ahh, this was number 1 when i copped off for the very first time at pontins in prestatyn, i thought i was a 11 year old stud because i kissed her? lol, brilliant song & vocals
My favorite,, Thanks, Actually very true about my family only contacting me when their sinkin!
And that's what I am thinkin, Otherwise I would be totally forgoten by eveyone.. Oh Well, They can even call me collect! They live in Scotland and i live in the USA,, Same address.. Sob..
great pop song - the violin backing sounds were revisited by dylan on 'desire'. rod stewart was one the finest stage performers in rock history. only jagger and bowie have looked more comfortable and cool with a plain microphone and stand. stipe and morrissey managed ok, too. so did johnny rotten
@hooverwildes007 No, it Martin Quittenton, who co-wrote You Wear it Well (and I believe Maggie May as well) with Rod. Hope that helps. Great video. The sad thing is I remember watching it at the time. What a great video.
4 sets of fingers 2...1 throat great fuckn rock n roll ....u know im old cuz i cant rembr the other great cuts ......never a dull moment..............thanx
ma perchè gli inglesi sono così tristi? La loro melanconia è atavica. Certo è che è così attraente! E' una infelicità virile, che non si piange su se stessa, mentre quella italiana è un po' più femminile, melliflua: bravo Rod! ti voglio bene!
Too bad the way the music industry is nowadays. With recording artists being manufactured through the likes of American Idol, Rod probably wouldn't have been a star. Glad he came out then.
@daven58100 Strangely enough, I can remember someone saying exactly the same thing about Marc Bolan (the renowned British glam rock icon of the early 1970s). In my considered opinion, Bolan was an immensely talented man, whose contribution to pop/rock music was enormous. I believe that exactly the same is true of Rod Stewart. If either Bolan or Stewarty had failed to become successful musicians, it would have been a traversty of justice - tragic, no less.
Stewarty when he was young and in his prime ...... almost forty (!) years ago now. Time waits for no man, eh Rod?
When that excellent song was @ number one in the charts, back in the September of 1972, I was only seven years of age. I am now a middle-aged dude of 46, who is well past the 'high noon' of life. Where have all the years gone? Life really is WAY too short, so it is.
Who was the gentleman in the leather jacket playing guitar at the front of the stage, in that archive footage of Stewarty from the summer of '72? (He looked a bit like Sir Elton John, so he did!) My guess is that it was a guy by the name of Mr Martin Quittenton - a songwriter who co-wrote the songs "You Wear It Well" and "Maggie May" with Mr Stewart. Am I correct?
@rbarnella Unless I am very much mistaken, Stewarty was NOT reading song lyrics from that sheet of paper that he was holding on stage, back in August '72. Why then (you might ask) was he singing "You Wear It Well" with a sheet of paper in his hand?! Because the song was ABOUT a letter ...... hence the lyrics: "I had nothing to do on this hot afternoon, but to settle down and write you a line."
Rod wrote the lyrics for this very great song. He really was an exceptional talent and I'm not sure what he's been doing with his life for the past 20 years but stop it.
the guy in the background wearing the white vest and white pants combo,what the hell was he thinking, he looks ridiculous, even in 1972 that was unacceptable.
@MrLawman10 The guy that you are referring to looked a bit of a hard case, if you ask me. He may well have been a nite-club doorman or a debt collector back in the 70's.
@TheEctomorph , he was probably a hairdresser, my grannie looked tougher than him, i would put him in the same bracket as david furnish, charles hawtrey, and duncan norvelle, big girls blouses all of em.
@MrLawman10 Oh, you think that, that guy in the white vest was a bit of a wimp, a bit of a big girl's blouse, do you, sir?! Well, all I can say to that is that you must be a considerably tougher, harder man than I.
Rod fans: check this one out- A British female record producer brings the sound of Rod to a new generation. In YouTube, search for 'TIMEKODE, ROD STEWART' and listen to 'YOU'VE BROKEN THRU'...
[Continuing on from my previous comment], i don't think that the similarity between "Maggie May" and "You Wear It Well" is striking or remarkable, by any means. Certainly the similarity between those two classic #1 hits from the early 1970's is not as obvious as the similarity between "Get It On" and "Telegram Sam" - two of Bolan's biggest hits from the same era. And, in saying that, I should make it clear that the late great Marc Bolan - along with Rod - is one of my musical heroes.
@TheEctomorph Attention everyone~ The Ectomorph goes around youtube trolling music videos. He lies about personaly knowing the musicians, and he acts like he is an expert about everything. He has even been knon to pretend to have studied music theory formally in university! STOP LYING ECTOMORG!
@MarcfromTreasureNet1 F**k off, you odious, obnoxious muppet. You know as well as I do that I have NEVER claimed [on 'You Tube'] to know Mr Rod Stewart on a personal level. Nor, for that matter, have I claimed to know any other famous rock stars, or 'A'- list celebrities.
Oh, and one other point, u annoying lil toe-rag: I did not even go to university (I was never academically bright as a child or youth). I suspect, however, that I was - and am - superior to YOU in terms of intelligence.
@iloveyouhunny I bet you do, hun. I guess that nearly all of us have felt like that - about an 'ex' - at one time or another!!
I mentioned Stewarty's 1978 hit, "Hot Legs", in my previous comment, because the words "i love you hunny" are contained in the song. In fact, Rod says those words right at the very end of the track (if my memory serves me correctly).
@MarcfromTreasureNet1 Mister, you are an asshole. HOW DARE YOU ACCUSE ME OF TELLING OUTRAGEOUS 'PORKIES' ON YOU TUBE SITES?
I have read the malicious comments that you made about me [above] and I can state quite unequivocally - with my hand on The Good Book - that there is no truth in them whasoever.
You are just a good-for-nothing, third-rate wind-up merchant - and, what is more, you seem to get a kick out of lying through your f*****g teeth.
Further to my recent comments about people who have made negative comments about Rod's classic chart-topping single from 1972; claiming that it is "too similar" to his number 1 hit from the previous year, I would just like to make one further (small) point:
As a man who has been an avid fan of Stewarty and his music for some 30 years now, I have listened to both of his early #1 hits literally hundreds (if not thousands) of times over the yeas ...... and i don't think that the similarity
I am not a betting man, but if i were, I would certainly be prepared to wager a substantial sum of money that many of the people who criticised Stewarty - in 1978 - for making and releasing the disco-orientated single "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy (?) - had also been quick to give him flak six years earlier (in the autumn of 1972) for his "lack of originality" in coming up with the song "You Wear It Well".
It just goes to show that there is no pleasing some people.
Continuing on from my previous post: In 1978, Stewarty was heavily criticised by a number of music critics for "selling out"; "jumping on the discotheque bandwagon" and even for "betraying his musical roots".
I know this because, at 46 yrs of age, I am old enough to remember the considerable controversy surrounding "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" - a song which, incidentally, was a very competent disco 'ditty' (some would say it was a classic of the genre).
A number of people - both on this 'You Tube' board and elsewhere - have criticized Rod Stewart's classic chart-topping single from 1972 ["You Wear It Well] on the grounds that it is "too similar" to his vintage hit from 11 months previously - "Maggie May".
I have two things to say to these critics:
(1) When 'Stewarty' DID start to churn out singles that were radically different in style to "Maggie May" and "You Wear It Well" - the controversial "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy", for example -
Rod before he sold his soul to disco..I wouldn't pay 10p to see him now..he's sold his soul again, this time to America..even sings with a pseudo American accent..R.I..P Rod The Mod..
@QueenReigns1 As a man who has been a fan of 'Stewarty' and his music for well over a quarter of a century now, I have to say I find that comment a bit harsh.
Sure, he experimented with disco music for a short-time, during his "Blondes Have More Fun" phase (if i may call it that), back in 1978/79. But you have to remember that disco music was all the rage in those days. Rod was certainly not the only megastar - from the pre-disco era - to jump on the 'disco bandwagon', so to speak.
@maxwall7755 I must admit that I had never thought of "You Wear It Well" as a Politically Correct song.
I can think of one vintage Rod Stewart song (from the 1970's) which could be described as 'Politically Correct' ...... but it's not "You Wear It Well".
ROD, SEI GRANDE! LA TUA MELANCONIA DI STAMPO INGLESE- CELTICA E' PRIVA DI ORPELLI SENTIMENTALISTICI ED E' MOLTO REALE. MI RICORDA LA MIA INFANZIA, QUANDO NON C'ERANO ANCORA LE FINTE EMOZIONI CAPITALISTICO-TELEVISIVE E CIO' CHE SENTIVI NEL CUORE ERA TERRA TERRA MA MOLTO SINCERO E REALE!
@clintonplaza My dad said the same thing about Rod Stewart's songs and a lot of the music from the 70's., which is still going strong. I think a good song is a good song, whoever writes it.
@freddii89 Sir: I accept the constructive criticisms which you made yesterday (28th June) regarding some of the (rather muddled and ambiguous) comments which I have 'posted' on this "You Tube" post of late.
I would like to take this opportunity to assure you that, at heart, I am not a racist/racialist. In future I will think twice before using colloquial (and derogatory) terms such as "darkie" and "coloured", etc.
@26PEARSON You're not wrong there, m8. 1972 was a long time ago, so it was. If you were 10 then, that means that you are only a year away from the 'big-50'! Where have all the years gone, eh?!
(I speak as a middle-aged man, who is only about 3 years younger than your good self.)
@sacrednvisions Doesn't he just?! 'Stewarty' is probably fitter - in more ways than one (!) - than 99.9% of sixty-six-year-old blokes!
I would have loved to have attended his gig at Carrow Road football stadium in Norwich last month. In fact, i was gutted that I was unable to get to see that concert.
WHAT??? No mention of the late great Ronnie Lane, keyboard wizard Mac (Ian McLagan), fantastic Ronnie Wood, drummer extraordinaire, Kenney Jones...these guys should never have been left in the dust... Rod joined THEIR band....after huddling in the corner and hoping they'd notice him!
@maxwall7755 Well, don't beat yourself up for using colloquial/ 'politically incorrect' terms for people of Afro-Caribbean ethnic origin. No one is perfect, after all!
Well, Maxwell, I have to say that those two words really ARE somewhat derogatory (to black people, that is). But, as I said in my previous mesage, the colloquial term "darkie" is not particularly rude. I am sure that a lot of people of Afro-Caribbean origin refer to light skinned people as "whities" behind their back.
I must admit that i occasionally use the term "darkie" myself in private conversations with friends - not in a nasty or derogatory way, however.
Carrying on from the quotes I posted, you say that white people, such as yourself, call people 'darkies', and 'whities', without meaning harm. If that were true, why did you add that people would be called 'darkie' in 'private conversations', and 'whities', 'behind their back'..?
Can't you see you've contradicted yourself?
And yes, I would say that 'darkie', and 'coloured' are particularly racist terms. Black people acknowledge themselves as 'Black people', and vice versa.
@TheEctomorph Just helping you out by the way, I don't think you actually intend to be racist, but posting such poorly educated statements lead to nasty disputes.
For the record I'm white, but i would imagine I live in a more 'diverse' community...
@freddii89 Fair play to you. And, yes, with hindsight I can see that I have contradicted myself in some of the remarks that I have made on "You Tube" in the recent past. You are quite right to point out that if the colloquial (and derogatory) term "darkie" really was inoffensive, then people like me - who are NOT racists/racialists at heart - would use it in the hearing of black people, and not just "behind their back".
I am preparing to eat a substantial piece of humble pie.
@maxwall7755 Thats's right, Maxwall. To people of Afro-Carribean origin, the term "coloured" is probably less offensive than "darkie". To be perfectly honest though, I don't think that even the word "darkie" is PARTICULARLY offensive or disrespectful to people of Afro-Caribbean origin. At any rate, I can easily imagine black people referring to white Europeans and Americans as "whities" ...... withoug meaning it in a derogatrory or unkind way.
@TheEctomorph well what the fuck can you call them then. Negro? No! Balck? No! Not in America, it's "African American this week. In Britain, who knows
@alanbstard4 There is nothing wrong with calling people "black". 99.99% of dark-skinned people (of-Caribbean ethnic origin) do not have a problem with that word at all.
Admittedly, there are a number of 'Politically Correct' zealots (on both sides of The Atlantic) who think that it is unacceptable to call black people "black" ...... but these people are in a tiny minority of the population.
I would like to make it clear, sir, that i am NOT a member of the 'Politically Correct' brigade.
@maxwall7755 I agree with you about the tune, Maxwall; "You Wear It Well" was one of the classic number 1 hits of the 1970's ...... and a worthy follow-up single to the superlative "Maggie May", with which 'Stewarty' had topped the charts some 11 months earlier, in October of 1971.
However, your reference to "darkies" was a little inappropriate (not that I like that 'politically correct' word) and was not in the best of taste. I might add that Stewarty himself is not a racist/racialist.
When I first heard Stewarty's classic [1972] single, "You Wear It Well", I thought that he was singing: "After 8 years, it's the same address." In fact, I continued to be under that (false) impression for a very long time - well over a decade, believe it or not!
While on the subject of misheard/misinterpreted lyrics, I must confess that at one time I thought that Rod sang the words: "I won't object if you call Collette"!!!
@MrBadguitar I do not mean to sound pedantic, but in actual fact, the words that 'Stewarty' sang at the VERY END of "You Wear It Well" were (and I quote): "SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE, IT'S HARD TO CARRY ON".
LOVE the start- Rod waving his music sheet over Ronnie whilst he's trying to play his bass, then Ronnie slyly moving to the side where the pianist is and shutting the lid on his fingers! You can imagine him going 'ow' then laughing! What fun boys and what a great performance! LOVE IT!!!
Well, these are professional musicians, and performers. This used to be common type of performance. I thought then, music would get even better. Wish I'd known, that pop music was really at the pinnacle in the 70s, and paid more attention at the time.
Among the greatest recordings/songs of all time. R. Stewart's "rough-edged" voice is so distinctive. This song, and "Maggie May" are Music Hall of Fame. The guitar work (guitar solos) in both songs are just totally memorable - the most incredible guitar solos of all time. Fantastic music.
@dubliner27 I repeat: Stewarty was NEVER a member of The Small Faces. (If you don't believe me, I suggest that you consult an in-depth biography of Rod. Quite a few of them have been published, over the years.)
From what I understand, "First Step" was the title of an early album release by The Faces - NOT by their predecessors, The Small Faces.
If you watch carefully you'll notice Rod doesn't use the lyric sheet that often - instead he relies on Ronnie Lane RIP to give him the cue for the next line. Also, he knows most of the words anyway....
ahh, this was number 1 when i copped off for the very first time at pontins in prestatyn, i thought i was a 11 year old stud because i kissed her? lol, brilliant song & vocals
scouserla1 6 days ago
what happened at 3:32. Did Rod Stewart push the guitarist?
terryworth7 2 weeks ago
thumbs up if you remember when this was on the radio, and not because some modern-day copy cat got a hold of this song.
aknowneemus 3 weeks ago 3
Way to be the exact same song as Maggie May there, Rod.
BroWhatever 1 month ago
8 people are gaga fans and don't wear it well!
siladitya 1 month ago
Ah brings back memories:)
moredoran 1 month ago 2
My favorite,, Thanks, Actually very true about my family only contacting me when their sinkin!
And that's what I am thinkin, Otherwise I would be totally forgoten by eveyone.. Oh Well, They can even call me collect! They live in Scotland and i live in the USA,, Same address.. Sob..
eastbaysf 1 month ago
Think of me and try not to laugh.
ShanghaiJill 1 month ago
This song is awesome, such a cool, loose vocal... perfect lyrics too!!
eurorocker79 1 month ago
great pop song - the violin backing sounds were revisited by dylan on 'desire'. rod stewart was one the finest stage performers in rock history. only jagger and bowie have looked more comfortable and cool with a plain microphone and stand. stipe and morrissey managed ok, too. so did johnny rotten
uclrichard 2 months ago
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thumbs up if you just came here for the love of good music.
karmalover432 2 months ago
This what real music sounds like!
hooverwildes007 2 months ago
Is that John williams on guitar in the video.
hooverwildes007 2 months ago
@hooverwildes007 No, it Martin Quittenton, who co-wrote You Wear it Well (and I believe Maggie May as well) with Rod. Hope that helps. Great video. The sad thing is I remember watching it at the time. What a great video.
travelingwilbury1 2 months ago
@travelingwilbury1 Thanks
hooverwildes007 2 months ago
4 sets of fingers 2...1 throat great fuckn rock n roll ....u know im old cuz i cant rembr the other great cuts ......never a dull moment..............thanx
kurt10063 2 months ago
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thomas62295 3 months ago in playlist music
6 people will object if you call collect.
iw32 3 months ago 2
ma perchè gli inglesi sono così tristi? La loro melanconia è atavica. Certo è che è così attraente! E' una infelicità virile, che non si piange su se stessa, mentre quella italiana è un po' più femminile, melliflua: bravo Rod! ti voglio bene!
MAAURONE 3 months ago
Too bad the way the music industry is nowadays. With recording artists being manufactured through the likes of American Idol, Rod probably wouldn't have been a star. Glad he came out then.
daven58100 3 months ago
@daven58100 Strangely enough, I can remember someone saying exactly the same thing about Marc Bolan (the renowned British glam rock icon of the early 1970s). In my considered opinion, Bolan was an immensely talented man, whose contribution to pop/rock music was enormous. I believe that exactly the same is true of Rod Stewart. If either Bolan or Stewarty had failed to become successful musicians, it would have been a traversty of justice - tragic, no less.
TheEctomorph 3 months ago
Stewarty when he was young and in his prime ...... almost forty (!) years ago now. Time waits for no man, eh Rod?
When that excellent song was @ number one in the charts, back in the September of 1972, I was only seven years of age. I am now a middle-aged dude of 46, who is well past the 'high noon' of life. Where have all the years gone? Life really is WAY too short, so it is.
TheEctomorph 3 months ago
Who was the gentleman in the leather jacket playing guitar at the front of the stage, in that archive footage of Stewarty from the summer of '72? (He looked a bit like Sir Elton John, so he did!) My guess is that it was a guy by the name of Mr Martin Quittenton - a songwriter who co-wrote the songs "You Wear It Well" and "Maggie May" with Mr Stewart. Am I correct?
TheEctomorph 3 months ago
I love that he has to look at his lyrics on the paper!! There are lots of words in that song!
rbarnella 3 months ago
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TheEctomorph 3 months ago
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@rbarnella Unless I am very much mistaken, Stewarty was NOT reading song lyrics from that sheet of paper that he was holding on stage, back in August '72. Why then (you might ask) was he singing "You Wear It Well" with a sheet of paper in his hand?! Because the song was ABOUT a letter ...... hence the lyrics: "I had nothing to do on this hot afternoon, but to settle down and write you a line."
I rest my case.
TheEctomorph 3 months ago
Rod wrote the lyrics for this very great song. He really was an exceptional talent and I'm not sure what he's been doing with his life for the past 20 years but stop it.
11xzxzxz 3 months ago
Who the hell is Luc Carl and who cares about Lady Gaga. They can't touch this.
JawsJaws 3 months ago 2
THIS SONG IS FOR Ü GAGA .. HAHA .. :P
cudliepuppie06 3 months ago
this and Maggie May are my favorite songs by Rod :D
MrChobbaWonga08 3 months ago
@MrChobbaWonga08 In that case, you have very good musical taste, sir.
TheEctomorph 3 months ago
the guy in the background wearing the white vest and white pants combo,what the hell was he thinking, he looks ridiculous, even in 1972 that was unacceptable.
MrLawman10 3 months ago
@MrLawman10 The guy that you are referring to looked a bit of a hard case, if you ask me. He may well have been a nite-club doorman or a debt collector back in the 70's.
TheEctomorph 3 months ago
@TheEctomorph , he was probably a hairdresser, my grannie looked tougher than him, i would put him in the same bracket as david furnish, charles hawtrey, and duncan norvelle, big girls blouses all of em.
MrLawman10 3 months ago
@MrLawman10 Oh, you think that, that guy in the white vest was a bit of a wimp, a bit of a big girl's blouse, do you, sir?! Well, all I can say to that is that you must be a considerably tougher, harder man than I.
TheEctomorph 3 months ago
@TheEctomorph , put it this way if i was a cowboy i,d be slim pickens, now that is tough.
MrLawman10 3 months ago
@TheEctomorph
That's how people dressed back then.
ShanghaiJill 1 month ago
I sign that in my sleep.
SuperMatchstickman 4 months ago
Didn't we know how to dress back then?
ShanghaiJill 4 months ago
Is he reading the song off of that paper?
8657willybaby 4 months ago
Relax guys, enjoy the music;)
hotlegs57 5 months ago 5
この頃のﾛｯﾄﾞ･ｽﾁｭﾜｰﾄは文句なくイイ!～ﾏｷﾞｰ･メイの２番煎じぽいけど素敵なﾌｫｰｷｰ曲"You Wear It Well"～NeverADullMoment"だ!
blackandtanful 5 months ago
did any one see ronnie drop the piano lid on the his fingers right at the beginning?
APOLLO141 5 months ago 2
@APOLLO141 Bahhh! Wouldn't have noticed that had you not said anything =)
Slick666mtl 5 months ago
I,m here because of Rod not some faceless nameless little shits
woodfit 5 months ago 2
Looking back at a young rod makes me realise how very much his daughter Kimberly looks like her dad..
ThePamelaross 5 months ago
Fuck Luc Carl And Gaga!!! Im here cause Rod is the shit dammit!!!
Cheifwash123 5 months ago 2
@Cheifwash123 Yeah they aren't fit enough to fuck themselves
TheOptimus1993 5 months ago in playlist TheOptimus1993's Favorited Videos
@Cheifwash123 HELL YEAH
TheOptimus1993 5 months ago in playlist TheOptimus1993's Favorited Videos
Lüc Carl XD
thonyXDifyy 5 months ago
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radionapolisound 5 months ago
I love this song! Not just because Luc Carl brought me here, I barely found out who he was today...
MrsMichelleCool 5 months ago 2
luc carl brought me here :S
TakerFanNationTV 5 months ago
@Todays123s it aint crap. listen to the song again idiot
TakerFanNationTV 5 months ago
@TakerFanNationTV Thank you!
TheOptimus1993 5 months ago in playlist TheOptimus1993's Favorited Videos
@TheOptimus1993 yup!
TakerFanNationTV 5 months ago
Like this if Lüc Carl brought you here <3
nelmops 5 months ago 2
Luc Carl for Gaga.
VoteYou 5 months ago 3
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@Todays123s HEY! You don't understand great music!
TheOptimus1993 5 months ago in playlist TheOptimus1993's Favorited Videos
I'm raping the replay button.
TheOptimus1993 5 months ago in playlist TheOptimus1993's Favorited Videos
Lüc that was so sweet! Aww I'm so happy the rumors of the break up aren't true ♥
lovableoptimist 5 months ago 3
@lovableoptimist
I think you should listen to the song again ;(
hipmike866 5 months ago 4
Lüc Carl brought me here <3
lifeiscodngaga 5 months ago 2
luc carrrrrrrl ♥
EmmerGermanotta 5 months ago 2
inb4 Gaga fans
DawnBarbourOfficial 5 months ago
Thumbs up if you are here because Luc Carl <3
becksbvf 5 months ago 58
@becksbvf Who gives a shit about Gaga and Luc Carl.
TheOptimus1993 5 months ago in playlist TheOptimus1993's Favorited Videos
@TheOptimus1993 Me do you have any problem?
becksbvf 5 months ago
@becksbvf Not you sir. Just Lady Gaga. Sorry if I offended you, you have a nice weekend.
TheOptimus1993 5 months ago
@becksbvf what the hell is a Luc Carl?
justplainhicks 5 months ago in playlist music to drink to 4
Rod fans: check this one out- A British female record producer brings the sound of Rod to a new generation. In YouTube, search for 'TIMEKODE, ROD STEWART' and listen to 'YOU'VE BROKEN THRU'...
rebelVHS 5 months ago
Rod has become a Grand Dad now
MsRuth02 6 months ago
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MsRuth02 6 months ago
the internet ain't no place for naughty talkings
stewbunny 6 months ago
[Continuing on from my previous comment], i don't think that the similarity between "Maggie May" and "You Wear It Well" is striking or remarkable, by any means. Certainly the similarity between those two classic #1 hits from the early 1970's is not as obvious as the similarity between "Get It On" and "Telegram Sam" - two of Bolan's biggest hits from the same era. And, in saying that, I should make it clear that the late great Marc Bolan - along with Rod - is one of my musical heroes.
TheEctomorph 6 months ago
@TheEctomorph Attention everyone~ The Ectomorph goes around youtube trolling music videos. He lies about personaly knowing the musicians, and he acts like he is an expert about everything. He has even been knon to pretend to have studied music theory formally in university! STOP LYING ECTOMORG!
MarcfromTreasureNet1 6 months ago
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@MarcfromTreasureNet1 YOU ARE A LYING SCUM BAG!!!!
MsRuth02 6 months ago
@MarcfromTreasureNet1 F**k off, you odious, obnoxious muppet. You know as well as I do that I have NEVER claimed [on 'You Tube'] to know Mr Rod Stewart on a personal level. Nor, for that matter, have I claimed to know any other famous rock stars, or 'A'- list celebrities.
Oh, and one other point, u annoying lil toe-rag: I did not even go to university (I was never academically bright as a child or youth). I suspect, however, that I was - and am - superior to YOU in terms of intelligence.
TheEctomorph 6 months ago
@TheEctomorph YOU TELL HIM!!!!!!MarcfromTreasureNet1should be blocked from here he is a waste of space
MsRuth02 6 months ago
@TheEctomorph A troglodyte is more educated than him deario,take no notice xx
iloveyouhunny 6 months ago
@iloveyouhunny Thank you for your support; it is much appreciated.
I like your 'user name' on You Tube, btw. It is an allusion to the song "Hot Legs", I presume ?!
TheEctomorph 6 months ago
@TheEctomorph Never thought of that one hun !! No actually was for an old flame -wish the bastard WAS in flames now !! lol x
iloveyouhunny 6 months ago
@iloveyouhunny I bet you do, hun. I guess that nearly all of us have felt like that - about an 'ex' - at one time or another!!
I mentioned Stewarty's 1978 hit, "Hot Legs", in my previous comment, because the words "i love you hunny" are contained in the song. In fact, Rod says those words right at the very end of the track (if my memory serves me correctly).
Take Care.
TheEctomorph 6 months ago
@TheEctomorph Lol yeah ,yeah at the end, very high at the end !! You take care as well and dont let the numptys get you down x
iloveyouhunny 6 months ago
@MarcfromTreasureNet1 Mister, you are an asshole. HOW DARE YOU ACCUSE ME OF TELLING OUTRAGEOUS 'PORKIES' ON YOU TUBE SITES?
I have read the malicious comments that you made about me [above] and I can state quite unequivocally - with my hand on The Good Book - that there is no truth in them whasoever.
You are just a good-for-nothing, third-rate wind-up merchant - and, what is more, you seem to get a kick out of lying through your f*****g teeth.
Have you no integrity whatsoever?
TheEctomorph 6 months ago
Further to my recent comments about people who have made negative comments about Rod's classic chart-topping single from 1972; claiming that it is "too similar" to his number 1 hit from the previous year, I would just like to make one further (small) point:
As a man who has been an avid fan of Stewarty and his music for some 30 years now, I have listened to both of his early #1 hits literally hundreds (if not thousands) of times over the yeas ...... and i don't think that the similarity
TheEctomorph 6 months ago
I am not a betting man, but if i were, I would certainly be prepared to wager a substantial sum of money that many of the people who criticised Stewarty - in 1978 - for making and releasing the disco-orientated single "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy (?) - had also been quick to give him flak six years earlier (in the autumn of 1972) for his "lack of originality" in coming up with the song "You Wear It Well".
It just goes to show that there is no pleasing some people.
TheEctomorph 6 months ago
Continuing on from my previous post: In 1978, Stewarty was heavily criticised by a number of music critics for "selling out"; "jumping on the discotheque bandwagon" and even for "betraying his musical roots".
I know this because, at 46 yrs of age, I am old enough to remember the considerable controversy surrounding "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" - a song which, incidentally, was a very competent disco 'ditty' (some would say it was a classic of the genre).
TheEctomorph 6 months ago
A number of people - both on this 'You Tube' board and elsewhere - have criticized Rod Stewart's classic chart-topping single from 1972 ["You Wear It Well] on the grounds that it is "too similar" to his vintage hit from 11 months previously - "Maggie May".
I have two things to say to these critics:
(1) When 'Stewarty' DID start to churn out singles that were radically different in style to "Maggie May" and "You Wear It Well" - the controversial "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy", for example -
TheEctomorph 6 months ago
I recall his early times ands how great this great singer was. I like to listen to his raspy voice still...;.
VIRIATO1942 6 months ago
Rod before he sold his soul to disco..I wouldn't pay 10p to see him now..he's sold his soul again, this time to America..even sings with a pseudo American accent..R.I..P Rod The Mod..
QueenReigns1 6 months ago
@QueenReigns1 As a man who has been a fan of 'Stewarty' and his music for well over a quarter of a century now, I have to say I find that comment a bit harsh.
Sure, he experimented with disco music for a short-time, during his "Blondes Have More Fun" phase (if i may call it that), back in 1978/79. But you have to remember that disco music was all the rage in those days. Rod was certainly not the only megastar - from the pre-disco era - to jump on the 'disco bandwagon', so to speak.
TheEctomorph 6 months ago
Nice blazer.
maxwall7755 6 months ago
Them were the days! Political correctness is amazing in hindsight.
maxwall7755 7 months ago
@maxwall7755 I must admit that I had never thought of "You Wear It Well" as a Politically Correct song.
I can think of one vintage Rod Stewart song (from the 1970's) which could be described as 'Politically Correct' ...... but it's not "You Wear It Well".
TheEctomorph 6 months ago
Them were the days!
maxwall7755 7 months ago
love love love this! Memories of my youth! :)
grahamandjayne 7 months ago
ROD, SEI GRANDE! LA TUA MELANCONIA DI STAMPO INGLESE- CELTICA E' PRIVA DI ORPELLI SENTIMENTALISTICI ED E' MOLTO REALE. MI RICORDA LA MIA INFANZIA, QUANDO NON C'ERANO ANCORA LE FINTE EMOZIONI CAPITALISTICO-TELEVISIVE E CIO' CHE SENTIVI NEL CUORE ERA TERRA TERRA MA MOLTO SINCERO E REALE!
MAAURONE 7 months ago
I wonder if Mr. Wood wears the title of 'Member of The Rolling Stones' well; I think so.
kja427 7 months ago
40 years later and it is still a MONSTER! Kinda tells ya something. I have to think people will not be replaying the "Palins" 40 years from now.
clintonplaza 7 months ago
@clintonplaza My dad said the same thing about Rod Stewart's songs and a lot of the music from the 70's., which is still going strong. I think a good song is a good song, whoever writes it.
jamiejoh04 7 months ago
0:06 McLagan, hahaha!
CharleSteventyler 7 months ago
This is Priceless !! Thank You.
leotimpano 7 months ago
@freddii89 Sir: I accept the constructive criticisms which you made yesterday (28th June) regarding some of the (rather muddled and ambiguous) comments which I have 'posted' on this "You Tube" post of late.
I would like to take this opportunity to assure you that, at heart, I am not a racist/racialist. In future I will think twice before using colloquial (and derogatory) terms such as "darkie" and "coloured", etc.
TheEctomorph 8 months ago
Wow! That was so cool. I was 10 when this song came out.
Lot of water under the bridge since then.....
26PEARSON 8 months ago
@26PEARSON You're not wrong there, m8. 1972 was a long time ago, so it was. If you were 10 then, that means that you are only a year away from the 'big-50'! Where have all the years gone, eh?!
(I speak as a middle-aged man, who is only about 3 years younger than your good self.)
TheEctomorph 8 months ago
I do miss the 70's just a kid but i rocked :) Rod was really cute . And for his age he still wears it well.
sacrednvisions 8 months ago
@sacrednvisions Doesn't he just?! 'Stewarty' is probably fitter - in more ways than one (!) - than 99.9% of sixty-six-year-old blokes!
I would have loved to have attended his gig at Carrow Road football stadium in Norwich last month. In fact, i was gutted that I was unable to get to see that concert.
TheEctomorph 7 months ago
PS: No disrespect to Rod.... he was THE best vocalist the Faces could have had....
rocktenniscat 8 months ago
WHAT??? No mention of the late great Ronnie Lane, keyboard wizard Mac (Ian McLagan), fantastic Ronnie Wood, drummer extraordinaire, Kenney Jones...these guys should never have been left in the dust... Rod joined THEIR band....after huddling in the corner and hoping they'd notice him!
rocktenniscat 8 months ago
don't you just miss the 70's
mushroomstamp6123 8 months ago
@TheEctomorph : Yes they are,I shouldn't use them at all I suppose.
maxwall7755 8 months ago
@maxwall7755 Well, don't beat yourself up for using colloquial/ 'politically incorrect' terms for people of Afro-Caribbean ethnic origin. No one is perfect, after all!
TheEctomorph 8 months ago
I suppose "wog" and "coon" can't be used??
maxwall7755 8 months ago
@maxwall7755
Well, Maxwell, I have to say that those two words really ARE somewhat derogatory (to black people, that is). But, as I said in my previous mesage, the colloquial term "darkie" is not particularly rude. I am sure that a lot of people of Afro-Caribbean origin refer to light skinned people as "whities" behind their back.
I must admit that i occasionally use the term "darkie" myself in private conversations with friends - not in a nasty or derogatory way, however.
TheEctomorph 8 months ago
@TheEctomorph
Here are some quotes I've taken from your recent posts.
I must admit that i occasionally use the term "darkie" myself in private conversations with friends - not in a nasty or derogatory way, however.
I can easily imagine black people referring to white Europeans and Americans as "whities" ...... withoug meaning it in a derogatrory or unkind way.
I am sure that a lot of people of Afro-Caribbean origin refer to light skinned people as "whities" behind their back.
C my nxt post
freddii89 8 months ago
@TheEctomorph
Carrying on from the quotes I posted, you say that white people, such as yourself, call people 'darkies', and 'whities', without meaning harm. If that were true, why did you add that people would be called 'darkie' in 'private conversations', and 'whities', 'behind their back'..?
Can't you see you've contradicted yourself?
And yes, I would say that 'darkie', and 'coloured' are particularly racist terms. Black people acknowledge themselves as 'Black people', and vice versa.
freddii89 8 months ago
@TheEctomorph Just helping you out by the way, I don't think you actually intend to be racist, but posting such poorly educated statements lead to nasty disputes.
For the record I'm white, but i would imagine I live in a more 'diverse' community...
freddii89 8 months ago
@freddii89 Fair play to you. And, yes, with hindsight I can see that I have contradicted myself in some of the remarks that I have made on "You Tube" in the recent past. You are quite right to point out that if the colloquial (and derogatory) term "darkie" really was inoffensive, then people like me - who are NOT racists/racialists at heart - would use it in the hearing of black people, and not just "behind their back".
I am preparing to eat a substantial piece of humble pie.
TheEctomorph 8 months ago
@TheEctomorph Good for you. Just wanted to clear it up for you as I could tell the intention was honest. Peace out.
freddii89 8 months ago
@maxwall7755 love it!
ISD14WORDS 7 months ago
@TheEctomorph : Yeah you're right,I shouldn't have used the word "darkie",perhaps "coloured"?? Less offensive???
maxwall7755 8 months ago
@maxwall7755 Thats's right, Maxwall. To people of Afro-Carribean origin, the term "coloured" is probably less offensive than "darkie". To be perfectly honest though, I don't think that even the word "darkie" is PARTICULARLY offensive or disrespectful to people of Afro-Caribbean origin. At any rate, I can easily imagine black people referring to white Europeans and Americans as "whities" ...... withoug meaning it in a derogatrory or unkind way.
TheEctomorph 8 months ago
@TheEctomorph well what the fuck can you call them then. Negro? No! Balck? No! Not in America, it's "African American this week. In Britain, who knows
I get sick and tired of ethnics being "offended"
alanbstard4 8 months ago
@alanbstard4 There is nothing wrong with calling people "black". 99.99% of dark-skinned people (of-Caribbean ethnic origin) do not have a problem with that word at all.
Admittedly, there are a number of 'Politically Correct' zealots (on both sides of The Atlantic) who think that it is unacceptable to call black people "black" ...... but these people are in a tiny minority of the population.
I would like to make it clear, sir, that i am NOT a member of the 'Politically Correct' brigade.
TheEctomorph 8 months ago
@maxwall7755 there's nothing wrong with darkie. Whitey is not offensive
alanbstard4 8 months ago
@kellygreen5555 : And??????
maxwall7755 8 months ago
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danalovesjoe5555 8 months ago
A coloured person. Long before TV programmes were "obliged" to show all sorts of ethnic minorities,
maxwall7755 8 months ago
LOL Yeah, Rod must have been drinking some horse jizz! Stuff will RUIN your eyes!
joelscopeland 9 months ago
Just text her bro.
JimmyFranceable 9 months ago
Rod is the God.Top fucking tune and not a darkie in sight!!
maxwall7755 9 months ago
@maxwall7755 what's a darkie?
robinho1979 9 months ago in playlist 1972
@maxwall7755What?
KellyGreen5555 8 months ago
@maxwall7755 I agree with you about the tune, Maxwall; "You Wear It Well" was one of the classic number 1 hits of the 1970's ...... and a worthy follow-up single to the superlative "Maggie May", with which 'Stewarty' had topped the charts some 11 months earlier, in October of 1971.
However, your reference to "darkies" was a little inappropriate (not that I like that 'politically correct' word) and was not in the best of taste. I might add that Stewarty himself is not a racist/racialist.
TheEctomorph 8 months ago
lol white folk dancing is funny
ichopaugud 9 months ago
Anybody know what he's singing at the very end, when he sing/speaks "SOMETHING SOMETHING SOMETHING at the same address." I've always wondered.
MrBadguitar 9 months ago
@MrBadguitar He sings "After all the years, I hope it's the same address".
caz4777 9 months ago
@caz4777Caz: Thank you for making that clear.
When I first heard Stewarty's classic [1972] single, "You Wear It Well", I thought that he was singing: "After 8 years, it's the same address." In fact, I continued to be under that (false) impression for a very long time - well over a decade, believe it or not!
While on the subject of misheard/misinterpreted lyrics, I must confess that at one time I thought that Rod sang the words: "I won't object if you call Collette"!!!
TheEctomorph 8 months ago
@TheEctomorph No problem. If you have trouble with any more words, I suggest you try the "justlyrics" website.
caz4777 8 months ago
@caz4777 I will do. Thank u again, Caz.
TheEctomorph 8 months ago
@MrBadguitar I do not mean to sound pedantic, but in actual fact, the words that 'Stewarty' sang at the VERY END of "You Wear It Well" were (and I quote): "SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE, IT'S HARD TO CARRY ON".
TheEctomorph 8 months ago
he lied,,,he wasn't done
nirvgardengod 9 months ago in playlist oldy moldy
you pink flyod copying shite
tomh3194 10 months ago
I sure do remember those Basement parties. Those were the best.
danelsons 10 months ago
@danelsons
I remember sitting on the steps and crying, way back when in 1972. I always think of that when I hear this song.
DaysOfPineAndRoses 9 months ago
Ah yes, the real Rod Stewart in his prime.
17865329 10 months ago
I'm from Minnesota
terra2055 10 months ago
LOVE the start- Rod waving his music sheet over Ronnie whilst he's trying to play his bass, then Ronnie slyly moving to the side where the pianist is and shutting the lid on his fingers! You can imagine him going 'ow' then laughing! What fun boys and what a great performance! LOVE IT!!!
JoannePhilpottMedia 10 months ago
The Faces (and Rod especially) were so playful--they always had fun together.
hurricanekiki 10 months ago
First Concert - Rod Stewart Madison Square Garden 1973 I was 13 years old and danced all night, then we ran down to the stage!!! so much fun
tinamarief51 11 months ago
To have these days back . . .
apapke1 11 months ago
Well, these are professional musicians, and performers. This used to be common type of performance. I thought then, music would get even better. Wish I'd known, that pop music was really at the pinnacle in the 70s, and paid more attention at the time.
minnesotajack 11 months ago
Dick "Tricky Dicky" Powell on violin. Not Ponty.
octaviustentacles 11 months ago
I am not going to waste too much time on this. ABSOLUTE CLASS!!
Rod with the Faces - THE BHOYS!
MACSEAIN 11 months ago
I'm old enough to remember when these Rod Stewart songs first came out on the radio. I do miss the '70s.
mojaveman1 11 months ago
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hands up if you got laid to this song
jameswaugh82 11 months ago
Among the greatest recordings/songs of all time. R. Stewart's "rough-edged" voice is so distinctive. This song, and "Maggie May" are Music Hall of Fame. The guitar work (guitar solos) in both songs are just totally memorable - the most incredible guitar solos of all time. Fantastic music.
hitomusic 11 months ago
I bet these guys used to blow into towns like Vikings....
999marydoll 11 months ago
king rod.
ilovearse 1 year ago
Kenny Jones *piano player
Khultan 1 year ago
Ronnie Lane, Ian Maclagan.
Khultan 1 year ago
is it the lyrics on the paper or is it the love letter. the lyrics are great.
TheInnerSense1 1 year ago
Ronnie Lane is such a cool bass player- if you see all the videos he is in he moves really uniquely and the bass lines are awesome!
fairbeat 1 year ago 12
@fairbeat the small faces were an amazing band because of him
stewbunny 6 months ago
@stewbunny I think that you mean The Faces, don't you? Stewarty was never a member of The Small Faces.
TheEctomorph 4 months ago
@TheEctomorph he was in the Small Faces for the First Step album
dubliner27 3 months ago
@dubliner27 I repeat: Stewarty was NEVER a member of The Small Faces. (If you don't believe me, I suggest that you consult an in-depth biography of Rod. Quite a few of them have been published, over the years.)
From what I understand, "First Step" was the title of an early album release by The Faces - NOT by their predecessors, The Small Faces.
Have a nice day, sir.
TheEctomorph 3 months ago
If you watch carefully you'll notice Rod doesn't use the lyric sheet that often - instead he relies on Ronnie Lane RIP to give him the cue for the next line. Also, he knows most of the words anyway....
Butterfly1Blue 1 year ago
Que guapo Rod i was inlove with you all the time,but i meet him in L.A in 92 it was so goog!