
27.11.80 New York City, NY, intro to ´Factory´
´´I remember....when I was....when I was living at home....I could
never understand what.... what my father was mad about all the time, it seemed
like he was always mad....but it wasn´t even....it wasn´t even the
out-loud kind of mad where you run around yelling at everybody, it was just
the way that he was....seemed like 24 hours a day....and....after I was about
18 or 19, we didn´t see each other much any more and then I saw him about
a few years later.... and he was, and he´d changed a whole lot and it
seemed that he´d lost that....he´d lost whatever it was that was
making him mad or making him angry and instead....he just became ....real quiet,
real quiet all the time....and in 1978 I wrote this song, this is for him....”
27.11.80 New York City, NY, intro to ´I Wanna Marry You´
´´Bring it down, guys....alright....how many married folks we´ve
got out there ? (some cheers) how many divorced ? (fewer cheers) this song´s
for you (chuckles)....hello....I used to....I used to always sit out on the
porch of my house, I used to have this house, it was on the main street downtown
in this town called Freehold (cheers) you could´ve never been there (chuckles)
and I used to sit outside when I was about 18....I used to, ´round 5 o´clock
every day all the girls would get off work and they´d have to walk, walk
down my street coming home....and....I used to sit there....and I never used
to go and introduce myself, I would never go up to anyone, right, that´s....so
I can remember that.....sometimes I used to .....in the evening....I used to
sit....right before I´d fall asleep at night.....I would, I would see
their faces, I would see ´em walk down that street....and I would imagine
that I would go up and introduce myself to ´em (chuckles)....and later
I was glad that I never did, I guess....Big Man....”
27.11.80 New York City, NY, intro to ´Growin'Up´
´´Oh boy, this is, uh....this is a song that I, that I auditioned
with....to get my record contract....and....when you go to.... when you go to
get your record contract....it´s a funny kind of...funny kind of thing....I
went to CBS....and....there´s this big black building in the middle of
Manhattan....and you go there, they don´t let you in, you gotta, they
gotta check your I.D. and they gotta make sure that you´re not coming
in to ....to terrorize the place or something or steal records....it´s
like....when you get there ....when you go up in the elevator and I remember
going up in the elevator..I remember I saw ...saw CBS lawyers ....I saw my manager´s
lawyers...but I didn´t see my lawyers ....and they take you....and they
take you up and you go up past the....120th floor and you go to that floor that´s
on top of the building, it´s called ´X´....and when you get
out, there´s clouds....and you look down and you see all the New York
City down there.... and you look over the river.... you see all the New Jersey....
but it looks a long ways away....and I remember....I knocked on this door ....and
John, if you´re still out there ....John, this is for you, John Hammond....
(....) It was a cold Thanksgiving night.....me and Clarence and Steve....we
were driving down this old backroad going to Hank´s Turkey Farm to steal
some turkeys.....this was way back, we didn´t have no money, could buy
no turkey so we´re driving out....way out ´round Marlborough, I
remember, we were looking trying to find this place....and then just as we figured
we´re just about up to it, we get a flat tire.....the rear end, right
tire.....so Clarence and Steve, they climb out frontseat.....´cause there´s
no streetlights, it´s real dark....and we´re hearing all these turkey
sounds coming out of the woods (cheers) is that turkey sounds ? (chuckles) and.....we´re
trying to decide who´s gonna get out and fix the flat....I´ve been,
I´ve been afraid of the dark, I still sleep with the light on, I´m
not gonna go out and fix it.....who still sleeps with their light on ? (cheers)
and so we decided we´d figure it out the American way, we would gamble
to see who´s gonna go out....couldn´t do it, had one too many guys,
couldn´t choose up....so we´re trying to think, well, we´ll
figure this out the democratic way, number one, I´m the Boss, I don´t
have to get out.....now, number two, Clarence is a lot bigger than Steve, he
don´t have to get out....just as we had Steve´s head and upper torso
forced through the window (chuckles) just like in that movie ´Close Encounters
of the Third Kind´, this big light came flashing down (?)....I stuck my
head out the window, I looked up and there was this big cherry-red flying saucer
with long Cadillac fins and on the side it had printed ´Little Melvin
and the Invaders - we play weddings, parties and bar mitzvahs´....and
this guy sticks his head out the window, he looks down and he says ´Hey,
can any one of you guys tell me the way to the New Jersey Turnpike ?´....now....we´re
not as dumb as we look, you know, we´re not gonna give out this kind of
valuable information free....so we sit there, we start thinking, we said ´Hey,
Mr.Spaceman.....we´ll make a deal with you, you gotta give us each one
wish, one wish and we´ll tell you how to get back to the Turnpike´....so
he says ´Ok, that sounds pretty fair´ (chukles) and first Clarence
got his chance to wish, had to think real hard now....as usual, he wished for
his boyhood dream (chuckles) a combination, Laundromat and pizza parlor on the
corner of downtown Asbury Park....that´s good.....you can wash your clothes
and you can eat at the same time.....and nobody´s thought of that yet
...in a few years you´re gonna see them all over and uh.....and then,
then it was Steve´s turn ....you can´t have the spaceman wish for
that (chuckles)....(?) alright, Steve was wishing (chuckles) I don´t know
what the hell his wish was (chuckles) I forget (chuckles) but then it came my
turn....now, I was thinking real hard....and I remember it was real quiet and
I didn´t even, I didn´t even get a chance to say it out loud....I
was just thinking it in my mind....and way over in the dark, in the dark side
of the highway, I seen what I was wishing for.... slowly, slowly start to appear....and
let me tell you, man....when we touched.....”
27.11.80 New York City, NY, middle of ´Rosalita´
´´At the far left of the stage.....on the piano, Professor Roy Bittan....on
the guitar, poet of the soul, master of rock and roll, Miami Steve Van Zandt....now,
on the bass, Mr.Garry W. Tallent....on the drums, coming to you and representing
South Orange, New Jersey.... Mighty Max Weinberg....and now from that same town.....that
gives you that fantastic Flemington Furs-commercial on TV, we´ve got Phantom
Dan Federici....and last but not least....how can I say
it ?....let me count the ways....king of the world.....master of all things
....faster than a speeding locomotive....more powerful than a bullet....able
to leap tall women, I mean tall buildings in a single bound....is it a bird
?....is it a plane ?....hell no, what the hell is it ?....the Big Man, Clarence
Clemons....”
Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi