect…(band starts playing)…On our block all of the guys call her Flamingo…”
Towards the end of “Pretty Flamingo”
“So…like the Rolling Stones say…you can’t always get what you want (crowd cheers) oh, did I mention?…did I mention?… sometimes you can (crowd cheers) ‘cause if I remember…she had red hair (crowd cheers) long, sexy legs (crowd cheers) and so, man, all I know is I used to…(band stops) out of respect (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Living Proof”
“Oh yeah…alright…oh…I don’t know if Evan is still here (chuckles) this is for Evan…”
Intro to “Secret Garden”
“Woo, thank you, Jersey! (crowd cheers) thank you so much, woo… oh yeah…we got some friends in the house tonight, folks from the Community Foodbank of New Jersey (crowd cheers) for over 30 years the Community Foodbank has been helping hungry families here in the Garden State, they provide food, job training and hope… to the struggling citizens of New Jersey…they are God’s people out on the frontline doing a good work, if you see them on your way out, please give a hand to the Community Foodbank of New Jersey …(strums his guitar)…alright, do we have any lovers out there tonight? (crowd cheers) if we – that’s all? that’s so sad (crowd cheers) that’s so sad! that makes me unhappy – do we have any lovers out there? (crowd cheers) when we start this song, I want you to turn and kiss your baby, that’s right…”
Intro to “Twist and Shout”
“I can’t make it! (crowd cheers) I need help! (crowd cheers) I need encouragement! (crowd cheers) I need encouragement! (crowd cheers)…”
Middle of “Twist and Shout”
“We got Sister Soozie Tyrell on the guitar, vocals and fiddle (crowd cheers) Charlie Giordano on the organ and accordion (crowd cheers) Nils Lofgren on the guitar and vocals (crowd cheers) Mr. Jake Clemons on the saxophone (crowd cheers) the 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) the Queen of E Street, Miss Patti Scialfa (crowd cheers) and last but not least…the king of the Underground, Little Steven Van Zandt (crowd cheers) oh, take it easy now…New Jersey (crowd cheers) New Jersey (crowd cheers) my fellow New Jerseyans (crowd cheers) my fellow New Jerseyans (crowd cheers) my fellow New Jerseyans (crowd cheers) everybody way in the back now, let me hear you (crowd cheers) everybody way up to now, let me hear you (crowd cheers) my fellow New Jerseyans (crowd cheers) I stand here before you today to tell you that you have just witnessed the heart-stopping, pants-dropping, Earth-shocking, hard rocking, booty-shaking, Earth-quaking, love-making, oh-thank-God-Viagra-taking, history-making, legendary E (crowd: “Street Band!”)…”
Towards the end of “Twist and Shout”
“Thank you, New Jersey, for coming out to our shows here at the fabulous MetLife Stadium (crowd cheers) thank you for your love and your support (crowd cheers) let’s keep going (crowd cheers)…”
Middle of “Glory Days”
“Keep on rocking, Steve! (Steve: “I’m with you, Boss!”) don’t stop now (Steve: “Can’t stop”) keep on going, baby (?)…I’m getting pretty tired…I’m really getting pretty tired…(woo-hoos etc.)…then, Steve (Steve: “Yeah, baby?”) is it quitting time (crowd: “No”) is it quitting time? (crowd: “No”) is it go-home-eat-a-cheeseburger-and-watch-some-pornographic-films time? (crowd: “No”) it ain’t quitting time? (crowd: “No”) well, what time is it? (crowd: “Boss-time!”)…”
Intro to “Shout”
“I’m not quitting! (crowd cheers) I am not quitting (crowd cheers) …E-flat…I can’t quit, I just can’t quit now (crowd cheers) no, I just can’t quit now…if you wanna keep going (crowd cheers) if you wanna keep going (crowd cheers) if you wanna keep going (crowd cheers) shake your ass now…shake your ass now…”
Middle of “Shout”
“Is there anybody still alive out there? (crowd cheers) is there anybody still alive out there? (crowd cheers) is there anybody still alive out there? (crowd cheers)…”
After “Shout”
“Top of the world, that’s right! (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Jersey Girl”
“Woo! (crowd cheers) alright, what can I say? (crowd cheers) you have challenged the E Street Band on these three shows here (crowd cheers) that’s right…we wanna thank you for showing us such a great time, these have just been three of the most enjoyable shows that we’ve ever done up there at the Meadowlands (crowd cheers) thank you for coming out, thank you for coming out and seeing us, thank you for your…support for so many years of our music…it’s always great to come home (crowd cheers)…”
After “Jersey Girl”
“Thank you, New Jersey! (crowd cheers) thank you very much! (crowd cheers) thank you so much! (crowd cheers) woo! (crowd cheers) have a great summer! (crowd cheers) we’ll be seeing you (crowd cheers) and remember: the E Street Band loves you (crowd cheers)…”
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