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
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 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.
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.
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"... 🤘😎🎱
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.
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.
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.
Lex absolutely had the words ... Classic Rock ! If I was putting together an impossible top 10 tracks of my life then this would be in there. I did laugh ... Brad ' might be a bit of a love song' ..... Lex ' criminals crossing around after a bank job' ....🤣
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.
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.
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 !!!!
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, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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. ✌️☮️💕
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
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.
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.
"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.
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 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 .
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.
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!!
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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 UA-cam. I recommend Wishing Well and Fire and Water for further listening.
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
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…..
...react to "Mr Big" next, you both will luv it. The guitarist Paul Kossoff had a tragic life. The lead singer didnt bring him into his next band --Bad Company. Kossoff died of an embolism in the mid-70s.
Much respect to Brad, nothing wrong with stating you don't have the words. I would bet many whom were in the prescience of Paul Rodgers live would say the same thing. Take a ride down the Paul Rodgers/Bad Company rabbit hole if you dare. You will never be the same
Paul Rodgers early influences where the blues, Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Etc. He has the most soulful Voice in Rock!! Hard to believe these Guys were just teenagers!!
Paul Rodgers is arguably the best rock singer of all time. He's definitely in my top 3. Free don't have many well known songs, but you should absolutely check out Bad Company, the band that Rodgers and Simon Kirke (the drummer) formed after Free, joining up with Mick Ralphs (formerly of Mott the Hoople) and Boz Burrell (formerly of King Crimson). Now THAT band was FIRE!!! Try their song Feel Like Makin' Love.
"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.
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.
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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
My favorite reaction is when Brad says "what in the world?" to Lex's reaction. Makes me laugh every time.
"Fire and Water" and "Wishing Well" are awesome tracks by Free. Paul Rogers is an icon. Still sounds incredible!
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
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
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.
She's hilarious and his reaction to her is hilarious. Y'all add comedy to reaction vids like no other.
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 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.
That look you give Lex when she comments about the movie music was absolutely priceless!! Great reactions, kids!!
"I have the feeling but don't have the words to express it"--you just defined rock and roll
Lexi way hardcore “robbery double murders” Brad “love story” it’s a romcom for Brad
“What in the world?” LOL
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.
You are correct Brad, this was played in the movie "AMERICAN BEAUTY".
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.
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"... 🤘😎🎱
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.
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.
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.
One of a zillion great British Bands that reigned supreme back on the day :)
Lex absolutely had the words ... Classic Rock !
If I was putting together an impossible top 10 tracks of my life then this would be in there.
I did laugh ... Brad ' might be a bit of a love song' ..... Lex ' criminals crossing around after a bank job' ....🤣
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.
This was a dance floor classic, in the day. Lex can feel it.
Free and Bad Company were the most soulful bands in my teenage 70’s rock collection
Humble Pie?
Paul Rogers is 71 now and he can still sing like that!
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.
Paul Rodgers is in my top 10 greatest rock voices of all time.
Just amazing.
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 !!!!
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.
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.
1970. Pure, straight forward Rock and Roll. Raw Energy coming at you. No BS. The Les Paul, Marshall Stack. Yeah. RIP Paul.
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.
As with most great rock and roll it's really "Blues-based Rock". And Mr.Paul Rogers is a master of the genre.
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.
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.
You two are funny! What in the world?!? Great reaction to her robbery movie reaction.
Lex is a born head banger.
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. ✌️☮️💕
Best song of the 70’s to me. Perfect guitar sound, drums, Rogers at his best. Shame they didn’t know what they had
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
I've always found Lex to be very clever, insightful, and just all-around awesome, but now also slightly terrifying
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.
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.
I love her smile as she is picturing the robbery double murder. Be careful Brad! haha just messing, really enjoy watching you guys!
"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.
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 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 .
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.
Free. “ Alright Now “. Probably the best rock song ever !!
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".
This song was on an episode of Sopranos when Tony and Christopher rob some bikers, lol.
I bought this record when I was 8yrs old and I've got great taste in music. And that's talent right there. ❤️⭐👍🇬🇧
00:58 she puts on that smile with that guitar riff :) ... it just says it all.
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!!
I love the contrast in opinions and personalities :) I love her enthusiasm followed by Brads coolness, awesome.
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
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.
ROFL! I love Lex's analogy at the beginning! What a vibrant reaction. Busting a gut! Keep it up guys!
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
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.
I was born in the 70's and as a kid I always loved it when this song came on the radio.
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.
One of my favorite songs and bands from this era
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...
It was years before I found out they're a British band!!
A double murder?!😂
With she been watching.
😂😂😂😂😂
Such a wonderful band. Amazingly in a rough wear and tear vocation, Paul Rodgers sounds as good today as he did 50 years ago.
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.
You are correct... This IS Classic Rock... Paul Rodgers went on to sing with Bad Company.
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.
This song was always in the background during my 60’s and 70’s childhood. Heavy play at our high school dances.
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.
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 best Rock / Blues singers ever.
Seemed like every club was Rocking it to this back in the early 70's. Great dance music
You have to give them so much credit for rocken this. The audience is in shock and barely moves.
Lex is da bomb with her rock enthusiasm ♥️🔥
Saw these guys backing Traffic at the Academy of Music in New York in '72. Great show.
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 UA-cam. I recommend Wishing Well and Fire and Water for further listening.
1:20 This whole exchange but especially when Brad says “What in the world” and just turns the music back on 😂
Great song! Paul Rodgers has some pipes!
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
Brad, "Jammin" and "Rockin" are two words you could use to describe music that feels like this.
I am sure I am repeating, but that damn bass line is magnificent, and the owner of Free's sound.
Free were a great band, with a lot of great songs. Also, they were very well respected by all their peers.
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…..
...react to "Mr Big" next, you both will luv it. The guitarist Paul Kossoff had a tragic life. The lead singer didnt bring him into his next band --Bad Company. Kossoff died of an embolism in the mid-70s.
Free one of my favorite bands of 70s, my brother Jake, get where I belong, sunny day, fire and water, heartbreaker, list goes on 😎
Had never heard this live version.. great
FREE was/is one of my all-time favorite old time bands. Such a cool groove.
Much respect to Brad, nothing wrong with stating you don't have the words. I would bet many whom were in the prescience of Paul Rodgers live would say the same thing.
Take a ride down the Paul Rodgers/Bad Company rabbit hole if you dare. You will never be the same
Paul Rodgers early influences where the blues, Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Etc. He has the most soulful Voice in Rock!! Hard to believe these Guys were just teenagers!!
Paul Rodgers is arguably the best rock singer of all time. He's definitely in my top 3. Free don't have many well known songs, but you should absolutely check out Bad Company, the band that Rodgers and Simon Kirke (the drummer) formed after Free, joining up with Mick Ralphs (formerly of Mott the Hoople) and Boz Burrell (formerly of King Crimson). Now THAT band was FIRE!!! Try their song Feel Like Makin' Love.
Lex, your description of the robbery and double murder? I totally get it and will NEVER hear this song the same way again!!! LOL!!!! Thank you!!!!
I love these guys....wow ...its always right now!
Everyone requesting Bad Company songs but Free had so many hidden gems that shouldn't be ignored for this short lived band.
"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.
LMAO aftern the first pause after lex talked, Brads reaction was hilarious... " what in the world" LOL
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.
Paul Rogers. you guys are so cool, great vibe. Lex you're a great guy, funny and smart, but you are so fortunate.