
03.10.04 Detroit, MI, intro to ´´Johnny 99´´
´´Good evening, good evening once again....thank you for coming
out and showing your support....let´s get a round of applause for Bright
Eyes and for R.E.M....it´s fun to play with other people....oh, I wanna
thank you for coming out tonight in support of America Coming Together and helping
footsoldiers on the ground getting out the progressive vote on November 2nd....(?)
information all around the hall, please check them out and see how you can assist
them, volunteer, don´t forget to vote....Michigan´s been particularly
hard-hit, 140,000 factory jobs gone, 7,500 citizens of Michigan in Iraq and
Afganistan, we salute them and honor their service and we want them home safe
and as soon as possible...´´
03.10.04 Detroit, MI, intro to ´´Centerfield´´
´´Thank you....feels pretty good....it´s my pleasure to bring
out to the stage now somebody whose, uh, music I´ve loved for so long,
that I´ve learned a lot from....he´s one of my all-time great (?),
Mr.John Fogerty....´´
03.10.04 Detroit, MI, intro to ´´The Promised Land´´
´´Alright....if he wants to borrow my band, he´s gotta sing
one of my songs now so (chuckles)...´´
03.10.04 Detroit, MI, middle of ´´Mary´s Place´´
´´Thank you....I´m so glad to be here in your beautiful city
tonight....are you having fun ? (cheers) that´s good, but we´re
here tonight, we´re here tonight with a purpose....we´re here tonight
on a mission....that´s right, we´re here tonight, the mighty E Street
Band is rising up to take you down to the river of change and to help you cross
over to the other side....are you ready ? (cheers) I´m glad to hear that....because
I know this is one of those swing-states.... and I wanna say that if you´re
swinging, if you´re swooping, if you´re swaying, if you´re
sweeping or if you just can´t make up your mind....or if you´re
wearing a bowtie, what I wanna know tonight is there anybody in the house, is
there anybody in the house that needs to be released from the burden of Republicanism
?....(someone: ´I need help!´) well, you´ve come to the right
place and what I want you to do, Sir, is to relax, close your eyes and say ´Halleburton´
three times real fast....(?)(someone: ´I´m switching!´)....are
you ready ?....are you ready ?....are you ready ?...are you ready ?....are you
ready ?....are you ready ?....are you ready ?....are you ready ?....´´
03.10.04 Detroit, MI, intro to ´´Born to Run´´
´´Thank you....Mike and Peter!....Mike Mills and Peter Buck, come
up and play one with us ....woo !....alright....now everybody´s favorite
part of the night, the public service announcement.... we wanna thank you for
coming out and showing your support and raising your voice for Vote for Change....(?)...remember,
go to the polls on November 2nd, every vote counts, check out America Coming
Together out in the hall, they can tell you how you can volunteer and help out....´cause
we remain, we remain a land of great promise but we need to move America towards
the fulfilment of the promises that she´s made to her citizens ....economic
justice, civil rights, protection of the environment....respect for others and
humility in exercising our power at home and around the world....these core
issues of American identity....are what is at stake on November 2nd....I believe
that Senator Kerry and Senator Edwards understand these important issues and
they´re prepared to move our country forward....(?) America, America is
not always right - that is a fairytale that we tell our children at night, but
America is always true and it is in seeking these truths, both the good and
the bad, that we find a deeper patriotism, we find a more authentic experience
as citizens, that is how our soul as a nation is revealed and that is what we
are fighting for on November 2nd....so we got some work to do between now and
election day, if you share our concerns, find the best way to express yourself,
roll up your sleeves and get out there and work and remember, the country we
carry in our hearts is waiting....´´
03.10.04 Detroit, MI, intro to ´´People Have the Power´´
´´A shout-out to Patti Smith on this one....´´
Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi