Story 1993-06-01 Valle Hovin Stadion, Oslo, Norway
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Intro to "Adam Raised a Cain"
´´Thank you, this is uh…..this is a song about fathers and sons…..got a little, uh, my son´s three years old now, he scares me already (chuckles) why is that ? (chuckles)….”

Intro to "This Hard Land"
´´Thank you….thank you very much….this is a song that I, uh…..I think I wrote and recorded in mid-80´s but I never put it out on a record….it´s kind of a song about friendship and uh….trying to hold on to some kind of idealism….it´s a song called ´This Hard Land´….”

Intro to "Atlantic City"
´´Oh yeah, here´s a song about, uh…..finding your place some place you never expected to be….´bout running out of choices…..(?)….”

Middle of "Light of Day"
´´I drove thousands of miles just to get here to Oslo tonight….I came thousands and thousands because I´m here with a purpose….because I´ve got a mission, I´ve got something I´ve got to testify to….I´ve got something I´ve got to bring commitment to here tonight….because I´ve seen….I got a vision….I wanna testify….I wanna testify….I gotta be ….(?) I´m gonna bring you love, I´m gonna bring you love, gonna put a little faith in your life, put a little power back in your sexual drive…..I wanna tell you what it is right now ….I wanna tell you what it is….I know….I know….I know….I know…..I know…..I know ….I…..I…..I….I…..I…..I….I…..I…..I….I…..I…..I…..I…..I´m just a prisoner…..I wanna hear everybody say when we hit that spot, I said I…..I….I….I….I know you´re downhearted, I know you´re depressed…..I know you´re disappointed….I know there´s 57 fucking channels and nothing on….but I got something….I wanna tell you….I….I….I´m just a prisoner….of rock and roll !….”

Intro to "Thunder Road"
´´Thank you….thank you…..I wanna just take a second and thank everybody for coming out to the show tonight, thank you very much…..uh….I´d like to thank my Norwegian fans for their support and their devotion and say I love you very much…..I´ve been doing this a long time and it´s, it´s very, very satisfying after a lot of years to come here and see everybody here and to get the kind of reception you´ve given me and my band tonight, thank you…..”

Intro to "Working on the Highway"
´´You gotta be getting kind of tired about now, that´s what happens….you´ve been standing up there for hours, all crunched together, you gotta be tired by now….no ? (crowd: ´No´) No ? (crowd: ´No´) come on, let´s go….”

Intro to "Born to Be Wild"
´´Oh, you asked for it….we ain´t got no more show, I don´t know what´s gonna happen now….come on, Chain….yeah….we got a, there´s a guy who works on all guitars, makes sure our guitars, everything´s working alright all the time, we get all the glory but tonight he´s gonna get to come up and sing a song….I warned you, I warned you….are we ready, Brother ?….Chainsaw, our roadie (roadie Ricky LaPointe sings the song)….”

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