{"id":15415,"date":"1988-03-20T11:00:00","date_gmt":"1988-03-20T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=15415"},"modified":"2026-02-08T07:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T15:37:21","slug":"matr-bob-seger-and-bruce-springsteen-old-time-rock-and-roll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/03\/20\/matr-bob-seger-and-bruce-springsteen-old-time-rock-and-roll\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Time Rock and Roll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s no official video for the studio version of Bob Seger&#8217;s &#8220;Old Time Rock and Roll.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s just as well, because come on: how could any video compete with the iconic movie scene it&#8217;s most associated with?<\/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\/8elAi-7G0OE?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>&#8220;Old Time Rock and Roll&#8221; charted in the Top 100 twice&#8211;once when it was originally released in the spring of 1979 (it peaked at #28), and again in 1983 when <em>Risky Business\u00a0<\/em>was released (peaking at #48).<\/p>\n<p>But despite their long-time association (they first played together in 1980), Bob and Bruce didn&#8217;t perform the song together until Seger&#8217;s Madison Square Garden concert on December 1, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>It was worth the wait. Turn the volume up, switch to full-screen mode, and enjoy:<\/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\/gFKmo9f5EIs?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>Bob and Bruce&#8217;s team-up was pretty spectacular, considering they&#8217;d never played the song together before.<\/p>\n<p>But while Bruce might have never played &#8220;Old Time Rock and Roll&#8221; with the song&#8217;s original recording artist before, he&#8217;d actually played it live one time prior&#8230; all the way back in 1989 in one of his legendary surprise appearances at The Stone Pony with house band Cats on a Smooth Surface.<\/p>\n<p>That performance is a lot harder to find than the 2011, but here it is for your listening pleasure. From Sunday night, July 23, 1989, check out Bruce Springsteen with Cats on a Smooth Surface playing Bruce&#8217;s very first performance of &#8220;Old Time Rock and Roll.&#8221; It&#8217;s incomplete, but it&#8217;s still a fun listen.<\/p>\n<div id=\"v-bLlxnLzl-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='758' height='426' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/bLlxnLzl?hd=1&amp;cover=1&amp;loop=0&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;permalink=1&amp;muted=0&amp;controls=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;useAverageColor=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/video\/assets\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js'><\/script><\/div>\n<p><strong>Old Time Rock and Roll<br \/>\nFirst performed:<\/strong> July 23, 1989 (Asbury Park, NJ)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> December 1, 2011 (New York City, NY)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 February 1, 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce has played Bob Seger&#8217;s &#8220;Old Time Rock and Roll&#8221; in concert twice: once in 2011 with Seger himself, and once way back in a 1980s club appearance. 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