11.03.03 Rochester, NY, intro to ‘Empty Sky’
‘‘Evening, Rochester….(?)….wanna send greetings from
Patti, she´s home in bed tonight, she´s sick, been sick for a few
days but she sends her best and we’re gonna do our best to perform a great
show for you…..we’ll send this out to her tonight…. need a
little bit of quiet for these next few songs, please, thank you…..”
11.03.03 Rochester, NY, intro to ‘Worlds Apart’ (after ‘Blinded
by the Light’)
‘‘We didn´t know the words in that one, that was the only
problem with that song…. that song was actually….was my only, only
number 1 song I ever had….but I didn´t have it, Manfred Mann had
it….but there was a…..they changed some of the words, I had the
part that goes ‘Cut loose like a deuce’ and for some reason they
changed ‘deuce’ to ‘douche’….I don´t know
if that was some British sensibility, I mean I don´t know exactly why,
you know…..but it worked if he was number 1, I mean, my ….my version
was….nowhere ! (chuckles)….see, that one little word change and
you have a big hit (?)…..”
11.03.03 Rochester, NY, middle of ‘Mary’s Place’
‘‘I don´t think they’re ready now….are you ready
for a house party ?….are you ready for a house party ?…..well, there’s
two, two rules to a house party….one….the music has got to be raucous….and
two, you´ve got to get up off your ass now….that´s right ….that´s
right….because I wanna introduce to you the greatest little house band
in all the land….on the piano, Professor Roy Bittan….on the violin
and vocals, Sister Soozie Tyrell…on the guitar, Little Steven Van Zandt….on
the bass, Garry W.Tallent ….on the drums, the mighty, mighty, mighty,
mighty, mighty, mighty star of Late Night (crowd : ‘Television’)…Mighty
Max Weinberg….on the guitar, Nils Lofgren ….on the organ, Brother
Dan Federici….and I miss my baby, Miss Patti Scialfa, help me, baby, help
me….getting a little lovesick right about now….and last but not
least ….the Minister of soul…..Emperor of Rochester….and parts
hereby connected…. ladies and gentlemen, I know you wish you could be
like him but I’m sorry you can´t ….there´s only one
Clarence Big Man Clemons….”
11.03.03 Rochester, NY, middle of ‘Ramrod’
‘‘You´re the Boss, honey, you´re the Boss…..that´s
right….come on Steve….(?)… Stevie (Steve : ‘Yeah, baby
?’) I do believe it’s quitting time, brother….(Steve : ‘No,
it ain’t’) oh yeah (?) I do believe it’s going home for a
little snacky time….(Steve : ‘No, it ain’t’) oh, yeah,
baby, back to the room, a little cheeseburger, some X-rated films, I do believe
it’s leaving time….what I wanna know, Steve, is what time is it
? ….(Steve : ‘Is this Rochester ?….then it’s Boss-time
!’)….”
11.03.03 Rochester, NY, intro to ‘Born in the U.S.A’
‘‘Oh, thank you….wrote this song in the early 80’s about
the Vietnam War….hope I don’t have to write it again, I wanna send
this out tonight as a prayer for peace…a prayer for the safety of our
sons and daughters, innocent Iraqi civilians and add our voices to voices that
want no war in Iraq….”
11.03.03 Rochester, NY, intro to ‘Fire’
‘‘We’ve got an unusual request over here….we don’t
usually play this one but hell, we’re in Rochester, right ?….’
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