The Small Faces - Tin Soldier

[eelsdoors]

A truly great song by an unbelievable singer/composer.

[thehanterman1]

Vocals that a million singers wish they had. Brilliant song from a brilliant band. RIP Ronnie and Steve.

[darkmossie633]

this knocks the sh one T out of everything within 2 years before or 2 years after it

Steve Marriot singer genius

[eturfrey]

Listen to Marriotts amazing vocals.

[gropingwithastoker]

There are better versions out there. And there's a pristine version of this is on the Small Faces British invastion DVD.

[Gadge87]

Epic Tune

[mothergrace1]

omyg just listen to how good rr used to be



[FredPilcher]

Great song, great band, awful recording - but hey - it was a few years ago.

[chippy783]

can you imagine getting amped up for one song (dubbed no less) and then going on your merry way. Stupid 60's. So much lost to studio only wonders

[rainspirit100]

Eric Carmen was influenced by Steve Marriott from early on, i'm from Cleveland and saw him when he first started his music career, he even wore the white shoes!

[MrNoggin66]

FFS HilaryMG, the video is from the 60s, what do you expect?

[penrhyndeundraeth]

THIS IS EXCELLENT !!!! This is passion +++++ This is attitude+++++

[florafox]

This is not a live version ! what we can hear is the studio version, it has nothing to do with this video clip here.

Great song in any case !

[rashersgeraghty]

These guys must have influenced The Rasberries. And that's all good. Check them out too, especially if you missed it all.

[dugan32]

It is a crime of unrivaled proportion that Steve Marriott is not in The Rock-n Roll Hall Of Fame. My Cod,,,, He fronted Two Legendary bands (Humblel Pie), and influenced generations!!!

There are punks who barely scratched the surface, of the music industry,who have been inducted.

Jan Werner and his ilk play politics, and it is unfair.

Why is Bob Welch not in,,, Politics,,,, and that is not why The RNRHOF was created . Shame on The Board of Directors.

Thank You,, Stevie Marriott!!!!

Dugie

[nancyzeetoo]

@dugan32 Steve can't get in as a solo artist, but he belongs in as a member of the Small Faces. They are too influential to continue to be blatantly ignored and the internet, youtube specifically, will assure they will not be, regardless of the passage of time. I do not know what Jann Wenner's problem with the Small Faces is, but it is clearly personal in nature. He should defer to others with superior knowledge if he cannot be objective.

[54gravi]

@dugan32 Right On!! Thanks, couldn't have said it any better.

[MusicalElitist1]

Shame there isn't any of this actually played live. Seemed that 90% of televised music in the 60s was mimed. Which is a shame.

[obbor4]

Beat Club: The best rock show archive ever! Thanks to those people in Germany who kept all of these vintage videos available. As for the Small Faces; Their energy and talent speaks in much greater volume than I could possibly add to...

[edwardtuner12et]

I'm a huge fan of Gerry and the Pacemakers - I just heard about this new original DVD series: youtube(dot)com/profile?user=b­ritishinvasiondvds#g/u

[christopherlee14cl]

Hey any Gerry and the Pacemaker fans out there?

[JohnNormic]

@christopherlee14cl Here !!!

[alirobs2]

Good British 60's classic. Ian Mc Lagan's Hammond B3 organ always sounds good. Restoring a B3 at the moment recovered from a closed down church.

[bobbicoleman]

a legend Steve has amazing voice

steve ellis who is still stilling had similiar voice

[Julian1961]

What an awesome group the Small Faces were! They had it all. RIP Steve and Ronnie...gone but not forgotten. Long Live Rock n Roll!

[galacho59gz]

littles greats mens......of toys

[hpeter59]

..this is a gig from one of the ''Beat Club'' session which were broadcasted in Germany in the 60s...

One can read the logo on the wall in the background..

[tarotkat]

Steve Marriott sings with such powerful emotion; a genius, who deserves more recognition. This song sends goosebumps down my spine.

[SunnBurn]

Mac has said in several interviews that he thought "Tin Soldier" was the best song the Small Faces ever did.

[penrhyndeundraeth]

@SunnBurn "And so say all of us/Boom boom".

[Wisterialodge]

Their best 45 release

[jenzeppelin]

R.I.P. Steve Marriot...from a Jen who wasn't around then to know you...but loves you now...

[ohisashiburi]

Good for you Jen....he lives on, Ronnie too!

[Cynnie2007]

steve mariotte the great,i love you steve

[jonomutiny]

Fuckin Class

[HilaryMG]

Just to add, does anyone see a resemblance of John Lennon in the drummer?

[Chimbo65]

The drummer is Kenny Jones

and no he does not look like John Lennon

[HilaryMG]

But he does..honest, I really think that, in differant video`s I still see John, oh sure I know its Kenny Jones..Duh! LOL..

[HilaryMG]

This would be excellent except for the quality of the video..sorry

[scoutfree]

that's all I have... sorry!

[HilaryMG]

Hey, scoutfree anything is better then nothing when its Steve Marriot and the Small Faces :) and it`s because it was good..I guess you want perfection, appreciatte you adding this video, oh I shall be watching it again for sure..thankyou..

[hondella14]

Right on Small Faces!!

[hondella14]

I never knew Kenny Jones was from Small Faces. He stepped in for the Who.

[rybones77]

Yes,when the Who should have gracefully and respectfully bowed out in my opinion.They should have taken the same route that Zeppelin did when John Bonham died.Again,just my opinion.

[69chunkylover69]

I agree, but The Who was not as tight as Zeppelin was.

[eamon54]

Yes you are right he did play for The Who before Roger Daltrey pushed him out. Tried to compare Kenny with Keith didn't he and nobody would've succeeded doing that

[SaschBo77]

SHUT UP!~

[bigdaveupload1980]

the who and small faces are fukin legends

[jake9000000000000000]

I SECOND THAT !!

[spankypsheeb]

the music,the vocals,have never ever been achieved since....perhaps the American Idol 2nd place guy,Adam Lambert,can do justice to Steves voice.....what do you think?

[nigeandsian]

i think the guy that said 'is got the lot' sums up this song perfectly.

[maudsley75]

modfather Marriot absolutly fantastic

[KiaOra53]

Such a COMPLETE song.

It's got the lot!

[aprendizdebrujo67]

Espectacular steve marriott!!!!

[skungpoomery]

Fantastic - I was a bit too young to be a proper Mod in those days but was a fan of both bands and still am! Shame so many of the people are gone now.

[Grafietstift]

Is that Kenney Jones on drums?

[skungpoomery]

Sure is

[Grafietstift]

I'm no Small Faces fan, I know Kenney Jones of The Who, so

[Kelly14UK]

This guy sung HIS HEART OUT.

[tonfan]

if i had a time machine first thing i'd do is catch a small faces gig.....does it get any better than this? DAMN BRILLIANT.....

[steviecuz]

Ronnie's hat! Fucking Mint!

[jethroblues]

From the days when keyboards were king. Then the guitars got so loud they drove the Hammond Organ players out of the bands. That still has to be the greatest sound to this day- Hammond through a Leslie alongside a guitar that is loud and driving but not completely drowning everything else out. Later the keyboard players got their revenge by inflicting synthesisers on us.

[luvfinger]

Amen!

Long live the B3

[peaceonearth777]

And the C3! Chicago!

[JIMMYBUSHIDO]

saw this band in glasgow round about 1965ish

they caused a riot ....absolutely brilliant

thinkin of you steve

[hammertime753]

tommy sandoval ride the sky

[eillekeillek]

Yes What a band and what a song. My band just putting this in our set, we usually like to put in a few 60's classics and this one is A CLASSIC !!!!!! Big time. With modern sound systems and genrally higher level of player capability it really is Right On For NOW !!!

[ahorwood]

Phenomenal. They were so far ahead of their time.

[Treadsoftly14]

badass song...this band needs to get more credit!

[KeefieUK]

Terrific, outstanding ! I was looking through my attic the other day and came across the Tin Soldier single 45 record which I bought in 1967. On the original white Immediate label (before they changed to pink). Got load of SF singles from that day too and some LPs (Albums to our American friends) including the original Ogden's Nut Gone Flake (mono !) which I bought in 1968 when I was a teenager living in London. What a band !

[BikingDirect]

Tin soldier is just an amazing song isnt it a bit ironic that is how steve " left this world " he died in a fire like a tin soldier, I just love this song so much after all this time,& PP Arnold is so amazing way ahead of their time!anyway I have this single in my attic, must have been one of the first 45 with a picture cover and it's signed to me by steve marriot, am going to frame it and put it on my wall!!!!!!!!!

[Thomaspwgy]

OOoooh i would give anything to have that! Keep it safe man!!

[djangotrower]

Ironic isn't it? It took 2 guys, Rod Stewart and Ron Wood, to replace Steve Marriott. Stewart and Wood combined don't even have 1/3 of the talent of Marriott.

[PAULLONDEN]

Dave Dee & Co, were'nt bad either.

[CatNika]

Bad distortion but, great tune by a great band!

[SydToKKKTTT]

this band was very important for the development of rock music in the 60es.really amazing

[thevangris]

Three stars because the bad sound.

[evertonio]

he also sings " do anything that you want me to " and not " do anything that you want to do "

[scoutfree]

Thanks for correction! I just copied it from one of those lyrics websites, corrected now :)

[diederiq]

@evertonio not to be a prick about it, but @ 0.49 i can clearly make out "do everything what you want me to" :)

[Nastard1]

why does this sound like its playing on a boombox that's underwater?

[wtw88]

An old Film (pre video) that's been subject to magnetic interference, most probably, Nastard1. It was probably a great live recording for the time. I didn't see this clip back then.

[TOOLBOXMOD]

i love this song, it has to be the weirdest song ever, but its so fab!!!

[CaptainPrivate]

Re the 'weirdest song ever'...you DO know it was a Hans Christian Anderson children's story don't you? If not, google Tin Soldier children's story. It may make a lot more sense regarding wanting to jump into your fire etc.......

[Kashaslove]

I think that's the story that made me cry uncontrolably when I was a child!!!

[CliClasp]

Thank you so so much for highlighing this to all of us here, fan of Steve

[mrjasonw]

i miss him

[UrbanIconoclast18]

Mate, great that you've put the words up, but I don't think Marriott sings "aggravation". He did with Packet of Three, but in the SF version, it sounds like "altrication". There is no such word, though (!) so I think it's supposed to be "altercation". What d'ya reckon?

[marriottmad]

yeh does sound like that but i have the here come the nice songbook (compiled by paul weller and john hellier) and the lyric is down as aggravation. but ya never know!

[UrbanIconoclast18]

Oh, well; if Weller and Hellier say so, it must be right *rolls eyes*.

Hellier couldn't even get the words to "All or Nothing" right. And I quote:

I thought you'd listen to my reasoning,

But now I see you have the other point of view.

Nuff said? ;-)

[ploppy193]

A good effort but I think alot of those lyrics are wrong, and at the end, he says "sit with you", not "stick" with you.

[marriottmad]

yeh. someone should ask Mac or Kenney, they might know for sure.

[ploppy193]

The lyrics are clearer on the live version on here that you've seen marriottmad, and your right it is aggravation. ;)

[UrbanIconoclast18]

What live version on here??? *Jumps up and down in excitement* Please tell!!! :-D

[UrbanIconoclast18]

Ta, Ploppy! Many moons ago, with a battered old tape, I spent ages trying to work out if it was sleep or stick. Decided on stick - and it stuck! BUT YES! It's "sit", alright!!! Thank you!!! But it's definitely NOT "aggravation" in SF version. Only later on that got changed - maybe 'cos when Steve came to redo it, he couldn't himself suss out what it was supposed to be LOL!! Can't be sure at mo but perhaps he changed "sit" to "stick" while he was at it, come to think of it...

[UrbanIconoclast18]

Ha ha, just listened to it again. He sings that bit really quickly so I couldn't tell WHAT he was singing lol ;-)

[ApollosPlace]

Fab song but crappy recording

[jan141253]

Das war (leider "war") Beat-Club. Eigentlich genau so gut wie Top-of-the-Pops. Ich bin Niederlaender (Groningen, Deventer); und kuckte sehr viel TeeFau ("Nina") aus der BRD. BeatClub und Fussball (am Samstagnachmittag) wareb meine Favoriten. Uebrigens; ich hab' Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mich & Tich (ohne DD - seit '69 ????- wie mann weiss)noch gesehen in Zuidlaren ("Gouden Leeuw")und die waren GUT !!. The Small Faces auch; leider ist Steve nicht mehr auf Erde ("bestimmt im Himmel !!").

[redtorso]

Steve.......a true rock legend !!!!!!

[zerixn]

I saw Marriot perform Tin Soldier live (with Packet of Three), chills running down my spine, I'll never forget it!

[TboneBBQ]

Great song! Good job! Thanks for sharing!

[paulturner1990]

fuckin legendary! i should've been alive in the 60s!

[marriottmad]

same here

[rsh51]

You had better believe it. I was 16 then and loved this song.

[Casluc]

I saw rock'n roll past I saw rock'n roll future and its name is...Steve Marriott

[getupkid76]

sooo brilliant!

[residentgiant]

love that organ break!