Show Date: May 8th 2003
Show Location: Feynoord Stadium, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Intro to "Empty Sky"
Thank you! Dank U wel! Blij om jullie weer te zien! [laughs] thank you…thanks for coming out tonight. Good to see everybody. [crowd cheers] Patti wants me to send you her best. The kids get mom before the band does so uhm. But uhm… we’re gonna need a little quiet for these next few songs. Thank you.
Intro to "Waitin’ On A Sunny Day"
Alright, let’s go. Don’t encourage him! Come on Steve.
Intro to "She's The One"
Are you alive out there?! [crowd cheers] Are you alive out there?! [crowd cheers] Is there anybody alive out there?! [crowd cheers]
During "Mary’s Place" – band intros
Are you ready? [crowd repeats]
Are you ready?
Are you ready?
Are you ready?
Well are you ready for a house party now? [crowd “yeah”]
Netherlands style! [laughs]
What do you think C?
I think some of these guys are ready, but I’m not sure if everybody’s ready. We can’t continue. We gotta check this out. Come with me brother. Alright, lemme see what we got here. [crowd cheers] That’s good. That’s got an A for effort there. But if we’re gonna have a house party... We’ve got to have… two conditions have got to be met. How many C? [Clarence: “TWO”] That’s right. Condition number one [Clarence: “one”] the music has got be [Clarence: “righteous”] righteous that’s right. [crowd cheers] Condition number two. You got to get your [Clarence: “ass”] outta your seat. [crowd cheers] It is time to come up for the Netherlands [Clarence: “ass”] rising. Please. I’m talking to all you folks out there with seats. [crowd cheers] Abandon your seats. The Dutch ass must rise right now. Get them up. Alright. Alright. Up. Let me look at it. Because I’m about to introduce you to the finest collection of, ladies and gentlemen, to the greatest little house band in all the land. Here tonight for your dancing and listening pleasure, I wanna introduce to you on the piano professor Roy Bittan [crowd cheers] and out of New York City on the violin and vocals sister Soozie Tyrell [crowd cheers] On the guitar…Silvio, Silvio, star of The Sopranos television show. Brother man Little Steven Van Zandt. [crowd cheers] On the bass guitar, the Tennessee terror, mister Garry W. Tallent. [crowd cheers]
On the drums the man that bring the power hour after hour, night after night minister of the big beat, secretary of rhythm and star of late night [crowd: “television”] Mighty Max Weinberg [crowd cheers] On the guitar secretary of spirit and heart…I’m proud to have on my stage one of the greatest guitarists in rock ‘n’ roll…Nils Lofgren [crowd cheers] Minister of mystery… on the organ and accordion…brother Dan Federici [crowd cheers] and on this side of the stage in absentia Mrs. Patti Scialfa. [crowd cheers] I miss my baby. I’m alright, I’m alright. It’s okay. [crowd cheers]
And last but not least [crowd cheers] do I have to say his name [crowd: “no”] do I have to say his name [crowd: “no”] do I have to say his name [crowd: “no”] … I want an amen… minister of soul [crowd: “Clarence”]…secretary of the brother hood [crowd: “Clarence”]… emperor of all of the Netherlands [crowd: “Clarence”]…ladies and gentlemen…you wish you could be like him, but I’m sorry you can’t because under the sun there’s only one Big Man Clarence Clemons.
Intro to "Racing In The Street"
Yeah… We’ve got a few requests for this one…
Intro to "Cadillac Ranch"
Alright we got a request for this one. We’re gonna do this one for this guy out there. Go ahead Max. We haven’t played this one in a while… we might need some help. Let me think. What key are we in? F? E? F? Oh, you sure? [after a few notes] Whoo ask your momma!
Intro to "Ramrod"
Alright, gimme some guitar. Keep going… Whoo… don’t stop now baby…
Middle of "Ramrod"
I do believe its quitting time. Going home time now…time to go watch some TV… some of those fine European pornographic films…time to get something to eat…I’m getting a little hungry… I feel a little hungry right now…well Steve…if it ain’t quitting time, what I wanna know is…what time is it…[crowd cheers and: “bosstime”]
Steve – “according to local time… it’s b b b b b boss time…”
Bruce – “one two three…”
Intro to the "Detroit Medley"
Are you getting tired? I think you’re tired now. No? [crowd: “no”] No? [crowd: “no”] No? [crowd: “no”] No? [crowd: “no”] No? [crowd: “no”] No? [crowd: “no”] One two three four…
Intro to "My City Of Ruins"
Thank you. I wanna… yep… [giggle] I wanna thank everybody for coming out to the show… we did the other night and tonight… thank you very much [crowd cheers]. We’ve uhm, we’ve been coming here since 1975… it was the first time we came to Amsterdam and I wanna thank all our fans in The Netherlands for their loyalty and their support over all these years. We appreciate if very much. Thank you. [crowd cheers]
Intro to "Land Of Hope And Dreams"
Thank you. Send this out tonight as a prayer for peace… Land Of Hope And Dreams.
Intro to "Dancing In The Dark"
Alright now! That singing always gets me!
Compiled by : J. Trumpeneers