09.09.78 South Bend, IN, intro to ‘Darkness on the Edge of Town’:
”Man, it’s restless out there.....we’re gonna.....we’re
gonna be playing for a long time so you guys oughta....sit back, take it easy.....you’re
ready to blow it all out already (chuckles)....”
09.09.78 South Bend, IN, intro to ‘It’s My Life’:
”This is a song that uh.....there’s these two guys here, Tom and
Bob from Detroit..... right there ? (chuckles)....is that you two guys ?.....alright.....yesterday....ruined
all their bankaccount, all their credit following us around this summer (chuckles)....and
this is a request from them.....so uh....it’s an old Animals’song....it’s
called ‘It’s My Life’....”
09.09.78 South Bend, IN, intro to ‘Factory’:
”I grew up....in this uh.....small town called Freehold, New Jersey (cheers)....it
was about 10000 people.....and uh.....my father, he.....went in the army, was
in World War Two, came back and married my mother....had me and went to work
in this plastics factory....and this is a song I wrote for him......”
09.09.78 South Bend, IN, intro to ‘The Promised Land’:
”I did that the other night, who was in Chicago, any of you folks from
Chicago ? (cheers)....ok (chuckles).....”
09.09.78 South Bend, IN, intro to ‘Prove It All Night’:
”You guys are ready for action tonight, huh ? (cheers)....get a combat
position.....”
09.09.78 South Bend, IN, intro to ‘Double Shot of My Baby’s Love’:
”Master of disaster on the saxophone, Big Man Clarence Clemons (cheers)....
(chuckles) alright, uh.....what we need is.....(music starts) this next song.....this
is a song....we’ve been on the road since May 23rd.....and we ain’t
never played this song (cheers)....now, what this song is like.....I need some
more vocal, Bobby....this song is uh.....was originally done 1967 by a group
called the Swinging Medallions (chuckles) .....and what it is.....it is the
greatest.....Fraternity Rock song of all time (cheers).... (chuckles) I don’t
know if there´s any fraternities here tonight but this is for your school,
right.....this is a song called ‘Double Shot of My Baby’s Love’
(cheers)..... ‘It wasn’t the wine....that I had too much of....it
was double shot of my baby’s love’ (chuckles)....now, the chorus....says
those words a whole mess of times so when we get to the chorus, what you gotta
do is you gotta move like you’re drunk (cheers).... you gotta move like
John Belushi (chuckles)(cheers)....and uh....and uh....all you say is ‘Double
shot of my baby’s love, yeah, yeah, yeah’, alright .....are we gonna
try it ? ..... is the band ready ?.....are you sure ?....are you ready out front
? (cheers).....
(.....) Now you know why it’s the first time we played it....”
09.09.78 South Bend, IN, intro to ‘Louie Louie’:
”Are you ready for Louie Louie’s ? (cheers)....don´t....don’t
tempt me (chuckles)..... you asked for it.....”
09.09.78 South Bend, IN, intro to ‘Fire’:
”This song was on Robert Gordon’s second album, somebody’s
been screaming for it....it is for these folks (chuckles).....”
09.09.78 South Bend, IN, intro to ‘For You’:
”Here’s a song.....some girl came up to the bus this afternoon.....with
a pizza, you know (chuckles)....this is a song for Ann....if you’re out
there, this is for you, alright....”
09.09.78 South Bend, IN, middle of ´Backstreets´
´´Just me and you, baby.....baby, I remember you....little girl,
I remember you....standing on the corner....of Richmond Avenue....with your
hair up high, that crazy look in your eye for every boy that was passing you
by....and back then I swore.....baby, I swore....for you, I´d drive all
night anytime anyplace, I´d drive all night anytime anywhere, I´d
drive all night.... just to buy you some shoes and to taste.....your tender
charms....to have you hold me in your arms....and for just one kiss....baby,
just one kiss.....baby, now, just one kiss and a look from your sad eyes.....you
had such lonely, sad eyes.....baby, they´d cry all night long.....oh,
they would cry all night long.....baby, you´d cry all night long.....little
girl, you cried.....and me, I was your fool.....I thought somehow that I could
stop.....your crying, maybe I could stop.... your crying, maybe I could stop.....your
crying but I didn´t know....that baby´d been lying.... little girl,
you were lying....baby´d been lying....little girl was lying, weren´t
you now ?....you were so young and you could tell such pretty lies....you were
so young and you could tell such pretty lies.....you were so young and you could
tell such pretty lies....and now you´re back.....well, baby I´m
back too.....and I´ve been out.....and I´ve seen some things.....about
me....and about you.....and it´s time, it´s time we stopped, little
girl, we´ve got to stop, little girl, it´s time we stopped, little
girl, you´ve got to stop, little girl, it´s time we stopped, little
girl, you´ve got to stop, little girl, you´ve got to stop, stop,
stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, STOP.....´´
09.09.78 South Bend, IN, intro to ‘Sandy’:
”This is uh.....end of the summer song here.....how many of you folks
live outside of, outside of the state here ? (cheers)....who lives, who lives
around here ? (cheers)..... everybody goes away to school, is that it ?....it’s
sorta like going on the road , like going on the road playing one town for 180
nights (chuckles).....so.....alright....this is to everybody from , uh.....from
Asbury Park with love.....”
09.09.78 South Bend, IN, intro to ‘Quarter to Three’:
”Can you stand one more ? (cheers).....are you sure ? (cheers).....alright,
here we go.... oh, what a sound ! (chuckles).....foodfight !.....”
(.....) Look at this mess you got me into now....you think I’m gonna do
this all night long ? (cheers)....you think that’s all I got to do ? (cheers)....you
think that’s all I got to do ? (cheers)....foodfight !....”
09.09.78 South Bend, IN, intro to ‘Twist and Shout’:
”(chuckles)....you guys....you’re fantastic tonight and I wanna
thank you very much.... you’re the best crowd, we’ve played seventy....three
shows, you guys are fantastic.... you guys make it feel like the first one (chuckles).....let´s
rock !....
(....) It’s too late to stop now (chuckles).....Roy, gimme that, gimme
that thing.....”
Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi