I have a best of that's very solid. Still need to watch the doc.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 25 November 2013 18:20 (ten years ago) link
The doc is great. I think Rod paid for most/all of Lane's treatment, iirc.
I had one of his solo records, can't remember the name offhand. I hoped it would be like his Rough Mix songs, and a handful were, but it was depressingly inconsistent.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 25 November 2013 18:26 (ten years ago) link
This might have been pointed out a ton of times, but Faces is like Stones if the latter were nice people. Whenever I listen to them I prefer them.
― Mule, Monday, 25 November 2013 18:29 (ten years ago) link
Ha, that's otm. There's a moment on a live version of "I'm Losing You" where Rod tries to get the audience to clap along with a gentle, "Please. If we could." It's so charming.
Whereas Jagger would be all LOOK AT ME I'M A CHICKEN AND I COMMAND YOU TO CLAP.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 25 November 2013 18:31 (ten years ago) link
That's classic Rod. Impossible to dislike, no matter what shit he's put out over the years. Just a good-natured dude. The whole band gives off that vibe.
― Mule, Monday, 25 November 2013 18:35 (ten years ago) link
lol Tarfumes
yeah they are the loveable, generally more fun version of the Stones
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 25 November 2013 18:38 (ten years ago) link
Stones songs+Zep production=Faces
There's a new Uncut special on the stands spotlighting Small Faces/Faces/Humble Pie/Rod/Ronnie/Marriott. Lots of vintage clipping from the NME plus new essays and reviews. Very much worth your time if you're a fan.
― Maintenance Engineer of Foolhardiness (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 25 November 2013 18:43 (ten years ago) link
That last Small Faces album is on Spotify.
Half of it is not bad (e.g. "Stand by me") and half, um, is.
― Mark G, Monday, 25 November 2013 21:35 (ten years ago) link
LOOK AT ME I'M A CHICKEN AND I COMMAND YOU TO CLAP.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, November 25, 2013 6:31 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^^ Actually laughed so much at this. Brilliant! :D
― Dog Man Star took a suck on a pill... (Turrican), Monday, 25 November 2013 21:45 (ten years ago) link
This is actually a tough choice for me, because as EZ says the live boots of Faces are incredible. I think in terms of recorded output, I'd go for Small Faces though, especially the stuff they did for Immediate.
― Dog Man Star took a suck on a pill... (Turrican), Monday, 25 November 2013 21:47 (ten years ago) link
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― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 25 November 2013 22:29 (ten years ago) link
He's not wrong, clearly
― Mark G, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 07:16 (ten years ago) link
I sometimes wonder how things would have turned out if Small Faces hadn't split up at the end of the '60s. Now that would have caused a hell of an alternate timeline. Obviously, by the time they reformed in the mid '70s, they were a shadow of what they once were, with Ronnie Lane not participating and Steve Marriott being a massive coke fiend by that point, but its tempting to think they could have a much more heavier band after Ogden's. It's possible they would have done away with the rinky-dink music hallisms of 'Lazy Sunday' and went more down the route of 'Tin Soldier' or 'Wham Bam, Thank You Mam'. But also: if Small Faces hadn't broken up at the end of the '60s, would Rod have still ended up being a massively successful solo singer? Would Ronnie Wood still have made it into the Stones? Would Jimmy McCullough still have ended up quitting Wings (since he quit that band to join the reformed Small Faces)... hell, would he still be alive even? It's hard to say, but it's fun to speculate and ponder on, I guess!
― zip-a-dee-doo-dah, motherfucker! (Turrican), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 11:08 (ten years ago) link
The problem is, was that the Small Faces were a hard rockin' pop band, and the faces were a rock band. Which was fine, but when the Small Faces reformed, what *was* the faces tried to put the pop back in the bottle..
If only the Small Faces had stayed around 6 months longet to finish that last album w/ "Autumn Stone" and "Wham Bam" and so on, that would have been one to go out on.
Then they could have gone on to do The Faces, Humble Pie, and such-like..
― Mark G, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 12:25 (ten years ago) link
It's possible they would have done away with the rinky-dink music hallisms of 'Lazy Sunday' and went more down the route of 'Tin Soldier' or 'Wham Bam, Thank You Mam'.
I dunno, that's pretty much what Humble Pie ended up doing, along with the pastoralism of "The Autumn Stone." Town and Country is closer to a 70s Small Faces record than any Faces record (not that I prefer Pie to the Faces, just that Pie seemed to be picking up where the Small Faces left off moreso than the Faces were).
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 14:44 (ten years ago) link
This Small Faces box is coming out in January.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 9 December 2013 01:42 (ten years ago) link
Faces, Faces ARE rock.
― ☞ (brimstead), Monday, 9 December 2013 02:00 (ten years ago) link
The best band,
― ☞ (brimstead), Monday, 9 December 2013 02:01 (ten years ago) link
tylerw has uploaded this fabulous 1970 show (when they were still known as the Small Faces in the US).
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 13:08 (ten years ago) link
Looking forward to listening to that! Tyler comes thru again.
― Saturated with working class intelligence and not afraid to show it (Tom D.), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 13:42 (ten years ago) link
it is radical!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 15:44 (ten years ago) link
they are playing the breakdown of "i'm losin you" on classic rawk radio right now, i am feelin it
― men without hat tips (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 4 March 2015 02:19 (nine years ago) link
Kenney Jones was so underrated.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 4 March 2015 02:34 (nine years ago) link
Post-Mac's death, I worked my way through revisting the SF catalogue and The Faces' box in the car changer, and have come to the conclusion that the joint works are the most underrated in the Classic Rock canon. After some initial shakiness on Decca, they lock in with "All or Nothing", and cruise from strength to strength with minimal slippage pretty much until Rod leaves. The final singles are surprisingly good.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 4 March 2015 03:18 (nine years ago) link
recent faces box is killer - the rarities disc is a treat and the bonus tracks on the album are well-chosen (and don't seem to crossover with the stuff on the box set). remastered sound is stellar too. recommended!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 6 January 2016 16:47 (eight years ago) link
the stuff on the *other* box set, i should say
― tylerw, Wednesday, 6 January 2016 16:48 (eight years ago) link
My favourite Faces track is probably "Dishevellement Blues", probbaly because it came free with the very first NME I bought.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 6 January 2016 17:09 (eight years ago) link