You Need Loving
Small Faces Lyrics
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gonna play with the braids that you came here with tonight
I'm gonna hold your face and toast the snow that fell
because friends don't waste wine when there's words to sell
i feel like love is in the kitchen with a culinary eye
I think he's making something special and I'm smart enough to try
if you don't trust yourself for at least one minute each day
well you should trust in this girl cause loving is coming our way
if you can fix me up girl you'll go a long way
if you can fix me up girl you'll go a long way
I'll stand by all this drinking if it helps me through these days
(take my love in these small doses)
It takes a long time just to get this all straight
(take my love in these small doses)
I'll showcase on route 7 when i find the right place
(take my love in these small doses)
It takes a long time just to get this all straight
(take my love in these small doses)
in my mind
this is my free time
because friends don't waste wine when there's words to sell
if you can fix me up girl you'll go a long way
if you can fix me up girl you'll go a long way
I'll stand by all this drinking if it helps me through these days
(take my love in these small doses)
I've spent a long time corresponding in my own way
(take my love in these small doses)
I'll showcase on route 7 when I find the right place
(take my love in these small doses)
It takes a long time just to get this all straight
(take my love in these small doses)
in my mind
this is my free time
to break it all away
spend it all today
spend it all today
it took time then I found you
it took time then I found you
The lyrics to Small Faces' song "You Need Loving" portray a sense of infatuation and admiration towards a particular individual. The singer speaks of wanting to be close to this person, holding their face and cherishing the moments they have together. The use of the metaphor "Love is in the kitchen with a culinary eye" represents an enchanted sense of vision and creation that the singer associates with this person. They believe that love is creating something special and wants to be a part of it. The line "if you can fix me up girl you'll go a long way" hints at the idea of personal growth and development that can come from a relationship. The final line, "it takes time then I found you" represents the journey and search for this significant other and how it was worth the wait.
In summary, the lyrics of "You Need Loving" depict the singer's admiration for the individual and their belief that a romantic relationship can bring personal growth and fulfillment.
Line by Line Meaning
I'm gonna pull you in close gonna wrap you up tight
I want to embrace you tightly and make you feel loved
gonna play with the braids that you came here with tonight
I want to affectionately touch and play with your hair
I'm gonna hold your face and toast the snow that fell
I want to kiss you and celebrate the beauty of winter together
because friends don't waste wine when there's words to sell
It's important to use our time wisely and enjoy life's pleasures while we pursue our goals
i feel like love is in the kitchen with a culinary eye
I sense that love is being created with care, like a chef preparing a special dish
I think he's making something special and I'm smart enough to try
I believe love is bringing something new and wonderful, and I'm eager to experience it
if you don't trust yourself for at least one minute each day
If you lack self-confidence, take solace in my love and let it empower you
well you should trust in this girl cause loving is coming our way
You can have faith in our relationship, and happiness will soon grace us
if you can fix me up girl you'll go a long way
If you can help me improve and grow, we'll have a bright future together
I'll stand by all this drinking if it helps me through these days (take my love in these small doses)
Drinking may be a temporary crutch, but my love for you will sustain me and heal me more deeply
It takes a long time just to get this all straight (take my love in these small doses)
Sorting out our lives can be a slow process, but together we can take small steps and make progress
I'll showcase on route 7 when i find the right place (take my love in these small doses)
I'll proudly display my love when the timing and circumstances feel right
in my mind this is my free time
I treasure this moment when I can let go and enjoy love without stress or worry
to break it all away spend it all today spend it all today
Let's live in the present moment and use our time to the fullest
it took time then I found you
It may have taken a while, but finally I have discovered the love I've been seeking
Writer(s): Steve Marriott Copyright: Bucks Music Limited
Contributed by Maya C. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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
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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.
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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.
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Михаил Сергопольцев
В 1962 году Мадди Уотерс записал «You Need Love», которую написал для него его сверстник Вилли Диксон. В 1966 году британская мод-группа Small Faces записала песню «You Need Loving» для своего одноименного дебютного Decca LP. Некоторые кусочки текста в версии Led Zeppelin были заимствованы из песни Вилли Диксона, любимца Планта. Фразировка Планта особенно похожа на фразировки Стива Мэрриотта в версии Small Faces. Сходство с «You Need Love» могло привести к судебному иску против Led Zeppelin в 1985 году, но спор был урегулирован во внесудебном порядке в пользу Диксона. Роберт Плант, большой поклонник блюз- и соул исполнителей, регулярно цитировал другие песни, особенно на своих концертах.
«Рифф Пэйджа был риффом Пейджа. Он был там прежде всего. Я просто подумал: «Ну, что я буду петь?» И спел это, украл. Теперь с радостью расплатились. В то время было много разговоров о том, что делать. Было решено, что прошло столько времени, и повлияло так же то что... ну, тебя поймают только если ты преуспеешь. Это игра.
(Роберт Плант, Маниакальная личность Роберта Планта)
Woah you foolin'
Come and get coolin'
I'm gonna send you right back to school, alright
Make your way down the new side girl
You know how woman, you need lovin', lovin', alright
I know you need lovin' you here, oh yeah, alright
That's right, well I've been yearnin'
Hey baby you've been burnin'
We'll have a fun time, alright
You'll get some lovin'
Cause baby we're gonna excite you
Deep in your heart woman, you need lovin', yeah,
Oh lovin', alright
That's all you need, lovin' baby, yeah, alright
Eeny-meeny-miney-mo
Eeny-meeny-miney-mo
Can't take it no more
I can't monkey and I can't dog
Can't do the monkey, yeah
I said you know how to pony
Mony-baloney, I took you to the flyer
Passed me by
Oh rock your pony
Mashed potato
Said I want to show you
I want to show you
It's alright, it's alright...
Woman you need loving, yeah
Victor carrillo gonzales
SMALL FACES & “YOU NEED LOVING”:
El desaparecido cantante, guitarrista y compositor “Steve Marriott” que fuera uno de los creadores junto a Peter Frampton de la banda “Humble Pie” a finales de octubre de 1968 tenía una gran fuerza interpretativa y sobre todo con su aguda voz y el dominio del falsete que tuvo sus seguidores durante la década de los setentas en que dejó firmado su estilo.
Pero es en su primer grupo los “Small Faces” donde demuestra su calidad con un cover que hace de un blues del maestro blusero sureño “Willie Dixon” que años después copian los Led Zeppelin con “Whole lotta Love” que fue lanzado como single y abre el segundo disco de Led Zeppelin (el primer plagio de este grupo que al perder el juicio en 1985 tuvieron que colocar al autor original).
El tema en referencia es el clásico “You Need Loving” compuesto por el bluesman “Wille Dixon” que fue tocado por primera vez por “Muddy Waters en el año de 1962 (tomando muchas frases de esta canción) pero no solo copiaron la letra, además los arreglos e interpretación que los Small Faces realizaron en su disco debut de 1966.
(Hasta el gritito de Steve Marriott se copió Plant).
ESTREMONIAS
Incredible the singer's voice in the song, which was later copied by the Led Zeppelin singer
Woah you foolin'
Come and get coolin'
I'm gonna send you right back to school, alright
Make your way down the new side girl
You know how woman, you need lovin', lovin', alright
I know you need lovin' you here, oh yeah, alright
That's right, well I've been yearnin'
Hey baby you've been burnin'
We'll have a fun time, alright
You'll get some lovin'
Cause baby we're gonna excite you
Deep in your heart woman, you need lovin', yeah,
Oh lovin', alright
That's all you need, lovin' baby, yeah, alright
Eeny-meeny-miney-mo
Eeny-meeny-miney-mo
Can't take it no more
I can't monkey and I can't dog
Can't do the monkey, yeah
I said you know how to pony
Mony-baloney, I took you to the flyer
Passed me by
Oh rock your pony
Mashed potato
Said I want to show you
I want to show you
It's alright, it's alright...
Woman you need loving, yeah
Brian Levine
If the Small Faces had decent management, they would've been huge in America. They were as good as anybody in 1966.
Three Six Nine
@impalaman9707 They sounded like the Small Faces because they were influenced by them. I'm a big fan of US 60s garage music. There were some great unknown bands, but none of them were in Small Faces' league.
Listen to the way this song swaggers. These guys were a phenomenal band and with Steve Marriott on vocals, they were superlative.
John Sirois
@Electric Sailor Scott Morgan from Ann Arbor's Rationals comes to mind.
Brian Levine
@Limpi43 I stand by my statement.
John Pastore
@Limpi43 Cream did Exist in 1966
mojoman566
Steve Marriot was the man. Awesome talent that doesn't get his due.
Rob Jones
A little man with a big, big voice. LZ ripped this track off in no uncertain terms amongst
many and made millions. Stevie and company were ruined by the revolting Don
Arden, and didn't receive a penny. At the peak of their powers, the Small Faces
were fantastic. Steve Marriott was the true definition of a soul singer.
No English rock vocalist of that period ever matched him.
He will always remain a class act.
Adrián Guzmán
That's so true, even Robert Plant himself admitted Marriott was the top unmatched blues singer of their generation and therefore he emulated him
Christian Thwaites
Steve was 19 when he recorded this. Sounds like he had been singing the blues for decades.
VIVIVI
@Abcde “they don’t sell jack daniels in England” then proceeds to say “how the fuck would I know that?” You aren’t too smart are ya?