10.10.80 Chicago, IL, intro to ´Independence Day´
´´This is a new song, it´s an old song but it´s on our new album…..and this is called, it´s ´Independence Day´….”
10.10.80 Chicago, IL, intro to ´Factory´
´´This is a song I wrote for my Pop….”
10.10.80 Chicago, IL, intro to ´I Wanna Marry You´
´´Here´s a new song, this is ladies´ choice to dance, it´s called ´I Wanna Marry You´….”
10.10.80 Chicago, IL, intro to ´The Ties That Bind´
´´I wanna thank everybody, since we came into town the reception´s that we´ve got here has been fantastic….(?) this is for you, this is ´Ties That Bind´….”
10.10.80 Chicago, IL, middle of ´Backstreets´
´´Do you remember me, darling….like I remember you…..do you remember me, darling….like I remember you…..do you remember me, darling….like I remember you…..(?) how much I missed….you know how much I missed you….now you know how much I missed you….how much I missed….hiding on the backstreets…..´´
10.10.80 Chicago, IL, intro to ´Rosalita´
´´Big Man….remember that night ?….(?) I think it was a night….just like tonight….except it was colder….I think it was, it was in spring…..wasn´t it ?….what was it like ?….(Clarence: ´The night was black and the moon was yellow….and the leaves came tumbling´)….
(….) You´ve read about him in the newspaper….you´ve seen him on TV….Miami Steve Van Zandt on the guitar….on the piano, the one, the only, Professor Roy Bittan….on the bass guitar, his mother was a Tallent, his father was a Tallent, Garry W. Tallent….on the drums, representing everybody from, where ?….North Jersey, Mighty Max Weinberg….on the organ, from the same town that gave you that fantastic ´Flemington Furs´-commercial on TV, Phantom Dan Federici…..and last but not least….I´ve got three questions….more powerful than a speeding locomotive…..able to leap tall buildings in a single bound….is it a bird ?….is it a plane ?….what the hell is it ?….(?) Clarence Clemons on the saxophone….”
10.10.80 Chicago, IL, intro to ´Jungleland´
´´I wanna thank everybody for coming down tonight, want you to know that we appreciate it ….when we, when we decided to come to Chicago and play this theater, I, I got a lot of letters about people who couldn´t get in and stuff and uh, I just wanna say to your friends that didn´t get tickets or something that we´re planning to come back real soon before the end of this tour and….(?)….´´
10.10.80 Chicago, IL, intro to ´Detroit Medley´
´´Are you loose ? (cheers)….
(….) Damn, I gotta take a break now….oh yeah…..I gotta take a break…..I´m tired….probably missing ´Kojak´….I know I´m missing ´em…..(?)….just let me collect my thoughts (the band stops playing)…..I think ….what do I do next ?….I got it (the band starts playing again)….´´
Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi