1980-10-11 Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL

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

Info & Setlist | Venue

"For You" is a tour premiere, as is "Good Rockin' Tonight". "I Wanna Marry You" features a new introduction, "Here She Comes Walkin'", which is a variant of the story line used in the past for songs like "Pretty Flamingo". The song "Here She Comes Walkin'" (also known as "Here She Comes") was at one point considered for inclusion on Springsteen's third album, Born To Run. Roy plays the piano intro before "The River". Bruce sings a line of "Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Hearts" as an intro to "Stolen Car". "Detroit Medley" includes "I Hear A Train".

11.10.80 Chicago, IL, intro to ´´For You´´
´´Here´s an old song, I wrote this when I was about….oh, 22 or 23, I guess, and, uh….some fellow who worked here asked for this one so this is for you wherever you are….ready, guys? ….this is ´For You´….´´

11.10.80 Chicago, IL, intro to ´´Factory´´
´´If you had an old man who worked his whole life at a job he hates….this is for you….´´

11.10.80 Chicago, IL, intro to ´´The Promised Land´´
´´Who was here last night? anybody (?)(crowd cheers) who was not here last night? (even a bigger cheer)…how´d you get all those tickets? man….goddamn, I guess not….´´

11.10.80 Chicago, IL, after ´´The Promised Land´´
"Steve Van Zandt on the guitar"

11.10.80 Chicago, IL, intro to ´´The River´´
´´How many of you guys are living away from home right now? (crowd cheers)….this is, uh….this is the title song from my new album….(?) album of the same name….if you got those green things, please don´t throw them ´cause they might hit you in the head there….this is called ´The River´….´´

11.10.80 Chicago, IL, intro to ´´Good Rockin´ Tonight´´
´´Thank you…ready for some action? (crowd cheers)….´´

11.10.80 Chicago, IL, intro to ´´Fire´´
´´This next song….is a sad song…(?)…have you ever been in love? (crowd cheers)….´´

11.10.80 Chicago, IL, intro to ´´Sherry Darling´´
´´I got a new love…(someone yells: ´Mary Darling!´) Mary?…Cherry?….Sherry….´´

11.10.80 Chicago, IL, intro to ´´I Wanna Marry You´´
´´alright…I don´t think we know that one….(?)….anything else, what else you wanna here…hear we go…(music starts)….another song….about deep passion (chuckles)….hey, Big Man…let me hear it…I used to live in this house that was right…was on a street called South Street, it was like the main street in town….every day there used to be this one girl that used to walk by….we used to sit there….we were very pretty young and we used to try to attract her attention….Clarence used to go, he´d go riding by on his bicycle, with no hands, playing a saxophone….I used to get my guitar, I got this guitar down at the Western Auto store for 18.95….Western Auto (chuckles) and I used to know one song, I used to know ´Twist And Shout´….I used to sit out on the porch…..but she would never even look at us….you know….(starts singing ´Here She Comes´)….´´

11.10.80 Chicago, IL, intro to ´´The Ties That Bind´´
´´(someone yells)…Man, let me see the face that belongs to that voice (chuckles) goddamn! (chuckles) I´m gonna kill you (chuckles) this is the ´The Ties That Bind´….´´

11.10.80 Chicago, IL, intro to ´´Ramrod´´
´´Got on your dancing shoes? (crowd cheers) you sure? (crowd cheers) ´Ramrod´….´´

11.10.80 Chicago, IL, intro to ´´You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)"
"This is called…'You Can Look…But You Better Not Touch'…"

11.10.80 Chicago, IL, intro to ´´Stolen Car´´
´´(sings:) Why do lovers break each other´s hearts?….´´

11.10.80 Chicago, IL, intro to ´´Rosalita´´
´´I wanna thank everybody for coming down to the show the past couple nights….thank you very much….and….alright bulletin here…this is only sixth, sixth show of our tour tonight and uh….and I got a lot of letters from, from, from a lot of folks, kids that couldn´t get tickets and waited on line a long time and couldn´t get in and uh….just wanna let you know we´re working on coming back real soon….this tour we´ll only do up until December and I think we´re trying to come back sometime in November so tell all your friends and stuff that we´ll be back and we'll do a show for you, alright? ….and now, this is a show for you….
(….) On the piano, Professor Roy Bittan….on the guitar, Miami Steve Van Zandt….on the drums….the Mighty Max….on the bass, Mr.Garry W. Tallent….on the organ, Mr.Dan Federici….and last but not least….king of the world….master of the universe….Empire Building….you´ve read about him in the newspapers….you´ve seen him on the tv…faster than a speeding bullet….more powerful than a locomotive…..is it a bird?….is it a plane?….what the hell is it?….Clarence Clemons, the Big Man, on the saxophone….´´

11.10.80 Chicago, IL, intro to ´´Born To Run"
"Let's go…one, two…"

11.10.80 Chicago, IL, after ´´Detroit Medley´´
´´Thank you, thanks for having us…you guys have been great…thank you…Big Man…E Street Band…thank you…´´

11.10.80 Chicago, IL, intro to ´´Raise Your Hand´´
´´Let me see you out there….if there´s something you want….just raise your hand…..´´

Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi