09.03.88 Philadelphia, PA, intro to ´All That Heaven Will Allow´
´´Man, it´s nice out here today, think I´ll take a little
walk in the park.....feels like spring already....hey !....hey man ! how you
doing ? what´ve you been up to ? (chuckles) ain´t seen you in a
little while, you look good, you´ve lost some weight or something, looks
good.....it´s nice, what´ve you been doing ?...yeah, I know you´ve
been, you´ve been married....oh-oh, we´ve got baby pictures coming
out....how old ? three years old.....got a little Big Man running around out
there....he´s big....is this your car ?....he´s driving already,
right (chuckles)....he looks handsome, that´s nice....(giggles) he´s
got that little saxophone.....man, time sure flies, goes fast.....we used to
sit here on this bench.....10, 12 years ago, 1975, 1974 ....yeah, that´s
where, we put our names right there (chuckles) remember this girl ? oh, she
killed you (chuckles) we used to sit here and watch all the girls go by at lunchtime....used
to bring, used to bring out albums down and sit ´em on our laps, hoping
that they would notice ....it´s right about that time now, man....used
to come by this time every day....from that big office building on the corner....hey,
hey, check the girl in the white blouse and the blue blouse, here she comes,
here she comes, sssh.....(chuckles) we can´t do that now (chuckles) oh,
man, I remember, I remember I was with you the night you met your wife, you
know.... we was overseas and we were in this little club after the show, Clarence
came back to my room and said ´Bruce, I met the girl I´m gonna marry,
I´m in love´ but he used to say that about every one of his girlfriends....so
I thought ´Yeah, that´s good, Clarence, great, great, great´
and then....and then you did (chuckles) you know, that´s nice.....remember
what it felt like the first time like you, first time you see somebody that
you....you´re kind of interested in....that you want for your love interest
(chuckles) when they come walking in that room..... it kind of feels like this,
New Jersey-style, do it, Richie (The Miami Horns start singing) here she comes
but will she ? does she ? (?)....it´s good to see you, buddy, I gotta
get home, I gotta be home by dinnertime now....and then I gotta be in bed by
11 o´clock, you wouldn´t believe it....that´s when she goes
to bed.....I´ll see you later, good to see you.....”
09.03.88 Philadelphia, PA, intro to ´Spare Parts´
´´How you doing out there tonight ? (cheers) how´re you guys
way up there ? (cheers) that´s good....this is uh....old dreams....are....funny
things, you know...a way people cling to ´em.... things that you hoped
for, ways that you imagined that your life was gonna be when you were young
that you just don´t wanna give up....as you grow older, no matter how
much the world....kind of gets you in your face about it (chuckles)....I wrote
this next song, was about ....a woman....trying to give up her old dreams....´cause
if you don´t, the world just keeps breaking your heart over and over again....and
uh....about a woman trying to put her past away....and trying to understand
the importance of her own individual existence....and the importance of the
life of her child....it seems that no matter where you go or what happens to
you....understanding the value of your own life....always seems like such a
hard thing to do .....I guess, there´s always days for everybody when,
when they feel worthless.....getting by those times....is always a struggle....this
song is about a woman fighting that struggle.....”
09.03.88 Philadelphia, PA, intro to ´You Can Look´
´´Alright....I love to shop....but uh....”
09.03.88 Philadelphia, PA, intro to ´I´m a Coward´
´´Let me see your hands out there tonight....let me see your hands,
that´s right, that´s right... that´s right....yeah.....are
there any brave men in the audience tonight ? (cheers)....are there any macho
men Philadelphia-style out there ? (cheers)....this is where Rocky did all that
training and bullshit, there´s gotta be some tough men out there tonight....well,
I’ve seen men that would swim rivers....they´d climb mountains....they´d
get in the ring....and they´d fight grizzly bears....but there´s
one thing that they was afraid of....do you know what that one thing they were
afraid of was ?....I´m gonna tell you right now, it was L-U-V, love, they
were scared to death of love.....whenever they got near it, they ran, they ran
back home like little children....´cause it´s a scary thing....and
now, women....girls, I´m talking to you too.... women, I’m talking
to you too....because I’ve seen women that would jump out of an airplane
at 30,000 feet....swim down the Amazon....wrestling alligators and crocodiles....but
there was one thing that they was afraid of....and that one thing was love....they
were scared of love....love scared ´em, do you know what I´m talking
about ?....well, I’m down here tonight because I´ve got a confession
to make....I´ve got something I´ve got to get off my shoulders.....I´ve
got something I´ve got to reveal.....and what I wanna say is I have sinned
! ....but I don’t care who you bring down here....you can bring down Hulk
Hogan, I´ll mess with him right here.....you can bring down George the
Animal Steele, you can bring down the Road Warriors, you can bring down Andre
the Giant....bring ´em all down, bring down that Junkyard (?), I´ll
take him right here because that´s not what I´m afraid of....because
things like that don´t scare me....but what I´ve got to say....what
I´ve got to confess tonight is.... what I´ve got to confess is....that
I’m a Coward when it comes to love....”
09.03.88 Philadelphia, PA, intro to ´Born to Run´
´´Oh, thank you, thanks....so....it´s been great being back
here in Philadelphia the past two nights....this was, uh....Philadelphia was
one of the first towns we ever did when we started ....(?) I guess ´73....I
remember we played, uh.....five nights at The Main Point and then we .....drove
to Boston and played six nights up there.....but uh....it´s always nice
coming back to a place that you´ve got little history with.....and uh,
gonna do this for all our longtime fans out there (?)....people, uh, I was telling
the folks last night, people always ask me what my favorite song is....and....usually,
usually I say I don´t have one but I think I´m lying when I say
that (chuckles) I think this....this next song is, uh....I guess this is my
favorite song....this was a song I wrote, I was 24 years old....I was in my
bedroom in Long Branch, New Jersey ....had a lot of ideas running around my
head (chuckles) oh.....I guess over the years, this is the song I never really
got tired of singing, I´ve sung it a whole lot.....and when I look back,
it surprises me how much I knew about my life.....at that time when I was so
young....and uh, this was a song about a guy and a girl who wanted to run and
keep on running....and uh....I guess, for a big part of my life....I felt that
that was me, I guess....it still is a big part of my personality but I´m
working on it (chuckles) but uh, as the years went by, I realised that it´s
a song about two people out there searching for something better but most important,
they were two people who were looking out into the world, you know....trying
to find a place where they could stand, a place that they could call ´home´....or
just a moment, a moment that felt like home....and I guess in the end that home
that we all search for every day is buried and waiting deep inside of us....so....anyway,
this song kept me pretty good company on my search, I hope it´s, uh....rode
shotgun with you on yours (chuckles)....good luck (chuckles)....”
09.03.88 Philadelphia, PA, intro to ´Love Me Tender´
´´Oh....thanks, I just wanna take a second and thank everybody for
coming down to the shows in Philly....and uh....I´d like to thank this
city for its longtime support of our band all the way back in the early 70´s....we
appreciate it....yeah....this is for you and your sweetie, here we go....”
09.03.88 Philadelphia, PA, intro to ´Rosalita´
´´And now the greatest love song I ever wrote.....”
09.03.88 Philadelphia, PA, middle of ´Detroit Medley´
´´I´m just a prisoner....of something I don´t understand.....”
09.03.88 Philadelphia, PA, intro to ´Raise Your Hand´
´´Get back on them instruments.....
(....) This is the last thing I wanna say tonight....if you´re alive,
if you´re out there, is there something you need ? (cheers) is there something
you want ? (cheers) then you gotta raise your hand....”
09.03.88 Philadelphia, PA, end of ´Dancing in the Dark´
´´Sometimes I feel....so lonely....and I just start living inside
my head too much....and I can´t get out....and I just wanna....I feel
like I wanna cry, cry, cry....and that´s when I know....that I need somebody....to
remind me I´m a member of, uh....human race.....come on, baby....´´
09.03.88 Philadelphia, PA, middle of ´Light of Day´
´´Alright, on the piano, Professor Roy Bittan.....on the drums,
the Mighty Max Weinberg.... on the guitar and vocals, the lovely Miss Patti
Scialfa....on the guitar, the great Nils Lofgren ....on the bass guitar, Mr.
Garry W.Tallent....on the organ, Phantom Dan Federici....back on the horns,
we got on the baritone, Eddie ´Kingfish´, on the trombone Richie
La Bamba, on the trumpet Mr.Love Man, the other trumpet, Mike, on the saxophone,
Mr.Mario Cruz.... Tunnel of Love horns....and last but not least....his experience
precedes him....the handsomest man you´ve ever seen....Clarence ´Big
Man´ Clemons on the saxophone....´´
Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi