
22.04.00 Raleigh, NC, middle of ´Tenth Avenue Freeze Out´
´´(sings ‘Take Me to the River’) That´s right....that’s
where I wanna go....I wanna go to that river tonight.....I wanna go to that
river of life....and that river of love....that river of faith.... that river
of hope.....I wanna find that river of transformation where you can go and you
can be changed....I wanna find that river of resurrection where everybody gets
a second chance ....I wanna go to that river of sexual healing....and companionship....that
river of joy....the river of happiness....that´s where I wanna go tonight....and
I want you to go with me ....I need you to go with me because you can´t
get there by yourself....I can´t get there by myself ....I´ve tried....you
can´t make it to that river on your own.....that´s why tonight I
wanna throw us a rock and roll exorcism....a rock and roll baptism....come on
out, Mr.Devil, I wanna rumble with you !....but once.....I stood, as a young
man, one evening before a dark grove of trees and just like a little child who´s
afraid of the dark, I was frightened to pass through those trees to the other
side even though I knew that....the river of life was waiting.... along with
cold beer at a reasonable price....but I couldn´t get there, I was paralyzed
by my own fear and insecurities....and then a gypsy woman called me forward
and she said ´Son, what you need is you need some help....you need some
help, somebody to stand alongside you, what´s your line ? what is it ?
what ? what you need then, Son, is you need a band.... you need a band ! ´....that´s
why I´m proud to introduce tonight the dean of the university of musical
perversity, Secretary of intelligence, on the piano, Professor Roy Bittan....(source
tape is missing Steve´s, Garry´s, Max´s and Nils´ introductions)....the
Minister of mystery and all things unfathomable on E Street, on the Hammond
B-3 organ and accordion, Brother Dan Federici....and I´ve got send one
out to my baby tonight (blows a kiss)....and last but not least.....last but
not least....I´m talking about the Minister of soul, Secretary of the
brotherhood....and if we lived in a righteous nation, the next president of
the United States ....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 ? ....say who ?....”
22.04.00 Raleigh, NC, intro to ´Dead Man Walkin´´
´´Thank you....we´ve also got some folks with us tonight,
they´ll be out in the hall, they´re the People of Faith Against
the Death Penalty....they´ll be out in the hall tonight and they´re,
uh ....collecting signatures on a petition for a moratorium on the death penalty
and uh.... whatever your feelings are on this issue, they´ll be there
to provide information on the death penalty or to give you an opportunity to
add your name to the petition and let your voice be heard, this is for the People
of Faith Against the Death Penalty....”
22.04.00 Raleigh, NC, middle of ´Light of Day´
´´Raleigh !....Raleigh !...but everywhere I’ve gone, I’ve
seen people lost in confusion.... I´ve seen people lost in bitterness....I´ve
seen people lost in the wilderness....I´ve seen people lost in loneliness
but I´m here tonight on a search-and-rescue mission, I´m coming
to get you, if you´ve been downhearted, disspirited, disgusted, dispossessed,
downsized, stigmatised, fractionalised, factionalised, retropsychedelicized....discombobolized....Republicanised....
I´m here tonight to re-educate you, to resuscitate you, to regenerate
you, to reconfiscate you, to reliberate you, to, to, to, to, to resexualate
you....to reliberate you with the power and the glory, with the power and the
glory, with the majesty, with the mystery....with the ministry of rock and roll
!....with the power and the glory, with the power and the glory, with the majesty,
with the mystery, with the ministry of rock and roll !....now, unlike my competitors,
I shall not, I will not, I cannot promise you life everlasting....but I can
promise you life..... right now !...and all you gotta do is raise your hand
and say ‘I’.....”
22.04.00 Raleigh, NC, intro to ´Hungry Heart´
´´Come on, Cus´....my cousin Frankie from North Carolina....gonna
play one with us....”
Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi