15.11.80 Houston, Texas, intro to ‘Independence Day’:
”I remember....when I was back in high school, grammar school (cheers)....I never did any good in school, I was....I was always bored or not interested....and....it wasn’t until, uh....I started listening to the radio and stuff....where....I just got....from the singers, it was like early 60’s.....and there was a lot of just beautiful stuff on the radio (cheers).... and....and they just, those singers , those guys, I, I didn’t know (?) from North Jersey, from New York, I’d hear it coming across the air (cheers)....and they just....they just gave you.....the idea about this (?) limit, you know...and...I always regret it about....I always thought there was a lot of stuff in school that....that was potentially really interesting but that they never knew how to get it......thru your head....they never knew how to get it down to your heart (cheers)...now, I always wish I could’ve learned about history.....and....just the history of this country....when I was young....now, the first thing I really remember was....I was riding down the road, I was 15 years old..... and on came ‘Like a Rolling Stone’ (cheers) and.....and I remember it was on the AM-radio and the, that speaker was all distorted and I couldn’t pick out all the verses but there was this one line and there was this one question....that when he said.....’How does it feel to be on your own ?’ (cheers)....so....this is for all you guys that are out there on your own tonight (cheers)....”

15.11.80 Houston, Texas, intro to ‘Factory’:
”I remember my old man could’ve....there was a lot of things that came out when he was young....where he could’ve had it better for himself....except....he had my mom, he had me and my sisters to watch over....so if your folks....worked every day of their lives.....at a job they hated , for you.....this song is for you too....”

15.11.80 Houston, Texas, middle of ‘Growin’Up’:
”It was a night....just like...’cept we were back in New Jersey (cheers)....who knows where New Jersey is ? (cheers)....how’d you find out ? (chuckles)....they been hiding it up there....it was me....Clarence...Steve....we were driving down this....dark back road ....there was no streetlights....it was real spooky.....there were these sounds coming out of the woods (cheers)....and then.....then we got a flat tire (cheers)....how can I get a flat tire ? .....we got a flat tire (chuckles)....on the right side in the back..... now, it was so dark that nobody....would get out of the car to fix it....so we decided we’d (?), we figured out the American way....we gambled (cheers)....tried to choose up who’s gonna go outside....can’t do that with three guys.....so that didn’t work..... so finally .....we were standing there.....we all climbed in the frontseat.....huddled up close together.....and just like in that movie ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’, this big light came shining down on our car (cheers)....and as I looked out the window....I saw this big round something with Cadillac fins on it (cheers) and a sign that said....’Little Norman and the Invaders....We play parties, weddings and bar mitzvahs’ (cheers).... so this guy sticks his head out....and he looks down.....and he says ‘Hey Boss’ (cheers) ‘Which way’....he says ‘Which way to the New Jersey Turnpike?’ (cheers)....’Which way to the New Jersey Turn, wait a minute.....wait a minute....we’re stuck down here on the road.....we don’t have a spare....no spare tire and you wanna know which way to the New Jersey Turnpike, alright, I make a deal with you.....you gotta give us one wish each.....and we’ll tell you how to get to the Turnpike’....so....now....we thought real hard about this.....Steve, what was your wish ?....Steve’s wish was....that the Steelers were playing as good as the Oilers (cheers)....so he’s got it down with that wish, right ? (cheers)....so....Clarence, what was yours ? (Clarence says : ‘I wished....for (?)) Clarence wished for West (?) cowboy outfit.....now....I wasn’t gonna wish for things as silly as that.....so I thought, let me see....my own combination Laundromat-Pizza parlor.... downtown Asbury Park (cheers)....no, it’s not big enough....that’s not enough, that’s not enough.....so I thought of , uh....for some reason, I didn’t think to wish for a spare but ....before I even said it....it was just in the back of my mind....and I looked over...I was thinking about what I was wishing for.....and I looked over.....on the dark....on the dark side of the road....and I saw.....(sees his guitar)....and man, when we touched.....”

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