Exiled In Ireland
9:00 Mon Apr 22
Re: The Small Faces.
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Saw the West end show "all or nothing" last year. The story of the Small Faces with live performances of all the songs. Similar style to Jersey Boys.
Highly recommend it if it is still playing.
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jfk
3:07 Mon Apr 22
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Great documentary available on sky arts "The British Invasion."Episode1 is all about The Faces.
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twoleftfeet
3:00 Mon Apr 22
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Here comes the nice is some tune.
I’ve also discovered early Moody Blues, listen to ride my see saw and I’m just a singer in a rock and roll band.
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Takashi Miike
2:41 Mon Apr 22
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samson, he wrote debris as a tribute to his dad
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samsonbigboy
2:23 Mon Apr 22
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Ronnie Lane was a very under-rated bass player and an even more under-rated songwriter. Debris is such a great song. The Poacher is genius. Try to listen to these songs, if you get a chance.
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oioi
10:45 Sun Apr 21
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Hahaha!
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geoffpikey
10:31 Sun Apr 21
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Here Comes The Nice is less complex.
It's just about their speed dealer. Got it on Radio 1, though! Hahah.
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oioi
9:27 Sun Apr 21
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geoffpikey 7:15 Sun Apr 21
Blimey. I didn't realise songs were so complicated.
What's the OTHER THING that Here Come the Nice is about then?
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eswing hammer
9:20 Sun Apr 21
Re: The Small Faces.
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Kenny jones says it was ‘east end bomb ruins’ but there was a place called itchycoo Park in ilford.
The Surprising Meaning Behind 'Itchycoo Park' - NME Song Stories
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The Stoat
9:16 Sun Apr 21
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ted fenton 8:09 Sun Apr 21
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tr3bor
8:59 Sun Apr 21
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I still reckon the Autumn Stone is in the top three Small Faces tunes.
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ted fenton
8:11 Sun Apr 21
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Also Itchycoo was nettles not wasps.
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ted fenton
8:09 Sun Apr 21
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Itchycoo Park is Little Ilford Park of church road Manor park !!!! Fact.
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geoffpikey
7:15 Sun Apr 21
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Ronnie Lane wrote the "bridge of sighs / dreaming spires" lines after reading a booklet about the wonders of Oxford. It's "poetic"
Marriott said about the nickname/ title : "It's Valentine's Park in Ilford. We used to go there and get stung by wasps. It's what we used to call it". This was reiterated by actor Tony Robinson, a childhood friend of Marriott's . WIKIPEDIA.
It's a co-write. It's not about ONE THING. Songs rarely are. Unless they're very simple. And Small Faces were NOT simple.
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Takashi Miike
6:54 Sun Apr 21
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this is also a brilliant doc about Ronnie Lane, called 'The Passing Show'
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cYfQcoUUmDw
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oioi
6:30 Sun Apr 21
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I'm throwing my tuppence worth in on the Itchycoo Park discussion.
No one has listened to the words properly. The answer is in the first 4 lines.
Over Bridge of Sighs
To rest my eyes in shades of green
Under Dreaming Spires
To Itchycoo Park, that's where I've been
Bridge of Sighs is in Oxford
Oxford is known as the City of Dreaming Spires
Not everything sung by a cockney boy has to be about the east end.
Itchycoo Park is in Oxford
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geoffpikey
6:12 Sun Apr 21
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@cholo
Old Small Faces documentary is still on YouTube. If you have an hour.
It's not the full picture, but as good a tribute as you'll see. They all feature. Mac, bless his soul, and Kenney' say the most. Marriott and Ronnie Lane had by this time passed away.
( Meanwhile, another billion books / films about the fucking Beatles. Yawn!!)
Anyway: I'd recommend you take THiS hour.
https://youtu.be/XgzwrSxeh3A
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Badhabit
5:46 Sun Apr 21
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My mum and dad from Stepney and Bethnal, now long gone, said that itchycoo park was a reference to a number of small parks round there frequented by down and outs with flea infestations. But I imagine many urban myths are attached to this placename, as with many other places.
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wanstead_hammer
1:59 Sun Apr 21
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Yes gavros.
After the bengali bloke that got murdered there.
You can still see the layout of the church on the ground if you look closely enough.
Round the corner from Tayyabs Indian.
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Eerie Descent
1:29 Sun Apr 21
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Vexed 4:57 Sat Apr 20
You couldn't be more of a cunt if you had labia for lips.
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Gavros
1:27 Sun Apr 21
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That little park was where the white chapel stood before it was pulled down. Its now called Altab Ali park.
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