I've always thought using curse words shows a lack of intelligence. One of the things I love about older songs is the songwriters finding ways to get their point across without actually coming out and baldly stating it. They had to have a pretty good command of the language to be able to do that.
Lip syncing on music tv shows was very common back then. I like the how you described Rod and The Faces as a happy family. I think for the first few years they were. They were one of the best party bands ever.
"Maggie May" expresses the ambivalence and contradictory emotions of a boy involved in a relationship with an older woman and was written from Stewart's own experience. In the January 2007 issue of Q magazine, Stewart recalled: "Maggie May was more or less a true story, about the first woman I had sex with, at the 1961 Beaulieu Jazz Festival." The woman's name was not "Maggie May"; Stewart has stated that the name was taken from "an old Liverpudlian song about a prostitute." I was 12 years in 1971, and listening to the lyrics of this song caused my imagination to go into overdrive. On NYC’s 77 WABC Radio’s Top 100 ofc1971, Maggie May was the #3 song.
Speaking of WABC radio, I still have the 45rpm record of The Seekers song "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" - a giveaway the station had for Coca Cola tie in advertising campaign 1970/71 timeframe ...
@@tapper701 I was 12 years old, and also sent a self-addressed stamped envelope to 77 WABC for the same 45rpm of The Seekers song, “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing.” And the time frame was 1971.
@@StevenW1958 I have the original WABC mailing sleeve and the 45rpm record sleeve too. WLS in Chicago was another good radio station of the time. Transistor radio with a single ear bud ...
Rod Stewart, also Faces (featuring Rod Stewart). Faces was Rod's band for a long time. A good gospel / soul cover is by Rod and Jeff Beck, "People Get Ready." Jeff Beck started off as one of the 3 top guitarists that circulated through the Yardbirds (with Clapton and Jimmy Page). When Beck split off to start his own band, he picked Rod Stewart to sing. That band broke up, and IIRC Rod joined Small Faces, which then became Faces. Rod and Faces had contracts with different labels, so they worked together, but did separate albums.
I was born January 1970 and my mother was crazy about Rod Stewart so I grew up listening to him a lot! And I love him till this day and I’m 54. Anyway, my mom used to play the guitar and I remember when I was little, she would play this song and sing it home.
Such fantastic memories of Rod Stewarts music and High School in the 70's. He's definately a legend and to this day is still one of my favorites. ❤ Stay safe
To weave words together well in order to evoke feelings and images and ideas is an art form. When too many curse words are added, it just shows a lack of imagination and talent and muddies the message.
It's hard to believe this song is over 50 years old (released in 1971). Rod Stewart has always had such an interesting voice and he's still going strong. The song itself always reminds me of The Statler Brothers ;1970 song "Bed of Roses": ruclips.net/video/Lm01QfvWcyw/видео.htmlsi=etAqXIQBzbXLYOch. Thanks for playing this & your comments.
Watched your Jeff Beck reaction, Rod Stewart rose to,prominence for many as the lead singer in the Jeff Beck Group. You heard jazz fusion Jeff, but there is a lot of blues rock Jeff to discover. Morning Dew from the Truth record is a good place to start and hear that combo
A huge for nod to Rod Stewart but this the group called Faces. They had many songs before the group ended . Rod made an extreme solo career himself. Ron Wood joined The Rolling Stones.
The music business is a cut throat business, some bands & there members are friends, and some bands they just don’t get along. I’ve been playing the drums my whole life and a buddy of mine is a “Rolling Stone Mag top 50 drummer , Played on damn near a dozen alums -1/2 went gold , Grammy nominated multiple times , and he got financially screwed by the leader of the band that he had known for over 4 decades playing together then got ousted As the song goes, “rock ‘n’ roll is a vicious game”.
I think you didn't quite get the story from 'Maggie May'. It was about a schoolboy having sex with a married woman. He had to rush to school as she kept leading him on. He loved her but she didn't care about him. It was a sad story.
I've always thought using curse words shows a lack of intelligence. One of the things I love about older songs is the songwriters finding ways to get their point across without actually coming out and baldly stating it. They had to have a pretty good command of the language to be able to do that.
Each of the six gentlemen that you see on stage is notable enough to have their own wiki page.
That's Ronnie Wood from the Rolling Stones on guitar.
The band was The Faces featuring in addition to Rod Stewart, (pre-Rolling Stones) Ron Wood and Kenny Jones....
This was a Constant on the Radio when I was in Middle school lol
Lip syncing on music tv shows was very common back then. I like the how you described Rod and The Faces as a happy family. I think for the first few years they were. They were one of the best party bands ever.
Every young man needs a Maggie May.
I was 17 and she was 21 with a 2 year old daughter...
The ultimate cougar song. You Wear It Well is another good one.
And Jethro Tull's Sossity... You're a Woman.
This is my favorite Rod Stewart song! 😍
Wow!!! What a nostalgic trip for me…late September of ‘71, I was just starting my senior year of college and this song was HUGE….
You got remember that most of 60's 70's 80's bands started out as garage bands, school friends.
One of my favorites of his a favorite teenage memory thank you ❤❤❤ By the way one of those guys on stage is Ron Wood (yes the Rolling Stones)
Hand Bags And Glad Rags is a really good song by him 😎👍
When it comes to Rod Stewart the earlier the better.
Love The First Cut is the Deepest
"Maggie May" expresses the ambivalence and contradictory emotions of a boy involved in a relationship with an older woman and was written from Stewart's own experience. In the January 2007 issue of Q magazine, Stewart recalled: "Maggie May was more or less a true story, about the first woman I had sex with, at the 1961 Beaulieu Jazz Festival." The woman's name was not "Maggie May"; Stewart has stated that the name was taken from "an old Liverpudlian song about a prostitute."
I was 12 years in 1971, and listening to the lyrics of this song caused my imagination to go into overdrive.
On NYC’s 77 WABC Radio’s Top 100 ofc1971, Maggie May was the #3 song.
Speaking of WABC radio, I still have the 45rpm record of The Seekers song "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" - a giveaway the station had for Coca Cola tie in advertising campaign 1970/71 timeframe ...
@@tapper701 I was 12 years old, and also sent a self-addressed stamped envelope to 77 WABC for the same 45rpm of The Seekers song, “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing.” And the time frame was 1971.
@@StevenW1958 I have the original WABC mailing sleeve and the 45rpm record sleeve too. WLS in Chicago was another good radio station of the time. Transistor radio with a single ear bud ...
@@tapper701 👍
Rod Stewart, also Faces (featuring Rod Stewart). Faces was Rod's band for a long time. A good gospel / soul cover is by Rod and Jeff Beck, "People Get Ready."
Jeff Beck started off as one of the 3 top guitarists that circulated through the Yardbirds (with Clapton and Jimmy Page). When Beck split off to start his own band, he picked Rod Stewart to sing. That band broke up, and IIRC Rod joined Small Faces, which then became Faces. Rod and Faces had contracts with different labels, so they worked together, but did separate albums.
I was born January 1970 and my mother was crazy about Rod Stewart so I grew up listening to him a lot! And I love him till this day and I’m 54. Anyway, my mom used to play the guitar and I remember when I was little, she would play this song and sing it home.
They had a certain swagger because the song was a big hit!
Love this tune. Rod is still one of the greats. So many good songs to choose from.
Such fantastic memories of Rod Stewarts music and High School in the 70's. He's definately a legend and to this day is still one of my favorites. ❤ Stay safe
Yes SIX, because they are musicians not a freakin computer.
Fell in love with Rod Stewart after hearing this song for the first time. I was 14 LOL!!!
The Faces(the band) was known for its fun and partying
Who could forget 1971! This song was played continually on the radio. I saw him in concert about three years ago, still sounds the same
If you look closely, you can see Ron Wood. He played with Rod Stewart and Faces before joining the Rolling Stones.
Mandolin Wind was my favorite from this album (Every Picture Tells a Story)
To weave words together well in order to evoke feelings and images and ideas is an art form. When too many curse words are added, it just shows a lack of imagination and talent and muddies the message.
Love Rod and the song. He puts on a great concert. I love his version of this song on Unplugged
They were a happy family. They were a great band at the time.
One of the everlasting great 70’s sounds..
Definitely in my top 10 all time favorite songs.
A lot of these guys came up together from school through success with the band to old age .
It's hard to believe this song is over 50 years old (released in 1971). Rod Stewart has always had such an interesting voice and he's still going strong. The song itself always reminds me of The Statler Brothers ;1970 song "Bed of Roses": ruclips.net/video/Lm01QfvWcyw/видео.htmlsi=etAqXIQBzbXLYOch. Thanks for playing this & your comments.
another good one is Tonight's The Night.
Back when singers instead of dancers sang.
Awesome I hope you enjoy this song take care shadow❤❤❤❤❤
Watched your Jeff Beck reaction, Rod Stewart rose to,prominence for many as the lead singer in the Jeff Beck Group. You heard jazz fusion Jeff, but there is a lot of blues rock Jeff to discover. Morning Dew from the Truth record is a good place to start and hear that combo
One of the guitarists on stage is Ronnie Wood. But he’s been in a new band for the past 49 years or so-the Rolling Stones.
A huge for nod to Rod Stewart but this the group called Faces. They had many songs before the group ended .
Rod made an extreme solo career himself. Ron Wood joined The Rolling Stones.
The music business is a cut throat business, some bands & there members are friends, and some bands they just don’t get along. I’ve been playing the drums my whole life and a buddy of mine is a “Rolling Stone Mag top 50 drummer , Played on damn near a dozen alums -1/2 went gold , Grammy nominated multiple times , and he got financially screwed by the leader of the band that he had known for over 4 decades playing together then got ousted
As the song goes, “rock ‘n’ roll is a vicious game”.
Listen to the full version with the introduction. It is really pretty. From the Definitive Rod Stewart (remastered)
You ate correct. Video sync'd to studio recording.
this one put em on the map....
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Who cares if it was dubbed over, you get to see them and hear the studio version.
That’s the problem with much of today’s, too many curse words. The f-bomb is thrown in constantly. Far from great lyrics. Our music had next to none.
You're right -- it's dubbed over.
Most groups in the 70s didn’t curse, Chicago and Lynyrd Skynyrd, I never heard a single curse word in their songs.
Wonderful stuff, and you're quite right, curse words are totally unnecessary.
The album cut/single was different. This has been edited down.
Maggie was a cougar .
They're no 'curse' words in this. It must be the British accent that you've misheard
Couldn't have curse words in songs then, or you couldn't get radio play.
Just FYI. Rod Stewart was almost a professional soccer player.
Early on, Rod was an actual gravedigger ...
@@tapper701 Makes sense 😂😂😂
@@cinnamon962 Can you dig it ...
I think you didn't quite get the story from 'Maggie May'. It was about a schoolboy having sex with a married woman. He had to rush to school as she kept leading him on. He loved her but she didn't care about him. It was a sad story.