1988-05-06 Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, WA

In this version, lead vocal switch from Bruce to Nils.

The song was performed during a fantastic soundcheck in 1988 . The soundcheck includes "Rainin' In My Heart" (not the Buddy Holly song with the same title), "Big Boss Man" (first recorded by Jimmy Reed but also by Elvis Presley), "Let It Be Me" (The Everly Brothers, also soundchecked in Atlanta in March) with Nils taking lead vocals, "Cathy's Clown" and "Crying In The Rain" (both also The Everly Brothers) and both "Rock And Roll Music" and "Sweet Little Sixteen" by Chuck Berry. The second song of the soundcheck has historically been titled "The Way You Walk", however a little investigation has revealed it to be John Lee Hooker's "Dimples". Perhaps Bruce had considered including the song in the Express Tour set, but instead settled on "Boom Boom" which will be premiered four days after this show in Bloomington, MN.

"Let It Be Me" is a song originally published in French in 1955 as "Je t'appartiens" interpreted by Gilbert Bécaud. The English language version used lyrics by Manny Curtis and was performed in 1957 by Jill Corey in the television series Climax!. Corey's version, with orchestration by Jimmy Carroll, was released as a single and was moderately  successful. It became popular worldwide with an English version by The Everly Brothers . The Everly Brothers helped to further popularize the song with their 1960 rendition of "Let It Be Me". The harmony arrangement of this version was often emulated in subsequent remakes. This was the first Everly Brothers single to be recorded in New York, and not in Nashville.