
19.07.81 Philadelphia, PA, intro to ´Independence Day´
´´I used to....watch my old man every night.....sitting in the kitchen....and....I
remember I used to think....I used to count his life like it was over already....and....and
then I used to get mad when he.....when he´d count me....like I didn´t
know what I was doing or like I hadn´t started nothing yet....and all
the while we lived together, we were always short-changing each other all the
time....and we never realised until it was.....too late down the road....and
I wouldn´t give him, I remember when I was growing up, I wouldn´t,
I wouldn´t allow him the same hopes and dreams....that I used to get mad
at him for denying me.....people who live together, I guess, they take each
other for granted a lot....I know that´s what happened (?).... so if you´ve
got folks at home, which, I guess, everybody does, you should....just try and,
try and give ´em an even break, you know....”
19.07.81 Philadelphia, PA, intro to ´For You´
´´Thanks....this is for all the veterans out there....it´s
´For You´....´´
19.07.81 Philadelphia, PA, end of ´You Can Look´
´´Hey Steve, went downtown, middle of the night.....looked to my
left, looked to my right.... walked down the street, didn’t get too far,
saw in a shop window, a gold guitar....(?) breaking glass, heard the cops after
my ass....(?) a burglar alarm, judge says ´Three months, boy, in a state
farm....´´
19.07.81 Philadelphia, PA, intro to ´Sandy´
´´This is for all the folks from.....the Shore that are here tonight....”
19.07.81 Philadelphia, PA, middle of ´Growin´Up´
´´There we were....it was me and the Big Man and Steve....it was
a summer night, matter of fact it was just like tonight....except it was raining....and
it was a little cooler....we were out on this backroad....in Big Man´s
old Buick....and the thing starts overheating....steam starts pouring out of
the hood.....I got no water, ain´t got nothing.....Steve´s telling
him to get the thing fixed all the time, he never listens....and we get stuck.....now,
there´s no streetlights, there´s no moon, it was dark.....it´s
scary too....we hear all these spooky sounds coming out of the woods (cheers)
sounded like the Wolfman or something out there (crowd howls) no, it sounds
more like Frankenstein (cheers) sounds more like lions out there (crowd roars)
so we had to decide who´s gonna get out of the car and hitchhike to the
gas-station.....now, this is an easy decision, I´ll tell you why....you
see, I ain´t gonna get out of the car....because I´m the Boss !....now....the
Big Man, he ain´t getting out of the car ´cause he´s a lot
bigger than Steve.....so just as we were (?) Steve out through the window....all
of a sudden a light come above us just like in that movie Close Encounters of
the Third Kind, it came crashing down ....holy smokes ! we looked up and there
it was.....painted candy apple red, Hooker headers on the side, this gigantic
(?) flying saucer that said on the side ´Little Melvin and the Invaders
- we play weddings, parties and bar mitzvahs´....so....so the guy sticks
his head out, a little green man, says ´Hey, any of you guys (?) any of
guys know the way to the New Jersey Turnpike ?´....now, folks.....we don´t
tell just anybody how to get to the New Jersey Turnpike....if you don´t
know, you shouldn´t be there !....gonna make a deal with you, jack ....he
said ´I´ll give you guys one wish, one wish a piece if you tell
me how to get there´....so we gave him the directions and he sped off.....(?)....but
just as he was going off into the distance, we looked down the road and way
out there in the middle of the highway we see something.....we see something
start to appear.....and since we had these instruments, we figured we might
as well start a band....”
19.07.81 Philadelphia, PA, middle of ´Rosalita´
´´Ladies and gentlemen....I´d like to now....do my favorite
part of the show....here´s the band introductions....I´d like to
begin....(?) this side of the stage....a man who plays the piano, graduated
from high school out on Long Island, did many things, many things, a man of
many accomplishments, when he plays the keys, grown men fall to their knees....good
girls go bad and the bad girls....get worse, I´m talking about Professor
Roy Bittan on the piano.... now next up we´ve got this man on the guitar,
he´s the master of soul, he´s the poet of rock and 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´, ´Trapped Again´, ´Daddy´s
Coming Home´, I´m talking about the great Miami Steve Van Zandt.....(?)....next
we got a man who came here tonight, drove by himself all the way from Neptune,
New Jersey, that´s right, I´m talking about, on the bass guitar,
the handsome, debonair (?) Mr.Garry W. Tallent on the bass....on the drums,
we´ve got a fellow all the way from South Orange, I´m talking about
the Mighty Max Weinberg.....now on the organ....from Flemington, New Jersey....how
many folks here from Flemington tonight ? (some cheers) how´d you get
here ?....I wanna introduce you to a man, the most experienced member of the
band, the only member of the band with red hair, I´m talking about, on
the organ and on the accordion, two time winner of the Ted Mack Amateur Hour
(?) I´m talking about Phantom Dan Federici on the organ....and now last
but not least....I know....uh, this is the toughest part because words (?) always
fail me at this moment, I can´t say nothing about this guy, everybody
already knows 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 roaring locomotive....able to leap tall
women, I mean tall buildings in a single bound....the man is a proud minister
of soul, the Chairman of (?) and moral majority in America, I´m talking
about, gimme a C-L-A-R-E-N-C-E, what´s that spell ? (crowd : ´Clarence
!´) what´s that spell ? (crowd : ´Clarence !´) what´s
that spell ? (crowd : ´Clarence !´) Spotlight on the Big Man !....´´
Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi