Intro to “New York City Serenade”
“Evening, Philadelphia (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Out in the Street”
“Let’s hear it for the strings! (crowd cheers) New York City, Sam Bardfeld (crowd cheers)…alright, how we doing tonight? (crowd cheers) it’s nice and warm (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Sherry Darling”
“Let me hear some party noises, Philly! (crowd cheers) are you ready for a house party? (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City”
“Alright, beers on Jake, everybody! (crowd cheers)…we wanna bring up one of the original members of the E Street Band, Vincent “Mad Dog” Lopez! (crowd cheers) come on up, Vin!…(crowd cheers) huh?…oh yeah, okay (?)…Vincent “Mad Dog” Lopez (crowd cheers) came by his nickname the hard way (chuckles) he earned it …this sweet, unassuming senior citizen to my right (chuckles) was a freaking Mad Dog back in 1973! (crowd cheers) and if you don’t believe it, he’ll come out and slap you in the face (chuckles)…come on, Roy…”
Intro to “Spirit in the Night”
“Philadelphia! (crowd cheers) can you feel the spirit? (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? (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!”)…”
Intro to “4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)”
“Anybody from the Jersey Shore out there tonight? (crowd cheers)
come on! (crowd cheers) let me hear about Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (crowd cheers) alright, that’s pretty close…”
After “No Surrender”
“He was good! (crowd cheers)…”
[A fan who requested the song with a sign saying “Can a college student play ‘No Surrender’ joined the band on the song.]
Intro to “My City of Ruins”
“Are you with me tonight? (crowd cheers) are you really with me tonight? (crowd cheers) alright…”
Intro to “Streets of Philadelphia”
“Thank you (crowd cheers) we got some…friends in the house tonight, folks from Philabundance (crowd cheers) Philabundance is the largest hunger relief organization in the Delaware Valley…through food pantries, emergency kitchens and shelters, Philabundance makes sure no one here in your community has to go hungry, if you see them on your way out, please give a hand to Philabundance, they’re on the frontlines doing a good work, this is for them (crowd cheers)…”
Middle of “Backstreets”
“Till the end…till the end…until the end…forever friends…forever friends…until the end…until the end…until the end…until the end… (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Shout”
“It’s hot! (crowd cheers) it’s so hot in Philly tonight! (crowd cheers) but I tell you what I want, what it makes me wanna do…you…you… you…make me wanna shake my ass now…I wanna shake my ass now…”
Middle of “Shout”
“Sister Soozie Tyrell on the guitar, fiddle and vocals (crowd cheers) Charlie Giordano on the accordion and organ (crowd cheers) Nils Lofgren on the guitar and vocals (crowd cheers) Mr. Jake Clemons on the saxophone (crowd cheers) the mightiest of them all, the man that goes on all night and never stops, the Mighty Max Weinberg (crowd cheers) on the piano, the one and only member of the E Street Band with a college education, Professor Roy Bittan (crowd cheers) on the bass guitar, a man with a high school education, Mr. Garry W. Tallent (crowd cheers) and last but not least…a man who just made it out of grammar school…before they threw him in jail, the king of the Underground, Little Steven Van Zandt (crowd cheers) alright…you’re looking damn good…after all this heat…you still look like you ain’t beat…you’re looking real good …you’re looking like you got something left in you (crowd cheers) you don’t look like you’re ready to go home (crowd cheers) you just don’t look like you’re ready to go home (crowd cheers) are you sweating out there? (crowd cheers) are you sweating real good out there? (crowd cheers) that’s good for you, that’s good for you…now what I wanna know is…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?…Philly! (crowd cheers) Philadelphia! (crowd cheers) Philly! (crowd cheers) Philly! (crowd cheers) I want you to go home tonight and I want you to knock on every door in your block, I want you to get your neighbors outside their houses in their pyjammies and I want you to tell ‘em that you’ve just witnessed the heart-stopping, pants-dropping, Earth-shocking, hard rocking, booty-shaking, Earth-quaking, love-making, thank-God-Viagra-taking, history-making, legendary E (crowd: “Street Band!”) let me hear you scream! (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Jersey Girl”
“Yes, yes, woo! (crowd cheers) we got one more for Philly and for Jersey (crowd cheers)…”
After “Jersey Girl”
“Thank you, Philly, let’s hear it for ‘em! (crowd cheers) thanks for two incredible nights (crowd cheers) we love you, we’ll be seeing you (crowd cheers) I’m going to get a cheese steak! (crowd cheers) the E Street Band loves you (crowd cheers) thank you for coming out and seeing us, thank you (crowd cheers)…”
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