09.07.84 Cleveland, OH, intro to ´Nebraska´
´´(?)....it seems harder to stay, stay connected to things these
days, you know, it´s uh....I think when people get....isolated from their
jobs and isolated from their families and from their friends....it doesn´t
leave much, much left to hang on to....you just get kind of consumed by that,
that feeling of powerlessness....”
09.07.84 Cleveland, OH, intro to ´Glory Days´
´´Alright....what I wanna know is how many old-timers we got out
there ? (cheers) what I mean is is there anybody out there over 30 years old
? (cheers) is there anybody out there as old as me ? (cheers) you ain´t
as old as me (?) how old ? 17 ? that´s just right, no, no.... it´s
not the kind of guy I am.....is there anybody out there as old as the Big Man
? (some cheers)(giggles) but he looks good.....here´s a song about old
friends....coming up to you in old places....telling you old stories...that
you wish they´d forgot (chuckles)...you see....”
09.07.84 Cleveland, OH, intro to ´Used Cars´
´´This is uh....I remember the first car....that I had was a 1957,
it was Chevrolet BelAir.... it was nice....and uh .... I bought it for 800 dollars....and
had it, had it for quite a while....I guess that´s now being sold somewhere
for 10,000 dollars, this car (chuckles) and it doesn´t run as good either
(chuckles)...but uh ....I think everybody at one time had to accompany their
parents down to ...down to the car-lot, pick out the....anybody drive here tonight
in their first car ?....(?) you never forget it (chuckles).... anyway....I always
remember going down there with the....it´d be a big family affair, go
down there, me and my little sister....it was the only time me and my little
sister got together on anything..... was we used to lobby, lobby for a convertible
from our dad....and the funny thing was my father, he, he was the convertible-type
too except he had something that kept holding him back....”
09.07.84 Cleveland, OH, intro to ´No Surrender´
´´Thanks (crowd : ´Bruce, Bruce´) that´s my name,
that is my name....thanks....this is uh....(?)....there was a....there was this
song by Big Country called ´In a Big Country´.... and it had a great
line that said, uh, ´In a big country, a dream will stay with you´....and
uh....this is for Little Steven, wherever he may be.....”
09.07.84 Cleveland, OH, intro to ´Pink Cadillac´
´´Now, some say it was the apple....some say it was the wine....some
say it was just a fella ....looking for a good time....but now looking back....the
only thing it could´ve been....was a pink.....Cadillac....”
09.07.84 Cleveland, OH, middle of ´Rosalita´
´´Ladies and gentlemen....welcome....to our show.....we´ve
got with us tonight....a wide array of stars onstage....beginning at the far
left....on the piano....Professor Roy Bittan.... on the bass guitar, with the
thunder from down under, Mr.Garry W.Tallent.....on the vocals, from Asbury Park,
New Jersey, Mr....Miss Patti Scialfa....ain´t used to having a woman in
the band yet (chuckles) on the drums, the man with the heat and the beat, Mighty
Max Weinberg....on the organ, Phantom Dan Federici....and on the guitar....
drumroll, please....Mr.Nils Lofgren (Nils does his stunt on the trampoline)....and
now..... that´s right.....last but not least....the master of the universe....the
emperor of all known things....ladies and gentlemen, the Eighth Wonder of the
world, give me a C-L-A-R-E-N-C-E, what’s that spell ?… what’s
that spell ?… what’s that spell ? Clarence Big Man Clemons....”
09.07.84 Cleveland, OH, intro to ´Born to Run´
´´Thanks....I wanna, I wanna thank everybody who´s come down
to our shows here in Cleveland, thank you very much....I know there´s
a lot of you guys out there who came both nights (?) and uh....I´d also
like to say, I´d also like to thank youse for like I said last night this
was one of the first towns that really showed us a lot of support ten years
ago (?)....I just, just wanna let you know that we, we appreciate it so here´s
to you.....”
Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi