Conference mr1pst::music

    
    	The new Bad Company sounds so much different, they should
    	have changed the band's name.
    
    	They're not the only ones in this boat, of course ... but
    	as long as I'm here I might as well add something to it.
    
    							GTI
    

    
    Well, as the self-designated "Freedom Rocker" or "Vice-president
    of the 70s Preservation Society, I feel compelled to remember
    the "old" Bad Company.
    
    I have vague memories of 1974-75...crappy music on
    the radio...Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting...Disco Was King,
    Elton John was mega...wondering how the hell "The Night
    Chicago Died" ever made it to the airwaves..
    
    In a time of great musical hopelessness, came a faint voice,
    "One, Two, One, Two, Three... BOOM-DACK
    
    ...and that glorious first power chord of "Can't Get Enough" sliced
    through the crap like a hot knife, no, like a LASER, through butter.
    
    Salvation!  It was great.  I didn't have a driver's license at this
    time, but neighbor did, and he had approximately two 8-tracks to 
    listen to in his mom's car, and the Bad Co. album was one of the
    two (Aerosmith "Get Your Wings" was the other) and we spent most
    Friday and Saturday nights cruising around ingraining those two
    albums into our skulls. 
    
    It is still one of my favorites today, primarily, I suppose, because of 
    Paul Roger's voice.  I liked Mick Ralph's playing, but my interest
    in Bad Co. led me back to Free, and  I thought Paul Kossoff was
    a great player.  Free and Kossoff, in turn, led me even further back
    to *real* blues, and I remain glad about that.
    
    Bad Company peaked for me very early...like after the second album.
    I thought the lyrics and syn-drum of "Rock and Roll Fantasy" were just
    stupid.  "Number 9 cloud?"  That was about as forced a rhyme as I had 
    since, well, since Bachman-Turner Overdrive had rhymed the word
    "mellow" with "fellow" in "Taking Care of Business."
    
    Rogers went on to the Firm and solo stuff, but I never got excited
    about his work again.  When I think about it, "All Right Now" is probably
    still his best vocal performance...perfect attitude, great delivery.!
    
    A *lot* different than, say, "Give me silver, blue, and gold, the color
    of the sky, I'm told."
    
    Who told you that, Paul?  Certainly not your art or English teachers!
    
    I'd love to hear him sing someone else's [well-written] stuff but
    I don't imagine his (reportedly) large ego will ever let that happen.
    
    The debut Bad Company album is sold at the Nice Price and is worth
    owning...
    

    re... .2 ..........great note....!!...very entertaining reading, i
    loved it and agree whole heartedly with your musings.....Lets not
    forget that anthem "Bad Company" which is still one of my favorites and
    always gets me singing at the top of my lungs..../k

    The album "BAD CO." is still, to this day, one of my favs. However, I
    saw these guys circa 1977-78 at the Boston Garden and they were 
    absolutely **TERRIBLE**. I've seen garage bands do Bad Co tunes better
    than Bad Co did them. This was probably THE most disappointing concert
    I've ever been to ... (but I still love that album!!)
    
    As for the "new" Bad Co.... Love 'em!!!! 
    (my band does "How About That"... killer tune, great vocals)
    
    /Billy_K