
19.06.03 Oslo, Norway, intro to ´´Sherry Darling´´
´´(?) hold that sign up, Son! You, you, you have won the jackpot,
my friend, you! (chuckles) ....´´
19.06.03 Oslo, Norway, 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) are you ready for
a house party? (cheers) hey, Big Man....are they ready? (Clarence: ´´Yeah,
baby, they´re ready´´) everybody ready? (?)...Big Man says
some are ready, some are not....let´s check this out....because if you
wanna have a house party, three conditions....gotta be met....number one, the
music has gotta be (Clarence: ‘Raucous´) raucous!….number
two, the music must be (Clarence: ‘Raucous´) raucous !…and
number three, and most important of all, you´ve got to get your (Clarence
: ´Ass´) ass out of your seat!....that´s right, it´s
time to get up for the ass-rising!....get the Norwegian ass out of the Norwegian
seat, please.…(?)....because I´m about to introduce to you the greatest
little houseband in all the land….to the far side of the stage, on the
piano....the (?) pathological piano-pounding Professor Roy Bittan…on the
violin and vocals, out of New York City, Sister Soozie Tyrell....on the guitar,
keeper of all that is righteous on E Street, Brother Steven Van Zandt....on
the bass guitar, the man that bring the thunder from down under, the Tennesee
Terror, Mr.Garry W.Tallent….on the drums, the man that bring the power
hour after hour night after night all night long, Minister of the big beat,
Secretary of syncopation and star of ´Late Night (crowd : ´Television´)
Mighty Max Weinberg.....on the guitar, Secretary of heart and spirit, one of
the greatest guitarists in rock and roll, Brother Nils Lofgren....on the organ,
Minister of mystery, Brother Dan Federici....to the far side of the stage, on
guitar and vocals, the First Lady of love and my sweetie baby honey child, Miss
Patti Scialfa.….(?)....I´ll do my Barry White, baby....and last
but not least.....ladies and gentlemen, I don´t like to tell you your
business but I believe that Nobel has been overlooked ....on the saxophone,
Minister of soul, Secretary of the brotherhood, you wish you could be like him
but you can´t because under the sun there is only one Clarence ´Big
Man´ Clemons ....that´s right....the Nobel Prize for soul (chuckles)....ladies
and gentlemen, that´s the heartstopping, pants-dropping, houserocking,
earth-shaking, booty-quaking, Viagra-taking, lovemaking, legendary E Street
Band....that´s right....´´
19.06.03 Oslo, Norway, intro to ´´Where the Bands Are´´
´´I´m gonna try and play this for this guy over here....alright....you
fuck this one up....the door! (chuckles)....´´
19.06.03 Oslo, Norway, middle of ´´Ramrod´´
´´Stevie (Steve: ´´Oh yeah´´) I do believe
it´s quitting time....I do believe it is time to go home ....I think it´s
quitting time, folks....(Steve: ´´It doesn´t look that way´´)....we´re
gonna play till the sun go down....does the sun go down?....(?) quitting time,
all I wanna know is if it ain´t quitting time, well, then what time is
it?....(Steve: ´´Oh-oh, it´s Boss-time´´) what´s
that?....
(....) Mr.and Mrs.Norway, all I wanna know is what time is it? (crowd: ´´Boss-time!´´)....´´
Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi