It's sad how time's fly. Someone told me at my mom's funeral years back, "we live to die!". Best wishes to Rod Stewart, his band members, and all those great musicians back in the old days who are still living that inspired us through their musical talents. RIP to those that have gone before us.
I had only met my husband to be 3 months before this song was released and this brings back many happy memories of dancing to it with our friends . Unfortunately our marriage didn't work out ,but i'm really happy that your did . You were so blessed !! You will be reunited in God's promised new Kingdom to come ... the same one prayed for in the Lord's " Our Father " prayer . So you have a bright future to look forward to .🤍
_"It's a shame Rod didn't stick with the band"_ - Sure, but on the other hand we would never have been treated to the classic "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" or that ghastly dirge "Sailing". It was worth leaving one of the best R&B bands of the day just to have had those classics, surely?
72 years old and still listening, To rod the mod, Fantastic singer and the group what can I say. Just fantastic, You young people, Mite think I am a sad old man, Hope not, And I know some people will say about the lower case name, And call me ..........Whatever i am old but happy
@@stressaway-stressreliefsou4274 Ronnie Lane formed the small faces with Steve Marriot who basically deserted them to start a group called Humble Pie, after that Ronnie wood and Rod Stewart joined the group as pretty much unknowns and they were renamed the Faces, then after a few years the band start to be billed as Rod Stewart and the faces and that's when I think Ronnie Lane saw the writing on the wall and left the faces at the height of their fame. After, he formed a group called Slim Chance and I think made some really wonderful music but never got much commercial success. I'm sure there is lots more to it and I left out loads of names but that is what happened to the best of my knowledge
This was it, the song that made me fall in love with Rod Stewart. I was 12 years old, dancing around my kitchen, and loving this tune. Vietnam was raging, and the country was so divided. Thanks Rod for all the wonderful music! Back then, I wished I could be Maggie May.
"Go on John!" Class, just class! Fabulous Rod Stewart (live), dearly, dearly missed Ronny Laine, equally dearly missed John Peel, good grief, sadly departed Micky Waller on drums, and Ronnie Wood, bless him. That's what I'm talking about, HUGE amount of talent, yes, it's playback, yes, they're mucking around (Rod's singing live, though "come on John"), but what a legendary performance, nearly 50 years on you can feel it.
@@johnchurch4705 Micky Waller did the drums on the recording of Maggie May, en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie_May and I thought that was him in the video, but I might be wrong. I know that John Peel didn't play mandolin, he just happened to be around that day and Rod & the lads invited him along
Ron Wood hasn't changed. He always looks the same. RIP Ronnie Lane. I can't think of any bass player of the era that took so prominent a role in his band's songs. Love the soccer ball, when I saw him live, he booted some balls into the audience. I read that he passed up a career in pro soccer to become a singer.
maureen johnston: Was she not aware that the song's lyrics reference a May-December love affair between a college/university student and a married woman?
@@shruggzdastr8-facedclown Yes, she knew the words and what it was about. She just loved the song . She also loved Rhiannon by Fleetwood Mac. She called that one her 'witch' song. And yet, she wasn't magic.
I was sitting in my parent’s 1970 Buick Skylark parked outside my sister’s dance class. This song came on the radio and things were never the same. Only better - as I explored the airwaves for similar music. I began guitar lessons a short time later and today, at 64, I’m still rocking with the band.
I've still got this song recorded on cassette from when I was 12. I was recording the top three songs of 1971 from CKLW AM Detroit/Windsor station. I think it was number 2 that year. Whatever, it's always been one of my faves. I've also still got the portable radio I recorded the song from. 8 transistors, baby!!
Linda PhillipH Fifty years went by in a few blinks of a eye. Those years were the greatest time in life and wish I had a time machine to go back, because the time went by entirely to damn fast. One thing is as real as it can be, the older you get the faster time moves.
Linda PhillipH I am very sorry for the loss. But Mother Nature or Father Time, whatever the hell they call it, is the cruelest thing that occurs that can’t be stopped by any means. Everything is traveling to somewhere else and if you can grasp these words you will see them again. God grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change, have the Courage to change the things I can and the Wisdom to know the difference. That will lift some of that burden you have been shouldering for a while and make your steps a little easier.
There was a tape in late 80's/Earliest of 90's...Rock Legends...my Dad would play in his car driving me to school...the BEST of memories riding in a car with your hero and listening to wise knowledge needed for later life. Love you Dad x
Mr5083 Remember when this song came out on AM radio nearly 50 years ago, FM wasn’t even a format in 1971. It still sounded as good yesteryear as it does now. 🤘
Mr5083 Thanks. Blast way back in the past. Still reminds me how great the time of my life was during our school years. Had that song on 8-track tape. It was great back then.
As usual Rod is doing a live vocal The Faces were a band of gifted musicians Listening to the bass line The drumming And Rod’s amazing voice What this band gave us all back then Still a lot of amazing music about today but my teenage memories of the Faces will always remain the greatest
Good to see another person who understands how this was recorded. It is pure gold, capturing Stewart at possibly the most productive and original times of his amazing voice. Just everything about it, the timbre, the note selection, the timing and phrasing. Pure brilliance.
@@Lilliputian63yeah indeed Rod learned so much from some amazing artists like Long John / Jeff Beck His vocals back then I guess were his best & at a time when we recorded everything in analog There are today many great vocals but in the digital domain I feel that they don’t give us that magic anymore I listen to Rod using a DSM Linn streamer Even at 192 KHZ 24 bit FLAC it’s not as good as the original analog version Thankfully Rod’s voice and many others have been recorded in a time of excellence
When I used to listen to the song I had a crush on this little girl named Maria Rodriguez. And she loved Rod Stewart. I hated that little girl , for loving Rod Stewart. At 56 years old she still a good girl. And her sister. And her brothers. Thanks for the Memories
I was lucky to have seen The Faces so many times with Rod Stuart, Ronnie Wood, Ronny Lane, and the rest, this song takes me back to my teenage years. I got that 70’s shag, Maggie May is perfect ❤ Now my youngest son has a Shag, my siblings think he looks just like Rod Stuart, lol, he actually does, our family is extremely English 🎸👏🎤
This song will always remind me of the Summer of 71' when I graduated from HS. My cousin and two other friends bought a 62 Ford for $75 and headed to the Celebration of Life rock festival in Louisiana. After that fiasco we hit Colorado, Utah, tripped in Reno and ended up in Frisco and Haight Ashbury. From there we took the Coast Highway all the way down to Long Beach where the cops finally confiscated our old Ford for a cracked windshield. From there my cousin and I took a 747 to NYC and went to the Concert for Bangladesh....what a Summer!
@@2msvalkyrie529 you better believe it! When I first saw the film of the concert the opening song just sent a cold chill up my spine! It was like I was there again 17 years old and tripping my ass off!
Fitzpatrick Get yourself a copy of : 1971 -Never a Dull Moment by David Hepworth . It's all in there . ( came out in 2016 in Penguin books UK )Should be available in States.
Seventh grade year, the fall of 1971. I was a a cheerleader and crazy in love with an 8th grader from another city about six miles away. The whole time....that fall, all of ‘72 and most of ‘73 were as close to magic as Merlin waving a wand. Miss those days
If your over 60 and you feel down, or someone is giving you a pain in the ass put this on or any of our GREAT 60/70 music and all of a sudden your somewhere else...be cool keep singing and dancing
I remember sitting in the TV room in the student union building at King Alfred’s College, Winchester, watching this. John Peel’s virtuoso miming was wonderful.
Esta canción "Maggie May" la escuché por primera vez cuando tenía 16 años y me escapaba del colegio y en un ómnibus donde me iba al centro de Lima lo escuché en una radio todo el trayecto y desde de allí me encantó y nunca la olvidé hasta ahora que tengo 70 años; gracias a la tecnología y a Rod Steward lo disfruto ahora en el 2024❤.
Listening to this great music in my 20’s was the best part of my life.I know we all sound old and out of touch. Happily we don’t care,we KNOW we had the best music.
To each their own- but to me the regardless how truly great the stones were - the stones never came close to the real bones of rock n roll like the Faces did. Pure frolicking debauchery and fearlessly fu n filled lunacy - and great musicians.
I was thinking that same thing 3 minutes ago while listening to Gimme Shelter. Back when you could not only relate to music, but also "relate to the times" and what was going on in the US and the world. These day's I don't even understand all of these idiotic groups, (of all colors), and what they are even fighting for. Back in the day we were all just proud Americans, and happy that we were above ground! Now I guess that isn't enough.
Was born in 69 but this song was played alot on the radio well into the 90's - Always been a rock guy, Nugent, Trower, Sabbath and Van Halen was what I was into and never thought too much about Rod, but there is no way not to like this song, I actually tried and failed. Really just a delightful, innocent, simple ballad that has that magic charm to put you in a good, wistful mood every time you hear it.
Every time I hear this song I think about my Senior year...sock hops in the gym, watching the Boys of Fall win the football game...and listening to Rod sing Maggie May! Wow - great memories!
I think about my seventh grade year. I was a cheerleader and every night before games I’d be in my room making signs to put in players lockers. Little incentive signs to make them play better. I don’t think it helped. Anyway, this song was everywhere in the early fall of 1971. It would play on my radio as I drew locker signs on typing paper. Oh, the smell of old school magic markers . This also reminds of my first real boyfriend.-an eighth grader. What a magical time.
This is my birthday song -- was the #1 song the week that I was born! My mom told me this when I was a kid, and I confirmed the claim via Google back in the late '90s!
lovely and divine.....this is the very first song i heard of rod when i was just a small kid......thats why im a big fan of rod..thank you for the memories.......
How cool was Ronnie Lane. Carried the band thru many stages. From the high days of the Small Faces to the band at that present day...What a great band and Ronnie still looking cool, calm and collected...
Hard to believe this was nearly 50 years ago. I should know, I was born in 1971. But unlike me, this awesome song is still as fresh as the day it came into the world.
Maggie May brings back so many memories. I didn't know it then, but I know it now, those were the best of times! I still haven't moved beyond the music from the 60's and 70's, I just can't. It's too darn good. That was when you could listen to the radio, and every song was a good one, but I suppose everyone feels that way about the music of their generation.
I like the sound of the synth, and the fact that they're all having a laugh. I was a sixth-former when this came out. I can remember pratting around to it with my mates, not a care in the world. The only line we used to sing was "and in the morning kicked me in the head".
I had this on a reel to reel tape player and played it incessantly while working on my scooter in the garage. I had it on loud and after about the 20 th time of playing, the vicar from across the street asked me if I'd mind turning it down. Reluctantly I did but I can still listen to this classic 20 times and still want to hear it again. Happy times.
The vicar! LOL Any church stories and Rock are fun. Once years ago in Quebec Can. when the Catholics revolted against the stranglehold of the church and many churches became community centers etc. I got off a bus in a tiny Quebec village on a Sunday am where there was a church directly opposite. There was a steeple and thru loud speakers boomed Rod's 'Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" ROTFL.
For me this video has everything. Firstly brilliant lyrics and musicality served up with humour, playful antics (I mean skillful footy) a lot of bouncing, singing and smiling with original, destined to become trademark, 70's hairstyles. Oh, nearly forgot - the clothes to die for!
Classic with a capital K. Over the top football break for the world class all time hall of fame of spontaneous right on brilliance WIN! And no lip syncing here. Bravo!
I love these guys. I'm a lifelong Rod fan and eventually came to understand that the Faces launched him as a solo artist every bit as much as he put a um....face....on their band. Its weird hearing them do this together! Its not a Faces song, I think it might have been Rod's first solo single and as such I would have thought even if they were all mates it might have been a legal thing to keep their material separate. This almost appears as if they are sending him off into his solo career. Ron wood did contribute to MM as bass player and later Rod did some faces material. He very often does faces stuff during live shows.
If Rod Stewart and Ron Wood had continued playing together they would've made some great music and most likely would still be touring like the Stones. What a great duo....just like Lennon/McCartney, Jagger/Richards, Plant/Page, Daltrey/Townshend.
Sung live...a great musical period for Rod...this song has completely permeated the culture and I'm surprised that no one has ever made a movie out of it...
Back when Rodders was good. Last good album out of him was '75's Atlantic Crossing. After that he went into his slow decline to the Vegas-y type act he is now. But back in the day, especially with his Faces mates, he was a genuine tunesmith who cared about the music.
THIS SONG REMINDS ME OF MY BEST FRIEND WHO' LIKE MY BROTHER ARNOLD ALVAREZ. THAT WAS HIS MOM'S NAME MAGGIE. HE WOULD ALWAYS SING THIS SONG ON OUR WAY TO SCHOOL. ROY MILLER HIGH SCHOOL CORPUS CHRISTI TX. JUST THE GUY BELOW BELIEVE HIS NAME IS PRICE. SORRY IF SAID WRONG, YES WHERE DID TIME GO. I WOKE UP THAT MORNING TO GO TO SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY I JOIN THE USAF THE NEXT DAY I RETIRED. THE NEXT DAY I HAVE GRANDKIDS. WE KNOW WHAT IS THE NEXT DAY IS???.
Faces are the best. So rockin. ..they were polished, loose, talented as hell, could just let loose live, and always managed to ride the wave perfectly. Find some of their live stuff on youtube...just rockin.
Stood up in our local on a packed Saturday night and demanded ( I was young and very drunk ) that everyone sing this with me!! They did , bunch of loons ! Brilliant days , we thought they`d never end.
I Just turned 15 on Sept 1971 and this song went to NO one at the end Septemeber. God it takes me back to my teenage years grew up listening to Rod as the song goes Wake up Maggie
I was in my first year of Medical School, just a month and a half of the initiation of the Human Anatomy class, studying every single night up to 2 or 3 AM. Listening the KOMA , AM radio from Oklahoma City, the only radio station that I could listen in Chihuahua City, Mexico at that evening time. This song was the number one hit , and left an unforgetable mark on me. Smiling Faces Sometimes , of The Undisputed Truth, was another hit at that time.
Legendary, this tune is timeless, 68 and I remember this, what a time we had, the music and concerts were Legendary! That's what's wrong with this generation, they need some better tunes 😂
Love this song. Takes me back to when I ran away from home (Ohio) and went to live with my grandparents in Ann Arbor, MI. I was 15 at the time. The song was released July 1971 and I left Ohio in August 1971. Freak flag flyin, bell bottoms, and damn good music. Sure miss those times.
I was 9 when I first heard this on my uncles car stereo.It has always had a profound effect on me. It opened the door to all the music to follow,Thanks Rod and Uncle Guy!
So many memories with this song, I remember my uncle played and sang it at top volume in the seventies,and I stared at him in child like wonder, and I will never forget that moment!
Rod was great back in the day; Every Picture Tells a Story, Maggie Mae... then he went down hill, Ronnie on the other hand went up to the Stones :) . Thanks Rod, in any case. Maggie Mae is a classic.
I met my wife in germany when this song came out.loved her so much until 2014 when cancer took her away from me...miss her so much
Sorry for your loss
I send you a huge hug friend 😊
I hope your still with us and doing well
😢❤
Sorry for your loss
im a 65 guy who grew up in summer 72 listining to never a dull moment with friends great days when london was london and we had a great time xxx
It's sad how time's fly. Someone told me at my mom's funeral years back, "we live to die!". Best wishes to Rod Stewart, his band members, and all those great musicians back in the old days who are still living that inspired us through their musical talents. RIP to those that have gone before us.
each life bring us closer to our souls destiny
All we can take with us are memories.
WTF we live to die what you talking about mister
@@steviejohn9502 we live to love...i love to live...tell him that
what a terrible thing to say to someone at their mom's funeral lol good lord
Talk about a bunch of rock legends. Rod Stewart, Kenny Jones, Ron Wood, Ronnie Lane, & Ian McLagan coming together to make a killer song.👍
Thanks to my older brother I'm still here 2024
Absolute classic
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂 extra pill hahaha
the remnants of the small faces
I had only met my husband to be 3 months before this song was released and this brings back many happy memories of dancing to it with our friends . Unfortunately our marriage didn't work out ,but i'm really happy that your did . You were so blessed !! You will be reunited in God's promised new Kingdom to come ... the same one prayed for in the Lord's " Our Father " prayer . So you have a bright future to look forward to .🤍
One of the best tracks of the early '70's. It's a shame Rod didn't stick with the band.
_"It's a shame Rod didn't stick with the band"_ - Sure, but on the other hand we would never have been treated to the classic "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" or that ghastly dirge "Sailing". It was worth leaving one of the best R&B bands of the day just to have had those classics, surely?
neither did Ron Wood
72 years old and still listening, To rod the mod, Fantastic singer and the group what can I say. Just fantastic, You young people, Mite think I am a sad old man, Hope not, And I know some people will say about the lower case name, And call me ..........Whatever i am old but happy
Ronnie Lane is just the most adorable little man. Great singer too and bass player. Rest in peace Ronnie.
A true rocker and musician who sadly suffered the unfairness of life. A great Man
I dont blame him for leaving. It's not even Rod Stewart and the faces, just Rod Stewart. Ronnie didnt deserve that
Right on he was brilliant
@@bretttempleman5373 what happened?
@@stressaway-stressreliefsou4274 Ronnie Lane formed the small faces with Steve Marriot who basically deserted them to start a group called Humble Pie, after that Ronnie wood and Rod Stewart joined the group as pretty much unknowns and they were renamed the Faces, then after a few years the band start to be billed as Rod Stewart and the faces and that's when I think Ronnie Lane saw the writing on the wall and left the faces at the height of their fame. After, he formed a group called Slim Chance and I think made some really wonderful music but never got much commercial success. I'm sure there is lots more to it and I left out loads of names but that is what happened to the best of my knowledge
This song released when I was 11 yrs old.
Same here.
Kenny Jones and Ronnie Lane were one of the best rhythm sections of their era.
Ronnie Wood was one of the best gitarist on acid, isn't it?
Ronnie Wood on guitar....Rod on vocals....top dollar memories!
Takes me back to Eel Pie Island in '71/72.... hot sh#t !
This was it, the song that made me fall in love with Rod Stewart. I was 12 years old, dancing around my kitchen, and loving this tune. Vietnam was raging, and the country was so divided. Thanks Rod for all the wonderful music! Back then, I wished I could be Maggie May.
Playing soccer in the middle of the gig! - only the English God bless them! 1971 - Better times!
I'm sure Rod would be the first to point out his Scottishness 👍🏻😁
Scotch lol! X
Nice mandolins for the " Olympics" x
They were fooling around as they were only miming (playback)
@@Cruithneach Ahh but Ron's not is he?😂
"Go on John!"
Class, just class! Fabulous Rod Stewart (live), dearly, dearly missed Ronny Laine, equally dearly missed John Peel, good grief, sadly departed Micky Waller on drums, and Ronnie Wood, bless him.
That's what I'm talking about, HUGE amount of talent, yes, it's playback, yes, they're mucking around (Rod's singing live, though "come on John"), but what a legendary performance, nearly 50 years on you can feel it.
Dont you miss Steve Marriot??? ✌️✌️
@@agradewachannelamatir1759 Oh definitely, saw an interview of him from the 80´s a little while back, he was a genuinely lovely chap.
@@philgrossman660 even though I'm still the young ones,. I loved 60's,70's, and 80's... Legend never dies...😂😍🙏✌️
That’s Kenny Jones on drums. Micky Waller was in the Jeff Beck group with Rod and Ronnie and played on some of Rods solo albums.
@@johnchurch4705 Micky Waller did the drums on the recording of Maggie May, en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie_May and I thought that was him in the video, but I might be wrong. I know that John Peel didn't play mandolin, he just happened to be around that day and Rod & the lads invited him along
Ron Wood hasn't changed. He always looks the same. RIP Ronnie Lane. I can't think of any bass player of the era that took so prominent a role in his band's songs. Love the soccer ball, when I saw him live, he booted some balls into the audience. I read that he passed up a career in pro soccer to become a singer.
Ron’s a wee bit more wrinkly these days…
Back in the day. I have a lot of great memories of the 70s and the music
My mom's favorite song. She died in 2003 at 72 and we played this at her funeral
maureen johnston Great song. Bless your mum. Peace.
Maureen Johntson, yes what memories from my teens.
maureen johnston: Was she not aware that the song's lyrics reference a May-December love affair between a college/university student and a married woman?
@@shruggzdastr8-facedclown Yes, she knew the words and what it was about. She just loved the song . She also loved Rhiannon by Fleetwood Mac. She called that one her 'witch' song. And yet, she wasn't magic.
So sorry to hear of your loss 💔 but that's cool about Maggie May
I was sitting in my parent’s 1970 Buick Skylark parked outside my sister’s dance class. This song came on the radio and things were never the same. Only better - as I explored the airwaves for similar music. I began guitar lessons a short time later and today, at 64, I’m still rocking with the band.
I've still got this song recorded on cassette from when I was 12. I was recording the top three songs of 1971 from CKLW AM Detroit/Windsor station. I think it was number 2 that year. Whatever, it's always been one of my faves.
I've also still got the portable radio I recorded the song from. 8 transistors, baby!!
My Mom introduced me to Rods music when I was 15 yrs old, I will be 60 yrs old in 2 wks. Mom died December 2011. Sir Rod rocks on!!!
Sir Rod rock's on and so does your mom 🤘🤘 she had taste
@@adeh503 Ty Ade, and keep rocking!
From the 60s into the early 70s, what a time to be growing up!!!
Linda PhillipH Fifty years went by in a few blinks of a eye. Those years were the greatest time in life and wish I had a time machine to go back, because the time went by entirely to damn fast. One thing is as real as it can be, the older you get the faster time moves.
@@slowpoke7759 Yes it did and now I am here with my darling Lin lost in October and my brother in February. Where has it all gone?
Linda PhillipH I am very sorry for the loss. But Mother Nature or Father Time, whatever the hell they call it, is the cruelest thing that occurs that can’t be stopped by any means. Everything is traveling to somewhere else and if you can grasp these words you will see them again.
God grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change, have the Courage to change the things I can and the Wisdom to know the difference.
That will lift some of that burden you have been shouldering for a while and make your steps a little easier.
@@slowpoke7759 , True that , And it sucks!.
@@ptobill , Sorry for your pain!.
There was a tape in late 80's/Earliest of 90's...Rock Legends...my Dad would play in his car driving me to school...the BEST of memories riding in a car with your hero and listening to wise knowledge needed for later life. Love you Dad x
Aug 9 2019
Im 60 years old now
I've been listening to Rod for Ever
What a voice
Mr5083 Remember when this song came out on AM radio nearly 50 years ago, FM wasn’t even a format in 1971. It still sounded as good yesteryear as it does now. 🤘
@@slowpoke7759 its Aug 29 2019
Im hear on you tube going back in time its Beautiful , Enjoy Everyone
Mr5083 Thanks. Blast way back in the past. Still reminds me how great the time of my life was during our school years. Had that song on 8-track tape. It was great back then.
Conrad Hodges 62 here doing the same
As usual Rod is doing a live vocal
The Faces were a band of gifted musicians
Listening to the bass line
The drumming
And Rod’s amazing voice
What this band gave us all back then
Still a lot of amazing music about today but my teenage memories of the Faces will always remain the greatest
Good to see another person who understands how this was recorded. It is pure gold, capturing Stewart at possibly the most productive and original times of his amazing voice. Just everything about it, the timbre, the note selection, the timing and phrasing. Pure brilliance.
@@Lilliputian63yeah indeed
Rod learned so much from some amazing artists like Long John / Jeff Beck
His vocals back then I guess were his best & at a time when we recorded everything in analog
There are today many great vocals but in the digital domain I feel that they don’t give us that magic anymore
I listen to Rod using a DSM Linn streamer
Even at 192 KHZ 24 bit FLAC it’s not as good as the original analog version
Thankfully Rod’s voice and many others have been recorded in a time of excellence
When I used to listen to the song I had a crush on this little girl named Maria Rodriguez. And she loved Rod Stewart. I hated that little girl , for loving Rod Stewart. At 56 years old she still a good girl. And her sister. And her brothers. Thanks for the Memories
I was lucky to have seen The Faces so many times with Rod Stuart, Ronnie Wood, Ronny Lane, and the rest, this song takes me back to my teenage years. I got that 70’s shag, Maggie May is perfect ❤ Now my youngest son has a Shag, my siblings think he looks just like Rod Stuart, lol, he actually does, our family is extremely English 🎸👏🎤
This song will always remind me of the Summer of 71' when I graduated from HS. My cousin and two other friends bought a 62 Ford for $75 and headed to the Celebration of Life rock festival in Louisiana. After that fiasco we hit Colorado, Utah, tripped in Reno and ended up in Frisco and Haight Ashbury. From there we took the Coast Highway all the way down to Long Beach where the cops finally confiscated our old Ford for a cracked windshield. From there my cousin and I took a 747 to NYC and went to the Concert for Bangladesh....what a Summer!
The Concert for Bangladesh !?
Now that is the stuff of Legend !!
@@2msvalkyrie529 you better believe it! When I first saw the film of the concert the opening song just sent a cold chill up my spine! It was like I was there again 17 years old and tripping my ass off!
Fitzpatrick
Get yourself a copy of : 1971 -Never a Dull Moment by David
Hepworth . It's all in there .
( came out in 2016 in Penguin books UK )Should be available in
States.
@@2msvalkyrie529 Will Do! Thank You for that!
Got to be one of the best performances on TOTP
I just seen it now on BbC4 ,,I have rewound it 3 times now ,,fantastic performance
Sure is. People go on about Bowie, but this does it for me!
Sure is. People go on about Bowie, but this does it for me!
Nah...T-rex "Bang a Gong" with Elton on the piano is the best.
Foolish human 🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂😂😂@@nileswillis7992
Seventh grade year, the fall of 1971. I was a a cheerleader and crazy in love with an 8th grader from another city about six miles away. The whole time....that fall, all of ‘72 and most of ‘73 were as close to magic as Merlin waving a wand. Miss those days
I was in 10th...good times ;-)
If your over 60 and you feel down, or someone is giving you a pain in the ass put this on or any of our GREAT 60/70 music and all of a sudden your somewhere else...be cool keep singing and dancing
@@redpeadar9160 damn right take that music any day!
I remember sitting in the TV room in the student union building at King Alfred’s College, Winchester, watching this. John Peel’s virtuoso miming was wonderful.
Esta canción "Maggie May" la escuché por primera vez cuando tenía 16 años y me escapaba del colegio y en un ómnibus donde me iba al centro de Lima lo escuché en una radio todo el trayecto y desde de allí me encantó y nunca la olvidé hasta ahora que tengo 70 años; gracias a la tecnología y a Rod Steward lo disfruto ahora en el 2024❤.
Listening to this great music in my 20’s was the best part of my life.I know we all sound old and out of touch.
Happily we don’t care,we KNOW we had the best music.
Look at these beautiful “Faces” I miss them and those great times of the 70’s.
I was 13 when this song came out. The world was magical and we knew it. A million days will pass before those return.
When music was great.
every instrument is vital to the whole of this song, cool that Rod is playing with vocal delivery rather than just mimic the record
To each their own- but to me the regardless how truly great the stones were - the stones never came close to the real bones of rock n roll like the Faces did. Pure frolicking debauchery and fearlessly fu
n filled lunacy - and great musicians.
Rod was really athletic back then. I was just back from Vietnam (USMC) and fell in love with this song.
He probably could have played football (soccer) professionally
I played this over and over until i knew all the lyrics and wrote them in my diary. I was just a teenager. Still listening in 2019.
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Growing up I had a neighbor called Gloria that went by the nickname Loobyloo.
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This is as perfect a song as anyone could hope for, timeless, ahh the good old days when you could relate to music .
I was thinking that same thing 3 minutes ago while listening to Gimme Shelter. Back when you could not only relate to music, but also "relate to the times" and what was going on in the US and the world. These day's I don't even understand all of these idiotic groups, (of all colors), and what they are even fighting for. Back in the day we were all just proud Americans, and happy that we were above ground! Now I guess that isn't enough.
Was born in 69 but this song was played alot on the radio well into the 90's - Always been a rock guy, Nugent, Trower, Sabbath and Van Halen was what I was into and never thought too much about Rod, but there is no way not to like this song, I actually tried and failed. Really just a delightful, innocent, simple ballad that has that magic charm to put you in a good, wistful mood every time you hear it.
This is by far the definitive version of this song. And John Peel is there which makes it the best
Every time I hear this song I think about my Senior year...sock hops in the gym, watching the Boys of Fall win the football game...and listening to Rod sing Maggie May! Wow - great memories!
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when america was normal and proud safe respectful
Junior high for me. I was really into the top 40.
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I think about my seventh grade year. I was a cheerleader and every night before games I’d be in my room making signs to put in players lockers. Little incentive signs to make them play better. I don’t think it helped. Anyway, this song was everywhere in the early fall of 1971. It would play on my radio as I drew locker signs on typing paper. Oh, the smell of old school magic markers . This also reminds of my first real boyfriend.-an eighth grader. What a magical time.
This is my birthday song -- was the #1 song the week that I was born!
My mom told me this when I was a kid, and I confirmed the claim via Google back in the late '90s!
lovely and divine.....this is the very first song i heard of rod when i was just a small kid......thats why im a big fan of rod..thank you for the memories.......
How cool was Ronnie Lane. Carried the band thru many stages. From the high days of the Small Faces to the band at that present day...What a great band and Ronnie still looking cool, calm and collected...
Hard to believe this was nearly 50 years ago. I should know, I was born in 1971. But unlike me, this awesome song is still as fresh as the day it came into the world.
Incredible live performance by the Faces! Rod Live vocals is such a reason why I’d wanted to sound like him as a teenager! Pure Soul!!
Lol. Live. They are playing football halfway through while the music is playing. How is that live?
@@BlueDogSlim They’d played it off good, lol 😂. Still love ‘em especially Rod
@@BlueDogSlimOnly the vocals were live; everything else was karaoke. The instrumentalists look like they had a good time pretending to be playing.
Rods singing live here ! , brilliant he had an amazing timbre
Mother what a lover you wore me out, Kenney Jones slight smirk.... Briliant.
I cannot believe the time has passed so quickly...They were all so young, so were we. I got to see Rod do this in Philadelphia in '72 at the Spectrum.
Maggie May brings back so many memories. I didn't know it then, but I know it now, those were the best of times! I still haven't moved beyond the music from the 60's and 70's, I just can't. It's too darn good. That was when you could listen to the radio, and every song was a good one, but I suppose everyone feels that way about the music of their generation.
I like the sound of the synth, and the fact that they're all having a laugh. I was a sixth-former when this came out. I can remember pratting around to it with my mates, not a care in the world. The only line we used to sing was "and in the morning kicked me in the head".
I had this on a reel to reel tape player and played it incessantly while working on my scooter in the garage. I had it on loud and after about the 20 th time of playing, the vicar from across the street asked me if I'd mind turning it down.
Reluctantly I did but I can still listen to this classic 20 times and still want to hear it again. Happy times.
The vicar! LOL Any church stories and Rock are fun. Once years ago in Quebec Can. when the Catholics revolted against the stranglehold of the church and many churches became community centers etc. I got off a bus in a tiny Quebec village on a Sunday am where there was a church directly opposite. There was a steeple and thru loud speakers boomed Rod's 'Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" ROTFL.
One of my favorite songs. I was in the Navy when this song came out. Always wonderful, Rod.
For me this video has everything. Firstly brilliant lyrics and musicality served up with humour, playful antics (I mean skillful footy) a lot of bouncing, singing and smiling with original, destined to become trademark, 70's hairstyles. Oh, nearly forgot - the clothes to die for!
And John Peel
Classic with a capital K.
Over the top football break for the world class all time hall of fame of spontaneous right on brilliance WIN!
And no lip syncing here. Bravo!
I was a seventeen year old in 1971, crept into a local pub and played this consistently on the juke box, what a classic, so miss those days.
bring back, the voice, the time, the world-----this place hasnt been the same since!
They were great days, missed so much
One of the greatest songs of all time.... thanks for posting.
Best ever.. thanks for the memories.
Can't help thinking though... if Rod had've been bald.. none of this would've happened.
Newcastle 1970 The Monkey Bar then a pub crawl and end up at The Mayfair at 15yrs old now 64 what a memory
on leave then from army now 65 unbelivable
One of THE GREAT RECORDS by Rod and The Faces ... so good.
Classic song but it is by Rod Stewart. Not a Faces track.
I love these guys. I'm a lifelong Rod fan and eventually came to understand that the Faces launched him as a solo artist every bit as much as he put a um....face....on their band. Its weird hearing them do this together! Its not a Faces song, I think it might have been Rod's first solo single and as such I would have thought even if they were all mates it might have been a legal thing to keep their material separate. This almost appears as if they are sending him off into his solo career. Ron wood did contribute to MM as bass player and later Rod did some faces material. He very often does faces stuff during live shows.
@@flyingburritobro68 The band misses so many intros on the album, but it feels so good!
Memories of being a kid again
My brother had this album
Back in 1971
Every picture tells a story
I loved that album
Where it all began for me! A lifelong love of Rod!
Lesley Jones doesn't get any better Lesley
If Rod Stewart and Ron Wood had continued playing together they would've made some great music and most likely would still be touring like the Stones. What a great duo....just like Lennon/McCartney, Jagger/Richards, Plant/Page, Daltrey/Townshend.
But who would be in the Stones now if that had happened?
Sung live...a great musical period for Rod...this song has completely permeated the culture and I'm surprised that no one has ever made a movie out of it...
Back when Rodders was good. Last good album out of him was '75's Atlantic Crossing. After that he went into his slow decline to the Vegas-y type act he is now.
But back in the day, especially with his Faces mates, he was a genuine tunesmith who cared about the music.
THIS SONG REMINDS ME OF MY BEST FRIEND WHO' LIKE MY BROTHER ARNOLD ALVAREZ. THAT WAS HIS MOM'S NAME MAGGIE. HE WOULD ALWAYS SING THIS SONG ON OUR WAY TO SCHOOL. ROY MILLER HIGH SCHOOL CORPUS CHRISTI TX. JUST THE GUY BELOW BELIEVE HIS NAME IS PRICE. SORRY IF SAID WRONG, YES WHERE DID TIME GO. I WOKE UP THAT MORNING TO GO TO SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY I JOIN THE USAF THE NEXT DAY I RETIRED. THE NEXT DAY I HAVE GRANDKIDS. WE KNOW WHAT IS THE NEXT DAY IS???.
The mandolin intro and outro is too beautiful for this song.
Can't thank my dad enough for bringing rod into my life x
Faces are the best. So rockin. ..they were polished, loose, talented as hell, could just let loose live, and always managed to ride the wave perfectly. Find some of their live stuff on youtube...just rockin.
Love how they all taking the piss as they're just miming the whole thing
Cape Cod, Mass. 1971 with Maggie on the radio. Rod Stewart, excellent song!
A great track issued as a 'Double-A Side' single, with Reason To Believe, which is also excellent.
I saw them in '71. Great show
Stood up in our local on a packed Saturday night and demanded ( I was young and very drunk ) that everyone sing this with me!! They did , bunch of loons ! Brilliant days , we thought they`d never end.
🎶🎶Those were the days my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance
Forever and a day🎶🎶
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🎵We'd live the life we choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young
and sure to have our way.🎵
Good on you.😊😊
I Just turned 15 on Sept 1971 and this song went to NO one at the end Septemeber. God it takes me back to my teenage years grew up listening to Rod as the song goes Wake up Maggie
I was in my first year of Medical School, just a month and a half of the initiation of the Human Anatomy class, studying every single night up to 2 or 3 AM. Listening the KOMA , AM radio from Oklahoma City, the only radio station that I could listen in Chihuahua City, Mexico at that evening time. This song was the number one hit , and left an unforgetable mark on me.
Smiling Faces Sometimes , of The Undisputed Truth, was another hit at that time.
Great songs and even better memories. Ron Wood still with the same look and hair today. 04/12/20
Love it. Makes me think of high school..brings back good memories of better times.
This song is timeless 👍
Legendary, this tune is timeless, 68 and I remember this, what a time we had, the music and concerts were Legendary! That's what's wrong with this generation, they need some better tunes 😂
Love this song. Takes me back to when I ran away from home (Ohio) and went to live with my grandparents in Ann Arbor, MI. I was 15 at the time.
The song was released July 1971 and I left Ohio in August 1971. Freak flag flyin, bell bottoms, and damn good music. Sure miss those times.
I was 9 when I first heard this on my uncles car stereo.It has always had a profound effect on me. It opened the door to all the music to follow,Thanks Rod and Uncle Guy!
So many memories with this song, I remember my uncle played and sang it at top volume in the seventies,and I stared at him in child like wonder, and I will never forget that moment!
Maureen your Mom must have been so super-kool if this played at her funeral! You have my condolences.
Started boot camp 71 Fort Ord. This song took my mind of basic training and the Drill Sargent screaming in my ears,forever in my memories.
Drunk as a skunk on a Saturday night in our local and demanded everyone join me in singing this !! AND THEY DID !! Bunch of loonies , great days.
My kind of guy! We sang and danced to this song in the day. I'm a Canadian gal and love Rod. Have seen him 7x in cincerts
They always look like they're having great fun!
I love this band!
Have loved this since I first heard it. Mandolin gives me chills... Rod and Ron, the best!
Same as.great memories
Great mandolin solo by Lindisfarne's Ray Jackson.
The best ever ROCK SONG with far the best ROCK SINGER of ALL TIMES......Sir ROD STEWART.....
After Elvis!
This is the Rod Stewart I loved. He had the best band ever!
Saw them many times in those years when they looked like rock stars from head to toe and they were great to see
Rod was great back in the day; Every Picture Tells a Story, Maggie Mae... then he went down hill, Ronnie on the other hand went up to the Stones :) . Thanks Rod, in any case. Maggie Mae is a classic.
That takes me back to high school. Remember listening to that song while "cruising" Colfax Ave in Denver on Saturday night.
Magie May... This is one of those songs that changed my life when I was a young boy, almost a teenager ... Really love this song...
Love Rod's amazing live voice and the way they play football!
Happy Days.... ❤️