04.06.81 London, England, intro to ´´Follow That Dream´´
´´This is, uh, this is a song that was originally done by Elvis Presley, this is called ´Follow That Dream´….´´
04.06.81 London, England, intro to ´´Johnny Bye Bye´´
´´(someone yells ´´Jackson Cage´´) We´ll do that for you in a minute, alright?….(?)….this is, uh….there´s this book out, it´s called Elvis ´56 and, uh….it´s got a bunch of pictures of when he was first, first touring…..and when you look at ´em….when he was that young….he always seemed so, so sure of himself, looked like he had some secret that he wasn´t telling you about….and….after he died, it was hard to, hard to understand how, how somebody that once had been, been so rich inside could´ve….could´ve ended up so poor and…..he deserved a lot better, better than he got so….but, uh, this is called ´Johnny Bye Bye´….´´
04.06.81 London, England, intro to ´´Jackson Cage´´ (following ´´Johnny Bye Bye´´)
´´Alright, this is for that fellow over there, here we go (chuckles)….´´
04.06.81 London, England, end of ´´Sherry Darling´´ (before ´´Hungry Heart´´)
´´This is for my partner….´´
04.06.81 London, England, intro to ´´Backstreets´´
´´There´s a….one, two….there´s a Marvin Gaye and Tammy Tarrell song that says, there´s, that it takes one to dream but it takes two to make a dream come true…..and I guess….I guess that that´s what it´s all about…..so, Marc*, this is for, this is for you and June on your anniversary….´´
(* Bruce´s then tour lighting director Marc Brickman and his wife June Rudley, at whose wedding reception The E Street Band played a set on June 3, 1979 in Los Angeles).
04.06.81 London, England, middle of ´´Rosalita´´
´´To the far left of the stage….over that way, on the piano, Professor Roy Bittan….play it, Roy….on the guitar….the man that brought you such hits as….´I Don´t Wanna Go Home´…. ´Sweeter Than Honey´….´This Time It´s for Real´….´Some Things Just Don´t Change´…. ´Daddy´s Come Home´….Miami Steve Van Zandt….on the bass guitar, Mr.Garry W. Tallent ….on the drums, the Mighty Max Weinberg….on the organ, Phantom Dan Federici…..and….. last…..but not least….I´m talking about a man…..I´m talking about a great humanitarian….a great veterinarian….around home we like to call him ´the king of the world´….the master of the universe….the emperor of all things….the guy´s faster than a speeding bullet…..more powerful than a roaring locomotive….able to leap tall buildings in a single bound….I don´t care who you bring down here (?) none of these turkeys can stand to the power and the glory of, of, of…..Spotlight on the Big Man….´´
04.06.81 London, England, intro to ´´Jungleland´´
´´Thanks….I´d like….I´d like to….first I´d like to apologise for us having to cancel out on you the first time around and I hope it didn´t cause you too much inconvenience and….and I´d like to, I´d like to thank everybody, we haven´t been back here in such a long time and, and over the past five years I´d like to thank youse all for supporing the band and being such good fans for us….because we appreciated it….this is for you…..´´
04.06.81 London, England, middle of ´´Detroit Medley´´
´´I´ve got some good news and I´ve got some bad news….first the good news….I´m gonna be able to go home and catch Columbo tonight….now the bad news….I´m gonna go right now…. I´m out of gas, baby….I ain´t got none….Big Man, I´m out of gas….I got a gas crisis happening….I got a gas crisis….no, I got a gas crisis….that means I´m tired, that means I´m too tired to play any more….(?)….I got no gas now….(Clarence: ´´We don´t need no gas´´) we don´t need no gas? (Clarence: ´´We don´t need no gas, you know why?´´) ´cause somebody stole the car, that´s why (chuckles)…oh!….oh!….we don´t need no gas….because ….because….because….I see a train….´´
Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi
