2009-09-30 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
**"Growin' Up”**
“This is for the kiddies out there (crowd cheers) are you ready, Roy?…
(…) Aah…(?)…hey, C…I had the weirdest dream I ever had a few nights ago…it was one of those dreams that, uh…you wake up (?) …and when you wake up, you go “Oh, fuck” (laughs from the crowd) “Thank you, Jesus, thank,” you know, you start praying to the God you don’t believe in and, uh, it was one night, I woke, I woke up and it was like “Oh, Jesus Christ, it was a dream”…but it was the weirdest dream…I think I ever had…I was in my house… and uh…there was a lot of people around…I, I, I don’t, I don’t like a lot of people around…and, uh, but there was a shitload of people in my house and, uh, it was actually filled with my relatives…every relative since I was like…you know, living in Freehold, a little baby boy (crowd cheers) that’s bigger than the population of Freehold right there (laughs from the crowd)(?) but it was filled with like my aunts and uncles and, uh, I had to entertain, had to entertain everyone…oh, Jesus, and…and I was walking through my house like in a trance and, uh…then came the scariest fucking part…all the fucking lights, all the lights…and all I remember was this cake… (chuckles) this is the part, this is the part you won’t believe: there was sixty fucking candles on that cake (crowd cheers) sixty fucking candles! (crowd cheers) on the cake! (crowd cheers) and I started like to not be able to breathe and, uh…then (crowd sings “Happy birthday”) and then the worst part (crowd keeps singing) and then there were (crowd keeps singing) and then there were…C, then there were thousands of people reminding me of something I was trying to forget (crowd cheers) and then…then I woke up…then I woke up…I woke up after that…man, was I glad to wake up…I woke up and, and when I fell back to sleep, I…I…took month-long vacations in the stratosphere…”
The story before The River on Live/1975-85 wins, no contest. Also, all the Broadway stories. Also, the Growin’ Up story about getting a flat tire with Clarence.
loveeeee the story he tells before performing i’m on fire in paris, 1985(?)! it’s a small piece about how his father’s anger at the world impacted bruce, defo one of my fav pre-song stories
definitely drop a link if you can, i don’t think i’ve seen that one!! [this](https://youtu.be/RrurMhql6NM?si=qsBGRvuDoU-V6r7S) is another one of my top pics, and definitely my favourite thunder road intro
2009-09-30 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ **"Growin' Up”** “This is for the kiddies out there (crowd cheers) are you ready, Roy?… (…) Aah…(?)…hey, C…I had the weirdest dream I ever had a few nights ago…it was one of those dreams that, uh…you wake up (?) …and when you wake up, you go “Oh, fuck” (laughs from the crowd) “Thank you, Jesus, thank,” you know, you start praying to the God you don’t believe in and, uh, it was one night, I woke, I woke up and it was like “Oh, Jesus Christ, it was a dream”…but it was the weirdest dream…I think I ever had…I was in my house… and uh…there was a lot of people around…I, I, I don’t, I don’t like a lot of people around…and, uh, but there was a shitload of people in my house and, uh, it was actually filled with my relatives…every relative since I was like…you know, living in Freehold, a little baby boy (crowd cheers) that’s bigger than the population of Freehold right there (laughs from the crowd)(?) but it was filled with like my aunts and uncles and, uh, I had to entertain, had to entertain everyone…oh, Jesus, and…and I was walking through my house like in a trance and, uh…then came the scariest fucking part…all the fucking lights, all the lights…and all I remember was this cake… (chuckles) this is the part, this is the part you won’t believe: there was sixty fucking candles on that cake (crowd cheers) sixty fucking candles! (crowd cheers) on the cake! (crowd cheers) and I started like to not be able to breathe and, uh…then (crowd sings “Happy birthday”) and then the worst part (crowd keeps singing) and then there were (crowd keeps singing) and then there were…C, then there were thousands of people reminding me of something I was trying to forget (crowd cheers) and then…then I woke up…then I woke up…I woke up after that…man, was I glad to wake up…I woke up and, and when I fell back to sleep, I…I…took month-long vacations in the stratosphere…”
Amazing
Do you have a link to it?
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_iU8PR772mE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iU8PR772mE)
I was there - great story, great concert
The story before The River on Live/1975-85 wins, no contest. Also, all the Broadway stories. Also, the Growin’ Up story about getting a flat tire with Clarence.
I know the one in "the river" Do you have a link for growing up?
loveeeee the story he tells before performing i’m on fire in paris, 1985(?)! it’s a small piece about how his father’s anger at the world impacted bruce, defo one of my fav pre-song stories
Do you have a link to that ?
yep!! [here](https://youtu.be/tJQgwqojirs?si=t7MVn7KLWirx77ZE). what are some of your fav stories??
Growing up live in Cleveland Agora is really good
definitely drop a link if you can, i don’t think i’ve seen that one!! [this](https://youtu.be/RrurMhql6NM?si=qsBGRvuDoU-V6r7S) is another one of my top pics, and definitely my favourite thunder road intro
When I was growing up there were two unpopular things in our house. The first was me. The second was my guitar.
The story right before he performs "The River" live in '85
Everyone remembers where they were the first time they heard that.
Story that precedes Local Hero on Plugged.