Rod Stewart - Live at Royal Albert Hall

[ Cheers and applause ] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Rod Stewart!

[ Cheers and applause ] [ Cheers and applause continues ] Welcome, welcome.

Greetings to you all.

So, this is my first time at the Albert Hall.

[ Clears throat ] First time ever.

I want to make it a very memorable occasion.

Please be joining in, singing as loud as you can.

[ Cheers and applause ] Let's get on with it.

Come on.

[ "You Wear It Well" plays ] [ Cheers and applause ] I love ya, I love ya, I love ya I had nothing to do on this hot afternoon But to settle down and write you a line I've been meaning to phone you, but from Minnesota Hell, it's been a very long time You wear it well A little old-fashioned, but that's all right Well, I suppose you're thinking I bet he's sinking Or he wouldn't get in touch with me Oh, I ain't begging or losing my head I sure do want you to know That you wear it well Little old-fashioned, but that's all right Remember them basement parties Your brother's karate All day rock-and-roll shows Them homesick blues and radical views Haven't left a mark on you You wear it well Madame Onassis got nothing on you Do you know why?

I ain't forgetting that you were once mine But I blew it without even tryin' Now I'm eatin' my heart out Tryin' to get a letter through Anyway, my coffee's cold I'm getting told I gotta get back to work So when the sun sinks low, and you're home all alone Think of me and try not to laugh And I wear it well A little old-fashioned, but that's all right But I ain't forgetting that you were once mine But I blew it without even tryin' Now I'm eatin' my heart out tryin' to get a letter to you Since you've been gone, it's hard to carry on Oh, yeah And you don't... You know how much, yeah I love ya, I love ya, I love ya [ Song ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] Good friend of mine passed away recently.

Robert Palmer.

Good drinking friend of mine.

Great songwriter, great, indeed, singer.

The first song I actually learnt from Robert.

The second one you'll know well.

And we need some audience participation for the cameras on this next song.

You won't let me down.

Even you, madam.

[ Laughter ] Go!

[ "Some Guys Have All the Lucks" plays ] [ Cheers and applause ] Simple song.

Some guys have all the luck Some guys have all the pain Some guys get all the breaks Some guys do nothing but complain Alone in a crowd on a bus after work And I'm dreaming The guy next to me has a girl in his arms My arms are empty Yeah How does it feel when the girl next to you Says she loves you?

Feels so unfair, love everywhere But there's none for me Some guys have all the luck Some guys have all the pain Some guys get all the breaks Some guys do nothing but complain Whoo-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, whoo-ooh Whoo-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, whoo-ooh Someone to take on a walk by the lake Lord, let it be me Someone who's shy Someone who'll cry at sad movies I know I would die if I ever found out she was fooling me Seems so unfair, love everywhere There's none for me Some guys have all the luck Some guys have all the pain Some guys get all the breaks Some guys do nothing but complain Whoo-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, whoo-ooh Whoo-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, whoo-ooh Some guys Some guys Whoo-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, whoo-ooh-ooh [ Saxophone solo ] Listen here.

All of my friends have a ring on their finger There's someone Someone to care for them It ain't fair I got no one Yeah The car overheated I called up and pleaded, there's help on the way Called you collect You didn't accept You had nothing to say Your turn!

Some guys have all the luck Some guys have all the pain We're singin'!

Some guys get all the breaks We're singin'!

Some guys do nothing but complain [ "Addicted to Love" plays ] Come on, now!

The lights are on, but you're not home Your mind is not your own Your heart sweats Your body aches Another kiss is what it takes You can't sleep, no You can't eat There's no doubt, you're in deep Your throat is tight You can't breathe Another kiss is all you need Whoa, you'd like to think that you're immune to the stuff Oh, yeah Closer to the truth and say you can't get enough You know you're gonna have to face it You're addicted to love You might as well face it You're addicted to love Might as well face it You're addicted to love Might as well face it You're addicted to love Might as well face it You're addicted to love Might as well face it You're addicted to love Whoa, you'd like to think that you're immune to the stuff Oh, yeah Closer to the truth and say you can't get enough You know you're gonna have to face it You're addicted to love Might as well face it You're addicted to love Might as well face it You're addicted to love Might as well face it You're addicted to love Might as well face it You're addicted to love Might as well face it You're addicted to love Might as well face it You're addicted to love Might as well face it You're addicted to love Might as well face it You're addicted to love Might as well face it You're addicted to love [ Cheers and applause ] The late, great Robert Palmer.

Bless him.

Here's a lovely one by Tim Hardin that was actually the A-side to a single released in 1971.

And "Maggie May" was the B-side.

Get yourself familiar with this one.

Someone else should record this because it's truly a lovely song.

Shut up, Rod, and start singing.

[ "Reason to Believe" plays ] [ Cheers and applause ] [ Laughter ] If I listened long enough to you [ Cheers and applause ] I'd find a way to believe that it's all true Knowing that you lied Straight-faced while I cried Still I look to find a reason to believe [ Cheers and applause ] Someone like you Makes it hard to live without somebody else Someone like you Makes it easy to give I never think about myself If I gave you time to change my mind I'd try to leave all the past behind Knowing that you lied Straight-faced while I cried Still I look to find a reason to believe Yeah, yeah, yeah Someone like you Makes it hard to live without somebody else Someone like you Makes it easy to give I never think about myself If I listened long enough to you I'd find a way to believe that it's all true Knowing that you lied Straight-faced while I cried Still I look to find a reason to believe Still I look to find a reason to believe [ Cheers and applause ] Still I look To find a reason To believe [ Cheers and applause ] [ Song ends ] [ Cheers and applause continues ] We've got some guests in the next hour or so, and none more dear to my heart than this chap coming on now, Mr. Ronnie Wood.

[ Cheers and applause ] There you are, you old bugger!

[ Cheers and applause ] Whoa!

Ron.

[ Speaking indistinctly ] You know what happens now.

We have a fight to see who gets on this side of the stage to make our noses look the best.

[ Laughter ] I'm on this side.

You're on that side.

Side by side, we look like a pickax.

[ Laughter ] Okay.

Great audience.

Thank you very much.

[ Cheers and applause ] [ "Stay with Me" plays ] In the mornin', don't say you love me 'Cause you know I'll only kick you out the door I know your name is Rita 'Cause your perfume's smells sweeter Since when I saw you down on that floor Guitar!

I don't mean to sound degradin' Can feel my life is fadin' A face like that, you got nothin' to laugh about Red lips, hair, fingernails I hear you're a mean old Jezebel Come upstairs and read my tarot cards Stay with me Stay with me 'Cause tonight you're gonna stay with me Stay with me Stay with me 'Cause tonight you're gonna stay with me Guitar!

One time!

Stay with me Stay with me 'Cause tonight you're gonna stay with me Sit down, get up now.

Stay with me Stay with me 'Cause tonight you're gonna stay with me Show me, baby!

We are, we are!

Stay with me Stay with me Yeah!

[ Song ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] Ronnie Wood.

And we'll be hearing more of Ronnie later in the performance.

Yeah, you don't go home yet.

What makes you think there's gonna be a slow song now, you're all sitting down?

No, have a sit-down.

Here's a lovely song that I recorded back in, I think, the late '60s, 1970.

And then someone else did it.

And see if you remember who did it, but I did it first.

[ Cheers and applause ] [ "Handbags and Gladrags" plays ] [ Cheers and applause ] Ever seen a blind man cross the road Trying to reach the other side?

Ever seen a young girl growing old Trying to make herself a bride?

So what becomes of you, my love When they have finally stripped you of The handbags and the gladrags That your poor old grandad had to sweat to buy?

Once I was a young man And all I thought I had to do was smile You are still a young girl And you bought everything in style But once you think you're in, you're out But that don't mean a single thing without The handbags and the gladrags That your poor old grandad had to sweat to buy Sing a song of six-pence for your sake And take a bottle full of rye Four and twenty blackbirds in a cake Bake them all in a pie They told me you missed school today What I suggest, throw them all away The handbags and the gladrags That your poor old granddad had to sweat to buy Oh, whoa, yeah Told me you missed school today What I suggest, you just throw them all away The handbags and the gladrags That your poor old granddad had to sweat to buy ya Bye, bye Bye, bye [ Cheers and applause ] [ Song ends ] [ Cheers and applause continues ] All right, let's do one now from my irrepressible, disgusting youth.

Well, it wasn't that long ago.

Try this one now from 1977.

[ "Hot Legs" plays ] [ Speaking indistinctly ] Wait a minute here.

Who's that knockin' on my door?

Got to be a quarter to four Is it you again coming 'round for more?

You can love me tonight if you want In the morning, make sure you're gone I'm talking to you Hot legs You're an alley cat Hot legs Scratch my back Hot legs Bring your mama, too I love you, honey Got a most persuasive tongue Promise all kinds of fun But you don't understand I'm a workin' man Got legs right up to your neck You're makin' me a physical wreck I'm talkin' to ya Hot legs Come on, child.

Hot legs Drivin' me wild.

Hot legs Bring your mama, too.

I love you honey Whoo!

Hot legs You with me now?

Hot legs I'm not just a Boy Scout.

Hot legs Bring your mama, too I love you, honey I love you, honey!

I love you, honey!

[ Song ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] [ Cheers and applause continues ] [ "The First Cut is the Deepest" plays ] [ Cheers and applause ] I would have given you... No, you can't start without me.

Hold on.

I would have given you all of my heart But there's someone who's torn it apart And she's taken just all that I had But if you want, I'll try to love again Baby, I'll try to love again, but I know Yeah!

The first cut is the deepest Baby, I know The first cut is the deepest 'Cause when it come to being lucky, she was cursed When it come to loving me, she's the worst I still want you by my side Just to help me dry the tears that I've cried And I'm sure gonna give you a try And if you want, I'll try to love again Baby, I'll try to love again, but I know The first cut is the deepest Baby, I know The first cut is the deepest 'Cause when it come to being lucky, she was cursed When it come to loving me, she's the worst All right, nicely done.

[ Cheers and applause ] I still want you by my side Just to help me dry the tears that I've cried And I'm sure gonna give you a try And if you want, I'll try to love again Baby, I'll try to love again, but I know The first cut is the deepest Baby, I know The first cut is the deepest 'Cause when it come to being lucky, she's cursed When it come to loving me, she's worst Yeah [ Song ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] [ "You're in My Heart" (The Final Acclaim)" plays ] Not yet.

Not yet.

[ Audience singing ] [ Laughter ] I didn't know what day it was When you Walked into the room I said hello unnoticed You said goodbye too soon Breezing through the clientele Spinning yarns that were so lyrical I really must confess right here The attraction was purely physical I took all of those habits of yours That in the beginning was hard to accept Your fashion sense and Beardsley prints I put down to experience The big-bosomed lady with the Dutch accent Who tried to change my point of view Her ad-lib lines were well-rehearsed But my heart cried out for you You're in my heart, you're in my soul You'll be my breath should I grow old You are my... Lover, you're my best friend You're in my soul My love for you is immeasurable My respect for you immense You're ageless and timeless, lace and fineness You're beauty and elegance You're a rhapsody, a comedy You're a symphony and a play You're every love song ever been written But, honey, what do you see in me?

You're in my heart, you're in my soul You'll be my breath Should I grow old You are my lover, you're my best friend You're in my soul You're an essay in glamour Please pardon the grammar But you're every schoolboy's dream You're Celtic, United, but, baby, I've decided You're the best football team I've ever seen Ooh ooh, ooh And there have been many affairs And many times I have thought to leave But I bite my lip and turn around 'Cause you're the warmest thing I've ever found You're in my heart You're in my soul You'll be my breath Should I grow old You are my lover, you're my best friend You're in my soul We're gonna do that one more time You're in my... ...heart, you're in my soul Oh, yeah!

You'll be my breath should I grow old > You are my... ...lover, you're my best friend Ooh, you're in my soul [ Cheers and applause ] [ Song ends ] So, many of you probably know how I was discovered singing on a railway station by a guy called Long John Baldry way back when.

And I've always felt -- You know, I feel like...

I wouldn't say -- use the word "discovered," but if I've been introduced to someone I think has got some great vocal quality, I would like to try and bring this person to you.

And this person tonight is a girl who last week was busking on the streets of Glasgow.

A young Scottish girl called Amy Belle.

Please welcome her to the stage.

[ Cheers and applause ] And this is a song you know, and I want to hear some vocal backup for her.

Amy, come on, darling.

This is a big night for her.

Make her feel at home.

Come on.

[ Cheers and applause ] Are you all right, Amy?

Good, thanks.

Definitely looking good, darling.

Don't worry about the football team.

You can sing, darling.

Okay, here's this one.

[ "I Don't Want to Talk About It" plays ] [ Cheers and applause ] I can tell by your eyes That you've probably been crying forever Forever And the stars in the sky don't mean nothing to you They're a mirror And I don't wanna talk about it How you broke my heart That's right.

If I stay here just a little bit longer If I stay here, won't you listen To my heart?

My heart [ Cheers and applause ] If I stand all alone Will the shadow hide the colors of my heart?

Blue for the tears Black for the night's fears The stars in the sky don't mean nothing to you They're just a mirror And I don't wanna talk about it How you broke my heart If I stay here just a little bit longer If I stay here, won't you listen To my heart?

Hey!

My heart Oh, my, my heart Oh, yeah!

My heart This old heart, crying forever Dyin' forever [ Saxophone solo ] I don't wanna talk about it How you broke my heart If I stay here just a little bit longer If I stay here, won't you listen To my heart?

Oh, my heart [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you very much.

Amy Belle.

Thank you.

Amy Belle.

[ Cheers and applause ] Keep your eye out for Amy.

[ Cheers and applause continues ] Is Ronnie coming out now?

I think Ronnie's coming out to do this one.

And if he's, uh... 'Cause probably in a minute, we're gonna -- There he is!

Hey, me old mucker!

Okay.

[ Cheers and applause ] [ "Maggie May" plays ] Wake up, Maggie I think I got somethin' to say to you Late September And I really should be back at school Yeah!

I know I keep you amused But I feel I'm being used Oh, Maggie, I couldn't have tried any more You led me away from home 'Cause you didn't want to be alone You stole my soul And that's a pain I can do without Hey!

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 led me away from home 'Cause you didn't want to be 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 any more You made a first-class fool out of me But I'm as blind as a fool can be You stole my soul And that's a pain I can do without Ronnie, solo!

Do us some!

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 helping hand Oh, Maggie, I couldn't have tried any more [ Laughs ] You led me away from home 'Cause you didn't want to be alone You stole my soul That's a pain I can do without [ Guitar solo ] Maggie, I wish I'd never seen your face Hyah!

Maggie, I wish I'd never seen your face Got to get back home Get back home Get back home, Maggie Got to get back home Get back home Get back home, Maggie Yeah Yeah [ "Gasoline Alley" plays ] Can you do that one more time?

Think I know now what's making me sad Yearnin' for my own back yard I realize maybe I was wrong to leave Swallow up my silly country pride Going home Running home Down to Gasoline Alley where I was born Going home Running home Down to Gasoline Alley where I was born Yeah!

Got to get back home Get back home Get back home, Maggie Get back home Get back home Yeah, back home, Maggie [ Tempo slows ] [ Cheers and applause ] [ Song ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] [ Cheers and applause ] So... Let's throw this one into the mixer.

Would you sit down there?

[ Laughter ] [ "Sailing" plays ] [ Cheers and applause ] I am sailing I am sailing Home again Across the sea I am sailing Passing high clouds Stormy waters.

To be near you To be free I am flying I am flying Like a bird 'Cross the sky I am flying Passing high clouds To be near you To be free Can you hear me Can you hear me Through the dark night Far away I am dying Forever crying To be near you Who can say Can you hear me?!

Can you hear me Can you hear me Through the dark night Far away I am dying Forever crying To be near you Who can say Oh, Lord We are sailing We are sailing Home again 'Cross the sea We are sailing Stormy waters To be near you To be free Oh, Lord, to be near you To be free Oh, Lord, to be near you To be free Oh, Lord Free Free We are sailin' Storm waters We are sailing Oh, yeah [ Cheers and applause ] [ Song ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] [ Cheers and applause continues ]