1981-01-28 Checkerdome, St. Louis, MO

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

Info & Setlist | Venue

Last River tour version of "Night". "The Price You Pay" is the full-band version. Roy plays the piano intro before "The River" and "Once Upon A Time In The West" as a bridge between that song and "Badlands". "Detroit Medley" features James Brown's "I Got You (I Feel Good)" and "I Hear A Train".

28.01.81 St.Louis, MO, intro to ´Darkness on the Edge of Town´
"How's everybody been ? (cheers)…..oh….we were just going past this place so we thought we would stop on in…."

28.01.81 St.Louis, MO, intro to ´Independence Day´
"I remember when I was…..I was 17, I couldn't wait to get out of the house….. and…..(?) wouldn't have to come in at night…..with my old man waiting for me in the kitchen…..and when……when I finally left home…… I remember I always tried to……I tried so hard to forget that I……that I ever had a home or that I had parents at all…..and……I hadn't seen my folks for about……once in a while (?) for ten years, they moved 3000 miles away from where I was living……and for a while that suited me just fine (chuckles)……and …..it wasn't until……I started to get a little older……I sat down and tried to figure out what was wrong, what…… what happened back then…..that kept us so far apart, at such an important point in my life….. when I needed all the help I could get…….and uh……I finally…. I finally realised that……if I couldn't deal with him, I was never gonna be able to deal with myself….and I finally had the guts to sit down and try to talk to my old man about some of the things….that hurt us so much when…..when we were both….younger……and…. folks are funny, in a lot of ways they're just like you (chuckles)…..they´re not like the furniture or something, if you got folks at home….you oughta talk to 'em sometimes (chuckles)….´´

28.01.81 St.Louis, MO, intro to ´The Promised Land´
"Alright…..this is…..this for Mike and Sue (?)….(?)…."

28.01.81 St.Louis, MO, intro to ´Sandy´
"This is a song for, uh…….it's for Bill…..and…..Donny, this is for you……and all the folks from uh……back in Jersey (cheers)……from back in Jersey, are you ? (chuckles)…..what you doing way out here ? (chuckles)…..took a bus ?……it's the only way to travel (chuckles)….oh ……you gotta be comfortable…..(chuckles)…..take some of this echo down little bit….alright …..here you go, this is St.Louis, from Asbury Park with love…..´´

28.01.81 St.Louis, MO, intro to ´For You´
"Alright, this is uh……I (?) think we played it the first time we were here……this is…..it's from uh……it's from Greetings from Asbury Park…."

28.01.81 St.Louis, MO, intro to ´Fade Away´
"I'd appreciate it if…..if you brought some with you, don't throw it onstage 'cause it might hit somebody, thank you very much…..thank you……alright, here we go, boys…..we're gonna get to that, that comes later, alright (chuckles)…..Darling…..come back into my arms again ….let me come back now, darling….I just wanna come back…..into your arms again…..I wanna walk down our street……I wanna walk up to our house……and I wanna knock….on our door….now open up and let me in, girl…..open up and let me in, baby…..won't you open up and let me in….I just wanna hold you…..and I just wanna squeeze you…..and I just wanna love you….baby all night long….so won't you let me come back inside…..so won't you let me come back and say that I'm sorry…."

28.01.81 St.Louis, MO, intro to ´Wreck on the Highway´
"Sometimes…..something happens to you…..and it makes you….stop…..and take a look at what you got, appreciate what you got a little bit…."

28.01.81 St.Louis, MO, intro to ´Born to Run´
"I'd like to thank everybody for coming down to the show, thank you very much…..here's for the guys from 3BT and….(?)….´´

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