Free was essentially a blues rock band, however Paul Rodgers incredible voice added the soul, Andy Fraser was their secret weapon with his funky bass playing, Paul Kossoff was the king of vibrato, and Simone Kirke held it down with rock solid drumming
All true, but in the studio they added a rhythm guitar track to fill in the obvious holes in the sound this performance had. Too bad Brad and Lex listened to this version instead of the recorded version. The original recording really rocks.
Paul Kossoff was so good, he couldn't wait to be part of the 27 Club. Poor bloke died on a plane at 25. He was the master of the Les Paul and could hold a note. Paul Rodger's is still belting out rock songs. Paul Kossoff is a Shooting Star.
auto tune begans late 90´s, but not on everything only on shitty poproductions. Cher just used it as an effect the first time, Netflix docu out about this
1:20 - If this song doesn't speak double homicide to you then there is something the matter with you. Lex's reactions are always a delight, don't know what I am missing until I hear it from her.
Free were a seriously talented band in the late '60's to mid '70's. You guys will really dig "Fire And Water", "Ride On A Pony", "Mr Big", "Woman", "Heartbreaker", "I'm A Mover" just to name a few. Watching Lexi groove along to Free is worth watching on it's own.
When I was in my late teens, every bar had a band playing this song every night. I’ve danced to it who knows how many times. It was everywhere. Classic rock, with blues undertones.
Free was a great British blues rock band that imploded way too soon due to the breakdown of the personal relationships and the drug problems of their guitar player. They should have been huge and they were a big influence on countless bands that came after them.
In 2005 I saw Queen at the Hollywood Bowl, with Paul Rodgers singing for them. It was great, and they played a few BadCo hits as well. Slash played with them on "Can't Get Enough"... 🤘😎🎱
Free were an English rock band formed in London in 1968, best known for their 1970 signature hit song "All Right Now".[1] They disbanded in 1973; lead singer Paul Rodgers went on to become the frontman of the more successful rock band Bad Company, which also featured his Free bandmate Simon Kirke on drums.[2] Lead guitarist Paul Kossoff formed Back Street Crawler in 1973, but died from a pulmonary embolism at the age of 25 in 1976.[3] Bassist Andy Fraser formed Sharks.[4] Free became renowned for their live shows and non-stop touring. However, their studio albums did not sell very well until their third, Fire and Water, featured the massive hit "All Right Now". The song helped secure them a place at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970, where they played to 600,000 people.[5] In the early 1970s Free became one of the biggest-selling British blues rock[6][7][8] groups; by the time they disbanded, they had sold more than 20 million albums around the world and had played more than 700 arena and festival concerts. "All Right Now" remains a R&B staple, and has been entered in ASCAP's "One Million" airplay singles club.
Lex best defined this simply as "classic rock". There are many bands from this era that influenced future bands and sounds. Lex mentioned Skynyrd. Ronnie Van Zant helped develop his singing style by listening to Free's Paul Rodgers. Would love to see more classic rock reactions. Bad Company with Rodgers would be good.
@@waynethera2712 Oh yes, I know Cheatin' Woman and Skynyrd. I have all their studio albums and One More From the Road. I will have to listen to Cheatin'' Woman again though as I never noticed a link to Woman, but I maybe just never thought about it. I know Skynyrd was influenced by Free and even Blackfoot with Ricky Medlocke who also spent time with Skynyrd covered Wishing Well on the terrific Strikes album.
It's cool to watch as Brad slowly educates himself. He doesn't rush into anything, but lets each performance trickle down through his soul. By withholding judgment, he is better able to synthesize how all this music stacks up.
Ooooh Lex this oldie for sure, CLASSIC rock, she nails it!! 👏🏽 Didn't last long, Paul Rodgers went on to front Bad Company. ❤👍🏽 So glad he did, love his vocals and BC is another great group!! This song stands today as it did then.
This is such a good version of the song. The whole band are so into it and all give a great performance. The bass is just killer. How did the audience just sit through that?
@@danosverige Here in USA, late iconic host, Ed Sullivan had similar rules like in Europe. I think late night shows still have the rules today. I don't know how Graham Norton handled the audience when taping his shows.
@@MrTech226 - yeah of course. I'm talking about these 'reaction' vid's where (usually at the start) it shows 'Disco' on a neon sign and the reactors go "wtf? this is rock not disco!" 😆 A lot of British bands got their starts in Germany in clubs and on shows like that, the Beatles in the 60's, to Bowie in the 80's and 90's.
Wasn't his Dad a famous actor or something too? I could be wrong - vague recollections - I remember my missus filled our photograph albums with images of Paul Kossoff, the death of him etc, and Paul Rogers - then carved some message in a bench about the brilliant Bad Co concert we hadn't actually arrived at yet ... then had to go back and scratch it out when a little old bloke came out to announce "MR ROGERS HAS A COLD" ... gig cancelled. Funny, the things you remember.
I saw Paul with his solo band Back Street Crawler 2 weeks before he died of an overdose back in the 1970s. He was a little lit that night but his plant was amazing, such raw emotion. RIP.. Try Tuesday Morning from the album Back Street Crawler to see how great he really was.
Were quaaludes distributed to the audience before Free came out? Seriously, Paul Rodgers rocks. Check him out with Bad Company, The Firm (with Zeppelin's Jimmy Page) and even with Queen after Freddie Mercury passed.
BBC Shows allowed people in provided they did not get too excited. The funniest reaction from the audience was Deep Purple going crazy with "Sweet Child In Time" while the audience politely applauded at the end :)
@@Isleofskye A bit off topic but you've just reminded me when I got dragged by my sister to be in the audience of BBC comedy shows at the old TV centre ... 5 minutes before recording, (The Armstrong & Miller show I seem to remember) an odd empty seat in front of me was suddenly occupied by a homeless person they'd obviously just dragged in off the street ... he slept all the way through !! Everyone else was trying to be part of the show, applauding and laughing on cue - that guy didn't give a hoot - he was warm and cosy and they probably bribed him to come in anyway. And to think my sister insisted on dragging me to clothes shops so i wouldn't show her up.
Those were the days Stephen :)I attended The Mike Yarwood Show with Guests "Jigsaw" in around 1975 and bumped into Esther Rantzen with an Orange Makeup face backstage. I saw a few other shows and my M8 worked there and I just turned yp one night to meet him there with no Security and he took me to a side room where they had a monitor recording "The Kelly Monteith Show" with Liza Goddard with no audience and that was a real eye-opener ! Kelly would crack a joke. Liza would laugh hysterically. The Director shouted CUT and her face INSTANTLY went Stony Faced and she did this all the way thru....That was ACTING !!!!
Simplistic take, Zeppelin were heavy Blues, Free heavy R&B. This track was co-written by classically trained bass phenom Andy Fraser. He was 18 when this song was released. The studio version of this track emphasizes the insane taste of the bass line, which is the linchpin of the song. Funky, groovy, and heavy all at the same time. There was NOTHING like it at the time. Or possibly since. RIP.
Agreed. As a bass player, I really love playing that middle section repeating figure during the breakdown. So badass. Andy was a monster bass player as a teenager.
@@JeffreyTheTaylor He released the Andy Fraser Band album after Free split up. Great album, in the same vein as Free but with no lead guitar. Andy played bass as lead using foot pedals with a keyboard player and drummer. His other 2 solo albums were not really rock - more soul type
"Classic rock" isn't a genre, "rock" is. Classic means it's held up over time. This is just rock, rock and roll, rock 'n roll, etc. that still sounds good.
And he went to school with David Coverdale who was massively influenced by Roger's phrasing. When you listen to the first Deep Purple albums with Coverdale the similarities are obvious.
Oh man, I was pulling into a Quik Trip convenient store tonight and this song was on the radio, and I just couldn't turn my truck or radio off till this song was over... this is a great song, great guitar riffs, and vocals on this guy is pretty good too. And here you are both doing a reaction to it the same night.
Lex is super-imaginative. I love it. Great to have chosen a live version of this eternal standard. Paul Kossoff is for me the greatest guitarist in rock history. Died too young. For Brad: it's pure hard rock derived from blues. They were very popular during 2 years but they never did a bad song. Listen to "Wishing Well" or "I'm a Stealer" or "Mr Big"
In the early days, Free played a gig in Sunderland, and they walked off stage to a slow hand clap. Feeling down, they were considering their future, when Andy Fraser (bass player, and 17 years old at the time) said '''Ah well It'll be alright now'' He and Paul Rogers wrote the song in about 10 minutes. Paul Kossoff's (guitar) Dad was a famous actor, David Kosoff.
Paul Kossoff (Free guitarist) his unhappiness following the break up of Free and his drug addictions contributed to a drastic decline in his health. Kossoff died on a flight from Los Angeles to New York on 19 March 1976 age 25 from a pulmonary embolism after a blood clot in his leg moved to his lung, while touring America with Back Street Crawler. His body was returned to England and cremated at Golders Green Crematorium in North West London. His epitaph in the Summerhouse there reads: "All right now"
Y’all need to do “Inside Looking Out” by Grand Funk Railroad!! Live Version on an old TV show!! I swear you will be impressed by the rawness and awesomeness of the musicianship in this song!!! Please do it!!
The unmistakable ICONIC voice of Paul Rogers (The Firm, Bad Company and Queen) has delivered throughout his career. His most prolific days were with Bad Company with such classics as Feel Like Making Love, Shooting Star, Bad Company, and Rock-n-Roll fantasy. Saw him 5-6 years ago in Virginia Beach and he can still belt it out. He remained one of the most sought-after voices throughout his career as a lead singer. He still tours today, not bad for a 72-year-old rocker.
This was a song that , when I was young , would be played on a jukebox and EVERYONE would start singing. I wish I was in your shoes listening to these classics for the first. Good luck , be happy .
Yes, classic bluesrock with one of the best rock singers ever. Don't get tired of hearing this one. Love the analysis from you both, thanks and would suggest more songs from this era. Ten Years After, Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, Allman Brothers, and many more.
I was 12 when this song was released in 1970 and more than likely walked to our local 5 and 10 store to buy it. I bought many records there, singles were like 78 cents and albums were like $4.00. I still have my copy of this song and stacks of singles and I must have played the hell out of them because they look really bad. When I was cleaning out my parents attic about 5 years ago I found all of my Beatles albums from the sixties (I had every one of them) and they look really, really bad. I must of really played the hell of them. They make all of my other bad looking records look kinda good. You nailed it Lex, this is definitely classic rock. This song rocks and great vocals. Give the studio version of this song a listen, it's great. Never saw a live video of this song until now, so thank you two for this one. ✌️☮️💕
I was at this gig which was recorded at Granada Studios, Manchester, England and was a double header with Juicy Lucy. Lead guitarist Paul Kossoff was the son of well known religious broadcaster in the UK, David Kossoff. When Paul succumbed to his heroin addiction one newspaper had the headline 'David Kossoff's son dies'. His father's moving tribute to Paul can be found on RUclips. I recommend Wishing Well and Fire and Water for further listening.
"Free" was the first band of one of the best soulful rockers: Paul Rodgers. John Mellencamp called Rodgers "the best rock singer ever". I saw him with Bad Company in 1977, at the San Diego Sports Arena. Still to this day the best concert I ever saw. The crowd went wild, and they were called back onto the stage 3 times! He was also tapped for Black Sabbath but declined. "Radioactive" by his band The Firm (with Jimmy Page on guitar) is a BANGER.
Lead singer Paul Rodgers moved from Free to Bad Company to The Firm to The Law and collaborated with the remaining members of Queen as well as solo stints along the way -- and still brings it at 73
Hello Brad and Lex, I love you both and your channel. Free had some other cool songs like "Wishing Well", "Fire and Water". The singer Paul Rogers and the drummer Simon Kirke went on to form Bad Company with lot's of great songs. Free was back in the time that Joe Walsh (Eagles) was Rockin with The James Gang.
Oh you two are so fun to watch....Lex was right there with you on the concept .....this one has enough grit to backdrop that criminal aspect but then Brad spun for romance and can see that perspective as well now. 🎶
Love you guys. Thanks for sharing and making me smile!! As one rock band once said, "Hold on loosely, but don't ever let go!" 70's rock base. Ten Years After, Argent, America, so many more until you get top tier Led Zepplin, Stones.
Paul Rogers, one of the greatest singers to ever grace the planet. If you haven't done so yet, check out the band he formed after Free, called Bad Company...tons of hits! Peace
Paul Kossof the brilliant lead guitarist died from drugs not that long after this. His father, David Kossof, was an actor and after his son's tragic death devoted much of his life against those responsible for pushing hard drugs.
I love this reaction I'm so glad I found your channel your reactions that I have had the pleasure of watching are all fantastic I love the chemistry between the two of you
Paul Rodgers, the singer, is also the lead singer of the band Bad Company. He has an awesome voice. Believe it or not, back in 1975, I saw the band "Free" at my Junior High School (grades 7-9), I was in 9th grade. Never ever since then have I seen a popular band at a school. It was awesome.
Free made 6 studio albums and 1 live album between 1968-1973.they sold over 20 million albums ,the guys from Lynrd Skynrd were fans of Free, should listen to the song Mr. Big from the Free live album,Free are what you would call heavy blues which is what most classic rock really is,and what lead to hard rock and metal
1970 year Fire and Water album. Free were an English rock band formed in London in 1968, best known for their 1970 signature hit song "All Right Now". ... They disbanded in 1973; lead singer Paul Rodgers went on to become the frontman of the more successful rock band Bad Company, which also featured his Free bandmate Simon Kirke on drums.
Free singer Paul Rodgers along with Free drummer Simon Kirke, formed Bad Company with Mott The Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs and King Crimson singer Boz Burrell on bass. Paul Rodgers also recorded an album with Queen called The Cosmos Rocks & 2 live albums with Queen. Paul Rodgers also sang in The Firm, which featured on guitar Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin, Coverdale-Page), on bass Tony Franklin (Blue Murder, Quiet Riot, Joel Hoekstra's 13), & on drums Chris Slade (Manfred Mann's Earth Band, AC/DC, Uriah Heep, Asia).
One of the best, pure rock and roll voices of all time! Be it with Bad Company, Free, The Firm, Queen+Paul Rodgers; Paul Rodgers voice just rules. Dig more into Bad Company, please.
LEX NAILED IT LOL, I actually paused the video and commented before their comments. I’m 60 years old! It’s freaking raw🤙man, just like bands in the 70’s neighborhoods No special effects, all amp cranked up. We are hearing it differently than the audience is, they are hearing it load as hell. Today’s live recordings, are as clean as a studio album. It sounds so freaking awesome to me. Some of these old live recordings you hear a lot of feedback because of the small stage. It was common back then for guitarists to get electrocuted/shocked by grabbing a mic Old school baby
This group became Bad Company with lead singer Paul Rodgers writing (& singing) most of their songs! Later when Lynyrd Skynyrd lead vocalists Ronnie Van Zant saw Paul singing, Ronnie emulated Paul’s grip on his microphone!! Then later Paul Rogers got together with Led Zeppelin lead guitarist Jimmy Page and keyboardist Manfred Mann and formed the rock group The Firm!! Classic old rock here!!!
Great reaction, Yes Free had other hits. Please check out Wishing well, My brother Jake, Be my friend and Fire and water. They were huge in the UK in the early 70`s, after the band split singer Paul Rodgers formed Bad Company. The guitar in question is a Gibson Les Paul Standard commonly known as a Burst ( These guitars are sunburst in color hense the nickname and were made from 1957- 1960 and are the most desired guitars in the world, Gibson still make these guitars (I have three) but the late 50`s ones are the best) Other notable Les Paul users are Jimmy Page, Slash, Gary Moore and many others.
Nice to see kids enjoying Music I’ve listened to for 30-40 years. Best Music is from the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s. Lead singer is Paul Rodgers of Bad Company!! 🎶🎵🎤😁😎
Free was the Genesis for Bad Compay, which you covered recently- Paul Roggets had an amazing voice. He formed a band with Jimmy page in the 80s called the firm…..
Lex: I see a triple homicide and the perp is trapped after taking 43 old people hostage at a senior citizens living facility. Brad: I see a little girl opening up a lemonade stand outside of a church. OMG I LOVE THIS CHANNEL.
Free only had a few albums out when Guitarist Paul Kossoff died of a drug overdose, and the band broke up, but the singer (Paul Rogers) and the Drummer (Simon Kirk) former the band Bad Company (you've done a few reactions to them).
The bass player is badass. He was 16 when he joined the band. The guitarist was a blues rock master. He died of an overdose far too young. The drummer and singer went on to form Bad Company.
This was used as on a TV advert for Wrigley's gum. Remember it like yesterday - though it dates from 1990. Look it up. Brad is pretty near what happens in the ad with his movie idea.
The guitarist of Free OD'd. The singer was Paul Rogers who went on to bad company. They had a song about free's guitarist. Think it was called shooting star
If this band sounds like Bad Company, that's because it's the precursor to the band Bad Company.
Who was he with when he sung "30 Days In The Hole"?
I was thinking 🤔 what? I thought someone sang this song! 😂
@@zappafan1176 That was Humble Pie that recorded that.
@@kmf65 All of those years are some great memories. Thanks!
@@kmf65
Mr Big did a great cover of 30 Days In The Hole and coincidentally Mr Big got their name from the Free song Mr Big.
Free was essentially a blues rock band, however Paul Rodgers incredible voice added the soul, Andy Fraser was their secret weapon with his funky bass playing, Paul Kossoff was the king of vibrato, and Simone Kirke held it down with rock solid drumming
Amazing that Andy Fraser was only 17 when he wrote 'All Right Now' and would have been no older than 18 in this video.
All true, but in the studio they added a rhythm guitar track to fill in the obvious holes in the sound this performance had. Too bad Brad and Lex listened to this version instead of the recorded version. The original recording really rocks.
I always thought this one sounded a lot like Bad Company.
Paul Kossoff was so good, he couldn't wait to be part of the 27 Club.
Poor bloke died on a plane at 25.
He was the master of the Les Paul and could hold a note.
Paul Rodger's is still belting out rock songs.
Paul Kossoff is a Shooting Star.
@@spy7538 Kossoff will never be forgotten
Great rock vocalist! Ain’t no auto tune on this.
auto tune begans late 90´s, but not on everything only on shitty poproductions. Cher just used it as an effect the first time, Netflix docu out about this
Lexi way hardcore “robbery double murders” Brad “love story” it’s a romcom for Brad
“What in the world?” LOL
"Fire and Water" and "Wishing Well" are awesome tracks by Free. Paul Rogers is an icon. Still sounds incredible!
My favorite reaction is when Brad says "what in the world?" to Lex's reaction. Makes me laugh every time.
Paul Rodgers lead singer then went on to form Bad Company and their hits are many! He is in my top male vocals!
The drummer Simon Kirke also formed Bad Company with Paul.
Paul Rogers has at least one great blues album of his own. Lost all my cassettes, so I can no longer listen to it.
The greatest rock vocalist EVER Mr Paul Rodgers
Free and Bad Company were the most soulful bands in my teenage 70’s rock collection
Humble Pie?
1:20 - If this song doesn't speak double homicide to you then there is something the matter with you.
Lex's reactions are always a delight, don't know what I am missing until I hear it from her.
Free were a seriously talented band in the late '60's to mid '70's. You guys will really dig "Fire And Water", "Ride On A Pony", "Mr Big", "Woman", "Heartbreaker", "I'm A Mover" just to name a few.
Watching Lexi groove along to Free is worth watching on it's own.
You are correct Brad, this was played in the movie "AMERICAN BEAUTY".
When I was in my late teens, every bar had a band playing this song every night. I’ve danced to it who knows how many times. It was everywhere. Classic rock, with blues undertones.
Free was a great British blues rock band that imploded way too soon due to the breakdown of the personal relationships and the drug problems of their guitar player. They should have been huge and they were a big influence on countless bands that came after them.
In 2005 I saw Queen at the Hollywood Bowl, with Paul Rodgers singing for them.
It was great, and they played a few BadCo hits as well.
Slash played with them on "Can't Get Enough"... 🤘😎🎱
She's hilarious and his reaction to her is hilarious. Y'all add comedy to reaction vids like no other.
"I have the feeling but don't have the words to express it"--you just defined rock and roll
Free were an English rock band formed in London in 1968, best known for their 1970 signature hit song "All Right Now".[1] They disbanded in 1973; lead singer Paul Rodgers went on to become the frontman of the more successful rock band Bad Company, which also featured his Free bandmate Simon Kirke on drums.[2] Lead guitarist Paul Kossoff formed Back Street Crawler in 1973, but died from a pulmonary embolism at the age of 25 in 1976.[3] Bassist Andy Fraser formed Sharks.[4]
Free became renowned for their live shows and non-stop touring. However, their studio albums did not sell very well until their third, Fire and Water, featured the massive hit "All Right Now". The song helped secure them a place at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970, where they played to 600,000 people.[5] In the early 1970s Free became one of the biggest-selling British blues rock[6][7][8] groups; by the time they disbanded, they had sold more than 20 million albums around the world and had played more than 700 arena and festival concerts. "All Right Now" remains a R&B staple, and has been entered in ASCAP's "One Million" airplay singles club.
Lex had crossed to the dark side. "This sounds like a song a gangster would listen to while out robbing and committing murder" she said ir so calmly!!
She went hard on that description.
Yes and the song is basically about a guy picking up what turns out to be a hooker.
Lex best defined this simply as "classic rock". There are many bands from this era that influenced future bands and sounds. Lex mentioned Skynyrd. Ronnie Van Zant helped develop his singing style by listening to Free's Paul Rodgers. Would love to see more classic rock reactions. Bad Company with Rodgers would be good.
Yea for sure if you listen to Free’s song Woman and Skynyrd’s Cheatin’ Woman you’ll definitely hear the influence from singing to funky vibe.
@@waynethera2712 Woman is one of my favorite Free songs.
Vince Evanko, hit up Skynyrd’s Cheatin Woman and let me know what you think.
@@waynethera2712 Oh yes, I know Cheatin' Woman and Skynyrd. I have all their studio albums and One More From the Road. I will have to listen to Cheatin'' Woman again though as I never noticed a link to Woman, but I maybe just never thought about it. I know Skynyrd was influenced by Free and even Blackfoot with Ricky Medlocke who also spent time with Skynyrd covered Wishing Well on the terrific Strikes album.
It's cool to watch as Brad slowly educates himself. He doesn't rush into anything, but lets each performance trickle down through his soul. By withholding judgment, he is better able to synthesize how all this music stacks up.
I've always found Lex to be very clever, insightful, and just all-around awesome, but now also slightly terrifying
Ooooh Lex this oldie for sure, CLASSIC rock, she nails it!! 👏🏽
Didn't last long, Paul Rodgers went on to front Bad Company. ❤👍🏽
So glad he did, love his vocals and BC is another great group!!
This song stands today as it did then.
Without Free, there never would have been a Bad Company.
That look you give Lex when she comments about the movie music was absolutely priceless!! Great reactions, kids!!
This was a dance floor classic, in the day. Lex can feel it.
This is such a good version of the song. The whole band are so into it and all give a great performance. The bass is just killer. How did the audience just sit through that?
Back then, studios had a rule for the audience. Audience did same thing when Deep Purple played live in studio
Simple....they're Germans! Not known for their "happy, go lucky" natures at the best of times! 😂
@@danosverige Here in USA, late iconic host, Ed Sullivan had similar rules like in Europe. I think late night shows still have the rules today. I don't know how Graham Norton handled the audience when taping his shows.
@@MrTech226 - yeah of course. I'm talking about these 'reaction' vid's where (usually at the start) it shows 'Disco' on a neon sign and the reactors go "wtf? this is rock not disco!" 😆
A lot of British bands got their starts in Germany in clubs and on shows like that, the Beatles in the 60's, to Bowie in the 80's and 90's.
Paul Kossoff, guitar player, had such an incredible guitar tone.
And a BEAUTIFUL honeyburst Les Paul!
Wasn't his Dad a famous actor or something too? I could be wrong - vague recollections - I remember my missus filled our photograph albums with images of Paul Kossoff, the death of him etc, and Paul Rogers - then carved some message in a bench about the brilliant Bad Co concert we hadn't actually arrived at yet ... then had to go back and scratch it out when a little old bloke came out to announce "MR ROGERS HAS A COLD" ... gig cancelled. Funny, the things you remember.
I saw Paul with his solo band Back Street Crawler 2 weeks before he died of an overdose back in the 1970s. He was a little lit that night but his plant was amazing, such raw emotion. RIP.. Try Tuesday Morning from the album Back Street Crawler to see how great he really was.
@@ZacCostilla I think that's the '58 Darkburst he got from Clapton but not the '59 he used on the studio version.
One of a zillion great British Bands that reigned supreme back on the day :)
Were quaaludes distributed to the audience before Free came out?
Seriously, Paul Rodgers rocks. Check him out with Bad Company, The Firm (with Zeppelin's Jimmy Page) and even with Queen after Freddie Mercury passed.
I always think 'Scandinavian audience' when I see that. Kudos to bands who can create an atmosphere out of nothing.
BBC Shows allowed people in provided they did not get too excited.
The funniest reaction from the audience was Deep Purple going crazy with "Sweet Child In Time" while the audience politely applauded at the end :)
It was all about the music. Listening. Jumping around makes it about you. It's not about you.
@@Isleofskye A bit off topic but you've just reminded me when I got dragged by my sister to be in the audience of BBC comedy shows at the old TV centre ... 5 minutes before recording, (The Armstrong & Miller show I seem to remember) an odd empty seat in front of me was suddenly occupied by a homeless person they'd obviously just dragged in off the street ... he slept all the way through !! Everyone else was trying to be part of the show, applauding and laughing on cue - that guy didn't give a hoot - he was warm and cosy and they probably bribed him to come in anyway. And to think my sister insisted on dragging me to clothes shops so i wouldn't show her up.
Those were the days Stephen :)I attended The Mike Yarwood Show with Guests "Jigsaw" in around 1975 and bumped into Esther Rantzen with an Orange Makeup face backstage. I saw a few other shows and my M8 worked there and I just turned yp one night to meet him there with no Security and he took me to a side room where they had a monitor recording "The Kelly Monteith Show" with Liza Goddard with no audience and that was a real eye-opener ! Kelly would crack a joke. Liza would laugh hysterically. The Director shouted CUT and her face INSTANTLY went Stony Faced and she did this all the way thru....That was ACTING !!!!
Simplistic take, Zeppelin were heavy Blues, Free heavy R&B. This track was co-written by classically trained bass phenom Andy Fraser. He was 18 when this song was released. The studio version of this track emphasizes the insane taste of the bass line, which is the linchpin of the song. Funky, groovy, and heavy all at the same time. There was NOTHING like it at the time. Or possibly since. RIP.
Yep, exactly why Bad Company never compared
Agreed. As a bass player, I really love playing that middle section repeating figure during the breakdown. So badass. Andy was a monster bass player as a teenager.
Is there any of his post-Free work you'd recommend off the top of your head?
@@JeffreyTheTaylor I don’t know of any. recordings he was on after FREE. He just seemed to disappear. 🤷♂️
@@JeffreyTheTaylor He released the Andy Fraser Band album after Free split up. Great album, in the same vein as Free but with no lead guitar. Andy played bass as lead using foot pedals with a keyboard player and drummer. His other 2 solo albums were not really rock - more soul type
"Classic rock" isn't a genre, "rock" is. Classic means it's held up over time. This is just rock, rock and roll, rock 'n roll, etc. that still sounds good.
The lead singer Paul Rodgers was also the lead singer of Bad Company.
And he went to school with David Coverdale who was massively influenced by Roger's phrasing. When you listen to the first Deep Purple albums with Coverdale the similarities are obvious.
And the FIRM
@@BROU-bb2uc And the smoothness of Paul's voice really shines in the song "Satisfaction Guaranteed".
Best song of the 70’s to me. Perfect guitar sound, drums, Rogers at his best. Shame they didn’t know what they had
As with most great rock and roll it's really "Blues-based Rock". And Mr.Paul Rogers is a master of the genre.
I HATE when a guitarists plays a killer solo and the camera man shows' everyone else in the band but him. That drives me up a wall!!!!!
Classic example is Randy Rhodes on Mr Crowley
@@arnoldcox9128 Exactly. That drives me up a wall being myself as a guitar player
@@greg2976 understandable
@@arnoldcox9128 Thank you
@@greg2976 you're welcome
Paul Rodgers is in my top 10 greatest rock voices of all time.
Just amazing.
Oh man, I was pulling into a Quik Trip convenient store tonight and this song was on the radio, and I just couldn't turn my truck or radio off till this song was over... this is a great song, great guitar riffs, and vocals on this guy is pretty good too. And here you are both doing a reaction to it the same night.
Lex is super-imaginative. I love it. Great to have chosen a live version of this eternal standard. Paul Kossoff is for me the greatest guitarist in rock history. Died too young. For Brad: it's pure hard rock derived from blues. They were very popular during 2 years but they never did a bad song. Listen to "Wishing Well" or "I'm a Stealer" or "Mr Big"
Yes, Paul Kossoff was a genius.
This song was on an episode of Sopranos when Tony and Christopher rob some bikers, lol.
In the early days, Free played a gig in Sunderland, and they walked off stage to a slow hand clap. Feeling down, they were considering their future, when Andy Fraser (bass player, and 17 years old at the time) said '''Ah well It'll be alright now'' He and Paul Rogers wrote the song in about 10 minutes. Paul Kossoff's (guitar) Dad was a famous actor, David Kosoff.
Paul Kossoff (Free guitarist) his unhappiness following the break up of Free and his drug addictions contributed to a drastic decline in his health. Kossoff died on a flight from Los Angeles to New York on 19 March 1976 age 25 from a pulmonary embolism after a blood clot in his leg moved to his lung, while touring America with Back Street Crawler. His body was returned to England and cremated at Golders Green Crematorium in North West London. His epitaph in the Summerhouse there reads: "All right now"
Y’all need to do “Inside Looking Out” by Grand Funk Railroad!!
Live Version on an old TV show!! I swear you will be impressed by the rawness and awesomeness of the musicianship in this song!!!
Please do it!!
The unmistakable ICONIC voice of Paul Rogers (The Firm, Bad Company and Queen) has delivered throughout his career. His most prolific days were with Bad Company with such classics as Feel Like Making Love, Shooting Star, Bad Company, and Rock-n-Roll fantasy. Saw him 5-6 years ago in Virginia Beach and he can still belt it out. He remained one of the most sought-after voices throughout his career as a lead singer. He still tours today, not bad for a 72-year-old rocker.
I bought this record when I was 8yrs old and I've got great taste in music. And that's talent right there. ❤️⭐👍🇬🇧
I was born in the 70's and as a kid I always loved it when this song came on the radio.
LOL, Lex's scenario is oddly specific.
Seriously. It's "DOUBLE murder" that makes it work, lol.
It is but the second she said it I visualized the movie scene and it fit! 😆.
Then Brad said "I was thinking a love story" and oddly enough it fit too.
This was a song that , when I was young , would be played on a jukebox and EVERYONE would start singing. I wish I was in your shoes listening to these classics for the first. Good luck , be happy .
Yes, classic bluesrock with one of the best rock singers ever. Don't get tired of hearing this one. Love the analysis from you both, thanks and would suggest more songs from this era. Ten Years After, Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, Allman Brothers, and many more.
I was 12 when this song was released in 1970 and more than likely walked to our local 5 and 10 store to buy it. I bought many records there, singles were like 78 cents and albums were like $4.00. I still have my copy of this song and stacks of singles and I must have played the hell out of them because they look really bad. When I was cleaning out my parents attic about 5 years ago I found all of my Beatles albums from the sixties (I had every one of them) and they look really, really bad. I must of really played the hell of them. They make all of my other bad looking records look kinda good. You nailed it Lex, this is definitely classic rock. This song rocks and great vocals. Give the studio version of this song a listen, it's great. Never saw a live video of this song until now, so thank you two for this one. ✌️☮️💕
This was released in 1970 so you see head banging is at least 50 years old lol. I remember when it came out. I miss those days...
Paul Rogers is 71 now and he can still sing like that!
I was at this gig which was recorded at Granada Studios, Manchester, England and was a double header with Juicy Lucy. Lead guitarist Paul Kossoff was the son of well known religious broadcaster in the UK, David Kossoff. When Paul succumbed to his heroin addiction one newspaper had the headline 'David Kossoff's son dies'. His father's moving tribute to Paul can be found on RUclips. I recommend Wishing Well and Fire and Water for further listening.
It was years before I found out they're a British band!!
You have to give them so much credit for rocken this. The audience is in shock and barely moves.
"Free" was the first band of one of the best soulful rockers: Paul Rodgers. John Mellencamp called Rodgers "the best rock singer ever". I saw him with Bad Company in 1977, at the San Diego Sports Arena. Still to this day the best concert I ever saw. The crowd went wild, and they were called back onto the stage 3 times! He was also tapped for Black Sabbath but declined. "Radioactive" by his band The Firm (with Jimmy Page on guitar) is a BANGER.
This was my favourite dance track for about 40 years! Lex got it... Don't over think it or try and label it, just feel it.
I love the contrast in opinions and personalities :) I love her enthusiasm followed by Brads coolness, awesome.
Lead singer Paul Rodgers moved from Free to Bad Company to The Firm to The Law and collaborated with the remaining members of Queen as well as solo stints along the way -- and still brings it at 73
Hello Brad and Lex, I love you both and your channel. Free had some other cool songs like "Wishing Well", "Fire and Water". The singer Paul Rogers and the drummer Simon Kirke went on to form Bad Company with lot's of great songs. Free was back in the time that Joe Walsh (Eagles) was Rockin with The James Gang.
Everyone requesting Bad Company songs but Free had so many hidden gems that shouldn't be ignored for this short lived band.
I love her smile as she is picturing the robbery double murder. Be careful Brad! haha just messing, really enjoy watching you guys!
Oh you two are so fun to watch....Lex was right there with you on the concept .....this one has enough grit to backdrop that criminal aspect but then Brad spun for romance and can see that perspective as well now. 🎶
This song was always in the background during my 60’s and 70’s childhood. Heavy play at our high school dances.
Love you guys. Thanks for sharing and making me smile!! As one rock band once said, "Hold on loosely, but don't ever let go!" 70's rock base. Ten Years After, Argent, America, so many more until you get top tier Led Zepplin, Stones.
Paul Rogers, one of the greatest singers to ever grace the planet. If you haven't done so yet, check out the band he formed after Free, called Bad Company...tons of hits!
Peace
Paul Kossof the brilliant lead guitarist died from drugs not that long after this. His father, David Kossof, was an actor and after his son's tragic death devoted much of his life against those responsible for pushing hard drugs.
I love this reaction I'm so glad I found your channel your reactions that I have had the pleasure of watching are all fantastic I love the chemistry between the two of you
Paul Rodgers, the singer, is also the lead singer of the band Bad Company. He has an awesome voice. Believe it or not, back in 1975, I saw the band "Free" at my Junior High School (grades 7-9), I was in 9th grade. Never ever since then have I seen a popular band at a school. It was awesome.
Free made 6 studio albums and 1 live album between 1968-1973.they sold over 20 million albums ,the guys from Lynrd Skynrd were fans of Free, should listen to the song Mr. Big from the Free live album,Free are what you would call heavy blues which is what most classic rock really is,and what lead to hard rock and metal
1970 year Fire and Water album. Free were an English rock band formed in London in 1968, best known for their 1970 signature hit song "All Right Now". ... They disbanded in 1973; lead singer Paul Rodgers went on to become the frontman of the more successful rock band Bad Company, which also featured his Free bandmate Simon Kirke on drums.
1970. Pure, straight forward Rock and Roll. Raw Energy coming at you. No BS. The Les Paul, Marshall Stack. Yeah. RIP Paul.
Free singer Paul Rodgers along with Free drummer Simon Kirke, formed Bad Company with Mott The Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs and King Crimson singer Boz Burrell on bass. Paul Rodgers also recorded an album with Queen called The Cosmos Rocks & 2 live albums with Queen. Paul Rodgers also sang in The Firm, which featured on guitar Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin, Coverdale-Page), on bass Tony Franklin (Blue Murder, Quiet Riot, Joel Hoekstra's 13), & on drums Chris Slade (Manfred Mann's Earth Band, AC/DC, Uriah Heep, Asia).
One of the best, pure rock and roll voices of all time! Be it with Bad Company, Free, The Firm, Queen+Paul Rodgers; Paul Rodgers voice just rules. Dig more into Bad Company, please.
LEX NAILED IT LOL, I actually paused the video and commented before their comments. I’m 60 years old!
It’s freaking raw🤙man, just like bands in the 70’s neighborhoods
No special effects, all amp cranked up. We are hearing it differently than the audience is, they are hearing it load as hell.
Today’s live recordings, are as clean as a studio album. It sounds so freaking awesome to me. Some of these old live recordings you hear a lot of feedback because of the small stage. It was common back then for guitarists to get electrocuted/shocked by grabbing a mic
Old school baby
One of the classic riffs
My god, Paul Rodgers voice is on another level
This group became Bad Company with lead singer Paul Rodgers writing (& singing) most of their songs!
Later when Lynyrd Skynyrd lead vocalists Ronnie Van Zant saw Paul singing, Ronnie emulated Paul’s grip on his microphone!!
Then later Paul Rogers got together with Led Zeppelin lead guitarist Jimmy Page and keyboardist Manfred Mann and formed the rock group The Firm!!
Classic old rock here!!!
You guys should react to…
Bad Company - Ready for Love
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That is a sublime song, the intro is just perfect.
00:58 she puts on that smile with that guitar riff :) ... it just says it all.
I Love Lex...she just always grooves to the music and Brad is still confused
Great reaction, Yes Free had other hits. Please check out Wishing well, My brother Jake, Be my friend and Fire and water. They were huge in the UK in the early 70`s, after the band split singer Paul Rodgers formed Bad Company. The guitar in question is a Gibson Les Paul Standard commonly known as a Burst ( These guitars are sunburst in color hense the nickname and were made from 1957- 1960 and are the most desired guitars in the world, Gibson still make these guitars (I have three) but the late 50`s ones are the best) Other notable Les Paul users are Jimmy Page, Slash, Gary Moore and many others.
Nice to see kids enjoying Music I’ve listened to for 30-40 years. Best Music is from the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s. Lead singer is Paul Rodgers of Bad Company!! 🎶🎵🎤😁😎
Lex is da bomb with her rock enthusiasm ♥️🔥
Free was the Genesis for Bad Compay, which you covered recently- Paul Roggets had an amazing voice. He formed a band with Jimmy page in the 80s called the firm…..
Saw these guys backing Traffic at the Academy of Music in New York in '72. Great show.
They're gettin down , I second that ✌🦃🤘
Lex: I see a triple homicide and the perp is trapped after taking 43 old people hostage at a senior citizens living facility.
Brad: I see a little girl opening up a lemonade stand outside of a church.
OMG I LOVE THIS CHANNEL.
The lead singer that you just heard is the same guy and lead Singer (PAUL ROGERS) from the Rock Band "BAD COMPANY"!
Free only had a few albums out when Guitarist Paul Kossoff died of a drug overdose, and the band broke up, but the singer (Paul Rogers) and the Drummer (Simon Kirk) former the band Bad Company (you've done a few reactions to them).
Awesome song! One of the best bands ever! Check out any live rocker off of the "Free Live" album!!
The lead singer, Paul Rodgers, went on to be the lead singer of Bad Company, The Firm, and even Queen after Freddie Mercury died.
Free were a great band, with a lot of great songs. Also, they were very well respected by all their peers.
The bass player is badass. He was 16 when he joined the band. The guitarist was a blues rock master. He died of an overdose far too young. The drummer and singer went on to form Bad Company.
This was used as on a TV advert for Wrigley's gum. Remember it like yesterday - though it dates from 1990. Look it up. Brad is pretty near what happens in the ad with his movie idea.
Paul Rogers the singer is the singer for Bad Company, the band Free was pre Bad Company
Such a wonderful band. Amazingly in a rough wear and tear vocation, Paul Rodgers sounds as good today as he did 50 years ago.
The guitarist of Free OD'd. The singer was Paul Rogers who went on to bad company. They had a song about free's guitarist. Think it was called shooting star
I am sure I am repeating, but that damn bass line is magnificent, and the owner of Free's sound.
Remember this 1970 song. Thanks guys🌻❤👍
ROFL! I love Lex's analogy at the beginning! What a vibrant reaction. Busting a gut! Keep it up guys!
Definitely the first thing I think is this genre is funk.
Ive always loved the funk (born in '72) smooth funky groove