1978-11-01 Jadwin Gymnasium, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

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Scheduled: 20:00 Local Start Time ??:?? / End Time ??:??

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First show of the final leg of the Darkness Tour is a 21-song set that features the premiere of "The Ties That Bind". Bruce alters the lyrics in "Racing In The Street" to "summer's gone and the time is right". A reader present comments "I rank this as one of the all-time greatest Bruce concerts (of the 50+ I have attended and I know I’m just a piker on that standard). The audience jumping and dancing caused the gym floor to vibrate and move up and down". A contributor to the Greasy Lake website also recalls "Amidst the madness, I recall that the Jadwin gym floor was oscillating wildly - from our seats in the north stands it looked like the folks on the floor were standing on the surface of the ocean, rocked by waves." The "urban legend" is that this concert caused structural damage to the facility and that this was the last major rock concert to take place in Jadwin Gym. An article in the college newspaper The Daily Princetonian from November 7 does report damage to the surface of the basketball court (mainly caused by chair legs gouging holes in the hardwood floor), but nothing more substantial, even in the weeks and months after the concert. Myth busted? See our News tab to read a series of clippings from The Daily Princetonian.

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On Stage

• Bruce Springsteen
• The E Street Band
  • Roy Bittan
  • Clarence Clemons
  • Danny Federici
  • Garry Tallent
  • Steven Van Zandt
  • Max Weinberg

Setlist

Soundcheck ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT) THE TIES THAT BIND THUNDER ROAD BADLANDS PROVE IT ALL NIGHT THE PROMISED LAND Show BADLANDS STREETS OF FIRE SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT THE TIES THAT BIND DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN INDEPENDENCE DAY THE PROMISED LAND PROVE IT ALL NIGHT RACING IN THE STREET THUNDER ROAD JUNGLELAND FIRE CANDY'S ROOM BECAUSE THE NIGHT POINT BLANK THE FEVER NOT FADE AWAY - SHE'S THE ONE BACKSTREETS ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT) BORN TO RUN QUARTER TO THREE

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Performances

^{incl. Rehearsals.}

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• 1978-11-01 Jadwin Gymnasium, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

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Recording

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Storyteller

01.11.78 Princeton, NJ, intro to ‘The Ties That Bind’:
”Somebody stole my tie…….(?)…..who knows how to tie a tie ? ……now, this , uh…. here’s a new song…..it’s called uh….’The Ties That Bind’…..”

01.11.78 Princeton, NJ, intro to ‘Independence Day’:
”Here´s a song…..getting shocked to death, auh…..this is a song that, uh……I originally wrote for the Darkness on the Edge of Town…….it’s for everybody who’s still living at home…….this is called ‘Independence Day’……”

01.11.78 Princeton, NJ, intro to ‘Racing in the Street’:
”Lot of action down here……alright…..figure you got about…..get about one more ride with the top down before it gets too cold, I guess…..uh…..this is uh…..’Racing in the Street’…..(piano intro)……this is for everybody who spends their summers in Englishtown (cheers)…..”

01.11.78 Princeton, NJ, intro to ‘Thunder Road’:
”This is for all you guys way in the back there (cheers)……this is for the guys…..who came to my house last night…….Section B2 (cheers)…..”

01.11.78 Princeton, NJ, intro to ‘Rosalita’:
”Don’t sit down now…….”

01.11.78 Princeton, NJ, intro to ‘Born to Run’:
”It’s uh, it’s the first night of our new tour (cheers)…..good to start in New Jersey (cheers)…..here’s to you…..
(….) I forgot the words to this part……(just the music)…..kids huddle on the beach in the mist…..”

01.11.78 Princeton, NJ, intro to ‘Darkness on the Edge of Town´
"We're gonna be playing for a while so you guys oughta…..relax (?)…..I plant these right on the bus, ok ? (chuckles)….yeah…..go find your seats so the people behind you can see and stuff (cheers)…..'cause we got like, we got a long show so…..(?)….this is uh….here's Darkness on the Edge of Town…."

01.11.78 Princeton, NJ, intro to ´Because the Night´
"This is for Bridget from Jan…."

01.11.78 Princeton, NJ, intro to ´The Fever´
´´(?) do you wanna hear, uh, Kitty's Back ? (cheers) do you wanna hear Fever ? (cheers) (?) what ?….(?)….´´

01.11.78 Princeton, NJ, middle of ´Backstreets´
´´To the end…..just me and you, girl…..hey little girl….hey, I remember you….and I know you remember me too….standing on the corner….way down on Richmond Avenue…..(?)…. with your hair up high and that look in your eye at every boy that was passing you by….back then I swore….that for you….back then I swore….that for you…..I´d drive all night….baby, I´d drive all night anytime anyplace….I´d drive all night anytime anyplace….I´d drive all night….just to buy you some shoes…..and to taste, to taste your tender charms….to have you hold me in your arms….for just one kiss….baby, just one kiss…..and a look from your sad eyes….a look from your sad eyes…..you had such lonely sad eyes….when I held you tight….. they´d cry, cry, cry, cry all night, cry, cry, cry, cry all night, cry, cry, cry, cry, cry all night….
and me, I was your fool….I thought that somehow….that I could stop….I could stop some of your crying…..I thought that maybe I could stop….stop your crying….but I didn´t know….that baby was lying….little girl, you´d been lying (?)….baby´d been lying….all the time….you were so young and you could tell such pretty lies…..you were so young and you could tell such pretty lies….(?)…..you could tell such pretty lies….you were so young and you could tell such pretty lies….well, now you´re back…. so now you´re back…..so now you´re back….. well, baby, I´m back too…..and I found out…..baby, I found out…..I found out…..little girl, I found out…..that we´ve got to stop, little girl, you´ve got to stop, little girl, you´ve got to stop, little girl, you´ve got to stop, little girl, you´ve got to stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, STOP….´´

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