Best backing band for Paul Rodgers
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Topic: Best backing band for Paul Rodgers
Posted By: Dick Heath
Subject: Best backing band for Paul Rodgers
Date Posted: June 03 2006 at 05:38
| As the rock vocalist often called the best in the 70's by peers and fans alike, I have to ask which band or combination of musicians supported Paul Rodgers best |
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: June 03 2006 at 05:46
| I'm not familiar with all the bands you listed, but I voted for Free, which I think were much better than Bad Company. |
Posted By: WaywardSon
Date Posted: June 03 2006 at 06:43
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I voted for Bad Company, not too familiar with all the work he did with Free.
Steve Walsh considers Paul Rodgers the ultimate vocalist.
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: June 03 2006 at 07:39
| Tough is decide between Free and Bad Company, very little in it. I went for Bad Co in the end. |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: June 03 2006 at 07:42
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Got to be Free.
Interesting to think that Uriah Heep were nearly on that list at one time.
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Posted By: Guzzman
Date Posted: June 03 2006 at 10:50
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1. Free 2. Bad Company 3. The Firm (cause there he played with Jimmy Page and I like him as well) ------------- "We've got to get in to get out" |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: June 03 2006 at 11:49
| Free for me. |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: June 03 2006 at 16:16
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Paul Rodgers in Uriah Heep...yes, now that would have been interesting! Anyway...
 - Paul Rodgers is ultimately going to be remembered most creatively for Free. Although I'd argue the first 2 Bad Company albums were more coherent than any Free album, Free were the more distinctive and influential band. I remember having The Firm's debut and being underwhelmed by it a great deal, and have only heard snatches of the Muddy Water Blues project. I think he did an admirable job in Queen and certainly managed to eradicate my cynicism when I heard him in them. All in all though, it has to be Free. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 07:06
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Wouldn't call Free a backing band, but it was my choice
Agreed with salmacis,
Athough the firsty two albums of Bad Company were good, I never really liked the band's toooooo obvious aim for top 40 singles
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Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 08:38
Because of the hoopla elsewhere about the best vocalist for Queen, I could not resist- especially thinking about Queen playing Free or Bad Company hits backing PR. |
Sean Trane wrote:Posted By: bsurmano
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 04:42
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Among listed I'm familiar only with Free and Bad Company; between these two, my vote goes to Free. My fav is their bluesy entry album 'Tons Of Sobs' where Rodgers' vocal fits perfectly to the whole album tune. ------------- 'Sundown,yellow moon, I replay the past I know every scene by heart, they all went by so fast..... Either I'm too sensitive or else I'm gettin' soft.' Bob Dylan |
Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 05:06
| FREE, though I'm not a big fan. |
Posted By: S Lang
Date Posted: June 30 2006 at 06:16
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I grew up on the music of Free and later was quiet disappointed about Bad Company for their more commercial leaning. No more and I admit that their tighter and better crafted arrangements deserved the recognition and success.
I still listen to both bands with much joy and Paul Rodgers has remained one of my fave lead vocalist over a number of decades.
The "Tribute to Muddy Waters" is a great solo album by him, worthy of any collection, alnd his first one "Cut Loose" on which he plays all instruments himself is an enjoyable offering.
His Hendrix renditions are not bad either while both the "Firm" and The Law" contain some remarkably nice pieces, but overall weak and directionless.
I haven't heard him with Queen and call me conservative, I am simply not interested.
OK, Bad Company is for me.
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Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: July 04 2006 at 03:09
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As much as i always liked Free, i always found their early music beautiful, very moody and dark. When the band split and Paul Rodgers formed supergroup Bad Company i found their music much more upbeat and accessable. I followed the group for the few years they were together, i have all their albums up to "Rough Diamonds", but didn't follow up any reunion material. Liked "The Firm" and saw them live, and he made a good blues album "Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters" then I heard Paul had joined Queen, i heard a few tracks from "Return of the Champions" but i think he is not really suitable for Queen, he should remain a blues vocalist.
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: February 09 2008 at 13:36
| I'll go for Free.... Bad Co. only had 2 very good albumm. |
Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: February 09 2008 at 16:12
| My vote goes to Free. I feel they were much more musically diverse than Bad Company. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 09 2008 at 17:01
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another for Free... Frazier was a beast... a young one.. but a best of a player.. not to mention Kossoff
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 09 2008 at 17:21
| bad company. but I liked the return of the champions dvd with queen. |
Posted By: jimmy_row
Date Posted: February 09 2008 at 20:57
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I know quite a bit of Bad Company, and not much outside of the radio tracks from Free, but I'll still have to go with Free because BC tended to repeat themselves a lot. I really liked what I saw of Free from Isle of Wight, the guitarist had excellent tone and of course Rogers was in peak form.
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Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: February 10 2008 at 07:47
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Bad Company have few decent tracks but are a bit too poppy for my taste. I think The Firm's album is unlistenable (I hate the production, but the non-album track Star Trekking is an interesting change of direction  ).I haven't heard the Muddy Waters tribute. I'm not a big fan of Beck, Slash or Rabin but I reckon the combination of Rodgers and Gilmour would be pretty good. As for Rodgers fronting Queen? I'm still waiting for someone to tell me it was all a joke. My vote goes to Free. I still find it hard to believe the maturity and depth these youngsters brought to Tons of Sobs. ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: EnglishAssassin
Date Posted: February 10 2008 at 10:57
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Free by a country mile, although Bad Company's early stuff was pretty decent. The Firm were, on the whole, ghastly, and the whole business with Queen is simply an embarrassment. If I recall, wasn't Paul Rogers touted as Richie Blackmore's desired replacement for Ian Gillan in Deep Purple back in 1973? That would have been worth hearing, though I can understand Rogers' reluctance to work with a guitarist who's quite so renowned for sacking everybody around him... |
Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: February 14 2008 at 23:27
| Oh man, Free and Bad Company have like, one epic riff each, that's it, but the riff to All Right Now is more epic than Feel Like Makin' Love, so Free gets the vote. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: February 16 2008 at 12:23
| Bad Co direction is classic rock with pop influences. Free is hard rock/soul/blues rock. I really Free cause sometimes remind me to Trapeze with Glenn Hughes. |
Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: February 18 2008 at 02:44
| Free! Mostly because he was younger then and Paul Kossof was a beast of a guitarist. Also Bad Company and his later projects were pretty lame. |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: February 22 2008 at 13:53
| I really love Free. Bad Company were good too but not as consistantly good as Free IMO. |
Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: February 22 2008 at 13:56
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Bad Company, 'till the day I die. ------------- Beauty will save the world. 
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Posted By: rudderhead
Date Posted: March 04 2008 at 21:49
| Free but I also like Bad Co.. Didnt like the Firm that much and never heard the others. I like Tons of Sobs the debut of Free a lot. Sounds really heavy. Certainly influenced a lot of heavy metal bands like Led Zeppelin and Uriah Heep |
Posted By: Hawkwise
Date Posted: June 10 2008 at 23:40
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Shakes Head How can any one choose Bad Co over Free Shakes head again , i am thinking people who never really listen to very Much Free, Shakes Head again , and wonders of to Bed thinking that Just cant be Right , Also thinking Bad Co made it bigger in North America and thats why this Pole is so so so Wrong Free the Greatest Rock Blues Band of All Time !!!! Every Album they Made is a Winner ------------- 
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Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: June 10 2008 at 23:48
Relax and wander off to bed knowing that Free waxes Bad Company's ass EVERY TIME. (and I try not to use shouting caps often unless I don't notice that the key is stuck...)
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Posted By: febus
Date Posted: June 11 2008 at 20:23
No difference between FREE and Bad CO......like both of them
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Posted By: febus
Date Posted: June 11 2008 at 20:26
He-He!! Glenn Hugues again????? seems like this singer has a strong effect on you
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Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: June 12 2008 at 01:51
Free seemed to only be quite popular in UK, Europe, and Japan. Somehow they skipped us in the US except for the overplayed "All Right Now" song. Which clearly isn't the best representation of the great work that Free put out. Clapton wished he had the vibrato skills of Kossof. Rodgers was still a great rock and roll singer and writer when he was in Free. |
Posted By: rushfan6588
Date Posted: June 30 2008 at 18:40
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Ill blaze a new trail and i will vote for the firm...gotta love paige's guitar and the awesome fretless bass work...a band that truly sounds like few others
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