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Faces — Wicked Messenger
Album: First Step
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Released: 1970
Length: 4:03
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There was a wicked messenger
from Eli he did come,
With a mind that multiplied
the smallest matter
When questioned who had sent for him
he answered with a thumb.
For his tongue it could not speak, but only flatter

He stayed behind the assembly hall,
it was there that he made his bed,
Oftentimes he could be seen returning.
Until one day he just appeared
with a note in his hand which read,
"The soles of my feet, I swear they're burning".

The leaves began to fallin'
And the seas began to part,
And the people that confronted him were many
And he was told these last few words,
Which opened up his heart,
"If ye cannot bring good news, then don't bring any"
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A total blast from the past.
Great!
Posted 1 month ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
I have this Faces album, and others, on vinyl. Scratchy as they are, the band still sounds great to me. 
Posted 4 years ago by dauerweck    [ Reply ]
 Kaw wrote:

How?
 Spends all day clicking between 7 & 8.
Posted 4 years ago by forthbrdge    [ Reply ]
From that era when Woderick sang hard.
Posted 4 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 Aud wrote:

Needed child support for all those kids
 

Well, this is lackluster/not special compared with what other bands on the scene at this time were doing.  Years later, 'do you think I'm sexy?' certainly found him a more marketable niche.
Posted 5 years ago by MrStatenIsle    [ Reply ]
Dude thats some far out stuff right there! Easy 8 from me! Have a groovy day people of Paradise!{#Bananapiano}{#Drummer}{#Beat}{#Bananajam}
Posted 6 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
 ddog wrote:
How'd Rod go from this to "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy"?!  Sheesh.

 
Needed child support for all those kids
Posted 7 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
 chyk5 wrote:
First time hearing this. Pleasantly surprised at the low rating. This is shrill. 

 
Hasn't age well. Same as Rod..
Posted 7 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]




                           


Posted 7 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
I'd like to hear a Steeleye Span cover of that...
Posted 7 years ago by ubuntourist    [ Reply ]
Sir Roderick!
Posted 7 years ago by markybx    [ Reply ]
 BooKitty wrote:
Rod was really good before he really sucked.
 

I second this comment. 
Posted 7 years ago by FluorideFreeMN    [ Reply ]
First time hearing this. Pleasantly surprised at the low rating. This is shrill. 
Posted 7 years ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
 ilibjorn wrote:
Damn.  I turned it up.  Gave it a 7.5. 

 
How?
Posted 8 years ago by Kaw    [ Reply ]
The best of Rod Stewart - with the Faces.
Posted 8 years ago by ozzie1313    [ Reply ]
 Wicked Messenger bring any
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
 h8rhater wrote:
Now we need to hear Three Button Hand-Me-Down. 

Come on BillG!

 
yeah Bill, what he said
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Damn.  I turned it up.  Gave it a 7.5. 
Posted 8 years ago by ilibjorn    [ Reply ]
this is a good album
sounds more like a Stewart album than Faces 
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
always loved this cover
Posted 8 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
How'd Rod go from this to "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy"?!  Sheesh.
Posted 8 years ago by ddog    [ Reply ]
Rod....please get outta Vegas, call Jeff Beck and give us one more white boy blues album.
 

Posted 9 years ago by dickmahoon    [ Reply ]
Rod at his best
Posted 9 years ago by Falcon    [ Reply ]
Keyboardist Ian McLagan lives here in Austin and plays regularly with his band, the Bump Band.  When in town he generally does a free admission show at the Lucky Lounge every week.
Posted 10 years ago by Bat    [ Reply ]
 hayduke2 wrote:
what's that silly fella on the left wearing on his head, hmmmmmm, wonder if he's ever gonna make a name for himself looking so goofy
(damn fine Rock though!)

 
Funny, Rod and Ronnie never really changed hair styles since (little shorter maybe). 

Love the deep bass in these late 60 early 70 rocker tunes. 
Posted 10 years ago by black321    [ Reply ]
Ha, My mother just went and saw Rod last weekend, she's a couple of years older than him.

Wonder if he played anything like this
Posted 10 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
 hayduke2 wrote:
what's that silly fella on the left wearing on his head, hmmmmmm, wonder if he's ever gonna make a name for himself looking so goofy

 
Funny
Posted 10 years ago by Susan_Amati    [ Reply ]
Great!! 9 for the 70's!!
Posted 10 years ago by strous    [ Reply ]
what's that silly fella on the left wearing on his head, hmmmmmm, wonder if he's ever gonna make a name for himself looking so goofy
(damn fine Rock though!)
Posted 10 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Liking this new Faces trend on RP{#Bananajam}Now we need to hear Three Button Hand-Me-Down. 

Come on BillG!
Posted 10 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}Rod rules!
Posted 10 years ago by gesue    [ Reply ]
Hard to believe this is the same guy who sang "spread your wings and let me come inside" !
Posted 10 years ago by jtomato    [ Reply ]
{#Clap}
Posted 10 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
wow, surprised this doesn't rate higher. always loved this cover... it's been ages since i heard it. i like rod's phrasing. 
Posted 10 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
I love this cover,especially the slide guitar parts, it has a gut-bucket simplicity and that trademark rough edge that Rod the "Nod" no longer uses...He could bark and growl with Beck and occasionally did so with the Faces......the simple fact that Dylan could not sing in any fashion at that point was emphasised when a singer attacked his material! I would bet that the Black Keys heard this version; I really like their version as well !
Posted 16 years ago by Weanlean    [ Reply ]
Sounds very sloppy. I guess it was a sound they were going for.
Posted 19 years ago by pummisher    [ Reply ]
anniebear wrote:
wow......this song rocks alright, but the lyrics sure are DATED! Good gods save us from midevalcycle songs as rock opera......a curse on you Led Zeppelin! Damn this song rocks, as long as I just ignore whatever crap he's saying and focus on the sound
Well, you gotta understand the context here...it's not one of those Spinal Tap "Drewidd" (insert Cockney accent here) anthems, it's an I-fell-off-my-motorcycle-and-broke-my-neck-and-almost-died-and-now-I'm-exploring-my-mortality Dylan song from John Wesley Harding. This the wheat, not the chaff. But hearing Rod Stewart sing Wicked Messenger is like watching Forrest Gump meets Pulp Fiction: Gump Fiction, where Forrest/Rod is gonna get all medieval on our buttocks.
Posted 19 years ago by Gnarlito    [ Reply ]
I think Rod Stewart rocked with the best of them, and I really liked the Faces, but there's something about Stewart's voice that's always made it hard for me to take him seriously, especially when he covers a song like this. Rod Stewart singing Wicked Messenger sort of reminds of a classic Saturday Night Live opening monologue by Rob Reiner where Reiner plays a Vegas lounge singer slaughtering Blowin in the Wind by his "good friend Bobby Dylan."
Posted 19 years ago by Gnarlito    [ Reply ]
Is that Rod Stweart on the left?
Posted 19 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
wow......this song rocks alright, but the lyrics sure are DATED! Good gods save us from midevalcycle songs as rock opera......a curse on you Led Zeppelin! Damn this song rocks, as long as I just ignore whatever crap he's saying and focus on the sound
Posted 19 years ago by anniebear    [ Reply ]
This is rockin'!
Posted 19 years ago by appst89    [ Reply ]
Don't know why this is rated so low on here, this rocks.
Posted 19 years ago by SuperWeh    [ Reply ]
Yeah. Now this is some stuff.
Posted 19 years ago by ChardRemains    [ Reply ]
BooKitty wrote:
Rod was really good before he really sucked.
That says it all. In the Faces he was great and he was good up until about Atlantic Crossing, then mostly downhill after that. The Faces put out "Five Guys Go Into A Bar" last year, a 4-disk anthology that has more good than bad on it, and has songs from Ronnie Lane and I think Ian McGlagan sang on a few. GREAT stuff. Ever since he didn't know whether he was sexy or not and had to ask around, Rod's gone downhill.
Posted 19 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]
madtowner11 wrote:
Yuck. Rod Stewart?
Rod used to Rock back in the Days
Posted 19 years ago by Cachatons    [ Reply ]
Come on. Admit it. Even if you don't like this song, you have to smile when Rod's voice first kicks in. At the very least, Bill surely had a big grin on his face when he put this into the play list. And not a bad tune, on the whole.
Posted 19 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
I'm off to the bar. . . back when this finishes
Posted 19 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
I don't think I would like it, but it would at least sound better if they were all playing and singing the same song.
Posted 19 years ago by physicsgenius    [ Reply ]
madtowner11 wrote:
Yuck. Rod Stewart?
No, Rob Stewart, his talented brother.
Posted 19 years ago by GregX59    [ Reply ]
Yuck. Rod Stewart?
Posted 19 years ago by madtowner11    [ Reply ]
Yech, from the Greek kakophonos.
Posted 19 years ago by diane    [ Reply ]
AphidA wrote:
I could swear this is actually Faces and NOT Small Faces. I could be wrong, but I would place a fairly hefty wager on it. (I know what the album that is sold says, but I think they're even wrong)
You may be right, because the main difference between The Small Faces and The Faces was their leadsinger (Steve Marriott/Rod Stewart).
Posted 19 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
I could swear this is actually Faces and NOT Small Faces. I could be wrong, but I would place a fairly hefty wager on it. (I know what the album that is sold says, but I think they're even wrong)
Posted 19 years ago by AphidA    [ Reply ]
Rod was really good before he really sucked.
Posted 19 years ago by BooKitty    [ Reply ]
Rafter101 wrote:
When I saw the ratings on this song, it seemed like the slime on the bottom of the Titanic. This song ROCKS! It pulled me out of a lull in my office work and reminded me that it's FRIDAY, and time to take off my pants!
These young whipper-snappers wouldn't know a good song if it kissed them on the lips.
Posted 19 years ago by n4ku    [ Reply ]
When I saw the ratings on this song, it seemed like the slime on the bottom of the Titanic. This song ROCKS! It pulled me out of a lull in my office work and reminded me that it's FRIDAY, and time to take off my pants!
Posted 19 years ago by Rafter101    [ Reply ]
Dunno.. like a lot of other SF/RS tracks better than this one. Why not some moldy-goldies from "The Rod Stewart Album"?
Posted 19 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]