Plenty of songs ( typically eight or nine ) from '' Tunnel of Love '' appeared , as would be expected , and much if not all of the audience were reasonably familiar with them , as the album had been out for a while . But the dominance of obscurities , of B-sides and outtakes , continued , with immediate audience response sacrificed for what might be a slower but deeper understanding . Springsteen said , " The idea on this tour is that you would n't know what song was gon na come next . ... The show feels real new , real modern to me . I figure some people will wrestle with it a little bit . But that 's okay . " Some fans worried that Springsteen looked like he was not having as much fun on stage as in the past . The first set saw " Roulette " , a previously unreleased number from '' The River '' sessions about the Three Mile Island accident , ( which was paired with the previous tour 's " Seeds " to lend an element of sociological anguish to the personal ) . The second set saw Springsteen assuming the manner of a televangelist or professional wrestler delivering " I Am a Coward " , a remake of Gino Washington 's little-known 1964 local Detroit hit " Gino Is a Coward " , and " Part Man , Part Monkey " , a never-before-heard , Springsteen-written quasi-reggae ode to the Scopes monkey trial by way of Mickey & Sylvia 's " Love is Strange " . Audiences were bewildered
Three Mile Island accident
Three Mile Island accident
Tunnel of Love Express Tour