Paul Rodgers needed to have been in the Rock Hall of Fame like 10 years ago. He's one of the only artists ever to have a top 5 hit song with 4 different bands. Free, Bad Co., The Firm and The Law. he's a legend!
Paul Kossoff was the lead guitarist. One of the most underrated of all time. After Free Broke up he slid into drugs and eventually killed him. But that song will be one of his best!
The RRHF is corporate crap, Joan Jett is in there yet BAD CO. Isn't and they charge band members who are inducted outrageous sums of money to sit there 😢
Thanks guys ... I was just a teenager when this came out... Every band I ever jammed with did this song... so good and we take it for granted... Paul Rogers deserves same respect we give Plant, McCartney, Rod Steward etc... He is a Top Ten Classic Rock Frontman for sure... Thumbs up, great reaction!
Also, it's not often that a song from a male rock band empowers the girl in the story this much. Loved it! She was sassy! Then, at the end..."we're so happy together."
One of the most soulful voices in Rock music, along with Robert Plant, and Steve Marriott. When he started "Bad Company" then people really started to see what vocals this man had. Thanks guys.
If he'd lived I'm sure Paul Kossof would have been regarded as one of the all time great guitarists. He didn't quite make the 27 club like his hero Hendrix, he died aged 26.
ABSOLUTE MUST HEAR Classics:: Spirit "I Got A Line On You" & Nature's Way",, Argent "Hold Your Head Up" & Head East "Never Been Any Reason"...TRUST ME my music lovin' brothers.
I’m a 71 yr old (in my daughter’s words) “burnt out old hippie.” This song and Mississippi Queen are the 2 greatest rock singles of all time. Both are simple, straightforward, no frills, badass songs. 🤣🤣
Thanks guys. Imagine a young guy in a musical vacuum trying to get over the Beatles giving up? This track opened my ears to others in the magical 70s. Floyd, Queen, Led Zepp, and later Genesis and Supertramp.
This song is sooooo much more than the hook, which indeed is overused. And you’re right that each element is rather simple on their own, but completely change when combined into the funkiest classic rock tune ever. I never made the connection with State Of Shock before, but it definitely takes some inspiration from this. Fantastic record and reaction 🥰
Paul Rogers the singer & Simon Kirk the drummer later went on to form the group Bad Company. Paul is considered by many as the best Rock Vocalist ever. Just as a side note he appeared on the Four Tops anniversary special a few years back & performed two of their songs. Being a big Four Tops fan this was the best of both Worlds.
I am 66 years old and to this very day that guitar work is still my all time favorite, especially the solo which moves my soul and rests heavy on my "feels", if you know what I mean. Blues Rock at it's finest!
Paul Rodgers, the same vocalist singing Burnin Sky (by Bad Company) that you loved so much! One of a kind & huge song, in so many movies/tv shows etc. Timeless.
Wow, what a throwback! I was preparing myself for my last year in HS, and life after i got drafted! Goes to show that the folks who run the RRHOF are dolts or political hacks or both! Loved the reaction, I look for y’all daily! Keep rockin!
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Paul Kossoff was the co-founder and guitarist of Free. He died aged 25 of a pulmonary embolism on a flight from LA to NY. His body was returned to London where he was buried.
Used to sing background for this song with my bestie in high school down in drummer's basement. Truly played by every garage/basement band when it came out.
I finally got to see Paul Rodgers live in August 2019 with Bad Company. He was just a few months shy of his 70th birthday and his voice sound just as strong as it did when this album was recorded. He is n amazing vocalist/frontman.
Just my opinion but hands down the greatest rock vocalist of them all . And as a heavy heavy zeppelin fan and a Plant fan in abundance I mean that with all my heart …❤❤
Paul Rodgers has one of greatest Rock Voices of all. I have seen him solo and with Bad Company. The Guitarist was Paul Kossoff, a great Guitarist, however he died in 1976. 😢
Great song! Great riff, great drumming, great singing, great bass, awesome hook and tremendous chorus! One of those songs where most in my generation can sing every word, play air guitar note and every drum fill. Great interlude too!
Paul Rogers was in a group called The Firm with Jimmy Page. They put out 2 albums & had a song on the radio called Radioactive. I was lucky to catch them on tour. Rogers also joined with Queen. Just called Paul Rogers & Queen. They were really good.
There is a 1970 live version here on YT by this amazing band with almost 10 million views. From it, you quickly grasp how absolutely tight they were. And at such young ages. One has to wonder what more treasure we'd have enjoyed from guitarist, Kossof, if he'd remained in Earth orbit much longer with us.
Great song. It took me back to when I was a teenager. Paul Rodgers is one of the greatest rock vocalists of all time. I'm proud to share my birthday (Dec. 17) with two great singers: Paul Rodgers and Eddie Kendricks. LOL
What an iconic jam released in 1970 from Free. It ended up being a one hit wonder for the group before they disbanded in 73. It's a killer tune that never grows old. One of many awesome hits that started the 70's. Excellent reaction gentlemen.
Darlins, Paul Rodgers got the pipes, he's in another what is now considered a supergroup, Bad Company,..that soulful, hard rock delivery by Free, and Bad Company, and I think on the album cover you have up, that's Paul in the lower left corner,...so young, belting out these vocals,..Godspeed, Peace ✌
Free!!! ❤ Seeing Paul Rogers is on my bucket list. Had tickets to see him in Kansas City but he got sick and canceled 😢 Free has been My jam for years! Thanks for warming up this Cold Friday. Temps dropped 30 degrees overnight 🥶 Appreciate y'all's choices today.
I saw Bad Company May 1979 Kemper Arena Kansas City. And then had the privilege of seeing Paul Rodgers with Jimmy Page in the band they formed together The Firm, May 1986 Kemper Arena K.C. Great performances.
This tune is from their third lp, released in 1970. It laid the minimalist foundation for Bad Company. Another Free favourite of mine is Wishing Well from their sixth and final lp Heartbreaker, released in January 1973.
This song was on repeat when I was in High school. Then when we would go out, every band played this song and would fill the dance floor. I still love this song. Paul Rogers is one of the best vocalists of the time. He went on to Bad Company. They were the first band signed by Swan Song, LED Zeppelin’s label.
The Michael Jackson & Mick Jagger song was State of Shock. And after almost 50 years on this earth I never once thought they sounded similar, but I'll be damned, once you pointed it out I heard it immediately. Good ear.
This band is a British rock band formed in 1969 they are one of the first blues-rock bands to emerge from this time period, it's incredible that all the band members were so young but had some very profound lyrics for such youthful souls. They have a pretty good collection to discover; their discography consists of six studio albums, two live albums, 18 compilation albums, one EP and 16 singles along with two video albums....so a lot more to check out and discover, if you enjoy listening to their tunes. Here's one of the songs from their debut album, if interested. "Free - Walk In My Shadow - 1969" (by the channel: Tom Kane) --This is from the album "Tons Of Sobs" while the album failed to chart in the UK, it reached 172 in the US.
The best band ever in my opinion. The Song was written when they were 16 years old. Wish I'd written a song as good as that in 1970 that's still being played now. When Free played this at the Isle of Wight festival in 1970 they couldn't have imagined it would still be played. Don't overstate Paul Kossoff's guitar work, crisp and concise as it always was. Andy Fraser's bass and Simon Kirke's drumming held this band together in the same way that John Paul Jones and John Bonham did for Led Zep. Paul Rodgers vocals are superb on this song arrogant and strutting just like Rock N roll should be..
Yup-Yup!! I'm a brutha-man, of course a boomer. Listened to it all jus about as many as it was when it all started. Aspired to be a musician; bass player to be exact. When FREE, this cut came out it basically shook foundation off blues rock, Andy Frasier, 17, the bassist was funk incarnate in that genre, regardless. In a class of his own. 'Ride in on a pony' highway song, mr biga, all Free songs. Paul Rodgers, sing his 'a*k me no questions. i'll tell u no lies off. good day gentlemen. Peace out..
I saw Free live in 1971 in Glasgow. Alright Now was a 1970 huge UK hit.Sadly Kossoff died due to drugs a great talent lost. Rodgers is one of Rock's greatest singers.
A lot of times, simple is the best. One of my favorite vocalist and bands right there. Y'all gotta check out some more of their tunes. Fire and Water, Mr.Big and one of my favorites, Seven Angels are great tunes. There's a video on TH-cam of an old live performance of the song Mr. Big that's really good. Of course the vocalist Paul Rodgers, went on to sing in Bad Company, the Firm (with Jimmy Page) and Queen. He has a tribute to Muddy Waters album that's worth a listen. It features Rodgers on vocals, and a lot of different famous guitarists accompanying him on each song. The song Rollin Stone, featuring Jeff Beck, is badass. And Standing Round Crying with David Gilmore is also.
Paul Rodgers needed to have been in the Rock Hall of Fame like 10 years ago. He's one of the only artists ever to have a top 5 hit song with 4 different bands. Free, Bad Co., The Firm and The Law. he's a legend!
Rogers (and Free) is on the same Jan Wenner blacklist as, eg, Arthur Lee and Love.
Paul Kossoff was the lead guitarist. One of the most underrated of all time. After Free Broke up he slid into drugs and eventually killed him. But that song will be one of his best!
I think he was in Queen for a while too.
@@324cmac He was, but failed to have a top 5 hit with Queen though.
The RRHF is corporate crap, Joan Jett is in there yet BAD CO. Isn't and they charge band members who are inducted outrageous sums of money to sit there 😢
Incredible song given that the drummer & the vocalist were 20 years old, the guitarist was 19 & the bass player was 17. Amazing talent!
There have been a lot of great musicians who were very young.
Can’t go wrong with Paul Rodgers singing
One of those songs that you might, over the decades, grow tired of - like it's "all played out" - but no, it NEVER gets old. A timeless classic.
So true!
Our Highschool dances had a Great Band( Tumbling Dice) who played this tune at every dance❤ great times🎉🎉🎉
One of the best rock n roll songs ever recorded. Paul Roger’s voice IS rock.
Thanks guys ... I was just a teenager when this came out... Every band I ever jammed with did this song... so good and we take it for granted... Paul Rogers deserves same respect we give Plant, McCartney, Rod Steward etc... He is a Top Ten Classic Rock Frontman for sure... Thumbs up, great reaction!
Another throw away song written in ten minutes that somehow became a huge hit. Incredibly well-produced with excellent vocals by Rodgers.
Yep, just another song on another day way back when. And it was perfect
Also, it's not often that a song from a male rock band empowers the girl in the story this much. Loved it! She was sassy! Then, at the end..."we're so happy together."
One of the most soulful voices in Rock music, along with Robert Plant, and Steve Marriott. When he started "Bad Company" then people really started to see what vocals this man had.
Thanks guys.
written by the bass player Andy Fraser who was pretty young, about 17 or 18 years old at the time. He is a great bass player
Andy and Simon Kirke - amazing rhythm section.
This was the first song that every garage band of the 70’s learned .Great Banger lots of radio play.
same
Iron Man but this was one
It is a solid gold banger. Always was, always will be fire! I love the rawness of Paul Rodgers vocals.
Paul Rodgers is the singer. He also sung for Bad Company.
If he'd lived I'm sure Paul Kossof would have been regarded as one of the all time great guitarists. He didn't quite make the 27 club like his hero Hendrix, he died aged 26.
He didn't even make it to 26, actually, he was just 25.
That's Paul Rodgers (of Bad Company) on vocals and the great Paul Kossoff on guitar, who died tragically young.
No
That's Paul Rogers. Of Free.
You could at least spell his name right for your lame joke.
That's what you call perfection.
This is a top 10 on my list. Loved it when i was a teen ager. Love it in my 60s.
agreed👍
ABSOLUTE MUST HEAR Classics:: Spirit "I Got A Line On You" & Nature's Way",, Argent "Hold Your Head Up" & Head East "Never Been Any Reason"...TRUST ME my music lovin' brothers.
I’m a 71 yr old (in my daughter’s words) “burnt out old hippie.” This song and Mississippi Queen are the 2 greatest rock singles of all time. Both are simple, straightforward, no frills, badass songs. 🤣🤣
Thanks guys. Imagine a young guy in a musical vacuum trying to get over the Beatles giving up? This track opened my ears to others in the magical 70s. Floyd, Queen, Led Zepp, and later Genesis and Supertramp.
Great list! My faves too.
This song is sooooo much more than the hook, which indeed is overused. And you’re right that each element is rather simple on their own, but completely change when combined into the funkiest classic rock tune ever. I never made the connection with State Of Shock before, but it definitely takes some inspiration from this. Fantastic record and reaction 🥰
Paul Rogers the singer & Simon Kirk the drummer later went on to form the group Bad Company. Paul is considered by many as the best Rock Vocalist ever. Just as a side note he appeared on the Four Tops anniversary special a few years back & performed two of their songs. Being a big Four Tops fan this was the best of both Worlds.
I have always loved this song. A real classic. 🎸🎸🎶🎶🎶👍
Sounds just as good as it did when it first came out in 1970!
Absolutely!
I love Paul Rodgers. He went on to form Bad Company. Dripping with talent. This song is a classic.
Paul Kossoff's break is always new .. it's amazing.
I am 66 years old and to this very day that guitar work is still my all time favorite, especially the solo which moves my soul and rests heavy on my "feels", if you know what I mean. Blues Rock at it's finest!
68 here. Love this song. I teach fitness/aerobics classes. I have it on my playlist for teaching!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😆
They influenced a lot of huge rock bands.
At last, some Free! Mr.Big next 👍🇬🇧
Paul Rodgers, the same vocalist singing Burnin Sky (by Bad Company) that you loved so much! One of a kind & huge song, in so many movies/tv shows etc. Timeless.
Wow, what a throwback! I was preparing myself for my last year in HS, and life after i got drafted! Goes to show that the folks who run the RRHOF are dolts or political hacks or both! Loved the reaction, I look for y’all daily! Keep rockin!
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Oh so true since Jethro Tull, and STYX are not in the rock hall of SHAME either!
How long did they take to induct Deep Purple a true crime
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Thank you for a great reaction. maybe next ,Humble Pie - 30 Days In The Hole.
There is no mistaking the voice of Paul Rodgers !!! Later the Lead singer for Bad Company. Needs to be in the Rock & Roll HOF.
OMG this is one from the sound track of my life🔥🔥🔥🔥
this and I Just Want to Celebrate for me
Lead vocalist Paul Rodgers is amazing!! He was lead singer for Bad Company as well as two others who also had number one hits with him singing lead🎶🎵
The cowbell is everything
5671st time I've heard that song. Still rocks!
It’s a kick ass classic!
Paul Kossoff was the co-founder and guitarist of Free. He died aged 25 of a pulmonary embolism on a flight from LA to NY. His body was returned to London where he was buried.
Rodgers is just oozing soul, what a singer.
The 17 year old bass player co -wrote this song. The others are probably 20 years old. So much talent in that band.
Legendary track.
Used to sing background for this song with my bestie in high school down in drummer's basement. Truly played by every garage/basement band when it came out.
I finally got to see Paul Rodgers live in August 2019 with Bad Company. He was just a few months shy of his 70th birthday and his voice sound just as strong as it did when this album was recorded. He is n amazing vocalist/frontman.
Banger 🔥🔥🔥 Loved his voice, timing, ad libs and just a great love/ rock song. Heavy rotation on the radio.
What a classic 👏
Fresh as it was in the early 70's
Timeless Classic!
This is what you call Rock and Roll for sure
A rock anthem on the Hotel California, Stairway level.. sung by the greatest rock singer ever. Yes #1.
I agree great great song. Big hit way back.
One of the greatest vocalists in rock history.
Just my opinion but hands down the greatest rock vocalist of them all . And as a heavy heavy zeppelin fan and a Plant fan in abundance I mean that with all my heart …❤❤
You are not wrong, Paul Rodgers is the man. Burton Cummings I put near the top, but no one comes close to Rodgers IMO.
Anybody that recognizes Paul and Burton as the best is alright in my book.
Paul Rogers, also the lead singer for bad company and filled in for Queen.
You guys are great, playing the music I grew up on. The 70s had the best music ever made.
INCREÍBLE
I bought this album around 1970 and the whole album was great.
Paul Rodgers has one of greatest Rock Voices of all. I have seen him solo and with Bad Company. The Guitarist was Paul Kossoff, a great Guitarist, however he died in 1976. 😢
Fire and Water is amazing... perfectly describes a relationship with a difficult woman.
Paul Kossof became immortalized with this song. Died way too young-RIP
Another banger back in high school. Still rocks today. ✌️❤️🎶
Great song! Great riff, great drumming, great singing, great bass, awesome hook and tremendous chorus! One of those songs where most in my generation can sing every word, play air guitar note and every drum fill. Great interlude too!
What a banger, brings back memories ☮️☮️☮️
I’ve never heard this long of a version, how awesome!
A banger of a song!
I like that one of you listens and understands the lyrics
Paul Rogers was in a group called The Firm with Jimmy Page. They put out 2 albums & had a song on the radio called Radioactive. I was lucky to catch them on tour. Rogers also joined with Queen. Just called Paul Rogers & Queen. They were really good.
There is a 1970 live version here on YT by this amazing band with almost 10 million views. From it, you quickly grasp how absolutely tight they were. And at such young ages. One has to wonder what more treasure we'd have enjoyed from guitarist, Kossof, if he'd remained in Earth orbit much longer with us.
My boyfriends house band back then..played this every Friday night.. Brought back memories fun fun fun..love you guys.. Oregon here this morning..
...is that you Linda? oh wait, wrong Linda, wrong state...lol
@@GTLyons I was in Utah during that time..
Great song. It took me back to when I was a teenager. Paul Rodgers is one of the greatest rock vocalists of all time. I'm proud to share my birthday (Dec. 17) with two great singers: Paul Rodgers and Eddie Kendricks. LOL
What an iconic jam released in 1970 from Free. It ended up being a one hit wonder for the group before they disbanded in 73. It's a killer tune that never grows old. One of many awesome hits that started the 70's. Excellent reaction gentlemen.
One hit wonder? Lol That's a lie.
The bass gets into your soul
Darlins, Paul Rodgers got the pipes, he's in another what is now considered a supergroup, Bad Company,..that soulful, hard rock delivery by Free, and Bad Company, and I think on the album cover you have up, that's Paul in the lower left corner,...so young, belting out these vocals,..Godspeed, Peace ✌
Free!!! ❤ Seeing Paul Rogers is on my bucket list. Had tickets to see him in Kansas City but he got sick and canceled 😢 Free has been My jam for years! Thanks for warming up this Cold Friday. Temps dropped 30 degrees overnight 🥶 Appreciate y'all's choices today.
Saw him with the Firm
I saw Bad Company May 1979 Kemper Arena Kansas City.
And then had the privilege of seeing Paul Rodgers with Jimmy Page in the band they formed together The Firm, May 1986 Kemper Arena K.C. Great performances.
This is a great funky song!!
This tune is from their third lp, released in 1970. It laid the minimalist foundation for Bad Company. Another Free favourite of mine is Wishing Well from their sixth and final lp Heartbreaker, released in January 1973.
I love Paul Rodgers, but my favorite version of "Wishing Well" was by Blackfoot. (Another under rated banging group!!)
Thanks for the share guys!! Trouble on Double Time is fiyah!!
These damn pharmaceutical and senior citizen commercials are killin my classic rock 😂.
lol!
Paul Kossoff, was a truly great guitarist, sadly died aged 26
Good catch! This is one of the very best English Rock/R&B triumphs. Now you need some Humble Pie….
You guys are right on !
The singer was n still is huge 😂Paul Rogers n Bad Company are fantastic
This song was on repeat when I was in High school. Then when we would go out, every band played this song and would fill the dance floor. I still love this song. Paul Rogers is one of the best vocalists of the time. He went on to Bad Company. They were the first band signed by Swan Song, LED Zeppelin’s label.
The Michael Jackson & Mick Jagger song was State of Shock. And after almost 50 years on this earth I never once thought they sounded similar, but I'll be damned, once you pointed it out I heard it immediately. Good ear.
Great song.
This band is a British rock band formed in 1969 they are one of the first blues-rock bands to emerge from this time period, it's incredible that all the band members were so young but had some very profound lyrics for such youthful souls. They have a pretty good collection to discover; their discography consists of six studio albums, two live albums, 18 compilation albums, one EP and 16 singles along with two video albums....so a lot more to check out and discover, if you enjoy listening to their tunes. Here's one of the songs from their debut album, if interested. "Free - Walk In My Shadow - 1969" (by the channel: Tom Kane) --This is from the album "Tons Of Sobs" while the album failed to chart in the UK, it reached 172 in the US.
The best band ever in my opinion. The Song was written when they were 16 years old. Wish I'd written a song as good as that in 1970 that's still being played now. When Free played this at the Isle of Wight festival in 1970 they couldn't have imagined it would still be played. Don't overstate Paul Kossoff's guitar work, crisp and concise as it always was. Andy Fraser's bass and Simon Kirke's drumming held this band together in the same way that John Paul Jones and John Bonham did for Led Zep. Paul Rodgers vocals are superb on this song arrogant and strutting just like Rock N roll should be..
One of the best bluesy rock voices of all time.
Ohhh haven't heard this in a while, my old man played this for me for years!
Yup-Yup!! I'm a brutha-man, of course a boomer. Listened to it all jus about as many as it was when it all started. Aspired to be a musician; bass player to be exact. When FREE, this cut came out it basically shook foundation off blues rock, Andy Frasier, 17, the bassist was funk incarnate in that genre, regardless. In a class of his own. 'Ride in on a pony' highway song, mr biga, all Free songs. Paul Rodgers, sing his 'a*k me no questions. i'll tell u no lies off. good day gentlemen. Peace out..
Que gran talento
Glad you guys have gotten to Free. Check out "Be my friend" "Fire and water" "Mr Big" and "Heartbreaker". Keep up the great work.
🤘Paul Rodgers🤘 My favorite song for a long, long time! Then BAD COMPANY!! ❤❤❤
Top ten male vocalist of all time. Bluesy, rockin, phrasing is perfect, tone, he has it all.
Paul Rodgers... all you need to know. Legend.
I saw Free live in 1971 in Glasgow. Alright Now was a 1970 huge UK hit.Sadly Kossoff died due to drugs a great talent lost. Rodgers is one of Rock's greatest singers.
Paul Rodgers went on to Start the Band BAD COMPANY
The singer of Free went on to be the singer of Bad Company. Paul Roger's.
These guys have lotsa good tunes. Definitely dig deeper.You will not be disappointed.
Perfecto
A lot of times, simple is the best. One of my favorite vocalist and bands right there. Y'all gotta check out some more of their tunes. Fire and Water, Mr.Big and one of my favorites, Seven Angels are great tunes. There's a video on TH-cam of an old live performance of the song Mr. Big that's really good.
Of course the vocalist Paul Rodgers, went on to sing in Bad Company, the Firm (with Jimmy Page) and Queen. He has a tribute to Muddy Waters album that's worth a listen. It features Rodgers on vocals, and a lot of different famous guitarists accompanying him on each song. The song Rollin Stone, featuring Jeff Beck, is badass. And Standing Round Crying with David Gilmore is also.