27.07.99 East Rutherford, NJ, middle of ´Tenth Avenue Freeze Out´
´´Now I´ve got a story to tell....it´s kind of a fable but it´s mostly true....when I was a young man I walked as a little child and I walked down many, many avenues....the avenue of love and the avenue of fear....the avenue of hope, the avenue of despair....the avenue of faith and the avenue of cynicism....the avenue of compassion and the avenue of selfishness....the avenue of commitment....and the avenue of, of....inappropriate sexual contact....but wherever I walked, I was alone and it was like that old saying how you´re smiling on the outside but crying on the inside....well, I was crying on both sides !....but I thought I knew what I was doing, then I came to a crossroads....now, everybody in their life comes to a crossroads, it´s a moment of choice, a moment of decision....it´s a moment when you´ve got to give something up to get something....but people don´t like to give it up, they like to hold on when they think they can take it with ´em but I came to this crossroads....and one road was a road that I recognised, the road of invisibility, you go down that road, you know what´s gonna happen, you know (?) you´re gonna get back to the same place you started....but it feels safe ....and then there was the other road, that was the road of revelations....that´s where the world is gonna show itself to you but in the process you will be revealed....and that makes me uncomfortable.....but on that path of revelations was marked ´Tenth Avenue´ and there was another sign that said ´E´ so it was a signifying moment and something led me on down that road....I heard a man playing a piano....play it sweet (Roy plays)....yeah, Professor Roy Bittan on the piano....playing down on the crossroads.....and then I walked on, now you can´t walk that road without friendship....you can´t make it alone and I seen a man on the guitar, actor, musician, rock and roll politician....star of that television show ´Sopranos´, Mr.Silvio, play it, Steve (Steve plays a bit of ´Theme from ´The Godfather´´) oh yeah, Little Steven on the guitar....down at the crossroads....then I walked on, I needed a little foundation in my life, come on, Garry, help me now (Garry plays)...Mr.Garry Tallent on the bass....down at the crossroads and I put an ad in the want-ads and a man come knocking to my door.... come on, play it, Max (Max plays)....Mighty Max Weinberg, star of Late Night Television here on our stage tonight....and then I walked on....and I found a little guitar man.....with a voice like an angel, play guitar like a devil.....come on, Nils (Nils plays) Mr.Nils Lofgren on the guitar ....oh, down at the crossroads, baby....then I walked on and I came to a city by the sea....and I heard a spirit moving....come on, let´s play it, Dan (Dan plays)(chuckles) Phantom Dan Federici on the organ....and now my soul felt lighter....my soul felt lighter but my heart was still cold....´cause I was feeling so lonely....oh, so lonely now....and I was thinking ´I need, I´ve got to find my baby....oh, I´ve got to find my love now....I´ve got to find my baby.....and now after a lot of hard experience I came up with an equation and it went something like this....brunettes is fine, blondes is fun but when it comes to getting a dirty job done, you need a (crowd : ´Red headed woman´) oh, yeah, I said it takes a (crowd : ´Red headed woman´) oh, yeah, I´m looking for a (crowd : ´Red headed woman´) oh, man, I´ve got to find my (crowd : ´Red headed woman´) I´m searching for my (crowd : ´Red headed woman´) coming to get you, baby (crowd : ´Red headed woman´) oh, man, I´m looking for a (crowd : ´Red headed woman´) oh, let me hear you now (crowd : ´Red headed woman´) oh ! (Patti sings a bit of ´Rumble Doll´) Miss Patti Scialfa on the guitar and vocals....I´ve got to testify to my love....oh yeah....now my soul felt lighter....but still....there was still something missing..... there was still something missing....something really, really important....something essential ....say what ?....say what ?....say what ?....say what ?....say what ?....say who ?....say what ? ....say who ?....say what ?....say who ?....say what ?....say who ?....say what ?....say who ? ....say what ?....say who ?....”

27.07.99 East Rutherford, NJ, middle of ´Light of Day´
´´The great....state of New Jersey !....the great....state of New Jersey !....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....I know you´ve been downhearted, disgusted, disspirited, dispossessed, you´ve been analyzed, downsized, stigmatised, fractionalised, fractionalised....Pokemonized, retropsychedelicized, I wanna tell you that we´re here tonight on a search-and-rescue mission, we´re here tonight on a search-and-rescue mission (power goes out).....(?)....if your soul has bad credit....it´s good here tonight, if your heart´s running on empty, come on and pull on up to the pumps, if your spirit´s bankrupt, I´m here tonight to lift that debt up off you and I want to tell you tonight that the spirit is in the room tonight, it´s turning on the lights, turning on the sound, shutting all the lights, turning off the sound but we´re gonna set you, we´re gonna lift that debt up off you and set you free in the morning !....I´m gonna resuscitate, rededicate, re-educate, reconfiscate, reindoctrinate, resexualate, reliberate with the power, with the promise, with the power, with the promise, with the power, with the promise and the majesty, with the mystery, with the ministry of rock and roll !....I know, I know, I hear what you´re saying, oh, you´re all so worried, ´Ooh, ooh, I´ve got the worries, oh, the Y2K-problem, oh, the Millenium coming, oh, oh, mortality is rearing its ugly head´....we know the Good Book says ‘Louie Louie, oh-oh, we’ve all got to go’, well, I wanna tell you right now that I can´t, I can´t, I can´t promise you life everlasting but I can promise you life right now !....and all you’ve got to do is raise your hand and say ‘I’....”

Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi