Live 13 Feb 1977 version
Are you alive!
Are you alive!
Are you alive!
Are you alive!
Are you alive!
One, two, three, four!
Don't move, listen now to what I'm saying
Hey you, you better get up if you plan to be staying
And get loose, live for what the band is playing
Whoa whoa, whoa whoa, whoa whoa
Tonight, we're rocking ??? all night
???, don't go
Unless you ???, don't go
It's cool, ??? just my speed
And cool, if action is the thing you need
Don't fool, ??? satisfaction guaranteed
Whoa whoa, whoa whoa, whoa whoa
Alright, we're rocking on the rhythm all night
Until you get the feeling don't go
??? don't go
Miami Horns!
Go!
Hey man, well now don't let the little girls sigh
Understand, and just move your body side to side
Raise your hand, shout until you're satisfied
Whoa whoa, whoa whoa, yeah yeah
Tonight, we're rocking to the rhythm all night
Until you get the feeling don't go
Unless you ??? don't go
Woah!
The above lyrics are for the live 13 Feb 1977 performance of ACTION IN THE STREETS at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Canada, during what is known as The Lawsuit Tour.
Despite the marvelous reception received by both Born To Run and the tour which followed, the relationship between Bruce Springsteen and his now former manager and producer Mike Appel was deteriorating. In July 1976 the storm broke; Mike Appel wrote to Springsteen saying that he would not allow Jon Landau (Springsteen's friend and co-producer of Born To Run) to produce the next album, citing a particular paragraph from their original agreement. Springsteen replied on 27 Jul 1976 by firing manager Mike Appel and suing him and his management company Laurel Canyon Ltd. in Federal Court in Manhattan, claiming fraud, breach of trust, and undue influence. Appel counter-sued on 29 Jul 1976 in New York State Supreme Court, asking the court to prohibit Springsteen and Jon Landau from working together in studio. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band were slated to enter the studio that year for the recording of a new album, except that on 15 Sep 1976 the judge in the lawsuits case ruled that Springsteen was enjoined from any further recording with Columbia Records until Appel's suit was resolved. This would drag for about a year. Meanwhile, Springsteen continued gigging, and in the process broke his self-imposed rule of not playing the larger arenas. This was basically because he was not able to put a record out, and it was the only way his fans would be able to hear him at all. The tour became known as "The Lawsuit Tour" (62 know dates, August 1976 to March 1977).
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band performed a concert at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Canada, on 13 Feb 1977, during what is known as The Lawsuit Tour. The pass below right shows that this show was rescheduled from 10 Feb 1977.
The 13 Feb 1977 show in Toronto was commercially released in Europe. Since 2005 some enterprising record labels in Europe (mostly in the UK) have been releasing Bruce Springsteen radio and TV broadcasts (and some soundboard recordings) from the seventies, eighties, and nineties. Though these releases are not authorized by Bruce Springsteen or his record company, they are lawful due to a legal loophole in Europe.
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List of available versions of ACTION IN THE STREETS on this website:
ACTION IN THE STREETS [Live 07 Feb 1977 version]
