whilst making this album back in '77 rod stewart had a revelation and came up with a scientific theory that astounded everyone......but nobody could solve it. even to this day. i have posted his theory on you-tube site "leon panetta the killing of osama" in the comments below the video. can you work it out?
Back in the day when this was new and for a number of years afterwards I swilled many a Coors to this classic. I still have the album and a functional turntable.........Thanks for posting.
If you're out there Lisa, you broke my 13 year old heart and I still think of you when I hear this song, I'm in my 40's now....LOL...the power of music indeed:)
Its 1970 something an i'm sitting doing revision for my O'levels, Tony Blackburn's on radio 1 with his new releases bit an Rod is sounding really good to me with this one. Still loving this now, love love love it still to this day an the pic of him is def "my Rod"
My favorite Rod Stewart song of all time!! I've heard a couple of live versions on here but nothing compares to this version. The solo on this song is incredible going from acoustic to electric is classic! I can hear this song again and again and not get tired of it. I feel like enjoying like this song like Rod would and slap on some headphones and sip on a Lowenbrau.
That pic was on my room. walls ..when posters were the thing...I was suppose to marry him..problem was I was the only one who knew it...no one told Rod...he had a thing for very blond and younger girls.....my loss...ahhhh.
yep, first time i heard it was 18. was anything but a ladies man, but i'm not gay. But yet, I understand his sentiment, his honesty and how beautiful it traslated into music, and explanation of his youth and times of his youth. the instrumental section kicks ass too...a truly great great song... one of the best of its time. go rod. :)
Oh man. Working eight hours in the sun to get $20 split 5 ways with my homies. Two racks of Budweiser, a carton of Marlboros, split 4 ways, 'cause Louis didn't smoke and all the Rod Stewart we could handle until the cops chased us home. The 70's were kinda lame,, but Rod made it all a little better.
Just heard this song for the first time this morning on my satellite music channel... incredible that I've never heard it before! Beautiful!! Now included in my favorites, like a long lost friend; where it belongs! Thank you for posting <3
@thecolaratlady - I think so.... wouldn't think that others thought so based on some of the posts I quickly scanned/read over :( Ah Well. As long as WE love it <3
From 3:10 to 4:42, isn't that one of the most sublime guitar solos, with the transition from acoustic to electric you'll ever want to hear..?.
And now for the pedantic: at the tail end of the song, given the confession the song puts forth, should he have sang "owning up for posterity..", instead of "owning up for prosperity.." ? Was it the lyrics or the singer who erred?
Unequivocally though, one of his best ever, if not the the absolute dog's bollocks. of what he was capable of.
@ukgolfa Owning up for prosperity seems wrong but then you think that he might be feeling that he shouldn't be making money from it. That's not a criticism, just a comment on the lyrics and how he might have meant it like that.
@gzornenplat Cheers mate, appreciate the reply...but my comment was to illustrate either the songwriter or the singer in this instance used the wrong word. If you're owning up to something that you've done, and the legacy you believe it leaves for history, what you've done is own up to the "posterity" of it.
Good song also maybe its just me but at around 2:08 to 2:14 I swear I hear a lil of the Beatles song In My Life , IDK maybe its just me. Came here by accident and found a new song I like.
Cant music be produced like this anymore, the 70's were the best,ma dad said rod sounded like a cat being skinned alive,but he said how can i guy that sounds ut of tune sound so GOOD he is a massin ,then again so was my dad,
rod's best and i'm not joking... great comment in here. like many others, i feel that the song is a pretty good discription of my life as well. after all, i'm very alone (not too lonely though), my sweetheart wife drops by to see me every month or so and the guy that comes to pick up my rent money so the lyrics hit home. thanks for posting such a great sound quality vid reynaldo, it's real ear candy :)
@MrWoof86 Me neither! I think that's why I'm very happily middle aged now, because I did all the things when I was young while I was young enough to do them! That way you have no regrets and life is good.....
this song tears me up. it was the theme song to an ex of mine that remained a good friend who died almost 4 years ago. this song was written for him it seems like........cant here it without crying hysterically
I love this song 4 many reasons... Love 2 my sister who passed
Aliena Sue MAjestic.. R.I.P I remember making u so many cds of ur favs.. I will miss u but will see u soon.... u were older then me, but u will always be 2 me my lil sister(I never mined taking care of you..
i am a fan of rods,and had several love affairs to the soundtrack of his love songs, in fact made a audio tape called just that years before his record co did the same ,but this song gets under my skin, every time i hear it i get goose bumps,so well performed,and the guitar break is so much longer than most in songs but somehow is not long enough, will remain in my top 50 of all time sounds
I,m 54 ... I bought the Album " Footloose and Fancy Free" with some tokens i got as gifts for my 21st .( vinyl of course ).. geeze where has the years went ... i lived my life like this song then and i still do...ha ha So Mr.Stewart it,s your fault my love life has been the roller coaster it has .... thanks .. i would not have missed a minute :)
@deerfieldproductions For many years - almost thirty, in fact - I was under the impression that Stewarty had sung the words "I wasted all that precious time, and blamed it on the wife"!
My hearing was never 'A1', as it were, even as a youth.
I should have realised, when this excellent track was in the charts all those years ago [1978] that the words "blamed it on the wife" didn't really make any sense, in the context of the song.
@MrWoof86 Agreed! And fear of (sexual) commitment is by no means exclusively a male 'thing'. In this day and age, there are plenty of young women - or 'birds', as many of us call them here in the UK(!) - who shag around on a casual basis, and who want to put off getting into a serious, "adult" relationship for as long as possible. Girls who come into this category are often called "ladettes" (on this side of the Atlantic, at any rate).
@MrWoof86 Well, I agree with what you say - up to a point, aar. But I suspect that the figure of 90% which you quote is probably WAY too high. "I Was Only Joking" is a song about the lifestyle of a LADIES' MAN/SUPERSTUD in his late teens and early twenties. There is no way that 90% - or even 50% - of guys in that age range come into that category. Only a minority of the male population are highly attractive to the opposite sex, and are capable of "collecting lovers like butterflies".
@dockie1964 That is hardly surf*****gprising! There must be literally MILLIONS of guys on God's Earth (probably 10's of millions) who wish that they had 'Stewarty's' good looks and immense pulling power. I am one of them, by the way, so i am. Rod is a natural born ladies' man; in that respect, he reminds me of the late, great Georgie Best - the former Manchester United and Northern Ireland soccer star who passed away (at a relatively early age) in November 2005.
@TheEctomorph I bet you are a 5ft 10 hunk with sexy brown eyes so why would you want to look like Rod?remember some of those woman may be shallow and go with him just because he is a star i also like Rod but mainly for his singing, its allways the voice that wins me i know its helps if a singer has looks hope i dont sound shallow nowLOL
@TheEctomorph Then again i know you are a 5ft 10inchs hunk with sexy brown eyes as you are the love of my life and i dont think ROD looks as hot as you but i do like his singing a lot.
@MsRuth02 Bless u, hun. Thank u soooooooooo much for those compliments; I am blushing as I write (or rather type) this message! NO ONE (male or female) has ever told me that I look better than Rod Stewart before. As u know, 'Stewarty' is one of my great musical heroes - I have been into his music, in a big way, ever since I was a young lad of 12 or 13, growing up in a Norwich suburb (back in 1977/'78).
Personally, I don't think that I am even in the same 'league' as Stewarty - lookswise.
@TheEctomorph Yes i do know how much you enjoy Rods music no wonder he is one of the best,as i said before and will say again i prefer your looks you are in a hot LEAGUE of your own in the looks department and thats the truth
great music, why i always like oldies music..than today's music.. well im 21 now.. in fact i never grew up with this kind of lovely music and bands.. rod stewart was my dads favorite singer.. maybe i inherit this to him :)
actually i just heard this sing 2 hours ago. when i was riding a car with my friend. i keep asking them whats the title of this song, no one reply..damn.!! they miss the beauty of music.. !! keep on rocking guys! :)
Creeping home before it got too light.. I remember that! My favourite Rod song, I always liked his reflective songs much better than the do ya think I'm sexy stuff! He's a class act, and someone who's managed to keep his feet on the ground, despite fame and all that goes with it.
Ill always remember this, a drunken man singin me this, on a summers night just a week ago, shit will haunt me, hope he makes it out, he spoke the troof. -Mr.KK!
@Roby1able Yes Jim Cregan and Gary Grainger who were the guitarists in The Rod Stewart Group 1975 - 1981 Also Billy Peek played guitar with Carmine Appice drums Phil Chen bass Kevin Savigar keyboards Phil Kenzie sax Jim Cregan still works with Rod from time to time and probably played accoustic on this track as he can be heard famously with the guitar break on Steve Harley's smash Make me Smile! Check out the Hot Legs video on You Tube and you will see the 'great ' Rod Stewart Group in full!!
Moving stuff ...... as Simon Bates, the distinguished radio presenter/'DJ' once said, after playing the track on his Radio 1 mid-morning programme, back in the early 1980's.
"I Was Only Joking" has come in for its fair share of 'flak' from pop/rock critics over the yearsj, but in my eyes, it is a great single - a classic. I think that 'Stewarty' has every right to be proud of it.
I picked this song well over 25 years ago, to play at my funeral. Not to be morbid, but it coincidentally, sums up my life perfectly. Except for me it's not Susie. It's Jeff.
I picked this song well over 25 years ago, to play at my funeral. Not to be morbid, but it coincidentally, sums up my life perfectly. No one can top Rod.
@Daniel92Lost Yes, indeed it is. I must say that i am more than a lil surprised that you had never heard this song until very recently. I can only assume that you come from a much younger generation than myself! (I am 46). Rod Stewart is a very talented man, who has made many fine singles - and indeed albums - since he first rose to prominence in the pop/rock music business, way back in 1971. May I suggest that you buy a copy of a Double CD called ''Rod Stewart: The Story So Far".
when i was a little girl i went off big bear cliff with my mom and dad in a 2 eighty z . tumbled down flew out back window took rescuers a long time to get to us this song was playing . thankfull to make it out alive . my mom has died now and i wonder if life became unbearable 4 her .listen up life is beautifull and allways worth living if u have health love family and bond when the times get tough thiss whole world might make it through UNITY IS THE KEY love NESSA
this song pretty much sums up my-well alotta peoples younger life. When you get older(44) You look back, think of the great days of carefree time, listen to a song like this and the memories get...OOOH so much more sweet. God, to be that young boy again.
this is one of my favourite Rod tracks. the lyrics are what nearly everyone can relate to, especially " In and out of jobs running free, waging war with society, dumb, blank faces stared back at me but nothing ever changed. promises made in the heat of the night, creeping home before it got too light, i wasted all that precious time, and blamed it on the wine"
@dcrew2000 This is from Rod's solo album, Footloose & Fancy Free... Ronnie Wood did not play on that album. The guitarists here are Jim Cregan and Gary Grainger. And their playing here is brilliant!
@dcrew2000 This is from Rod's solo album, Footloose & Fancy Free... Ronnie Wood did not play on that album. The guitarists here are Jim Cregan and Gary Grainger. And their playing here is brilliant!
This is one of the greatest lost gems in all rock history. What great lyrics and melody and musicianship and oh that Mod Rod the Bod smooth delivery just sends the whole song over the top. Shear brilliance. Peace.
I remember hearing this song when I was a kid, but I never knew who sang it or even what it was called. Needless to say, I figured it out with the age of the internet and all . . . One of the best songs ever - thanks Rod!
mighty fine!!! i had to rush out and get that album when it came out and then again later when i wore that one out... i was young and me & my first love went our seperate ways so this became one of my breoken heart songs. it wrenched my heart at the time, now it's just a great song. it still reminds me though :)
whilst making this album back in '77 rod stewart had a revelation and came up with a scientific theory that astounded everyone......but nobody could solve it. even to this day. i have posted his theory on you-tube site "leon panetta the killing of osama" in the comments below the video. can you work it out?
figbat1 14 hours ago
HEY RODIEEES I WENT TO GAYNESFORD IN 70S GREAT BAND.....MOLE CARSHALTON SURREY 70S
50MOLE 3 days ago
Back in the day when this was new and for a number of years afterwards I swilled many a Coors to this classic. I still have the album and a functional turntable.........Thanks for posting.
RXBA3U5 5 days ago
THE ABSOLUTE DOGS BOLLOX
fredwilma1000 5 days ago
If you're out there Lisa, you broke my 13 year old heart and I still think of you when I hear this song, I'm in my 40's now....LOL...the power of music indeed:)
Johnnywhamo 1 week ago 3
this on vinyl
MrThekuwaharakid 1 week ago
seven dislikes they should be kicked in the nuts
MrThekuwaharakid 1 week ago
Bought Foot Loose in 1977.One of my favorite albums.Love this guitar solo!
22skid00 1 week ago
Anthem of a lifetime...from a man who has had a great life.
jockybee1 2 weeks ago 2
every man who looks back on his life can refer to this song.....
2546steveo 3 weeks ago 5
wot a f***King tune !!!!
surfupboy 3 weeks ago in playlist Liked videos 2
this song reminds always to my beloved uncle who pastm11yrs ago,,he is avid fan of rod stewart....really like this song....
unitedrider57 3 weeks ago
i love rod he is great/
4677noel 3 weeks ago
sang this many time at the buskers on a sunday night with my pal mr thomas the man stevenson playing his guitar
1spantheman 1 month ago 2
Perfect anthem for all the regular guys who have drank a few smoked a few and fucked a few.Jack the lads all of us. 57 now wishing i was 20 again.
meffylad 1 month ago 5
@meffylad Well put brother. I'm close to 50 now. Used to play this on the jukebox when I was young. Great song.
Dryfter100 1 month ago 3
@meffylad Yeah its perfect, I wish to be 20 again living in a country side with room filled with smoke and some girls.
thetopgun4you 3 weeks ago 2
god bless rod and celtic fc
Izzymoggington 1 month ago
to my late brother, REST IN PEACE KID... GOD BLESS YOU...
bullethead3489 1 month ago
CLASS!!!!
ELONut 1 month ago
missed those days....thanks for posting.
parengtonio 1 month ago
GRAZIE ROD. DA ROMA
fhedblues2 1 month ago
Its 1970 something an i'm sitting doing revision for my O'levels, Tony Blackburn's on radio 1 with his new releases bit an Rod is sounding really good to me with this one. Still loving this now, love love love it still to this day an the pic of him is def "my Rod"
TheBettyboo62 1 month ago
classic pure class thanks for sharing
TheSteve1955 1 month ago
was the guitar solo was only on the album version?..............air guitar at the ready. I could never win.......................gooooooooooooooo
kat197603 1 month ago
Great track takes me straight back to school days and lusting after all those gorgeous girls.... guitar solo is just amazing too.thx for posting
Grogster2007 1 month ago
My favorite Rod Stewart song of all time!! I've heard a couple of live versions on here but nothing compares to this version. The solo on this song is incredible going from acoustic to electric is classic! I can hear this song again and again and not get tired of it. I feel like enjoying like this song like Rod would and slap on some headphones and sip on a Lowenbrau.
6021diesel 2 months ago 2
For the record the beer in his hand was Lowenbrau...brand not made anymore to my knowledge.
1927Norma 2 months ago 3
That pic was on my room. walls ..when posters were the thing...I was suppose to marry him..problem was I was the only one who knew it...no one told Rod...he had a thing for very blond and younger girls.....my loss...ahhhh.
1927Norma 2 months ago 2
great song great album great voice great bloke
1953billyboy 2 months ago
awsome song i love rod<3
sfj374htsx 2 months ago
Thank you. Reminds me where I came from isn't to far from here.
luvmusicnfamily 2 months ago
Great old tune. Heard this in the 70's when I was in sixth or seventh grade
dsroka0133 2 months ago
The guitaring part at the end is still one of the best ever !
C2Low1 3 months ago
yep, first time i heard it was 18. was anything but a ladies man, but i'm not gay. But yet, I understand his sentiment, his honesty and how beautiful it traslated into music, and explanation of his youth and times of his youth. the instrumental section kicks ass too...a truly great great song... one of the best of its time. go rod. :)
sidthinker 3 months ago
wow the music in this song just takes me to another place Awesome love me some Rod Stewart!
Joyce3290 3 months ago
One of my all time favourites!!!!!!!!
Reddirtgirl55Again 3 months ago
Jack the lad indeed !!!!
Delamitri1 3 months ago
thats not what the song is about you silly dotard .... i think u should take another listen...
TheLodein 3 months ago
Classic Rod
MINECRAFTzzzoot 3 months ago
remember when a lid was five fingers?
michaelsivley 3 months ago
Lived my teenage years to this song .....sorry girls x
tangotom61 3 months ago
Among my favorite Rod Stewart songs. It brings back wistful memories of the late 70s.
ftsjr 4 months ago
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ftsjr 4 months ago
amazing roddy
smokiemc1 4 months ago
Great album. One of his best. Classic.
probrojeffro 4 months ago
This song hits a part of me that no other song can.
davidhwalton 4 months ago
Merci Rod tu me rapelle toujours mes meilleurs souvenirs de vacances :'D <3
touipify 4 months ago
@touipify Eh?
Amhlair 4 months ago
@Amhlair You don't understand ?
touipify 4 months ago
Oh man. Working eight hours in the sun to get $20 split 5 ways with my homies. Two racks of Budweiser, a carton of Marlboros, split 4 ways, 'cause Louis didn't smoke and all the Rod Stewart we could handle until the cops chased us home. The 70's were kinda lame,, but Rod made it all a little better.
AnoziraNoscut 4 months ago
@AnoziraNoscut yeah i'm 44 now and looking back it was kinda lame
thecolaratlady 4 months ago
I was also only jokin' but fucked myself
when she left...... ok I survived but was it all
necessary ?????? Jesus I drank to much!!!!
atalaya1980 4 months ago
classic
MrJmc1966 4 months ago
A good time for me to remember good times thanks Rod
liamhcz123 4 months ago
I always thought i had i Figured out too Great Song
pappawheelie09 4 months ago
ESTA CANCION ES LO MAS HERMOSO DE MI JUVENTUD CON MIS AMIGOS DE FLORES.........JAMAS LA OLVIDARE.... ROD.... SIEMPRE ESTAS EN MI CORAZON!!!!
TheMariselda 5 months ago
Just heard this song for the first time this morning on my satellite music channel... incredible that I've never heard it before! Beautiful!! Now included in my favorites, like a long lost friend; where it belongs! Thank you for posting <3
bubblesthebikerbabe 5 months ago 16
@bubblesthebikerbabe sure is a wonderful song isnt it?
thecolaratlady 4 months ago
@thecolaratlady - I think so.... wouldn't think that others thought so based on some of the posts I quickly scanned/read over :( Ah Well. As long as WE love it <3
bubblesthebikerbabe 4 months ago
@bubblesthebikerbabe thats right
thecolaratlady 3 months ago
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shortyspurs30 3 months ago
thank the good Lord for ROD !!!
heleneohanlon 5 months ago
looks like a lowee rods drinking as in Lowenbrau
selffless1 5 months ago
esta cancion la tocaron Guns N Roses en vivo si no me equivoco
Ezequiel123pedo 5 months ago
the story of my youngest and melancholiness life
camps78 5 months ago
From 3:10 to 4:42, isn't that one of the most sublime guitar solos, with the transition from acoustic to electric you'll ever want to hear..?.
And now for the pedantic: at the tail end of the song, given the confession the song puts forth, should he have sang "owning up for posterity..", instead of "owning up for prosperity.." ? Was it the lyrics or the singer who erred?
Unequivocally though, one of his best ever, if not the the absolute dog's bollocks. of what he was capable of.
ukgolfa 5 months ago 9
@ukgolfa Owning up for prosperity seems wrong but then you think that he might be feeling that he shouldn't be making money from it. That's not a criticism, just a comment on the lyrics and how he might have meant it like that.
gzornenplat 1 month ago
@gzornenplat Cheers mate, appreciate the reply...but my comment was to illustrate either the songwriter or the singer in this instance used the wrong word. If you're owning up to something that you've done, and the legacy you believe it leaves for history, what you've done is own up to the "posterity" of it.
ukgolfa 1 month ago
good song but it's a rip off. Check out Dylan's Simple twist of fate and you'll see what i'm talking about.
0live0wire0 5 months ago
@0live0wire0
As I've always said to myself, it's a matter of taste, to me this song is by far much better than the one you mentioned
deamonlite 4 months ago
Good song also maybe its just me but at around 2:08 to 2:14 I swear I hear a lil of the Beatles song In My Life , IDK maybe its just me. Came here by accident and found a new song I like.
whycntwebfriends 5 months ago
@whycntwebfriends You're right!
darminic 5 months ago
Wow high schools days back in the 80's.
I was just a kid with a small heart. But that was just a part of growing up and dealing with life.
MrStinger63 5 months ago
Reminds me of my Dad and all the fun we had back in the '70's...love you, Dad!!
greentubes1 5 months ago
Cant music be produced like this anymore, the 70's were the best,ma dad said rod sounded like a cat being skinned alive,but he said how can i guy that sounds ut of tune sound so GOOD he is a massin ,then again so was my dad,
jamesdee1959 6 months ago
my neighbour called the cops cuz i played this to loud the arrested him lol
MrK33N4N 6 months ago
rod's best and i'm not joking... great comment in here. like many others, i feel that the song is a pretty good discription of my life as well. after all, i'm very alone (not too lonely though), my sweetheart wife drops by to see me every month or so and the guy that comes to pick up my rent money so the lyrics hit home. thanks for posting such a great sound quality vid reynaldo, it's real ear candy :)
MrBuckwilliam 6 months ago
This reminds me of my dad, he used to say we looked rediculous
stevewantsit1 6 months ago
@stevewantsit1
And you spell ridiculous(ly)
spacecowboy7580 4 months ago
autobiographical...for more than Rod...
shilo901 6 months ago
@MrWoof86 Me neither! I think that's why I'm very happily middle aged now, because I did all the things when I was young while I was young enough to do them! That way you have no regrets and life is good.....
3moonriver 6 months ago
this song tears me up. it was the theme song to an ex of mine that remained a good friend who died almost 4 years ago. this song was written for him it seems like........cant here it without crying hysterically
hotrodstewart 6 months ago
I love this song 4 many reasons... Love 2 my sister who passed
Aliena Sue MAjestic.. R.I.P I remember making u so many cds of ur favs.. I will miss u but will see u soon.... u were older then me, but u will always be 2 me my lil sister(I never mined taking care of you..
Meshelsmusic 6 months ago
i am a fan of rods,and had several love affairs to the soundtrack of his love songs, in fact made a audio tape called just that years before his record co did the same ,but this song gets under my skin, every time i hear it i get goose bumps,so well performed,and the guitar break is so much longer than most in songs but somehow is not long enough, will remain in my top 50 of all time sounds
cjfussell04 6 months ago
That guitar solo is really awesome!
feniblog 7 months ago
I,m 54 ... I bought the Album " Footloose and Fancy Free" with some tokens i got as gifts for my 21st .( vinyl of course ).. geeze where has the years went ... i lived my life like this song then and i still do...ha ha So Mr.Stewart it,s your fault my love life has been the roller coaster it has .... thanks .. i would not have missed a minute :)
Tyne56 7 months ago 2
I wish I could blame it on the wine.
deerfieldproductions 7 months ago 2
@deerfieldproductions For many years - almost thirty, in fact - I was under the impression that Stewarty had sung the words "I wasted all that precious time, and blamed it on the wife"!
My hearing was never 'A1', as it were, even as a youth.
I should have realised, when this excellent track was in the charts all those years ago [1978] that the words "blamed it on the wife" didn't really make any sense, in the context of the song.
TheEctomorph 6 months ago
@MrWoof86 Agreed! And fear of (sexual) commitment is by no means exclusively a male 'thing'. In this day and age, there are plenty of young women - or 'birds', as many of us call them here in the UK(!) - who shag around on a casual basis, and who want to put off getting into a serious, "adult" relationship for as long as possible. Girls who come into this category are often called "ladettes" (on this side of the Atlantic, at any rate).
"I Was Only Joking" is a great track; a classic.
TheEctomorph 7 months ago 6
@MrWoof86 Well, I agree with what you say - up to a point, aar. But I suspect that the figure of 90% which you quote is probably WAY too high. "I Was Only Joking" is a song about the lifestyle of a LADIES' MAN/SUPERSTUD in his late teens and early twenties. There is no way that 90% - or even 50% - of guys in that age range come into that category. Only a minority of the male population are highly attractive to the opposite sex, and are capable of "collecting lovers like butterflies".
TheEctomorph 7 months ago
Simple, The best.
envy187thuglife 7 months ago
fuck
MrNatepwnage 7 months ago
Enjoyed it. Thanks for posting!
LarryRickenbacker 7 months ago
I wish I had rod's good looks..
dockie1964 7 months ago
@dockie1964 That is hardly surf*****gprising! There must be literally MILLIONS of guys on God's Earth (probably 10's of millions) who wish that they had 'Stewarty's' good looks and immense pulling power. I am one of them, by the way, so i am. Rod is a natural born ladies' man; in that respect, he reminds me of the late, great Georgie Best - the former Manchester United and Northern Ireland soccer star who passed away (at a relatively early age) in November 2005.
TheEctomorph 7 months ago
@TheEctomorph I bet you are a 5ft 10 hunk with sexy brown eyes so why would you want to look like Rod?remember some of those woman may be shallow and go with him just because he is a star i also like Rod but mainly for his singing, its allways the voice that wins me i know its helps if a singer has looks hope i dont sound shallow nowLOL
MsRuth02 7 months ago
@TheEctomorph Then again i know you are a 5ft 10inchs hunk with sexy brown eyes as you are the love of my life and i dont think ROD looks as hot as you but i do like his singing a lot.
MsRuth02 7 months ago
@MsRuth02 Bless u, hun. Thank u soooooooooo much for those compliments; I am blushing as I write (or rather type) this message! NO ONE (male or female) has ever told me that I look better than Rod Stewart before. As u know, 'Stewarty' is one of my great musical heroes - I have been into his music, in a big way, ever since I was a young lad of 12 or 13, growing up in a Norwich suburb (back in 1977/'78).
Personally, I don't think that I am even in the same 'league' as Stewarty - lookswise.
TheEctomorph 7 months ago
@TheEctomorph Yes i do know how much you enjoy Rods music no wonder he is one of the best,as i said before and will say again i prefer your looks you are in a hot LEAGUE of your own in the looks department and thats the truth
MsRuth02 7 months ago
Reminds me of summer 77 :) Great times!!
moscowbill 7 months ago
great f**king album!!! classic f**king classic!!
cash1115 7 months ago
Ah
memories,
remember '77 like iy was yesterday!!
Davie13Thistle 7 months ago
great music, why i always like oldies music..than today's music.. well im 21 now.. in fact i never grew up with this kind of lovely music and bands.. rod stewart was my dads favorite singer.. maybe i inherit this to him :)
actually i just heard this sing 2 hours ago. when i was riding a car with my friend. i keep asking them whats the title of this song, no one reply..damn.!! they miss the beauty of music.. !! keep on rocking guys! :)
SuperNeL007 8 months ago
Creeping home before it got too light.. I remember that! My favourite Rod song, I always liked his reflective songs much better than the do ya think I'm sexy stuff! He's a class act, and someone who's managed to keep his feet on the ground, despite fame and all that goes with it.
3moonriver 8 months ago
this and tonights the night are rods best songs
tmtmoormr 8 months ago in playlist Paul's Best Ever Song's .. 2
How about the best song fing ever??
ttmoran 8 months ago
best song in the world
ttmoran 8 months ago
Rod hit #22 in Billboard, 6-24-78. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx!
DaveWollenberg 8 months ago 2
Ill always remember this, a drunken man singin me this, on a summers night just a week ago, shit will haunt me, hope he makes it out, he spoke the troof. -Mr.KK!
MrKK221 8 months ago
HERMOSO TEMA DE UN GRAN CANTANTE
jorgealbertobaron 8 months ago
superb..............
karenbenn 9 months ago
Guys,
Can anyone please tell me the names of the Guitar Players for this track ?
Many thanks for sharing.
Kindest ................Roby
Roby1able 9 months ago
@Roby1able Yes Jim Cregan and Gary Grainger who were the guitarists in The Rod Stewart Group 1975 - 1981 Also Billy Peek played guitar with Carmine Appice drums Phil Chen bass Kevin Savigar keyboards Phil Kenzie sax Jim Cregan still works with Rod from time to time and probably played accoustic on this track as he can be heard famously with the guitar break on Steve Harley's smash Make me Smile! Check out the Hot Legs video on You Tube and you will see the 'great ' Rod Stewart Group in full!!
barry3581 9 months ago
Rod I love you, you really are a great..
Cicciuzzo92c 9 months ago
@Cicciuzzo92c Whatever became of him?
dowling1981 9 months ago
Moving stuff ...... as Simon Bates, the distinguished radio presenter/'DJ' once said, after playing the track on his Radio 1 mid-morning programme, back in the early 1980's.
"I Was Only Joking" has come in for its fair share of 'flak' from pop/rock critics over the yearsj, but in my eyes, it is a great single - a classic. I think that 'Stewarty' has every right to be proud of it.
TheEctomorph 9 months ago
I picked this song well over 25 years ago, to play at my funeral. Not to be morbid, but it coincidentally, sums up my life perfectly. Except for me it's not Susie. It's Jeff.
chslnd1 9 months ago
I picked this song well over 25 years ago, to play at my funeral. Not to be morbid, but it coincidentally, sums up my life perfectly. No one can top Rod.
chslnd1 9 months ago 2
This song was played at my uncles funeral last week never heared it before then and it's a really moving song
Daniel92Lost 9 months ago
@Daniel92Lost Yes, indeed it is. I must say that i am more than a lil surprised that you had never heard this song until very recently. I can only assume that you come from a much younger generation than myself! (I am 46). Rod Stewart is a very talented man, who has made many fine singles - and indeed albums - since he first rose to prominence in the pop/rock music business, way back in 1971. May I suggest that you buy a copy of a Double CD called ''Rod Stewart: The Story So Far".
TheEctomorph 9 months ago
I have always loved this song for 2 reasons
1 Its Rod at his best
2 I now know who I am and all the pain from my past has finally gone!
Thankyou Rod your the one and only!
boltonjedi69 9 months ago
one of his best!
scooby1ize 10 months ago
una de las mejores canciones de este gran musico cantante compositor
arrron35milanesas 10 months ago
great song
4677noel 10 months ago
Lovin' me some ROD!!!!!!!
1rodfan631963 10 months ago
Never a Rod fan,but have to admit this song kicks ass on so many levels.Glad to hear it all these years later...
biollante62 10 months ago
when i was a little girl i went off big bear cliff with my mom and dad in a 2 eighty z . tumbled down flew out back window took rescuers a long time to get to us this song was playing . thankfull to make it out alive . my mom has died now and i wonder if life became unbearable 4 her .listen up life is beautifull and allways worth living if u have health love family and bond when the times get tough thiss whole world might make it through UNITY IS THE KEY love NESSA
shanessav1 10 months ago
I play a mean version on my Landola 12 string........great change of key at the intro
jutescrim 10 months ago
how true these words are when your young and out all night , nothing matters one of rods best songs
icecreamman540 10 months ago
hate such songs
discouniverse 11 months ago
@discouniverse Then why click here and listen?
pmdnyc 11 months ago
@discouniverse Go an fuck off then
kawhiahammerhead 10 months ago
@kawhiahammerhead if u say smth say it only once
discouniverse 10 months ago
@discouniverse Go an fuck off then
kawhiahammerhead 10 months ago
@kawhiahammerhead shut up you pig's cunt
discouniverse 10 months ago
this song pretty much sums up my-well alotta peoples younger life. When you get older(44) You look back, think of the great days of carefree time, listen to a song like this and the memories get...OOOH so much more sweet. God, to be that young boy again.
mach1franco 11 months ago 2
@mach1franco
I totally agree with you on that one pal, those were the days
MrNeilyG 10 months ago
@MrNeilyG Just keeping them alive in my memory is still great.
mach1franco 10 months ago
I turned 35 today and this pretty much sums up my life
chrisj211 11 months ago
but you took it it all too seriously, I guess it had to end...
onacmm 11 months ago
The story of my youth.....good memories
stigofthedumpz 11 months ago
whats the key of the song? thx a lot
pafrick92 11 months ago
there won't be any thumb down for this one, how can there be? Just play it again..
MrKurmann 1 year ago
" Illusions of that grand first prize..." Those have not faded yet :D
frankg619 1 year ago
This was about his first girlfriend susanne who had his first child with
MyJustified 1 year ago
i am a better man for hearing this song!
sammycboro 1 year ago 28
this is one of my favourite Rod tracks. the lyrics are what nearly everyone can relate to, especially " In and out of jobs running free, waging war with society, dumb, blank faces stared back at me but nothing ever changed. promises made in the heat of the night, creeping home before it got too light, i wasted all that precious time, and blamed it on the wine"
michelle88960 1 year ago
love it , brillant.
yendor44 1 year ago
Give props to Ronny Wood for his guitar work on this gem.
dcrew2000 1 year ago
@dcrew2000 This is from Rod's solo album, Footloose & Fancy Free... Ronnie Wood did not play on that album. The guitarists here are Jim Cregan and Gary Grainger. And their playing here is brilliant!
DrDeath26 11 months ago
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@dcrew2000 This is from Rod's solo album, Footloose & Fancy Free... Ronnie Wood did not play on that album. The guitarists here are Jim Cregan and Gary Grainger. And their playing here is brilliant!
DrDeath26 11 months ago
This is one of the greatest lost gems in all rock history. What great lyrics and melody and musicianship and oh that Mod Rod the Bod smooth delivery just sends the whole song over the top. Shear brilliance. Peace.
makingsense53 1 year ago
soundtrack of my life so far lol
whillythewimp 1 year ago 34
@whillythewimp Oh heck, that was the song of my YOUTH, let alone my 'life'. I hear ya brother
08scamp 6 months ago
I remember hearing this song when I was a kid, but I never knew who sang it or even what it was called. Needless to say, I figured it out with the age of the internet and all . . . One of the best songs ever - thanks Rod!
haunnted11 1 year ago
Thankyou for this mate. Really appreciated.
littlewingforever 1 year ago
mighty fine!!! i had to rush out and get that album when it came out and then again later when i wore that one out... i was young and me & my first love went our seperate ways so this became one of my breoken heart songs. it wrenched my heart at the time, now it's just a great song. it still reminds me though :)
MrBuckwilliam 1 year ago
Well done Rod..Better than yer sailin' one man! ;)
indoorsun 1 year ago