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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

Комментарии • 149

  • @IvanLendl87
    @IvanLendl87 2 месяца назад +25

    Most underrated band in the history of Rock n Roll.

    • @PlayerToBeNamedLater1973
      @PlayerToBeNamedLater1973 2 месяца назад

      Small Faces are in that category. Of course both are only underrated in the US. In the UK both were appreciated and mourned when they split up

  • @lancegreen2811
    @lancegreen2811 2 месяца назад +21

    Every track on every album is absolute perfection.

  • @henrymcvey6538
    @henrymcvey6538 2 месяца назад +13

    I didn’t realise it then but the music of my time was the greatest of all time. I’m 66.
    Loved both Free and Bad Co.

  • @Dad-Gad
    @Dad-Gad 2 месяца назад +23

    Koss and Peter Green were the absolute masters of getting more from less , letting the song breath . Absolute masterful playing 👍

  • @Gimenez528Hz
    @Gimenez528Hz 2 месяца назад +17

    One of my absolute favourite bands

    • @monmixer
      @monmixer 2 месяца назад +4

      Yea and Bad Company hit me the same way for reasons obvious.

    • @Gimenez528Hz
      @Gimenez528Hz 2 месяца назад +1

      @@monmixer yes

  • @ctcards2636
    @ctcards2636 2 месяца назад +13

    Unlike a LOT of singers from this period, Paul still has that voice. Almost every bit of it imho to this day. You dont find many vocalist of this style that decades later can still sing those notes. Unreal.

  • @markhunter8554
    @markhunter8554 2 месяца назад +12

    And yet Fraser rarely gets mentioned in 'greatest rock bassists' lists.

  • @ironknobair
    @ironknobair 2 месяца назад +13

    This band inspired me at fifteen. Tons of sobs. Mr Big what a bass solo. I saw them along with two great Aussie bands,Manfred man earth band, Deep Purple. All for five bucks.loved playing the Stealer.Made love lots of times listening to Be my Friend.

  • @DavidMorgan-e1s
    @DavidMorgan-e1s 2 месяца назад +13

    A friend of a friend ,a few years older then me ran a small venue in Shtopshire England in late sixties . He booked a then relatively unknown Free in early 1970 .A month before the date they released all right now and the agent wondered if they would turn up .they did and apparently it was an amazing gig

  • @derekbiggerstaff
    @derekbiggerstaff 2 месяца назад +13

    I saw Free and Deep Purple two weeks apart in the same Glasgow venue in 1970. What a time to be young!

    • @noel3422
      @noel3422 2 месяца назад +1

      Whoa bro you are dating yourself which my old ass do not like to do, just a heads up bro, screw it ha ha, just play.

    • @henrymcvey6538
      @henrymcvey6538 2 месяца назад +3

      @@noel3422
      If you loved Free as a young person you must be a certain age.
      Doh!
      Why hide it?

  • @magnusparsons5392
    @magnusparsons5392 2 месяца назад +7

    The original 4 members of Free had perfect musical chemistry. So many great songs apart from All Right Now, especially Mr Big. And they had an emotiotional sincerity, a pure love of what they did and a groove that could never be matched by Bad Co or anyone else. They had a unique magic.

    • @lawrencehudon7492
      @lawrencehudon7492 2 месяца назад

      Most of the band Free became Bad Company! For your information.

    • @robertblanks9602
      @robertblanks9602 2 месяца назад +1

      I am so emotionally tied to their music since I first heard them 😢.

    • @BrianCope-ff4yq
      @BrianCope-ff4yq 2 месяца назад

      @@lawrencehudon7492but lacked one special ingredient….Paul Kossoff

    • @markhunter8554
      @markhunter8554 2 месяца назад

      @@lawrencehudon7492 Half of the band.

    • @markhunter8554
      @markhunter8554 2 месяца назад +2

      @@BrianCope-ff4yq Two special ingredients: Kossoff and Fraser.

  • @ManfredHemmersbach
    @ManfredHemmersbach 2 месяца назад +9

    One of the greatest groups at that wonderful time. They manage all with three Instruments. Pauls voice IS Till today amazing.

  • @tonym994
    @tonym994 2 месяца назад +2

    I recently figured out why I never tire of their TV commercial use of 'All right now' for the last 3 years. it's got irresistible rhythm!

  • @sashamoghilla2919
    @sashamoghilla2919 2 месяца назад +6

    My fave band ever since 1970. Love every song from them. Top class musicians.

  • @pauldavies8638
    @pauldavies8638 2 месяца назад +9

    I still have and play all their albums.

  • @ronnie5129
    @ronnie5129 2 месяца назад +17

    Like Ronnie VanZant said, Paul Rodgers has the Best Rock & Roll Voice, Cousin Figel

    • @markhunter8554
      @markhunter8554 2 месяца назад +1

      Van Zant and Skynyrd were major Free fans.

  • @harrygrosomanidis9699
    @harrygrosomanidis9699 2 месяца назад +15

    Still scratching my head about how Rolling Stone magazine didn't include Paul Rogers in their 200 greatest singers list .
    They also failed to include Steve Marriott and Ian Gillan.
    But hey what would I know!

    • @ianclarke1852
      @ianclarke1852 2 месяца назад +3

      You sound like you know a lot.

    • @seanhennessey9869
      @seanhennessey9869 2 месяца назад +6

      Rolling Stone yesterday's news...they miss the mark...

    • @portcullis5622
      @portcullis5622 2 месяца назад +4

      @@harrygrosomanidis9699 All three were probably considered to be from the 'wrong' side of the Atlantic.

    • @harrygrosomanidis9699
      @harrygrosomanidis9699 2 месяца назад +5

      @@portcullis5622 One third of those listed in the RS list shouldn't be there.

    • @portcullis5622
      @portcullis5622 2 месяца назад +7

      @@harrygrosomanidis9699 I bet at least half of those listed were influenced by the three vocalists that you mentioned.

  • @davidconnor5136
    @davidconnor5136 2 месяца назад +3

    This band sets the standard that every band should aspire to lyric and music wise

  • @deaf19830
    @deaf19830 2 месяца назад +3

    After watching the latest documentary on Lynyrd Skynyrd, Paul Rogers was heard in Ronnie Van Zant’s voice by producer Al Cooper who was also a fan of Free and was a primary factor in them getting signed to a record contract.

  • @shan-2233
    @shan-2233 2 месяца назад +1

    I consider Free one of the best bands ever !!!
    Love 💗 these guys and Paul’s vocals are incredible !! Born to sing the blues !!
    💯🔊🤘🏼💀🤘🏼🔊💯

  • @stevephillips2394
    @stevephillips2394 2 месяца назад +8

    Paul Rogers the greatest rock/blues vocalist.

  • @OFR
    @OFR 2 месяца назад +1

    I met all of them but Koss, even Tetsu. Spent a lot of time with Rabbit, good man, monster talent Wish I had met Paul. Heartbreaker is still great! What a band.

    • @OFR
      @OFR 2 месяца назад +1

      Wishing Well!

  • @billc.5861
    @billc.5861 2 месяца назад +1

    I discovered Free as a California teen after discovering Bad Co , somebody somewhere mentioned that Paul & Simon were from a really cool band called Free , I purchased “Heart Barker” & there Best Of and because a big fan.
    Thanks for the interview

    • @mjh5437
      @mjh5437 2 месяца назад

      Breaker lol

    • @billc.5861
      @billc.5861 2 месяца назад +2

      Thanks mom for the spell check

  • @alexpaton2818
    @alexpaton2818 2 месяца назад +4

    Saw them in Croydon in 1970 at the Fox and Greyhound. Great memory

  • @kevindunn8556
    @kevindunn8556 2 месяца назад +34

    The greatest band ever, period. ❤❤❤

    • @mnbv990
      @mnbv990 2 месяца назад +3

      agreed.

    • @morrisanderson3180
      @morrisanderson3180 2 месяца назад +6

      you’re not wrong there. those 4 lads were incredibly talented & paul rodgers well what a singer.

    • @Dad-Gad
      @Dad-Gad 2 месяца назад

      " Hold my pint " - Led Zeppelin .

    • @philphil4042
      @philphil4042 Месяц назад

      😂😂😂Bs

    • @Stublinsky
      @Stublinsky Месяц назад

      @@Dad-Gad Yeah, Led Zeppelin - "Hold my pint" while I steal other people's songs and claim them as my own !
      Yeah, Led Zeppelin !
      LOL !!!!

  • @maxdakota111
    @maxdakota111 2 месяца назад +5

    While Alright Now is a great song, I think Wishing Well is also a killer track. It's my favorite Free track.

  • @paintsylvania7357
    @paintsylvania7357 2 месяца назад +2

    Always was, and still is, my favourite band - among so many other great ones ~ 🏴‍☠🏴‍☠🏴‍☠🏴‍☠

  • @edbutzwiggle4227
    @edbutzwiggle4227 2 месяца назад +1

    “All right now” is still 🥇

  • @stevenbond8168
    @stevenbond8168 Месяц назад

    They are even bigger today than back when they first started. Great Band

  • @michaelfyfe1858
    @michaelfyfe1858 Месяц назад

    Anual Free Convention Nov15/16 2024 Tynemouth UK. Can't wait! Brilliant bands involved, including Kossoff The Band Plays On featuring Terry Slesser from the original Back Street Crawler. Travelling from Essex for the third time. Missed earlier conventions when Andy Fraser and Simon Kirke played on separate occasions but won't miss another one. Closest sound to the original Free ever❤

  • @daviemcf
    @daviemcf 2 месяца назад +5

    A fantastic band and Paul Rodgers an amazing soul singer like Otis Redding.I regret never seeing them live.

  • @paulcraney3352
    @paulcraney3352 2 месяца назад

    In the late sixties, early seventies Free would be playing in the north-east of England almost every month, mainly Sunderland and Newcastle where they had a massive following despite poor record sales. Saw them live when I was fourteen years old, what a time to be growing up.

  • @raymondmitchell7582
    @raymondmitchell7582 2 месяца назад +46

    Free never got the recognition they deserved, they were very young, to young maybe to handle the music scene at the time. They should have been enormous but because of their age and naivety they could not hold it together, plus Island records did not really know what to do with them. I Love Free probably my favourite band.

    • @portcullis5622
      @portcullis5622 2 месяца назад +6

      Mine too.

    • @karrenweston8008
      @karrenweston8008 2 месяца назад +4

      Ditto

    • @ValBoschi-ix9cd
      @ValBoschi-ix9cd 2 месяца назад +9

      They were massive and massively respected.

    • @chriskroll4166
      @chriskroll4166 2 месяца назад +1

      Your comment doesn't make sense because they had a top 40 singles so they did get the recognition they deserve. It's only a band that doesn't make top 40 that doesn't get the recognition. So your comment is pointless. And obviously island did know what to do with them because they got a hit single out of them so once again you don't know what the hell you're talking about. Do you even know who free is. 😮

    • @raymondmitchell7582
      @raymondmitchell7582 2 месяца назад

      @@chriskroll4166 Free were a lot more than a top 40 singles Band (All Right Now) this is the point I was making, you mention Free to most people and they say oh yes ' All Right Now ' The band was a lot more than that and should have been recognised / accepted for the the full body of work they put out / left. They certainly did not get the recognition other bands like led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath or Deep Purple got. And Island did not promote them like they could have. Apart from maybe the Fire & Water album because of the single from that album ' All Right Now ' most of their other albums did not really do that well sales or success wise. And you don't know me, so your comment that I Don't know Free is based on what ? I am nearly 70 years old I have followed Free since 1970, I was 15. I saw them live, I have everything they ever recorded including dozens of live bootlegs. I have read probably most of the stuff that as been put out in print about the band, So i would say it's you that does not know what the Hell your talking about. Have a nice day 😊

  • @JerryCarr909
    @JerryCarr909 2 месяца назад +1

    I saw them open up for Blind Faith in 1969 in NYC. Great show and Paul Kossoff was exceptional

  • @glenncambray9783
    @glenncambray9783 2 месяца назад

    An example to aspiring musicians that there are no limits to what is possible if you have the talent and passion.

  • @johnthursfield3056
    @johnthursfield3056 2 месяца назад +1

    Have to say Heartbreaker is one of my favourite Free albums.

  • @matthewblanchard9301
    @matthewblanchard9301 2 месяца назад +2

    FREE! They need to be included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, look how long it took the MC5 to be inducted into the RRHOF, and all the original members had died one just before the announcement and the last one shortly after the announcement. This is the problem with the RRHOF, some are in and some are out, and some that are in don't belong. Now that Jann Wenner is out at the RRHOF maybe things will change, stay turned. Kossoff ahead of his time, gone way to soon. Fraser, bassist extraordinar, his bass solo on MR. BIG just phenomenal. Kirke's rock - steady drumming was the backbone not only with FREE but with BADCO to come later. Paul Rogers one of the great voices in ROCK, who not only had the chops to sing but on guitar and piano, composer especially lyrics. They formed and started touring six months before Jimmy Page put the New Yardbirds together, And I'm a BIG Led Zeppelin fan. I saw FREE open for Led Zeppelin at the Boston Tea Party, what a great fuckin' show. FREE to me are the original Hard Rock Band. 🎸🎤🎸🥁👍........................Fraser & Kossoff 🙏 & 🙏

  • @eugenesteenhuisen4065
    @eugenesteenhuisen4065 2 месяца назад +2

    Great band indeed

  • @KKTR3
    @KKTR3 2 месяца назад +3

    Thank you
    ❤❤❤❤❤❤👍

  • @toneyisaiah3556
    @toneyisaiah3556 2 месяца назад

    Thanks for the fifth member of the group Free.
    He's from America.

  • @lightningrt434
    @lightningrt434 2 месяца назад +11

    No new footage here folks, sorry, just the stuff from the DVD. Good doc but disappointing clickbait title. I should know better.

  • @WillyCLARKE-g8c
    @WillyCLARKE-g8c 2 месяца назад +5

    Phenomenal.

  • @tiredoftheentitled9009
    @tiredoftheentitled9009 2 месяца назад +8

    Superb band and better than Bad Co. Who were also excellent

  • @edwardbaxendale1489
    @edwardbaxendale1489 2 месяца назад +12

    No group comes close to Free.

  • @pdrocks5740
    @pdrocks5740 2 месяца назад +2

    Saw Free open for Rod Stewart and the Faces Tampa Stadium 1970

  • @sun-p6g
    @sun-p6g 2 месяца назад +7

    Mr big bass on the first free live album.

  • @Gbhbbgvsbnjhhdchhb
    @Gbhbbgvsbnjhhdchhb 2 месяца назад

    Amazing band amazing music amazing story….This documentary lets it down

  • @GlenSmith-rc7pz
    @GlenSmith-rc7pz 2 месяца назад

    I shivers me Timbers every time KOSS MOVES 🤗☮️🍋🦨💨😮‍💨

  • @michaellongstaff4624
    @michaellongstaff4624 2 месяца назад +1

    Memories of Redcar Jazz Club!❤

  • @fredericmorterol8059
    @fredericmorterol8059 2 месяца назад

    Free was one of those band were every member was essential and masters of their craft in their own genre a bit like the Who. Best example of their legacy are in Lynyrd Skynyrd with songs like things going on (Skynyrd's 1st and last version), Don't ask me no Questions, Gimme back my Bullets and foremost On the Hunt whose chorus comes directly from Fire and Water. Perfect music for hiking or manual work.

  • @AHLUser
    @AHLUser 2 месяца назад

    Fantastic Band,,, One of my Favorite 'British Bands'..!! Highly under-rated like, Grand Funk Railroad, but without the "Funk" and ALL 'Rock n Roll' you can take ..!!

  • @paulmunro7829
    @paulmunro7829 2 месяца назад +3

    Fraser wrote My Brother Jake..........Rodgers always thought it was about him.

    • @littlebird2276
      @littlebird2276 Месяц назад

      Rodgers often thinks that 😂. And My Brother Jake was about Andy’s friend Horace (not a good name for a song 😂)

  • @dennisbulkley7499
    @dennisbulkley7499 2 месяца назад

    Paul Kossoff is so underated

  • @neilmyers4041
    @neilmyers4041 4 дня назад

    I'm amazed that the music fans of America dIdn't take Free to their hearts when you look at how much soul and blues were in Free's music, a real derivative of American music spliced with British blues rock.. They should have been massive in the USA as they were for a short time in the UK.

  • @iwanbottos5128
    @iwanbottos5128 2 месяца назад +4

    All right now is the only song from Free I can't listen to anymore . Heard too often while they had so much better songs .Their opus magnum should have been Wishing Well . Still a fantastic song . They were fantastic and the spin off Bad Company or Badco even better . Song Bad Company and Can't get enough of your love , Paul Rodgers had a VOICE ,

  • @vga-t7m
    @vga-t7m 2 месяца назад +1

    rock music started with the three chord progression and really thrilled us for quite a while. but its started to get monotonous. and someone came up with a fourth chord sequence and Free came about at that right time. and with going on and Free holding things right up there others just needed to start something new. and they did. they came up with new directions and progressive rock was born.

  • @paulhumberstone4843
    @paulhumberstone4843 2 месяца назад

    Free the best band you would want for a arts school dance they were fab

  • @littlebird2276
    @littlebird2276 Месяц назад

    I didn’t watch the whole thing, but I hope they included how good a songwriter Andy was.

  • @brianhawkes2830
    @brianhawkes2830 2 месяца назад

    Great band!!..anyone ever see Free play at the Van Dike Club in Plymouth?

  • @KKTR3
    @KKTR3 2 месяца назад +3

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @philipnelson407
    @philipnelson407 2 месяца назад +2

    A great band that never fulfilled there potential

  • @p165711
    @p165711 Месяц назад

    I always put The Stealer ahead of Alright Now.

  • @pdd60absorbed12
    @pdd60absorbed12 2 месяца назад +1

    Paul Rogers and James Dewar the best singers

  • @nealflynn5512
    @nealflynn5512 2 месяца назад +2

    Free was great blues rock band. But why is Rory Gallagher not even mentioned? If you are talking blues rock.Rory Gallagher was the ultimate blues rocker!!!

  • @kellyldavis100
    @kellyldavis100 19 дней назад +1

    Wishing Well……..oh yah!

  • @chrismoyse3529
    @chrismoyse3529 2 месяца назад +2

    Early albums were good. Latter albums were a tad dreary to me. That said Wishing Well is one of their their best songs for me.

  • @simonmcglary
    @simonmcglary 2 месяца назад

    Many of the chord structures are quite simple and straightforward. Probably the big difference was how they played them. No one plays A and D the way Koss did!

  • @sun-p6g
    @sun-p6g 2 месяца назад +1

    I remember being angry with him when he died. I was very sad about it.

  • @PlayerToBeNamedLater1973
    @PlayerToBeNamedLater1973 2 месяца назад

    Bad Company are more well known here in the States but I personally think Free were far more interesting. I don't think any band is superior to Free . They were a perfect rock and roll band

  • @THEE4DARKESTCORNERZ23
    @THEE4DARKESTCORNERZ23 2 месяца назад

    Nags Head London.
    Nags Head High Wycombe.
    ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @brianoakes3920
    @brianoakes3920 Месяц назад

    You can hear Bad Company long before it emerged!

  • @markhunter8554
    @markhunter8554 2 месяца назад +2

    No probably about Paul Rodgers being the greatest rock vocalist.

  • @markcooper9063
    @markcooper9063 2 месяца назад +2

    Humble pie crushed these guys

  • @robertthurman9866
    @robertthurman9866 22 дня назад

    I always felt sorry for Simon. With the other musicians in the group he could have set fire to himself and no one would have noticed. Damn good drummer though.

  • @AliG-iq4gd
    @AliG-iq4gd 2 месяца назад +1

    Tommy Vance thinking the vid is about HIM................. 🙄

  • @SteveBlack-yh4bc
    @SteveBlack-yh4bc 2 месяца назад

    Great video great band,a bit of a shame about the commentary from the that int the zoso cap

    • @Lensman864
      @Lensman864 2 месяца назад +1

      Tommy Vance was amongst many other things the presenter of the BBC Radio One 'Friday Rock Show' which was massively influential from the late 70s to 90s. He is entirely justified as the narrator.

  • @scottmcleskey9514
    @scottmcleskey9514 2 месяца назад

    I know the black cat band who introduced Simon the drummer to them become one of the famous drummers by getting in the band😅

  • @markcooper9063
    @markcooper9063 2 месяца назад

    Greg allman is the best white blues rock singer and song writer

  • @AvaRose00
    @AvaRose00 2 месяца назад

    Believe it or not, they influenced Lynard Skynard heavily…

  • @yinoveryang4246
    @yinoveryang4246 2 месяца назад

    The thumbnail for this documentary is losing you a lot of views. Its obviously a different band and a different era. Most people will be thinking "must be a different band"

    • @TheStream
      @TheStream  2 месяца назад

      Thanks for your feedback! We appreciate your keen eye. While we do our best to create engaging thumbnails, we’ll definitely take your point into consideration for future updates.

  • @8153max
    @8153max 2 месяца назад

    But later the became Bad Company

    • @littlebird2276
      @littlebird2276 Месяц назад

      No. Two former members of Free were in Bad Company, a band formed by Rodgers and Mick Ralphs. Different bands though.

  • @jandrew7873
    @jandrew7873 Месяц назад

    What a great idea to have bloody talking heads talking over every track, especially ther bits they are highlighting. Brilliant music absolutelky ruined by unnecessary input - except Simon Kirke of course

  • @markhunter8554
    @markhunter8554 2 месяца назад

    Isle of Wight festival was without a doubt the worst concert footage I have ever seen. Obviously, I'm talking about the filming, not the music.

  • @featheredcoyote5477
    @featheredcoyote5477 3 дня назад

    100× better than Zeppelin

  • @anonymusum
    @anonymusum 2 месяца назад

    Here we can hear how bad the expertise of so called music journalists is.