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Small Faces Lyrics
Easy and lazy we go
It seems so hazy and slow
(Shoop-shoop-doo-weddy-weddy)
Long before the long before we know
(Shanga-langa-langa-dulang)
Times were so high they were low
I'm only writing the rhyme
Don't find me taking my time
Please pass me my glass of wine
I feel much better
I feel much
(Shoop-shoop-doo-weddy-weddy)
(Shoop-shoop-doo-weddy-weddy)
Please feel at home to come and go
(Shanga-langa-langa-dulang)
Easy and lazy and slow
(Shoop-shoop-doo-weddy-weddy)
Smiling so nicely to know
(Shanga-langa-langa-dulang)
Winds of good fortune must blow your way
These things won't come in a day
These things are coming to stay
There's really not much to say
I feel much better
I feel much better
I feel much
(Shoop-shoop-doo-weddy-weddy)
(Shoop-shoop-doo-weddy-weddy)
(Shoop-shoop-doo-weddy-weddy) slowly
(Shoop-shoop-doo-weddy-weddy) slowly feeling
(Shoop-shoop-doo-weddy-weddy) slowly feeling
(Shoop-shoop-doo-weddy-weddy) slowly feeling
Oh yeah, come on, now, ooh
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: IAN MCLAGAN, RONNIE LANE, STEVE MARRIOTT
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Small Faces were an influential British mod/psychedelic band of the 1960s, led by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane with Kenney Jones and Ian McLagan (who replaced original organist Jimmy Winston). The Small Faces were all genuine East End mods . They were signed to Decca records initially and enjoyed major success across Europe between 1965 and 1967 with classic singles like "All or Nothing" and "Sha-La-La-La-Lee" before moving to a new label.
By late 1967 Read Full BioSmall Faces were an influential British mod/psychedelic band of the 1960s, led by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane with Kenney Jones and Ian McLagan (who replaced original organist Jimmy Winston). The Small Faces were all genuine East End mods . They were signed to Decca records initially and enjoyed major success across Europe between 1965 and 1967 with classic singles like "All or Nothing" and "Sha-La-La-La-Lee" before moving to a new label.
By late 1967, the band had felt constricted financially & creatively by manager Don Arden (father of Sharon Osbourne), and were lured by Rolling Stones' publicist Andrew Loog Oldham into signing with his new Immediate label. They soon recorded more expansive psychedelic sounding material including hit pop tunes like "Lazy Sunday" which was included with their UK number one classic concept album Ogdens Nut Gone Flake and "Itchycoo Park" which was their only stateside charting single.
The demise of the Small Faces arrived on New Years Eve 1968, when Steve Marriott walked off stage at The Alexandra Palace in London. Marriott felt that despite the success of the group, he was still not being taken seriously as a musician. He went on to achieve major status in the U.S.A with Peter Frampton in Humble Pie. The others continued as the Faces, opting to drop the "Small" after one LP as new recruits Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood towered above their new band mates. Drummer Kenney Jones later joined The Who after the death of their drummer Keith Moon. As years went on, Marriott kept recording various lineups as Humble Pie but became somewhat of a caricature and casualty of rock excess. Tragically, Steve Marriott died in a house fire in 1991 and Ronnie Lane followed him in 1997 after a long battle with Multiple Sclerosis. Keyboardist Ian McLagan has continued to tour and record with his own band as well as with artists like Billy Bragg, The New Barbarians ( a group composed of Ian, Ron Wood, Keith Richards, Stanley Clarke, and Billy Cobham), and The Rolling Stones. According to announcements at the shows on the New Barbarians tour, the proceeds of the live gigs were going to pay Ronnie Lane's medical expenses associated with Ronnie's struggle with Multiple Sclerosis.
The Small Faces remain one of British rock's most important legacy acts, with their membership having links to so many other acts. Amongst the many bands they influenced were The Jam, Ramones, Oasis and X.
There are a number of locations around London linked to the Small Faces, many to be found in the East End where they grew up.
The J60 Music bar in Manor Park, an instrument shop where Steve Marriott first met Ronnie Lane
http://www.musicpilgrimages.com/articl/4012.php
Little Ilford park, also located in Manor Park, inspired the track Itchycoo Park, Steve and other kids in the East End used to play in this park when they grew up.
http://www.musicpilgrimages.com/articl/4002.php
In 1968 the Small Faces recorded a video for their track Lazy Sunday, Steve sings in his native East end accent and the video was shot in the East End using Kenney Jones parents' flat in Havering Street. The video ends with a shot of the nearby Thames.
http://www.musicpilgrimages.com/articl/4014.php
By late 1967 Read Full BioSmall Faces were an influential British mod/psychedelic band of the 1960s, led by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane with Kenney Jones and Ian McLagan (who replaced original organist Jimmy Winston). The Small Faces were all genuine East End mods . They were signed to Decca records initially and enjoyed major success across Europe between 1965 and 1967 with classic singles like "All or Nothing" and "Sha-La-La-La-Lee" before moving to a new label.
By late 1967, the band had felt constricted financially & creatively by manager Don Arden (father of Sharon Osbourne), and were lured by Rolling Stones' publicist Andrew Loog Oldham into signing with his new Immediate label. They soon recorded more expansive psychedelic sounding material including hit pop tunes like "Lazy Sunday" which was included with their UK number one classic concept album Ogdens Nut Gone Flake and "Itchycoo Park" which was their only stateside charting single.
The demise of the Small Faces arrived on New Years Eve 1968, when Steve Marriott walked off stage at The Alexandra Palace in London. Marriott felt that despite the success of the group, he was still not being taken seriously as a musician. He went on to achieve major status in the U.S.A with Peter Frampton in Humble Pie. The others continued as the Faces, opting to drop the "Small" after one LP as new recruits Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood towered above their new band mates. Drummer Kenney Jones later joined The Who after the death of their drummer Keith Moon. As years went on, Marriott kept recording various lineups as Humble Pie but became somewhat of a caricature and casualty of rock excess. Tragically, Steve Marriott died in a house fire in 1991 and Ronnie Lane followed him in 1997 after a long battle with Multiple Sclerosis. Keyboardist Ian McLagan has continued to tour and record with his own band as well as with artists like Billy Bragg, The New Barbarians ( a group composed of Ian, Ron Wood, Keith Richards, Stanley Clarke, and Billy Cobham), and The Rolling Stones. According to announcements at the shows on the New Barbarians tour, the proceeds of the live gigs were going to pay Ronnie Lane's medical expenses associated with Ronnie's struggle with Multiple Sclerosis.
The Small Faces remain one of British rock's most important legacy acts, with their membership having links to so many other acts. Amongst the many bands they influenced were The Jam, Ramones, Oasis and X.
There are a number of locations around London linked to the Small Faces, many to be found in the East End where they grew up.
The J60 Music bar in Manor Park, an instrument shop where Steve Marriott first met Ronnie Lane
http://www.musicpilgrimages.com/articl/4012.php
Little Ilford park, also located in Manor Park, inspired the track Itchycoo Park, Steve and other kids in the East End used to play in this park when they grew up.
http://www.musicpilgrimages.com/articl/4002.php
In 1968 the Small Faces recorded a video for their track Lazy Sunday, Steve sings in his native East end accent and the video was shot in the East End using Kenney Jones parents' flat in Havering Street. The video ends with a shot of the nearby Thames.
http://www.musicpilgrimages.com/articl/4014.php
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PROFESSOR I.C.
I'm 69 years old and still listening to this song. The '60's and '70's was definitely the Golden era of music.
Лариса Колегаева
I am agree. I am 69 too
FrancisBecka
I'm 59 - discovered these guy via the mod revival in the early 80s. Jam etc.
steven Robert
@Alison Hilll Plus it is boring and lacks something, soul I guess. Rap does political stuff, but I can't stand it. Music today, if you want to call it music, it all some the same, lifeless. It's controlled by the download sites. I loved the days that it was played for free on all the radio stations throughout the country, and there were great DJ's hosting a show. Alas, it is all gone.
Alison Hilll
The music these days is organised and controlled they can't sing about political things anymore, haven't been able to for 24 years
steven Robert
@jessie coulter I loved that song as a teen, and i still do. Happy that there is a YT to bring back songs like this.
Matthew C
I’m 33 and lucky enough to have parents who shared this magical band with me. I hope this song lives long into the future, truly a beautiful song
Julian Sheppard
Itchycoo Park. 3 minutes or so, of pure musical magic! 🎼 One of my favourite songs to come out of the 1960s. What a great time that was for popular music! Truly a golden age. I Don't believe that we will ever see another time like it again.
steven Robert
No mass shooting back then either, very nice country even with the Vietnam war and the civil rights movement happening at the same time.
OnyxSh0cks
I like quiet riots version more