DOES THIS BUS STOP AT 82ND STREET?

Live 09 Apr 1974 version

[Spoken intro:] I, I'll start, I'll, I'll do a verse or so by myself.

Hey bus driver, keep the change, bless your children, give 'em names
Don't you trust men who walk with canes
Drink this, you grow wings on your feet -- little Danny
Broadway Mary, Joan Fontaine, advertiser on a downtown train
Christmas crier bustin' cane, oh, oh, he's in love again

Where dock worker's dreams mix with panther schemes to someday own the rodeo
Tainted women in VistaVision perform for out-of-state kids at the late show

Wizard imps, sweat sock pimps, interstellar mongrel nymphs
Oh, Rex said that lady left him limp
Oh, love's just like that
Oh, and a-Queen of Diamonds, and a-Ace of Spades, newly discovered lovers of the Everglades
Take out a full page ad in the trades to announce their arrival
Party now!

Clarence Clemons!

Let 'em know!

And Mary Lou found out just how to cope, she rides to heaven on a gyroscope
Daily News asked her for the dope
She said, "Man, the dope's that there's still hope"

Senorita, Spanish rose, wipes her eyes and then blows her nose
Uptown in Harlem she throws a rose, to some lucky young matador

[Spoken outro:] Yahoo!

Info

The above lyrics are for the live 09 Apr 1974 radio performance of DOES THIS BUS STOP AT 82ND STREET? as broadcast on Boston's WBCN-FM. The song was played in a full-band acoustic arrangement, at an even slower tempo than the one from the Houston broadcast earlier in 1974 (live 09 Mar 1974 version), and features Bruce playing the first verse alone on his acoustic guitar.

The 09 Apr 1974 WBCN-FM Radio Performance

Bruce Springsteen's 09 Apr 1974 radio performance was broadcast live on Boston's WBCN-FM. The show took place at the radio station in Boston, MA. The complete performance was recorded off the airwaves and has since circulated in excellent quality among fans.

The 09 Apr 1974 WBCN-FM radio broadcast 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.

Bruce Springsteen -- Live Sessions: Houston Boston Richmond

Digital album - Wyte Myce (no catalog number) - UK, 2015

This is a download-only digital album. It contains the 31 May 1973 WGOE-FM radio broadcast, part of the 09 Mar 1974 KLOL-FM radio broadcast, and the 09 Apr 1974 WBCN-FM radio broadcast.

Bruce Springsteen -- Acoustic Radio Broadcast Collection

2xCD - The Broadcast Archive (BSCD6047) - UK, 2017

This release contains the 09 Jan 1973 WBCN-FM radio broadcast, the 31 May 1973 WGOE-FM radio broadcast, the 09 Mar 1974 KLOL-FM radio broadcast, and the 09 Apr 1974 WBCN-FM radio broadcast. This is a repackaging of Good Ship Funke's Acoustic Radio 1973 and Acoustic Radio 1974.

Bruce Springsteen -- Acoustic Radio 1974

CD - Good Ship Funke (GS024) - UK, 2017

This release contains the 09 Mar 1974 KLOL-FM radio broadcast and the 09 Apr 1974 WBCN-FM radio broadcast. It was also released on CD exclusively as part of the Acoustic Radio Broadcast Collection package.

Bruce Springsteen -- The Acoustic Sessions

Digital album - Radioland (no catalog number) - Europe, 2017

This is a download-only digital album. It contains the 31 May 1973 WGOE-FM radio broadcast and the 09 Apr 1974 WBCN-FM radio broadcast.

Bruce Springsteen -- The 1974 Acoustic Radio Sessions

2xLP - Big Car (unknown catalog number) - UK, 2018

This release contains the 09 Mar 1974 KLOL-FM radio broadcast and the 09 Apr 1974 WBCN-FM radio broadcast.

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band -- Live In The Studio - WBCN-FM Studios Boston MA USA

Digital album - Altamont Productions / Studioville (no catalog number) - Europe, 2018

This is a download-only digital album. It contains the 09 Apr 1974 WBCN-FM radio broadcast.

Credits

Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake) for the lyrics help.

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