The long drawn out lines with all those syllables makes this a very difficult song to sing with proper timing and punctuation. How the hell he wrote these lyrics with the proper timing with the music....absolutely fucking genius. And it goes so well with his technically "bad," yet motionally raw singing voice.
This song brings back so many memories of me and my dad. He was such a huge Rod Stewart fan. He bragged about his voice all the time. The MTV Rod Stewart Unplugged album came out when I was still in elementary school and my dad wanted that album so bad, but he had just been laid off from his job and he and my mom pinched pennies. But, they still rewarded work and I got an allowance for doing a good job around the house and doing chores. Well, I saved up enough allowance money to go into a Sam Goodey (anyone else remember that music store?) and I bought him the Rod Unplugged album on CD. I remember hiding it from him till his birthday and so excited to see the look on his face when I gave it to him. I had daydreams of the look on his face when I handed it to him. When that day came, nothing prepared me for his genuine reaction. Tears filled his eyes with pride and amazement. His son paid him forward at a young age. It was the first time I ever recall my dad treating me as a peer. He put the CD on after my mom and brother went to bed and just he and I listened to Rod the Mod for hours Unplugged. Just reciting this brings a tear to my eye.
That is one of the nicest things and deeply felt memories I have heard anyone say as to it caught me off guard in a very nice way and I mean that very sincerely when I say in fact your memories I truly enjoyed playing out the way they did in your life with a really cool dad and thank you for sharing that ! Nice 👍
This song always gets me. I really loved an ex who was about a decade younger. He was really a brilliant and kind person to others. He was the only person who defended me, I think he feels this way, not because of me, but because the situation was so stressful, and he was so young going through so much, I cant blame him for walking away from the situation, I barely survived it. I miss him and often have moments where I hope he is ok and doing well. I miss him, I love him, a lot of days I want my friend back, but mostly I hope hes ok, and I cannot help but smile and wish him the best in life. I look younger than I am and all, but he was the one person who told me I was beautiful and I knew he wasn't lying or trying to trick me. So to all the dudes who ended up here some how or another and dont hear anything as positive as this, Please know that some of those out of your life will defend you in your absence, speak and think highly of you, believe in you, and always hold only positive thoughts for you guys no matter how things end up.
I had a mate of a mate who got seduced by an older woman at 14. He's still alive but now an alcoholic and sex addict. There's something to be said for teenage innocence however frustrating it seems at the time.
I can't believe it when this song came out, Rod Stewart was singing about mostly about my true and very painful journey. I too was young when I graduated high school and, then ended up enlisting in the U.S. Army, which I did love. I was in the best shape of my life, fit and, very sharp! The time spent overseas was the only thing painful for me in the Army, it continued after my enlistment when deciding to finish my reserve time out. I see women as God's beautiful creation, exactly what He has planned, although I almost completely gave up on women, truthfully! I stuck it out, worked hard all of my life, grew up in a foster home at a very early age since my mother passed away when I was just 5 years old. I never had a father, whom was an excuse by his wandering heart and his drinking, that his mother somewhat supported. My mother was the greatest women that ever lived, even my father's side of his family said this so many times. My mother took care of us 4 children she had, 1 sister and 2 brothers, she adored us all. I took after her traits, with darker hair and olive colored skin with thick hair, I was the only one. My sister and 2 brothers have had blonde or reddish blonde hair and fair complexion all of their life. My love and caring for others, were also passed down to me from my mother whom was full Italian, my father was from Scotland, my sister is also a very loving person. You see, you want to really know what is painful? I grew up mostly away from my siblings, we were separated from each other, living my life mostly in Florida. I was placed in a foster home after foster home. I will have to admit that when I was about 10 years old, I finally lived in a real family environment with loving foster parents. I worked very hard on a watermelon farm and, yes a Chicken Farm! If you want to call this a childhood? I learned values from my foster parents that taught me how to save and spend my hard earned $$$ dollars at a very young age, I even paid for mine and 7 other foster children clothes when we needed school clothes. My foster parents tried to teach this to them but, they were different and, they never learned what I was doing, never worked a hard day in their life. I even went barefooted most of my childhood because I got my butt busted for wearing the shoes I paid for one day after school outside to play. We were told to remove our school shoes and clothes after school, I even went to church with older shoes on my feet or flip flops and, yes older clothes. I bought my own first motorcycle, first car and, yes jealousy set in from the other kids because I saved and worked hard for my money, my foster parents would have to sit the others down almost daily and, let them know I worked for mine, I even bought most of my own Christmas gifts, then my foster parents told me even to put a limit on them. I was taught to respect my elders, say: yes umm and yes sir, open the door for others always, I was taught to be respectful toward others. If I did something out of line? I was told to get a switch and, my foster mom would wear me out with it mostly because my foster dad was working himself out on the road constantly. When I was 17 years old shortly before graduating from high school, I enlisted in the ARMY under "DEP" better known as Delayed Entry Program. In the end; after I got married for the first time in my life, which was mostly based under lies and cheats daily, I tried everything to save my marriage which my ex constantly destroyed. She cheated on me more times than anyone I know, no values in her life. We decided to visit my foster parents in Florida on our honeymoon, HA! What a fake life I was living, never told my foster parents anything she was doing, I showed them how proud I was to have a wife instead, this is one regret I still have to live with, why? It was to keep them from my pain and suffering, this was another value I learned early in life. The 2 things I can say I'm proud of now: My foster parents called me outside away from my wife, they said they wanted to talk to me away from the other kids and away from my wife. They told me them loved me very much, they were proud because out of all of their own kids and 7 other foster kids: I was the only one that graduated HS, they said I was a very good child and, they knew I did love my wife dearly, they said if I ever needed anything to let them know. I never did because they raised me correctly and now this is my life, they did more than their part. The 2nd thing I was proud of: I got married for the 2nd time, this time I have a wife that is loyal and, that loves me with all of her heart, mind, body and, soul. I do the same for her, she too had worked hard all of her life, on a real farm, we both found someone that helps us on our journey together with God in the center. I intended to make this a short story about How "Maggie" or older women always treated me; I even had an older girlfriend named "Jolene" that one of my other favorite singers in Dolly Parton used to sing about However, Jolene did really wear me out too, yes I did have an older girlfriend by the name of "Maggie" that kept me strung along, cheated, lied, made up and I still held her high, then wore me out again, something I can say: O' I wish I never seen her face! This is a 100% true story, everything I spilled my guts on, in the end I still hold high and respect women, for they are truly God's gift and, I take nothing for granted in life and, I thank God for making me whom I am today. I have had more than my share of pain and heartbreaks, lost a mother whom loved me dearly at an early age, I now live my marriage with an older wife that adores me, The truth is, it's not the cards you are dealt with but, rather it's what you make in life that matters the most from that hand. I still always believe everything happens for a reason, live life to the fullest like it's your last day, plan for longevity, above all! Forgive as this frees the soul!
Oh Maggie, everytime I hear this song brings memories of innocence and great times to always cherish till my last breath-thank you Rod Stewart for singing my ultimate favorite song EVER! ...Maggie May
tomkat69pc interesting that you ask. Is it because I said an older woman can abuse a young man? Is it because you believe this to be impossible? Are you questioning my masculinity based on the fact that I acknowledge that? That’s an interesting take. Especially when those are rod stewarts own words about the song :,) You fucking egg 🥚
@@im_the_fucked_up_kid6254 next time a teacher calls u other then your name, Call them by their first name. If you get in trouble then proceed to call them a *hypocrite*
A beautiful story for this song. Maggie May was San n dedicated to my by my last man..who jumped up in the morning. N started singing it did it beautifully.. But looked at me shocked when I started laughing. I said u really think I'm. That way. He said what do u mean. I said listen to the words as u sing it. He did. We both had a great laugh. Now tht he's dead. I used to cry. N sing that song. Knowing He said this is your song.. Now I have it on a CD. N sing n play the shit out of it...
The first time I heard this voice, I was eavesdropping on some big kids (my name for teenagers) listening to the Jeff Beck group on the local FM radio station. About five years later, I heard this voice again on every radio station singing "Maggie May" and my first thought was "What took you so long?" Finally, I became a big kid with my very own Rod Stewart record (and I was nowhere near alone).
Played this nonstop on the juke box when I met my husband to be in the restaurant we worked in. The jukebox guy gave it to me when he came to change the records!!!
Awesome song & I'll never forget this song as it was my late Mother's name who loved it & everytime I hear it I think of her. She was just as awesome as this song. Just one good woman with a ❤ of GOLD!!! RIP Mom ~ gone too soon 😢
I loved this song when I was 12 upon realizing the wonderful combination of bass and mandolin. Who in the recording industry has the balls to try that today?.
That is exactly what I loved about this song's production, they used a treble booster on the bass and it blends so well with the mandolin, as you rightly say. I cannot be arsed with anything like chart or popular music, and haven't done for donkey's years. You can hear great music by superb musicians in many pubs and it doesn't cost the earth either. Great music is still to be heard, it just comes under the radar, that's all!.
Combined with what is considered a "bad" singing voice that gets by so well with Rod Stewart's emotional rawness. ALSO, very ballsy to write lyricical lines that really long with a lot of syllables that requires extremely careful planning to fit with the set beat. Very few people understand how technically difficult a song this was to write and flesh out. I'm always amazed at how they managed to pull it all together. It's gotta be at the top of the list of one of the all time greats, but is always overlooked.
I was in my early 20s and dated a woman nearly twice my age, this song sums up my experience nicely and when I sing along, I usually say her name (which just so happens to fit into the song) instead of Maggie. Still quite cathardic despite it being almost a decade ago.
My Maggie May was a beautiful dark haired, pale skinned, with strawberry lips woman named AnnaKaren. This song is about all I try to keep to relive those memories.
"I know I [kept] you amused, but I [felt I was] being used. Oh Maggie, I couldn't have tried any more. You lured me away from home just to save you from being alone. You stole my heart and that's what really hurt."
I remember one girl the same way. Every single time I pass her parents' house, or read a similar first or last name.. I'm in a 14 year relationship, but i've never forgotten one potential forever love in my past.
We have a girl named Maggie at work who always oversleeps and is therefore late..so we sing "Wake up Maggie I think I got something to say to you, you're late for work and I really don't think it's cool"...
For those who don't know, as said by Rod Stewart in an interview in 2007, this song is about the girl he lost his virginity to when he was a teenager. Does it make more sense now? it's not just a a girl that hurt him. also, if you pay attention, he never says "Maggie May" just "Maggie".
The first time I heard this song was in 1971 while driving down to the Red Barn Hippie Bar in Caldwell, Idaho in my Oldsmobile Rocket 88 powered '50 Pontiac. The rule of the decades is true: The next 10 years of your life will go by twice as fast as the last 10 years of your life!
""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...."". Awww...He is so sweet,
If any body ever been through a moment with your first love i don't care if the name was Maggie, Sue, Janet or Lisa this songs takes you back to that moment and how you felt when it was eventually over. #So Bitter Sweet
What an interesting story told by the great Rod Stewart in a beautiful song called Maggie May. "Oh Maggie I wish I never seen your face". This song is a masterpiece, I can repeat it over and over again.
Thanks for posting; Rod Stewart is one of my faves; this song was mentioned in the book 'The Lost Child' by author Mr. Caryl Phillips. Viewing in 2024.
I love how this song describes a fairly specific situation in a way that feels relatable. Why am I so invested in this story? Why does it feel so personal when I've never experienced it? Lmao I love this song so much
your right i listen to a lot of songs from the 70's 60's 80's and a few singers from todays time, i dont listen to rap or hip hop. People in class get irratated when i ask the teacher for a song because its an old song i ask for, we had a teacher in art class let us listen to music and she would let us ask. I'm 14 years old and am perfectly happy with who i listen to. The music is good and thats all i want.
The first song played on the radio in Australia after a ban on all overseas music. Don't know why I was eight , but Like it nostalgic theme and Tune Xx
Oh Maggie! It's been sooo many years since we parted When I first heard this song at the time I really didn't equate it that much to our situation but still love the song. Now that the years have rolled on it seems to be more relevant and that it was your name is so ironic. .But as it says "I still loved you anyway"...and I guess I still do. So wherever you are Maggie, bonne chance, mon cheri.
what's cool is the bass player messed up on one note and they kept it in! 😁 it's makes me smile bc I don't feel as bad when I slip up playing! I have loved this song since I was a little girl!
The wrong kind of love can be seriously damaging, especially to a young person. "Maggie May" was a cougar of the worst sort - using a young man to fill her empty life.
Broke up with my girlfriend who had a couple years on me last week. I was confused and I've heard this song dozens of times but now it's very relatable and things are more clear for me
I listened to this back in California driving my white 1972 MGB GT wearing by cape I was nicknamed Queenie. Saw him at Starplex in 1988 Front row seats
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🦅This song is beyond a shadow of a doubt honey to the ears! Mr. Stewart you did try and you nailed the lyrics beautifully! Thank you 🕊💚💯🌟🌠
Thank you for you amazing comment.
@@Xeorty 🦅Thank you and God bless you!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟💯🙏🏼
Oh yeah
This song I about him after a schoolgirl. Read the lyrics . Pedo
The long drawn out lines with all those syllables makes this a very difficult song to sing with proper timing and punctuation. How the hell he wrote these lyrics with the proper timing with the music....absolutely fucking genius.
And it goes so well with his technically "bad," yet motionally raw singing voice.
This song brings back so many memories of me and my dad. He was such a huge Rod Stewart fan. He bragged about his voice all the time. The MTV Rod Stewart Unplugged album came out when I was still in elementary school and my dad wanted that album so bad, but he had just been laid off from his job and he and my mom pinched pennies. But, they still rewarded work and I got an allowance for doing a good job around the house and doing chores. Well, I saved up enough allowance money to go into a Sam Goodey (anyone else remember that music store?) and I bought him the Rod Unplugged album on CD. I remember hiding it from him till his birthday and so excited to see the look on his face when I gave it to him. I had daydreams of the look on his face when I handed it to him. When that day came, nothing prepared me for his genuine reaction. Tears filled his eyes with pride and amazement. His son paid him forward at a young age. It was the first time I ever recall my dad treating me as a peer. He put the CD on after my mom and brother went to bed and just he and I listened to Rod the Mod for hours Unplugged. Just reciting this brings a tear to my eye.
Colin Blaine that was a touching story
Word... Made me tear.
Wow what a beautiful story brought tears to my eyes I’m happy for you . You have a memory to last forever .
Your dad is right
That is one of the nicest things and deeply felt memories I have heard anyone say as to it caught me off guard in a very nice way and I mean that very sincerely when I say in fact your memories I truly enjoyed playing out the way they did in your life with a really cool dad and thank you for sharing that ! Nice 👍
This song always gets me.
I really loved an ex who was about a decade younger. He was really a brilliant and kind person to others.
He was the only person who defended me, I think he feels this way, not because of me, but because the situation was so stressful, and he was so young going through so much, I cant blame him for walking away from the situation, I barely survived it.
I miss him and often have moments where I hope he is ok and doing well.
I miss him, I love him, a lot of days I want my friend back, but mostly I hope hes ok, and I cannot help but smile and wish him the best in life.
I look younger than I am and all, but he was the one person who told me I was beautiful and I knew he wasn't lying or trying to trick me.
So to all the dudes who ended up here some how or another and dont hear anything as positive as this, Please know that some of those out of your life will defend you in your absence, speak and think highly of you, believe in you, and always hold only positive thoughts for you guys no matter how things end up.
I'm Indrid Cold ...
What a lovely sentiment.
Wow. Never thought about it like that.
a true story--wishes i could tell u mine--greetings from Scotland--Jim .
This is just like my story - same age difference too. Wow. Brough a tear to my eye because I feel the same way about my ex so damn much.
Same here....what you said...is what I say! 🥰
I think this is Rod Stewart's most beautiful song.
Yep
No.. for me it would the the song I WAS ONLY JOKING..😚
I totally agree!
I had a mate who was living with a brothel madam at the age of 13. He became a notorious bank robber.He's now long dead from alcoholism. RIP Jim
I had a mate of a mate who got seduced by an older woman at 14. He's still alive but now an alcoholic and sex addict. There's something to be said for teenage innocence however frustrating it seems at the time.
my story isn't too different from Jim's. RIP JIm
You stole my soul...🍼🍻
I remember when this song come out in '71. I was 11 years old then. I'm 58 now and still love it.
1971 lots of great rock songs came out that year
I can't believe it when this song came out, Rod Stewart was singing about mostly about my true and very painful journey. I too was young when I graduated high school and, then ended up enlisting in the U.S. Army, which I did love. I was in the best shape of my life, fit and, very sharp! The time spent overseas was the only thing painful for me in the Army, it continued after my enlistment when deciding to finish my reserve time out. I see women as God's beautiful creation, exactly what He has planned, although I almost completely gave up on women, truthfully! I stuck it out, worked hard all of my life, grew up in a foster home at a very early age since my mother passed away when I was just 5 years old. I never had a father, whom was an excuse by his wandering heart and his drinking, that his mother somewhat supported. My mother was the greatest women that ever lived, even my father's side of his family said this so many times. My mother took care of us 4 children she had, 1 sister and 2 brothers, she adored us all. I took after her traits, with darker hair and olive colored skin with thick hair, I was the only one. My sister and 2 brothers have had blonde or reddish blonde hair and fair complexion all of their life. My love and caring for others, were also passed down to me from my mother whom was full Italian, my father was from Scotland, my sister is also a very loving person. You see, you want to really know what is painful? I grew up mostly away from my siblings, we were separated from each other, living my life mostly in Florida. I was placed in a foster home after foster home. I will have to admit that when I was about 10 years old, I finally lived in a real family environment with loving foster parents. I worked very hard on a watermelon farm and, yes a Chicken Farm! If you want to call this a childhood? I learned values from my foster parents that taught me how to save and spend my hard earned $$$ dollars at a very young age, I even paid for mine and 7 other foster children clothes when we needed school clothes. My foster parents tried to teach this to them but, they were different and, they never learned what I was doing, never worked a hard day in their life. I even went barefooted most of my childhood because I got my butt busted for wearing the shoes I paid for one day after school outside to play. We were told to remove our school shoes and clothes after school, I even went to church with older shoes on my feet or flip flops and, yes older clothes. I bought my own first motorcycle, first car and, yes jealousy set in from the other kids because I saved and worked hard for my money, my foster parents would have to sit the others down almost daily and, let them know I worked for mine, I even bought most of my own Christmas gifts, then my foster parents told me even to put a limit on them. I was taught to respect my elders, say: yes umm and yes sir, open the door for others always, I was taught to be respectful toward others. If I did something out of line? I was told to get a switch and, my foster mom would wear me out with it mostly because my foster dad was working himself out on the road constantly. When I was 17 years old shortly before graduating from high school, I enlisted in the ARMY under "DEP" better known as Delayed Entry Program. In the end; after I got married for the first time in my life, which was mostly based under lies and cheats daily, I tried everything to save my marriage which my ex constantly destroyed. She cheated on me more times than anyone I know, no values in her life. We decided to visit my foster parents in Florida on our honeymoon, HA! What a fake life I was living, never told my foster parents anything she was doing, I showed them how proud I was to have a wife instead, this is one regret I still have to live with, why? It was to keep them from my pain and suffering, this was another value I learned early in life. The 2 things I can say I'm proud of now: My foster parents called me outside away from my wife, they said they wanted to talk to me away from the other kids and away from my wife. They told me them loved me very much, they were proud because out of all of their own kids and 7 other foster kids: I was the only one that graduated HS, they said I was a very good child and, they knew I did love my wife dearly, they said if I ever needed anything to let them know. I never did because they raised me correctly and now this is my life, they did more than their part. The 2nd thing I was proud of: I got married for the 2nd time, this time I have a wife that is loyal and, that loves me with all of her heart, mind, body and, soul. I do the same for her, she too had worked hard all of her life, on a real farm, we both found someone that helps us on our journey together with God in the center. I intended to make this a short story about How "Maggie" or older women always treated me; I even had an older girlfriend named "Jolene" that one of my other favorite singers in Dolly Parton used to sing about However, Jolene did really wear me out too, yes I did have an older girlfriend by the name of "Maggie" that kept me strung along, cheated, lied, made up and I still held her high, then wore me out again, something I can say: O' I wish I never seen her face! This is a 100% true story, everything I spilled my guts on, in the end I still hold high and respect women, for they are truly God's gift and, I take nothing for granted in life and, I thank God for making me whom I am today. I have had more than my share of pain and heartbreaks, lost a mother whom loved me dearly at an early age, I now live my marriage with an older wife that adores me, The truth is, it's not the cards you are dealt with but, rather it's what you make in life that matters the most from that hand. I still always believe everything happens for a reason, live life to the fullest like it's your last day, plan for longevity, above all! Forgive as this frees the soul!
You have my respect. Now you look at today’s young people and they have nothing of God, work ethics, or responsibility in their lives.
I will only forgive when I have hit back the one that faulted me.
Oh Maggie, everytime I hear this song brings memories of innocence and great times to always cherish till my last breath-thank you Rod Stewart for singing my ultimate favorite song EVER! ...Maggie May
Maggie is my nickname
This song takes me back to my first kiss,the guy that I shared this kiss with ended up being the daddy of my 2 kids!!!!
Chana
Sweet
That’s just... so weird as this song is about being borderline abused by a way older woman
are you a man? ..
tomkat69pc interesting that you ask. Is it because I said an older woman can abuse a young man? Is it because you believe this to be impossible? Are you questioning my masculinity based on the fact that I acknowledge that? That’s an interesting take.
Especially when those are rod stewarts own words about the song :,)
You fucking egg 🥚
How anyone can give this a thumbs down is beyond me!
I’m naming my daughter who is due in March after this song. Can’t wait to meet you Margaret Elizabeth 💕
My nickname is maggie and I'm 13 and my teachers call me maggie may
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Ash Kshir Maggie is a great name. It is a name the elite gave to ladies that did all the hard labour xxxx I hope she has an easy life
@@im_the_fucked_up_kid6254 next time a teacher calls u other then your name, Call them by their first name. If you get in trouble then proceed to call them a *hypocrite*
@@bluhcrih3127 why
Listened to this for the first time driving home with my Dad in his Ford Cortina MK2 CNN 905J on a frosty winters evening. Miss you Dad.
I'm sorry for your lost
@@Xeorty Very kind, thank you.
A beautiful story for this song. Maggie May was San n dedicated to my by my last man..who jumped up in the morning. N started singing it did it beautifully.. But looked at me shocked when I started laughing. I said u really think I'm. That way. He said what do u mean. I said listen to the words as u sing it. He did. We both had a great laugh. Now tht he's dead. I used to cry. N sing that song. Knowing He said this is your song.. Now I have it on a CD. N sing n play the shit out of it...
The first time I heard this voice, I was eavesdropping on some big kids (my name for teenagers) listening to the Jeff Beck group on the local FM radio station. About five years later, I heard this voice again on every radio station singing "Maggie May" and my first thought was "What took you so long?" Finally, I became a big kid with my very own Rod Stewart record (and I was nowhere near alone).
"...I wish I'd never seen your face-" so relative!
Played this nonstop on the juke box when I met my husband to be in the restaurant we worked in. The jukebox guy gave it to me when he came to change the records!!!
Sir Rod Steward,your always the best.I will live to cherish this song.❤❤👍
Awesome song & I'll never forget this song as it was my late Mother's name who loved it & everytime I hear it I think of her. She was just as awesome as this song. Just one good woman with a ❤ of GOLD!!! RIP Mom ~ gone too soon 😢
I loved this song when I was 12 upon realizing the wonderful combination of bass and mandolin. Who in the recording industry has the balls to try that today?.
That is exactly what I loved about this song's production, they used a treble booster on the bass and it blends so well with the mandolin, as you rightly say. I cannot be arsed with anything like chart or popular music, and haven't done for donkey's years. You can hear great music by superb musicians in many pubs and it doesn't cost the earth either. Great music is still to be heard, it just comes under the radar, that's all!.
Combined with what is considered a "bad" singing voice that gets by so well with Rod Stewart's emotional rawness.
ALSO, very ballsy to write lyricical lines that really long with a lot of syllables that requires extremely careful planning to fit with the set beat. Very few people understand how technically difficult a song this was to write and flesh out. I'm always amazed at how they managed to pull it all together. It's gotta be at the top of the list of one of the all time greats, but is always overlooked.
I was in my early 20s and dated a woman nearly twice my age, this song sums up my experience nicely and when I sing along, I usually say her name (which just so happens to fit into the song) instead of Maggie. Still quite cathardic despite it being almost a decade ago.
My Maggie May was a beautiful dark haired, pale skinned, with strawberry lips woman named AnnaKaren. This song is about all I try to keep to relive those memories.
"I know I [kept] you amused, but I [felt I was] being used.
Oh Maggie, I couldn't have tried any more.
You lured me away from home just to save you from being alone.
You stole my heart and that's what really hurt."
this is my mom's favorite song😃
My mom's too
Mine as well
My Mom's too we called her "Maggie," RIP until we meet again 💔😢
My too.
Appreciate all your cool moms guys 😂😂
its been 5 years since i met the girl who stole my heart and left me and it hits me hard every once in a while when i drive by her old house, :(
I remember one girl the same way. Every single time I pass her parents' house, or read a similar first or last name.. I'm in a 14 year relationship, but i've never forgotten one potential forever love in my past.
It’s like a sore head it will go away eventually don’t let it eat you up be happy
I love this song! One of my all time faves!
We have a girl named Maggie at work who always oversleeps and is therefore late..so we sing "Wake up Maggie I think I got something to say to you, you're late for work and I really don't think it's cool"...
Hahaha
That's awesome
For those who don't know, as said by Rod Stewart in an interview in 2007, this song is about the girl he lost his virginity to when he was a teenager. Does it make more sense now? it's not just a a girl that hurt him. also, if you pay attention, he never says "Maggie May" just "Maggie".
First time I heard this song. I knew it was damn good! Loved it from day one. I named one of my kitties Maggie may.
Song from my youth, will always love it!
The first time I heard this song was in 1971 while driving down to the Red Barn Hippie Bar in Caldwell, Idaho in my Oldsmobile Rocket 88 powered '50 Pontiac. The rule of the decades is true: The next 10 years of your life will go by twice as fast as the last 10 years of your life!
""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...."".
Awww...He is so sweet,
If any body ever been through a moment with your first love i don't care if the name was Maggie, Sue, Janet or Lisa this songs takes you back to that moment and how you felt when it was eventually over. #So Bitter Sweet
So true...
She was my age and her name was Rose...
What an interesting story told by the great Rod Stewart in a beautiful song called Maggie May. "Oh Maggie I wish I never seen your face". This song is a masterpiece, I can repeat it over and over again.
When I was a young lad my first crush was Maggie 😂. She was older than me and this song fits perfectly. Live and learn 🐵
Highschool Ontario Brought every one i know to this song that has been through tough things to forget about those things
Met this guy 3 times, good people
We all had a Maggie May or two back then. Damned things ruin lives and have no understanding of the damage they cause.
Rod Stewart is freaking amazing.
Top song for Rod, that introduced his voice to the masses.
I LOVE THIS SONG!!
This song is so beautiful!!!!❤
Early fall, 1971...that's when I woke up and knew that the Sixties were really over
Best song ever
Amber Loves Mystery TRUE CRIME right!! Love your channel!
ditto
i love that you still want music to be a part of your life :)
Song from my youth, loved it then still love it now!
everytime I hear this song I can remember a lot of things :) I just love it!!
I just saw Rod Stewart in Las vegas, he still holds up
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Wasn't even alive when this came out but I still listen to it even now. Great song!
One of my all time favs, brings back memories of a time in my life when I had many boyfriends and was definitely having the time of my life.
Thanks for posting; Rod Stewart is one of my faves; this song was mentioned in the book 'The Lost Child' by author Mr. Caryl Phillips. Viewing in 2024.
Didn't even know this was about an older woman until recently... Reminds me of my college heartbreak more than anything...
The spectacular music is that which can tell a story like this, in a masterful way, and live on and on through the generations.
Lords of dogtown brought me here as well.
Great Song!!
My mom passed away i played this song for her
i love this song its one of the best of rod stewart songs
I named my daughter after this song. 10 and 1/2 months later she was in heaven. This song has true meaning for me~Love you Maggie May
I LOVE ROD STEWART HES MY DUDE
I love how this song describes a fairly specific situation in a way that feels relatable. Why am I so invested in this story? Why does it feel so personal when I've never experienced it? Lmao I love this song so much
my moms favorite song. this is what i remeber her by after she passed away of brain cancer when i was 6
Listening to Beatles Let It Be (album not the song) always leads here
your right i listen to a lot of songs from the 70's 60's 80's and a few singers from todays time, i dont listen to rap or hip hop. People in class get irratated when i ask the teacher for a song because its an old song i ask for, we had a teacher in art class let us listen to music and she would let us ask. I'm 14 years old and am perfectly happy with who i listen to. The music is good and thats all i want.
My daughter's name is Margaret and we called her Maggie ... thanks Mr.Stewart ..youre legend 😇
The first song played on the radio in Australia after a ban on all overseas music. Don't know why I was eight , but Like it nostalgic theme and Tune Xx
Oh Maggie! It's been sooo many years since we parted When I first heard this song at the time I really didn't equate it that much to our situation but still love the song. Now that the years have rolled on it seems to be more relevant and that it was your name is so ironic. .But as it says "I still loved you anyway"...and I guess I still do. So wherever you are Maggie, bonne chance, mon cheri.
what's cool is the bass player messed up on one note and they kept it in! 😁 it's makes me smile bc I don't feel as bad when I slip up playing!
I have loved this song since I was a little girl!
i try to listen to this song at least once a day. it is that good!!! i'm 53 years old.
I am in middle school and I love this song. :)
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My mom and dad love this song so much and they play it at home nilly every day
I LISTEN TO THIS SONG EVERY SINGLE DAY
What a sad song.
The wrong kind of love can be seriously damaging, especially to a young person.
"Maggie May" was a cougar of the worst sort - using a young man to fill her empty life.
3:55 - 4:34 idk why i love that part
Neither Do I.
Mandolin stanza- one of the most recognized of the last 60 years.
I love this song I practice my singing to it rod is great... and the faces
Amen to that! One of my all time favourite movie scenes!
Born in 1999, but I think it was inevitable to know this song. I love it though.
Broke up with my girlfriend who had a couple years on me last week. I was confused and I've heard this song dozens of times but now it's very relatable and things are more clear for me
The 70s Rod Stewart was the best.
Good Bless you Rod
Yes, Good bless us,every one
Brings back college memories.
"you've got me down on my knees and i proclaim 'all hail the heartbreaker'"
Magan Mae is my name, but Maggie was always my nickname.
Love this song.
My all time favorite Rod Stewart song.😇😇😇
I’ve always liked this song, but never could tell if he liked or disliked this Maggie girl, he seems to have very mixed feelings about her 😂
Brings back Junior high memories in the 70's!!
I listened to this back in California driving my white 1972 MGB GT wearing by cape I was nicknamed Queenie. Saw him at Starplex in 1988 Front row seats
Maggie I wished Id never , seen your face . When a heart breaks , it don't break even . .
All of us are the same we all have memories of this song with our dads I cried for hours when I heard this song 😖😖
I am gonna sing this song for my girlfriend at karaoke tonight. Her name is Maggie. Wish me luck
My nickname is maggie
Good luck. It's not the most romantic song, it's a passive aggressive breakup song... Lol
Did you score Steven? 🙊🙉🙈
I'm guessing this didn't go over well for Steven... 🤕
R.I.P. Steven
Love this song!
Perfectly describes my last relationship. :/
there with you bud
David Wicks How many Maggies are there huh? X)
It's late September and I just finished reading the silent waters... And this song is for Maggie May as Brooks says... 🤧🤧🤧... Unreal!
been waiting for this for such a long time. i am named after this song and have always wanted to get a lyrics video since i'm deaf(:
One of my favorites songs of Sir Rod...
I love this song
Speaks volumes!!!
My hero's and legends both sir rod Stewart and my pirate johnny Christopher Depp ❤❤❤
50 years young and still listening. Anyone else?
I GREW UP WITH RODS MUSIC,,, LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH,,, I NAMED MY BABY BULLY MAGGIE MAY..
This is by far my most favorite song :D
All time favorite!
Nice song, Love the solo!
This song was perfect in Lords of Dogtown. I loved Heath in that movie.
"...I wish I'd never seen your face-" so relative!