Rod Stewart is a huge rabbit hole, y’all need to go down. He does not have a bad song and can sing anything. My husband was not a fan of Rod’s, because of this song. He went on a road trip with a friend, when this song first came out. The guy played this on repeat the whole way there and the whole way back. But, a few years ago, I had tickets to see Rod. My sister in law was suppose to go with me, but she got sick. So my husband said he would go. He left that concert a fan. Rod was and still is amazing. There were fans there from 8 to 80. He spans all generations.
BJ hit the nail on the head!! That's exactly what the song is about. A May/December romance with an older woman. BUT...she wasn't a mother to him. The line in the song goes, "You turned into a lover and mother, what a lover, you wore me out" 🎵.. kind of like "and dang, what a lover"... he wasn't saying she turned into a mother! PLEASE react to "Hot Legs" by him next time! Or "Mandoline Wind"!
barblessa. We all know perfectly well that no other singer, " yep, this also includes the masterful singer: Rod Stewart" can sing Mandolin Wind better than, **Bruce Hornsby**!!! ❤️❤️❤️🎶🎶🎶
These reaction videos are always trying too hard to analyze the lyrics ... and getting it wrong. Colloquialisms have changed in 50 years ! Sometimes the music and melody come first ...
He said he "needed a friend", but she "turned into a lover", and rather than calling her a "mother", he said "mother, what a lover"... meaning she wore his ass out! 🤘😎
"mother .... what a lover", stands for mother Fxxxxx its just an expletive, and yeah she wore him out :) This is one of his first hits when he was still part of the Faces (a 60's band originally) - a lot of people thought he and Ronnie Wood (who went on to join the Rolling Stones) were related, looked similar, but they weren't, just friends. He was contracted to another record company to make solo stuff, when he joined the Faces. Maggie May was actually the B Side to his first single but became the real hit
And it's 1971 and I'm a freshman in college again. Such memories! This is based on a true story. When Rod was a teen, he had a fling with a much older Swedish actress. I have read that the record label didn't want this song on the album because it doesn't follow standard pop song format. It was a massive hit. Shows what they know.
He didn't actually go out with Brit Ekland until 1975 - 77, so this song was about annother lady. People also think "You Wear it Well" was about Brit too, but that came out in 1972
The story I heard, that was from Rod's autobiography, was that he lost his virginity to an older lady round the back of a marquee on the grass at a summer jazz festival, aged 16. He had no regrets, and she became the inspiration for this song..
The amount of damage that CEOs and managerial types have done to art is beyond calculation. They're money-men. That's all they know. But their hubris and self-adoration makes them believe they can do no wrong. Sad.
This song always brings me back to the fall of 1971 riding the school bus on a beautiful fall afternoon and our hippie bus drive would play it at full blast! A happy memory!!
BJ got the story right. The awful heartbreak of getting swept up into something you're not ready for and you know is not doing you any good but you just can't go. And yes, definitely about an older woman. This was kind of shocking when it came out. Personally this is my favorite Rod Stewart song ever. It kills me every time. Also the mandolin at the end was a big deal.
Asia & BJ, his "Tonights The Night", "Hot Legs" and "Young Turks" are next for you!! Bangers and ballads from Rod. Edit- Brad is right on the older woman. Rod wrote this about the older woman he lost his virginity to.
I watched the two of you listening to that song. Both of you will not on your heads and getting into it and jamming. I saw it in living proof. Maybe you didn't like the words, but you definitely loved the beat. Can't deny it❤
Maggie May what a dope song, this was one of the first albums I ever bought, the entire album is great! Rod Stewart’s early music was his best and you can tell this is definitely from the 70’s
BJ nailed it - he’s a kid who has derailed his life for an older woman and he comes to realize he feels deeply for her but essentially he is just a pass time toy in her life. The two lines that make this clear are ‘I know I keep you amused, but I feel I’m being used’ and ‘The morning sun when it’s in your face really shows your age’.
I like reactions when people are real, if a song doesn’t hit you then I like hearing the truth. Not every song is going to be a something you like. I love this song but I also love your honesty.
@@unclebobunclebob I’ve seen a couple, one was to the cliff Burton bass solo and one to the movie a clockwork orange. The clockwork orange one the guy was ready to fight whomever suggested it lol
BJ was correct. It's a young guy with an older woman ("The morning sun when it's in your face really shows your age") trying to figure out what he's going to do in life.
Classic! "Maggie May" was the lead single off the Rod Stewart's third studio album "Every Picture Tells a Story" from 1971. I remember hearing "Maggie May" on the radio as a kid in the seventies and bought myself a copy of the album in the late eighties that I used to play all the time. Dig that rockin' mandolin! Check out his cover of "(I Know) I'm Losing You" among the other great tracks from that same album. Fire!
@@willzimjohn Yep. The single was released as a B-side. Went to #1 in the UK, Australia, Canada and the U.S. As Rod said, sometimes the experts know, and sometimes they don't.
@@FreethoughtsOnline The mandolin on Maggie May was Ray Jackson of the UK folk-rock band Lindisfarne, no doubts there. And yet curiously there seems to be some uncertainty as to who played it on Mandolin Wind!! Several names have been stuck up, but there's no complete agreement as to who it was.
You're right about Maggie May being an older woman: Key line: "The morning sun when it's in your face really shows your age. But that don't worry me none, in my eyes you're everything."
This was my mom’s favorite song I’m a child of the 70s so I grew up listening to Rod Stewart but this song was her absolute favorite and every time I hear it I think of her
The line is, "You turned into a lover, and mother, what a lover, you wore me out." Yes, she was much older than he. One of my top three favorite Rod Stewart songs!!
It's in my Top 3 Rod Stewart songs too .. Along with "The First Cut is The Deepest" ( it's a cover, but it's a great one ) and "Reason To Believe" .. with "You Wear It Well" a close 4th .. What were your other 2 ?
BJ’s right. Rod Stewart says he’s too lazy to write songs, that it’s torture for him, but this one just poured out of him. It had to come out. Like everyone has said, it’s about the older woman that charmed him to her house when he was 16. If it had been a 16 year old girl with a 35 year old man, they’d be screaming for his head, you know. Double standards, and all that. It’s a beautiful song, though.
@@alanskidadomdom3748 Hi, I'm just pointing out that his comments sound like he is talking about double standards in todays world, I was fifteen when this song came out and can assure you anything went in the 70s, I am not condoning it, just saying 1970s was a completely different decade to today, but I still believe nothing wrong with an age gap as long as it is by mutual consent and happy 😊
This is the first song I ever remember hearing. I was 3 years old, we were living on the Marine base in 29 Palms Ca while my dad was in Viet Nam. I was laying on the floor on a giant floor pillow with all the long fringe, under giant 1970's style headphones, listening to my mom's reel to reel. It's literally the very first song I ever remember hearing.
Now that's a memory! Thanks for sharing. That's why music is such a special thing. My first musical memory is Town Called Malice by The Jam. A huge band in the UK between 77 and 82. I was 2 yrs old and always stayed at my Nans on a Saturday while Dad went to the football and Mum shopping etc. My Mums youngest brother would play it over and over upstairs until the bass line was stuck in my head forever. My uncle eventually gave me and my brother all his Jam records and I still cherish them to this day. Music makes memories happy and sometimes sad, but always beautiful in their own way.x
@@ryanjsgrandma2009 I remember spending a lot of time as a child laying on the floor under headphones listening to a reel my mom made for me. I'd lay on the floor & color while listening to Rod Stewart, Cat Stevens & Three Dog Night. My mom jokes that the tv wasn't my babysitter, the stereo was.
@@88teffie isn’t it cool how certain music can transport u back to certain times in ur life. I think that’s why I like reaction channels, the songs invoke so many memories. Also I remember when I first heard these songs and how I felt at the time. Bless ur mom for having good taste in music!
The BEST Rod Stewart is his time with the Faces/ Try "Stay With ME" and "Had Me A Real Good Time". Listen to the Rod that was with the Faces. That is the Rod I love to remember. Great days and great concerts. Those boyz could party and they would tear it up in Detroit. AND Keep in your head this was 51 years ago
Rod Stewart is a GOAT!! He's one of the greatest entertainers ever!! Even the Queen knighted him!! Now he's Sir Rod Stewart!! He has one of the biggest catalog in music today!! And he's still handsome at 77!! ❤ Come on Asia, that's a classic song!! Listen to "Handbags and Gladrags"!! It will make your eyes water!!
I seen Rod in concert and when they played a few cords on the guitar the whole crowd started singing and he let us sing the whole first verse of the song…. It was AWESOME
In 1971 Rod Stewart was part of a group called Faces. Faces had three members of the band Small Faces. Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan and Kenny Jones. They changed their name when Ronnie Woods and Rod Stewart joined them. The other member Steve Marriot left and became a member of Humble Pie. Faces was signed by Warner Records. Rod also had a Solo contract with Mercury Records at the same time. RIP Ronnie Lane. Thank You Asia and BJ.
Love this Rock family tree stuff. Let's not forget Rod and Ron were in The Jeff Beck Group before then after Jeff left the yardbirds where he was playing with Jimmy Page. Apparently Rod was so young and nervous he couldn't face the audience at first. Hard to imagine but what a sound they had. Then Humble pie, Steve Marriott was with Peter Frampton, a guitar great. Asia n Bj should defo check Small faces as Steve's vocals are awesome. Tin Soldier is amazing. Then u got Kenney Jones who replaced the legend that is Keith Moon on the drums in the Who after he died in 79. That is a brave man! I didn't know about the co running contracts Rod n the faces had. I read in Ron Woods book the band, especially the late great Ronnie Lane, lost the plot when they drove up to venues and the posters said Rod Stewart and the Faces. So disrespectful to Ronnie Lane who formed the small faces and wrote most of the songs. The contract thing makes sense now why that happened. Thanks for that.👍x
"Maggie May" is a song co-written by singer Rod Stewart and Martin Quittenton, and performed by Rod Stewart on his album Every Picture Tells a Story, released in 1971. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the song number 130 on its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[3] In October 1971, the song went to number one on the UK Singles Chart (for five weeks),[8] and simultaneously topped the charts in Australia (four weeks), Canada (one week), and the United States (six weeks). Every Picture Tells a Story achieved the same status at the same time.[9][clarification needed] It was the No. 2 record for 1971 on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and UK singles charts. The song re-entered the UK chart in December 1976, but only reached number 31.
Lord I've been in love with this Man since I was 11 yrs old. Over the years I've got to see him in concert 6 times and every time was a wonderful experience. If you haven't already check out "Tonights the night", "Your in my Heart", "Have I Told U Lately ", and of course "HOT LEGS". Love you guys💙💜
im with you BJ, the song is fire and youre right about her being older as he says "the morning sun when it hits your face really shows your age" and the musical elements are so cool from the hard acoustic guitar to that haunting mandolin break towards the end of the song leading to those moving Rod vocals "i'll get on back home....one of these days...oooh oooohhhhhh". Just Pure GREATNESS
I had this album back in the day ("Every Picture Tells a Story") The songs on this album were recorded when Rod was still a rocker -- prior to his becoming a disco king (yech!). So almost all of the songs on this album were really great. You should check out "I'm Losing You" and the title song, "Every Picture Tells a Story". BOTH just two of the best bangers of all time.
I loved this song as an 11 year old. You could not turn on the radio with out hearing this song the summer and fall of 1971! It always brings me back to that time of my life. Wasn’t aware that Maggie May was that much older. It went over my head. Even though Rod said the morning sun showed her age in her face. Thank you for reacting. Love you both. 💚 You really do all different genres and really get in deep with Instruments and the lyrics. And if it wasn’t your greatest song you’ve ever heard or you really didn’t liked it you give us the truth without being shady. I feel some other reactors only say what they think they should or they totally disrespect a piece of music. Y’all don’t do that. And I’m thankful!
Oh Takes me back. Maggie Mae! Rod Stewart was always getting his heart broken and I never knew why he was such a nice guy, but every girl broke his heart. I felt so sorry for Rod Stewart.
This was a B side of the single Reason To Believe radio DJ’s started playing the b side & the rest is history been a fan since this came out ❤️ I still have the Every Picture Tells A Story album I got as a Christmas present in 1971 yea please more Rod x
From Every picture tells a story album. An album in my parents record collection. I played it a thousand times. Rod Stewart, a scholar and a gentleman.
This album was my first LP. I got it as a birthday present and I loved it right off. The song "Every Picture Tells A Story" is a great song. His voice is so unique. I think your analysis was right on BJ.
I am LOVING seeing y'all react to all the albums my big brother had when I was a little girl that drew me into music for a lifetime. I was 9 in '71 and my brother was 18 and this just carried me back to riding my bike down a gravel road in Oklahoma and coming home to listen to my big brothers albums which he left with me to take care of till he got back from Vietnam.
Love you guys. Y'all keep it real. Love that! Rod got popular in the disco era but his roots were definitely rock. His earlier work is priceless, more rock and more contribution from the band. The Faces, the band that made him sound so much better. You can hear the individual musicians bring out their solos and contribute to the melody and beauty of the song.
He was with the Faces at the time when he recorded this. Ron Wood wrote the music for this when he as well was with the Faces. This almost didn't get recorded but the record company needed one more song to complete the album and Wood spoke up and said, "I have this little ditty I have been working on" . Some little ditty, uh? True story about Rod when he was real young and was dating an older woman.
My older sisters loved Rod. This song was played on the radio constantly. Older woman using a young stud. My oldest still has a crush on Rod and Paul McCartney. ❤️ takes me back to 1970s.
This was the first song I learned to sing (mainstream music) when I was 3, apparently it was my favorite. I had older brother's and sister who listened to all different types of music, music has always been a HUGE part of my life & it's now my adult children telling me "mom can you turn that down"! Makes me laugh every time
You should check out Faces. That band formed from the remains of Small Faces (Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones and Ian McLagan) when Steve Marriot left the band to form Humple Pie with Peter Frampton. Faces was completed when Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood came from The Jeff Beck Group. Great great rockband!
Check out "Stay with Me", "Losing You" , "Hot Legs" "Mandolin Wind", "You're in my Heart" and "You Wear it Well." That will get you started down the rabbit hole.
This was the B-side to the single Reason to Believe, but radio DJs gave it more airplay which caused it to rocket up the charts. Many of the musicians on this also were with Stewart in the group Faces, which is also worth a listen == Ooh La La, I Know I'm Losing You and Stay With Me.
This made history. It was the first time since the Beatles that a single and an album by same artist, "Maggie Mae" and "Every Picture Tells a Story," made Number 1 in both the singles chart and the albums chart and on both sides of the Atlantic, at the same time. Rod held all four Number 1 positions.
A confusing reaction to a fantastic song. It reached number one in both the UK singles chart for 5 weeks and the USA for 6 weeks. This song and album catapulted him to superstardom. I still regularly play this whole album 50 years later. You MUST watch the live performance of Rod and the Faces playing “Stay With Me” - one of the greatest rock songs ever! Have a great weekend.
BJ is exactly right in his interpretation of the song. Don't let the word 'mother' throw you. Back then 'mother' was used as a synonym for "wow!", "damn!" or "holy shit!" and was a shortened version of "mother f______!" By the way, Ron Woods who was a Rolling Stones guitarist, played the mandolin in the closing segment of this song.
@@rs-ye7kw Not surprised you didn't know, they couldn't be bothered to credit him properly on the album. He was down as "The mandolin was played by the mandolin player in Lindisfarne. The name slips my mind." So disrespectful.
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Rod Stewart is a huge rabbit hole, y’all need to go down. He does not have a bad song and can sing anything. My husband was not a fan of Rod’s, because of this song. He went on a road trip with a friend, when this song first came out. The guy played this on repeat the whole way there and the whole way back. But, a few years ago, I had tickets to see Rod. My sister in law was suppose to go with me, but she got sick. So my husband said he would go. He left that concert a fan. Rod was and still is amazing. There were fans there from 8 to 80. He spans all generations.
"The morning sun when it's in your face really shows your age." I love that line.
BJ hit the nail on the head!! That's exactly what the song is about. A May/December romance with an older woman. BUT...she wasn't a mother to him. The line in the song goes, "You turned into a lover and mother, what a lover, you wore me out" 🎵.. kind of like "and dang, what a lover"... he wasn't saying she turned into a mother! PLEASE react to "Hot Legs" by him next time! Or "Mandoline Wind"!
Exactly. It would be like if you said "Man it's hot today!" regardless of whether you were talking to a man, woman or child.
Mandolin Wind, what agreat song ,a man and woman struggle in a frozen landscape to survive .
I don't think Maggie is in the December of life.
It's more of a March-June situation. 😃
barblessa. We all know perfectly well that no other singer, " yep, this also includes the masterful singer: Rod Stewart" can sing Mandolin Wind better than, **Bruce Hornsby**!!! ❤️❤️❤️🎶🎶🎶
These reaction videos are always trying too hard to analyze the lyrics ... and getting it wrong. Colloquialisms have changed in 50 years ! Sometimes the music and melody come first ...
He said he "needed a friend", but she "turned into a lover", and rather than calling her a "mother", he said "mother, what a lover"... meaning she wore his ass out! 🤘😎
"mother .... what a lover", stands for mother Fxxxxx its just an expletive, and yeah she wore him out :) This is one of his first hits when he was still part of the Faces (a 60's band originally) - a lot of people thought he and Ronnie Wood (who went on to join the Rolling Stones) were related, looked similar, but they weren't, just friends. He was contracted to another record company to make solo stuff, when he joined the Faces. Maggie May was actually the B Side to his first single but became the real hit
Yeah, the punctuation makes all the difference. 😉
And it's 1971 and I'm a freshman in college again. Such memories! This is based on a true story. When Rod was a teen, he had a fling with a much older Swedish actress. I have read that the record label didn't want this song on the album because it doesn't follow standard pop song format. It was a massive hit. Shows what they know.
He didn't actually go out with Brit Ekland until 1975 - 77, so this song was about annother lady. People also think "You Wear it Well" was about Brit too, but that came out in 1972
The story I heard, that was from Rod's autobiography, was that he lost his virginity to an older lady round the back of a marquee on the grass at a summer jazz festival, aged 16. He had no regrets, and she became the inspiration for this song..
The amount of damage that CEOs and managerial types have done to art is beyond calculation. They're money-men. That's all they know. But their hubris and self-adoration makes them believe they can do no wrong. Sad.
Early 70's musically what a great time to be alive... another great story from Stewart is Every Picture Tells A Story
Maggie May was the song that shot Stewart to the top
yes, and it was the B side to the single, the A side was Reason To Believe
It sure was popular on the airwaves when it came out, I was in seventh or eighth grade then. What great memories.
How can that be when Asia doesnt get it or like it. 🤣🤣🤣
This was Rod Stewart's first hit in 1971 that catapulted his music solo career to fame
Rod Stewart voice is so great its so awesome and very inspiring when he's singing he's a rock 🎸 star 🌟 😀 😄 ❤ ♥
This song always brings me back to the fall of 1971 riding the school bus on a beautiful fall afternoon and our hippie bus drive would play it at full blast! A happy memory!!
BJ got the story right. The awful heartbreak of getting swept up into something you're not ready for and you know is not doing you any good but you just can't go. And yes, definitely about an older woman. This was kind of shocking when it came out. Personally this is my favorite Rod Stewart song ever. It kills me every time. Also the mandolin at the end was a big deal.
Its not difficult to get the story now is it, Sheesh Americans. 🤦♂🤦♂🤣🤣🤣🤣
Rude mf’er
Asia & BJ, his "Tonights The Night", "Hot Legs" and "Young Turks" are next for you!! Bangers and ballads from Rod. Edit- Brad is right on the older woman. Rod wrote this about the older woman he lost his virginity to.
He has sooo many great ones but Hot Legs is my favorite. Th duet w/Tina Turner is awesome
I agree 100%...Love Rod 💘
Tomight' the Night holds a very special meaning to me!! Actually, I lost my virginity to that song!!
@@danarussell1291 nice!👊 who played th song, you or him??
@@gizzy2403, it just came on the radio!! Very fitting song!!
I watched the two of you listening to that song. Both of you will not on your heads and getting into it and jamming. I saw it in living proof. Maybe you didn't like the words, but you definitely loved the beat. Can't deny it❤
ROD STEWART, The Iconic "MAGGIE MAE". 1971 This Song Ruled the charts His major top of charts Masterpiece.
Of all the reviewers on you tube your the best at picking up the meanings of the songs. Cheers Brother!!
The morning sun when it’s in your face really shows your age.
Yes it’s a boy drawn to an older woman.
Rod Stewart is INCREDIBLE !!!!
Maggie May what a dope song, this was one of the first albums I ever bought, the entire album is great! Rod Stewart’s early music was his best and you can tell this is definitely from the 70’s
BJ nailed it - he’s a kid who has derailed his life for an older woman and he comes to realize he feels deeply for her but essentially he is just a pass time toy in her life. The two lines that make this clear are ‘I know I keep you amused, but I feel I’m being used’ and ‘The morning sun when it’s in your face really shows your age’.
i love the use of the mandolin on many of rods songs
BJ got it right. Based on a true story of a relationship Rod had with an older woman. More Rod Stewart ❤️🔥❤️🔥
I have heard this song for 50 years and never get tired of it. Some songs need to be listened to more than once.
I like reactions when people are real, if a song doesn’t hit you then I like hearing the truth. Not every song is going to be a something you like.
I love this song but I also love your honesty.
Never seen a reaction yet that was totally negative.
@@unclebobunclebob I’ve seen a couple, one was to the cliff Burton bass solo and one to the movie a clockwork orange. The clockwork orange one the guy was ready to fight whomever suggested it lol
The mornin' sun when it's in your face really shows your age. Maggie had a boy toy
BJ was correct. It's a young guy with an older woman ("The morning sun when it's in your face really shows your age") trying to figure out what he's going to do in life.
Classic! "Maggie May" was the lead single off the Rod Stewart's third studio album "Every Picture Tells a Story" from 1971. I remember hearing "Maggie May" on the radio as a kid in the seventies and bought myself a copy of the album in the late eighties that I used to play all the time. Dig that rockin' mandolin! Check out his cover of "(I Know) I'm Losing You" among the other great tracks from that same album. Fire!
Mike, you are spot on! One of my top 5 albums of all time and I regularly still listen to it 50 years later!
One of the first albums I ever bought. The mandolin vibes appears again as it's own track 'Mandolin Wind' also on this album.
@@willzimjohn Yep. The single was released as a B-side. Went to #1 in the UK, Australia, Canada and the U.S. As Rod said, sometimes the experts know, and sometimes they don't.
@@FreethoughtsOnline The mandolin on Maggie May was Ray Jackson of the UK folk-rock band Lindisfarne, no doubts there. And yet curiously there seems to be some uncertainty as to who played it on Mandolin Wind!! Several names have been stuck up, but there's no complete agreement as to who it was.
You're right about Maggie May being an older woman: Key line: "The morning sun when it's in your face really shows your age. But that don't worry me none, in my eyes you're everything."
This was my mom’s favorite song I’m a child of the 70s so I grew up listening to Rod Stewart but this song was her absolute favorite and every time I hear it I think of her
We girls from the 70s fell in love with Rod the Bod because of this song.
I saw a documentary on Rod Stewart. He claimed that this song was real life experience he had when he was young.
I’m going to give you a thumbs up 👍 before I even listen. Rod Stewart was big when I was in high school (class of ‘76) and Maggie Mae was huge.
The line is, "You turned into a lover, and mother, what a lover, you wore me out." Yes, she was much older than he. One of my top three favorite Rod Stewart songs!!
It's in my Top 3 Rod Stewart songs too .. Along with "The First Cut is The Deepest" ( it's a cover, but it's a great one ) and "Reason To Believe" .. with "You Wear It Well" a close 4th .. What were your other 2 ?
BJ’s right. Rod Stewart says he’s too lazy to write songs, that it’s torture for him, but this one just poured out of him. It had to come out. Like everyone has said, it’s about the older woman that charmed him to her house when he was 16. If it had been a 16 year old girl with a 35 year old man, they’d be screaming for his head, you know. Double standards, and all that. It’s a beautiful song, though.
When I was 16 it was a daily prayer 😳👍🏻
Perfectly put. The double standards in society today are everywhere.
@@alanskidadomdom3748 Double standards today? Rod is 77 now and this was released in 1975
I'm just agreeing with the post from Lathe. Is there something in his post that you disagree with?
@@alanskidadomdom3748 Hi, I'm just pointing out that his comments sound like he is talking about double standards in todays world, I was fifteen when this song came out and can assure you anything went in the 70s, I am not condoning it, just saying 1970s was a completely different decade to today, but I still believe nothing wrong with an age gap as long as it is by mutual consent and happy 😊
This is the first song I ever remember hearing. I was 3 years old, we were living on the Marine base in 29 Palms Ca while my dad was in Viet Nam. I was laying on the floor on a giant floor pillow with all the long fringe, under giant 1970's style headphones, listening to my mom's reel to reel. It's literally the very first song I ever remember hearing.
Cool story. Love the visual of it. Thanks!
Now that's a memory! Thanks for sharing. That's why music is such a special thing.
My first musical memory is Town Called Malice by The Jam. A huge band in the UK between 77 and 82. I was 2 yrs old and always stayed at my Nans on a Saturday while Dad went to the football and Mum shopping etc. My Mums youngest brother would play it over and over upstairs until the bass line was stuck in my head forever. My uncle eventually gave me and my brother all his Jam records and I still cherish them to this day. Music makes memories happy and sometimes sad, but always beautiful in their own way.x
@@ryanjsgrandma2009 I remember spending a lot of time as a child laying on the floor under headphones listening to a reel my mom made for me. I'd lay on the floor & color while listening to Rod Stewart, Cat Stevens & Three Dog Night. My mom jokes that the tv wasn't my babysitter, the stereo was.
@@88teffie isn’t it cool how certain music can transport u back to certain times in ur life. I think that’s why I like reaction channels, the songs invoke so many memories. Also I remember when I first heard these songs and how I felt at the time. Bless ur mom for having good taste in music!
The BEST Rod Stewart is his time with the Faces/ Try "Stay With ME" and "Had Me A Real Good Time". Listen to the Rod that was with the Faces. That is the Rod I love to remember. Great days and great concerts. Those boyz could party and they would tear it up in Detroit. AND Keep in your head this was 51 years ago
Rod Stewart is a GOAT!! He's one of the greatest entertainers ever!! Even the Queen knighted him!! Now he's Sir Rod Stewart!! He has one of the biggest catalog in music today!! And he's still handsome at 77!! ❤ Come on Asia, that's a classic song!! Listen to "Handbags and Gladrags"!! It will make your eyes water!!
One of my favs of his along with You Wear it Well & Forever Young!
The most important thing is to listen and keep an open mind and music will take you to places you never thought you would be.
I seen Rod in concert and when they played a few cords on the guitar the whole crowd started singing and he let us sing the whole first verse of the song…. It was AWESOME
I went to his concert last year in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and the same thing happened.
Such a BADASS SONG!
This song brings me back to my youth back when I hung with my friends didn't have a worry or a care in the world...
The morning sun when its in your face really shows your age.
This is from back in the days when Rod was really on top from. Plus he was in an incredible band too, Faces.
Rod Stewart brilliant song.
This is my favorite song of all time❤❤❤❤
You are gonna Love his music.. So much to explore........
Oh now ya'll did it!!!! One if my all time favorite songs, especially by the incomparable Rod Stewart!!! Fantastic!!! 😉❤✌
Okay, so basically it's a "Mrs Robinson " thing. So BJ got it right except High School boy not college!!! 😉
"The morning sun when it's in your face really shows your age" Young Rod drawn in by an older woman.
In 1971 Rod Stewart was part of a group called Faces. Faces had three members of the band Small Faces. Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan and Kenny Jones. They changed their name when Ronnie Woods and Rod Stewart joined them. The other member Steve Marriot left and became a member of Humble Pie. Faces was signed by Warner Records. Rod also had a Solo contract with Mercury Records at the same time. RIP Ronnie Lane. Thank You Asia and BJ.
Love this Rock family tree stuff. Let's not forget Rod and Ron were in The Jeff Beck Group before then after Jeff left the yardbirds where he was playing with Jimmy Page. Apparently Rod was so young and nervous he couldn't face the audience at first. Hard to imagine but what a sound they had. Then Humble pie, Steve Marriott was with Peter Frampton, a guitar great. Asia n Bj should defo check Small faces as Steve's vocals are awesome. Tin Soldier is amazing. Then u got Kenney Jones who replaced the legend that is Keith Moon on the drums in the Who after he died in 79. That is a brave man!
I didn't know about the co running contracts Rod n the faces had. I read in Ron Woods book the band, especially the late great Ronnie Lane, lost the plot when they drove up to venues and the posters said Rod Stewart and the Faces. So disrespectful to Ronnie Lane who formed the small faces and wrote most of the songs. The contract thing makes sense now why that happened. Thanks for that.👍x
"Maggie May" is a song co-written by singer Rod Stewart and Martin Quittenton, and performed by Rod Stewart on his album Every Picture Tells a Story, released in 1971.
In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the song number 130 on its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[3]
In October 1971, the song went to number one on the UK Singles Chart (for five weeks),[8] and simultaneously topped the charts in Australia (four weeks), Canada (one week), and the United States (six weeks). Every Picture Tells a Story achieved the same status at the same time.[9][clarification needed] It was the No. 2 record for 1971 on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and UK singles charts.
The song re-entered the UK chart in December 1976, but only reached number 31.
Lord I've been in love with this Man since I was 11 yrs old. Over the years I've got to see him in concert 6 times and every time was a wonderful experience. If you haven't already check out "Tonights the night", "Your in my Heart", "Have I Told U Lately ", and of course "HOT LEGS". Love you guys💙💜
I have seen Rod Stewart in concert five times - each one better than the last.
One of my favorite Rod Stewart.🥰🥰🥰
You've got to hear Mandolin Wind next. It's a beautiful love song from Mr. Rod Stewart.
im with you BJ, the song is fire and youre right about her being older as he says "the morning sun when it hits your face really shows your age" and the musical elements are so cool from the hard acoustic guitar to that haunting mandolin break towards the end of the song leading to those moving Rod vocals "i'll get on back home....one of these days...oooh oooohhhhhh". Just Pure GREATNESS
He has so many great songs and puts on a great concert. The unplugged version of this song is great
I had this album back in the day ("Every Picture Tells a Story") The songs on this album were recorded when Rod was still a rocker -- prior to his becoming a disco king (yech!). So almost all of the songs on this album were really great. You should check out "I'm Losing You" and the title song, "Every Picture Tells a Story". BOTH just two of the best bangers of all time.
One of those albums that does not have a bad song on it. Great stuff.
I loved this song as an 11 year old. You could not turn on the radio with out hearing this song the summer and fall of 1971! It always brings me back to that time of my life. Wasn’t aware that Maggie May was that much older. It went over my head. Even though Rod said the morning sun showed her age in her face. Thank you for reacting. Love you both. 💚 You really do all different genres and really get in deep with Instruments and the lyrics. And if it wasn’t your greatest song you’ve ever heard or you really didn’t liked it you give us the truth without being shady. I feel some other reactors only say what they think they should or they totally disrespect a piece of music. Y’all don’t do that. And I’m thankful!
My absolute favorite Rod Stewart song is Stay with Me.
Oh Takes me back. Maggie Mae! Rod Stewart was always getting his heart broken and I never knew why he was such a nice guy, but every girl broke his heart. I felt so sorry for Rod Stewart.
Best sing-along song ever. Everyone knew the lyrics. When it came on the radio it was time to sing along with Rod.
This was a B side of the single Reason To Believe radio DJ’s started playing the b side & the rest is history been a fan since this came out ❤️ I still have the Every Picture Tells A Story album I got as a Christmas present in 1971 yea please more Rod x
Big dance song in my young school boy days.Early 70s late 60s were magical times for music.
From Every picture tells a story album. An album in my parents record collection. I played it a thousand times. Rod Stewart, a scholar and a gentleman.
you will end up loving his songs
one of rod's best. great song.
Great days,great memories,Rod at his best as frontman with the Faces,one of the greatest rock bands around!
Love the mandolin in this song! I always have. That and Rod’s voice.
It’s his BEST song
One of my favorite childhood songs
Tonight's the Night..was my favourite Rod Stewart song❤ Loving the honest reactions Asia & Bj💖
Probably still his best known and one of his best tunes.
Great catch BJ. Yes, she's older. Great reaction!!! You two are great!!!
This album was my first LP. I got it as a birthday present and I loved it right off. The song "Every Picture Tells A Story" is a great song. His voice is so unique. I think your analysis was right on BJ.
This is rockin. You will love Rod Stewart and The Faces live in 1971 "Stay with Me" or "I'm Losing You".
I am LOVING seeing y'all react to all the albums my big brother had when I was a little girl that drew me into music for a lifetime. I was 9 in '71 and my brother was 18 and this just carried me back to riding my bike down a gravel road in Oklahoma and coming home to listen to my big brothers albums which he left with me to take care of till he got back from Vietnam.
One of my all time favorite songs in high school. Nothing could beat riding down the backroads with my friends, rolling stoned with Maggie May.
LOVE THIS I had a boyfriend 11 years younger then me, we were together for 9 years it was a great relationship , he use to sing this to me lol
lucky fella!
@@winnywin thank you 😀
What a waste of 9 years. No marriage, kids or family came of that?
@@Anne-pv9cb already did that before him my son is 20 lol I did all of that young
Love you guys.
Y'all keep it real.
Love that!
Rod got popular in the disco era but his roots were definitely rock.
His earlier work is priceless, more rock and more contribution from the band.
The Faces, the band that made him sound so much better.
You can hear the individual musicians bring out their solos and contribute to the melody and beauty of the song.
He was with the Faces at the time when he recorded this. Ron Wood wrote the music for this when he as well was with the Faces. This almost didn't get recorded but the record company needed one more song to complete the album and Wood spoke up and said, "I have this little ditty I have been working on" . Some little ditty, uh? True story about Rod when he was real young and was dating an older woman.
My older sisters loved Rod. This song was played on the radio constantly. Older woman using a young stud. My oldest still has a crush on Rod and Paul McCartney. ❤️ takes me back to 1970s.
I think this was the song that made him a star. I remember it on the radio so much.
This was the first song I learned to sing (mainstream music) when I was 3, apparently it was my favorite. I had older brother's and sister who listened to all different types of music, music has always been a HUGE part of my life & it's now my adult children telling me "mom can you turn that down"! Makes me laugh every time
One of the greatest songs ever!!💕💕
You should check out Faces. That band formed from the remains of Small Faces (Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones and Ian McLagan) when Steve Marriot left the band to form Humple Pie with Peter Frampton. Faces was completed when Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood came from The Jeff Beck Group. Great great rockband!
Check out "Stay with Me", "Losing You" , "Hot Legs" "Mandolin Wind", "You're in my Heart" and "You Wear it Well." That will get you started down the rabbit hole.
Your hubby is spot on in his assessment of this song.
was in the 9th grade when this came out. the mandolin was epic. nobody had a mandolin in their band back then.
1971 I was 10 years old when this came out. We had some great music back then.
I request “You’re in my Heart” please! It’s such a special song with a lovely message! ❤️
This was the B-side to the single Reason to Believe, but radio DJs gave it more airplay which caused it to rocket up the charts. Many of the musicians on this also were with Stewart in the group Faces, which is also worth a listen == Ooh La La, I Know I'm Losing You and Stay With Me.
My best friend and I used to sing this back in the day. Lost him 3 years ago. RIP William Charles Dale.
This era was Rods best every track a belter thanks for Sharing guys x
“Wake up Maggie I think I got something to say you”
What BJ’s high ass heard: “Wake up BJ I think you got some live streams to do”
BJ: *nods* yup
Every picture tells a story is a great song.
I heard this song so many times when it came out that I knew all the words and the story by heart , I could not get it out of my head .
This made history. It was the first time since the Beatles that a single and an album by same artist, "Maggie Mae" and "Every Picture Tells a Story," made Number 1 in both the singles chart and the albums chart and on both sides of the Atlantic, at the same time. Rod held all four Number 1 positions.
My twin’s name is Maggie. When we were young, we loved this song.
A confusing reaction to a fantastic song. It reached number one in both the UK singles chart for 5 weeks and the USA for 6 weeks. This song and album catapulted him to superstardom. I still regularly play this whole album 50 years later. You MUST watch the live performance of Rod and the Faces playing “Stay With Me” - one of the greatest rock songs ever! Have a great weekend.
BJ is exactly right in his interpretation of the song. Don't let the word 'mother' throw you. Back then 'mother' was used as a synonym for "wow!", "damn!" or "holy shit!" and was a shortened version of "mother f______!" By the way, Ron Woods who was a Rolling Stones guitarist, played the mandolin in the closing segment of this song.
No, it was Ray Jackson of Lindisfarne.
@@silgen Should've said the rumor back then was that it was Ron Woods. That's what I heard. You may be right.
Ron wood and rod were together in the faces
Actually, Ray Jackson played the mandolin.
@@rs-ye7kw Not surprised you didn't know, they couldn't be bothered to credit him properly on the album. He was down as "The mandolin was played by the mandolin player in Lindisfarne. The name slips my mind." So disrespectful.