Steve Marriott was the ultimate front man. A giant talent that never got the credit he deserved. TH-cam is a godsend. To be able to go into this musical time machine. RIP Steve. You are a legend!
Totally agree.I only discovered his music a year ago,listen to it all the time now.I don’t think he would have fitted in with The Rolling Stones, him and Mick Jagger never hit it off.
I totally agree with you. I can look back into the 60ies when I was a kid thanks to internet, and feel young again. P.S. I did not like the Rolling Stones then, but do now.
I would prefer to be old now but have lived through the best era of music ever, than be young and have today’s music. We were so lucky. Steve Marriot was such a talent, a brilliant rock voice and totally charismatic on stage. It’s sad how he ended up, but he will never be forgotten.
No wonder today's music is so flat. When you see how brilliant Steve Marriott was nothing sounds quite as good. Brilliant, so glad we have TH-cam. RIP Steve Marriott.
Rod Stewart may have sold $250million in records, but he did not even come close to the vocal emotive heartbeat of Steve Marriott. I saw Small Faces live at The Garage in Cambridge MA in the mid-70's and never will get over it
Being so young, and actually applying his incredible talent to achieve such a brilliant (albeit brief) career, is extraordinary. Steve Marriott left us with a legacy of songs that will forever stand the test of time. I'm forever grateful.
Someone wrote "brief career". Remember he did theatre as a child (e.g.: as the Artful Dodger in "Oliver"), then went to film, TV and radio then The Small Faces and Humble Pie. All huge sucesses. He's also in the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame.
Please stop these greatest songs/ artists. There are so many great bands and songs. Everything today has to be like a contest. It is nonsense, but I understand that this is your opinion and what you mean. I just see the same comments on YT all the time. It's like a never-ending loop.
And it never went anywhere in the U.S. The only way I got to hear it in the 60s was at night when the signal from CHUM FM in Toronto skipped across Lake Ontario into the U.S. I guess there were just too many bands during the "British invasion" to cover. What a shame. Marriott was a genius.
True, I must have watched it at least 100 times since I fell in love with it and Steve Marriott and once spent about 3 weeks with it on high rotation inside my head... I'm not complaining... it sure beats Barbara Streisand but that's a story for another day
The Small faces with Steve Marriott & the Faces with Ron Wood ft. Rod Stewart doing vocals were just two different rock bands that were just very very good.!.
@@nightrider12soul When Ron Wood & Rod Stewart joined the Small Faces, the group kept that name for that very first album which was called First Player & I still have that vinyl album which was released in the summer of 1970.
Yeah you had a good time but you were the beginning of the end. It's your generation brought us to this social justice neo communist mainstream bullshit that's crippling the world. I will never forgive my parents generation for that.
@@TheBigMclargehuge You have no idea of anything. The suffering of your generation comes from those who destroyed the 60s: the Reagan-Thatcher people...
P P ,,arnold was in concert 2023 ,,in our town what a trooper ,was also in the ike tina Turner, band in the 60s 😊, and shes still got that lovely smile 😅
@@michaelb2388 yep....I had a closer look....I can't see any cables. Still one of the best pop songs of the 60's. Probably why Steve formed Humble Pie... predominantly a live band.
One of the greatest songs of the 60s. ...but 50 odd years later l can say EVER....P P Arnold adds to this video. ...Stevie Marriott so good could of been Led Zeppelin lead singer but reneged...
RIP the four members of Small Faces Jimmy Winston (April 20, 1945 - September 26, 2020), aged 75 Ian McLagan (May 12, 1945 - December 3, 2014), aged 69 Ronnie Lane (April 1, 1946 - June 4, 1997), aged 51 Steve Marriott (January 30, 1947 - April 20, 1991), aged 44 You will be remembered as legends.
@@kritisiderakis4874 Marriot died in an accidental house fire caused by his cigarette, Lane died from Pneumonia brought on by a neurological diseases he suffered from, Winston died from lung cancer, and McLagan died from a stroke. Kenny Jones is the only surviving member.
Kenny Jones was a original member Ian mclagan wasn't Ian replaced Jimmy whinston Steve Ronnie Kenny formed the band Jimmy was added because his brother had a van to take them to there gigs
P.P. Arnold's background vocal adds to the intensity of a great song. She has amazing stage presence. No easy task beside the iconic frontman, Marriot.
Exceptional talent. Phenomenal vocals, ace guitarist, brilliant songwriter. Experienced life from the bottom to the top - and back again. My generation loved this man.
I was at the Wellington (NZ) Town Hall in 1968 for the Small Faces/Who concert. I went because I was a Who fan but I left as a Small Faces fan. Tin Soldier ROCKED and every time I hear it I am transported to a better place.
I saw them on the same infamous "68 tour in Brisbane with the Who and Paul Jones. I agree they played the Who off the stage. Our PM told the Who to get out of the country. They did and vowed never to return, a promise that they kept.
Saw them at the boxing stadium, Rushcutters Bay Sydney, on that tour... great night out for 16 year olds, but the Who were a disappointment, they didn't seem to give a shit
So sorry I upset some of your delicate genre definitions lol. Pop/Rock whatever because that matters so much doesn't it? How about we just agree that it's a great song and a great performance. Can I call it neckerchief without making anyone cry?
When Steve Marriott died in 1991 I was in a pub having a beer on a Friday night with some friends, the door burst open and someone shouted, "Steve Marriott just died", you could literally hear a pin drop, the entire bar went silent.... RIP Steve.
I can't believe it's 30 years ago today since we lost this uncomparable, irreplaceable, always pitch-perfect, brilliant artist. He was the Best. God bless ya Stephen Peter Marriott 💜
Tin Soldier contains the seeds of so much that would happen in rock music in the period 1968-73 and arguably well beyond even that. It certainly anticipates Led Zeppelin. Remarkable track. I read somewhere that in was recorded in 1966. Amazing.The addition of PP Arnold to a psychedelic cockney mod band (they shared a record label) makes it modern even now. One of the greatest tracks of all times.
Amen to that! My father introduced me to this track when i was just 4 years old. This, togeher with Hendrix all along the watchtower and stones gimme shelter are my top 3 tracks from that era
Steve's guitar intro is just perfect. No shredding or any bollox, just perfection. Then he starts singing...once again perfection. The rest of the band is just so excellent. Then his charisma just shines through. Thanks so much for posting this.
@@raymondo162 Thanks for your reply Yes it is quality. I have suffered from major epileptic fits in the past but these are now controlled with medication thankfully. I wonder if you would indulge me and take a look at a video of me playing the guitar free of epilepsy. th-cam.com/video/NRbYcVicbNU/w-d-xo.html. If the Arabic intro, the music starts at 1:08. Cheers
@@raymondo162 Thanks for your reply. Luckily I used to suffer major epileptic fits but these are now controlled by medication.and I don't play drums. However I do play guitar and I wonder if you would indulge me and give a listen to a tune I wrote a while ago th-cam.com/video/NRbYcVicbNU/w-d-xo.html. The intro has a very poor Arabic intro and the music starts at 1:08. Cheers
Never get tired of watching this clip, Steve was about the best frontman that has ever been. I heard he was a suggestion for the Stones but Mick didn't want someone as powerful as Steve in the band. Amazing song and clip. Steve's energy and wonderful rock voice is missed dearly.
The only thing I know about her is this song. I think I may have missed out big time. It is fun watching her perform on this video. There isn't much for her to do except help sing the chorus...sometimes she looks ill-at-ease, she does a little dancing, she smiles, a couple times she glances at Steve Marriott like he's nuts. But even with Steve Marriott's histrionics, she steals the video. P. P. Arnold, who are you? You're GORGEOUS!
I recently watched a documentary about Steve's career and specifically humble pie. This is where I saw the small faces. I've always been a big fan of 60's and 70's classic rock and heard of the small faces, but thought I'd never heard their music. Man, what a high energy, massive talent they were. I could listen to this song a thousand times and never get tired of it.
Saw some pics of PP Arnold of her present state: wow, still a beautiful woman. She had a hard life earning money for and bringing up her kids at such a young age, and what I see of her now foremost is a woman who survived the hardest and made her own life out of it. Very inspiring person.
Why is it always, always, always about women's looks? If she were ugly and not pleasing to your eyes, is she less than human? Men just can't understand they are insulting women, not flattering them, by implying they are "still beautiful" or "she doesn't look her age." This woman has talent, and that has nothing to do with her looks.
Small faces were one of my first favourite groups in the 60s. P P Arnold was a great singer. She came here, started a group up called the Nice , a group a followed with the great Keith Emerson on keyboards who then went on to form Emerson lake and palmer in 1970. From little acorns, big acorns grow. Happy times. Good music back then. Much better than the crap today.
The Small Faces & P P Arnold both signed up with independent label, Immediate Records; P P Arnold's backing band, The Nice, was named after The Small Faces' track, Here Comes The Nice.
What an immense talent Steve was, you'd never guess that powerful voice and the endless and extraordinary musical invention could from the scrawny, cheeky little artful dodger persona he often seemed to carry. Master stroke having PP Arnold up front with him, she should have become a major star in her own right, great voice and presence.
I could listen to this over and over.....the song has 3 distinct parts.....one of my fave bands of all time......really underrated......one of the greatest bands of all time!
Tin Soldier was a number 3 hit in Australia in 1968, talk about sending shivers up your spine. The music is an all out blast of tremendous organ, guitars, drums and Steve's powerful voice, with the soul deep voice of P P Arnold. This was voted 30 years later in the 1990's as a top ten single. Most definitely up there with the best. Loved it from day one and still play regularly on rotation.
1967 what a year! Mods, scooters and that unmistakeable sound of the Small Faces. They are up there with the greats. They defined those years in a way no others could. Thumbs up from another Steve !!!
Totally agree with that. We didn't truly know what we had in this band and several others emulated the style and music which the SF never got credit for
He left the band, sadly. It took Ronny Wood and Rod Stewart to replace Steve Marriot. Which was a good thing. Humble PIe was a money earner targeted at American stadiums by its two leading egos, Marriot and Frampton (Ex Herd lead), not in the same class as the Small Faces, IMO. Ronnie Lane was the equally brilliant creative complement Marriot lost there, BTW.
Steve Marriott and I really hit it off, we were soul brother, soul sister,” Arnold recalls. “He loved the way I sang and I loved the way he sang. He was just hyper in everything he did and we became lovers. He was the first British guy ever to take me home to meet his family.”Jan 9, 2020
Absolutely their BEST single, Steve was a great vocalist and front man in the 60's, here the group with the beauty P.P.Arnold, great, great, great!!!!!!!
I just discovered this song and it has to be the most underrated rock song ever. It’s ridiculously good. I can’t believe I had never heard it on a classic rock station before. Such a pity.
Hi... I was an adolescent in the '70's in England and us kids eat drank & slept Rock - have never heard this one though but I suppose there was just so much music around
@Crown Commando Please what's AOR? I was a teenager in England in the 60/70's and grew up on Rock... us kids just loved the Pirate Radio Stations broadcasting off-coast (illegal) - do you remember them or know about them? Peace & Love from Italy
Robbie Garscadden I wasn’t around in the 60s or 70s. 🤷🏻♂️ Although I have had both Faces and Humble Pie albums for years, but somehow missed Small Faces.
@@susanmargaretwills6432 The acronym AOR is for "Album Oriented Rock" and these guys make a good point. Some DJs are pasted to the demands of the programming director/business model but will play deep cuts from time to time but you do usually end up hearing the same 4 or 5 Doors, Who, Zep, Skynyrd, Stones, etc songs OVER AND OVER AND OVER...often the best tracks on many albums are rarely (if ever) heard over the airwaves, in my and the opinion of many evidently. I was still very young in the 60s (regrettably) and weaned on 70s music and forward, but eventually caught up and bought tons of albums from dozens of 60 s groups (including Small Faces who never made much of a chart splash over here in USA, the northeast anyway...but a great band and I had several of their albums)
In my opinion, Steve Marriot was one of the most talented popstars in the history of popmusic. What a voice and showperformance, moreover if you consider the period this song whas performed!. A white soulman who deserved so much better.
I can whatch this video over and over again, every minute, every day, until the last moment of my life, I never get tired, its simply THE BEST MUSIC VIDEO IN HISTORY
No one compares or even comes close to this song. Stevie, Ronnie, PP and the absolute backing band. Thank you, Thank you so much Never ever forgotten Ax
What a truly fabulous song from a great band and a singer twenty years before his time. A work of art, with PP sounding wonderful. I once travelled to Birmingham Town Hall to see Humble Pie and got there late. I managed to persuade the doorman to let us in and he did. What a night, I also slept the night in Hyde Park to watch them appearing with Grand Funk Railroad (I only went to see HP to be honest). Where are the singers like Marriot nowadays? It was a good time to be alive!
Yeh, just wrote a comment that I saw him playing in basically a pub in Leeds in about 1984 and there were maybe 50-70 there. Almost empty as a beer keller type fun pub place. Strange as he was treated as a forgotten act from the 60s but now I think he'd be big after bands like Oasis and the return of this sort of sound. Such a shame.
@@AnyoneCanSee I saw him in Doncaster at the, now demolished, Toby Jug, around the same time with the "Packet Of Three". Fabulous show but didnt take a lot of folks to fill it -- maybe 100 at most
@@kevinkilner2388 - You know I can't remember if it was "Steve Marriott and Packet Of Three." Weirdly I do remember seeing the poster and it saying "of Humble Pie and The Small Faces" and listing a number of hits on it. I remember as the poster was just written out and photocopied and slapped around Leeds centre. They were great and had enough hits to make it a brilliant gig. I remember hearing he'd died on the radio. Sadly, I read his original recording went up in the Universal Studios fire in 2008.
Saw Humble Pie as a warm up band to Grand Funk in 1969… I barely remember it but I do remember the experience.. they don’t make em like this anymore.. pure talent. Pure attitude. God I’m so blessed to have been born when I was..
This was from a French TV show called Bouton Rouge which was about the only pop music show we had in the 60’s in France, you get a glimpse of the presenter Claude Lattes at his desk in the last frames. I remember it as if it was yesterday, I had their records but never saw them live and they killed it: they opened with a impeccable Itchycoo Park and then PP Arnold was the lead singer on a tune while Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane gave it all in the background. When they did Tin Soldier, the French TV started the credit list within 30 seconds and cut the show right when they started the first chorus. you talk about about frustrated ! Now available at last 45 years later!
I've always wondered about this performance. PP doesn't interact with the group and doesn't look too happy. There is a tension. When the clip starts, Stevie bites his fingers in a gesture that means " yikes!". Maybe PP had just had a tantrum or maybe one of the TV people put her out ? Any one know ? There's definitely tension . . .
Another fantastic British performer. They really ruled the music world in the 60's How lucky were we to be around when these guys had hits in the charts? You can judge him personally if you like but as a performer he was among the best.
60' and 70's is my favorite music and the Small Faces song 'Itchycoo Park' is one the very best. But thumbs down on this particular song 'Tin Soldier' which is honestly a disturbing total trash garbage screaming annoying wreck.
This is gr8. Thank you for posting. This had just been released when I got taken to my 1st ever live concert. The Who & Small Faces. About 1967. I was 15. Gr8 memories, & I still play this often.
for god sake all you negative post, just appreciate the pure brilliance of four teenage boys who were superb groundbreaker... FANTASTIC music and a british institution
Absolutely. When you think a couple of years before this there were mostly single singers. Cliff Richard, Billy Fury, Bobby Darren, then you see Marriott and the guys who along with the Stones, Beatles etc caused a pop music revolution. Oh Stevie, what a legend.
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Steve Marriott was the ultimate front man. A giant talent that never got the credit he deserved. TH-cam is a godsend. To be able to go into this musical time machine. RIP Steve. You are a legend!
Totally agree.I only discovered his music a year ago,listen to it all the time now.I don’t think he would have fitted in with The Rolling Stones, him and Mick Jagger never hit it off.
I totally agree with you. I can look back into the 60ies when I was a kid thanks to internet, and feel young again. P.S. I did not like the Rolling Stones then, but do now.
agree and I'm a lifelong Stones fan having first seen them in 1962
Yep. Marriott the most under rated man in rock.
One of the greatest rock voices ever. Up there with Robert Plant, Paul Rogers
I would prefer to be old now but have lived through the best era of music ever, than be young and have today’s music. We were so lucky. Steve Marriot was such a talent, a brilliant rock voice and totally charismatic on stage. It’s sad how he ended up, but he will never be forgotten.
Absolutely this was real music not a bunch of people in sports wear and hats on back to front flapping their arms to drill music.
He's a living God, 2nd only to Jesus H Christ.
Nah. Would rather be young. sigh
Pfft! That’s what OUR parents said about OUR music!
i wish to also be old now. but my life's just started. i wish to live through the 60s and the 70s so bad.
Not many things make me happy to be a 70’s child now I’m 69, but this song certainly does..
Me too brother, you have a year on me, but I just love this song.🙏👍
I'm 68 and I keep coming back to this, it is a brilliant video.
62, but because I grew up with my older cousins I was way ahead of my time. The music I had growing up was the absolute best. ☮️🩷🌸
Wij hebben het goed gehad in de 70er jaren😂.
Nu zijn het 😢ja zielige naapers😅
73 this year already. Going so fast but this song sure does the trick. 😍🤠🥳
Look at what is in the charts now. Look and weep for mankind. This is perfection
I hate to be a cranky old man here - but today's pop music is shit.
Unfortunately you’re right.
You are so right, this is fucking A
I wouldn't know what's on the charts these days as I stopped listening when they stopped making music 30 years ago.
There are one or two benefits to knocking on seventy. We were extraordinarily lucky.
No wonder today's music is so flat. When you see how brilliant Steve Marriott was nothing sounds quite as good. Brilliant, so glad we have TH-cam. RIP Steve Marriott.
No over produced music and vocals. Groups would just set up and play. No, it's never perfect, but the music was more raw and emotive.
Brillance
todays music is trash because it's written by a computer.
Wish we could turn the clock back to those times when music was great and the bands brilliant.Still love this song...❤🏴👍
Smiles, hi Lynda 🤗
Rod Stewart may have sold $250million in records, but he did not even come close to the vocal emotive heartbeat of Steve Marriott. I saw Small Faces live at The Garage in Cambridge MA in the mid-70's and never will get over it
Yeah, RS couldn't hold a candle to Marriot.
Absolutely mate...the industry was criminal to steve
ive never really been able to get into rod stewart, it's bizarre to me that he was so successful over so many more rockin' people.
all my respect for rod ...but steve was another thing
@@giovannivisentin1026 He was indeed- Little Stevie was the original Modfather!
They don’t make music like this anymore. There will never be another Steve Marriott. Look how the music and emotion flows out of him. Stupendous.
To think he was only 20 maybe 21 at the time is unimaginable. What a voice and stage presence for such a young man
And only 19 when they did Ichycoo Park!
Being so young, and actually applying his incredible talent to achieve such a brilliant (albeit brief) career, is extraordinary. Steve Marriott left us with a legacy of songs that will forever stand the test of time. I'm forever grateful.
A little like Steve Winwood.
Someone wrote "brief career". Remember he did theatre as a child (e.g.: as the Artful Dodger in "Oliver"), then went to film, TV and radio then The Small Faces and Humble Pie. All huge sucesses. He's also in the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame.
Great reminder of his incredible talent. Even so as expected he was described as "under-rated" in one of the comments. @@stephenoneill245
One of the greatest songs of all time. A musical masterpiece.
WHY
A masterpiece because it stirs emotions. Although loud and up tempo I find this song remarkably sexy!
@@kevinjoseph517 I have to say it left me cold too.
Please stop these greatest songs/ artists.
There are so many great bands and songs.
Everything today has to be like a contest.
It is nonsense, but I understand that this is your opinion and what you mean.
I just see the same comments on YT all the time.
It's like a never-ending loop.
And it never went anywhere in the U.S. The only way I got to hear it in the 60s was at night when the signal from CHUM FM in Toronto skipped across Lake Ontario into the U.S. I guess there were just too many bands during the "British invasion" to cover. What a shame. Marriott was a genius.
Cant stop looking at this absolute gem ..PP Arnold adds to the genius of Marriot .She is and was a real talent on her own ..
treu
Agree wholeheartedly
Each member was like a small miracle in themselves and PP Arnold s voice only added to the moment
True, I must have watched it at least 100 times since I fell in love with it and Steve Marriott and once spent about 3 weeks with it on high rotation inside my head... I'm not complaining... it sure beats Barbara Streisand but that's a story for another day
PP HAD A BEAUTIFUL SONG CALLED thet first cut is the deepest
No one told the camera director that she was just the backing singer 😂😂
The Small faces with Steve Marriott & the Faces with Ron Wood
ft. Rod Stewart doing vocals were just two different
rock bands that were just very very good.!.
We don’t have to choose, Steve and Rod are among the very best ever.
Rod was never in Small Faces.
@@nightrider12soul When Ron Wood & Rod Stewart joined the Small Faces, the group kept that name for that very first album which was called First Player & I still have that vinyl album which was released in the summer of 1970.
Marriott made the band truly electric . Saw them 3 times in South London clubs , brill then but seems even more 58 years on natural talent.
Rod Stewart was and is a little twerp
Brilliant. Still in 2023 there are new listeners for this song and band. Including myself.
Watching this for about the 1000th time....blows me away everytime, steve marriot Total Legend
Same here,maybe in the hundreds,class singer and guitarist.
Unless you lived it, you will never know just how awesome it was for our generation to
experience the sixties
Yeah you had a good time but you were the beginning of the end. It's your generation brought us to this social justice neo communist mainstream bullshit that's crippling the world. I will never forgive my parents generation for that.
I lived it. 👍
@@TheBigMclargehuge You have no idea of anything. The suffering of your generation comes from those who destroyed the 60s: the Reagan-Thatcher people...
The 60s was a creativity explosion like no other. Music has never been the same.
I experienced it but I don't remember most of it. I hear that that was the way to do it.
So pleased my dad brought me up with the small faces, The Beatles, The kinks etc. I’m 16 now, and nothing in my generation compares to this
iam with u on that .. fantastic ❤
Your father is a smart man
You have a cool dad with great taste in music 👏👏👏
Keep Groovin!!!
Nothing in any generation compares to this.
The most underrated 60's band, absolutely brilliant!
Almost 2000 wankers out there voted this masterpiece down .
Thank God they are in the minority, this is sheer class!
I can’t see anybody downing this video. I’m looking at thumbs up and thumbs down, am I looking at the wrong place?
Right on Top Song.
LOL .....
Andy frost. Sychadelic Sunday
Arguably, the greatest voice in rock.R.I.P. Steve.👏👏👏
He really did have a great voice, so uniqe!!😊
@@wendydebois1685
James Dewar also a fav.R.I.P.👏👏👏
You can clearly here so much of Led Zepplin in this, No Small Faces no Led Zep me thinks,
@@Patrick-xl3du They wanted Steve as lead singer for Zep but he turned them down.
On a level with Steve Winwood,can’t argue with that 👍
P P ,,arnold was in concert 2023 ,,in our town what a trooper ,was also in the ike tina Turner, band in the 60s 😊, and shes still got that lovely smile 😅
What a song, what a band, what a voice, what a star!
@ 1:25. Brilliant.
I totally agree with you on that have you had a meet and greet with Bill Bull? His an America comedian funny as fuck. Try checking him up
I can't get over this song or performance.....the absolute best.
totally agree
absolutely stunning
Performance? They're mining to a recording. Their guitars aren't even plugged in
@@michaelb2388 yep....I had a closer look....I can't see any cables. Still one of the best pop songs of the 60's. Probably why Steve formed Humble Pie... predominantly a live band.
@@mariam5991 One of the primary reasons Steve left Small Faces was because he wanted to be seen as a serious musician rather than a pop star
Saw them at stourport when I was 17 and I’m 73 and still get excited watching them fantastic xx
Takes me back to a different era!✊🇨🇦
The best era for real rock. Loved living these times. No cell phones and we talked and had a blast.
Best era ever for great music. How lucky we were. Nothing compares ….
Steve Marriott is one of the greatest voices in Rock n' Roll history... period!
Too bad it can't be heard. This ain't live!
Frank D more like question mark?
Together with P. P. Arnold !
The ultimate voice IMO,,,,,,,,,,,,,and he made it look easy, yet no one could touch him as a singer.
Sure. Right behind Sebastian Bach, Brad Delp, Mickey Thomas, John Fogerty, Dave Johansen, Mike Reno, Chris Thompson and Jonny Lang.
Every Time I listen to this song I'm blown away - absolutely fantastic song! 60s - no better decade for music.
Couldn't agree more, and have watched it literally hundreds of times!
One of the greatest songs of the 60s. ...but 50 odd years later l can say EVER....P P Arnold adds to this video. ...Stevie Marriott so good could of been Led Zeppelin lead singer but reneged...
60s is hard to beat
90s
I agree...the power and timeing...vocals....makes me happy angry overcome senses!! If that makes sense!!
Still one of my favorite, haven’t lost anything of his magic! Pity they don’t make music like that anymore, it’s a lost.
RIP the four members of Small Faces
Jimmy Winston (April 20, 1945 - September 26, 2020), aged 75
Ian McLagan (May 12, 1945 - December 3, 2014), aged 69
Ronnie Lane (April 1, 1946 - June 4, 1997), aged 51
Steve Marriott (January 30, 1947 - April 20, 1991), aged 44
You will be remembered as legends.
So can you tell us why they all died so young?
You forgot Kenney Jones, who is still alive.
@@kritisiderakis4874 Marriot died in an accidental house fire caused by his cigarette, Lane died from Pneumonia brought on by a neurological diseases he suffered from, Winston died from lung cancer, and McLagan died from a stroke. Kenny Jones is the only surviving member.
Kenny Jones was a original member Ian mclagan wasn't Ian replaced Jimmy whinston Steve Ronnie Kenny formed the band Jimmy was added because his brother had a van to take them to there gigs
Steve Marriott died in a fire. Ronnie Lane had MS.
P.P. Arnold's background vocal adds to the intensity of a great song. She has amazing stage presence. No easy task beside the iconic frontman, Marriot.
Oh, fuck, yeah! She was amazing on a brilliant song.
What a beautiful gal , good lord !
Have you seen the documentary 20 feet from stardom?
Beautiful girl with an amazing talent.
She is amazing and so beautiful
Steve Marriott's voice defies description and this song showcases it so brilliantly.
If only Steve could know how much he is admired and loved. Always
Exceptional talent. Phenomenal vocals, ace guitarist, brilliant songwriter. Experienced life from the bottom to the top - and back again. My generation loved this man.
I was at the Wellington (NZ) Town Hall in 1968 for the Small Faces/Who concert. I went because I was a Who fan but I left as a Small Faces fan. Tin Soldier ROCKED and every time I hear it I am transported to a better place.
I saw them on the same infamous "68 tour in Brisbane with the Who and Paul Jones. I agree they played the Who off the stage. Our PM told the Who to get out of the country. They did and vowed never to return, a promise that they kept.
They probably smashed their gear up and wrecked the hotel room, true to form
Saw them at the boxing stadium, Rushcutters Bay Sydney, on that tour... great night out for 16 year olds, but the Who were a disappointment, they didn't seem to give a shit
I'm a fan of both.
I wish I was with you John
I'm from New Zealand
But at the tender age of 11 I don't think I would have appreciated it
As well
One of the greatest pop songs ever written. Stevie Marriott's incomparably wild delivery beautifully counterpointed by PP Arnold's grace and poise.
not pop, rock
Quite right
Because today, talent is not a prerequisite
Obviously this is not a popular song, it's hard rock and this is how you should play music. Let's go Small Faces!!!!
So sorry I upset some of your delicate genre definitions lol. Pop/Rock whatever because that matters so much doesn't it? How about we just agree that it's a great song and a great performance. Can I call it neckerchief without making anyone cry?
When Steve Marriott died in 1991 I was in a pub having a beer on a Friday night with some friends, the door burst open and someone shouted, "Steve Marriott just died", you could literally hear a pin drop, the entire bar went silent.... RIP Steve.
I can't believe it's 30 years ago today since we lost this uncomparable, irreplaceable, always pitch-perfect, brilliant artist. He was the Best. God bless ya Stephen Peter Marriott 💜
I was born in the wrong decade so sad this band were ripped off big time
Saw Steve Marriott in Dunfermline in the early eighties with 'his packet of three.' Brilliant night.
Yes they were ripped off. I think Steve was the best rock singer front man. The Live at the Fillmore album is awesome. Great point Bustygirl1970!
Great
@@arthurgordon6072 Saw him Odeon Gloucester 1967 I think. Colossal.
R I P Ian , Ronnie and Stevie , Thanks for the music and the memories lads .
Brilliant singer brilliant song Could play this a million times and not get sick of it x
I so love this song still makes this old 75 year guy excited and feel young again.😎
Power, passion and authenticity. Will we ever see the like again?
i very much doubt it
The Rolling Stones up until 74. Nobody else compares
Tin Soldier contains the seeds of so much that would happen in rock music in the period 1968-73 and arguably well beyond even that. It certainly anticipates Led Zeppelin. Remarkable track. I read somewhere that in was recorded in 1966. Amazing.The addition of PP Arnold to a psychedelic cockney mod band (they shared a record label) makes it modern even now. One of the greatest tracks of all times.
Amen to that! My father introduced me to this track when i was just 4 years old. This, togeher with Hendrix all along the watchtower and stones gimme shelter are my top 3 tracks from that era
absolutely agree, this is a masterpiece that can be viewed daily and never tire from
The charlatans
@@marcusnolte7476 agree completely, but I was a late teenager/ early 20's when all those songs came out
@@pickybleatinge3744 The Raspberries! Listen to their song 'Tonight'.
Steve's guitar intro is just perfect. No shredding or any bollox, just perfection. Then he starts singing...once again perfection. The rest of the band is just so excellent. Then his charisma just shines through. Thanks so much for posting this.
i love the outro, too: I LO OVE YOU, followed by a minor epileptic fit on drums to finish. quality
@@raymondo162 Thanks for your reply Yes it is quality. I have suffered from major epileptic fits in the past but these are now controlled with medication thankfully. I wonder if you would indulge me and take a look at a video of me playing the guitar free of epilepsy. th-cam.com/video/NRbYcVicbNU/w-d-xo.html. If the Arabic intro, the music starts at 1:08. Cheers
@@raymondo162 Thanks for your reply. Luckily I used to suffer major epileptic fits but these are now controlled by medication.and I don't play drums. However I do play guitar and I wonder if you would indulge me and give a listen to a tune I wrote a while ago th-cam.com/video/NRbYcVicbNU/w-d-xo.html. The intro has a very poor Arabic intro and the music starts at 1:08. Cheers
Never get tired of watching this clip, Steve was about the best frontman that has ever been. I heard he was a suggestion for the Stones but Mick didn't want someone as powerful as Steve in the band. Amazing song and clip. Steve's energy and wonderful rock voice is missed dearly.
Pp Arnold is beautiful, great singer, have a good day every one,
absolutely gorgeous...... I'd love to meet her.....
The only thing I know about her is this song. I think I may have missed out big time. It is fun watching her perform on this video. There isn't much for her to do except help sing the chorus...sometimes she looks ill-at-ease, she does a little dancing, she smiles, a couple times she glances at Steve Marriott like he's nuts. But even with Steve Marriott's histrionics, she steals the video. P. P. Arnold, who are you? You're GORGEOUS!
I recently watched a documentary about Steve's career and specifically humble pie. This is where I saw the small faces. I've always been a big fan of 60's and 70's classic rock and heard of the small faces, but thought I'd never heard their music. Man, what a high energy, massive talent they were. I could listen to this song a thousand times and never get tired of it.
Best haircut, best voice, best looks, best floor slides...Steve had it all. The ultimate pop star.
Rock, not Pop.
Wow are you in love
Unfortunately, The Small Faces were encumbered by Don Arden, their 'manager'. The greatest shame in the history of popular music.
He lost both his hair and his looks not long afterwards when he hit the dope and booze hard.
@@patkelly6349 I believe a certain Paul Weller was equally impressed with Steve Marriott. He modelled himself on him.
Sensational I bought it when it came out. Still playing it and it’s still relevant!
Incomparable ...the intensity that Steve M delivers grabs you by the throat and doesn't let you go, till the end ....
Saw some pics of PP Arnold of her present state: wow, still a beautiful woman. She had a hard life earning money for and bringing up her kids at such a young age, and what I see of her now foremost is a woman who survived the hardest and made her own life out of it. Very inspiring person.
Pretty yes but stunning no.
She's a lovely woman, friend of a friend, was so kind to me as a fellow singer when we met. I was in awe of her!
Why is it always, always, always about women's looks? If she were ugly and not pleasing to your eyes, is she less than human? Men just can't understand they are insulting women, not flattering them, by implying they are "still beautiful" or "she doesn't look her age." This woman has talent, and that has nothing to do with her looks.
Fuck jagger ! Marriot would have blown him off the stage and he knew it
@@ValleyoftheRogue You've got to admit she does look good.
Steve Marriott was a force of nature. RIP. Steve you were and still are brilliant. Thank you for making my life a whole lot better.
I watch this often just to see her smile, gives the band a feeling of warmth
47 years old, but fresh like new!!! Wonderful!!!
51 years get it right :)
Excellent. After 50 years I've decided this is their best one.
Steve Marriott is a power house! Always!
This song has been requested by myself when they are placing my funeral box into the ground............FACT
Have to agree with you it being there best. Was great back in the 60s when it came out and still great today
all or nothin the greatest one then tin soldier its close though great choice anyway thumbs up from me
@Brisdad53 really good choose he is brilliant singing that but that was really close still the same for me
Oh yes. I'd totally agree. Then all or nothing.
Small faces were one of my first favourite groups in the 60s. P P Arnold was a great singer. She came here, started a group up called the Nice , a group a followed with the great Keith Emerson on keyboards who then went on to form Emerson lake and palmer in 1970. From little acorns, big acorns grow. Happy times. Good music back then. Much better than the crap today.
I have the Five Bridges Suit by "The Nice". Bought it back in about 1971 when I was 19. I wonder if it has value.
The Small Faces & P P Arnold both signed up with independent label, Immediate Records; P P Arnold's backing band, The Nice, was named after The Small Faces' track, Here Comes The Nice.
It actually doesn't get any better. The two best voices in London at the time.
What an immense talent Steve was, you'd never guess that powerful voice and the endless and extraordinary musical invention could from the scrawny, cheeky little artful dodger persona he often seemed to carry. Master stroke having PP Arnold up front with him, she should have become a major star in her own right, great voice and presence.
I could listen to this over and over.....the song has 3 distinct parts.....one of my fave bands of all time......really underrated......one of the greatest bands of all time!
I would like to have seen the fist distinctive part continue.
Tin Soldier was a number 3 hit in Australia in 1968, talk about sending shivers up your spine. The music is an all out blast of tremendous organ, guitars, drums and Steve's powerful voice, with the soul deep voice of P P Arnold. This was voted 30 years later in the 1990's as a top ten single.
Most definitely up there with the best. Loved it from day one and still play regularly on rotation.
Yes he was wonderful
Same as Stevie Wright from The Easybeats
Two best front men ever . Charisma overload.
what a class act still in love with P P Arnold from her days with the Nice. Small Faces were top notch
1967 what a year! Mods, scooters and that unmistakeable sound of the Small Faces. They are up there with the greats. They defined those years in a way no others could. Thumbs up from another Steve !!!
Steve Marriott talent is in another world, how this world misses you Steve
This song still sounds as fresh as did over 53 years after it was recorded.
Unbeatable genius
@@andymatthews7617 I agree!
I'd say it sounds even better!
Totally agree with that. We didn't truly know what we had in this band and several others emulated the style and music which the SF never got credit for
What a great, great front man !
Little Stevie Marriott had the voice, the songs and one hell of a band.
A class act who deserved much better......
You said it good!!!
He left the band, sadly. It took Ronny Wood and Rod Stewart to replace Steve Marriot. Which was a good thing. Humble PIe was a money earner targeted at American stadiums by its two leading egos, Marriot and Frampton (Ex Herd lead), not in the same class as the Small Faces, IMO. Ronnie Lane was the equally brilliant creative complement Marriot lost there, BTW.
Brian, totally agree with you.
That's just the way things sadly play themselves out.
Remember Steve this way......
Felix ra bin
I agree....so under rated this band
I watch this video every day and I am astounded every time. What a phenomenal talent Steve Marriott was. Blows my mind.
Will somebody please give this video a thumbs up for me, I'm only allowed one.
Done!
@@christinemaclean3718 Thank you kind lady. ;-)
My pleasure!
Sure will pal class
Classics are class
In a thousand years they will be talking about this in spaceships the way they all sing together @1.09 and smile. It's absolute heavenly.
So underrated. It’s good to see PP Arnold up at the front too where that fantastic woman belonged.
Not where I come from
She's awesome, like her smile at the beginning
My favourite song
This song is just fine, words can't even explain the feeling it has.
I'm old. I was around when this came out. I've never seen this before. I'm gob-smacked!
One of the best songs and bands from this era.
Outstanding rock!
Most underrated singer ever
Only by clows in the theater of denile smile
Bought this single when it came out in the sixties. It was way ahead of its time and still sounds amazing.
"Goosebumpy" drums, "goosebumpy" bass, "goosebumpy" voice, what more do I need? Great song!
you dont haha ROCK ON
I love everything about this. Especially the girl and her dress as icing on the cake.
Steve Marriott and I really hit it off, we were soul brother, soul sister,” Arnold recalls. “He loved the way I sang and I loved the way he sang. He was just hyper in everything he did and we became lovers. He was the first British guy ever to take me home to meet his family.”Jan 9, 2020
The breathtaking greatness of the Small Faces is far too overlooked.
+gustavo pereira I concur......there were many better bands!
+Sue Sundowner your so right sue.
There is no better, it's simply a matter of opinion.
With all due respect....I really believe anyone would find the small faces/Faces contrast...is apples and bowling balls...
HAHA HA thats my response
Absolutely their BEST single, Steve was a great vocalist and front man in the 60's, here the group with the beauty P.P.Arnold, great, great, great!!!!!!!
Wow !!! They dont make em this anymore , steve and that lady are brilliant ,i love it
I just discovered this song and it has to be the most underrated rock song ever. It’s ridiculously good. I can’t believe I had never heard it on a classic rock station before. Such a pity.
Jesus where have you been... Mars? been a classic since it was released
Hi... I was an adolescent in the '70's in England and us kids eat drank & slept Rock - have never heard this one though but I suppose there was just so much music around
@Crown Commando Please what's AOR? I was a teenager in England in the 60/70's and grew up on Rock... us kids just loved the Pirate Radio Stations broadcasting off-coast (illegal) - do you remember them or know about them? Peace & Love from Italy
Robbie Garscadden I wasn’t around in the 60s or 70s. 🤷🏻♂️ Although I have had both Faces and Humble Pie albums for years, but somehow missed Small Faces.
@@susanmargaretwills6432 The acronym AOR is for "Album Oriented Rock" and these guys make a good point. Some DJs are pasted to the demands of the programming director/business model but will play deep cuts from time to time but you do usually end up hearing the same 4 or 5 Doors, Who, Zep, Skynyrd, Stones, etc songs OVER AND OVER AND OVER...often the best tracks on many albums are rarely (if ever) heard over the airwaves, in my and the opinion of many evidently. I was still very young in the 60s (regrettably) and weaned on 70s music and forward, but eventually caught up and bought tons of albums from dozens of 60 s groups (including Small Faces who never made much of a chart splash over here in USA, the northeast anyway...but a great band and I had several of their albums)
In my opinion, Steve Marriot was one of the most talented popstars in the history of popmusic. What a voice and showperformance, moreover if you consider the period this song whas performed!. A white soulman who deserved so much better.
I'm sure Marriot was voted a top ten vocalist of all time, which he was. Maybe even the best. So sad the way it ended for him.
Name me a better vocalist you'd struggle to
Otis, but this is fuckin phenomenal mind you!
@@colinrgage That's easy Colin it's....wait a minute .... no, there is no one better.
Absolutely!
I can whatch this video over and over again, every minute, every day, until the last moment of my life, I never get tired, its simply THE BEST MUSIC VIDEO IN HISTORY
Never heard of "Small Faces" nor P. P. Arnold til now.
Beatles fans finding out more than 1 artist made music during the 60s
No one compares or even comes close to this song. Stevie, Ronnie, PP and the absolute backing band. Thank you, Thank you so much Never ever forgotten Ax
What a truly fabulous song from a great band and a singer twenty years before his time. A work of art, with PP sounding wonderful. I once travelled to Birmingham Town Hall to see Humble Pie and got there late. I managed to persuade the doorman to let us in and he did. What a night, I also slept the night in Hyde Park to watch them appearing with Grand Funk Railroad (I only went to see HP to be honest). Where are the singers like Marriot nowadays? It was a good time to be alive!
Loved it 50 years ago, still sounds good, stood the test of time
Frank Oconnell. Great song.
so did I, and still love it, god bless Steve and the rest of the Small Faces
Can't relive the past. But sure fortunate enogh to have been part of it. Rock on
Absolutely love this song...still rocking in 2019!!!
Jason Greene and 2020😉
@@Nick051967
Wanted to write this, too. ☺
and in 2020
2024
PP Arnold really gets the groove in this look at her lovely smile and dancing when it builds - just superb ❤️👌
And at 1.36 how to look over to Ian who was just about to give that brilliant riff.Classic song RIP to Ronnie,Ian,andSteve....
PP Arnold has the perfect presence- cool, completely natural, groovy- she’s captivating !
Three years on so so cool 😎
100% agree what great music and musicians in that era ! Absolute crap now
...Steve Marriot never received the acclaim due him during his time. He is missed greatly.
He just happened to be waaaaay before his time.
Yeh, just wrote a comment that I saw him playing in basically a pub in Leeds in about 1984 and there were maybe 50-70 there. Almost empty as a beer keller type fun pub place. Strange as he was treated as a forgotten act from the 60s but now I think he'd be big after bands like Oasis and the return of this sort of sound. Such a shame.
No.. as someone who was young then - he was right on time.
@@AnyoneCanSee I saw him in Doncaster at the, now demolished, Toby Jug, around the same time with the "Packet Of Three". Fabulous show but didnt take a lot of folks to fill it -- maybe 100 at most
@@kevinkilner2388 - You know I can't remember if it was "Steve Marriott and Packet Of Three." Weirdly I do remember seeing the poster and it saying "of Humble Pie and The Small Faces" and listing a number of hits on it. I remember as the poster was just written out and photocopied and slapped around Leeds centre.
They were great and had enough hits to make it a brilliant gig. I remember hearing he'd died on the radio. Sadly, I read his original recording went up in the Universal Studios fire in 2008.
The ultimate Showman and performer
Saw Humble Pie as a warm up band to Grand Funk in 1969… I barely remember it but I do remember the experience.. they don’t make em like this anymore.. pure talent. Pure attitude. God I’m so blessed to have been born when I was..
Two of my favorite bands I never saw perform, born 10 years too late.huge regret.
Wow…You were sooo lucky!!🎉
This was from a French TV show called Bouton Rouge which was about the only pop music show we had in the 60’s in France, you get a glimpse of the presenter Claude Lattes at his desk in the last frames. I remember it as if it was yesterday, I had their records but never saw them live and they killed it: they opened with a impeccable Itchycoo Park and then PP Arnold was the lead singer on a tune while Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane gave it all in the background. When they did Tin Soldier, the French TV started the credit list within 30 seconds and cut the show right when they started the first chorus. you talk about about frustrated ! Now available at last 45 years later!
Wow, we didn't know that! Thanks for sharing
Thanks. The Small Faces don't get the credit they deserve.
th-cam.com/video/zF4HIWX_vxE/w-d-xo.html.
I've always wondered about this performance. PP doesn't interact with the group and doesn't look too happy. There is a tension.
When the clip starts, Stevie bites his fingers in a gesture that means " yikes!". Maybe PP had just had a tantrum or maybe one of the TV people put her out ? Any one know ? There's definitely tension . . .
Another fantastic British performer.
They really ruled the music world in the 60's
How lucky were we to be around when these guys had hits in the charts?
You can judge him personally if you like but as a performer he was among the best.
❤❤❤❤
I grew up with this music.
The 60s were the best of times.
Steve Marriott was the ultimate front man.
So sad what happened to him.
I first heard Small Faces over 50 yrs ago. Two songs I never tire of hearing are "Tin Soldier" and "Itchykoo Park".
small faces at their very best one of the finest singles ever made
It is the greatest song ever from a year ending in 8
In my own top ten sir !
Stranger comes to town
all or nothing is mine but this is second
Didn't they do Ichy Goo Park?
The best song of all time written and performed by one of the most talented musicians/lyrical 👏 bands of all time who influenced so many .
The best rock song without a doubt. The into is amazing.
60' and 70's is my favorite music and the Small Faces song 'Itchycoo Park' is one the very best. But thumbs down on this particular song 'Tin Soldier' which is honestly a disturbing total trash garbage screaming annoying wreck.
Marriott had the charisma of a seasoned rock performer despite being so young here-simply amazing.
They played live gigs to make a living .They paid the rent with their rock🤔
Swagger, moxy & a rebellious spirit❤
This is gr8. Thank you for posting. This had just been released when I got taken to my 1st ever live concert. The Who & Small Faces. About 1967. I was 15. Gr8 memories, & I still play this often.
for god sake all you negative post, just appreciate the pure brilliance of four teenage boys who were superb groundbreaker... FANTASTIC music and a british institution
Absolutely. When you think a couple of years before this there were mostly single singers. Cliff Richard, Billy Fury, Bobby Darren, then you see Marriott and the guys who along with the Stones, Beatles etc caused a pop music revolution. Oh Stevie, what a legend.
+Jo-Mary Latham Stones Beatles etc Stevie Marriott caused are elation in pop music. Steve what a legend.
+Jo-Mary Latham REVOLUTION .