You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) (Vs.1)

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Track 7 of The River: Single Album, 2015. See also: "You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)" (The River).

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Credits

• The River: Single Album (2015)
  • Bruce Springsteen: vocals, guitar
  • Roy Bittan: piano
  • Clarence Clemons: saxophone, percussion
  • Danny Federici: organ, glockenspiel
  • Garry Tallent: bass
  • Steven Van Zandt: guitar
  • Max Weinberg: drums, percussion

Performances

Performed live 68 times (not including snippet performances). 1988-08-03 Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain 1988-08-02 Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain 1988-07-30 Weserstadion, Bremen, West Germany 1988-07-27 Valle Hovin Stadion, Oslo, Norway 1988-07-25 Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark 1988-07-22 Waldbühne, West Berlin, West Germany 1988-07-19 Radrennbahn Weissensee, East Berlin, East Germany 1988-07-17 Olympia-Reitstadion Riem, Munich, West Germany 1988-07-14 St. Jakob Stadion, Basel, Switzerland 1988-07-12 Waldstadion, Frankfurt, West Germany 1988-07-10 Bramall Lane, Sheffield, England 1988-07-09 Bramall Lane, Sheffield, England 1988-07-07 RDS Arena, Dublin, Ireland 1988-07-03 Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm, Sweden 1988-07-02 Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm, Sweden 1988-06-29 Stadion Feijenoord, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 1988-06-28 Stadion Feijenoord, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 1988-06-25 Wembley Stadium, London, England 1988-06-22 Villa Park, Birmingham, England 1988-06-21 Villa Park, Birmingham, England 1988-06-19 Hippodrome De Vincennes, Paris, France 1988-06-16 Stadio Flaminio, Rome, Italy 1988-06-15 Stadio Flaminio, Rome, Italy 1988-06-11 Stadio Comunale, Turin, Italy 1988-05-23 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY 1988-05-22 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY 1988-05-19 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY 1988-05-18 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY 1988-05-16 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY 1988-05-13 Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, IN 1988-05-10 Met Center, Bloomington, MN 1988-05-09 Met Center, Bloomington, MN 1988-05-06 Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, WA 1988-05-05 Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, WA 1988-05-03 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA 1988-05-02 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA 1988-04-28 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA 1988-04-27 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA 1988-04-25 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA 1988-04-23 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA 1988-04-22 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA 1988-04-20 McNichols Sports Arena, Denver, CO 1988-04-17 St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, MO 1988-04-15 Frank Erwin Center, University Of Texas, Austin, TX 1988-04-13 Summit (The), Houston, TX 1988-04-12 Summit (The), Houston, TX 1988-04-05 Capital Centre, Largo, MD 1988-04-04 Capital Centre, Largo, MD 1988-04-02 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 1988-04-01 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 1988-03-29 Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI 1988-03-28 Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI 1988-03-26 Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY 1988-03-23 Omni (The), Atlanta, GA 1988-03-22 Omni (The), Atlanta, GA 1988-03-20 Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA 1988-03-17 Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, IL 1988-03-16 Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, IL 1988-03-14 Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH 1988-03-13 Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH 1988-03-09 Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 1988-03-08 Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 1988-03-04 Dean E. Smith Student Activities Center, Chapel Hill, NC 1988-03-03 Dean E. Smith Student Activities Center, Chapel Hill, NC 1988-02-29 Centrum In Worcester, Worcester, MA 1988-02-28 Centrum In Worcester, Worcester, MA 1988-02-25 Centrum In Worcester, Worcester, MA 1986-10-13 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA

Performances broken down by tour (not including rehearsals and snippet performances) Performed at 0 show(s) of 130 on the 2023-25 International Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 266 on the Springsteen On Broadway run. Performed at 0 show(s) of 14 on the Summer '17 Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 75 on the The River Tour 2016. Performed at 0 show(s) of 33 on the High Hopes Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 133 on the Wrecking Ball Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 83 on the Working On A Dream Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 99 on the Magic Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 56 on The Seeger Sessions Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 72 on the Devils & Dust Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 7 on the Vote For Change Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 120 on The Rising Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 132 on The Reunion Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 128 on The Ghost Of Tom Joad Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 102 on the World Tour 1992-93. Performed at 0 show(s) of 20 on the Human Rights Now! Tour. Performed at 67 show(s) of 67 on the Tunnel Of Love Express Tour. Performed at 1 known other show(s), plus 0 public tour rehearsal(s).

Released on Album

Released on The Ties That Bind: The River Collection (2015).

Released as Live Download

Live versions are available on the following 7 official live downloads:

• 1988-07-03 Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm, Sweden
• 1988-05-23 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY
• 1988-05-16 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY
• 1988-04-28 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA
• 1988-04-23 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA
• 1988-03-28 Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI
• 1986-10-13 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA

On The Tracks

YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) - V1	2:40	LM-7
YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) - V2	2:45	LM-7 / LMEC2
YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) - V3	0:44	DROC1 / SFEM / AT
YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) - V4	0:30	DROC1 / SFEM / AT
YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) - V5	2:11	DROC1 / AT
YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) - V6 take 3	2:04	RIVER: SINGLE / TTTBR / TTTBJ / DROC2
YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) - V7		uncirculating
YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) - V8	2:34	RIVER
YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH) - V9	1:18	YBNT2 / BB: DOC

Note: V1 and V2 are actually two takes of Bruce working on the start and end, singing the lead guitar part over his acoustic, recorded at Telegraph Hill, January–March 1979. It's clear that he thinks he's onto something. V3–V5 are demos from May, well developed, with the lyrics of the first and third verses almost complete. V6, in a rockabilly arrangement, was probably recorded over two days at the Power Station on August 24 and 25, 1979, and sequenced on side two of The Ties That Bind before Springsteen rejected the concept and moved to a double album. Later released in 2015 on The River: Single Album. This arrangement was performed regularly on the Tunnel Of Love Express Tour in 1988, but not before and never since.

Some time later, Springsteen dropped the rockabilly arrangement, and instead lifted the music from "Held Up Without A Gun". V7 was recorded at a Telegraph Hill rehearsal on January 11, 1980, using the music from "Held Up Without A Gun", but the recording does not circulate. V8 was recorded on February 17 and 23, 1980, at Power Station, and final mixes for The River took place on April 1, 9, and 21, 1980.

V9 is a short acoustic take from January 1995, from the soundtrack of the Blood Brothers video, shot during the Greatest Hits sessions at the Hit Factory, New York.

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^{Studio Sessions: The River}

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