Small Faces - "Tin Soldier"

[raceching]

There live act was something else. You had to see it to really appreciate how good they were. Tin Soldier was originally written with PP Arnold in mind but the band must have realized it was a bit special, they recorded it for themselves.

[gonkheed]

is there q better rock song than this

[hookedonranranruu]

Is it just me or is the song from about 1:00 in very similar to The Who's "I Can't Explain"?

[dezertfox4323]

stevie was such a little bad ass.

[dac13221]

Steve Marriott was so great that when he left The Faces it took BOTH Rod Stewart AND Ron Wood to replace him.

[75da]

Duderoo, the small faces never toured America . They landed there once at san francisco on a flight back to England from Australia due to heavy fog but never performed , flying back home the next morning.

[duderoo1975]

The faces did tour the US... You need to get your head out of your ass.

UK>>> US

[owenofglasgow2]

@duderoo1975 ...... NOT the Small Faces .... The Faces maybe but NOT The Small Faces

[expressyourselfism]

I agree - Totally euphoric!!!!

[avalonsays]

This is so euphoric. It makes no difference that this is a mimed performance; the energy that Steve Marriott puts in is unlike anything I've ever seen. He is so lost in this song. What an intense moment this is to watch - and "you are a look in your eye" is one of the most compelling lyrics ever. RIP Steve. What a hero.

[loftyskies123]

saw them in manchester round about 1970 ish , they were brilliant and steve was the first person i ever fell in love with god i thought he was the best thing since sliced bread , then later marc bolan came along and that was it he was the be all and end all , wish i could turn back time would,nt it be great , oh happy happy days :)

[ttcarlisle]

"There ain't half been some lucky bastards!" Ian Dury. I also saw The Who several times in small clubs, like the cellar of The Downs Hotel in Hassocks - absolutely , amazing and deafening, guitar-smashing, drum-trashing and all about ten feet away. Once found myself walking out of the loo in The Florida Rooms, Brighton as Roger Daltrey was walking in - no separate loos for the bands! This was about the time of Can't Explain. Things changed soon afterwards. More tales from the past!

[currypot1965]

Only 137,000 odd views?

So many people yet to discover the brilliance of this band,wish i had the chance to have seen them,one of my faves without a doubt,RIP Stevie and Ronnie,god bless you.

[gropingwithastoker]

@currypot1965 The colour version to the right has about 1,700,000 hits.

[ttcarlisle]

Great track! I saw them playing live in Brighton just after Watcha Gonna Do About It was a hit. Theyy walked through the audience to get to the stage at The Barn in West Street, and I realised why they were called the Small Faces - they were all tiny! I'm only 5ft 8ins and they were way smaller than me. Great big exciting sound when they played though. This was before Ian MacLagan joined. The Alex Lane Group supported them I remember...

[currypot1965]

@ttcarlisle My jealousy is bubbling m8!!!

Must have been great to see bands like this,love em,Marriot one of my fave singers of all time.

[BallGinBob]

Damn it all if Chris Robinson sang it that well. I just got to make it my occupation?

[Bellstanebird]

This is still exciting today. One of my favourite songs. Thanks for posting. :)

[rainspirit100]

so nice that this slice of rock history is preserved for us - steve lives on in the form of video - what a voice - what a talent

[0ladystardust]

i love steve, he was all about the music, you can just tell

[sebastiansap2003]

Robert Plant totally stole Stevie Marriott's singing style, and Plants not in the same league as Stevie!!

[rowley1950]

The Top Mod Band in their prime - Unbeatable!

[dfh1950]

As 'WizardODoom' said: one of the greatest singles of all-time!!! Marriott had a killer voice!!!

[lifepod2036]

I like the color version better.. it's fun to watch these old videos. And this is clearly early quality video tape (reel?) but the color looks like it was filmed in 16mm film or higher. A much better audio quality. What was it like watching tv back then? The earliest TV I remember was underdog or seasame street but I think we had a color tv which would have been around 69 or 70

[pderus]

OMG! Even after all these years I get goose bumps listening to this. Great lyrics, great performance, great voice. Stevie had it all. God, I miss him.

[az092707]

saw these guys in Glasgow in the sixties on the same bill were the who and crazy world of arthur brown !

[currypot1965]

@az092707 Lucky bastard!!!!!

[SuperNevile]

These guys were so far ahead they made an album which was released in a replica of a tobacco tin, with 57 year old Professor Stanley Unwin relating a gobbledegook fairy story while they played pyschedelic classics. And the album still got to number 1.

[stuka52]

OMG...... Steve is wearing a Puffy Shirt!

[rainspirit100]

@stuka52 actually it's not puffy, it is ruffly

[stuka52]

@rainspirit100 No, the famous Seinfeld episode is "Puffy Shirt"!

[stuka52]

@rainspirit100 No, the famous Seinfeld episode is the "Puffy Shirt".

[soooz4u]

Oh my...memories of that time are trigered by this and up next itchycoo park...keep on rocking in the real world ahhhhh

[clareyh1973]

LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT! Think I'll copy Ronnie's outfit for our next office dress down Friday. ;op

[TheCliff1969]

tops

[journeythruthepast]

Marriot. What a fucking singer!

[j66hng]

@eyesaw77 who is the mr wood?

[grantg60]

Their best single I think

[GreenBaldrick]

I like Ronnie's hat!

[eyesaw77]

The current bass player in the New York Dolls has 'based' his look on Mr Wood in this video.

Seriously, one of my favourite songs.

[DenterleinPR]

@eyesaw77 Never would have considered that Sami Yaffa might have aped Ron Wood, but I like where you're going with this!

[SuperNevile]

@eyesaw77 That is Mr Lane in this video, playing bass. If you want to see Mr Wood, playing lead and Mr Lane playing bass I suggest that you dial up Maggie May and you will see Mr Stewart singing, Mr Lane on bass, Mr Wood on lead, Mr McLagan on organ, Mr Jones on drums and Mr Peel on mandolin

[gorillazgal]

Ronnie Lane's outfit is BOSS!

[jumpinjackflash1968]

My favorite song when I was 18 years old

[vordman]

Brilliant. If they hadn't split up they'd have had the same status as The Stones and The Who in the 70s.

[UvaYakone]

Their status in R&R history is ridiculous, considering how many musicians they influenced. It's even more ridiculous when I also think about The Faces and Humble Pie.

[1ndi64]

Agreed. They were so much better before they teamed up with Ron and Rod.

[TZAVELENA]

no, better.

[TininSkywithDiamonds]

aaaaaa... my name is Tin :PP:. sooo I love thiis song but probably in this song Tin isn't the name but who cares

[han09hague]

stunning......♥

[jobezify]

I am so jealous of everyone who went to see the small faces I am 15 and they're still my favourite band!

[brandonkingkm]

yesterday i was playing with steves nephew ''stephen'' great guy, brilliant guitarist he lent me stevs fender accousitc :D

[BlutoniusRex]

This is one of my all-time favourite songs. I went to see them in Detroit in 1969 (either the Grande Ballroom or the Eastown, I forget), anticipating Steve Marriot and was greatly disappointed when I realized that the Faces were not the Small Faces. Faces were a great band in the early days but they were not what I had come to hear. Still pissed off 40 years later.

[tmspepita]

saw them about 15 times, and they were great every time, so many good memories

[cokeydear]

I wonder if Nick Mason got his style from Ronnie, its like the same lol

[maidmaryann]

ok, thanks, xJayWalkerx. The music business is a tough one, especially the management end of it; much greed to go around a few times. Humble Pie was very big when I was in college, but I didn't know the names of the musicians back then. So glad we have YouTube to see a young, dynamic and brilliant Steve Marriott. I am now a HUGE fan!

[maidmaryann]

fantastic! I've only recenty 'discovered' The Small Faces. But, I do remember loving "Itchycoo Park" back in '67-'68 in the States. Why did SF never tour the US?? Bad management?

[xJayWalkerx]

yeah, partly. I think that they had that opportunity in 66 or 67 but the terms of proposal tour were very very bad so SF decided to do a European tour instead. Later Mac was caught with a small packet of hash at the airport and that was it they couldn't go to US in 68 for that reason. In 69 Steve left the band and formed Humble Pie.

[CarolineFroberg]

amazing song you guys should watch a movie call'ed (Ride The Sky) presents fallin footwear---- its a good movie watch it

[Sk8er4Life1005]

i love chris coles part!

[maudsley75]

marriot is the original mod father. sadley missed

[Diceydee]

The reality is that back in the 60's especially, a band had to tour if they were going to get any sort of significant airplay. And the Small Faces, unlike all of the other great 60's bands from Britian, never toured the States. Rock and roll history would likely have been very different if they had, not just because they would be bettter known, but also because Steve might never have left the band if they'd made it bigger. And after Ogdens, the sky should have been the limit for them.

[butonesmallface]

You may be right but Steve had pretty much had it with the band when he walked off stage for the last time with the Small Faces. He wanted to take the band in a new direction and they weren't buying it.

[Khultan]

@Diceydee The Small Faces cannot be blamed. They were young fueled by immense enthsusiam, youthful exuberance and, of course, naive and innocent in going with their 'Fagen'. That naivete and too trusting manner spelled doom for Emmitt Rhodes, other members from his band left, while he put all of his trust in the manager. I don't want to mention The Small Faces's manager because, unlike gracious Ian, Don is a piece of human filth and I'd spit on his grave.

[TheProdicalSn]

good stuff, thxs lovmedo.

[minimadalison]

I don't we should forget that Steve had the most amazing 'back up', which enhanced him - the organist (Mac) is brililant too as is Plonk (co-writer of the songs with Steve) and Kenney Jones' drumming adds so much.....they were a fantastic group and Steve provided the voice and of course his excellent guitar work. All true exceptional talents. Alison - yep still watching and listening to this!!

[minimadalison]

hello ralphroustaboutchi - Amazing - thank you for writing about your grandfather (I never think of Steve as that of course) just as Steve Marriott of the Small Faces - with amazing energy, music in his blood and a voice to die for. Yes I can understand, difficult and sad for you but 'we' loved your grandfather for what he gave us and as you can tell he is remembered very much by an army of fans - surely that in itself is something to be proud of.....With kind regards Alison

[ralphroustaboutchi]

this is my grandfather he has a wonderful voice to bad he got obsessed with drugs and beer!!!!!! he would still be alive and he didnt care one bit about my dad toby marriott in the strays............

[tradertom]

that is truly sad...ralph...but so many artists that know how to be great artists have no clue how to apply that focus in being parents - still - you are his legacy - he was our beacon

[antijax]

how very true, look at lennon, so terribly sad its as though their artistic drive is always at the expense of everything else, i loved your comment and your words were put together with real feeling thankyou xxx :)

[tradertom]

Are you an artist? I love that pic of you

[wamij2]

greatest overlooked band i've come across in memory. marriott kicks ass!!

vancouver

[alleyopus]

Only overlooked on your side of the pond mate ;-) In England they were the stars they deserved to be.

[abrahamlincoln0900]

Thats too typical of the States.

[finylvinyl66]

This is a GREAT record that should have been a huge hit. Reached #73 on the Billboard charts in the US.

[paulthepill]

shows u what americans know about music :-)

[finylvinyl66]

Americans may not know much about music but they invented rock and roll.

[AIABP]

uh no they didnt just because of elvis or whatever it was actually all over especially in The UK

[petegib7]

Could you name me some artists comparable to Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis. And please no skiffle groups, which is as close to rock and roll the U.K. got in the Fifties and early Sixties.

[mtichtheskater]

sandovals part in ride the sky was awsome

[sonicjay007]

"tomorrow never knows".. "but today knows only too well"!

[skateordie3377]

this song sounded even better in tommy sandovals part in ride the sky

[chrisharro]

One of the most exciting pop/rock songs from the most exciting few years of Brit Pop. Steve Marriott's vocal is passion personified and what a backing! Right up there with I Can See For Miles by the Who and Revolution by the Beatles. Fabulous!!

[shrivel1]

Frozen in time....

[fiutare]

YOU WERE MY HEROS! I still love you. RIP Steve & Ronnie.

[happinessjake]

What Perrywar said...and I actually think Ronnie Lane is Snufkin. ^^

[spankingcharlene]

exciting song!!

[deltabluedparttwo]

This and Song Of The Baker are their finest moments.Total hippies. How Weller and his ilk call them mod is strange.Total 60's hippies.

[p98719]

This is the last period of the band. But this is a mod band. A part of Mods became hippies or at least more interested in psych rock, at the end of the '60. Look at bands as Skip Bifferty, Creation, etc.

[Thomaspwgy]

Mod was a subculture from the beggining of the 60's! There were many bands inspired by afro-music like R&B and Soul which mods fancied but there were more underground!!! Even The Who and Small Faces in their mod years were more underground then in their later years, releasing albums late, when mods were losing ground, in '65 and '66! The Who, which is considered no.1 mod band changed into a more psychedelic, hippie band, like many others including Beatles did!

[IDontEvenKnowMyself]

The who were never really mods(except mabe Daltrey), but a manager they had made them appeal to mods.

[fallenleaf25]

Daltrey was modish? I always thought that Townshend or Entwistle were more like mods.

[perrywar]

BEST SONG EVER

[DomBianco]

wasn't this such a wonderful time! I want to hop in my time machine and re-live the past! It was the best time for Rock n Roll wasn't it

[MrCalathea]

@DomBianco it was ...

[siasti]

@DomBianco Hey dude. YouTube is the time machine you're looking for!

[SLUMBERSZZ]

magnificant rip steve & ronnie

[isthatmusicicanhear2]

thanks SLUMBERSZZ brill and thanks wizard for the post 'issy

[SyndiCat1]

what a delectable morsel this is to be had. My soul is going Ka-Pow!

[fanfestdhl]

F**K Me I didn't know how great these guys were.

Too busy giving kudos to the Stones, Zep, Beatles ,Who and the like. My apologies to the Small Faces. My Gawd, Awesome, Stupenous.

It took Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck too replace Steve.Jagger thought Marriott would upstage him if he were a Stone. Jagger's probably right. Richards and Marriott on guitar, whoa yeah! Marriott turned down the Led Zeppelin invite as well. No small wonder Plant sounds like Steve

[Manwithjeep]

Absolutely brilliant!!!

The building chord progressions, the stops and starts and the piercing pleading vocals;

WOW!!!

[TaylorMcManus2]

great song

[MOTOPAC]

Steve Marriott - what a rocker!

[tbzeee]

terribly exciting stuff! my fave sm faces toon. cheeky young lads.

[tonfan]

Brilliant! Glad I got to see Steve singing in Humble Pie-would of loved to see Small Faces...RIP Steve and Ronnie....your legacies live on!!

[killerxneilx]

small faces rule  great video!!!!!!!!

[cckcai]

Fantastic video

[Conorrules]

so cool listen to this track in the e type with my dad (i am 13)

[Pittoop]

Did you see that guy wearing a silk scarf at 0:21? Boy were the fashions awesome back then! :) Nowadays it's fashion for women, why can't it come back for men??

[sixtiessyl]

i totally agree, man...silk scarves on men rock, bring em back!

[Pittoop]

Yeah, actually I got a couple of them. Sometimes I wear them to school with a button down shirt and a vest. I love being Mod! :D

[johnnybitter]

what a powerful voice from such a small guy

[1stlagitana]

Oh yes as a very young teenager, saw them at the famous Marquee club in London several times and actually met them in an elevator going up to a magazine in Denmark Street that was when I got to know them a little bit after that. They were all very very short but extremely good. Still are.

[1stlagitana]

Just love this track my god, that voice,just as I remember them when I saw them! They look even skinnier now, did they never eat?

[WizardODoom]

My god... you actually saw them? I am deeply envious... :-)

[oasishaun]

@1stlagitana yeah loads of speed!!!