
21.05.99 London, England, middle of ´Tenth Avenue Freeze Out´
´´James Brown, have a laugh on me....well, once I was a baby and
I walked as a little child alone....and I walked many avenues.....avenue of
love, avenue of fear....avenue of selfishness, avenue of compassion, avenue
of riches, avenue of want, avenue of faith, avenue of desperation....I went
1st Avenue, 2nd Avenue, 3rd Avenue, 4th Avenue.....and then I came to a crossroads....and
the crossroads said ´Tenth´ and the other sign just said ´E´...it
was a signifying moment and I took that crossroads and I met an educated man,
a knowledgeable man, a very informed man....I said ´Who are you ?´....he
said ´I´m the Professor´....play it, Roy (Roy plays)....Professor
Roy Bittan on the piano....and then I walked on....and I was a little baby again....and
I met another little baby....and we looked at each other and we said ´I
know you´....play it, Steve (Steve plays a bit of ´Soul Man´)
Steven Van Zandt on the guitar....and then I walked on and I came to a great
city....somewhere in Central Jersey....and I was in a barroom late at night....meditating....come
on, Garry (Garry plays)....Garry Tallent on the bass....and then I walked on
and I put an ad in a newspaper.... who says it don´t pay to read the want
ads ?....come on, Mighty Max (Max plays)(laughs) in honor of the man out there
tonight (chuckles)....Mighty Max Weinberg, drummer extraordinaire....international
TV-star....and then I walked on....he quit his job down at the carwash, left
his mama a goodbye note....and I met a guitar man, come on Nils (Nils plays)
Nils Lofgren on the guitar....and then I kept on walking ...and there was somebody
there, I couldn´t see him but I could feel a spirit in the room....come
on, Danny (Danny plays) Phantom Dan Federici on the organ....and then I kept
on walking.... ut I was feeling so lonely now....I was feeling so downhearted.....looking
for my sweetheart.... earching for my sweetheart.....I´m looking for my
sweetheart....I´m searching.... I´m searching ... I´m searching....
I´m searching.... I´m searching.... I´m searching.... I´m
searching.... I´m searching....I´m looking for my love, I said (crowd
: ´I´m looking for my love´) I said I´m looking for
my love, I said (crowd : ´I´m looking for my love´) I said
I´m looking for my love now, I said (crowd : ´I´m looking
for my love now´) I said I´m looking for my love now
(crowd ´I´m looking for my love´)(Patti sings a bit of ´As
Long As I Can Be With You´).... Patti Scialfa on the guitar and vocals....(laughs)
oh yeah.....but still....but there was still something ...it just wasn´t
perfect yet, there was still something missing....there was still....it was,
all I know is it was, it was something kind of big....say what ?....say what
?....say
what ?....say who ?...say what ?.... say what ?.... say what ?.... say what
?.... say what ?.... say what ?....”
21.05.99 London, England, middle of ´Light of Day´
´´London and back....but everywhere I´ve gone, I´ve
seen confusion....I´ve seen people lost in the wilderness....I´ve
seen people downhearted, disspirited, dispossessed, analyzed, downsized, stigmatised,
retropsychedelicized and I´m here tonight to let you know that if your
soul has bad credit, well, it´s gonna be good here tonight....and if your
heart´s running on empty, you can move on up ´cause we´re
selling high-test supreme....and if your spirit´s bankrupt, we´re
gonna raise that debt up off you, make it a little bit lighter, a little bit
lighter, a little bit lighter, why, why, why, why, why ?....´cause that´s
my job....I wanna re-educate you, resuscitate you, regenerate you, reconfiscate
you, rededicate you, reliberate you, reliberate you with the power, the promise,
with the power, the promise, with the power, the promise, with the power, the
promise.....the power, the promise, the power, the promise, the power, the promise,
the mystery, the ministry.....of rock and roll !....we´re here tonight
to entertain and to administer, to entertain and to administer, I know you´re
worried about the Y2K-problem, the Millenium fever, mortality is rearing its
ugly head, the Good Book said ´Louie, Louie, oh-oh, we all got to go´...well,
I can´t promise you life everlasting but I can promise you life.....right
now !...and all you gotta do is say ‘I’.....”
Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi