Nahhhh!! | The Small Faces - You Need Loving | REACTION/REVIEW

[@williamward446]

The difference is is that Steve Marriott did not claim to have written it -- Jimmy Page did... He even used The Small Faces arrangement...

[@marymargaretmoore9034]

This came out in '66. Love the Small Faces; this was with Steve Marriott, before Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood joined up.

[@wvmtneerwv]

Those young lads from across the pond put a pretty good stank on this Muddy Waters classic. Thanks for reviewing. I’ve never heard this version.

[@cindyfalstrom7231]

"I could never be compared to Steve Marriott because he's too good! He's got the best white voice for sheer bravado and balls. He's the master of white, contemporary blues" Quote from Robert Plant, Melody Maker 1977. Robert has acknowledged that he was a huge fan of Small Faces. Both Steve's and Kenney's memoir speak of how Robert aka "Percy" to them was a fan who followed their shows, would hang out backstage and run errands for them. Jimmy Page was also a fan who often heard them sing this song as it was their opening song for every show. Steve was inspired by Muddy Waters original, then changed it up to make it his own. Robert loved Steve's version and copyied his exact phrasing, however they rocked it up to make it their own. Steve didn't mind, nor should anyone else as long as the covers are unique - IMO. I love all of the Small Faces music, but my favorites are their early R&B numbers when they were a hot little Mod band, tearing up the clubs. Steve loved all the great black American soul and blues singers and tried to emulate the style of James Brown, Otis, Ray Charles, Bobbby Bland ,Muddy, and all the others. Keep in mind this voice is coming from a tiny, 18 year old Cockney kid. Sadly, when they got a manager and got signed to a recored company, the bigwigs pressured them to focus on making pop hits, which broke their hearts as they considered themselves soul boys, not pop stars. They did as they were told and made 14 singles in a little over 3 years, most of which made the top 20 and quite a few in the top 10. Some of my favorite early R&B songs: "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" "All or Nothing" "Come on Children" "You Really Got a Hold on Me" This cover gives me goosebumps. Later, they constantly changed their style, and experimented , looking for new styles. They were very creative and a big influence to later bands.

[@nancysmith38]

What great info- thanks for sharing - I love learning about bands !!

[@cindyfalstrom7231]

@@nancysmith38 Thank you Nancy. I also love learning the stories behind the artists and the songs. I have read lots of rock biographies and books on the history of rock, plus any articles and interviews I can find, thanks to Google! This time and place - London 1963-1973 +/- is my favorite time period. a cultural explosion similar to the Renaissance in my opinion. My favorite subject so far has been Steve Marriott. Many people are not familiar with him, but his life story is so interesting that there have been 3 excellent biographies written about him, plus he looms large in the memoirs of his former bandmates. He left a large impression on most of those around him - not always positive ! It's so sad that he died so young and under horrific circumstances, but again, that is part of what makes him so interesting. Sorry if I'm a little long winded at times, but I'm passionate about the subject and love talking about it 🥴✌

[@grindhouseglitch]

These guys were so good - very influential on other British Rockers of the 60s and 70s, too.

[@johnniekight1879]

This is their cover of a blues song. LZ put their name as writers as they did in many of the blues songs they recorded. This was recorded a few years before LZ.. Itchycoo Park, Lazy Sunday & Tin Soldier were their biggest hits.

[@BritIronRebel]

So many Small Faces great tunes! Check out: Tin Soldier, Song of a Baker, Itchykoo Park, Talk To You, Lazy Sunday Afternoon, Whatcha Gona Do About It, & All or Nothing.

[@John_Chu]

Muddy Waters was the original artist on this Willie Dixon song. The Small Faces covered it BEFORE Led Zeppelin. Page and company got sued for not crediting the true writer, Willie Dixon. Years later, they settled this and some other cases out of court.

[@827dusty]

The great Steve Marriott and his soulful vocals. What a talent he was.

[@Paul-tk2my]

The Small Faces also lifted this from an earlier blues song. It all goes around!

[@cynergy4]

You might like to try a piece of Humble Pie, Steve Marriott's later band of which a young Peter Frampton was a member before going solo. Long time Steve Marriott fan

[@jordan390a]

Not only did Zep rip this, Page took a whole lot of his stage "presence" directly from Mr. Marriott....

[@roadwary56]

so who ripped off who here/ Zep or SF, my money is on Led...this is fire no doubt

[@nancysmith38]

If you like this you’d probably like Humble Pie. Thirty Days in the Hole or I Don’t Need No Doctor are good tunes

[@verribarry]

He reacted to 30 days in the Hole about 7 months ago.

[@cindyfalstrom7231]

Biz did "I Don't Need No Dr" from the Live at Winterland album back 7 months ago. Look it up, it's one of the most enthusiastic reactions to that song I've ever seen. Biz just cracked me up!

[@custardflan]

As Humble Pie, I Don't Need No Doctor from the live at Fillmore East album and then 30 Days in the Hole from the Smokin' album.

[@jasonmccluskey3623]

Good is Good

[@davescurry69]

Awesome cover of the Muddy Waters original, which was itself covered by Zeppelin 3 years later and called "Whole Lotta Love". Nice one, Biz. The Small Faces were a great band but sadly only around for a few years. Check out "Wham Bam Thank You M'am", "Tin Soldier", "My Mind's Eye", "Afterglow" and "All Or Nothing". 3 members of the band (Kenny Jones, Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan) would go on to form The Faces with Rod Stewart and Ron Wood in 1969

[@cindyfalstrom7231]

I'm so glad you mentioned "Wham Bam Thank you M'am". It is not one of their better known songs - I love it - it's a real rocker. It also is one of the last they recorded, and as Kenney has written was one more nail in the coffin which broke up the band. The two songwirters Steve and Ronnie were having major "creative differences" and wanted to move forward in different directions. Ronnie hated "Wham Bam" as he was more into English folk type or spiritual (or as Steve called them the more "obscure ones). Steve was tired of being considered a pop band and was ready to rock. Thus his desire to add Peter Frampton to the band to harden up their sound and free him to concentrate on singing. Ronnie and Mac said No! Also, durig the recording, Steve got into a big arguments and Mac walked out saying "I quit". He came back the next day, and Steve was sorry he got mad, but said "Don't worry, we just got the session keyboardest to record your part - not very tactful! LOL... I wish they could have worked out their differences, they were just magic together IMO.

[@davescurry69]

@cindyfalstrom7231 It's quite ironic that Ronnie wanted a softer, more folksy direction and then ended up in one of the genuinely great rock and roll bands of all time. Then again The Faces did give Ronnie the room to produce several beautiful songs that fitted in with his wish for a folkier style.

[@cindyfalstrom7231]

@@davescurry69 True, though I don't know exactly who wrote what, I believe most of the rocking songs were written by Rod and Woody. Ronnie did write some wonderful softer songs like "Debris", "Richmond", and the quirky "You're so Rude". My favorite Ronnie songs, and more indicative of his personal style were written after he left the Faces like those on Rough Mix w/Pete Towshend, Slim Chance, and the album he made with Marriott in the 80's - "Majik Mijits" which is not well known as I believe it might have been released after both had passed away. I especially love "The Poacher", "April Fool" and "Bomber Moon". I think Ronnie and the other Small Faces were happy in the Faces and they made some fantastic music, until, as Ronnie had predicted, Rod's ego and ambitions led him to go off on his own, so Ronnie quit before that could happen.

[@davescurry69]

@cindyfalstrom7231 It's no coincidence that Rod's music nosedived dramatically when he left the band. I'm speaking artistically of course. Commercially he went through the roof. No accounting for taste I guess, lol.

[@cindyfalstrom7231]

@@davescurry69 I don't begrudge Rod his solo career. He did make some beautiful music, especially his first album, however, I agree some of it was bloody awful -"Do you think I'm Sexy" is totally gag worthy - LOL! It's just too bad that the Faces paid the price. Ronnie & Mac were dead set against having Rod in the band as they knew who he was, and rightly assumed that he would not be content staying within the confines of the band, thus would desert them as Steve Marriott had just done. However, Kenney says there was no one who could fill the huge hole left by Steve except some one like Rod, so the others reluctantly ageed to Rod. It was a good move as it ended up better for everyone. Faces were a huge success and Steve was much happier with Humble Pie.

[@Krymsyn_Rydyr]

What is amazing, is that voice was flowing from a teenager…. Steve was only 18? 19?

[@Really658]

Pretty good and I don't hand out compliments easily.

[@unclephil7650]

I Love led Zeppelin but when it came to crediting the true writers, they were sometimes shameless and they paid for it later. It's funny because people always complain about Elvis Presley for stealing somebody's culture, which he did not, when Led Zeppelin did it right under their noses and nobody ever said a word. Other than that this was an awesome cover of the original Muddy Waters version.

[@lindasalaki9404]

That was 🔥🔥

[@827dusty]

Led Zeppelin ripped these guys off, and many other artists as well. I love Led Zeppelin, but the truth is the truth. Steve Marriott and The Small Faces were, to be polite, "plagiarized" as they say. Led Zeppelin have been sued by many artists and Bands over the years for this. As they say though, it's water under the bridge.

[@J_Gamble]

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