28.12.80 Uniondale, NY, intro to ´Merry Christmas Baby´
´´Alright, how did Santa Claus treat you ? (cheers)....ok ? yeah
?....”
28.12.80 Uniondale, NY, intro to ´Darkness on the Edge of Town´
´´Thank you....this is....this is the first place that we played
in 1978 after, after we got done with the lawsuit and everything so....here´s
for all you guys that were at that first show, alright....”
28.12.80 Uniondale, NY, intro to ´Independence Day´
´´Alright, who ate dinner home with their folks ? (some cheers)
that´s all ? (chuckles)....I can remember when I was....my parents moved
out to California when I was about....19 years old and uh....it´s funny,
I was that age where, where I never missed them too much, you know, after they
left....you know, I had the house....and the band moved in, we all lived there
together for a while....and after a few years, me and this friend of mine decided
we were gonna drive, drive across the country, it was right around the Christmastime....and
we got into this little station wagon....and....and in about three days we drove
out, out to California ....I remember we didn´t get there by Christmas,
we were on a....we were somewhere, we were like in Arizona on Christmas night....and
there´s nothing, there´s nothing as lonely as like if you´re
ever out on an interstate highway on Christmas night....anyway....we got there
the day after and....had Christmas dinner with my folks and stuff....like everybody
always gotta leave home sometime....but.....but you always gotta go back too....even
if it´s, even if it´s just to see that it ain´t there no more
for you.....”
28.12.80 Uniondale, NY, intro to ´This Land Is Your Land´
´´This is uh....there´s a book out right now, it´s called
´Woody Guthrie - A Life´ and....it´s by a fellow named Joe
Klein....and I didn´t....I didn´t know much about Woody Guthrie
till I, till I read this book, I, I´d heard a whole lot about his music
and uh....it´s just a beautiful book and, and, and this is a song that,
uh....was originally wrote, was originally wrote as an answer, as an angry answer
to ´God Bless America´ and uh....since then....it´s been used
for a lot of things.....but uh....if you get a chance, you ought to pick up
this book and read it ´cause it just tells you a lot about....about the
country you´re living in, I think..... ”
28.12.80 Uniondale, NY, middle of ´Rosalita´
´´We got with us....to the far left of the stage....on the piano,
Professor Roy Bittan.....we got on the guitar, a man who 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´....
Miami Steve Van Zandt....on the bass guitar, Mr.Garry W.Tallent....on the drums,
representing all and everybody from South Orange, New Jersey....the Mighty Max
Weinberg ....(?)....on the organ....coming to you directly from the same town
that gives you that ´Flemington Furs´-commercial on television....Dan,
Phantom Dan Federici on the organ.... and last but not least....do I have to
speak the words ?....do I have to say his name ?.... is it a bird ?...is it
a plane ?....what the hell is it ?....alright !....Big Man Clarence Clemons
on the saxophone....”
28.12.80 Uniondale, NY, intro to ´Santa Claus Is Coming to Town´
´´I guess he already came but we´re gonna play this song any
way....”
Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi