I have the original album I purchased when it came out in 1976. Complete with liner notes. Ronnie Wood did not play on the album. Interesting….. J Walsh did. The album lists 5 Bass players. It doesn’t list which were on which song.
Here's the bassists listed on the album. Musicians aren't listed for individual tracks, unfortunately. Some legendary bass guitar players though. Donald Dunn, Bob Glaub, David Hood, Willie Weeks, and Lee Sklar
In addition to Joe Walsh, Steve Cropper played guitar on this album. If my memory serves me, Donald "Duck" Dunn and Steve Cropper also played in the original Blues Brothers band.
By who? His third album sold in the millions and is in the top 200 of Rolling Stones greatest 500 albums of all time list. His fourth also sold millions. Both were critically well received. So who is doing the under rating?
@paulhagger3895 If you ask anyone to name a Rod Stewart song besides Maggie May, what older songs would anyone know? Also, I don't know where you're from, but in America, that's the way it is.
@@lourenzi8820 right. I'm from Australia. Rod has had a big fan base here all of his career. Still does. Maybe younger people are less aware of his work, but fans of my vintage would know his material very well. Mandolin Wind, You Wear It Well, Every Picture Tells A Story, Farewell etc etc
@@stefanjonsson7420 Reason To Believe was composed by Tim Hardin and is the best song performed by Rod. Just my opinion. The First Cut Is the Deepest" is a 1967 song written by British singer-songwriter Cat Stevens
Song written by Cat Stevens - supposedly for Otis Redding - but ended up first being recorded by P Arnold. Rod Stewart’s version got a lot of air time. Few can do a song like this better than Rod
Come on man. That era when Rod naffed off to LA with Britt Eckland and became a schmoozy lounge lizard has to rate as the low point in his career. It was all so cynical and lazy. He has far far better songs to discover.
Every Picture Tells a Story is his best solo work - Mandolin Wind brilliant amongst others though of course his finest work was the raw energy and tightness of the band and players when he had his time with The Faces. If you really want to hear a voice that has been described by critic Damiel Durchholz as "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car" then try Tom Waits. I would suggest Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets To The Wind In Copenhagen)
Cat Stevens wrote this and released his version, which is my favourite. Such a shame that as songwriter, his version isn't the defining one. The man is one of the finest singer songwriters of all time.
Boy was I in love with Rod Stewart back in the 70s. His raspy voice is so distinguishable you never need to guess if it's him. I think my favorite is You Wear It Well but he's got some great music to check out. Enjoy.
Nice to see that the GREAT HARP DEBATE of 1976 continues to this day! In '76 the debate spilled into the streets injuring 97 people and sending 6 to jail. In was an ugly time in HARP HISTORY.
There's a song on that incredible album "The killing of Georgie part 1&2" I'm not saying to do a reaction to it because it's not a big track but you guys should listen to it. It's super sad but really amazing song about a gay man who was cast out by his parents, moves to NY to became the talk of the town and is then murdered. It's sad but a really interesting song especially when you think about when it came out. You guys are my favorites you guys kill it!!!
Written by Cat but bought from him (for £13 I think) by P P Arnold who then put it out. Rod's is good but for me hers will always be my favourite. I love Cat singing it himself as well though.
Cat Stevens wrote it, and then recorded his own very good version. Later, sweet-vocaled Sheryl Crow picked it up and sang a sweet version. A very good song.
I just saw him in concert last night (which is why I'm stalking reactions today). It was a terrific concert and at 79, if anything, if voice is even more powerful and better. By the way, there was a harpist on the stage for this song, so I think he probably had something to do with it being a part of the song. He incorporates a lot of different elements in his music.
lol, you listened to this at 3 am, 3 weeks ago. Here I am at almost 3 am (2:35 am) watching your reaction. How cool. (edited ps: Of course, the harp was Rod's idea, I mean he featured a mandolin on Maggy Mae, so why not a harp here? )
I love anything by Rod Stewart but I especially like his earlier songs. He did another amazing cover on “Handbags and Gladrags”. “Young Turks” and “The Killing of Georgie (Pt 1 and 2) are great songs that pull you in with the story he’s telling. You can never go wrong with Rod.
I love the harp and this is my first time hearing his rendition of this song and I am happy I discovered it, I have heard most of his other hits and my mom blasted Downtown Train when I was a kid a lot so I am well versed in much of his stuff. Anyways cool thing about my hometown Spokane,Washington is Rod Stewart's son played for our junior league hockey team the Chiefs for a while about 10 years ago I think and for a few years he frequently came here to watch him play. I also loved trains as a kid and for several halloweens I dressed as a train engineer. Maybe Rod Stewart and my mom did that to me. Just like how my dad played The Police and Walking on the Moon and made me a fan of theirs. So I guess my parents are more awesome than I give them credit for sometimes.
This song was written (both music & lyrics) by *Cat Stevens* in 1965 for sould singer P.P. Arnold who released it in 196 to become her first hit song. It was shortly after that released also by the writer Cat Stevens. Over time it became a hiot song for each of Keith Hampshire, Rod Stewart & Sheryl Crow.. Cat Stevens is, if you didn't catch it yet, the same guy who also wrote Father & Son, Wild World, Peace Train, Oh Very Young, Moon Shadow, Lady D'Arbanville, Bonfire, Where Do The Children Play? and many other memorable hits.
Probably the best concert I've ever seen ... Rod Stewart in about '77 ... Of course the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac at about the same time were pretty good ... and I saw Elvis about 6 months before he died and I KNEW I was witnessing history.
For your next Rod Stewart song, "You Wear It Well" is definitely my 1st choice, with "Reason to Believe" as my 2nd choice, and "Tonight's the Night" as my 3rd choice, but all 3 are definitely worth hearing. For me, the best Rod Stewart year is 1971.
Rod Stewart is the very best live. He is an awesome entertainer on stage, he never disappoints. You will leave his shows in pure bliss, even if you hated him before going!!!
Written earlier by Cat Stevens, he demo recorded it in 1965, it didnt become a chart topping hit until 1973, when Keith Hampshire did a cover, and it became a number one hit that year in Canada and also reached the top of the National Singles charts. I remember Keith's version playing on the radio a dozen times a day for many months. It also charted in USA, but never made the top 40. Rod Stewart did a cover in 1976, where it charted to #11 in Canada, and # 21 in the USA, both in 1977. PP Arnold had the first hit with it, when it went to # 18 in the UK singles charts in 1967.
The first released version by Chris Farlowe is the best. Rod did a lot of covers and always did a good job but not the best on this one or indeed 'The First Cut...' which was best done by P P Arnold.
This is S-Tier, all day, every day, for me ! .. My favourite Rod Stewart song ( and a brilliant Cat Stevens cover ), followed by Maggie May, Reason To Believe and You Wear It Well .. And the harp does NOT appear on the single, so I wish you guys had heard that version instead, and avoided all the discussion and over-emphasis on it.
Cat Stevens wrote and recorded the song, then it was covered by Keith Hampshure, then Rod and then Sheryl Crowe , I like all the versions, but my favorite is Keith's...
Please do the original by Cat Stevens! He’s the writer and mastermind behind this song, and I think you’ll love his version. Rod’s version is really good, but Cat Stevens’ version is my personal favorite.
@@jonniiinferno9098 I like to look at it as he made it his own. Point I’ve been trying to make is I like Cat Stevens version the best, it’s fine whatever version everyone else likes.
Mandolin Wind ..,The Faces , best RS stuff was with that band, formed out of The Small Faces, Steve Marriot, also of Humble Pie .Best white blues singer ever, died very young
Loved the guitar work. I wish the studio musicians were named on records when they make significant contributions to solo songs. Many highly regarded musicians did backing tracks as a side line/as a favour or started as studio musicians eg Jimmy Page, Keith Moon, Brian May etc etc.
To up this to A+ where it belongs at a minimum, Andy, you need to listen to the single (no harp intro) version!! This was the third major release of this song as a single. First was by P.P. Arnold who had bought the song from a brand new singer-songwriter, Cat Stevens, who was selling his songs to get his name out there. Her version is very 60s-sounding today (it was released in 1967 so...) and has a the harp part played by electric guitar. Then Cat Stevens released his version on his second album. Cat's version has the intro as acoustic guitar, but both versions are not quite there yet. Rod's version slows the song down a fraction and introduces the harp to replace the guitars. There are two different versions of this song by Rod Stewart. The album version, which you did, has the 30 second or so harp intro and then is slightly faded in the mix later. The single version (?) is slightly shorter - 3.49 as against 4.31 - and essentially starts the song with the acoustic guitar strumming, but the harp is more prominent/pizzicato in this mix. Either way, Rod's version is the classic for a reason. The emotion that Rod puts into it and the way he finds the rhythm in the song turns it into a classic - harp or no harp Andy :) It is after all supposed to be a song of heartbreak and pain! Love it!
The last line of the chorus that Rod does not sing changes the meaning of the song completely. "When it comes to loving her, she's first and that's how I know" The song is about Yusof/Cat feeling rejected by his mother as a child and how he came to forgive her.
If you like rasp you need to hear Jimmy Barnes from the Band Cild Chisel, try their live version of Wild Thing in the the 80's or even better 'Bow River' live in 2003, just awesome.
Please give a reaction to years later when he does a duet with Cher, Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered. This song is from the 1940's on the Great American Songbook 2. Can't believe how highly and blatantly suggestive this is for the time. One of my all time favorites!
Randy Bachman was sitting in the studio while it was being recorded. He said “hey man, you need a harp at the beginning. Rod thought he meant a harmonica (often called a harp) and he said “bloody well right”. When the album came out Rod was chasing around with Farrah Fawcet and didn’t hear the harp for a couple of years (because the harp part never played on FM radio). Little known facts.
The album cover is based on a Renoir. Y’all need to take an art appreciation class next semester. Oh, wait, that’s right, you’ve both already graduated. Oh well, what do you expect from a Florida college degree? J/k (#rolltide)
Here's how it looks like it lands on you guys. Alex is about how it feels and Andy looks like he's doing calculations in his head trying to ascertain *how* they made the song. It's enjoyable as hell to watch. You kids are great.
In 1991 I had a vasectomy. As i was leaving the clinic the DJ came on the radio and said this is a song for Dave from his friends at work as he had a minor operation today and they are concerned.
next to "maggie may" this is probably his second best song. i once heard rod stewart say "i'm doin what they say but i don't know, i guess we'll see". so, i'm thinkin maybe the harp was not his idea. sherryl crow did a great job with it too, "my favorite mistake" may be sherryl crow's best. try it some time. great riff.
Hey guys: If you want to hear Rod at his best, the two songs I would recommend are, Cut Across Shorty, off of his album Gasoline Alley, and Morning Dew, with Jeff Beck.
Of course I ❤love this version (the original version) of the song but at the risk of being beaten senseless by comments, I have to say I prefer Sheryl Crow's cover version which which just blows me away. It's stunning and she has a fabulous voice.
When you hear a weird instrument choice in 70's music, i.e. harp, cello, woodwinds, whatever, there's a good chance that the instrumental tracks were all laid down by "the Wrecking Crew". The baddest band in all the land. Since studio time was expensive there was a large pool of musicians that were basically on every record at a certain point in time. I jokingly refer to CBS as Cello, Bassoon, Saxophone. The Brian Wilson biopic "Love & Mercy" has a really good scene about the recording of "Pet Sounds" showing the Wrecking Crew.
The most you guys have disagreed I've ever seen - hilarious. They omitted the harp intro on radio that I recall? I just loved the variety of styles and sounds presented throughout my life mostly thanks to moms outstanding record collection.
Damn that guy playing the sick bass while clearly tipsy is a whole vibe I wish I was him
Pretty sure it's Ronnie Wood playing bass, slightly tipsy was likely a constant state when not full blown wasted 😊
I have the original album I purchased when it came out in 1976. Complete with liner notes. Ronnie Wood did not play on the album. Interesting….. J Walsh did. The album lists 5 Bass players. It doesn’t list which were on which song.
Here's the bassists listed on the album. Musicians aren't listed for individual tracks, unfortunately. Some legendary bass guitar players though.
Donald Dunn, Bob Glaub, David Hood, Willie Weeks, and Lee Sklar
@@xiamengbaby Yes…. Legendary for sure
In addition to Joe Walsh, Steve Cropper played guitar on this album. If my memory serves me, Donald "Duck" Dunn and Steve Cropper also played in the original Blues Brothers band.
FYI: This was written by Cat Stevens age 17 in 1965, which he sold fir 30 quid, recorded/ released by him until 1977.
How much is 30 quid?
Mandolin Wind is probably the most heartfelt songs ever sung and the mandolin playing in it was excellent.
Tied with "Handbags & Gladrags" for me.
Reason to Believe
One of many great great songs written by Cat Stevens
Cat stevens wrote this and that’s my favorite version. Sheryl Crowe did a very good cover also.
Absolute facts.
Spot on mate
Keith Hampshire
❤👏🏻👏🏻
I wish they did a tiny bit of research before playing the songs, instead of guessing.
I love Rod Stewart. There is nothing he can’t sing.
Rod's first few albums are criminally underrated. They deserve a listen.
By who? His third album sold in the millions and is in the top 200 of Rolling Stones greatest 500 albums of all time list. His fourth also sold millions. Both were critically well received. So who is doing the under rating?
@paulhagger3895 If you ask anyone to name a Rod Stewart song besides Maggie May, what older songs would anyone know? Also, I don't know where you're from, but in America, that's the way it is.
@@lourenzi8820 right. I'm from Australia. Rod has had a big fan base here all of his career. Still does. Maybe younger people are less aware of his work, but fans of my vintage would know his material very well. Mandolin Wind, You Wear It Well, Every Picture Tells A Story, Farewell etc etc
@@paulhagger3895 True, but what about his first two albums?
@@chrisbarlow2131 both have sold over a million copies. Both were critically well received. Even Robert Christgau liked them!!
Reason To Believe - Rods best ever song.
But is a Cat Steven song.
@@stefanjonsson7420 Reason To Believe was composed by Tim Hardin and is the best song performed by Rod. Just my opinion.
The First Cut Is the Deepest" is a 1967 song written by British singer-songwriter Cat Stevens
Song written by Cat Stevens - supposedly for Otis Redding - but ended up first being recorded by P Arnold. Rod Stewart’s version got a lot of air time. Few can do a song like this better than Rod
This is a remake; Cat Stevens wrote and recorded this in 1967... but Rod Stewart is so fantastic; I love his version more. ❤
Andy and Alex, I don't know if you have checked out "Hot legs", but if not, please do
St. Louis's own Billy Peek playing guitar on that one.
Come on man. That era when Rod naffed off to LA with Britt Eckland and became a schmoozy lounge lizard has to rate as the low point in his career. It was all so cynical and lazy. He has far far better songs to discover.
Absolutely! Hot legs is a great rocking song!
@@haleyfeiger That's like saying Stevie Wonders best song is I Just Called To Say I Love You.
@@chrisbarlow2131Nowhere does it say it's his best song. I just agree with Abe that it is a great song, one of my favorites. That's all
70's Rod Stewart was the best.
Every Picture Tells a Story is his best solo work - Mandolin Wind brilliant amongst others though of course his finest work was the raw energy and tightness of the band and players when he had his time with The Faces.
If you really want to hear a voice that has been described by critic Damiel Durchholz as "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car" then try Tom Waits.
I would suggest Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets To The Wind In Copenhagen)
This is S tier:
Mandolin Winds
Unplugged
Ron Wood and Rod Stewart
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Rating it lower because of the harp intro is like dismissing amazing sex because you didn't like the hat they were wearing when they walked in.
But at this point would you expect better from these two? 😂🤦♀️
🤣👍
Cat Stevens wrote this and released his version, which is my favourite. Such a shame that as songwriter, his version isn't the defining one. The man is one of the finest singer songwriters of all time.
His version is my favorite, too.
Go deeper with Rod Stewart and listen to him with Faces and Stay With Me (1971)
They've done Stay with me
Boy was I in love with Rod Stewart back in the 70s. His raspy voice is so distinguishable you never need to guess if it's him. I think my favorite is You Wear It Well but he's got some great music to check out. Enjoy.
My friend in Wales was- so cut her pony's mane in a Rod Stewart shaggy style. 😂
Gasoline Alley, Mandolin Wind, Handbags and Gladrags, Every Picture Tells a Story.
You need to do Reason To Believe. Its so beautiful.
my favourite
Nice to see that the GREAT HARP DEBATE of 1976 continues to this day! In '76 the debate spilled into the streets injuring 97 people and sending 6 to jail. In was an ugly time in HARP HISTORY.
Oh I’m so here for this debate!😂
They clubbed a harp seal
There's a song on that incredible album "The killing of Georgie part 1&2" I'm not saying to do a reaction to it because it's not a big track but you guys should listen to it. It's super sad but really amazing song about a gay man who was cast out by his parents, moves to NY to became the talk of the town and is then murdered. It's sad but a really interesting song especially when you think about when it came out. You guys are my favorites you guys kill it!!!
My favorite Rod Stewart tune by far, followed by Glad Bags and Hand Rags. Sheryl Crow did a great cover of this song years later
Written by Cat but bought from him (for £13 I think) by P P Arnold who then put it out. Rod's is good but for me hers will always be my favourite. I love Cat singing it himself as well though.
I like the pp arnold version best
Cat Stevens wrote it, and then recorded his own very good version. Later, sweet-vocaled Sheryl Crow picked it up and sang a sweet version. A very good song.
That cut (pun intended), demonstrates Rod Stewart’s musicality perfectly. The soulfulness in his voice could bring tears to your eyes.
I just saw him in concert last night (which is why I'm stalking reactions today). It was a terrific concert and at 79, if anything, if voice is even more powerful and better. By the way, there was a harpist on the stage for this song, so I think he probably had something to do with it being a part of the song. He incorporates a lot of different elements in his music.
lol, you listened to this at 3 am, 3 weeks ago. Here I am at almost 3 am (2:35 am) watching your reaction. How cool. (edited ps: Of course, the harp was Rod's idea, I mean he featured a mandolin on Maggy Mae, so why not a harp here? )
Very nice to see a reaction to a old favorite.
My absolute fav song by this guy.. I think that it's one of the great songs ever written because this is one that I feel I suppose
I haven't yet seen a reaction on "I Was Only Joking" by Rod Stewart. It was a hit.
I love anything by Rod Stewart but I especially like his earlier songs. He did another amazing cover on “Handbags and Gladrags”.
“Young Turks” and “The Killing of Georgie (Pt 1 and 2) are great songs that pull you in with the story he’s telling. You can never go wrong with Rod.
Next Rod Stewart: "Handbags & Gladrags" studio version.
Alex is right. The harp is is spot on!
I love the harp and this is my first time hearing his rendition of this song and I am happy I discovered it, I have heard most of his other hits and my mom blasted Downtown Train when I was a kid a lot so I am well versed in much of his stuff. Anyways cool thing about my hometown Spokane,Washington is Rod Stewart's son played for our junior league hockey team the Chiefs for a while about 10 years ago I think and for a few years he frequently came here to watch him play. I also loved trains as a kid and for several halloweens I dressed as a train engineer. Maybe Rod Stewart and my mom did that to me. Just like how my dad played The Police and Walking on the Moon and made me a fan of theirs. So I guess my parents are more awesome than I give them credit for sometimes.
This song was written (both music & lyrics) by *Cat Stevens* in 1965 for sould singer P.P. Arnold who released it in 196 to become her first hit song. It was shortly after that released also by the writer Cat Stevens. Over time it became a hiot song for each of Keith Hampshire, Rod Stewart & Sheryl Crow.. Cat Stevens is, if you didn't catch it yet, the same guy who also wrote Father & Son, Wild World, Peace Train, Oh Very Young, Moon Shadow, Lady D'Arbanville, Bonfire, Where Do The Children Play? and many other memorable hits.
Original song by Yosef Cat Stevens, this is a Rod Stewart cover. One of my fav Rod Stewart songs.
Tailored for the Pop charts, it takes out a third line in the build up to the chorus " AND when it comes...." that Cat Stevens wrote into the song!!
Destroys the song, for me.
Probably the best concert I've ever seen ... Rod Stewart in about '77 ... Of course the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac at about the same time were pretty good ... and I saw Elvis about 6 months before he died and I KNEW I was witnessing history.
2am and Rod Stewart...reminds me of great times...
He also loves Soccer, lamps and blondes 😊
The harp intro sort of equates to the mandolin intro to Maggie May.
Yes!
Mandolin Wind next! No harps, but we got a mandolin!!
Which is brilliant - Just needed to add this.
For your next Rod Stewart song, "You Wear It Well" is definitely my 1st choice, with "Reason to Believe" as my 2nd choice, and "Tonight's the Night" as my 3rd choice, but all 3 are definitely worth hearing. For me, the best Rod Stewart year is 1971.
Yup! “You Wear It Well” is a great song, all the way. It’s Rod Stewart through and through.
3 excellent choices.
"Reason to Beilieve" is outstanding, and probably appropriate after a breakup.
Reason to Believe cuts to me my core every time.
Every Picture Tells A Story.
Anything by Rod Stewart is okay with me !! LOL ♥♥♥
Speaking of trains, you have to do Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck "People Get Ready"!
Every Picture Tells a Story. Enough said.
Rod Stewart is the very best live. He is an awesome entertainer on stage, he never disappoints. You will leave his shows in pure bliss, even if you hated him before going!!!
Written earlier by Cat Stevens, he demo recorded it in 1965, it didnt become a chart topping hit until 1973, when Keith Hampshire did a cover, and it became a number one hit that year in Canada and also reached the top of the National Singles charts. I remember Keith's version playing on the radio a dozen times a day for many months. It also charted in USA, but never made the top 40.
Rod Stewart did a cover in 1976, where it charted to #11 in Canada, and # 21 in the USA, both in 1977. PP Arnold had the first hit with it, when it went to # 18 in the UK singles charts in 1967.
Aside from his voice, Rod's strength lay in his ability to choose great songs to sing.
I suggest "Handbags and Gladrags". Stunningly beautiful.
Probably my favorite song of his....
But how many people would click on that video?
Agreed. Beautiful.
The first released version by Chris Farlowe is the best. Rod did a lot of covers and always did a good job but not the best on this one or indeed 'The First Cut...' which was best done by P P Arnold.
I always liked The Killing of Georgie Parts 1 and 2.
This is S-Tier, all day, every day, for me ! .. My favourite Rod Stewart song ( and a brilliant Cat Stevens cover ), followed by Maggie May, Reason To Believe and You Wear It Well .. And the harp does NOT appear on the single, so I wish you guys had heard that version instead, and avoided all the discussion and over-emphasis on it.
Love you two. So funny too!
One of my favorites. The whole album is great. Try out "The Killing of Georgie". Amazing. You are two cool kids!❤
Love all the versions of this song
Cat Stevens wrote and recorded the song, then it was covered by Keith Hampshure, then Rod and then Sheryl Crowe , I like all the versions, but my favorite is Keith's...
Every Picture Tells A Story and Reason to Believe are great! You Wear It Well and Mandolin Wind are also great songs!
Love a bit of Rod Stewart. I think my favourite has to be You Wear it Well. X
Please do the original by Cat Stevens! He’s the writer and mastermind behind this song, and I think you’ll love his version. Rod’s version is really good, but Cat Stevens’ version is my personal favorite.
Sheryl crows version is really good too
@penderyn8794 Really great version of the song! But again, the Cat Stevens version is just my favorite.
no - sorry - Cat's version doesn't even rate - terrible... Rod smoothed it out and made the song great
@@jonniiinferno9098 I like to look at it as he made it his own. Point I’ve been trying to make is I like Cat Stevens version the best, it’s fine whatever version everyone else likes.
Totally agree with you.
PLEASE please check out " In a broken dream " with Python Lee Jackson. My fave Rod track
Hand bags and glad rags. Classic song you must give it a listen
Mandolin Wind ..,The Faces , best RS stuff was with that band, formed out of The Small Faces, Steve Marriot, also of Humble Pie .Best white blues singer ever, died very young
Loved the guitar work. I wish the studio musicians were named on records when they make significant contributions to solo songs. Many highly regarded musicians did backing tracks as a side line/as a favour or started as studio musicians eg Jimmy Page, Keith Moon, Brian May etc etc.
To up this to A+ where it belongs at a minimum, Andy, you need to listen to the single (no harp intro) version!!
This was the third major release of this song as a single. First was by P.P. Arnold who had bought the song from a brand new singer-songwriter, Cat Stevens, who was selling his songs to get his name out there. Her version is very 60s-sounding today (it was released in 1967 so...) and has a the harp part played by electric guitar. Then Cat Stevens released his version on his second album. Cat's version has the intro as acoustic guitar, but both versions are not quite there yet.
Rod's version slows the song down a fraction and introduces the harp to replace the guitars. There are two different versions of this song by Rod Stewart. The album version, which you did, has the 30 second or so harp intro and then is slightly faded in the mix later. The single version (?) is slightly shorter - 3.49 as against 4.31 - and essentially starts the song with the acoustic guitar strumming, but the harp is more prominent/pizzicato in this mix. Either way, Rod's version is the classic for a reason. The emotion that Rod puts into it and the way he finds the rhythm in the song turns it into a classic - harp or no harp Andy :) It is after all supposed to be a song of heartbreak and pain! Love it!
So I searched your UA-cam channel and have you guys really not listened to Redbone - Come and get your love?
Cat Stevens is still singing this song. He did a great version at Glastonbury a few weeks ago
The last line of the chorus that Rod does not sing changes the meaning of the song completely. "When it comes to loving her, she's first and that's how I know"
The song is about Yusof/Cat feeling rejected by his mother as a child and how he came to forgive her.
@@dogstar7 Apparently most covers of the song drop that phrase.
Cat Stevens wrote this tune…
A great Cat Stevens tune. It's been done many times but Rod's is the best of 'em. Keep it up boys.
If you like rasp you need to hear Jimmy Barnes from the Band Cild Chisel, try their live version of Wild Thing in the the 80's or even better 'Bow River' live in 2003, just awesome.
Sheryl Crow does an excellent cover if this great, great song. Kudos, Rod, you created a brilliant one!
Harp was cool in 1967, when the Beatles put it on She's Leaving Home.
I’ve missed AA drunk reactions. Or slightly tipsy ones at least.
I have loved this song for decades, and only learned that it was written by Cat Stevens about 5 years ago!
I had no idea!
Rod is one of the greatest song interpreters of all time. His covers are better than most originals.
I agree. Rod Stewart's vocals bring soul to the song.
Who knew a disagreement about a harp or hearing about harp issues could be so entertaining?
Please give a reaction to years later when he does a duet with Cher, Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered. This song is from the 1940's on the Great American Songbook 2. Can't believe how highly and blatantly suggestive this is for the time. One of my all time favorites!
Original is by Cat Stevens, aka Yusef Islam.
There's harp in Stewart's biggest song Do Ya Think I'm Sexy
Love the lyrics to this song. Some of the covers of this by other artists are great, too ...
Randy Bachman was sitting in the studio while it was being recorded. He said “hey man, you need a harp at the beginning. Rod thought he meant a harmonica (often called a harp) and he said “bloody well right”. When the album came out Rod was chasing around with Farrah Fawcet and didn’t hear the harp for a couple of years (because the harp part never played on FM radio). Little known facts.
radio never played the harp
@@Ldastro that’s a fact
Python Lee Jackson and Rod Stewart IN A BROKEN DREAM great song
I think there's some harp in Tonight's the Night. Gotta hit that next.
In my top 5 favorite songs.
Awesome!
The mandolin playing always gets too me ,I guess it's my southern roots and love of Bluegrass Music and Gospel Music, great song choice gents ❤❤❤
The album cover is based on a Renoir. Y’all need to take an art appreciation class next semester. Oh, wait, that’s right, you’ve both already graduated. Oh well, what do you expect from a Florida college degree? J/k (#rolltide)
Young men, you need to go and listen to 'The killing of Georgie' by Sir Rodney Stewart. It's magnificent.
It's Roderick Stewart.
@@lesleyt4240 welease wodewick!
"Hot" Rod - young & raw. Thanks for your reaction.
The harp was NOT on ANY Radio edit for a reason... GREAT song from an under-rated artist!
Here's how it looks like it lands on you guys. Alex is about how it feels and Andy looks like he's doing calculations in his head trying to ascertain *how* they made the song. It's enjoyable as hell to watch. You kids are great.
Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound, just across the river. Good stuff!
I was only joking is a nice one from Rod Stewart 🤘✌💞
In 1991 I had a vasectomy. As i was leaving the clinic the DJ came on the radio and said this is a song for Dave from his friends at work as he had a minor operation today and they are concerned.
They wanted Great Balls of Fire but the radio station said no.
😂
Sweet story. Mine is that the doc prepared me for the injection by warning me I might feel a little prick. I said that makes two of us.
Could have been worse, I’d have requested Real Gone Daddy 😉
next to "maggie may" this is probably his second best song. i once heard rod stewart say "i'm doin what they say but i don't know, i guess we'll see". so, i'm thinkin maybe the harp was not his idea. sherryl crow did a great job with it too, "my favorite mistake" may be sherryl crow's best. try it some time. great riff.
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Hey guys:
If you want to hear Rod at his best, the two songs I would recommend are, Cut Across Shorty, off of his album Gasoline Alley, and Morning Dew, with Jeff Beck.
Of course I ❤love this version (the original version) of the song but at the risk of being beaten senseless by comments, I have to say I prefer Sheryl Crow's cover version which which just blows me away. It's stunning and she has a fabulous voice.
Lost Paraguayos is a song everyone passes on but should be checked out… it’s EPIC!
I couldn’t agree more...
try i dont want to talk about it brilliant song and brilliant guitar solo
When you hear a weird instrument choice in 70's music, i.e. harp, cello, woodwinds, whatever, there's a good chance that the instrumental tracks were all laid down by "the Wrecking Crew". The baddest band in all the land. Since studio time was expensive there was a large pool of musicians that were basically on every record at a certain point in time. I jokingly refer to CBS as Cello, Bassoon, Saxophone.
The Brian Wilson biopic "Love & Mercy" has a really good scene about the recording of "Pet Sounds" showing the Wrecking Crew.
And I'm seeing (and hearing him) this Saturday (22 July 2023). Oh Yeah...............................
The most you guys have disagreed I've ever seen - hilarious. They omitted the harp intro on radio that I recall? I just loved the variety of styles and sounds presented throughout my life mostly thanks to moms outstanding record collection.
Alex, is that a sunburn? Your face is even redder than Andy's when he was listening to Seger's "Night Moves", and that's *really* saying something!