{"id":1225,"date":"1988-09-01T11:00:24","date_gmt":"1988-09-01T18:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=1225"},"modified":"2026-02-24T18:08:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T02:08:30","slug":"meeting-across-the-river-patti-scialfa-and-bruce-springsteen-rose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/09\/01\/meeting-across-the-river-patti-scialfa-and-bruce-springsteen-rose\/","title":{"rendered":"Rose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spotlight on Patti Scialfa today:<\/p>\n<p>Although Patti released &#8220;Rose&#8221; on her 2004 album\u00a0<em>23rd Street Lullaby<\/em>, well-connected Bruce fans were already familiar with the song from the legendary Asbury Park all-start holiday concerts that Bruce hosted in 2000. Patti performed the song with Bruce backing her at both holiday shows that year.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1225-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Bruce-Springsteen-10-Rose-online-audio-converter.com_.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Bruce-Springsteen-10-Rose-online-audio-converter.com_.mp3\">http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Bruce-Springsteen-10-Rose-online-audio-converter.com_.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>But the song dates much farther back than that.<\/p>\n<p>How far back, I don&#8217;t know. But we do know that Patti performed it more than twenty years prior to those holiday shows, at a <em>Sounds of Asbury Park<\/em> concert at the Paramount Theater on August 30, 1980&#8211;and amazingly, we have a wonderful video recording of that performance:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sFVSenqJ9os?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Patti has often said that she based this song on a real person, a woman she used to waitress with when she first moved to New York City. If Rose was pushing 50 in 1980, she&#8217;s pushing 90 today. Let&#8217;s hope she got to appreciate being immortalized in song.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the official studio track, with Bruce on guitar and keyboards:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NdnIETu9IaE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Rose<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>First performed:<\/strong> December 17, 2000 (Asbury Park, NJ)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> December 18, 2000 (Asbury Park, NJ)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 March 21, 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spotlight on Patti today, as Bruce backs her on one of her earliest songs. Great archive footage from 1980 on this one!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3612,5],"tags":[573,115,572],"class_list":["post-1225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-great","category-meeting-across-the-river","tag-23rd-street-lullaby","tag-patti-scialfa","tag-rose"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/81mhANkBoTL._SL1500_.jpg?fit=1500%2C1500&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-jL","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25188,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/02\/16\/matr-patti-scialfa-and-bruce-springsteen-love-stand-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":1225,"position":0},"title":"Love (Stand Up)","author":"Ken","date":"February 16, 1988","format":false,"excerpt":"Start your Valentine's Day off right with Patti's gorgeous centerpiece from her 2004 album, 23rd Street Lullaby.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cover Me&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cover Me","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/cover-me\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/admin-ajax-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/admin-ajax-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/admin-ajax-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/admin-ajax-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/admin-ajax-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30171,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/01\/18\/matr-patti-scialfa-and-bruce-springsteen-you-cant-go-back\/","url_meta":{"origin":1225,"position":1},"title":"You Can&#8217;t Go Back","author":"Ken","date":"January 18, 1988","format":false,"excerpt":"It may be called 23rd Street Lullaby, but \"You Can't Go Back\" is the song that best captures the spirit of Patti's second album.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Little Help&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Little Help","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/little-help\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/youcant.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/youcant.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/youcant.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/youcant.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/youcant.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17490,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/03\/matr-bruce-springsteen-and-patti-scialfa-it-takes-two\/","url_meta":{"origin":1225,"position":2},"title":"MatR: Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa: It Takes Two","author":"Ken","date":"April 3, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"We've seen Patti back Bruce countless times, and Bruce back Patti for at least a few. 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