20.06.00 New York City, NY, middle of ´Tenth Avenue Freeze Out´
”(sings ´Take Me to the River’) That´s right....that´s
where I wanna go tonight ...I wanna go to the riverside....I´m looking
and I´m searching....I wanna go find that river of life....where I can
go and feel alive....I wanna find that river of faith and of hope.....I wanna
go to that river of understanding....I wanna find that river of transformation
where you can go and you can change yourself if you want....I wanna find that
river of resurrection....where everybody gets a second chance.....I wanna find
that river of sexual healing....let the healing begin....and companionship....that´s
where I wanna go tonight.....and that river of joy....that river of happiness....but
it´s a happiness that you can´t get feel by yourself....it´s
a joy that you can´t seek out on your own....and it´s a faith that
don´t make no sense....by yourself...it´s a hope that only shows
itself....when you walk with others, that´s why tonight I want to know....
are you ready to go with me ? (cheers) I wanna know if you´re ready to
go with
me ? (cheers)....´cause I´m here tonight because I need to go with
you ....because I can’t get there by myself....you can´t find those
things by yourself so tonight I wanna throw, I wanna throw a rock and roll baptism.....a
rock and roll exorcism ..... and a rock and roll bar mitzvah....all mixed up
in one....then I wanna be set free in those waters....but once, once I stood
as a young man one evening before a dark grove of trees and I was.....I was
frightened to pass through those trees....then a gypsy woman called me onward
and she said ´Son, what you need, to make it through these trees you need
some help....what´s your line ?´ and I told her what I did and she
said ´Well, what you need is you need a band....you need a band but not
just any band´, that´s why I wanna introduce on our stage tonight,
Secretary of intelligence and (?) piano pounder, Professor Roy Bittan.....with
me at the riverside, the Minister of faith and friendship, keeper of all that
is righteous on E Street and star of the ´Sopranos´-television show....Little
Steven Van Zandt on the guitar....with me at the riverside, the foundation of
the E Street nation, Mr.Garry W.Tallent....with me at the riverside, the Mighty,
Mighty, Mighty, Mighty, Mighty Max, star of Late Night Television, the Mighty
Max Weinberg on the drums .....bringing that power every night.....Secretary
of heart and spirit, Godfather of the guitar, the great Nils Lofgren.....with
me at the riverside, the Minister of mystery, from Flemington, New Jersey.....Brother
Dan Federici.....and now I´ve got to say, help me out, Steve (sings a
bit of ´My Girl´) on the guitar and vocals, Miss Patti Scialfa....the
First Lady of love....and my own personal savior.....and now last but not least....last
but not least ....the Minister of soul....Secretary of the brotherhood.....the
next senator of the state of New York....do I have to say his name ?....do I
have to say his name ?....say
who ?...say who ?....say who ?....say who ? ....say who ?....say who ? ....say
who ? ....say who ?....say who ?....”
20.06.00 New York City, NY, intro to ´The Ghost of Tom Joad´
´´(?) Soozie Tyrell gonna join me on a song.....oh....we´re
here tonight for the folks from World Hunger Year....for 24 years, the World
Hunger Year´s been a force fighting hunger and poverty here in United
States and around the world....they support many, many grass roots agencies
that are out there helping the nation´s struggling citizens, there´s
many, many people that economy....is not reaching down to and World Hunger Year
is out there fighting for their right to food.....(?)....”
20.06.00 New York City, NY, middle of ´Light of Day´
´´New York City !....New York City !...are you out there, New York
?....but everywhere I´ve gone, I´ve seen people lost in confusion....lost
in the wilderness ... lost on subways in loneliness....lost on the streets of
the naked city, oh (?)....lost in envy at the Jersey Devils winning the Stanley
Cup....lost at the Statue of Liberty .... which is actually in New Jersey ....lost
in the New York Giants memorabilia who actually play in New Jersey....they ought
to be called the Jersey Giants !....(?)....lost in the ´Sopranos´-reruns....which
is actually filmed in New Jersey....where the real (?) is.....not the New York
City mama´s boys....but that´s alright because tonight we´re
here on a search-and-rescue mission....if you´re downhearted, disspirited,
disgusted, dispossessed, downsized, analyzed, stigmatized, fractionalised....I´m
here tonight....I´m here tonight....I´m here tonight....I´m
here tonight.....I´m here tonight ....I´m here tonight.....I´m
here tonight....I´m here tonight....I´m here tonight to re-educate
you, to resuscitate you, to regenerate you, to reconfiscate you, to recombobulate
you, to reindoctrinate you, to re, re, re, resexualate you....to reliberate
you with the power and the glory, with the promise, with the majesty, with the
mystery....with the ministry of rock and roll.....with the ministry of rock
and
roll !....and unlike my competitors, I cannot, I shall not, I will not promise
you life everlasting but I can promise you life right now !....and all you gotta
do is raise your hand and say ´I´....”‘
Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi