19.07.88 East Berlin, East Germany, intro to ´Spare Parts´
´´This is a song about a woman.....fighting to understand the value
of her own....individual existence....and the value of the life of her child....trying
to put away her past and to find something new and beautiful in her life now....”
19.07.88 East Berlin, East Germany, intro to ´Chimes of Freedom´
´´Es ist schön in Ost-Berlin zu sein....Ich möchte euch
sagen ich bin nicht hier fur oder gegen (?) eine Regierung, ich bin gekommen
um rock´n´roll zu spielen fur Ost-Berlinern....(?) Hofnung dass
eines Tages alle Barrieren obgeriesen werden....”
19.07.88 East Berlin, East Germany, intro to ´You Can Look´
´´Ever since you´re a little baby....there´s always
somebody telling you.....you can look at something but you can´t touch
it....I always remember my mama saying....´Oh, Son, don´t you touch
that thing....oh, Son, don´t you touch that thing....yeah, you can look
but you can´t touch that thing´....I took out my first girlfriend....took
her to a little drive-in....found a nice quiet place to park....whispered sweet
things in her ear....put my hand on her knee, whispered some more sweet things....and
just as I was about to....She said ´Son, don´t you touch that thing....oh,
son, don´t you touch that thing....you can look but you can´t touch
that thing´....”
19.07.88 East Berlin, East Germany, intro to ´I´m a Coward´
´´Is there anybody alive out there tonight ? (cheers)....is there
anybody that can feel the spirit down in their souls tonight out there ? (cheers)....that´s
good.....because I have a confession and a story that I have to tell you....and
what I want to confess to tonight is....there some men that are very brave but
they grow very frightened when they get next to love.....that´s right,
am I talking about you ?....when they get next to love, they get real scared....and
there´s plenty of women that are the same, do we have any sweet, sexy
East German girls out there tonight ? (cheers)....that´s good....are there
any brave, courageous German women out there tonight ? (cheers)....ah, that´s
right, that´s right.....but what I want to say is I´m a brave man
if I don´t say so myself....but I want to confess to is....that I’m
a coward when it comes to love ....”
19.07.88 East Berlin, East Germany, middle of ´Light of Day´
´´On the piano, Professor Roy Bittan....on the drums, the Mighty
Max Weinberg....on the guitar, the great Nils Lofgren.....on the guitar and
vocals, Miss Patti Scialfa.....on the bass guitar, Mr.Garry W.Tallent....on
the organ, Phantom Dan Federici.....in the back we got Eddie ´Kingfish´
Manion, Richie La Bamba, Mark ´The Love Man´, Mike, Mario Cruz,
the mighty Horns of Love....and last but not least, we got the incredible, the
unbelievable, the undeniable (?) master of the universe, the emperor of all
things, I´m talking about the one, the only, the incredible, the undeniable
Clarence ´Big Man´ Clemons on the saxophone....´´
Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi