Bruce Springsteen / The Night Experience

Bruce Springsteen
Title: The Night Experience
Date: 2021/01/24 Live American Radio Broadcast
Source: YouTube
★ 6.8

YouTube のこの音源が落ちいてました。
72、73 年頃の音源で、
I’M Ready は、
ファッツ・ドミノの曲、
74 年のツアーで、Let The Four Winds Blow (ロイ・ブラウン)
に繋がる導入曲として使用されていました。

そして、やはり、
目玉は”ToKyo”でしょう。

この曲の経緯を英語ですがアップしておきます。

TOKYO is a song written by Bruce Springsteen
who recorded it in studio in spring 1972
(see the "London Publishing Demos" section below)
and early 1973. The song, which has been performed live
in 1974 and 1974, has not been officially released.
The above lyrics are for a studio take of the song
recorded in May or June 1972.



Tokyo
The hook hung like a shadow on a rung over Shanghai
The firemen were returning home screaming "Banzai"
And the reindeers played games
And got hurt in the rain
As I listened to the broadcast
Oh, blow me down now, Tokyo, 'cause I'm sinkin' fast
Oh oh oh oh yeah

Yeah, the legendary chaplain of the fighting 51st was getting ready to go
I said, "Padre, do you know a cheap virgin who likes to tango?"
He said, "You can try Rosa Lee
Around the corner and across the sea
Ooh, word's out that she's fast"
Well, then bust me down now, Rosie, 'cause I'm sinkin' fast
Yeah yeah yeah oh yeah
Oh ooh yeah

And the cats are sure getting fat down in the train yard
The sandman brings them dreams to ship out in boxcars
The union says, "hold
Break out the dice and the gold"
It's lunchtime at last

Whoa, stage Mama says, "George Raft's tonight on the late show"
She sits straddling a kitchen chair, really gung-ho
She shivers with chills
Wet with her slot car thrills
Hypnotically lost in the glass
And the sunrise and we all sighed
As we watch the credits pass

Oh, and the morning cloak fell down like a hoax over Sleepy Town
The garbage truck vigilantes were out making their last rounds
The inheritor sipped beer
And made fun of the queer
Threatening to kick his ass
But the bell rings, a horn blows
Pump that gas
Oh, pumping gas, ooh ooh yeah