15.07.81 Philadelphia, PA, intro to ´Independence Day´
´´I remember when I was, I was growing up....I lived in this house where....nobody, nobody seemed to ever talk to each other....unless, unless it was to yell at each other for something....and.....I used to think.....that my old man was the way.....I remember him getting up in the morning, going to work, coming home, sitting in the kitchen at night....and always drinking too much....and it seems like when I was a kid, I used to think that it was always that way, that he was never....that he was never different than when I´d, I´d known him....then I went....to my aunt´s house one, for dinner, I think it was one Thanksgiving....and she gave me a picture of my dad when he was, it was in 1946 so he was....oh, about ...about 22....and he had on this suit, this John Garfield-type-suit, he was lookíng straight into the camera.... and he looked so full of, full of life and full of....full of himself...and I watched him.....as I got older I watched all the things that....that were good about him ....get turned away....and....he got turned real hard inside....it´s hard not to let that happen to you in the world the way it is today, you know, it´s hard....it´s hard not to cover up ...and....but I watched him and in the end it seems....if you cover up your feelings too much and you cover up the things that hurt you, that run you down....somehow in the end they just stay inside you and they just eat, eat you alive....and....I remember when I left home, I thought....that I was gonna get out from underneath all those things....that I was gonna get away from all those things that turn you that way...but you never really do and all you can do is live with ´em....try not to let ´em beat you down....this is a....this is a song I wrote for my father in 1977 when I realised....that he was like me....”

15.07.81 Philadelphia, PA, middle of ´Rosalita´
´´Alright now, folks....now we have....the most important part of the show....I´m talking about the band introductions....first, to my far left, a man on the thing that we like to call the piano, let´s have a nice round of applause for ´Professor´ Roy Bittan.... now, next the man in the black shirt....comes to you from Asbury Park, New Jersey.... he´s the master of soul, the poet of rock´n´roll, he brought you such great 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´, I´m talking about the great ´Miami´ Steve Van Zandt....next we got a man that plays all the low notes, I´m talking to you about the bass player, Mr.Garry W.Tallent....and now back on the drums, we got a man that plays so hard, plays so mean, brings grown men to their knees and they cry, good girls go bad and bad girls, that´s right, they get worse, I´m talking about the ´The Mighty´ Max Weinberg on the drums....we´ve got a gentleman all the way from Flemington, New Jersey, he´s the mysterious member of the band, the only member of the band with red hair, I´m talking about ´Phantom´ Dan Federici on the organ ....and now, last but not least....that´s right, I don´t blame you, I don´t blame you for being excited because I´m gonna introduce to you now a man we know, he´s the king of the world, he´s the master of the universe, he´s the emperor of all things, he´s faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall women, I mean tall buildings in a single bound, ladies and gentlemen, gimme a C-L-A-R-E-N-C-E, what´s that spell ?....what´s that spell ?....what´s that spell ?....Spotlight on the Big Man ! ....”

Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi