Opera Singer Reacts to Rod Stewart "Maggie May"

[@maggiereneemusic]

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[@jopay142]

Why not try an australian signer? Stevie Wright is his name, and I strongly recommand his most iconic song, "Evie" (part 1-2-3, studio version ;) ). A masterpiece! Maggie, your reactions and analysis are awesome! Great work! And great success to you!!!

[@osmariobrito7776]

Boa tarde. Maggie reagindo a Maggie? Grande reação. Apesar do tema triste, eu gosto muito desta música do Rod. Também gostaria de sugerir uma canção, para quando você tiver tempo: CLUBE DA ESQUINA (LÔ BORGES)_UM GIRASSOL DA COR DO SEU CABELO

[@BitchinKitchenComedy]

You should do the album version of When I’m Down by Chris Cornell. Great song, real bluesy feel

[@roy19491]

when this first came out, our thought about the lyrics, and Rod's voice, was "the morning after the night before"......Maggie May was what is now called a "cougar"

[@Mr.Ekshin]

Imagine the kind of outcry over this same song, if the roles were reversed. Imagine if "Maggie" was a schoolgirl that was seduced into bedding a middle aged guy. Weird, right?

[@horatiodreamt]

@@Mr.Ekshin Gary Puckett & The Union Gap: "Young girl, get out of my life..."

[@paultaylor9019]

Except in that it's the girl coming on to him and him telling her to go away...@@horatiodreamt

[@drdavid1963]

@@Mr.Ekshin It's still having sex with a minor but what a great song

[@jamesstrickland517]

LOL I was going to say Rod caught a bad case of cat scratch fever :D

[@leftcoaster67]

Ronnie Wood's guitar work is fantastic. The mandolin gives it a timeless feel.

[@donstand2195]

Rod Stewart holds the guinness book of world records for the largest concert ever with 4.2 million people at Rockin in Rio

[@bryansproles2879]

I always love when the mandolin comes in towards the end, and how it pumps the tempo up. Classic song :)

[@dannymoore6886]

I had always heard that the mandolin player never received any credit for his work. He was asked by someone in the production team to play. He showed up, was in and out in a day before anyone got his information.

[@steveturner3999]

My favorite part!

[@Macilmoyle]

@@dannymoore6886 Ray Jackson was the mandolin player with the group Lindisfarne. They needed some way of finishing the song and asked him to come up with something. He composed the mandolin part but only got the standard session player's fee. They couldn't even be bothered to put his name on the album

[@normanrose2711]

I really like his song every picture tells a story

[@CANDOKNOWHOW]

My favorite Rod tune ever! Such a great song..

[@Ingens_Scherz]

This song is Rod's story. This happened to him when he was in his late teens, so he wrote this incredible song about it not that long after that "incident" (in the year I was born, actually: '71). So he was very much a young old goat before he finally grew to become the champion king of the old goats that he is now. What a legend. And what a voice.

[@maximolopezjr2249]

This is a classic. Rod's voice is so distinctive, you don't need to put it up front, it takes its own place. As a bassist; I've always loved that bass line, and mandolin. A dancer, she moves lively, and smoothly to make her dress flow.

[@marklowe8087]

When this song came out,beer was cheap and life was less complicated .houses were affordable,people were real,with no phones.more time and space to enjoy.

[@matthewstroud4294]

Very rhythmic singing, probably why they made the drums so prominent. He's basically singing along to the drums.

[@KyleKessler-q4w]

Did you know that Rod Stewart was a model railroad guy? When he toured, he used to get adjoining rooms…one to sleep in and the other one to build model railroad stuff. He has a huge railroad layout.

[@vernhoke7730]

I first heard this when I was in 7th or 8th grade back in the early seventies.

[@ICRA95]

that song makes me cry , reminds me of my first love

[@kenswfi1]

Gorgeous gorgeous song...one of the best⚡💯

[@fday1964]

Mandolin Wind Unplugged is one you should react too. Excellent performance.

[@jameslynch5249]

I love your positive attitude, your love of life and music, You are a beautiful human being. YOU ARE A GEM. 🤩

[@maggiereneemusic]

Thanks so much for your sweet comment. 🤗💖👍

[@jameslynch5249]

Windmills 😝

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

@@maggiereneemusic Why on earth would you read the lyrics before listening to the song??? Lame. I turned it off, and went straight to the Dislike button. smh

[@trixiebella]

Another classic rock song. And that raspy Rod voice. Glad you enjoyed Maggie Renee! Great job!

[@Ted35577]

Saw Rod a few months ago in Las Vegas he was fantastic!

[@michaelm6948]

The mandolin makes this song. Have a look at Rod when he was with Faces in the 70s, like "Stay with Me"..some great live performances of Faces from the 70s on YT..

[@luskentyre65]

One of my favourites is Downtown Train

[@mph7282]

Written by Tom Waits, one of the greatest songwriters America has ever produced. One my all-time favorite verses is in that song: You wave your hands and they scatter like crows They have nothing that will ever capture your heart They’re just thorns without the rose Be careful of them in the dark

[@luskentyre65]

@@mph7282 😊

[@karrararra4820]

A classic song 🎵

[@jlittleboy]

I love your personality and energy.

[@thomasgriffiths6758]

When I saw a Rod Stewart in concert in the late 80s, I remember that he kicked soccer balls out into the crowd during the show.

[@brucecronin6396]

Great song, great album. "Every picture tells a story" (1971). Love you Maggie !!

[@ejd53]

The OG Rod Stewart. I remember this coming out in my senior year in high school. Still love it. Also, if you like the mandolin, check out "Mandolin Wind" from the same album.

[@mikeyrebs8259]

Saw live back in 75 Boston great show .... Saw Rod two more times ...

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Happy birthday Rod Stewart too, as well as myself. 👍

[@lisaldeene]

Rod Stewart is one of my favorite top 3 singers ever! What a diversity of music he has in his lifetime catalog. And his songwriting is so unique.

[@robinlabouche2230]

This has always been my favourite song and my Wife and I named our Daughter "Meghan" after the title of the song "Maggie May", she is now 41 years old and we always play it at her birthday party ❤

[@gregcarlson6342]

One of my favorites since day 1

[@trevortaylor1343]

My favourite ever song a absolute classic

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

Now I know where Nancy Wilson got the idea for her opening guitar part on Crazy On You. That sneaky little devil!

[@SH-er5dz]

I fell in love with this song at the end of watching Dog town and Z Boys. Surf/skate California summer vibes.

[@billdemotte7152]

I love that you enjoy so many genres Stay awesome stay healthy stay amazing 👍

[@gregorybaynham1122]

i have already commented here but i always watch your best reactions over ty for bring so much joyto my days

[@RyneMurray23]

You should listen to the song "reason to believe" it's great and yes that was a Mandolin 👍🏼

[@mikenolan8044]

I'm sure that the morning sun when it's in your face shows that you are a kid and a gorgeous one. 💃

[@jimbusby8298]

Loved this song 🎵 Rod started the shaggy hair

[@donstand2195]

Great bass line

[@kurtsaxton823]

Seeing that you kind of liking rod Stewart lately Mandolin Wind you should definitely have a listen to.

[@ryananthony4840]

I remember the first time I heard that intro when I was about 8... me and my brothers would make or plush ewoks dance to it middle eastern style lol

[@daveotter7942]

The mandolin player is Ray Jackson from a British folk/rock band called Lindisfarne. He got a grand total of £15 for that performance!

[@beverlyoyarzun3326]

It’s not really an intro but a separate track title “Henry”. Because it’s so short (30 seconds) and the first cut on side 2, it was impossible to separate it from MaggieMay on the vinyl album.

[@chuckmccaslandsr.8859]

A lot of truth in this song, which actually happened, which many of us heard about, many years ago.

[@johannesvalterdivizzini1523]

My Sicilian born Grandfather played guitar and mandolin (he was actually able to play basically any stringed instrument), so I grew up hearing beautiful mandolin music. It's a pleasure (always has been) hearing it in Maggie May. It's a shame the mandolin is just a piece of the past.

[@janewatkins9801]

Fabulous stuff.

[@swapmeetlus4096]

My dad always told me that this song was still being played in the 80s. He was a line cook in the 80s in Chicago. Him and the boys would always go out after their shift and spend most their pay at the bars trying to pick up chicks, most of them barely even speaking English hahaha Dad as he tells me, always won.

[@steelers6titles]

The later "You Wear It Well" is in the same vein.

[@kevinwallis2194]

listened to this when it first came out and i had a crush with a gal. good and sometimes painful memories.

[@ezgolfer2]

I started dating Kathy several months before Rod released this song. She was 2 years older than I and absolutely my Maggie May. There’s one line that convinced even more. My brother was a professional pool player, but I never stole his cue nor made “money out of playing pool”.

[@diegodesimone6834]

Quando Rod Stewart faceva pezzi bellissimi non commerciali, è una canzone struggente, il chitarrista andrà nei Rolling Stones dove è tuttora

[@dannymoore6886]

Every young man needs a Maggie May.

[@GrainneDhu]

Someone to steal his soul, to cause him terrible pain, to take him away from his family and leave him feeling confused and torn up inside? Yeah, as a woman, I'm grateful that my first boyfriend was older than I was but we parted as friends, feeling warmly towards each other and I'd welcome him with a big hug and a kiss even now 49 years later. He didn't steal my heart, he didn't steal my soul, he left me a whole person with only good memories. I'm grateful never to have had the male version of a Maggie in my life.

[@tahoemike5828]

This is a semi true story of an older woman who taught Rod a thing or two when he was younger.

[@Mr.Ekshin]

Imagine if a female singer did this same kind of song, but about her as a school girl being seduced by a middle aged guy. People would be wanting to know who the guy was and demanding he be put in prison.

[@GrainneDhu]

@@Mr.Ekshin listen to the lyrics or read them so you can block out the pretty, upbeat music. The lyrics are all about a heartsick, very confused 17 year old teenaged boy who is feeling terrible pain combined with terrible love. That boy knows it can't last, he knows the relationship isn't a healthy one (stealing his soul doesn't sound healthy to me, anyway) but he can't yet bring himself to leave Maggie May, either. People should be demanding Maggie be put into prison--like all those middle school and high school woman teachers who are caught having sex with their male students. They do go to prison and for very good reason. Trivia: Rod Stewart has said that the kernel idea of this song was about his first sexual experience at a jazz festival when he was 17. A woman in her 30s took him back to her tent, had sex with him and then unceremoniously threw him out afterwards. Rod Stewart took that experience and the mix of emotions he felt, wrapped it into a story in his inimitable way and the song "Maggie May" was the result. He's made it clear that the experience at the time was painful for him, that he felt very hurt and very confused afterwards.

[@1951woodygeo]

You need to listen to the version with a full Orchestra it is amazing

[@1951woodygeo]

Rod Stewart You’re In My Heart: Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (2CD Deluxe Edition

[@frankk8018]

The vocals fit really well a little back, never noticed it until you mentioned it. Future reaction suggestion ... Sugarland "Stay". Cheers !

[@laureliechapman1267]

Love this song, it is a bit biographical. A bit of play with words - "steal my Daddy's cue and make a living out of playing pool" - "cue" as in pool cue and as a "cue" to follow in his Daddy's footsteps. And the rock and roll band that needed a helping hand was "Faces", the band he joined following Steve Marriott's departure from the original "Small Faces". when this was first recorded and performed. Ron Woods, Kenny Jones, Ronnie Lane, and Ian McLagen. So much talent of now-legendary musicians and musical history.

[@plantlord3266]

the difference is this Maggie (you) are young, stunning, talented and someone we all love...why you have almost 230,000 followers! :) best to you always (pat the puppy for me-lol).

[@LoveBandit1000]

Very Gaelic...

[@alan-thealanyst]

Can't believe I didn't like this when it first came out! Five years later it was my 'go-to' karaoke / camp fire song!

[@azja6666]

"All for love" by Rod Stewart, Bryan Adams and Sting please! Amazing song and amazing three voices!

[@rpppdiggins]

Really enjoy your reactions , but as usual some of the classic versions of this song are those where it is performed live . Please watch the live version of this number when Ronnie Wood from the Rolling Stones plays the guitar solos. They were both playing together when they were younger and part of a group called the Small Faces. Fast forward 20 to 30 years now both are famous and rightly admired by their peers , the combination produces the best version of this song you will ever hear.

[@88wildcat]

I can't remember if it was Lester Bangs or Greil Marcus but one of the two reviewed this album when it came out and declared that the drummer should win a Nobel Prize in Physics for this song.

[@steviesellers]

Python Lee Jackson / In a Broken Dream feat Rod Stewart lead vocals next maybe

[@lesparker6752]

Hi Maggie, if you like the "medieval" style of the music in this song, may I suggest a song by the Sweet called Lady of the Lake. I would love to hear your opinion on that particular song and the way it was sung, played, and produced.

[@steelers6titles]

Rod had a simultaneous career going with the Faces (after leaving Jeff Beck).

[@josephcote6120]

It's kind of funny that when we were teens we identified with Rod, now 40 years later we identify with Maggie May.

[@steelers6titles]

Every Picture Tells A Story (1971)

[@jftowry]

Dancin' 💃

[@davidhawley4679]

Just FYI: This song is now over 50 years old.

[@1951woodygeo]

Rod Stewart You’re In My Heart: Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (2CD Deluxe Edition

[@tomski120]

Im pretty sure this was athe "B" side to "reason to believe" (it may have been a double "A" ) which I prefer to this, although this is pretty awesome. (Honeybus did a song called "I can't let Maggie go" it's pretty repetitive but it's cool in its own way)

[@KawaTony1964]

This is a great song. In my mind, I always pair it with "Me and Bobby McGhee", Janis Joplin's version.

[@carlwarrell3216]

Hello Maggie, Just joined after looking through all your reactions and was shocked to see that you have not reacted to Lynard Skynard, Rush, or several other bands that are the best of the best. I would start with the Southern Rock band, Lynard Skynard, a vast and deep rabbit hole, starting with Free Bird, Give me three steps, and They Call Me the Breeze. Thanks and enjoy.

[@kevinsimpson3374]

You Gotta Do Stay With Me! By Rod Stewart!

[@stefanaberg4398]

Punch in, yes

[@sandralorenz1796]

This song haunted the radio in 1971.

[@garystoltzenberg7551]

In this song a young guy with an older woman, she’s got the snap trap

[@jacobmarriott7971]

You’re absolutely gorgeous!

[@wmgilliland2582]

Rod Stewart's nickname is the story teller.

[@GrainneDhu]

Or Rod the Mod, back in the 1960s when the Mods referred to young men with a certain fashion aesthetic.

[@donwoodard2204]

His nickname is Phyllis, penned by Elton John, Rod penned Sharon for Elton.

[@iznot2]

One of the most aggravating aspects of radio DJ's back in the day was t heir habit of talking over nthr beginning and endings of recordings. But radio ruled , record companies needed the playing exposure to sell records and DJ's thought they were funny.

[@jurgenschmidt2759]

When Rod was done with this Maggie, he treated his women very differently as described in 'Stay with me' with the Faces (😉)

[@steveheck4348]

Rod worships Sam Cooke. His influence is all over Rod's vocals.

[@freddiegozo]

Check out Lucy Thomas Music Two Sisters age 12 & 19 with angelic voices, you will be amazed of the many great songs and excellent duets on this channel

[@maggiereneemusic]

Thank you for your suggestion.

[@jerryvalencia4292]

Maggie, you are not aging, and neither is this song.

[@KennethNordin]

Thanks for a great channel! Wish you addressed what differentiates opera from other music. Have given opera singers many chances, but find them hard for ME to like. I have no problem at all with the fact that you take high notes and have very nice voices, on the contrary! But why do you sing so that it is very difficult to hear the lyrics you sing? Is there no middle ground, high pitches but that you really hear the lyrics you sing? Now don't misunderstand this as me hating opera, I just have a hard time understanding what you guys are singing about. Keep up the good work!

[@noventyhardian3599]

maggie please react lyodra feat judika sang " the prayer".... they're singer from indonesia... ❤ 🇮🇩

[@chuckmccaslandsr.8859]

And yes.... YOU ARE TOO BEAUTIFUL TO AGE! lol😊

[@joek.2257]

Please react to temple of the dog- say hello to heaven, live in 1990

[@raytrusty8618]

OH i have a DOOZY for you to listen to............Nothing But Thieves and their track "IMPOSSIBLE!" Abbey Road version.........its MEGA!

[@rhrdherring7]

I dare you to be different and react to a song that's not on the reaction playlist by Rod Stewart called, "I Was Only Joking".

[@Hyrodeniamandibulata]

Half an Octave can be enough. Elton John says he is the greatest singer of his time.

[@sophistichistory4645]

7:50 ......Shaddap!! You just showed your hand, little one. Those three notes were way too on point for a dilettante. Hey, how about this for a follow-up......Linda Eder......live performance of "Gold"......in a pants suit, no less. Yeah, I know, given your young age......who is this person?? Well, she made her bones on Broadway. At least, it's worth a listen.

[@jss27560]

You age like a fine wine or whiskey.

[@DeansMayhem]

Maybe it's just me, but does Rod sing just a bit sharp a lot? You would know Maggie. :)

[@GeorgeMaster-xg7lg]

Where's the sound?

[@marceloaraujo8728]

r o c k

[@mjordan3819]

There was no bass drum

[@rodrigodigao4815]

Primcess Maggie react a Elis Regina / como nosso país e Tim Maia ,/ você ,brazilians singers

[@rodrigodigao4815]

@doriseugene4834 i don t haver telegram 😪😪

[@maggiereneemusic]

This is a FAKE account impersonating me. Please ignore! Thank you!

[@rodrigodigao4815]

@@maggiereneemusic yes thank you

[@069gypsy]

not my kind of music but brilliant

[@leighplant3593]

You already know the story before you play the song..unnecessary as every listener knows exactly every word..unbelievable