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Rating: Small premise:
When I read the book "100 Ideal Albums to Understand Rock Hard and Heavy", one of the bands that intrigued me the most were these Bad Company, also because in their dedicated space a phrase attributed to Bruce Dickinson was mentioned that went something like this: "Me a talented singer? Perhaps you've never heard Paul Rodgers"...
When I listened to Bad Company for the first time, I finally discovered who this Paul Rodgers was and how incredibly true that phrase was...
That being said, let's talk about the album in question...
A year after the stunning "debut" (quotation marks are necessary, given the already well-established experience of the four members) self-titled album dated 1974, which is, in my opinion, one of the best albums of the '70s, Bad Company returned to the scene with this "Straight Shooter", confirming that the first album was not just a one-off.
The coordinates on which "Straight Shooter" moves are more or less the same as "Bad Company", focusing on the amazing voice and always excellent interpretation of Paul Rodgers and on Mick Ralphs' always measured and song-serving guitar work, supported by the excellent rhythm section of Boz Burrell and Simon Kirke.
The conditions to produce a great album are all there and the four don't betray expectations, although they don't attempt to create a carbon copy of "Bad Company" (not an easy task), instead, here there is more room for acoustic guitars and keyboards and the sounds are perhaps less bluesy and rocky, but the 8 proposed tracks are still of excellent quality, whether it be "Shooting Star" and "Feel Like Makin' Love", undoubtedly the most radio-friendly and well-known, the two ballads "Weep No More" and "Anna", penned by Kirke, or the hard rock of "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" and "Deal With The Preacher".
The overall level of "Straight Shooter" is slightly lower compared to its illustrious predecessor, with which few albums could stand comparison, but this certainly doesn't diminish its value, and those who love a certain type of rock played with great class (and this album is full of it) will find plenty to enjoy, because Bad Company know how to write great songs and have no need to make unnecessary displays of technical prowess.
And besides, it's Paul Rodgers singing, not Ligabue...
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
02 Feel Like Makin' Love (05:16)
Baby, when I think about you, I think about love
Darling, I don't live without you and your love
If I had those golden dreams of my yesterday
I would wrap you in the heaven, but they lay dying on the way
Feel like makin'...
Feel like makin' love, feel like makin' love
Feel like makin' love, feel like makin' love to you
Baby, if I think about you, I think about love
Darling, if I live without you, I live without love
And if I had the sun and moon, and they were shining
I would give you both night and day, love satisfying
Feel like makin'...
Feel like makin' love, feel like makin' love
Feel like makin' love, feel like makin' love to you
And if I had those golden dreams of my yesterday
I would wrap you in the heaven, really dying all the way
Feel like makin'...
Feel like makin' love, feel like makin' love
Feel like makin' love, feel like makin' love to you
Well, I feel like makin' love
Well, I feel like makin' love
Well, I feel like makin' love
Feel like makin' love to you
Well, I feel like makin' love
Well, I feel like makin' love
Well, I feel like makin' love
Feel like makin' love to you
Well, I feel like makin' love
Well, I feel like makin' love, yeah
Well, I feel like makin' love, yeah
Feel like makin' love to you
Yeah, feel like makin' love, love
Well, I feel like makin' love...
04 Shooting Star (06:18)
Johnny was a schoolboy
When he heard his first Beatles song
'Love Me Do' I think it was
And from then it didn't take him long
Got himself a guitar
Used to play every night
Now he's in a rock 'n' roll outfit
And everything's alright
Don't you know?
Johnny told his Mama,
"Hey, Mama, I'm goin' away,
Gonna hit the big time,
Gonna be a big star someday"
Mama came to the door
With a teardrop in her eye
Johnny said, "Don't cry Mama,
Smile and wave goodbye"
Don't you know?
Yeah......
Don't you know that you are a shooting star?
Don't you know?
Don't you know?
Don't you know that you are a shooting star?
And all the world will love you just as long
As long as you are
Johnny made a record
Went straight up to number one
Suddenly everyone loved
To hear him sing the song
Watchin' the world go by
Surprisin' it goes so fast
Johnny looked around him and said,
"Well, I made the big-time at last!"
Don't you know?
Don't you know?
Don't you know that you are a shooting star?
Don't you know?
Don't you know?
Don't you know that you are a shooting star?
And all the world will love you just as long
As long as you are
Johnny died one night, died in his bed
Bottle of whiskey, sleeping tablets by his head
Johnny's life passed him by like a warm summer day
If you listen to the wind you can still hear him play
Don't you know that you are a shooting star?
Don't you know?
Don't you know that you are a shooting star?
Don't you don't you don't you don't you don't you know?
Don't you know that you are a shooting star?
05 Deal With the Preacher (05:03)
I need love, the kind I've never known before
You need it too, the kind that makes you feel so good, baby
I want to give, give you all the love you need
Well, I'm a loner, and that's the way I want to be, yeah
Let me say as the sun climbs across the sky above
So your smile filled me with a stronger love
Just as you and I, watchin' the morning sky, oh yeah
Somehow I know it's time for me to say goodbye, yeah, yeah
Here's why : can't make a deal with the preacher, oh yeah, yeah
And I can't make a bargain in heaven, now
Angel, you came to my window
Angel, you came to my door
I was a fool and I let you in
I sure ain't no fool anymore!
Yeah, yeah, you better believe me right now baby
Oh, yeah
As the sun climbs across the sky above
So your smile filled me with a stronger love, mm
Just as you and I, watchin' the morning sky
And somehow I know it's time for me to say goodbye
I can't make a deal with the preacher, you know yeah
And I can't make a bargain in heaven, yeah, yeah
Heaven knows me by now
I can't make a deal, oh no, no, no, no
I love you baby, I love you baby
I can't make a deal, make a deal, make a deal
Make a deal, make a deal, yeah, yeah
You know and I can't make no bargain in heaven
Listen, I can't make a deal, make a deal, make a deal
Make a deal, make a deal, oh, oh
And I can't make no bargain in heaven, oh yeah
Make a deal...
07 Anna (03:44)
I got a sweet little angel and I love her so
She's there when I need her, she understands when I say go
In the night, when she says "Hold me", it makes me feel so strong
Living with her unfolds me, she gives me strength to carry on
I don't need anyone else
If I did I would be fooling myself
Anna, Anna
And I know if she left me, my world would turn cold
She's the best liitle lady that a man could ever hold
When I'm down, she knows what to say
She clears my blindness away
And in the night, she says "Hold me", it makes me feel so strong
I don't need nobody else
If I did I would be fooling myself
Anna, Anna
I found me a simple woman, yeah yeah
A simple woman
I have found me a simple woman, oooh yeah
A simple woman for a simple man
I found me a simple woman,
A simple woman, oh yeah yeah yeah
08 Call on Me (06:02)
When the rain is falling and you feel like you are a stranger
And the time is passing you by is a lonely time and you want to fly
Call on me, call on me
Call on me, call on me
I'll be by your side
When you turn around, needing somebody there
Who can give you love and show you good care
If there's a place inside you that's empty and cold
You may need my love, to have, to hold
Call on me, call on me
Call on me, call on me
I'll be by your side
To keep you satisfied
I want to keep you satisfied
Call on me, call on me
Call on me, call on me
I'll be by your side
To keep you satisfied
When the clear light of a winter's day
Blows cold and hard and the future is grey
You can always have the fire of love
To keep you warm as the sun above
Call on me, call on me
Call on me, call on me
I'll be by your side
To keep you satisfied
I'll be by your side
To keep you satisfied
Don't worry about the rain, baby
I'll keep you dry
I'll keep you warm inside
And satisfied
Don't worry about the rain
I'll keep you dry, I'll keep you dry
Call on me, baby, call on me, baby
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