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Intro to “Tenth Avenue Freeze-out”
“Hello, Jersey (crowd cheers) come on, we got a story I wanna tell you…”
Intro to “Spirit in the Night”
“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) 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)…”
Intro to “Summertime Blues”
“Give me that summertime beat, Max (Max starts playing the beat to “Summertime Blues”) that’s right…alright, let me see what you got out here…no, we don’t know that, give me the other one…hold on out there…let me see, what you got? alright, bring that one… hold on, what do we got in there? I don’t know about that one… (?)…give me that one, man, come on…alright, alright, alright, alright, we got that, let me see what you got down here…oh!…pick me that one right there…oh, that’s right…okay, that’s a good one, alright, hold on, hold on, let me see that one, Brazil?…from Brazil? …alright, alright…oh, that’s good one, alright, let me see…(?)…oh, ten-year-old fans, alright, bring that thing up here, come on…ten-year-old fans, alright, bring it, bring it, bring it, that’s right, alright, way down here…keep that thing going, Max, alright, let me see what we got…oh, that’s a good summer song right there…bring that, yeah, you, brother, you, brother, bring that thing over here… that’s a good summer song, alright…alright…alright, that’s enough of that, let me see, go ahead, Max…come on, kid, hold on…see what we got…so how’s your summer going? (some cheers) that don’t sound so good – how’s your summer treating you? (crowd cheers) no, you sound like you got, you sound like you got…Well, I’m gonna raise a fuss…”
Intro to “Brilliant Disguise”
“Good evening, New Jersey (crowd cheers) are we having fun yet? (crowd cheers) alright, alright, oh…it’s nice to be back home (crowd cheers) yes it is…oh, man, I’m glad the weather cleared up, knock on wood…we had something, uh, we had something biblical going down at the Shore before we came up…we had hail…flood rain…I thought I saw a frog or two…(?) bring me that microphone…ladies and gentlemen, I’d like to introduce a fine young lady (chuckles)… let’s do this one, come on, Max…”
After “Brilliant Disguise”
“(gives Patti a little kiss) I don’t wanna mess that makeup though (chuckles)…”
Intro to “Growin’ Up”
“Oh, thank you…alright, we’re gonna get to some of these requests …alright, what do we got?…” A ten-year-old fan is Growin’ Up (crowd cheers) “My name is Rosie” (crowd cheers) Rosie, where are you?…come on, honey…there, right, right there…you look older than ten – oh, there she is, she’s ten, alright…alright…alright (crowd cheers) yes…alright, you’re ten so that means, uh…this song was written…a quarter of a century before you were born (chuckles) (crowd cheers) it must be good! (chuckles) that’s right, your, your daddy was a wink in his mama’s eye (chuckles) alright (chuckles) for Rosie! (crowd cheers)…”
Middle of “Growin’ Up”
“There you were, Rosie…a little egg inside a little egg inside a little egg inside a little egg…meanwhile…I took month-long vacations…”
Intro to “Janey, Don’t You Lose Heart”
“Alright…alright, this is from this gentleman (crowd cheers) he gets points for the lovely, uh, lovely drawing, it helps if you have your sign decorated very nicely…that gets you, gets you a little extra attention, alright…I’m gonna do this for my friend Jane…what key? …okay…is the band ready?…”
Intro to “I’ll Work for Your Love”
“Yes, yes, yes…somebody got this one over there…(intro music)…do we have any lovers out there? (crowd cheers) do we have any lovers out there? (crowd cheers) do we have any lovers? (crowd cheers) alright, here we go…ready, band?…is the crowd ready?…”
Intro to “Livin’ in the Future”
“That’s right…that’s right…alright, let me hear you, New Jersey (crowd cheers) oh, let me hear you, way up top now (crowd cheers) all the way in the back (crowd cheers) yes, yes, yes, this is a song called “Livin’ in the Future” but it’s about what’s happening now…how along with all the things that we love…about the place we come from and our home…how we’ve had to add to the American picture over the past eight years things like rendition and illegal wiretapping and the rolling-back of basic civil liberties – these are all things that are an assault on our Constitution…which means they’re an attack on our very selves as Americans…this is a song about sleeping through changes that when you were a little child your parents told you only happen someplace else…help me out, Max, come on…”
Intro to “Mary’s Place”
“Oh yeah…oh yeah…a beautiful night…oh yeah…what I wanna know is…are you ready? (crowd sings back) are you ready? (crowd sings back) are you ready? (crowd sings back) are you ready? (crowd sings back) are you ready? (crowd sings back) are you ready? (crowd sings back) are you ready? (crowd sings back) Max!…that’s what I wanna know…’cause if you’re not ready, you can’t go!…and if you can’t go, you can’t get there…I wanna do this song tonight for my friend Wayne Myers…who’s taught me so much about how to get there…’cause tonight I wanna go down to that river…I wanna go down to that river of love…and when I get there, I wanna build me a house…and I wanna make me some love!…and I wanna get down to that river of faith…and when I get there, I wanna build me a house…and I wanna find me some faith…and I wanna go down to that river of hope…and when I get there, I’m gonna build me a house…and I’m gonna make me some hope…I’m going down to that river of joy…and when I get there, I’m gonna build me a house and I’m gonna make me some joy…I wanna go down to that river of happiness…and when I get there, I’m gonna build me a house…and I’m gonna make me some happiness…and I wanna go down to that river of companionship… because I can’t get to any of these places by myself…because I can’t build that house by myself…I can’t build me an Erector Set… so do we have any builders out there? (crowd cheers) ‘cause I’m gonna need you!…and do we have any lovers out there? (crowd cheers) ‘cause I’m gonna need you…because it’s just like this, this show tonight, no matter how well the mighty E Street Band brings it…we can only take you so far…and then you’ve got to take us…and we’ve got to go together…and, man, when we get there, I’m gonna build me a house…and the last thing is I hope I don’t fuck it up!… Max!…so what I wanna know is…thank you, Doctor Wayne…and what I wanna know is…I need you…and you…and you…and you… and you…and you…and you…and you…and that’s why we’re here tonight (crowd cheers) so are you ready? (crowd sings back) are you ready? (crowd sings back) are you ready? (crowd sings back) are you ready? (crowd sings back) are you ready? (crowd sings back) are you ready? (crowd sings back) are you ready? (crowd sings back) are you ready? (crowd sings back)…here’s my story…”
Middle of “Mary’s Place”
“A little Jersey baptism (chuckles) it’s good for the soul…ssshhh…”
Intro to “Girls in Their Summer Clothes”
“Thank you, thank you (crowd cheers) thank you, New Jersey (crowd cheers) oh yeah…I wanna thank everyone for coming out to the show tonight (crowd cheers) it’s lovely being back here at Giants Stadium…we got some friends in the house tonight, New Jersey Farmers Against Hunger and the Community Foodbank of New Jersey…Farmers Against Hunger collect excess fruits and vegetables from Jersey farms, they donate it to kitchens and foodbanks and local struggling residents, Community Bank, Foodbank of New Jersey, they battle hunger and poverty, they distribute food to elderly, working poor and kids and give a fresh start to those through job training programs, we’ve supported these organizations for a very long time, they can use your support and your help, New Jersey Farmers Against Hunger and the Community Foodbank of New Jersey, if you see them on your way out, show them a little support, they’re here on the frontlines doing God’s work assisting New Jersey’s struggling citizens…ah, alright… this is for all…well, this is for one particular Jersey girl (crowd cheers) and for all the other girls in their summer clothes…(intro music starts) now, we’re gonna test your singing now…let’s see what you got in a minute…”
Intro to “American Land”
“Thank you for coming out to the show tonight (crowd cheers) thank you, Jersey (crowd cheers)…”
Middle of “American Land”
“Garry W. Tallent (crowd cheers) Miss Patti Scialfa (crowd cheers) Little Steven (crowd cheers) Sister Soozie Tyrell (crowd cheers) the unstoppable Mighty Max Weinberg (crowd cheers) Professor Roy Bittan (crowd cheers) Charlie Giordano (crowd cheers) Nils Lofgren (crowd cheers) and the biggest man you’ve ever seen, Clarence “Big Man” Clemons (crowd cheers) Jersey! (crowd cheers) Jersey! (crowd cheers) Jersey! (crowd cheers) Jersey! (crowd cheers) Jersey! (crowd cheers) Jersey! (crowd cheers) Jersey! (crowd cheers) Jersey! (crowd cheers) you’ve just seen the heart-stopping, pants-dropping, hard rocking, Earth-shocking, booty-shaking, love-making, Viagra-taking, history-making, legendary E (crowd: “Street Band!”)…”
Intro to “Rosalita”
“You ain’t got it! (crowd cheers) you ain’t got it! (crowd cheers) I still got it! (crowd cheers) you ain’t got it! (crowd cheers) you ain’t got it! (crowd cheers) I still got it! (crowd cheers) you ain’t got it! (crowd cheers) oh yeah? (crowd cheers) oh yeah? (crowd cheers) oh yeah? (crowd cheers) let’s get it on! (crowd cheers) yes, a true fairytale to open the show and a true fairytale to close the show – Steven, will you help me please?…”
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