Great voice! Though I love the way Johnny Cash and June Carter performed this song, I still appreciate this version. It's not like there has to be just one way to perform a great song.
Chill out all. Hardin wrote it. Darin had the big hit with it. It can get a bit confusing for those who remember the folk rock era as Darin wrote Simple Song of Freedom which Hardin had the hit with. Darin covered lots of Hardin tunes. The Small Faces also recorded Hardin's Red Balloon, of course.
This is one of the most amazing song experiences I have ever encountered. Marriot and Lane and the other small ones are simply intoxicating,a pure pleasure to the ear and soul.
Yes they made the Hall of Shame and glad to hear that organization finally came to their senses. It bothers me that the Faces with Rod "american songbook" Stewart and Ron Wood will share this. I mean really completely differnt sound and everyone knows Marriott could out sing Rod on a bad day. Congrats to the lads.
Small Faces were finaly nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame today. Ronnie and Steve were both still alive when they first became eligible over 20 years ago.
@gropingwithastoker And now they are being inducted, on their first nomination. The internet/youtube finally exposed the truth about this band. They were extraordinary.
Very good version of this song, there are quite a few including two others I like a lot, the Four Tops and Leslie West. They do outstanding covers of this song as well. I have always like the Small Faces, thanks for sharing this.
@videomaniac108 Darin's version (and Hardin's original for that matter) is completely different. Pure folk vs. Marriott's pure, over the top proto-metal. It's almost like they are different songs altogether. Says a lot for the songwriter as well as the singers.
@kennetharthur1953 - yep..and a big influence on Robert Plant..'Whole Lotta Love' was inspired by an earlier 'Small Faces' track, the name of which escapes me now.
@terrythekittie It was "You Need Loving," from their '66 debut album, which was a cover of Willie Dixon's "You Need Love," which was recorded by Muddy Waters in '62. Plant's phrasing is very similar to that of Marriott's. Dixon ended up suing Led Zeppelin in '85, who settled out of court.
Darin's version is so different, it's difficult to compare. The 4 Tops' is clearly closer. Anyway, what does it matter? 3 tremendous versions. Don't bother listening to the guy who got Marriott's gig with the 'New Yardbirds'.
The mark of music success is when even after 40 years, a work like this piece as well as the Small Faces' collective efforts are still admired and respected. Good for them. I find myself coming back to this and their other links continuously.
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This version bites the big one! The rock instrumentation totally ruins it. Nothing against Small Faces as I love other songs of theirs but I'd rather listen to Tim Hardin's orginal or even Bobby Darin's take on this song. Also Robert Plant does a better stripped down, acoustic version. And if you like Johnny Cash, you will like his cover better than this.
Mariott has this unmisstakable voice that gives a special magic to whatever he sings, and yes this is one of those tracks that hes made sound fantastic.
Mariott has this unmisstakable voice that gives a special magic to whatever he sings, and yes this is one of those tracks that hes made sound fantastic.
the kinks, the small faces, and the fleet foxes. what do they all have in common? underrated gems in the musical realm. people really need to start listening to good music again...
@ZACKnirvana I disagree that the Kinks are underrated. Ray Davies seems to get a lifetime achievement award from some organisation or another every other week. I do think it would be great if more people listened to some of their less well-known albums like Village Green and Arthur. But it's hard to compare their situation with the brilliant Small Faces, a group entire continents have never heard of!
One of the few versions to retainTim Hardin's original lyrical structure. Most covers opt to transpose lines 1/2, 3/4 in the chorus (Save my love thru' lonliness/sorrow; tomorrow/only). I'm torn because I love the change, but Tim was no fool - he knew a good lyric so he must have been on to something - Baz
@Noodles37UK I also have the "Autumn Stone" album, and while I agree the live recording is far from perfect, I don't agree that it's unlistenable; indeed I clicked onto this upload exactly because I thought I was going to hear it. But I do agree with you that this is better on the whole...it just lacks the desperation at the end which I strangely enough do like on the live version. Glad someone else has that album. It's one of my favourites.
A tortured version of a classic song intended to be sung in a totally different fashion. It is worth comparing this with the original version by Bobby Darrin; the classic version by the songwriter, Tim Hardin; the novel interpretations by Robert Plant and by Dolly Parton and the astounding version by The Four Tops.
This version? By no means the best but still worth a listen.
It doesn't matter who attempts it, it is still worth listening to. This says so much for the composer - Tim Hardin.
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You stated that Darin wrote this version. How do you write a version and if you do, the lyrics can be any order one wishes, as Darin did with his version. So, see your argument is moot, you just have poor taste in music, and a big L on your forehead.
@fergster11 read my post again motherfucker, i did not say anywhere that Darin wrote it. Grade 3 education i see you can't read. I have to say it again i didn't say Darin wrote it anywhere. Look above 5 posts up where did i say Darin wrote it.
This is the first time I have heard this version of one of my favourite songs of the genre and it's terrific. That decade was so rich with talent - not like now. Stevie what a singer.
@Mumsilius yeah, that's how they got their name. One of their girlfriends saw a picture of them and said that exact thing, they took the name, the rest is history.
@BubbaGanoush2 Really?? how cool... I've always wondered about the band's strange name and then I noticed that the name fit them nicely, so it makes total sense haha=D
ABSOLUTELY 'THE' BEST version i've ever heard of this great song. Vocals are fabulous love it .Would give some elses right arm to have current music like this.TREMENDOUS.
@MrMartyn01 That's pretty lame. Marriott switched a couple of lines in a verse. Big deal. His way may read better. By the way, Bobby didn't write this, Tim Hardin did. Ever hear Hardin sing it? I didn't think so.
While I love Darin's version, I play it pretty much the way the Faces did because I feel it more.
@tazjodyjude "boring wet American"??? Darin was no Marriott (who was?) but he was a styling, talented and very cool dude who made Frank Sinatra look lame. No need to disrespect others who tackled this great song just because Stevie and the boys haven't (yet!) receive their due.
Thanks for putting up so many great vids. It wasn't until recently that I've come to realize how influential Steve Marriott and Small Faces were to rock and roll. The argument could be made that they paved the way for Zeppelin and the Stones. Perhaps there isn't so much creativity happening now, but at least one can still discover a lot of great music that didn't find its way to the States.
@voolibre They hardly paved the way for the Stones. Small Faces fans tended to be the younger siblings of Stones fans. In England the Stones were established well ahead of the Small Faces.
@lesmiralha Robert "one hand clapping" Plant"? Look to the right to hear one of his versions. Painful.
I love the Darin version of Hardin's song. But I also love it all rocked out like it is here by the Small Faces. And sweet and soft or loud and proud, no one could sing like Steve Marriott.
Marriott did sing softly on a couple of songs. This is a good version but I still like Hardin's better but really they are two different songs so why compare?
I am not sure if Steve or Small Faces will get into the Hall. Too much drudge ahead of them floating like an oil spill. Complain about Steve and I have 50 more to name who should be in and aren't.
This is a great restyling of a once fresh but now worn song.
@11xzxzxz Who are some of these 50 bands? I can only think of a few. Small Faces have been eligible for nearly 20 years, and are clearly one of the most deserving of the overlooked elder statesmen. Their problem is that they never came to the US and therefore don't have the US chart hits. They'd need to get in strictly on influence as no one at Rolling Stone cares about their success in the UK or Europe. But their influence, particularly on so many Brits that followed should not be dismissed.
@nancyzeetoo Well I won't bore you with names but The Replacements are the seminal indie band that sucked live and on youtube cause they were drunks but listen to Let It Be and you will know genius.. imo ha. Drunks and not coming to the States are major mistakes. I don't make the rules. Hey I heard some of small faces early stuff tonight and I changed my mind .. they do belong. Just don't sell me Humble Pie.
@11xzxzxz Oh, there are some good Humble Pie tunes. And they were huge in the US in the early - mid 70's. 30 Days in a Hole, Natural Born Boogie, I Don't Need No Doctor, and there's a great live TV version of Black Coffee out here. But as a Marriott fan, I see Humble Pie as Steve taking the easy route - phoning it in, if you will. Ronnie Lane's whimsical charm and Steve's split personality between Artful Dodger and hard rocker were a perfect blend and the reason the SFs were so unique.
@nancyzeetoo Well I tried but I don't like any Humble Pie. If you want to see the greatest collection of non-Humble pie songs .. it's on my sight (ha).
This is an absolutely soul stirring clip! Steve Marriot was the real deal! He belongs in the Hall of Fame as both a member of the Small Faces and Humble Pie!
@befhip Humble Pie really has no shot. But Small Faces will get in, although it won't be until the first year after Jann Wenner dies. He has some sort of personal hatred of Steve Marriott for some reason. Kenney is several years younger than Wenner is. So hang in there, Mac and Ken.
Steve Marriott, I'm pleased to see, is being discovered by a new generation. Wow! He blew me away with the Small Faces, and Humble Pie, too! What a talent! He's made mine a richer life, by being here! God bless you Mr. Marriott !!
My teenaged daughters both really like the Small Faces, so much so that the 18 year old is reading SM's bio (and trust me, books ain't her thing.) But I think it was the look of the Small Faces that interested them first. I'm no fashion plate, but it would seem the 60's mod look is making a serious comeback.
@ThatMiserableCat You said it I still get choked up when I here most of the Small Faces and Humble Pie music. Steve have more soul in his pinky finger than the performers today. He and the Faces should be in the rock and roll hall of fame. They have been overlooked for to long and its high time that this generation got to hear what real music sounds like.
i just realized why I like marriott so much. complete confidence. you know he is not going to miss the note. and he will hit it with gusto. this version is a good example of this. he was quite a singer.
@songoftherushes Plus, he puts so much power into his guitar playing, as well as his complete devotion to the lyrics, especially when performed live. An amazingly powerful voice! Imagine, artists today would use digital pitch correction just to attempt to sound like Marriot.
this is awesome as usual (The Small Faces were an amazing band), but I'd put Marriott and Winwood neck and neck - the vocals in his stuff with The Spencer Davis Group were equal to Marriott's).
Steve sometimes went a bit over the top with his styling, but he could pretty much pull anything off.
As far as Marriott being Zeppelin's lead singer, I can't really imagine it would have lasted long. Steve didn't seem to have ability to deal with fame, money and glory. I think being in a group like LZ might have just hastened his demise.
Great voice! Though I love the way Johnny Cash and June Carter performed this song, I still appreciate this version. It's not like there has to be just one way to perform a great song.
w9j15g 6 days ago
Listen to that voice...it's like a friggin' blow horn!! Amazing!!!
philby 6 days ago
Chill out all. Hardin wrote it. Darin had the big hit with it. It can get a bit confusing for those who remember the folk rock era as Darin wrote Simple Song of Freedom which Hardin had the hit with. Darin covered lots of Hardin tunes. The Small Faces also recorded Hardin's Red Balloon, of course.
gropingwithastoker 1 week ago
Uplifting and depressing at the same time. Fabulous song but when I look at Ronnie Lane and Steve Marriott I feel like crying.
MrPansperson 2 weeks ago
@MrPansperson
Well said, glad I'm not the only one that feels the same.
fergster11 2 weeks ago
This is one of the most amazing song experiences I have ever encountered. Marriot and Lane and the other small ones are simply intoxicating,a pure pleasure to the ear and soul.
fergster11 2 weeks ago
what am I only born to poor creatur , I am only in 1960 in East Germany , I n my second life I go to any concert of Steve Marriot
ThePeterell 3 weeks ago
Marriot was a fantastis singe rof course, But he has given this fabulas song a different dinamic sound that no one else has.
awsome sound from an awsome singer, glad I had the memmories and age to have been there to enjoy it.
kennetharthur1953 3 weeks ago 2
i just love this song and cant stop listening to it :-)
hilannie62 3 weeks ago
oh god how i love this song bringin back this time? well i need my space thank you NASA....
promptaet 3 weeks ago
Yes they made the Hall of Shame and glad to hear that organization finally came to their senses. It bothers me that the Faces with Rod "american songbook" Stewart and Ron Wood will share this. I mean really completely differnt sound and everyone knows Marriott could out sing Rod on a bad day. Congrats to the lads.
lordritchie 1 month ago 4
Congrats to HOF inductees Steve, Ronnie, Mac, and Kenny!
Stephanjnj 1 month ago 5
not bad....but LEVI STUBBS is the man
THESILENTBOATMAN 2 months ago
what a VOICE ....... so happy I was around in the best days of music EVER ..... hugs xxxxxxxxx
StollyDolly 2 months ago
THE VOICE OF ROCK..NO ONE ELSE COMES CLOSE ..... APART FROM PLANT.........
hurdy72 3 months ago 3
Steve Marriott was the greatest rock vocalist of all time.
robertemmet321 3 months ago 6
@robertemmet321 All right now - you're Free to make your own choice
thealchemist1111 2 months ago
my cat would love to sink his claws into steve's leopard skin jacket, remind him of his big cousins. He also is a big fan of SF.
Texbaslery 3 months ago
At the end I thought they were going to kick into the Whos, Won't get fooled again. wow.
bumperu 3 months ago
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sedg166 3 months ago
Wow link a better vocal if you can??? love you Stevie.xx
WideEyedGirl1 4 months ago
Small Faces were finaly nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame today. Ronnie and Steve were both still alive when they first became eligible over 20 years ago.
gropingwithastoker 4 months ago 14
@gropingwithastoker And now they are being inducted, on their first nomination. The internet/youtube finally exposed the truth about this band. They were extraordinary.
robertemmet321 1 month ago 5
the vocal is superb and cant be bettered! r.i.p Steve.xx
WideEyedGirl1 4 months ago
Very good version of this song, there are quite a few including two others I like a lot, the Four Tops and Leslie West. They do outstanding covers of this song as well. I have always like the Small Faces, thanks for sharing this.
rsthebestbandever 4 months ago
I love this version- I play it now- love the energy, totally amazing performer.
Goddamnit169 4 months ago
what a voice
FrankLincolnWright 5 months ago
Must agree with Alan frm london. Marriott was absolutely magnificent.
david from luncarty
MegaChrisssss 5 months ago
Steve & the SFs did a good job on this, although it would seem that it would be hard to mess up such a stellar song by Bobby Darrin.
videomaniac108 5 months ago
@videomaniac108 Darin's version (and Hardin's original for that matter) is completely different. Pure folk vs. Marriott's pure, over the top proto-metal. It's almost like they are different songs altogether. Says a lot for the songwriter as well as the singers.
gropingwithastoker 4 months ago
The intro is by Brian Matthew - still on radio 2 Saturday a.m. very good version but at a pinch I think Tim Hardyn's haunting version just nicks it.
m3o4r3gan 5 months ago
thanks for uploading this, that intro in the beginning just takes you back, who was it fluff or was he too late
MrTillyayre 5 months ago
Amazing vocals from Marriott.
eturfrey 5 months ago
@anfieldlegend , I agree with you, how can anyone think this is crap
youngsavage54321 5 months ago
17 dislikes???? i know we are all entitled to our opinions but these people must be insane.....now that is my opinion!
anfieldlegend 5 months ago 2
Tremendous vocal of a superb song!!
tygersofpantang 5 months ago
Sure i heard Plant on the backing vocal.......was all she could manage! lol..
WideEyedGirl1 5 months ago
This vocal CANNOT be bettered! i love you Stevie!
WideEyedGirl1 5 months ago
Plant should've done his version 20 yrs earlier, it would've been better. It's good still as it is, but this is great one!
SL1200Ltd 5 months ago
@SL1200Ltd Steve could have done his version 20 years later and it would have sounded just as good.
And I bet he'd sound pretty damn good as a 64 year old had the fates been kinder.
gropingwithastoker 5 months ago
i prefer this version over robert plant's, but for someone to say he sucks is just ridiculous.
beatlemaniac1966 6 months ago
@beatlemaniac1966 Robert Plant's version is out here.
Give it a listen.
gropingwithastoker 6 months ago
awsome it dont come mutch better
johnnybvalentine1 7 months ago
Best version of this song I ever heard!
norseleague 7 months ago 3
Stevie Marriot walks on water
Tiltonterraces 7 months ago 2
@Tiltonterraces
He doesn't..he feeds worms!
QueenReigns1 4 months ago
Marriot has a very distintive voice and no one has come even close to it.
fantastic version of a great song.
kennetharthur1953 7 months ago 22
@kennetharthur1953 - yep..and a big influence on Robert Plant..'Whole Lotta Love' was inspired by an earlier 'Small Faces' track, the name of which escapes me now.
terrythekittie 4 months ago
@terrythekittie It's "You Need Loving." The influence is so apparent.
PeachWNK 4 months ago
@PeachWNK -that's the one..thanks.
terrythekittie 4 months ago
@terrythekittie It was "You Need Loving," from their '66 debut album, which was a cover of Willie Dixon's "You Need Love," which was recorded by Muddy Waters in '62. Plant's phrasing is very similar to that of Marriott's. Dixon ended up suing Led Zeppelin in '85, who settled out of court.
waverunner713 3 months ago
@waverunner713 - thanks for that..somebody reminded me of the song title a couple of months ago of that but appreciate the extra information.
terrythekittie 3 months ago
the finest voice of the twentieth century ,your right no one comes close
MrMatthewhogg 3 months ago 2
Darin's version is so different, it's difficult to compare. The 4 Tops' is clearly closer. Anyway, what does it matter? 3 tremendous versions. Don't bother listening to the guy who got Marriott's gig with the 'New Yardbirds'.
anthonythirteen 8 months ago
Jesus Christ, this is life changing. I love the Bobby Darin's, but I'm into sixties rock. Fuckin' A man..... Fuckin' A....
theboomster 8 months ago
The mark of music success is when even after 40 years, a work like this piece as well as the Small Faces' collective efforts are still admired and respected. Good for them. I find myself coming back to this and their other links continuously.
megalon64 8 months ago 2
Great. Right up there with the Four Tops version.
Inspector711 8 months ago
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This version bites the big one! The rock instrumentation totally ruins it. Nothing against Small Faces as I love other songs of theirs but I'd rather listen to Tim Hardin's orginal or even Bobby Darin's take on this song. Also Robert Plant does a better stripped down, acoustic version. And if you like Johnny Cash, you will like his cover better than this.
funjoey66 9 months ago
@funjoey66 Robert Plant sucks.
gropingwithastoker 8 months ago
@gropingwithastoker Only in your ugly little head.
zeppelinn 8 months ago
@gropingwithastoker I don't think Plant sucks, but I think Steve Marriott is far better.
daven58100 7 months ago 3
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funjoey66 9 months ago
The GREAT Steve Marriot : the GREAT Small Faces!
brynnyboy1 9 months ago
Great version, but to be totally blown away listen to the live version by australian John Swan from 1981.
bstmitchell 9 months ago
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4SherylB 9 months ago
Well said sir. Completely agreed. Steve from San Antonio, TX U.S.A.
bbqeatinbuckeye 9 months ago
Great version...
LB101st 9 months ago
the voice !!! superb !!
freethequeen 9 months ago
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Mariott has this unmisstakable voice that gives a special magic to whatever he sings, and yes this is one of those tracks that hes made sound fantastic.
kennetharthur1953 9 months ago
Mariott has this unmisstakable voice that gives a special magic to whatever he sings, and yes this is one of those tracks that hes made sound fantastic.
kennetharthur1953 9 months ago
Are 15 people deaf???????
Gdev02 9 months ago
@Gdev02 Yes mate they fucking must be, Best version ever with the superb vocal of Mr marriot!! LOVE THIS ONE!!
tygersofpantang 9 months ago
Hairs on the back of my neck when i hear this!!!xxxxx
WideEyedGirl1 10 months ago
amazing version
donottawaguitar 10 months ago
love this song and its bad ass by them
lilmamas638 11 months ago
14 weird people . . .
MrAndersoncouncil 11 months ago
cool
fuckutube74 11 months ago
Cool, great track…
staunched 11 months ago
Oh man I love his voice, I love this band.
freedomchild68 11 months ago 3
@freedomchild68 The Greatest!!!!
norbertmueller01 10 months ago
Wow what a vocal!!! love Stevie.x
WideEyedGirl1 11 months ago
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wiegajc 1 year ago
Fantastic Version! What do you have to do to get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? These four should be there. What a sin
wiegajc 1 year ago 3
the kinks, the small faces, and the fleet foxes. what do they all have in common? underrated gems in the musical realm. people really need to start listening to good music again...
ZACKnirvana 1 year ago 2
@ZACKnirvana I disagree that the Kinks are underrated. Ray Davies seems to get a lifetime achievement award from some organisation or another every other week. I do think it would be great if more people listened to some of their less well-known albums like Village Green and Arthur. But it's hard to compare their situation with the brilliant Small Faces, a group entire continents have never heard of!
juliejazz 1 year ago 13
One of the few versions to retainTim Hardin's original lyrical structure. Most covers opt to transpose lines 1/2, 3/4 in the chorus (Save my love thru' lonliness/sorrow; tomorrow/only). I'm torn because I love the change, but Tim was no fool - he knew a good lyric so he must have been on to something - Baz
bazouteast 1 year ago
The Soulvoice of Steve Marriott is WITHOUT ANY COMPARISON !!!!
pbstratocaster 1 year ago 3
Wow what a vocal!
delboy8000 1 year ago
@delboy8000 Agreed. You should check out Wikipedia. Everyone says that. He was rivalled only to Keith Moon in the 60s for sheer energy I think.
Noodles37UK 1 year ago
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Whats this shit????????
kiwicockers 1 year ago
Lot of The Who influence in this one.
bumperu 1 year ago
Hope that guy can be edited out the intro cos it's brilliant to know there's a studio version. The live version on The Autumn Stone is unlistenable.
Noodles37UK 1 year ago
@Noodles37UK The unmistakable voice of Tony 'The annoying git' Blackburn! He loved the sound of his own voice!
MrTrumanBrain 1 year ago
@MrTrumanBrain I didn't know it was Blackburn. Ah well, just as well it wasn't Noel Edmonds cos I'd kill myself Lol!
Noodles37UK 1 year ago
@MrTrumanBrain Actually the DJ is Brian Matthew, though, yes, it's always annoying when somebody talks through the intro.
What a singer, though! And what a band! Vastly underrrated.
Urban50Hermit 1 year ago
@MrTrumanBrain CLearly Brian Mathews - still on Radio 2 presenting sounds of the 60s.
anthonythirteen 11 months ago
@anthonythirteen I stand corrected! Thanks for the heads up :)
MrTrumanBrain 11 months ago
@Noodles37UK I also have the "Autumn Stone" album, and while I agree the live recording is far from perfect, I don't agree that it's unlistenable; indeed I clicked onto this upload exactly because I thought I was going to hear it. But I do agree with you that this is better on the whole...it just lacks the desperation at the end which I strangely enough do like on the live version. Glad someone else has that album. It's one of my favourites.
Galericulus 1 year ago
if you listen to Small Faces do "You need love " then you'll really see how Robert Plant was influenced by Steve Marriott
herrerameade 1 year ago
I can really hear where Robert Plant got that "growl" from in the first 2 Zep albums.
Marriott was a great singer!
meatloafguy 1 year ago
Fantastic...fantastic....just frickin fantastic...Alan from London...Marriot a Genius
williams5155 1 year ago 2
A tortured version of a classic song intended to be sung in a totally different fashion. It is worth comparing this with the original version by Bobby Darrin; the classic version by the songwriter, Tim Hardin; the novel interpretations by Robert Plant and by Dolly Parton and the astounding version by The Four Tops.
This version? By no means the best but still worth a listen.
It doesn't matter who attempts it, it is still worth listening to. This says so much for the composer - Tim Hardin.
PauletteTheTart 1 year ago
Bonjour, vous aimez les sixties ? écoutez et podcastez mon émission "le super son des 60's" sur le site de plumfm. You like the 60's ? please, listen and podcast my broadcast "le super son des 60's", connect to "plumfm". Salut et faites gaffe au rock and roll.
supersondessixties 1 year ago
Listen to Bobby Darin's version much better than this These guys don't even know the words.
MrMartyn01 1 year ago
@MrMartyn01 Does it really mater ? They still done a cracking version ..
mcconkeyMOD 1 year ago
@MrMartyn01
First, Darin did not write this, and everybody who has done it changes the lyrics around, even Tim Hardin who did write it. You don't know crap.
fergster11 1 week ago
@fergster11 Did i say anywhere that Darin wrote this? . Sorry if you can't read.
MrMartyn01 1 week ago
@MrMartyn01
You stated that Darin wrote this version. How do you write a version and if you do, the lyrics can be any order one wishes, as Darin did with his version. So, see your argument is moot, you just have poor taste in music, and a big L on your forehead.
fergster11 1 week ago
@fergster11 read my post again motherfucker, i did not say anywhere that Darin wrote it. Grade 3 education i see you can't read. I have to say it again i didn't say Darin wrote it anywhere. Look above 5 posts up where did i say Darin wrote it.
MrMartyn01 1 week ago
This is the first time I have heard this version of one of my favourite songs of the genre and it's terrific. That decade was so rich with talent - not like now. Stevie what a singer.
rohansrider 1 year ago
They actually did have very small faces!
Mumsilius 1 year ago
@Mumsilius yeah, that's how they got their name. One of their girlfriends saw a picture of them and said that exact thing, they took the name, the rest is history.
BubbaGanoush2 1 year ago
@BubbaGanoush2 Really?? how cool... I've always wondered about the band's strange name and then I noticed that the name fit them nicely, so it makes total sense haha=D
Mumsilius 1 year ago
What a serious tune!
MARTYCLFC 1 year ago
whatna tune!
Whatna Band!
One of the most understated bands of the scene,and baby,they were the scene!
Thank fook they live on i their music...
SouthSaturnDelta1 1 year ago
Blue eyed soul boy Stevie r.i.p as the best.
delboy8000 1 year ago
limit i m cring when i hear it
Switch020181 1 year ago
ABSOLUTELY 'THE' BEST version i've ever heard of this great song. Vocals are fabulous love it .Would give some elses right arm to have current music like this.TREMENDOUS.
tygersofpantang 1 year ago 2
@tygersofpantang listen to Bobby Darin the writer of this songs version. At least he knows the words.
MrMartyn01 1 year ago
@MrMartyn01 That's pretty lame. Marriott switched a couple of lines in a verse. Big deal. His way may read better. By the way, Bobby didn't write this, Tim Hardin did. Ever hear Hardin sing it? I didn't think so.
While I love Darin's version, I play it pretty much the way the Faces did because I feel it more.
soaringvulture 1 year ago
@soaringvulture have a version of hardin singin it at woodstock, 69, very drunk by the way
wootieg 1 year ago
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tygersofpantang 1 year ago
neat song
LynnAnn222 1 year ago
two true
malctyke 1 year ago
Just can't stop playing this.....Marriott was a Genius, the crap of today just dosen't get close!....Alan from London
williams5155 1 year ago 26
@williams5155 so very true
dejahthoris 8 months ago
bobby darin speaks the song in such a boring wet american voice. Steve sings with immense feeling and soul as he always did. No comparison.
tazjodyjude 1 year ago
@tazjodyjude Exactly Darin and Hardin's smoke this.
msaladyga 1 year ago
@tazjodyjude "boring wet American"??? Darin was no Marriott (who was?) but he was a styling, talented and very cool dude who made Frank Sinatra look lame. No need to disrespect others who tackled this great song just because Stevie and the boys haven't (yet!) receive their due.
Diceydee 1 year ago 4
steve always first chair with the vocals
121126 1 year ago
The first time I heard this song I got goose bumps. Marriott's voice is incredible.
mchlbarat76 1 year ago 2
THIS BLOWS AWAY B DARIN'S VERSION. STEVE IS STILL THE BEST!! GOTTA LISTEN TO HIM EVERYDAY FOR MY FIX OF SPINE TINGLING VOCALS!!
HUMBLPI3 1 year ago
Thanks for putting up so many great vids. It wasn't until recently that I've come to realize how influential Steve Marriott and Small Faces were to rock and roll. The argument could be made that they paved the way for Zeppelin and the Stones. Perhaps there isn't so much creativity happening now, but at least one can still discover a lot of great music that didn't find its way to the States.
voolibre 1 year ago
@voolibre They hardly paved the way for the Stones. Small Faces fans tended to be the younger siblings of Stones fans. In England the Stones were established well ahead of the Small Faces.
Oswulf1 1 year ago
@voolibre The Rolling Stones were around a year or so before the Small faces. But I agree in general with what you say. With best wishes.
norrisonthespot 1 year ago
To nancyzeetoo and 11xzxzxz, you are a couple of sad buggers, I truly pity you both, but God bless ya anyway.
locheelad2 1 year ago
one of the greatest rock bands ever. No one is able to copy Steve Marriot, his singing is unique.
florafox 1 year ago 16
@florafox Plant sure gave it a shot... ;)
lesmiralha 8 months ago
@lesmiralha Robert "one hand clapping" Plant"? Look to the right to hear one of his versions. Painful.
I love the Darin version of Hardin's song. But I also love it all rocked out like it is here by the Small Faces. And sweet and soft or loud and proud, no one could sing like Steve Marriott.
gropingwithastoker 8 months ago
Marriott did sing softly on a couple of songs. This is a good version but I still like Hardin's better but really they are two different songs so why compare?
11xzxzxz 1 year ago
I am not sure if Steve or Small Faces will get into the Hall. Too much drudge ahead of them floating like an oil spill. Complain about Steve and I have 50 more to name who should be in and aren't.
This is a great restyling of a once fresh but now worn song.
11xzxzxz 1 year ago
@11xzxzxz Who are some of these 50 bands? I can only think of a few. Small Faces have been eligible for nearly 20 years, and are clearly one of the most deserving of the overlooked elder statesmen. Their problem is that they never came to the US and therefore don't have the US chart hits. They'd need to get in strictly on influence as no one at Rolling Stone cares about their success in the UK or Europe. But their influence, particularly on so many Brits that followed should not be dismissed.
nancyzeetoo 1 year ago
@nancyzeetoo Well I won't bore you with names but The Replacements are the seminal indie band that sucked live and on youtube cause they were drunks but listen to Let It Be and you will know genius.. imo ha. Drunks and not coming to the States are major mistakes. I don't make the rules. Hey I heard some of small faces early stuff tonight and I changed my mind .. they do belong. Just don't sell me Humble Pie.
11xzxzxz 1 year ago
@11xzxzxz Not much of a Humble Pie fan; for me it's listening to Steve Marriott in tragic decline.
nancyzeetoo 1 year ago
@nancyzeetoo Yeah I hardly know Humble Pie records but I think if they did one good-great song I would have heard it, I guess.
11xzxzxz 1 year ago
@11xzxzxz Oh, there are some good Humble Pie tunes. And they were huge in the US in the early - mid 70's. 30 Days in a Hole, Natural Born Boogie, I Don't Need No Doctor, and there's a great live TV version of Black Coffee out here. But as a Marriott fan, I see Humble Pie as Steve taking the easy route - phoning it in, if you will. Ronnie Lane's whimsical charm and Steve's split personality between Artful Dodger and hard rocker were a perfect blend and the reason the SFs were so unique.
nancyzeetoo 1 year ago
@nancyzeetoo Well I tried but I don't like any Humble Pie. If you want to see the greatest collection of non-Humble pie songs .. it's on my sight (ha).
11xzxzxz 1 year ago
@11xzxzxz shouldn't have to sell it to yo honey, If you don't know a good deal when you hear Im sorry
ronaldT10001 1 year ago
@ronaldT10001 Yeah, honey, like you know music
11xzxzxz 1 year ago
This is an absolutely soul stirring clip! Steve Marriot was the real deal! He belongs in the Hall of Fame as both a member of the Small Faces and Humble Pie!
befhip 1 year ago
@befhip Humble Pie really has no shot. But Small Faces will get in, although it won't be until the first year after Jann Wenner dies. He has some sort of personal hatred of Steve Marriott for some reason. Kenney is several years younger than Wenner is. So hang in there, Mac and Ken.
petey1892 1 year ago
This is so kickass!!!!
thegorn68 1 year ago
damn...white boys with soul in their voices... ilike it!
Funkdogg 1 year ago 2
This is what my 20 year old brother is listening to with hes mates! This tune never dies ! Timeless music!
TinyArts 1 year ago 3
The small facess!
sdlakjd 1 year ago
st[ll sounding amazing after all these years
only regret is I never met steve
he lived round the corner
amazin how these opportunities elude you
god bless the trend setters
Conway931 1 year ago
Steve Marriott, I'm pleased to see, is being discovered by a new generation. Wow! He blew me away with the Small Faces, and Humble Pie, too! What a talent! He's made mine a richer life, by being here! God bless you Mr. Marriott !!
Blessed 'Be, all !
ThatMiserableCat 1 year ago 3
My teenaged daughters both really like the Small Faces, so much so that the 18 year old is reading SM's bio (and trust me, books ain't her thing.) But I think it was the look of the Small Faces that interested them first. I'm no fashion plate, but it would seem the 60's mod look is making a serious comeback.
padraiggillon 1 year ago 5
@ThatMiserableCat You said it I still get choked up when I here most of the Small Faces and Humble Pie music. Steve have more soul in his pinky finger than the performers today. He and the Faces should be in the rock and roll hall of fame. They have been overlooked for to long and its high time that this generation got to hear what real music sounds like.
ZSOSER69 1 year ago
Que versão!!! simplesmente demais!!!
fernandovgp 1 year ago
Steve Marriot was the shit...by Far no one can replicate his vocals !!!
hydraIX 1 year ago 2
Never heard this before. F$%king awesome music and vocals. Thanks so much for posting this.
gnute9 1 year ago
Check out the guitar solo on our version of All or Nothing
dadisgreat1 1 year ago
could you of imagined Marriott & Winwood together; would of been the White Sam & Dave!
judaschongo 1 year ago
i just realized why I like marriott so much. complete confidence. you know he is not going to miss the note. and he will hit it with gusto. this version is a good example of this. he was quite a singer.
songoftherushes 1 year ago 34
@songoftherushes Plus, he puts so much power into his guitar playing, as well as his complete devotion to the lyrics, especially when performed live. An amazingly powerful voice! Imagine, artists today would use digital pitch correction just to attempt to sound like Marriot.
jayanxiety 1 year ago 2
@songoftherushes Spot on! Nails every single note. Blows me away
diederiq 11 months ago 3
this is awesome as usual (The Small Faces were an amazing band), but I'd put Marriott and Winwood neck and neck - the vocals in his stuff with The Spencer Davis Group were equal to Marriott's).
TeleCustom72 1 year ago
quien es el autor del tema?
charlydeiv 1 year ago
bobby darin es el autor,pero hay varias artistas que cantaron el cancion......
456japan 1 year ago
alguien me podria informar sobre el autor deeste tema?
charlydeiv 1 year ago
El autor es Bobby Darin, pero hay versiones muy chulas de The Temptations, Gordon Lightfoot, este de The Small Faces, y mucho más. . .
michaelingram 1 year ago
@michaelingram El autor de esta canción es Tim Hardin. Bobby Darin grabó una de las versiones más populares.
SunnBurn 1 year ago
Marriott is the greatest White Soul voice of all time, no more comments needed.
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NotNaughtyJustRude 1 year ago 7
This great but he's too amibtious with the vocals imo. This guy was almost in zeppelin, can you imagine that alternate reality!
alcoyot 1 year ago
Steve sometimes went a bit over the top with his styling, but he could pretty much pull anything off.
As far as Marriott being Zeppelin's lead singer, I can't really imagine it would have lasted long. Steve didn't seem to have ability to deal with fame, money and glory. I think being in a group like LZ might have just hastened his demise.
MrsSuratt 1 year ago 7