03.05.88 Mountain View, CA, intro to ‘Tunnel of Love’
‘‘Are you ready for a date ?.....”
03.05.88 Mountain View, CA, intro to ‘All That Heaven Will Allow’
‘‘How you doing out there ? (cheers)....man, looks like we picked
the right night, you know....oh, that´s nice.....how you doing back up
there on that hill ? (cheers)....oh yeah, man, I love....I like this kind of
weather best....you know, when it’s not, when it’s not too hot or
too humid....back home we get this kind of weather....man, everybody starts
coming out....girls leave their winter clothes home....changes your whole way
of thinking, you know, it feels like something’s gonna happen (chuckles)....
you feel real in a romantic mood and all that stuff, you know (chuckles)....we
get days like today, that’s when I like to take a walk out in the park
and see if any of my old friends are still around....hey, man, yo ! how you
doing ? alright, good to see you, yeah, ok, haven’t seen you on this bench
in a long time, you know, I don´t get to see you too much anymore, now
that you moved to California and everything, you know.... they’re dying
in New Jersey tonight ! (chuckles) you know....what you been up to,
huh ?....yeah, you´re still carrying this thing around with you, huh ?....jeez
(chuckles) you don´t still sleep with this, do you ?....sometimes, on
the off-nights (chuckles) what do you got ? oh, alright, got baby pictures of
the little Big Man here....he was doing some singing this afternoon, yeah (chuckles)
he´s got a little saxophone that he plays, he’s got a little suit,
he’s three years old....he’s got this own apartment....his own car...
he’s got some girlfriends too already....he looks good....man, remember
when we used to sit on this bench in ‘75 and watch them girls come out
of that big office building down on the corner ?...well, me and Clarence would
come down here and we’d get some like, I’d get boloney-and-cheese,
you had pastrami.....two cans of beer and we’d wait for the girls to get
out of work, you know....and try to impress them (chuckles).... they used to
get out right about this time, man.....here they come, look there she is, remember
her ? she still looks good too...check her out, the girl in the white blouse....
stop, stop (chuckles) check her out.....used to walk right down this street.....ooh,
come back ! (chuckles)....oh, alright (chuckles) man, it’s the weather,
you know....I was with you, I remember I was with you the night you met your
wife....we were overseas and Clarence’s wife comes walking in this little
party.....and Clarence gets all nervous and excited and he runs into the bathroom
to make sure he´s looking his best.....and you used to have that, uh,
that cologne or that, that, what was that ?....(?) C-14 ? that sounds like motor
oil, man, that don´t sound like cologne, used to have something to make
him smell real good, it was nice (chuckles)....and then, and then he comes out
and I’m listening to him talking to her, and he´s acting like a
whole lot nicer than he really is, you know (chuckles) but it worked, you know,
it works (chuckles) anyway, you gotta do that, you know, that’s part of
the whole.....back in Jersey, when you first see that girl that you’re
looking at, man, what is it like, Richie ?....oh yeah....oh, do it, man....man,
I gotta, I gotta get going....remember we used to stay out till 4 a.m ?....no
more, bubba (chuckles)....I go home, I gotta go to bed at midnight now, yeah
I do (chuckles) I’ll see you later, it’s good to see you (chuckles)
take care, I’ll see you.....”
03.05.88 Mountain View, CA, intro to ‘Spare Parts’
‘‘Staying warm out there ? (cheers) it’s cool now....oh, there
was this fella and there was this girl, they met in a little bar down along
the coast.....and uh, he was a house painter and kind of young, a little, little
reckless.....and she was a, she was a little older than he was.....and uh, I
remember she met him, she really, she really liked him, he was....he was kind
of sweet tempered.....telling jokes all the time and, and gentle....and uh....they,
they moved into a little apartment, it was a little garage apartment, a couple
of, couple of blocks in off the beach in the wintertime.....and they got along
real, real good, she was happy, she was looking for somebody to love her....and
she got pregnant and they made plans to be married....went down he, he saved
his money, the only money he’d ever saved.....went down, saved his money
and he got her a ring and she went down and picked out a dress....and then something
happened, I guess maybe he was a little, little too young, he got a little scared
and he took off....but she never really let him go, she kept him in her mind
and she kept him in her heart every day and she thought about him at night when
she got in bed.....and the sad thing was that he wasn´t ever, ever coming
back....and so his memory was something that the world took and just broke her
heart every day with over and over again....because there comes a time when
you gotta take the past and you gotta put it away....and so this song, this
is a song about a woman struggling to understand the value of her own individual
existence.....and the value of the life of her child.....trying to take those
old dreams that just hold you back, put them down.....and trying to find something
new and beautiful and alive in her life now.....”
03.05.88 Mountain View, CA, intro to ‘You Can Look’
‘‘Oh yes !....I like to, uh....I get up early, you know, when I
gotta do some shopping.... go down to the mall before everybody gets down there....I
went down to buy one of ‘em little beatboxes one morning....went into
the....stereo department....looked around, a woman came up to me and said ‘You
wanna buy that thing ?’.....and then she looked up at me and said ‘Ain’t
you, uh.....ain’t you, uh.....ain’t you that rock’n’roll
singer ?’ ....and she said ‘You wanna buy that thing ?’....was
a nice saleslady....and she said, you know, ‘I really, uh, I really like
your videos, you know the one where the, where you get that girl and you dance
with her ?’....she says ‘So tell me, did, uh, did you pay her or
was she really in the audience ?’....and she said ‘Do you wanna
buy that thing ?’ ....I said ‘Lady, right now I wanna smash this
fucking thing’.....”
03.05.88 Mountain View, CA, intro to ‘I’m a Coward’
´´Is there anybody alive out there tonight ? (cheers)....is there
anybody that can feel the spirit out there tonight ? (cheers)....that´s
good....because what I wanna know....is do we have any rough, tough San Francisco
men out there tonight ? (cheers)....I ain’t talking about none of you
old hippy boys out there.....do we have any brave, macho, northern California
men out there tonight ? (cheers)....let me see your hands....oh yeah, oh yeah....‘cause
I’ve known men that would swim rivers, that would climb mountains, that
would wrestle with a grizzly bear.....but there was one thing they was afraid
of .... and I’m gonna tell you what that one thing was.....what they were
afraid of was L....U...V, I’m talking about love.....love scared ´em
to death, when they got close to love, when they got next to love, when they
felt it in their hearts, they started to run home like little babies to their
mommies....now, do we have any brave, courageous San Francisco women out there
tonight ? (cheers)....do we have any sweet, sexy northern California girls out
there tonight ? (cheers).....let me hear you, girls (cheers) ....because I’m
talking to you too tonight....that´s right.....it’s the same thing
with you, girls....you get close to that thing you love and what do you do ?....you
run away, women that would jump out of an airplane at 30,000 feet....scared
when they get next to love.....now, I’m down here tonight because what
I got to say is....I have sinned !.... and I ain´t ashamed to admit it
!....and I ain´t here to beg for no damn forgiveness either, baby, Jimmy
Swaggert, Jim Baker, Pat Robertson, them suckers can kiss my ass, pal....and
that Jerry Falwell, he can kiss me twice, both cheeks....because I don´t
care who you bring down here, bring down the Road Warriors, bring down King
Kong Bundy, bring down Andre the Giant, I’ll take ‘em on ‘cause
I am not afraid of those things but what I´ve got to confess to here tonight.....I
must confess that I’m a coward .....when it comes to love....”
03.05.88 Mountain View, CA, intro to ‘Part Man Part Monkey’
‘‘Well, now, there´s thems that believe that we come from
Adam and Eve....and then there’s thems that, uh....are like this....”
03.05.88 Mountain View, CA, middle of ‘Dancing in the Dark’
‘‘Sometimes I feel.....so very lonely....have you ever been lonely
out there ?....I mean... so lonely you wanna cry now.....that’s when you
gotta reach out....to somebody who reminds you that you´re a real human
being....that’s when a boy....that’s when a boy ....needs his mother
(Bruce’s mother comes on stage to dance with him)
(....) That´s where I got all my moves !....”
03.05.88 Mountain View, CA, intro to ‘Born to Run’
‘‘Oh, thank you....I was sitting home thinking, uh....what I wanted
to do when we came out on tour this time, I knew I wanted to sing a new song,
felt that that was my job....and uh, but this is a song I’ve sung, I guess
every night we’ve played for the last 15 years or so.....it was a song
that seemed to open up as I sang it over the years and kind of let the time
in....and it seemed to kind of age along with me, gracefully, I hope, you know
(chuckles) but hey, man.....I’m a youngblood still (chuckles)....and uh,
when I wrote this song I guess I thought I was writing about a guy and a girl
that wanted to run and keep on running.....never come back....that was kind
of a nice romantic idea but uh....like I was telling the folks last night, I
put all those people in those cars and I figured, uh, I had to figure out some
place for ‘em to go....because, uh, in the end, I guess, that that individual
freedom, in and of itself, ends up feeling kind of empty and meaningless....and
I realised that those two people that I put in that car 15 years ago were out
there somewhere trying to make a connection....trying to....trying to find out
where they fit in....trying to find some place that, I guess, they could stand
for a little while and call ‘home’....and as I got older I realised
that that home really isn´t out there but that it’s buried deep
inside of here someplace....and I guess if you search for it and fight for it,
maybe you´ll end up with a little piece of it....and this song has, uh,
kept me good company on my search, I hope it’s kept you good company on
yours.... and I’d like to do it for you tonight wishing that you may all
have....happiness and find a little piece of your home.....”
03.05.88 Mountain View, CA, intro to ‘Glory Days’
‘‘And this is for all you high school graduates out there.....”
03.05.88 Mountain View, CA, intro to ‘Rosalita’
‘‘Oh, it’s nice being back up in this area...I’ve spent
a lot of time out here ‘cause my folks live out here...and uh, now, for
my mother, the greatest love song I ever wrote...”
03.05.88 Mountain View, CA, intro to ‘Have Love Will Travel’
‘‘I have only begun to rock.....is there anybody out there tonight
?....is there anybody in trouble out there tonight ?....is there anybody out
there that needs a little love, a little affection, a little personal attention
because we´ve come all the way from New Jersey ....and we have a mission
in mind....and I’m gonna tell you what that thing is....we came 3000 miles
and our motto tonight is one thing and that’s ‘Have Love Will Travel’....”
03.05.88 Mountain View, CA, intro to ‘Sweet Soul Music’
‘‘This is where....people think I’m gonna get a little tired,
you see.....this is right where it is, you see....but uh, I always fool ‘em,
you see....because being out in the fresh air like this....I find it very invigorating....see,
I’m a nature boy at heart, you know what I mean....now, I feel just fine....but
you look a little on the tired side to me....oh yeah, you wanna run home and
climb in that little bed, get out that little bag of potato chips and watch
them old Kojak re-runs, don’t you ?....is that not the type of people
we’ve got here tonight ?....are you sure ? (cheers)....do you think you
can stand it ? (cheers) .....are you all fully insured ? (cheers)....don´t
sue me if there’s any heart attacks out there, baby, because I´ve
got a question that I wanna ask you.....”
03.05.88 Mountain View, CA, intro to ‘Raise Your Hand’
‘‘Are you trying to tell me something ?....I mean, do you wish us
to continue, is that
it ?....well, I’ve worked my ass off for three hours, you better yell
louder than that, baby....are you talking to me ? ....are you talking to me
? ....are you talking to me ?.... well, then are you ready for a little religious
liberation ?....are you ready for a little spiritual affirmation ?....are you
ready for some sexual consummation ?...then just get up and raise your hand
one time.....
(....) Now, before I leave ‘Frisco or wherever the hell I am.....there´s
something that I’ve got to know....is there something you want ?....is
there something you need ?....is there something you´ve got to have.....then
just raise your hand.....”
03.05.88 Mountain View, CA, end of ‘Little Latin Lupe Lu’
‘‘Now I don´t really know what to do right here....’cause
we haven´t played this song in about ten years, you see (chuckles) but
I´m gonna think of something in a minute.... Little Latin Lupe Lu.....and
I’m afraid of what it´s gonna be, I know what it´s gonna be
.....it’s a song that....what should it be, boys ?.....what, Bubba ? no,
no, let’s not do that, let’s do, uh, we did that, right ?....Little
Latin Lupe Lu.....I got to do something that’s gonna inspire me.....it’s
got to feel good, it’s got to send these people home rocking. baby....it’s
got to send ‘em home nice and toasty, you know what I mean.... so, bring
this thing up and then follow me, boys....you better watch me now....I’m
about to get real good...oh, I’m about to be so good....I can´t
stand myself, baby....you know what I mean ?....let´s stop this thing
right here.....and now a little guitar, please, what can I say ?....”
03.05.88 Mountain View, CA, middle of ´Light of Day´
´´....and last but not least.....the man that makes my life complete....Clarence
´Big Man´ Clemons on the saxophone.....´´
Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi