04.06.81 London, England, intro to ´´Follow That Dream´´
´´This is, uh, this is a song that was originally done by Elvis
Presley, this is called ´Follow That Dream´....´´
04.06.81 London, England, intro to ´´Johnny Bye Bye´´
´´(someone yells ´´Jackson Cage´´) We´ll
do that for you in a minute, alright?....(?)....this is, uh....there´s
this book out, it´s called Elvis ´56 and, uh....it´s got a
bunch of pictures of when he was first, first touring.....and when you look
at ´em....when he was that young....he always seemed so, so sure of himself,
looked like he had some secret that he wasn´t telling you about....and....after
he died, it was hard to, hard to understand how, how somebody that once had
been, been so rich inside could´ve....could´ve ended up so poor
and.....he deserved a lot better, better than he got so....but, uh, this is
called ´Johnny Bye Bye´....´´
04.06.81 London, England, intro to ´´Jackson Cage´´
(following ´´Johnny Bye Bye´´)
´´Alright, this is for that fellow over there, here we go (chuckles)....´´
04.06.81 London, England, end of ´´Sherry Darling´´
(before ´´Hungry Heart´´)
´´This is for my partner....´´
04.06.81 London, England, intro to ´´Backstreets´´
´´There´s a....one, two....there´s a Marvin Gaye and
Tammy Tarrell song that says, there´s, that it takes one to dream but
it takes two to make a dream come true.....and I guess....I guess that that´s
what it´s all about.....so, Mark*, this is for, this is for you and June
on your anniversary....´´
(* Bruce´s then tour lighting director Mark Brickman and his wife June
Rudley, at whose wedding reception The E Street Band played a set on June 3rd
1979 in Los Angeles).
04.06.81 London, England, middle of ´´Rosalita´´
´´To the far left of the stage....over that way, on the piano, Professor
Roy Bittan....play it, Roy....on the guitar....the man that brought you such
hits as....´I Don´t Wanna Go Home´.... ´Sweeter Than
Honey´....´This Time It´s for Real´....´Some Things
Just Don´t Change´.... ´Daddy´s Come Home´....Miami
Steve Van Zandt....on the bass guitar, Mr.Garry W. Tallent ....on the drums,
the Mighty Max Weinberg....on the organ, Phantom Dan Federici.....and..... last.....but
not least....I´m talking about a man.....I´m talking about a great
humanitarian....a great veterinarian....around home we like to call him ´the
king of the world´....the master of the universe....the emperor of all
things....the guy´s faster than a speeding bullet.....more powerful than
a roaring locomotive....able to leap tall buildings in a single bound....I don´t
care who you bring down here (?) none of these turkeys can stand to the power
and the glory of, of, of.....Spotlight on the Big Man....´´
04.06.81 London, England, intro to ´´Jungleland´´
´´Thanks....I´d like....I´d like to....first I´d
like to apologise for us having to cancel out on you the first time around and
I hope it didn´t cause you too much inconvenience and....and I´d
like to, I´d like to thank everybody, we haven´t been back here
in such a long time and, and over the past five years I´d like to thank
youse all for supporing the band and being such good fans for us....because
we appreciated it....this is for you.....´´
04.06.81 London, England, middle of ´´Detroit Medley´´
´´I´ve got some good news and I´ve got some bad news....first
the good news....I´m gonna be able to go home and catch Columbo tonight....now
the bad news....I´m gonna go right now.... I´m out of gas, baby....I
ain´t got none....Big Man, I´m out of gas....I got a gas crisis
happening....I got a gas crisis....no, I got a gas crisis....that means I´m
tired, that means I´m too tired to play any more....(?)....I got no gas
now....(Clarence: ´´We don´t need no gas´´) we
don´t need no gas? (Clarence: ´´We don´t need no gas,
you know why?´´) ´cause somebody stole the car, that´s
why (chuckles)...oh!....oh!....we don´t need no gas....because ....because....because....I
see a train....´´
Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi