I am and so is my wife!

🇦🇺💗

Me Jay and billy

Little bills life's ended

He sang it well with me (Billy was a friend mine)

I wouldn't go legend- but he did a few good tunes -like this one

@@steveeyre6975 shut up

Speak the truth Bill "Legend" Kids will never know.

This song is sooo gay ..

Great song from a hell of an artist. Still, listening to the first part I hear some Paul Simon's style in it, don't you? Which does not take anything away from the song, of course, just an association.

Yes it was!

Agree segregation is disintergraton of a civilised socioty

@@richardplume3212 , thanks

I was born in 1977, Rod was my Mum's idol... This song means alot to me...

No truer words have ever been spoken !

Love most of Rod's stuff, but to me, his groundbreaking song was Maggie May in 1971 and just got better from there.

He ripped off 'Don't Bring me Down' By the Beatles. How is that groundbreaking?

​@@davidtalany2153 😂

Gx

I get this, credit to him

Billy's my sisters dog leave home alone he was gay and not alive anymore you should have more love fir the world

So was my sister s French bulldog

Another dog you get it

RacerX 4324 Yeah I agree. Georgie was lucky to be friends with Sir Rod Stewart.

Ian Kensington I agree ☝️

@RacerX 4324. It’s a song of compassion, including humanity. 🙏

@RacerX 4324🙏

Absolutely

Rod always stayed true to who he was ❤❤. He was raised by a very loving Mom and Dad. His Dad was his greatest hero. If anything , this song catapulted him into super stardom. I'm 64 and have been a Die hard fan since I was a young girl. What a VOICE ❤❤❤

I agree 100% ! Respected the guy as a talented musician but this must've been ground-breaking at the time and as said previously, could've been career suicide. Rod seriously went up in my estimations when I learned about this song - and only recently too.

You're not alone. Such a beautiful heart.

@@curtismmichaels Thank you, Curtis! You wouldn't see a beautiful heart in me if you, too, didn't have a beautiful heart! Many blessings!

does part II meant to sound like Don't let me down by The Beatles?

It reminds me of being in my youth early teens

@@ACNC1 Of course I can't know the intention, but now that you mention it, that's an interesting question.

It’s a great experience that’s been shared🙏

Definitely how lovely and sad is this track!! What's going on with people??

My mother was a huge RS fan, I must’ve heard all these songs growing up a million times. Love them all. Most these days have never heard them. Sad, great music

@@spello8191 A song story telling masterpiece.

The guys on a different level, think my sister has seenhimover 30 times. I love lots of different music but always go back to Rod for something special

Absolutely! The year before I was born. This could've meant risking husband career but he stuck strong to his beliefs

wow...............this is why u tube is nice!! get to see really blast from the past analize what you miss for many years

I was about kindergarten-age and I asked my Mom what "all the old queens blew a fuse" meant. She said Queens is one of the districts in New York City and they had a lot of power outages there 😂

i am 58 just relized what the song was about been listen since 82 u go rod

the best album ever the pink album

Same here. The subject of the song was something as a 7 year old I wasn't aware of

The best songs are seldom recognized due to to the fact it's all about sales. Which is sad. I agree with you my friend. It is one of the all-time best.

I sing it every day

Caledonia y d George

Me too. He has many more, Rod Stewart is totally equivalent to Jagger

Agreed. Remake potential? Maybe it could be a hit today.

I agree. The sad thing is, most radio stations didn't have the balls to give it air time. I'm always amazed at how many people have never heard it. Truly a classic, by one of the best voices in rock and roll. Peace.

Its actually my favourite rod song

part II is borrowed from the Beatles, don't let me down

agreed.............

I Agree completely, hit repeat again for me.

Agree look in the mirror before pointing fingers

I had no idea this song ever existed. I'm absolutely amazed how far ahead of the times ( yes, I know, almost everyone has said as much but its so true) this actually is. It's given me a totally different perspective on Rod Stewart too, this is just too good.

We really do learn something new every day. Discovery is a remarkable thing. 👏👏👏

​@@arthurdent6828 Do yourself a favor and listen to the old Rod Stewart music, start with Faces, A Nod is Good As A Wink.... Of course Every Picture Tells A Story.

And despite the fact that the BBC banned it it became mega hit.

I think it encouraged Tom Robinson t make Sing If your glad To Be Gay

@@johncutts-kq9vw The fact that georgie was a gay hustler not just a gay friend made the song even more powerful I think

So pure, yet so strong; Sir Rod

To see in the comments here that this song taught somebody to have compassion for all people.. That’s just so beautiful to see! Their are decent people in the world 🌎 after all

Etc foe you xx

Sweet comment and we wish there were more in this world like yourselves..!!

And the murder wasn't even due to homophobia, it was an "ordinary" street robbery. NYC was HELL in the 1970s. So much better today (despite what people think).

Very very well written stuff..( !) (!)

I felt all Rod the mod’s music is fabulously made loved rod from the first time I heard Maggie May I-LISTENED&danced to him ❤❤❤❤❤ still do lm 64

Technically very very well written, and all very accurate and moving comments. Keep in touch, adrian

@@carolmckellar8819I absolutely agree! We were so very lucky to grow up in the era of music that we did. The greatest music era of all time. Will love Rod Stewart for ever.🤍💙

今でもこの曲を聴くと、胸が熱くなります。

My dad listened to it...that says a lot.

Wow your comment the complete what this track is about! Thank you!

" his ( insert religion here) mothers tears fell in vain, the afternoon George tried to explain, that he needed love like all the rest"😢

What now? Can you whistle like him? Bet all is good with you. J xxxxx

@@jacquelinefox2632 all is GRRREEEAAAT with me. Thank you for asking. Happy New Year!

that is a great tribute to Rod a lot of his songs take me back to any number of my high school sweetharts.

@@timothyallen3626 absolutely right..but I wasnt quite as cool as Rod Stweart...tried but always missed the mark. Best wishes to you.

touching touching comments..!!

Love it.

There are many great lines in Rock Music, this song gave me so much hope growing up in a small town in Iowa in the 70’s. (I know the whole killed by a gang on the street isn’t ideal) That mantra that Rod quoted, “Never wait or hesitate, get in good before it’s too late, You may never get another chance.” That spoke right to me at 10 years old.

Ain't that the truth?

everybody loved Georgie boy.....

Yellow mutter custard is up there too.

Nobody gives a shit about you being gay. Trust me , you're not that important. Fantastic song though. On my gym PL

I think George is Rods gay side that had to be ‘killed’ to enable him to keep his career……

I'm so glad you are ok god bless you ❤

So sorry for your loss 😢

i agree with that!

Me too. Absolutely love it

Wait it doesn't effect you in any way at all? Im a straight man, 27 year old. Never heard of Rod Stewart and this song effects me on some interesting levels. This is a pretty cool and groovy song!

@@jonnyogy2872 I'm sorry but have you lived under a rock in the Amazon jungle all your life? How is is possible to be alive for 27 years and never heard of Rod Stewart? I'm not calling you a liar ( can't see why you'd make that up ) BUT it blows my mind that at nearly 30 you've never heard of Rod Stewart. Or did you mean that you'd not listened to his music ? Cause OK I can see that,BUT to never have heard of the man,one of the biggest rock stars on the planet for over 50 years is just incredible. The man is in the Guinness book of world records for playing to the biggest ever live audience of 3.4 million people on copercabana beach in 1994. He's a living legend, it's like saying you've never heard of The Rolling Stones or Elton John etc I didn't think it was possible 😂

@@davidmellish3295 you don't know 27yo's today. They shock me for the wrong reasons; most haven't heard of a lot of great artists bc algorithms just push echo chambers

Me to brother

Congratulations.

It's odd, though society has become incredibly explicit and sex obsessed these are also very conservative times

The internet happened. Less human contact happened. We lost face to face meetings and time, and compassion, and empathy along with it. But we got faster fancier machines.

We also Religion and believing that we have to answer to a God when were done.@@stonecookie

I was about 8 years old when this came out and it was played a lot in the 80s. Haven't heard it in a few years but still brings a tear to my eye.

I love male nurses. The ones I have been treated by have always been Incredible. I think it's great that more men are going into the field, both straight and gay.

I’ve known a few gay guys and it’s true, they DO make wonderful friends !

Me too, this song still makes me cry, beautiful ❤️

Same🇦🇺

@@christinescarff4920 my wife and I have a number of gay friends. They are such beautiful people who have been there for us!

@@spello8191 I am SO old , I never knew a gay guy when I was young cos it had not long since been decriminalised ! But my daughter has several gay friends who I’ve known quite well over the years ( she’s nearly 36 now ! ) and they really are lovely people and have been really good friends to her . The problem is that my cousin an apparently hardline ‘ good churchgoing catholic ‘ has turned out to be gay and has a Hong Kong Chinese partner , but he and his mother sent my ‘ non catholic ‘ father ‘ to Coventry ‘ for the entire 24 years he lived after my mother’s death basically just because he wasn’t a bloody catholic ! And once when staying with the same aunt overnight I was going to Mass on the Sunday morning with her and her catholic husband ( I’m catholic too ! ) and my ‘ non catholic ‘ husband expressed the wish to come to church with us and my aunt said at the top of her voice ‘ don’t let W come with us Christine , cos he isn’t a catholic ‘ ! My ‘ good catholic’ aunt masked the fact that her son was a promiscuous gay ( and in hindsight he WAS promiscuous ) but permitted herself to despise my father even though he was a ‘ thinking ‘ confirmed Anglican ! It seems to be - I’m allowed my prejudice but I’ll mask things so you can’t show yours ! My cousin told me he was in a civil partnership the day before my daughter’s wedding ( I actually thought he was just going to finally tell me he was gay ! ) as he’s her godfather and was playing the church organ for her wedding and he told me to phone and tell my dad . My dad nearly collapsed in a heap I could tell , cos he’d been ostracised for just being a practising Christian of another denomination whereas my cousin’s promiscuous homosexual activities had just been hidden by all the ‘ saintly ‘ catholic family !! Finally, I watched a programme on BBC1 a few months ago about a group in Ireland trying to organise an LBTQ rally during the covid restrictions and one of the organisers said he was quite religious and has thought of becoming an evangelical minister and later you saw him in the Orange Order uniform and marching through Belfast in one of those dreadful Orange order ‘ celebrations ‘. So he wanted to be accepted as gay or ‘ bicurious ‘ or whatever , but he clearly hated catholics ! They say ‘ my enemy’s enemy is my friend ‘ but it seems more like ‘ my enemy’s prejudice is my enemy , but my prejudice is my friend ‘ !! Incidentally 2 more members of my mum’s family ( my cousins ) have now turned out to be bisexual and dumped their wives and children !! There’s nowt as QUEER as folk - ha ! ha! ha ! 🤷‍♀🙃🤪😂

And now ANOTHER

@@loki6253 Yes and now another. 👍💓😊

It was his friend so why wouldn't he

Took the words right out of my mouth 👍🥰

@@cerriberry6835took the words from your mouth but from your heart too

Indeed, it was a godsend for me at my young age back then, I can tell you that.

@@spello8191 you said it better that me 💖

@Filippo you have some really cool play lists, hope you don’t mind I sub’d

I was 16 to

I was 13. Still love it.

I'm 60

@@jotaylor2 4561s my number still listnin to great tunes and hav beautifull grandson named hendrix

Same! I used to play Atlantic Crossings over and over!

A masterpiece and very haunting.

Georgie boy. Haunting story of the 70s. One of Rod Stewart's best performances.

Truly a masterpiece.

Yes so true

It seems to be accepted as more of a true masterpiece, with the passing of time.

My sister s French bulldog died 1 half years ago *I swap georgie fir billy and cry when I sing he was 4 years old love you from jay

Really Beverly that's very sad my sisters dog 1 and half years ago so I swap georgie boy fir billy boy and sing it to him Jay in poole dorset england

Thank you for a reality check treat every one as you would like to be treated segrigation is disintergration of a civilised socioty

Segrigation is disintergration of a civilised socioty

So sorry for your loss 😢

Most definitely, brother.

I was at university in the early 70s but never came across a bloke who was gay. Was that just because blokes who didn’t seem interested in girls just had to pretend, or is there just more ‘ gayness ‘ around now ? This isn’t prejudice, but I’m really curious as my daughter seems to know quite a few gay blokes, and one in particular really messed her about before after ages and ages, announcing he was gay !! Yes, I fully sympathise, it must be dreadful feeling an outsider who has to hide who you really are, so you do really have my sympathy. My father, having suffered from religious bigotry from my mother’s dreadful catholic family after my mum’s death cos she had been the only one of 6 siblings not to marry a catholic, and all my cousins married catholics too, though, still being a churchgoing catholic, though a very liberal one, I most certainly did NOT marry a catholic, lived to see 3 members of our family decide they were gay. In view of the fact of the religious prejudice metered out to him, he really couldn’t cope with the fact that catholics in the family were then announcing they were gay , especially as by this point he was a very old man. If you don’t mind me asking, how old were you when you were certain you were gay and was any pressure put on you to definitely decide one way or the other ?

@@christinescarff4920 there are no more gay people today than at any other time in history. I knew I was gay at about the same age you knew you were straight. We are born this way. You seem to blame the Catholic Church a lot Not entirely fair. Pope Francis said it best “who am I to judge”.

@@patrickrex6230 Blimey, I replied to you about the Catholic Church and Pope Francis, but where has that reply gone now ? I seem to spend my time typing replies to people that just seem to disappear into a ‘ black hole ‘ somewhere !!!

@@patrickrex6230 Patrick, Yes, I DO agree with you that Pop Francis is the most liberal and inclusive Pope we’ve had, so I’m glad we”re moving away from labelling people just by their sexuality !!! God, it must have been hard for you growing up ! Funnily enough, I really AM the other extreme, and especially now when there are so many mixed race blokes around , who are often just gorgeous, I really feel attracted to loads and loads of blokes !!!

@@christinescarff4920 oh we were very good at hiding it from others until we realised it wasn't worth the internalised pain of doing so. I came out at 25 and since then live openly gay in the hope no one has to repress themselves the way I did.

Rod Stewart is an incredible talent. He killed it literally with this one and he took on a daring risk.

Eexcellent description! You have awesome observation!!!😎

Absolutely. The facial angles he gave the camera, profile, forward. Calculated but he made it look spontaneous, never contrived. A spectacle of lights and production can never match an artists performance

The story telling is pure Bob Dylan., oooosss Lou Reed and the second bit the Beatles.

Along with 'The Wombles', picking up the litter dropped on Wimbledon Common...

I agree.

My favorite song he sang it at my first ever Rod concert In Dublin

Thanks for that. Makes sense. Thank you for sharing intelligence xxx

The passion boils over with empathy I feel

@@spello8191 this song recalls the Hurricane, in feel, if not in exact lyrics. Rod was always an underrated genius. Way cooler than everyone, including Mick, in my view. Yikes. I said it.

interesting additional comments- didnt know for years that this song was based on a true story. Its moving stuff, it has to be said.. !!

They did the duet,its awesome,just hard to hear the lyrics as clearly as this version.

@@missksa12 Yes, they did! And yes, it was hard to hear the lyrics live. But intention is what counts, that's what they say! 🙂

Beautiful story connected to a beautiful song. All we need is love for one another! Not politics and agendas.

@@kalania14 Absolutely true! They performed it live. It was amazing, yet they hadn't even rehearsed it.

Yea they did it and it sounded bent.

Their ignorance will not work out well for them in the long run...

Bruce..You THE best attitude & u are so right. I've given u thumbs up! Cheers my friend...from the Aussie Gal

Life is Life. lets enjoy/accept every one.

@@beachboy13600 dick head comment

Yes it is!

You had me at “Hawkeye” the rest falls into place nicely

Agree kindness and respect for everyone regardless is free

And then there was Jim. Jimmy savage.

Disgusting hoo th fuk r they

Totaly agree segrigation is disintergration peace

most of the bbc was filled to overflowing with homosexuals and the fuckin peadophiles, so, hypocrisy was the order of the day. Check lyrics of 'hip hop' songs they play today.

I didn’t know that, but it doesn’t shock me. I’ve listened to this song over the years. Always makes me feel sad

Rod Stewart is very much straight I believe

YASSSSSS OK

@@gautierh2486 Yeah but he's not normally seen as the music choice of straight men. Not to mention what this song is about.

Ronald Thomas. Same here mate.Love Rod Stewart and straight.

@@ZeroMalarki love rod music since the 70

I never forgot Rod Stewart ( mainly since I fancied him like hell !!! ) and I’ve just gone 69 !!! OMG ( !!! ) ‘ Maggie May ‘ was THE song of my first weeks at University in 1971 !!! And I had a HUGE poster of ROD Stewart in a pink satin suit on my Hall of Residence wall throughout the whole of my first year at University ! None of my friends liked him at all, and they were mainly keen on The Carpenters !!!! 🤢🤮

@@christinescarff4920 he's just different. I've been watching and playing old videos of the late 70s and on into the 80s. His lyrics were very telling of a man who had been through it all, and done it all. AINT LOVE A BITCH, the Blondes have more fun album was quirky and honest as is I was only Joking. He knows how to put life into perspective with his lyrics. Not many can do that. Especially today. I read that the Heart and Soul tour he teamed up with Stevie Nick's wasn't very good. I wanted to see it in KC, but missed it. In the few videos I have seen, there appears to be some awkwardness between the two. I really thought it should work because of their years in the business, age, and timing of their musical interests lyrically. Any way, I remember these songs playing on the radio while in high school, cleaning house, or in my car partying on a Saturday night.

I have loved him since I was around 7. Thanks to my Mom. Now 56 I have his music on every cd I've had made. Especially this one. ❤️

@@christinescarff4920 I have that 45 w/ the little yellow piece of plastic 😂😂

@@neilgirly3426 No, I got confused ! I have the original LPs of ‘ Every Picture Tells a Story ‘ and the original LP of ‘ Rod Stewart - Never a Dull Moment ‘. Not that I’d sell them - too many memories about these songs and my youth ( ! ) but I think they’d sell for around £100 now !

. Rod Charming Irresistable Stewart is his full name.

Right!? The jacket over his head. Who does that?

SpiritsEnchantments so did straight people

Me & my future wife first saw rod in 1977. We were 15. Since then we've seen him 10 times. She finally told me she was bi. Life has been wonderful since then!

@@otisbentley8277 aww that’s so sweet! ❤️❤️ I am bi aswell

I'm a newer Rod fan. I'm 43 lol but my Dad took me to see Rod is 88 when I was 10 and he explained to me I could learn from him and Bruce. He was so right

Heartbreaking. This song has been among my top ten since I was a teenager. This video is gorgeous, because he gets back to himself quickly and delivers the lyrics, after a disoriented start, which in itself is gorgeous.

lol no, who you are is more important than what you are.

The only hate a person will encounter in life is the hate someone has for themselves steered outward. Live your life sir and enjoy every breath, us straight guys are secretly a bit jealous... dont tell anybody lol

@@john9550 your first sentence puts the "why of hate" perfectly, thank you.

Did you go out late?

No we're not Rod. Power to you brother.

Me too friend, me too. One of the greatest voices and I'm 64. Loved him since I was a young girl. Long live my Dear Roddy ❤❤❤❤

Me too

Very unfortunate and sad that George engaged in inhuman acts!

Domanick malano go fuck yourself

@@dominickmilano4858 your a fucking crank get a life

@@dominickmilano4858 You're such a sad person that you have to focus your hate for yourself on others. It's well known that homophobia stems from the intense inner fear that the hater feels for himself, because he recognizes some homosexual feelings as his own, and cannot accept it. Maybe you're gay, too, Dominick, and just can't face it.

@Rod Stewart is this for real?

I saw this video after it was published on 02.28.14, a true talent. I like Rod Stewart's songs, but don't really know his iconic background. I pondered a mense feeling of a loved one, friend or family.

WOW! I didn't know that Swampmammytheone! Thanks for the info! Georgie was a real person who really was a friend of Rodney's. Another example of how the real world is just as strange as fiction or stranger.

alan murr yes it is

your right mate.it didnt rhyme with 75.mike

Michael Sammon still one hell of a song and tribute to his friend...he did a great job!

Love and admiration coming your way ❤️❤️❤️

Blessings to you, Anne!

Stealing Beatles songs? He should of changed it a bit more to disguise it, like the Beatles did lol

I prefer STONE COLD SOBER as one of Rod's finest moments or HOT LEGS, that's when you can call him ROCKIN' ROD. So many of his songs aren't Rock songs. LOL!!!!!!!

Yes

This track is a rock classic. Beautifully written, produced and finally but not least compassion

so absolutely true!

Thank y'all so much. Sir Rod is truly an amazing person.

yeh i dont like him either but love his music........go figure!

Michael Grom have always loved rod. His ballads just take the time to listen

Incredible song and performance

@@dominickmilano4858 Oh shut the fuck up

@@dominickmilano4858 Ever imagined how disgusted some gay men are when they hear about hetero sex?

The message was all the more powerful that it came from Rod, a serial sh*gger of beautiful women, and (on the surface) as unlikely an advocate of gay rights as you could find.

Still have nightmares about that boy. Georgie come home.....😢

gays fall in love w women too and they being men are caring . i had this gay friend and i owe him my life.without him I would have been dead w my first born. am hoping to see him again.

Mine too

Damned right! As an older heterosexual male and despite my beliefs, could never abandon my son despite his sexual preference let alone kill him ! Wake up people!! Sexual preference is not a choice, you are born that way and cannot catch gayness by osmosis! Yes and this is coming from an alpha heterosexual male! I will love and respect my son's regardless of their choices unless they become a pedophile, thug,or killer!# Better believe it!!

+Mike Drennan , Absolutely and you are so right.

Amen.

@@mikedrennan8303 Being gay isn't a choice. If it were, no one would choose to be vilified and hated by so many other people, to risk being hated and assaulted for no other reason, to have their professional lives compromised, to have so many of their family and friends desert them. No, it's not a choice at all, because no one would choose that kind of life.

Purple?

I never heard it before and I am 56 and familiar with Rod's music.

I love o missed my sisters little French bulldog he went a year and half ago I ve swap Ed geogie for billy when I sing to him

I will sing to billy tonight fir your with tears I'm sorry fir

I sing to my sisters dog 2 times a week sadly missed

What does this have to do with with with your mom? All respect intended.

Thanks, I knew I've heard that melody somewhere, but I forgot

Lennon himself said in an interview that RS ripped off Don’t let me down.

Considering how many people The Beatles borrowed from it’s hardly fitting for them to complain about it here. Listen to Bobby Parker sometime

@@kitrichardson2165 There are two differences between this borrowing by Rod, and The Beatles', which I think make a difference: The Beatles didn't usually borrow wholesale (even in the Bobby Parker instances), and secondly they were very ready to own up to borrowing at any level, generally volunteering the fact rather than having to have it pointed out. For instance in the case of Chuck Berry’s bassline for ‘I’m Talking About You’ which Paul used for ‘I Saw Her Standing There’, which WAS borrowed wholesale, Paul was the one who pointed it out; nobody had noticed. And Lennon was not complaining particularly about Rod, he asked "why didn't he just sing "Don't Let Me Down" ... and then went on to answer himself "Same reason I don't: because then I don't get paid!"

I second that.

Totally agree. It's always been my fav ..then Maggie next of course