Intro to “Glory Days”
“Now this is a song about old times (crowd cheers) this is a song about growing old (crowd cheers) about time’s winged chariot (crowd cheers) now…I got my share of old times…now the Big Man, he’s got more than me (crowd cheers) but as you can see, time has not changed his youthful beauty (crowd cheers) he looks good… some of us got it, some of us ain’t…what do you say about that?… but this is a song about…people reminding you of old times …how better things were way back when…ready, boys?…ready, gentlemen?…”
Middle of “Glory Days”
“Alright, keep on rocking now, people…don’t ever be stopping… don’t let me down now…’cause I can hear that big clock ticking away every minute of my life every day…it says “Boss, you’re 30… 31…32…33…34…35…Big man, we’re…we’re…we’re…we’re…we’re adults!…”
Intro to “My Hometown”
“Arigato, thank you (crowd cheers) oh, this song…I grew up in a… very small town…and I remember I couldn’t wait till I’d get old enough to leave…I thought that I’d get out of there and I’d never wanna go back, I’d never miss it…and, uh…when I did get a chance to leave, got out on the road, for a long time I never did miss it… never missed my friends or wondered what they were up to, I never got lonely for my family…but as I got older, I started to come home and I’d get in my car and I’d drive down the streets that I grew up on…I’d go back to visit some of the friends that I’d grown up with, see what their lives had become…and, uh, I realized that the place that you’re born never leaves you, that it always stays in your blood no matter where you go or what you become…and, uh… so I guess what I’d like to say is (speaks Japanese)(crowd cheers) from my hometown to your hometown (crowd cheers)…”
After “Thunder Road”
“Oh, arigato, thank you (crowd cheers)(speaks Japanese) we’ll be back (crowd cheers)…”
Middle of “Dancing in the Dark”
“Sometimes I feel a little lonely…and I get so downhearted…and that’s when I wanna reach out (crowd cheers) for a little help (crowd cheers) and I wanna say to somebody (crowd cheers) somewhere…hey there, baby…come on, sugar…”
Intro to “I’m on Fire”
“I remember when I was growing up…my dad always telling me…I wasn’t gonna amount to anything…and I remember him sitting at the kitchen table…thinking about all the things that…he wasn’t ever gonna have…just sitting, thinking…until he got you thinking that way too…I remember standing down on the corner…watching the girls in the cars go by…I can remember feeling…I remember feeling like someday…I felt like I was just gonna…like I was just gonna…”
Middle of “Rosalita”
“Alright…ladies and gentlemen (crowd cheers) children of all ages (crowd cheers) we have with us tonight (crowd cheers) on the piano, Professor Roy Bittan (crowd cheers) on the vocals, Miss Patti Scialfa (crowd cheers) on the bass, Mr. Garry W. Tallent (crowd cheers) on the drums, the Mighty Max Weinberg (crowd cheers) on the organ, Phantom Dan Federici (crowd cheers) on the guitar, Mr. Nils Lofgren (crowd cheers) and last but not least…the master of disaster (crowd cheers) the king of the world (crowd cheers) the emperor of the universe (crowd cheers) and the greatest thing you have ever seen (crowd cheers) gimme a C-L-A-R-E-N-C-E, Clarence! (crowd: “Clarence”) Clarence! (crowd: “Clarence”) Clarence! (crowd: “Clarence”) Clarence “Big Man” Clemons on the saxophone (crowd cheers)…
(…) The record company, Rosie, gave me lots of yens! (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Can’t Help Falling in Love”
“I’d like to take a minute and thank everybody for coming down to the show tonight, thank you very much (crowd cheers) I’d also like to thank you for the support that you’ve shown our band over the past ten years when we haven’t been able to get here to Japan, thank you very much (crowd cheers) so this is especially for you (crowd cheers)…”
Intro to “Twist and Shout”
“Alright, are you ready, boys?…are you ready out there? (crowd cheers) are you ready out there? (crowd cheers) are you ready out there? (crowd cheers)…”
Middle of “Twist and Shout”
“Now wait just a minute…there’s just one thing before I go that I gotta know…I came all the way to Tokyo (crowd cheers) to find out the answer to this one question…it’s a simple thing…but what I have to know is…I mean what I, what I wanna know is…you see, what I, what I came all the way here to find out is…is…is…Do you love me?…
(…) Don’t make me do it! (crowd cheers) don’t make me! (crowd cheers) you must be getting tired (crowd cheers) you must be tired (crowd cheers) you must be (crowd cheers) you’re just too proud to admit, that’s all (crowd cheers)…”
After “Twist and Shout”
“(?) Tokyo (crowd cheers) we love, arigato, thank you (crowd cheers)…”
| Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi. |
