21.09.78 Passaic, NJ, intro to ´High School Confidential´
´´Who´s out there tonight ?....alright (Max drums)(chuckles) once more (Max drums) do you hear me knocking ? (chuckles)....”

21.09.78 Passaic, NJ, intro to ´Darkness on the Edge of Town´
´´(crowd sings ´Happy Birthday´) Don´t remind me, alright ? (chuckles) what do you got now down there ?...it´s my instant birthday party kit, it says here....is this me or what ?....got a dirty book, oh (chuckles)....horns (chuckles)....(crowd sings ´Happy Birthday´ and the band joins in)....this is a strange night here (chuckles)....here´s ´Darkness on the Edge of Town´...”

21.09.78 Passaic, NJ, intro to ´Sweet Little Sixteen´
´´Thank you....what is all this stuff again, huh ?....it´s a cake....I´ll plant these on the bus right away (chuckles)....alright....well, since I´m getting all these presents (chuckles)....it´s too hot, it´s hot up here, I wanna tell you....(the band plays some sort of ´stripper music´)....you guys are making, make me crazy tonight....(to the band : ´Sweet Little Sixteen´)....alright (sings to himself....alright, here´s a birthday song to myself, how´s that ? (chuckles)....16 going on a 102, alright (chuckles)(?)....”
(during the intro a big cake is brought onstage and a girl jumps out of it)

21.09.78 Passaic, NJ, intro to ´Independence Day´
´´(?) blow my nose on my shirt (chuckles)....(?) is that real ?....this is not real (chuckles).... what´s that now ? that´s toilet paper....I know the difference (chuckles) I´m no dummy (chuckles)....alright, this is uh....this is a new song, this is called ´Independence Day´....”

21.09.78 Passaic, NJ, intro to ´The Promised Land´
´´Are you ready for ´The Promised Land´ ?....”

21.09.78 Passaic, NJ, intro to ´Prove It All Night´
´´The question is.....do you really think you can prove it all night ? (cheers)....we´ll see, we´ll see (chuckles)....”

21.09.78 Passaic, NJ, intro to ´Thunder Road´
´´Ready to ride Thunder Road ?....”

21.09.78 Passaic, NJ, intro to ´Meeting Across the River´
´´Here´s a song, uh, that we don´t play very often....it´s, uh, it´s for John, this is ´Meeting Across the River´....”

21.09.78 Passaic, NJ, intro to ´Santa Claus Is Coming to Town´
´´Now, it´s a little early in the season for this next one....”

21.09.78 Passaic, NJ, intro to ´Kitty´s Back´
´´Better behave yourself now ´cause....Kitty´s back.....”

21.09.78 Passaic, NJ, intro to ´The Fever´
´´(?) And for the Mighty Max personal fan club, on the drums, Max Weinberg....´cause he said he´s give you the money later, alright ? (chuckles) he already, he already did (chuckles) shit, what ?....yeah, think so ?....tell you what, we´ll play ´Fever´ or ´Incident on 57th Street´, which one, huh ?....who wants ´ The Fever´ ? (cheers) ´Incident on 57th Street´ ? (cheers) oh, God, that´s close....ok, ok, ok....well, we´ll start out with ´The Fever´....”

 

Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi