Intro to “Lucky Town”
“Good evening, Brisbane! (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Janey, Don’t You Lose Heart”
“Good evening, good evening…alright, we got a Valentine’s Day special for you (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Rendezvous”
“Valentine’s Day double – I wanna rendezvous with you…”
Intro to “Be True”
“Valentine’s Day triple! come on, boys…”
Intro to “Back in Your Arms”
“Valentine’s Day, Valentine’s Day (crowd cheers) well, Roy…are we ready? (crowd cheers) gotta make sure the Professor’s ready (chuckles)…(Roy starts playing the intro)…we haven’t played this in a long time (Charlie and Max also start playing)…alright (Max hits the drum) Valentine’s Day (crowd cheers) get your flowers on… don’t forget the flowers…or you’re screwed (chuckles) screwed, I don’t care if you’re 5,000 miles away from home…get the flowers…to the house…that’s right…there we go (chuckles) one shitty rose is all it takes (chuckles)(laughs from the crowd) that’s all it takes to keep your ass off the griddle…that’s right…that’s right…(Max hits the drum) Valentine’s Day…a day of love…but a day of heartbreak too…there is no lonelier day of the year – maybe Christmas Eve…maybe New Year’s Eve…it’s the third loneliest day of the year (laughs from the crowd) it’s just a little holiday…but…if you’ve blown a good thing…if you’ve blown a good thing…this is a day you’re gonna remember…who in their life out there tonight has blown something good? (some cheers) and the rest of you are liars (laughs from the crowd)…alright…well, when that happens…when that happens for real…when you get to the bottom…and it’s time to swallow your pride…and it’s time to go back…and to say…that line that no matter how many times you’ve said it…continues to sound like bullshit but it’s all you can say…and that line of course is “But, but, baby, I’ve changed!”…I’ve changed!…I’m not the man I used to be…that was somebody else…that wasn’t the real me…that’s not gonna work…you’re better with…”I haven’t changed!…but I’m here in front of you to beg for your love anyway because it’s the most important thing in the world to me” (crowd cheers) because without it, I don’t know who I am (someone in the crowd: “The Boss”) I don’t know – The Boss? (chuckles) you think that gets you any fucking place at home? (laughs from the crowd) no!…I’ll show you what gets you someplace at home – there’s just one thing…I’m sorry!…down on your knees, “I’m sorry, I made a terrible mistake, I fucked it up and if you give me one more chance” – what else can you say? (chuckles) but then you gotta look her straight in the eyes…and you’ve got to say…In my dream my love was lost…”
Middle of “Back in Your Arms”
“(after singing the first verse and chorus) The band has this all fucked up (chuckles)(laughs from the crowd)…do we know what our progression is? just say yes or no (chuckles) let Nils Lofgren do it…Nils, show us the way, will you? go ahead, listen to him…(Nils sings off mike to the band)…oh, he’s got it (chuckles)…alright…In my dream our love was lost…
(…)(Charlie plays an organ solo)…We’re gonna get our asses through this thing if it kills us (laughs from the crowd)…that’s right…when all the excuses are worn out…when you’ve said everything you can say…Now I wake from my dream…
(…) If you just give me the piano…just give me the piano…(only Roy plays) just…just give me…one more chance…(song ends) (crowd cheers)…”
After “Back in Your Arms”
“No matter how bad it gets, there’s always (chuckles)(crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Better Days”
“That’s right, we’re preaching on love tonight (crowd cheers) alright…so before you commit suicide, let me play this next one (chuckles)…”
Intro to “Secret Garden”
“Thank you, thank you, Brisbane! (crowd cheers) thank you so much, yes, my brother…oh, it’s great to be here…we love the Gold Coast…a little something special for Brisbane on Valentine’s Day (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Born to Run”
“Thank you, thank you, we got some friends in the house tonight, folks from Oz Harvest, Oz Harvest is on a mission to eliminate hunger and food waste, they collect excess food from restaurants and markets and they deliver it to charities that serve the hungry right here in your community, if you see them on your way out, they’re your neighbors on the frontline doing God’s work, they are Oz Harvest, let’s go, this is for them…”
Intro to “Shout”
“Come on, Steve, E flat…I can’t quit…I can’t quit…I still see some asses in those seats over there…get those asses out of those seats
…get on up now…oh, over there too – get on up now…shake your ass now…shake your ass now…come and shake your ass now…”
Middle of “Shout”
“Sister Soozie Tyrell on the vocals and fiddle (crowd cheers) Charlie Giordano on the organ and accordion (crowd cheers) the incredible Nils Lofgren on the guitar and vocals (crowd cheers) Brother Jake Clemons on the saxophone (crowd cheers) the Mighty Max Weinberg on the drums (crowd cheers) Professor Roy “The Spider” Bittan on piano (crowd cheers) Brother Garry W. Tallent on the bass guitar (crowd cheers) and last but not least…on the vocals and guitar, consigliere, Little Steven Van Zandt (crowd cheers) alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, oh, yeah, oh, yeah, oh, yeah… Brisbane! (crowd cheers) Brisbane! (crowd cheers) Brisbane! (crowd cheers) Brisbane! (crowd cheers) when you leave the building, I want you to go home tonight, I want you to get to your street, I want you to knock on every door of every house on the street, I want you to get your neighbors out of their bed in their pyjammies and when they come downstairs, I want you to look ‘em in the eye and I want you to tell ‘em, I want you to tell them, I want you to tell them that you’ve just seen the heart-stopping, pants-dropping, Earth-shocking, hard rocking, booty-shaking, Earth-quaking, love-making, (crowd: “Viagra-taking”) Viagra-taking, history-making, legendary E (crowd: “Street Band!”)…
After “Bobby Jean”
“Thank you, Brisbane! (crowd cheers) thank you (crowd cheers) thanks for a great night (crowd cheers) the E Street Band loves you (crowd cheers) thank you, we’ll be back night after tomorrow for another spectacular (crowd cheers)…”
| Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi. |
