The most beautiful song about self love you're ever going to hear. It's not plan A but sometimes it just has to get done. This song is artistry at its best!
I heard Jackson Browne's "Rosie" for the first time this evening. That man could write one hell of a love song, even if it was about self-love. It was almost beautiful, until I realized just what he was getting at. lol
I guess there must be folks that just "thumb down" everything , because I can't imagine anyone with an ear for music thumbing down this song . Thanks for the music Jackson Browne
The reason people might be thumbing this song down is because the video is live, but the audio is the studio version. I would have loved to hear the live version....it's jarring to see the video when the audio doesn't sync.......
77 thumbs down? That was the year that it happened.😉😎 Sept, 1977. The day before my brothers graduation. It happened in Berkeley MO. ( I heard of it.) She also got 3 tickets to a Peter Frampton concert. 77 synchronicity😁 she was a star, already.
I've been listening to this album...and this song my whole life...since the late 70s...I didn't know what this song meant until a few months ago...lol..damn
@Theresa Amick I guess working backstage some back in the day I always understood the meaning, but I never thought about it much. To me it was always a great love lament song on my favorite Jackson Browne album.
I had a friend who used to play and sing this all the time. When I told him what it was really about, he has never played it again, lol. Rosie Palm…hand it to “me”.
I listened to this song many times in my misspent youth, but I was nearly 40 when My big brother explained it was about self pleasuring. It was so obvious but I just never put it together.
Yes I see it now. I never quite got it . The sound man just kept holding that beautiful girl in his imagination. This emphasizes the brilliance of Brown's writing...every line has meaning. Incredible song.
Only Jackson Browne could write a meaningful song about j***ing off. Amazing talent! Fell in love with him way back in the mid-70s. Nothing has changed. I could only hope to be 1/100th as good a writer.
I lived part of this song but I stayed by the sound man. It was all about who he was, and those eyes, his smile. We were kids, really.. I don’t know how or why but we lost touch.. He has never left my heart 💙 I think it was 1973?
I am Japanese, so I don't know the meaning of the lyrics, but I like the melody and it still rings in my heart. I envy those of you who can understand the words. I admire all English-speaking people.
Hey my budda brother. Rosie is his hand , it's about a guy who loses the girl and has to masturbate to obtain sexual fulfillment, hence Rosie , his hand is Rosie palms and her 4 lovely daughters , I got to hand it to me ? You wear my ring , when you're holding me tight ? I gotta tell ya , it's MUCH cheaper , less trouble , no S.T.D.s easier to clean up afterwards and you dont.have " TO TALK AFTERWARDS " and later you.can fuck her mother and there's no excuse of that awkwardness later .
back in the 70's I knew two people at work, her name was Rosie, his was John. Actually, Rosemary was her name. This song was just out. And one night, after work, we were all out in the parking lot, drinking Miller beer from 32 oz. bottles, most of that swing-shift crew, anyway. Somebody punched up radio station KINK in Portland and this song came on. That guy had really cheesy speakers but i had a nice sound system so i found that station and he turned his off and, dang... we all had Jackson Browne in our ears and the song was Rosie from my Pioneer rig, from my Buick. the bass was deep. I turned it up really loud, and there was some distortion but it was still so nice and right when Jackson was singing 'looks like me and you tonight' I looked over at John and Rosie and he had his arm so tight around her. Damn. I suppose we all are prone to recall some sweet moments from our youth, right? But that night in that parking lot Rosie was with John and I still shiver about how good their thing was.
Meine ROSI ist im letzten Jahr verstorben. Sie war mir immer eine gute Freundin in schwerer Zeit. Werde sie nie vergessen. Das Lied haben wir oft zusammen gehört.
I won TICKETS in the 80's AND MY FKN HEAP DIDN'T START.A DRIVER FROM WORK TOOK ME TO PICK UP MY TICKETS, GOT BACK HOME FOUND 2 BATTERIES DADDY HAD IN THE GARAGE,NOTHING WAS GONNA STOP ME FROM HEADING TO THE WOODLAND TX, TO SEE THE MAN ,I ADORED SINCE A LITTLE GIRL ,DREAMED OF MARRYING HIM ,(DIDN'T HAPPEN, I HAD ALREADY BEEN TO HIS CONCERT IN THE EARLY 80'S OK ,I DIDN'T HAVE MY JERSEY THAT HAD ROSIE ON THE BACK ,BUT I COULD'VE DIED BOTH THOSE NITES,BUT AT LEAST ,I SAW HIS FACE. AS A YOUNG REBELLIOUS GIRL,AND AS A WOMAN,GOD BLESS YOU BABE
Rosie goes back to 1977 I'm happy tosay I've always been a Jackson Browne fan! 'Ive seen many of his concerts! 'Ive got too speak with him many time's he's a great guy!! He's always down to earth! Jackson Browne never changes! He's always made his fans feel like they were apart of his Family!! 'I hope he will come back too Charlotte NC soon maybe after Covid-19 'I love all his music!! And I 💘 Jackson Browne he was so young when I first seen him in Concert I'm a fan forever! Where does time go??
Watch Jackson Browne- Rosie. Posted by MrKtnature. Haha in the middle of the song he says, " did I mention this song is Not about me". Haha gotta love it
There was a Jamaican guy who worked with us years ago. His Rosie was named "Bang Bang LuLu". Been using the reference ever since. Men have no clue when you say to them: Hot date with Bang Bang LuLu tonight? They assume you are talking about a person.
I'm here sis!!! With my greatest sister.. sharing our moments... it takes a lot of the things you've done in life to understand how a BEAUTIFUL Rosie can be.. Love you always DeAn xoxoxoxo
Yes it is a love song when there is not another warm body to share it with...when I turn out the lights, I gotta hand it to ME., it's you and me again tonight, ROSIE palm.
Singer/songwriter Jackson Browne is said to be slowly losing his eyesight. Doctors have yet to find out what could be causing this. With that, let's enjoy this song by Jackson Browne, and let us all hope that this cause of Browne's encroaching blindness, can somehow, someway, be found. Oh, did I forget to mention the hair growing from the palms of his hands? She was standing at the load-in When the trucks rolled up She was sniffing all around Like a half grown female pup She wasn't hard to talk to Looked like she had nowhere to go So I gave her my pass So she could get in and see the show Well I sat her down right next to me And I got her a beer While I mixed that sound on the stage So the band could hear The more I watched her watch them play The less I thought of to say And when they walked off stage The drummer swept that girl away But Rosie you're all right -- you wear my ring When you hold me tight -- Rosie that's my thing When you turn out the light -- I got to hand it to me Looks like it's me and you again tonight, Rosie Well I guess I might have known from the start She'd come for a star Might have told my imagination not to run too far Of all the times that I've been burned By now you'd think I'd have learned That it's who you look like Not who you are But Rosie you're all right -- you wear my ring When you hold me tight -- Rosie that's my thing When you turn out the light -- I've got to hand it to me Looks like it's me and you again tonight, Rosie Looks like it's me and you again tonight... Looks like it's me and you again tonight, Rosie Rosie Rosie Rosie Rosie Songwriters: Jackson Browne, Donald Miller
To me the song is about so much more than masturbation. Rosie does not show up until after he lost the girl. Some people don't know the painful lonely empty space that comes when someone you desire fails to even notice you exist. Most of us have had a taste of that. Perhaps what Kundera was getting at when he introduces the word litost to the english language. Beyond the words it is a beautiful song.
When I first got the Running on Empty cassette, I had to listen to this song twice to make sure I hadn't misconstrued the meaning. And I was seeing a girl named Rosie. I love it!
@Mariana D'Amelio - Joni Mitchell did both: Graham Nash & James Taylor (singer/guitarists) --> Don Alias (drummer), Larry Klein (bass player). Among others.
@Mariana D'Amelio your comment is cracking me up because I've known enough groupies in my life to know you're wrong lol. It's always been a pretty commonly held belief in the rock world that the drummer is the one the ladies want backstage, NOT the lead singer. I don't know how many times I've heard the saying, "drummers have better rhythm ;)" lol
Jackson says it at the beginning of this song....its not about masturbating OR about the drummer & some girl its about a guy who mixed the monitors on stage & a girl...listen to what Jackson says in the beginning people...
Love this song ❤️.I'm 36 an my dad played this song for me about a girl I loved an it was like I was the sound guy..I cried all night like a bitch...an listen to it Everytime I drink..thanks for the song an the tears
Aaah, I thought it might have been that but why would you give your hand a pass to see the show and buy it a beer? So I listened carefully again, he never said the girl's name was Rosie! "You wear my ring" and when I turn out the light "I have to HAND it to me" that is classic double-meaning! I should have known, if Rosie was the girl that left him why would she wear his ring and be with him tonight? It all makes sense now.
I feel so lucky to have grown up listening to the great songs of the 60's, 70's, and.... ok, I'll throw in the 80's too.
This music lives on!!! Anyone who doesn't appreciate his music has no idea what GREAT music is. 🎸🎹🎤 Jackson Browne you rock
Classic Jackson.
I love this song. And, I have learned to look past his Domestic Violence issues. I did not forgive John Lennon tho
The most beautiful song about self love you're ever going to hear. It's not plan A but sometimes it just has to get done. This song is artistry at its best!
I love this track. I wonder how many get the hidden meaning of who Rosie was listen closely 😂
Jackson Browne is a phenomenal artist!
So glad someone else got the hidden meaning! 😅
Damn I drank a lot of alcohol to this song and the "Running On Empty" album. One of the greats.
I got to hang out with these guys for a few days when they were touring SoCal. I don’t remember anything from those days. I’m with ya!
Haha somewhere else so was I. One of my favorite albums.
This is a real song, very nice !
Jackson Browne nailed it. Awesome memories
I heard Jackson Browne's "Rosie" for the first time this evening. That man could write one hell of a love song, even if it was about self-love. It was almost beautiful, until I realized just what he was getting at. lol
I named my dog Rosie before I found out what this song was all about!
A true Singer Song Writer, One of my favorite 👍
I guess there must be folks that just "thumb down" everything , because I can't imagine anyone with an ear for music thumbing down this song . Thanks for the music Jackson Browne
The reason people might be thumbing this song down is because the video is live, but the audio is the studio version. I would have loved to hear the live version....it's jarring to see the video when the audio doesn't sync.......
David Nitzsche-Bell Agreed.
Good song it's funny
77 thumbs down? That was the year that it happened.😉😎 Sept, 1977. The day before my brothers graduation. It happened in Berkeley MO. ( I heard of it.) She also got 3 tickets to a Peter Frampton concert. 77 synchronicity😁 she was a star, already.
I agree. What could you find wrong with this?
Perfect every time! How lucky we are to have artist such as him!
I've been listening to this album...and this song my whole life...since the late 70s...I didn't know what this song meant until a few months ago...lol..damn
I never listened that carefully so Suzanne Pope, you just taught me the meaning. lol!
Suzanne Pope the same for me! Ha! Ha!
Susanna Pope..
Hmmm!!!
You wouldn't be Rosie
Would ya ¿
@Theresa Amick I guess working backstage some back in the day
I always understood the meaning, but I never thought about it much. To me it was always a great love lament song on my favorite Jackson Browne album.
At least I wasn't the last person in the world to figure it out. And they worked up some nice harmonies, lol!
Running on empty, what a masterpiece that album is like everything he does...
Beautiful, beautiful voice on that man
back in the late Seventies..and still at it in June 2020.....JB legend!
I feel like I'm 16 again while listening to this great song ❤️
Superb. Thankful to grow up listening to Jackson Browne.
Great song!
Grew up listing to jackson brown as a teenager. Saw him in perth in my thirties. It was awsome !!!
Love it
My name ❤
I had a friend who used to play and sing this all the time. When I told him what it was really about, he has never played it again, lol. Rosie Palm…hand it to “me”.
1977 at Michigan State University - priceless, timeless.
This dude was always bad ass, I liked all his music, great musician. These guys are hard to beat. We're all fourtunenet to grow up in this era.
I love Jackson Browne
I listened to this song many times in my misspent youth, but I was nearly 40 when My big brother explained it was about self pleasuring. It was so obvious but I just never put it together.
I'm 49...I didn't know what the song meant until a few months ago...lol
@@suzanne1430 The story of him explaining it to his Mom was adorable.
Yes I see it now. I never quite got it . The sound man just kept holding that beautiful girl in his imagination. This emphasizes the brilliance of Brown's writing...every line has meaning. Incredible song.
You're so great musican sir.j.browne a classic one of a kind.
Only Jackson Browne could write a meaningful song about j***ing off. Amazing talent! Fell in love with him way back in the mid-70s. Nothing has changed. I could only hope to be 1/100th as good a writer.
Jackson didn't write it , it was really a roadie who worked as a stage hand .
@@bobanderson8818 You're right! I never knew that. Credits on the album say Jackson and Donald Miller.
@@bobanderson8818 Stage. Hand.
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Awesome...memories of the 70s!
My mum would play this to me over and over again ♥️
I lived part of this song but I stayed by the sound man.
It was all about who he was, and those eyes, his smile. We were kids, really.. I don’t know how or why but we lost touch..
He has never left my heart 💙
I think it was 1973?
RUNNING ON EMPTY!
I have so many memories from this song and this album that are so fantastic and I miss those times so much but this song just is amazing
I have spent many a night with Rosie
Love this guy so much!! The perfect complete package!
Gives me goosebumps everytime i hear this song....
I am Japanese, so I don't know the meaning of the lyrics, but I like the melody and it still rings in my heart.
I envy those of you who can understand the words.
I admire all English-speaking people.
Hey my budda brother. Rosie is his hand , it's about a guy who loses the girl and has to masturbate to obtain sexual fulfillment, hence Rosie , his hand is Rosie palms and her 4 lovely daughters , I got to hand it to me ? You wear my ring , when you're holding me tight ? I gotta tell ya , it's MUCH cheaper , less trouble , no S.T.D.s easier to clean up afterwards and you dont.have " TO TALK AFTERWARDS " and later you.can fuck her mother and there's no excuse of that awkwardness later .
He's singing about masterbation. Now you know.
It's a sad song. About us American men going home alone with just well, the right hand, with the right ... Rossie (sigh masterbation)
It is about masturbation. Rosie and her four sisters. And it is GREAT.
That's odd because this song turns many Americans Japanese.
Love it!! Damn I wore this record " running on empty " out back in high school!! Yes, record. I'm that old.
did the same thing.....back in the day, old glorious days.
Crash64100, do not ever apologize for your age. No one is getting younger.
I wore out two 8 tracks, and an album.
Same for me :) I feel like I am in good company :)
Me too, Rosie you're all right. ; )
I've been listing to this from the time it came out
Love jackson brown
A true inspiration
Love this song my godfather used to sing it 💛
have to hand it to him, he did a really great job
practice!
I see what you did there.
And probably knowing JB's ladies man rep, it's a big hand lol.
24 and I love this song !!
I thumbs'd up this song...then I went and washed my hands.
Three months later? And she's my wife! What a classic narrative! One of my favorites! Released, my junior year ... of high school!
Are we listening to the same song?
back in the 70's I knew two people at work, her name was Rosie, his was John. Actually, Rosemary was her name. This song was just out. And one night, after work, we were all out in the parking lot, drinking Miller beer from 32 oz. bottles, most of that swing-shift crew, anyway. Somebody punched up radio station KINK in Portland and this song came on. That guy had really cheesy speakers but i had a nice sound system so i found that station and he turned his off and, dang... we all had Jackson Browne in our ears and the song was Rosie from my Pioneer rig, from my Buick. the bass was deep. I turned it up really loud, and there was some distortion but it was still so nice and right when Jackson was singing 'looks like me and you tonight' I looked over at John and Rosie and he had his arm so tight around her. Damn. I suppose we all are prone to recall some sweet moments from our youth, right? But that night in that parking lot Rosie was with John and I still shiver about how good their thing was.
This is an incredible song. I never heard the live version but it sounds better than the album.
thanks for sharing this video❤❤❤❤
He is the greatest. 80s lady but 70s Child. Keep it Jackson Browne. Best memories jaming to "Running on Empty". #trulyclassic
×Keep making the Great Music Musician!. 🎶
Meine ROSI ist im letzten Jahr verstorben. Sie war mir immer eine gute Freundin in schwerer Zeit.
Werde sie nie vergessen.
Das Lied haben wir oft zusammen gehört.
I won TICKETS in the 80's AND MY FKN HEAP DIDN'T START.A DRIVER FROM WORK TOOK ME TO PICK UP MY TICKETS, GOT BACK HOME FOUND 2 BATTERIES DADDY HAD IN THE GARAGE,NOTHING WAS GONNA STOP ME FROM HEADING TO THE WOODLAND TX, TO SEE THE MAN ,I ADORED SINCE A LITTLE GIRL ,DREAMED OF MARRYING HIM ,(DIDN'T HAPPEN, I HAD ALREADY BEEN TO HIS CONCERT IN THE EARLY 80'S OK ,I DIDN'T HAVE MY JERSEY THAT HAD ROSIE ON THE BACK ,BUT I COULD'VE DIED BOTH THOSE NITES,BUT AT LEAST ,I SAW HIS FACE. AS A YOUNG REBELLIOUS GIRL,AND AS A WOMAN,GOD BLESS YOU BABE
Jackson..B.."Rosie.."( For you Broder...19...Classic.....Jean Toulmé. 📀📀📀📀
Rosie goes back to 1977 I'm happy tosay I've always been a Jackson Browne fan!
'Ive seen many of his concerts!
'Ive got too speak with him many time's he's a great guy!! He's always down to earth!
Jackson Browne never changes!
He's always made his fans feel like they were apart of his Family!!
'I hope he will come back too Charlotte NC soon maybe after Covid-19 'I love all his music!!
And I 💘 Jackson Browne he was so young when I first seen him in Concert
I'm a fan forever!
Where does time go??
Watch Jackson Browne- Rosie. Posted by MrKtnature. Haha in the middle of the song he says, " did I mention this song is Not about me". Haha gotta love it
One of my favorite songs. Not the most complicated song, but it's still cool and fun-just like seeing Jackson in concert!
This is the most tragic love story between a man and his first true love.... And some girl....
Lol
Wrong…his hand
@@TheRoadDawg uh yeah, that's what the OP said.
We've all had that in some point of our time...........
Magnifique, quel beau morceau.
Jackson Browne the modern American Poet
Rosie is the only guarantee
There was a Jamaican guy who worked with us years ago. His Rosie was named "Bang Bang LuLu".
Been using the reference ever since. Men have no clue when you say to them: Hot date with Bang Bang LuLu tonight? They assume you are talking about a person.
MAN Great Job!!!!!!!
Jackson is my hero, my first love
I Loved Rosie also. Too damn bad.
Great song.
I'll just spend some time giving everybody a 👍!
Love Jackson Browne.
Jean Bosco Ismaila soufiano ok
Good taste!
I'm here sis!!!
With my greatest sister.. sharing our moments... it takes a lot of the things you've done in life to understand how a BEAUTIFUL Rosie can be..
Love you always DeAn xoxoxoxo
❤ storia di un amore 💘 impossibile
2:08 look at him smirking, he knows..., he knows the true meaning of the song
Well ... he DID write it.
@@perrymcdonald5609 lol
The backup singer wrote the song? Huh..
@@perrymcdonald5609 Try Redneck Friend and The Times you've Come. Jackson Brown wrote about sex a lot.
First cassette tape I ever bought with my own money...from 77-80 I wore out 3 of them
this brings back memories....rosie i wonder where you are now
Mark Sims either on your left or your right wrist silly man!! Really??
Rosie is right here keeping me company in 2020
Dude... Look down.
'Rosie' signs all of my checks..
Still Learning.. 👌💕
I wish i could of heard you in person one that writes from the heart! Grew up with you’r songs that touched my heart
I've seen him 9 times!!! First time 1974. Great concerts everytime.
GO JACKSON!!!!!!
Amazing synch job
Actuel
My favorite. 😘😘😘
Jackson Browne. I love your song stay. and I love you. your like an old sole.
RIP David
finally found Mrs Palmer's first name ..
damn, never knew there was video. funny...sad...awesome....heh
Yes I remember ,walking off with the drummer, willy. I'M SORRY.
Thought it was a love song, well I guess it is
It is. Between and man and thing.
Yes it is a love song when there is not another warm body to share it with...when I turn out the lights, I gotta hand it to ME., it's you and me again tonight, ROSIE palm.
"Don't knock masturbation, it's sex with someone I love". Woody Allen
That guy is Donald Miller...Jackson's long time friend and manager. They call him "Buda"....
Singer/songwriter Jackson Browne is said to be slowly losing his eyesight. Doctors have yet to find out what could be causing this. With that, let's enjoy this song by Jackson Browne, and let us all hope that this cause of Browne's encroaching blindness, can somehow, someway, be found. Oh, did I forget to mention the hair growing from the palms of his hands?
She was standing at the load-in
When the trucks rolled up
She was sniffing all around
Like a half grown female pup
She wasn't hard to talk to
Looked like she had nowhere to go
So I gave her my pass
So she could get in and see the show
Well I sat her down right next to me
And I got her a beer
While I mixed that sound on the stage
So the band could hear
The more I watched her watch them play
The less I thought of to say
And when they walked off stage
The drummer swept that girl away
But Rosie you're all right -- you wear my ring
When you hold me tight -- Rosie that's my thing
When you turn out the light -- I got to hand it to me
Looks like it's me and you again tonight, Rosie
Well I guess I might have known from the start
She'd come for a star
Might have told my imagination not to run too far
Of all the times that I've been burned
By now you'd think I'd have learned
That it's who you look like
Not who you are
But Rosie you're all right -- you wear my ring
When you hold me tight -- Rosie that's my thing
When you turn out the light -- I've got to hand it to me
Looks like it's me and you again tonight, Rosie
Looks like it's me and you again tonight...
Looks like it's me and you again tonight, Rosie
Rosie
Rosie
Rosie
Rosie
Songwriters: Jackson Browne, Donald Miller
LOL
To me the song is about so much more than masturbation. Rosie does not show up until after he lost the girl. Some people don't know the painful lonely empty space that comes when someone you desire fails to even notice you exist. Most of us have had a taste of that. Perhaps what Kundera was getting at when he introduces the word litost to the english language. Beyond the words it is a beautiful song.
Great song. up there with Mrtha and Lyda .
This is from the Greg Ladanyi shoot in England. Leland Sklar and Russ Kunkel weren't with the band on this tour.
Very nice day guys
we met sept 1980, i married in may 1981. Why didnt you keep me
Our time together was heavenly you were my "rough boy".
Shari Crocker 1978.,79
A true legend
When I first got the Running on Empty cassette, I had to listen to this song twice to make sure I hadn't misconstrued the meaning. And I was seeing a girl named Rosie. I love it!
Yes, her name was Rosie Palm and she had 5 sisters
Who would leave you for a drummer!???? Never!!!
@Mariana D'Amelio - Joni Mitchell did both: Graham Nash & James Taylor (singer/guitarists) --> Don Alias (drummer), Larry Klein (bass player). Among others.
@Mariana D'Amelio your comment is cracking me up because I've known enough groupies in my life to know you're wrong lol. It's always been a pretty commonly held belief in the rock world that the drummer is the one the ladies want backstage, NOT the lead singer. I don't know how many times I've heard the saying, "drummers have better rhythm ;)" lol
Jackson says it at the beginning of this song....its not about masturbating OR about the drummer & some girl its about a guy who mixed the monitors on stage & a girl...listen to what Jackson says in the beginning people...
Double entendres....lol
❤👍
My 5 year old neice rosie thinks this songs about her
Love this song ❤️.I'm 36 an my dad played this song for me about a girl I loved an it was like I was the sound guy..I cried all night like a bitch...an listen to it Everytime I drink..thanks for the song an the tears
There is no "original studio recording" of this, it's from Running on Empty, which is a live album.
looks like it's me and you again tonight
Thumbs up with my unoccupied hand.
You mean this is the ACTUAL ACTUAL studio version, they had it on video?????? WOW
If you are not familiar with the term "Rosie Palm and her 5 sisters" you will NEVER understand the meaning of this song.
BigORat I never figured that out for years. It put a whole new level of depression on the thing.
I didn't know until my husband told me. I thought it was just a really sweet love song. Oh, he laughed at me so much.
@@1steakley "I thought it was just a really sweet love song"
And Rosie got all that lovin'.
Lmao
Aaah, I thought it might have been that but why would you give your hand a pass to see the show and buy it a beer? So I listened carefully again, he never said the girl's name was Rosie! "You wear my ring" and when I turn out the light "I have to HAND it to me" that is classic double-meaning! I should have known, if Rosie was the girl that left him why would she wear his ring and be with him tonight? It all makes sense now.