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Intro to “New York City Serenade”
“Hello, Philly! (crowd cheers) alright, alright…”
Intro to “Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?”
“Let’s hear it for the strings out of New York City (crowd cheers) good evening on this beautiful night (crowd cheers) alright, band, are we ready? (crowd cheers) is Philadelphia ready? (crowd cheers) …”
Intro to “It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City”
“Alright, alright…(intro music starts)…took the bus from Asbury Park (crowd cheers) with just my guitar…went to New York City!… went way up on the elevator…up…and up…and up…and up…and up into the clouds…and that’s where I auditioned for John Hammond for my record deal and this was the first song that I sung…I said…I said…I got skin like leather…”
Intro to “Growin’ Up”
“Alright…before my biography…this was my biography (chuckles)…”
Middle of “Growin’ Up”
“There I was…stranded in my little, one-dog hometown…the town hated me…I was a freak!(chuckles) I didn’t fit in the box! (chuckles) let me in!…let me in!…so I tried to find something I could excel at …so I was 14…I already had one thing I could excel at…but just that one (chuckles) and then one day I was walking downtown…and I passed the Western Auto Store…Western Auto Store was a store that sold old guitars and car parts…and there in the window was a… half decent and absolutely affordable…beat-up acoustic guitar (crowd cheers) so I knew what I had to do…I had to go to work! (chuckles) no! (chuckles) so I went over to my aunt Dora and my uncle Warren’s and uncle Warren took me into the yard with the big clippers, he showed me how to exactly trim the hedges and he showed me how to exactly mow the lawn…and he paid me 50 cents an hour…and I painted the lady across the street’s house and I tarred her roof in the mid-summer 95-degree heat but I saved my 50 cents and when I had 18 dollars…I quit honest work forever (chuckles) (crowd cheers)(chuckles) and I went down to that Western Auto Store and I grabbed that guitar that had telephone wire for strings and I took it home…and I played and I played and I sounded shit god damn awful (chuckles) then my cousin came over and told me “No, you have to tune it” (chuckles) and I tuned it…and I practiced…and I practiced…and I practiced…and I practiced…and I practiced… and practiced…and I practiced…and I practiced…and I practiced…and I practiced…till one late summer night I picked it up and it went (goes back into the song)…”
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) if you can feel the spirit, I want you to answer me with a “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!”) let me see your hands!…”
Intro to “Thundercrack”
“Alright, we got a special one for Philly (crowd cheers) if we can get through it (strums his guitar) woah…I’ve seen a few signs for this out there…ready?…alright…”
Intro to “Jack of All Trades”
“Thank you (crowd cheers) I wrote this song in 2009 when I was… when you saw so many people losing their retirement funds, losing their homes…this is called “Jack of All Trades” (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Shout”
“E-flat…is there anybody alive in Philadelphia? (crowd cheers) is there anyone alive in Philadelphia? (crowd cheers) I wanna see your hands now…what I want you to do…on this next song, what I want you to do, Philly, is I want you to…I want you to…shake your ass now…I want you to shake your cheese steak!…shake your cheese steak now…”
Middle of “Shout”
“Sister Soozie Tyrell on the fiddle, guitar and vocals (crowd cheers) Charlie Giordano on the accordion and organ (crowd cheers) the incredible Nils Lofgren on the guitar (crowd cheers) Mr. Jake Clemons on the saxophone (crowd cheers) the man that goes all night and never stops, the mightiest of the mighty, Mighty Max Weinberg (crowd cheers) Professor Roy “88 keys just won’t do” Bittan on the piano (crowd cheers) Garry the talented Mr. Tallent on the bass (crowd cheers) and last but not least…the handsomest man in New York City (crowd cheers) the king of the Underground… Little Steven Van Zandt (crowd cheers) alright…you look good, you look good, you’re looking good, you look good but I wanna know, but I wanna know, but I wanna know…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) Philly! (crowd cheers) Philly! (crowd cheers) Philly! (crowd cheers) 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, back-beating, cheese steak eating, legendary E (crowd: “Street Band!”)…
(…) (Steve: “The Boss has left the building…where is he? hiding in the stairwell…bring him back (crowd cheers) bring him back (crowd cheers) bring him back, Philadelphia (crowd cheers) bring him back, he can’t hear you (crowd cheers) he can’t hear you (crowd cheers) the Boss is back)…”
Intro to “Bobby Jean”
“Goodnight, folks! (crowd cheers) goodnight, Philly! (crowd cheers) too late, we can’t go on (crowd cheers) we can’t go on (crowd cheers) it’s a school night (crowd cheers) it’s a work night (crowd cheers) it’s a school night (crowd cheers) I gotta go get a cheeseburger (crowd cheers) one more for Philly! (crowd cheers)…”
After “Bobby Jean”
“Thank you, Philly! (crowd cheers) the E Street Band loves you (crowd cheers) thank you! (crowd cheers) thanks for a beautiful night (crowd cheers) yes, baby, yes (crowd cheers) yes (crowd cheers) we’ll be back for another spectacular on Friday night (crowd cheers)…”
| Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi. |