You'll get yours.
Ian McLagan's fab secretary Lynne Rossi has been helping circulate a petition to get the Faces inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
I signed it, of course, and would encourage you to do the same, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel like the undersigned were missing a step.
How can you push the Faces and not the Small Faces? I know in terms of American logistics, the Faces are the easier bet. They obviously fared a lot better in America than their Small counterparts and you can't argue with the Rod Stewart/Ronnie Wood wallop, but it seems like a shaft to the prolificacy of the Small Faces, the Marriott/Lane writing team and their lasting influence on bands to this day to skip them over for the Faces.
Granted, I'm sure plenty of Small Faces petitions have made the rounds and the fact that they haven't yet been recognized is a little disconcerting. I'm not knocking the Faces either - I love 'em, but I like the Small Faces better.
Last week however the Small Faces did get a little bit of recognition back in England as a plaque commemorating their legacy was unveiled on Carnaby Street - obviously Mod stomping grounds at the height of their popularity. Certainly not rock and roll immortality, but then again, they're likely more appreciated round those parts anyway. And appreciation is better than recognition, I reckon.
Small Faces - I've Got Mine
The boys' second single, and their first original composition to be released. The only downside of the song for me is that Mac's not aboard yet, and it would've sounded positively immense with his organ on it, but alas alas. This song is wonderful - features a great soulful vocal from Marriott and is a perfectly great little tune, but it actually bombed horribly and the boys were forced to record a song written specifically for them to make a hit, "Sha La La La Lee," lest they be dropped from their Decca contract. Thankfully that was a hit and made them enough of a sensation to let them try their hand at writing again, and when they started doing more pop oriented material like "Hey Girl," the label bosses were duly impressed. This song is a few years ahead of its time though - it does sound out of place in terms of where music was in 1965, but in 1968 I reckon it would've been all the rage alongside the budding "heavy" music coming out of the UK. The Small Faces actually did partially redo it in 1968, doing an instrumental version of it and having it be the opening title track on their landmark Ogden's Nut Gone Flake album. Despite the single's lack of success, it did get them on to the silver screen for the first and only time for a cameo in the horrible movie Dateline Diamonds where they were laughably billed as "just back from their fabulous American tour!"
I signed it, of course, and would encourage you to do the same, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel like the undersigned were missing a step.
How can you push the Faces and not the Small Faces? I know in terms of American logistics, the Faces are the easier bet. They obviously fared a lot better in America than their Small counterparts and you can't argue with the Rod Stewart/Ronnie Wood wallop, but it seems like a shaft to the prolificacy of the Small Faces, the Marriott/Lane writing team and their lasting influence on bands to this day to skip them over for the Faces.
Granted, I'm sure plenty of Small Faces petitions have made the rounds and the fact that they haven't yet been recognized is a little disconcerting. I'm not knocking the Faces either - I love 'em, but I like the Small Faces better.
Last week however the Small Faces did get a little bit of recognition back in England as a plaque commemorating their legacy was unveiled on Carnaby Street - obviously Mod stomping grounds at the height of their popularity. Certainly not rock and roll immortality, but then again, they're likely more appreciated round those parts anyway. And appreciation is better than recognition, I reckon.
Small Faces - I've Got Mine
The boys' second single, and their first original composition to be released. The only downside of the song for me is that Mac's not aboard yet, and it would've sounded positively immense with his organ on it, but alas alas. This song is wonderful - features a great soulful vocal from Marriott and is a perfectly great little tune, but it actually bombed horribly and the boys were forced to record a song written specifically for them to make a hit, "Sha La La La Lee," lest they be dropped from their Decca contract. Thankfully that was a hit and made them enough of a sensation to let them try their hand at writing again, and when they started doing more pop oriented material like "Hey Girl," the label bosses were duly impressed. This song is a few years ahead of its time though - it does sound out of place in terms of where music was in 1965, but in 1968 I reckon it would've been all the rage alongside the budding "heavy" music coming out of the UK. The Small Faces actually did partially redo it in 1968, doing an instrumental version of it and having it be the opening title track on their landmark Ogden's Nut Gone Flake album. Despite the single's lack of success, it did get them on to the silver screen for the first and only time for a cameo in the horrible movie Dateline Diamonds where they were laughably billed as "just back from their fabulous American tour!"
Labels: Small Faces
posted by Paul at 10.9.07
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Great Stuff. Cheers mate!
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