20.09.78 Passaic, NJ, intro to ‘Good Rockin’Tonight’:
”Awright (chuckles)....gimme a little light....how you doing out there
tonight ? (cheers)... you ready to fool around tonight ? (cheers)....it’s
just me and you tonight....”
20.09.78 Passaic, NJ, intro to ‘Darkness on the Edge of Town’:
”Alright....alright....(?) all this stuff, what ?....we got something
from Neptune here..... Eat at the Raven Lounge.....says Al, Joe, John, Bob and
Kevin.....let me guess , that’s you guys (chuckles)....(?) four nights,
tickets and tickets (chuckles)....what is all this stuff ?.... I’m not
that old yet....oh-oh....say cheese.....I’m not this big yet (chuckles)....
Hey Bob....what is this ?.....(?)....oh boy, junkfood.....I’m set for
a week with this, right ?.....you guys should make some room so everybody can
see ‘cause we’re gonna be playing all night so you gotta.....don’t
crowd up here, just find your seats and relax ‘cause we got a long time
to play.....so really , clear the aisle so all the folks can see and stuff.....thanks
for all the goodies (chuckles)....this is uh....’Darkness on the Edge
of Town’....”
20.09.78 Passaic, NJ, intro to ‘Independence Day’:
(someone screams : ”Kitty’s Back!”)....we’ll get to
that one a little later, alright ?.... oh boy....this is a new song, somebody
asked for out back....it was a little blonde-haired girl, I don’t know
what her name is but here’s ‘Independence Day’....”
20.09.78 Passaic, NJ, intro to ‘The Promised Land’:
”I got it.....a rock ! (chuckles)....I can’t read all this stuff
and play.....this is nice.....
’Follow That Dream’ , Elvis Presley.....we don’t know this
one, we almost know it (chuckles)....they know me so well.....let me restrain
myself (chuckles).....alright, Roy ....(laughs)....we’ll take care of
him later with that.....”
20.09.78 Passaic, NJ, after ‘Jungleland’:
”Thanks.....Bruuuuuce (chuckles).....we’re....we’re gonna
take a 20-minute break then we’ll be back to do another set for you, we
got a surprise for you second set, alright..... you guys gonna be surprised....”
20.09.78 Passaic, NJ, intro to ‘Santa Claus Is Coming to Town’:
”I hope you’re ready for this now.....here we go (chuckles)....we
know it’s a little early (chuckles).....”
20.09.78 Passaic, NJ, intro to ‘Fire’ (after ‘Santa Claus
Is Coming to Town’)
”Oh, is that sick or what ? (giggles)....Ah, Merry Christmas (giggles)....oh
God..... what was that ?....nothing weighing more than half a pound please.....hey,
I gotta get to work here.....you guys are crazy.....”
20.09.78 Passaic, NJ, intro to ‘Kitty’s Back’:
”What is all this stuff ?....I wanna thank all you guys for sending all
this stuff up here..... if I looked at it all, we wouldn’t have no time
to play (chuckles).....but I wanna let you know that.....that uh.....just thanks
a lot.....when you’re getting old, these things mean something (chuckles)....tonight....means
that.....Kitty’s back !....”
20.09.78 Passaic, NJ, intro to ‘Incident on 57th Street’:
”This is for all the folks that , uh.....are throwing stuff up at me (chuckles).....and
sending the stuff up here.....something from ‘The Wild and the Innocent’.....the
Incident on 57th Street.....”
20.09.78 Passaic, NJ, intro to ‘Born to Run’:
”It was nice being alone with you tonight (chuckles)....”
20.09.78 Passaic, NJ, intro to ‘Tenth Avenue Freeze Out’:
”That’s disgusting.....Are you ready for the dirty....nasty....filthy....lowdown....Tenth
Avenue Freeze out ?”....”
20.09.78 Passaic, NJ, intro to ‘Detroit Medley’:
”If you feel half as crazy as I do right now.....you’ll be ready
for this next one.....yeah, knock yourself a girl (chuckles)....”
Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi