Singels 1971 número 28

Rod Stewart - Maggie May

Rod Stewart, músico británico, nació el 10 de enero del año 1945 en Highgate (Londres). Comenzó su carrera en la banda de Brian Auger (The Brian Augen Trinity), pasó por los Steampackets, y alcanzó la fama en la banda de Jeff Beck y en los Faces (Junto a Ron Wood, de Rolling Stones), ía grabando con The Faces Rod consiguió el éxito en su carrera en solitario cuando "Maggie may" se convirtió en 1971 en el mejor single del año, alcanzabndo el número 1 en el Reino Unido y Estados Unidos, a pesar de ser la cara "B" del single (la cara "A" era una canción de Tim Hardin "Reason to believe". La combinación de la melodía pegadiza de Quittenton, la voz inconfundible de Rod Stewart y la mandolina de Ray Jackson de Lindisfarne, creó de esta canción un éxito que perdura hasta nuestros días.

La canción fue un importante éxito de Stewart y sirvió de punta de lanza de su incipiente carrera en solitario. En la actulidad sigue siendo una de sus canciones más conocidas y en 2004, la revista Rolling Stone situó la canción en el numero 130 en su lista de las 500 mejores canciones de todos los tiempos.

Canción



Letra

Wake up Maggie I think I got something to say to you
It's late September and I really should be back at school
I know I keep you amused but I feel I'm being used
Oh Maggie I couldn't have tried any more
You lured me away from home just to save you from being alone
You stole my heart and that's what really hurt

The morning sun when it's in your face really shows your age
But that don't worry me none in my eyes you're everything
I laughed at all of your jokes my love you didn't need to coax
Oh, Maggie I couldn't have tried any more
You lured me away from home, just to save you from being alone
You stole my soul and that's a pain I can do without

All I needed was a friend to lend a guiding hand
But you turned into a lover and
mother what a lover, you wore me out
All you did was wreck my bed
and in the morning kick me in the head
Oh Maggie I couldn't have tried anymore
You lured me away from home 'cause you didn't want to be alone
You stole my heart I couldn't leave you if I tried

I suppose I could collect my books and get on back to school
Or steal my daddy's cue and make a living out of playing pool
Or find myself a rock and roll band that needs a helpin' hand
Oh Maggie I wish I'd never seen your face
You made a first-class fool out of me
But I'm as blind as a fool can be
You stole my heart but I love you anyway

Maggie I wish I'd never seen your face
I'll get on back home one of these days

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