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Intro to “Spirit in the Night”
“Take that off…take that off…does anybody believe in ghosts? (crowd cheers)…ghosts…I don’t know…I don’t know if I believe in ghosts…but I believe in spirits (crowd cheers) spirits are everywhere…in everything…you can feel ‘em in old cars, old guitars …old people…you can feel ‘em in little babies…you can feel ‘em on certain streets, you can feel ‘em in certain houses…you can feel ‘em on stage…I was in Australia – take it down, boys…and, uh, I was in this very fancy hotel room…I’ve stayed in a few of them but I seen something in this hotel room I’ve never seen before in my life…and, uh, I got up in the middle of the night and I had to take a leak so I went into the bathroom and, uh…there was some sort of technological magic when you approach the john, the seat would automatically lift itself up for you (laughs from the crowd) that is so sad…that is one of the saddest commentaries on modern life I’ve, I’ve run into in 65 fucking years (crowd cheers) bring it down… that’s right, somebody is assuming, somebody is assuming that you’ve got so much fucking money you can’t lift up your fucking whole toilet seat (crowd cheers)(chuckles) that’s how, that’s how weak you’ve gotten…that’s so sad…so every time I’d come in, it would just go…Charlie (Charlie makes an eerie sound on the organ) to greet me…that wasn’t the worst part…’cause now spirits manifest themselves in strange places…uh…airports…uh, luncheonettes…uh …so I looked down into the john, it was late and I’d had a few Tequilas before I went to bed but suddenly I heard…can you feel the spirit? (crowd cheers) can you feel the spirit now? (crowd cheers) can you feel the spirit?…can you feel the spirit now?…I know this is a strange story to tell in Cincinnati when you haven’t been here for six fucking years (crowd cheers) but…I’m telling you… we don’t choose where the spirit manifests itself to us (chuckles)… we don’t choose where that’s gonna happen…so if you can feel the spirit, I want you to answer me tonight 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!”)…
Intro to “Wrecking Ball”
“Anybody from New Jersey here? (crowd cheers) no way!…that’s impossible!…”
Intro to “Lost in the Flood”
“Alright…something got left out (chuckles)(?)…”
Intro to “Growin’ Up”
“For the birthday boy! (crowd cheers)…(piano intro starts) the first thing you do before you write a decent song…before you…pick up a guitar…before you play your first gig…you lay in bed at night…and you dream yourself up (crowd cheers) everything you weren't in the day…as we stand united, all rock musicians…in the great faith of self-loathing (chuckles) and self-hatred (chuckles) “I hate my nose! I hate my hair!”…so the first thing you do is…you dream yourself… to life (crowd cheers)…”
[The song was requested by a sign that read “Growin’ Up for my birthday.”]
Middle of “Growin’ Up”
“Birthday boy…come on down (crowd cheers)…come on, man… (crowd cheers)…here we go…(the fan who requested the song sings with Bruce on the last verse and then dives into the pit)…happy birthday! (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Shout”
“Cincinnati! (crowd cheers) is there anybody alive out there? (crowd cheers) are you ready to go home? (crowd: “No!”) are you ready to go home? (crowd: “No!”) are you ready to go home? (crowd: “No!”) E-flat!…all I wanna know…all I wanna know…all I wanna know – to the sixth…do you feel alright now? (crowd cheers) to the one – all I wanna know…all I wanna know…all I wanna know is if you feel alright now…I want you to raise your hand now…come on and raise…your hand now…”
Middle of “Shout”
“I wanna thank you all for being with us tonight (crowd cheers) thank you, Cincinnati…we got the “Thin Man” Ed Manion (crowd cheers) alright…we got Charlie Giordano (crowd cheers) we got Curt on the trumpet (crowd cheers) Tom Morello (crowd cheers) Jake Clemons (crowd cheers) the Mighty Max Weinberg (crowd cheers) Michelle Moore (crowd cheers) Garry W. Tallent (crowd cheers) the Reverend Everett Bradley (crowd cheers) Cindy Mizelle (crowd cheers) Curtis King (crowd cheers) Nils Lofgren (crowd cheers) Clark Gayton (crowd cheers) Barry Danielian (crowd cheers) Soozie Tyrell (crowd cheers) Miss Patti Scialfa (crowd cheers) Professor Roy Bittan (crowd cheers) that’s right…that’s right…Curt Ramm on the trumpet – did I say that?…alright…
Cincinnati! (crowd cheers) Cincinnati! (crowd cheers) Cincinnati! (crowd cheers) I want you to go home tonight and I want you to tell your family and I want you to tell your neighbors and I want you to walk up to strangers on the street and let them know that you’ve just seen the heart-stopping, pants-dropping, Earth-shocking, hard rocking, booty-shaking, earth-quaking, lovemaking, Viagra-taking, history-making, did I say Viagra-taking? (crowd cheers) legendary E (crowd: “Street Band!”)…
(…) I’m just a prisoner…of the blessed, everlasting, eternal, ass-kicking power of rock and roll! (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Dream Baby Dream”
“Thank you, thank you…thank you, thank you, Cincinnati, yes, yes, yes (crowd cheers) yes…oh…thanks for coming out and supporting us, thanks for supporting our music over all these years, the E Street Band loves you (crowd cheers) we got some friends in the house tonight from the Freestore Foodbank, Freestore Foodbank’s the largest provider of emergency food in the Tri-state area, they supply food to social services to your struggling citizens in need within the 20 county region surrounding Cincinnati, if you see them on your way out, please give them a hand, they’re on the frontline doing a good work, Freestore Foodbank, one more for Cincinnati (crowd cheers) well…I gotta tell you I’ve seen some folks in the crowd like I’ve never seen tonight (chuckles) I didn’t know what you guys gonna be doing next (chuckles) this was always a good town (crowd cheers)…”
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