Paul Rodgers needed to have been in the Rock Hall of Fame like 10 years ago. He's one of the only artists ever to have a top 5 hit song with 4 different bands. Free, Bad Co., The Firm and The Law. he's a legend!

Incredible song given that the drummer & the vocalist were 20 years old, the guitarist was 19 & the bass player was 17. Amazing talent!

Can’t go wrong with Paul Rodgers singing

One of those songs that you might, over the decades, grow tired of - like it's "all played out" - but no, it NEVER gets old. A timeless classic.

Thanks guys ... I was just a teenager when this came out... Every band I ever jammed with did this song... so good and we take it for granted... Paul Rogers deserves same respect we give Plant, McCartney, Rod Steward etc... He is a Top Ten Classic Rock Frontman for sure... Thumbs up, great reaction!

One of the best rock n roll songs ever recorded. Paul Roger’s voice IS rock.

It is a solid gold banger. Always was, always will be fire! I love the rawness of Paul Rodgers vocals.

Also, it's not often that a song from a male rock band empowers the girl in the story this much. Loved it! She was sassy! Then, at the end..."we're so happy together."

Another throw away song written in ten minutes that somehow became a huge hit. Incredibly well-produced with excellent vocals by Rodgers.

One of the most soulful voices in Rock music, along with Robert Plant, and Steve Marriott. When he started "Bad Company" then people really started to see what vocals this man had. Thanks guys.

Paul Rodgers is the singer. He also sung for Bad Company.

This is a top 10 on my list. Loved it when i was a teen ager. Love it in my 60s.

ABSOLUTE MUST HEAR Classics:: Spirit "I Got A Line On You" & Nature's Way",, Argent "Hold Your Head Up" & Head East "Never Been Any Reason"...TRUST ME my music lovin' brothers.

Paul Rogers the singer & Simon Kirk the drummer later went on to form the group Bad Company. Paul is considered by many as the best Rock Vocalist ever. Just as a side note he appeared on the Four Tops anniversary special a few years back & performed two of their songs. Being a big Four Tops fan this was the best of both Worlds.

Thank you for a great reaction. maybe next ,Humble Pie - 30 Days In The Hole.

I have always loved this song. A real classic. 🎸🎸🎶🎶🎶👍

If he'd lived I'm sure Paul Kossof would have been regarded as one of the all time great guitarists. He didn't quite make the 27 club like his hero Hendrix, he died aged 26.

written by the bass player Andy Fraser who was pretty young, about 17 or 18 years old at the time. He is a great bass player

Paul Rodgers, the same vocalist singing Burnin Sky (by Bad Company) that you loved so much! One of a kind & huge song, in so many movies/tv shows etc. Timeless.

This was the first song that every garage band of the 70’s learned .Great Banger lots of radio play.

This song is sooooo much more than the hook, which indeed is overused. And you’re right that each element is rather simple on their own, but completely change when combined into the funkiest classic rock tune ever. I never made the connection with State Of Shock before, but it definitely takes some inspiration from this. Fantastic record and reaction 🥰

I love Paul Rodgers. He went on to form Bad Company. Dripping with talent. This song is a classic.

That's Paul Rodgers (of Bad Company) on vocals and the great Paul Kossoff on guitar, who died tragically young.

Paul Kossoff's break is always new .. it's amazing.

OMG this is one from the sound track of my life🔥🔥🔥🔥

At last, some Free! Mr.Big next 👍🇬🇧

There is no mistaking the voice of Paul Rodgers !!! Later the Lead singer for Bad Company. Needs to be in the Rock & Roll HOF.

Thanks guys. Imagine a young guy in a musical vacuum trying to get over the Beatles giving up? This track opened my ears to others in the magical 70s. Floyd, Queen, Led Zepp, and later Genesis and Supertramp.

Wow, what a throwback! I was preparing myself for my last year in HS, and life after i got drafted! Goes to show that the folks who run the RRHOF are dolts or political hacks or both! Loved the reaction, I look for y’all daily! Keep rockin!

The cowbell is everything

Lead vocalist Paul Rodgers is amazing!! He was lead singer for Bad Company as well as two others who also had number one hits with him singing lead🎶🎵

I am 66 years old and to this very day that guitar work is still my all time favorite, especially the solo which moves my soul and rests heavy on my "feels", if you know what I mean. Blues Rock at it's finest!

Paul Kossoff was the co-founder and guitarist of Free. He died aged 25 of a pulmonary embolism on a flight from LA to NY. His body was returned to London where he was buried.

I finally got to see Paul Rodgers live in August 2019 with Bad Company. He was just a few months shy of his 70th birthday and his voice sound just as strong as it did when this album was recorded. He is n amazing vocalist/frontman.

They influenced a lot of huge rock bands.

Banger 🔥🔥🔥 Loved his voice, timing, ad libs and just a great love/ rock song. Heavy rotation on the radio.

The 17 year old bass player co -wrote this song. The others are probably 20 years old. So much talent in that band.

That's what you call perfection.

A rock anthem on the Hotel California, Stairway level.. sung by the greatest rock singer ever. Yes #1.

Good catch! This is one of the very best English Rock/R&B triumphs. Now you need some Humble Pie….

You guys are great, playing the music I grew up on. The 70s had the best music ever made.

One of the BEST Rock voices ever.

Paul Rogers was in a group called The Firm with Jimmy Page. They put out 2 albums & had a song on the radio called Radioactive. I was lucky to catch them on tour. Rogers also joined with Queen. Just called Paul Rogers & Queen. They were really good.

Rodgers is just oozing soul, what a singer.

Fresh as it was in the early 70's

Ohhh haven't heard this in a while, my old man played this for me for years!

Used to sing background for this song with my bestie in high school down in drummer's basement. Truly played by every garage/basement band when it came out.

Another banger back in high school. Still rocks today. ✌️❤️🎶

Paul Rogers, also the lead singer for bad company and filled in for Queen.

Legendary track.

This is what you call Rock and Roll for sure

Paul Rodgers has one of greatest Rock Voices of all. I have seen him solo and with Bad Company. The Guitarist was Paul Kossoff, a great Guitarist, however he died in 1976. 😢

Darlins, Paul Rodgers got the pipes, he's in another what is now considered a supergroup, Bad Company,..that soulful, hard rock delivery by Free, and Bad Company, and I think on the album cover you have up, that's Paul in the lower left corner,...so young, belting out these vocals,..Godspeed, Peace ✌

These damn pharmaceutical and senior citizen commercials are killin my classic rock 😂.

Great song! Great riff, great drumming, great singing, great bass, awesome hook and tremendous chorus! One of those songs where most in my generation can sing every word, play air guitar note and every drum fill. Great interlude too!

A lot of times, simple is the best. One of my favorite vocalist and bands right there. Y'all gotta check out some more of their tunes. Fire and Water, Mr.Big and one of my favorites, Seven Angels are great tunes. There's a video on KZfaq of an old live performance of the song Mr. Big that's really good. Of course the vocalist Paul Rodgers, went on to sing in Bad Company, the Firm (with Jimmy Page) and Queen. He has a tribute to Muddy Waters album that's worth a listen. It features Rodgers on vocals, and a lot of different famous guitarists accompanying him on each song. The song Rollin Stone, featuring Jeff Beck, is badass. And Standing Round Crying with David Gilmore is also.

Great song. It took me back to when I was a teenager. Paul Rodgers is one of the greatest rock vocalists of all time. I'm proud to share my birthday (Dec. 17) with two great singers: Paul Rodgers and Eddie Kendricks. LOL

The Michael Jackson & Mick Jagger song was State of Shock. And after almost 50 years on this earth I never once thought they sounded similar, but I'll be damned, once you pointed it out I heard it immediately. Good ear.

My boyfriends house band back then..played this every Friday night.. Brought back memories fun fun fun..love you guys.. Oregon here this morning..

There is a 1970 live version here on YT by this amazing band with almost 10 million views. From it, you quickly grasp how absolutely tight they were. And at such young ages. One has to wonder what more treasure we'd have enjoyed from guitarist, Kossof, if he'd remained in Earth orbit much longer with us.

Paul Kossof became immortalized with this song. Died way too young-RIP

One of the greatest vocalists in rock history.

Glad you guys have gotten to Free. Check out "Be my friend" "Fire and water" "Mr Big" and "Heartbreaker". Keep up the great work.

You guys need to react to the whole album. Still have my lp

This song was on repeat when I was in High school. Then when we would go out, every band played this song and would fill the dance floor. I still love this song. Paul Rogers is one of the best vocalists of the time. He went on to Bad Company. They were the first band signed by Swan Song, LED Zeppelin’s label.

Paul Rogers had to fight his record label to name his bands Free and Bad Company.

This band is a British rock band formed in 1969 they are one of the first blues-rock bands to emerge from this time period, it's incredible that all the band members were so young but had some very profound lyrics for such youthful souls. They have a pretty good collection to discover; their discography consists of six studio albums, two live albums, 18 compilation albums, one EP and 16 singles along with two video albums....so a lot more to check out and discover, if you enjoy listening to their tunes. Here's one of the songs from their debut album, if interested. "Free - Walk In My Shadow - 1969" (by the channel: Tom Kane) --This is from the album "Tons Of Sobs" while the album failed to chart in the UK, it reached 172 in the US.

This tune is from their third lp, released in 1970. It laid the minimalist foundation for Bad Company. Another Free favourite of mine is Wishing Well from their sixth and final lp Heartbreaker, released in January 1973.

Just my opinion but hands down the greatest rock vocalist of them all . And as a heavy heavy zeppelin fan and a Plant fan in abundance I mean that with all my heart …❤❤

5671st time I've heard that song. Still rocks!

Free!!! ❤ Seeing Paul Rogers is on my bucket list. Had tickets to see him in Kansas City but he got sick and canceled 😢 Free has been My jam for years! Thanks for warming up this Cold Friday. Temps dropped 30 degrees overnight 🥶 Appreciate y'all's choices today.

Yes, finally some more Free, please do more Free boys.

🤘Paul Rodgers🤘 My favorite song for a long, long time! Then BAD COMPANY!! ❤❤❤

What a classic 👏

More Free please! KZfaq has a boatload of Free live 1970 that must be seen and analyzed, fellas! Get to it!

It’s a kick ass classic!

The best band ever in my opinion. The Song was written when they were 16 years old. Wish I'd written a song as good as that in 1970 that's still being played now. When Free played this at the Isle of Wight festival in 1970 they couldn't have imagined it would still be played. Don't overstate Paul Kossoff's guitar work, crisp and concise as it always was. Andy Fraser's bass and Simon Kirke's drumming held this band together in the same way that John Paul Jones and John Bonham did for Led Zep. Paul Rodgers vocals are superb on this song arrogant and strutting just like Rock N roll should be..

Hi guys! Great reaction to another great classic. Give a listen to Blackfoot for some colossal southern rock classics. Highway Song, Wishing Well, and many others. Their lead singer also played with Skynyrd for some time, but Blackfoot has a sound all their own. Thanks for this channel, you guys always do justice to the music and its creators!

Paul Rodgers went on to Start the Band BAD COMPANY

That song with Michael and Mick is “State of Shock”. Definitely similar.

YO! First time visitor. Like Steve Vai and Michael Schenker are the guitar player's guitar player, Paul Rodgers is the singer's favorite singer. As I've listened to Bad Co for decades (Paul co-founded) in 2016 (?) I found out they are a BRITISH band!! I'm like what? If you listen to the first Bad Co album you will see they do " AMERICAN" music better than we do!!! Great Channel Guys!! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎

I like that one of you listens and understands the lyrics

The singer Paul Rodgers is the guy bottom left. He is a legend! The band wasn't together very long, but it left Paul free (see what I did there?) to form Bad Company!

The singer was n still is huge 😂Paul Rogers n Bad Company are fantastic

I’ve never heard this long of a version, how awesome!

Thanks for taking me back to high school! I still have the 45-rpm vinyl record that I bought.

What a banger, brings back memories ☮️☮️☮️

Yup-Yup!! I'm a brutha-man, of course a boomer. Listened to it all jus about as many as it was when it all started. Aspired to be a musician; bass player to be exact. When FREE, this cut came out it basically shook foundation off blues rock, Andy Frasier, 17, the bassist was funk incarnate in that genre, regardless. In a class of his own. 'Ride in on a pony' highway song, mr biga, all Free songs. Paul Rodgers, sing his 'a*k me no questions. i'll tell u no lies off. good day gentlemen. Peace out..

The bass is doing from heavy lifting here. Love this song and this group. Paul Rogers went on to form bad company.

Somewhere in the comments I'm sure it was mentioned Paul Rodgers moved on to be the Founder and Singer of the world famous Bad Company

The singer of Free went on to be the singer of Bad Company. Paul Roger's.

I bought this album around 1970 and the whole album was great.

FREE "Seven Angels" "Don't Say You Love Me" "Fire And Water" "Wishing Well" "Songs Of Yesterday" "Be My Friend" Basically ALL of them! Ha!

These guys have lotsa good tunes. Definitely dig deeper.You will not be disappointed.

It’s like good steak. All you need is some salt, good steak and fire. Then it’s up to the skill of the chef.

One of the best bluesy rock voices of all time.

Paul Rogers. One of the greatest rock and roll vocalists ever.

Top ten male vocalist of all time. Bluesy, rockin, phrasing is perfect, tone, he has it all.

Y’all really need to do yourself a solid and react to the entire first Bad Company album self titled “Bad Company” straight through, song for song.. it’s a perfect 10/10 and pure 🔥 These guys are ENGLISH and sound like they’re from the USA. Bad Company formed after Free broke up and was the first band featured on Led Zeppelin’s Swan Song record label. FREE had 2 members who went on to form Bad Co, the drummer Simon Kirke and the iconic rock vocalist Paul Rodgers. In a recent documentary on LYNYRD SKYNYRD, they note that FREE was one of Ronnie Van Zant’s favorite bands that heavily inspired him to form Lynyrd Skynyrd.

I saw Free live in 1971 in Glasgow. Alright Now was a 1970 huge UK hit.Sadly Kossoff died due to drugs a great talent lost. Rodgers is one of Rock's greatest singers.