Small Faces - Happiness Stan

Small Faces - Happiness Stan

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Music

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• Mod
• Small
• Faces
• Steve
• Marriott
• Ronnie
• Lane
• Ian
• McLagan
• Kenny
• Jones

[MrElbino]

The whole Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake album is just brilliant. I loved it 40 some years ago and love it today.

[jag1972x]

for such a little chap he had a fucking big voice.

[ShimmyNShake]

Happy birthday, Steve!

[HilaryMG]

I just love this video of The Small Faces, and will vote for them, cant believe they`re way behind? but shall do my bit, as they are the very BEST!

[AMJKLOL]

Anthonythechaptini brought me here :D

[Joanboa]

drugs...

[kathykay2010]

ATTENTION SMALL FACES & FACES FANS: PLEASE GO TO THE

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME MUSEUM 2012 ONLINE FAN

POLL AND VOTE FOR THEM! THEY ARE WAY WAY BEHIND AND

NEED YOUR HELP! A RETURN TO POLL ICON IS NEXT TO THE

VOTE ICON SO YOU CAN VOTE AND VOTE OFTEN! PLEASE

HELP ME SPREAD THE WORD! THANK YOU ALL!

[ipolson]

@Whofan1000: I agree that sales are not everything. Personally, with regard to The Who, I prefer the earlier stuff myself , 'I Can't Explain' , 'I Can See For Miles' etc. Agree about the Kinks, very creative songwriter Mr Davies. Hey, its all good stuff !

[Whofan1000]

@ipolson Hi. By Pete's "concept album greatness," I meant "Tommy" and "Quadrophenia." I don't think greatness has anything to do with having number 1 singles or albums, but you're right about Pete's bias and you're right that technically neither SP nor ONGF are concept albums in the strictest sense. BTW, another one of my favorite concept albums - again, using the term loosely, since the songs do tell a continuous story albeit one written for a British TV show - is "Arthur," by the Kinks.

[ipolson]

@Whofan1000: Pete Townsend 'Concept album greatness' ? Not an opinion shared in great numbers apparantly. Did you know that The Who never had a number 1 single in the UK and only one number 1 album (Who's Next) in their entire career ? Like you say, Opinions.

[ipolson]

@Whofan1000: Of course, its all about opinions. I have an interview with Ian McLagan where he says that it was their attempt at a 'Sgt Pepper'. But Sgt Pepper is not a 'concept' album . As JL said, none of the tracks are connected story/theme wise. Apart from the reprise at the end, there is no link. In fact ONGF is not really a 'concept album' either. Yes, side 2 is Ronnie's story of Stan, but Side 1 is totally unrelated. Good old Pete, best mates with Ronnie Lane, no bias there then !!

[Whofan1000]

@ipolson I was there - I was 18 in 1967. You're right about the tremendous impact of "Sgt. Pepper," but I still loved "ONGF" in a way I never loved anything the Beatles did. Pete Townshend, with his own claim (or two) to concept album greatness, once called "Ogden's" the best concept album ever, and I agree. Each to his own!