So, there we were, out on the verandah and this tune comes on. "WTF?" thinks I, "that sure sounds like Rod Stewart but that ain't the lyrics we know and love." Well, there's an explanation for that... but first, the tune:
I don't need to tell yaThe tune is billed as a demo version of "Maggie May" and yeah, a re-write was definitely in order here. I searched... in vain... for the lyrics to this version and came up empty (the bits quoted above are from memory). The instrumentation on this early version... aside from the inclusion of the extended mandolin solo... is essentially the same as the final version, and that's a good thing (Hello, Ronnie Wood!). But the lyrics? They're just bad, bad, bad. I can't believe I've gone all this time without hearing the demo version but I suppose stranger things have happened. OTOH, I can go just as long without hearing this again. Once is just enough.
That you look like a fella
But I'll kick your head in one of these days
Don't think I've ever heard any versions of it...LOL
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DeleteIt's an interesting look into the band, as they obviously have the music done before the lyrics. I think it is common the other way around. I actually listened to another of this on tube, and it had some lyrics on screen. I think the bass in that song was great. You just know that 4 takes later they had everything except the kitchen sink dubbed-in and prepped for AM airplay :-)
ReplyDeleteThere's no lack of lyrics to the version that was released, but the demo version? I couldn't find any. My favorite bits in the finally-released version was the mandolin solo at the end.
DeleteI don't think I can bring myself to listen; I love the early Rod Stewart work and "Maggie May" is a particular fave. I'm afraid if I listen to this - it will stay in my head and cancel out the true classic.
ReplyDeleteI listened to the demo a couple o' times and it won't make you forget the final cut.
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