14.09.03 Chapel Hill, NC, intro to ‘Empty Sky’
´´Thank you…..I thought the mosquitos in New Jersey were bad
(chuckles) this is worse (chuckles) good evening, everybody, welcome, welcome,
welcome…..I got a Saint Francis of the Assisi thing going up here, all
the, uh…..all the natural life just seems to be attracted to me (chuckles)
alright (chuckles)….go on, kid…..”
14.09.03 Chapel Hill, NC, intro to ‘Waitin’On a Sunny Day’
´´(chuckles) See, Steve’s got…..what in the hell is
this ? (holds up a cricket, apparently) what’s that ?!?….the school
mascot ?….(laughs) oh man (?)….”
14.09.03 Chapel Hill, NC, middle of ‘Mary’s Place´
´´Are you ready ?….are you ready ?….are you ready….are
you ready….are you ready for a house party ? (cheers) come on, C….are
you ready for a rock and roll house party ? (cheers) are you ready for a rock
and roll baptism ? (cheers) are you ready for a rock and roll bar mitzva ? (cheers)
are you ready for a rock and roll exorcism, baby ? (cheers)….that´s
right ….that’s right….I wanna introduce you to on our stage
to the exorcisers, on the piano, Professor Roy Bittan….on the violin and
vocals, Sister Soozie Tyrell....on the guitar, the coolest little dj in the
U.S.A, Brother Steve Van Zandt....on the bass guitar, the Tennesee Terror, Mr.Garry
W.Tallent….on the drums, Minister of the big beat, Secretary of syncopation
and star of ´Late Night (crowd : ´Television´) Mighty Max
Weinberg....on the guitar, Brother Nils Lofgren....on the organ, Phantom Dan
Federici.....on guitar and vocals, the First Lady of love, Miss Patti Scialfa.…and
last but not least....Minister of soul…. Secretary of the brotherhood….honorary
emperor of North Carolina…you wish you could be like him but you can´t….because
tonight there´s only one Big Man on campus, baby…. I’m talking
about Big Man Clarence Clemons on the saxophone....now, I want you to put your
hands together for the heartstopping, pants-dropping, houserocking, earth-shaking,
booty-quaking, Viagra-taking, lovemaking, history-making, exorcising, death-defying,
sexifying, legendary E Street Band....did I mention that they were Viagra-taking,
history-making sexifiers ?….that´s right…..”
14.09.03 Chapel Hill, NC, intro to ‘Cadillac Ranch’
´´I think all of the bugs have gone to sleep now, I don´t
know (chuckles) come on, Max ….oh, something for Carolina (?)….”
14.09.03 Chapel Hill, NC, middle of ‘Glory Days’
´´We gotta keep on rocking, buddy….we gotta keep on going….but
I think we gotta go home now, buddy….oh yeah, we gotta go….we gotta
go, Steve…..oh, Steve….Steve…. (Steve: ‘Yeah ?’)
oh, Steve….(Steve: ‘Say it ain´t so’) a big mosquito
bit me in the ass…. come on, Steve….”
14.09.03 Chapel Hill, NC, intro to ‘My City of Ruins’
´´Oh….I wanna thank everybody for coming out to the show here
tonight….to the University of North Carolina’s….but what was
that big bug I had, man, what was (chuckles) damn !…. but uh….I
wanna do this tonight for some friends of ours that are in the hall, we have
the Foodbank of North Carolina’s here….and they, uh…..they
serve 34 counties here in North Carolina, almost half of the folks that are
struggling out there hungry are children…..they´ve been around since
1980, they’re good folks out there on the frontlines fighting the good
fight, they could use your time or your support in any way….if you see
the Foodbank of North Carolina on your way out tonight, please…..stop
and give ‘em a hand….”
14.09.03 Chapel Hill, NC, intro to ‘Born in the U.S.A’
´´Thank you….thanks, I also wanted to mention a few other
friends of ours that are in the…. in the house tonight, there’s
the People of Faith Againts the Death Penalty, they´re out there ….please,
if you get a chance, stop by and see what the have to say (?) important issue….
and we also have a….September 11th Families For A Peaceful Tomorrow….they´re
also out there in the hall so….if you get a chance, stop and check them
out too….we get, uh, people of all different kinds of political beliefs
who come out to our show and we like that and we welcome everybody, uh, with
the exception of Dick Cheney, I believe and uh (chuckles) but uh (chuckles)
but uh, there´s a….been a lot of questions raised recently about
the forthrightness of the government and I just wanna say that playing with
the truth during wartime has been a part of Democratic and Republican administrations
in the past, it´s always wrong, especially when the lives of our sons
and our daughters are on the line.....I think the question of whether we were
misled into war in Iraq’s not really a Liberal or a Conservative question,
it´s an American one, as is protecting the democracy that we ask our sons
and daughters to go and die for, that´s our sacred trust, as is demanding
accountability and the truth from our leaders, that´s our job as citizens....so….may
the truth will out..... and uh….that whole thing, said a little funnier
is pick up Al Franken’s Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them (chuckles)….”
14.09.03 Chapel Hill, NC, intro to ‘Rosalita’
´´Got a little summertime specialty….”
Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi