Bad Company - Deal With The Preacher

[parsonsclubmarket]

What a voice!!

[AllyCatt62]

OH I LOVE THIS SONG-THE BEST ONE EVER!!!

Thank You PAUL ROGERS!!!

[christopherthelast]

easy to see where the Cult stole their sound.....at least their guitarist did....

[ben5076]

great song..love that rif

[563421094]

Bucket's got a cracking guitar...

[decksoft]

Heaven knows me by now!!! ... long live Bad Co.

[lambeau36leaper]

DAMN....THIS GUY IS GETTING BETTER WITH AGE~! WHAT A FUCKING VOICE

[jackHNv]

I saw Bad Co with Mick Ralphs last year and sorry to say it, but this line-up is way better, (I know I'll get slaughtered for it, but it's true).

[mercuryforeva]

@jackHNv I saw em with Mick too last year haha :) and I thought otherwise :D haha; although this is damn amazing still!

[SIERRAHPBT]

Bad Company is my favorite band of all time. I had 1st row seats to see these guys October the 7th 2010 in Oklahoma at the hard rock. My Daughter became seriously i'll on the 6th and was in the ICU. I missed the show, Daughter is doing fine, Just hoping they comeback again next year.

[avielknot]

nice bod he has for a 50 year old man.. yum!

[zeppyday]

@avielknot He's 62.

[vicfirth97]

what the hell is paul wearing

[SonnyGTA]

I have this concert on DVD....its a pretty good show! I am playing this tune tomorrow!!

[SonnyGTA]

I have this concert on DVD....its a pretty good show!

[TheFlite29]

I don't know...I just can't dig Bad Company...it's like Free seemed more Raw and Nasty while this feels too slick and cliche, and Mick Ralphs in Mott was a bad MF, so every component of the band has done something I find incredible...Maybe it's the production??

[SIERRAHPBT]

@TheFlite29 come on dude...

[TheFlite29]

I just can't get into this band as much as I want to and I keep trying to give them a chance. I love Mott the Hoople, I love Free...So why is this so awful to me??

[muziclovr44]

@TheFlite29 Paul Rodgers will go down as one of the greatest blues rock vocalists of all time- Simon Kirk creates the perfect beat. In this genre, very few rein in their company.

[muziclovr44]

@TheFlite29 Awful? Paul Rodgers has the most amazing rock blues voice of all time, and if you like Free, you know this. Simon Kirk provides the perfect beat. It's hard rockin "guy music" somewhat, but the quality survives. Bands can't play this tight very often, and the vocals are uncomparible.

[sonny4u1]

one of the greatest bands ever

[justmemother]

Still rockin' and sounding great. Sure miss the hair and outfits, tho!

[movanshane]

@unlikeanyotherhuman

He is not just singing he uses his voice like an instrument!!

[Techfree815]

"The Voice" still has the mojo! Where's the cold beer?

[ahphukyeah]

ROCK N ROLL HALL OF FAME YET??????????

[da324]

@ahphukyeah That's one reason that organization has no merit.. Just like Rolling Stones 100 greatest lists..

[blindmellonchittlen]

Pauls a perfect example of a guy with great soulful voice, like a soulful guitarist. the kind with feeling , emotion, moving. Keep it up Paul.

[cagoodson70]

I missesd him in Charlotte. DAMNIT!!!!

[cagoodson70]

Whoever disses Paul should be shot!

[mck81606]

I wish they would come back to states.

soon.

[Donghammer]

Cracking rug on Paul, great song also..

[justmemother]

This company truly is bad. Paul has still got the pipes. Wish I could see them live.

[selousify]

These guys have always been one of my favorites! Just so tight,flawless man! Dave Colwell

plays like Mick used to but Mick still has it for his age.Simon on those skins,holy s*&t what else can I say.

[Pussycatfeathers]

if you live in england they are doing shows there the whole of april.

[bluesandbeyond1]

yep and l got me tickets and good to go !!

[Raittway]

@justmemother I saw them in the 70's awesome concert!!!

[56oldssuper88]

This song is sick. one of my favorite Bad Company songs.

[SabbathMilitia]

hey whats the guitar being used by Dave in this video i know its a Les Paul,but I can't find it anywhere so far so yeah also really really awesome song

[TeleCustom72]

it's a 3-pickup Les Paul Custom. Could have originally been a 2-pickup version and the third has been added, but its most likely a custom-order guitar - the original 3-pickup customs are pretty rare.

[christopherthelast]

If you listen to the guitar you will hear where the Edge got the first of many of his ideas for re-inventing the guitar; which he did; of course: but Paul Rodgers and his mates SHALL be written; as his band Free was one of the TWELVE.

I met him and the lads when Nick Lowe was running things at Nomis Sound in Shepherd's Bush when I and my guitarist Chris Lind went to visit; we got there 3 days after "the beast" of Led Zep had died; John Bonham; and he died 3 days after Bon Scott died.

[OKalrightalready]

it was great 10 rows back center stage my ears rang for days. Hart did well with them but the in fighting started early. they did have pretty good commercial success but his voice was very close to Pauls and people were missing that so the albums sold well. they had to get a court order to stop Howe from touring under the bad co name after things were over for him. He and Simon didnt get on to well after a few weeks. Shame about Boz it would have been nice seeing them together one more time

[danakeithzuska]

Whoever the Rug Doctor is deserves 5 stars on this Vid..Great voice though.Carry on Paul.

[TUBBYCLAYTON]

This is much better than that Queen rubbish.

[custardpie40]

i have the cd/dvdthey did back in 2002? merchants of cool..was watching it last night...its like they never left the studio in the 70's..

[BocaHealthandFitness]

I live in South FL where they shot the DVD last year at Hard Rock. They are coming back to same place June 17th with Paul, Simon, and Mick. It's only one of 10 shows. Thank god I moved to Boca Raton. I got tcikets today and so excited i can't stand it

[iardberds]

Great song. Great voice. Great band

Rest in Peace Boz Burrell

[jlpaul20]

Rock on! Incredible. My man.

[drewgooden20]

What's that thing nesting on top of Rodgers' head?

[315elmwood]

Simon Kirke is as solid as they come.

What a resume that guy has.

[danakeithzuska]

Its a Toupee Bird me thinks.

[Huggins293]

Please. The toupee is fine. Dumb commments like that toward a legend is unacceptable. You can live with it.

[315elmwood]

Hair transplant/toupee..whatever..t­he guy looks great and still sings incredible. I can only hope to look this good when I'm his age.

[janny108]

Agreed

[janny108]

who has a toupe?

[kiahl1212]

yes paul is wearing a toup but really hes 60+ and singing like a younster so who cares right

[wolfatnight]

is he really wearing a rug?

[ANNA00732]

NO.YOU IDIOT.

[jackHNv]

Yes, or a weave! I've got video of him at Night of the Guitars about 15 years ago, and he was balding and getting a bit tubby.

He's probably had some a facelift as well, but who cares? He's still the best rock singer I've ever heard!

[gearheadpa1958]

Simon Kirk is the Man! He is awesome!

[morceguetty]

best of strait shootrs

[timthemechanic]

This was an awesome concert! Live in the Paramount in Denver. They told us it was going to be a live DVD and CD. Seen them first around '75 in an outdoor concert when I was 15 - they just get better with age!

[wyattjameson]

Simon Kirke is only second to John Bonham in feel and being able to get such a hard sound out of his snare drum

[danslatente]

send me a nude pic of her, please....

[Upyrazz]

Agreed! Cynthia is quite an inspiration.

[Drfinn007]

Amazing , after so many years these guys are still so solid

[TIWICI]

anybody got any footage of Bad Co. performing "The Way I Choose" ? ♥

[beeterolds]

yup.. he used the same kit Bonzo used.. i wonder if that was because Bad company was signed under Zeps record label swan song

[mlmr11]

It was because Ludwig was a top brand back in the day.

Incidentally Simon Kirke is so underrated.

Solid Solid Solid Solid!!!

[beeterolds]

hes a great drummer, very rock solid and dependable..but doesnt come near bonham! ;) and yes Ludwigs were the top brand back in the day..sadly their customers are no longer important to them :(

[beeterolds]

he was using DWs bro...

[Slickhonky]

Paul Rodgers or Steve Marriot the best rock voclists

[pegleyjr]

Oh man you are right about Simon. Superb drum sound on that album. But Mick was kickin' ass on the guitar too!!!!! "Bucket" was great on the first Robert Hart Bad Co album. Company of Strangers was so solid, but then the mysterious Stories Told and Untold....some good stuff on it, but it was like a contractual fulfillment sounding thing. Robert seemed to be doing his best Paul-style singing, but still, that line-up was pretty good.

[buckwheat39]

they are wesome man in concert the people that go i try to do it like the live versions i know some these tunes, i seen them at the ole st martin bar room in town my pa is their daddy's right hand man ya know the cajun mafia rodgers rejoined after the houma show he was nothere

[hipncool07]

Paul Rodgers has been very successful in every band he ever had: Free, Bad Company, The Firm, The Law, and him solo. And what a sexy voice he's got, too!!!

[NjMurphy245]

i dont even play bass.. i play drums... but i LOVE the bass part to this song.. itrealy stands out and sounds cool

[alivewire13]

ROLLING STONE voted them one of the most musically talented and greatist Rock & Roll bands ever formed but never recieved the recognition they deserved unfortunately.A very talented group!!!!

[Ruraljohn]

Paul has one of the best if not the best voices in rock history

[rzazzzz]

paul's voice is like a good bottle of wine , gets better with age

[lakenheath2007]

Awsume Song!! Wish i could play it louder on here!!

[restlessbreed10]

bad co is a ledgendary band and i believe the second band to ever sign to the swan song label (the first being zep) though i'm not a huge fan of single guitar group's (i think it greatly hurt's live performance's)both zep and bad co is the backbone of hard rock today

[mikens1]

I was never really a huge Bad Co fan, but I saw this clip on VH1 Classic about a year ago and it blew me away!

[adam872]

Best. Voice. Ever.

What a legend this bloke is. Still hammering out great stuff after all these years.

[KarenEng]

Sounds great!!!

[greasemonkey2448]

Excellent quality, amazing undiscovered song, a band that is far gone from the lime light is still rockin and sounding the same way they did back then.

Thanks for the great vid, and thanks for the memories Paul.

[ripley450]

too bad you cant just find the studio version of this Classic...HD FiosTv 7.1 THX

darn, just jump in the 1969 Charger and slip in an 8-Track

we land on the Moon, these moonbats and 3rd world fucks get all the press

you WILL NOT ATTACK US

or you will experience the Jimi Hendrix BOMB

trident3

[windridr66]

1:50 and on thru the solo... that's what Rock is all about.

[windridr66]

damn straight Paul.

[RELubber]

Truly amazing how great Paul sounds!

This is better live than when they recorded this in the studio back in '75!!!

[pillarstone]

What is this from? Is it available on DVD?

[pegleyjr]

I do not own it myself, but this is indeed available on both CD & DVD, Merchants Of Cool.  Fellow Bad Co junkie!!!

[pegleyjr]

This live rendition is indeed good but the LP version hits like a jackhammer!!

[wolfatnight]

GEEEEEEEEEZUS, I can serf Youtube and watch Free/Bad Co clips all day, man - Free = best rock band ever, they cant be touched.

[bigcoolviking]

what a voice.... wow factor way off the wow scale !!

[wyattjameson]

paul rodgers and simon kirke get it done just as good as they did with free.simon is a great meat and potatoes drummer,just watch the live youtube version of free/mr. big and youll see what i mean.

[Minseito]

Re the intro - now we see where 'The Edge' got some of his ideas from!

[Bonosbrwnidgrl]

Syill rockin!!!! My favorite band of the late seventies!! Oh the memories.

[HamstaJones]

I have not dealt with any preacher yet .. 46 and rockin'

[beagleheadfred]

Never ever seen this song live one of ultimate fave Bad Co tunes.Holy shit Paul's voice is still kicking!!!!

[mayport41]

OMFG!!!!Paul Rodgers.......yummm! Thank you for adding this one! BIG LOVE!!!!

[Marty718]

Old school Rock Thanks

[dockaiser]

Hey pegleyjr, what do you mean? - his playing guitar!

[jakemyson]

It's not Mick Ralphs playing here, but Dave Colwell. Saw this incarnation of Bad Co at Hammersmith Odeon in London and Mick joined them on stage. A great gig (as always!)

[MOSKII58]

the guy w/ all the silver rings on his right hand is Mick Ralphs, if you go to his website & click on photos, you can clearly

see this, however there is another guitarist w/ ralphs in one of the photos that looks almost exactly like Ralphs, maybe this is Dave, not sure, but in this video the guy playing the black 3 pick-up custom les paul w/ all the silver rings on his right hand must be Mick Ralphs..Or is it??!!

[jakemyson]

Afraid we'll have to agree to differ on that! I maintain that it is Dave Colwell, but not going to fall out about it. This video is taken from the Merchants of Cool DVD, which doesn't mention Mick Ralphs. They do look quite similar tho'. Whatever....

[protools69]

It's Dave Colwell. Ralphs was gone when this show was filmed.

[OKalrightalready]

no man thats def. Dave "bucket" Cowell and Jazz Lochre on bass

[OKalrightalready]

Mick retired before this and didnt want to tour after their 1999 2000 reunion thing

but he did come back for one show last year in Florida for a dvd shoot. thats Bucket Cowell im sure id bet my drum kit on it

[lonaticc]

Without Mick, the Bad Company sound is totally lost. I also loved singer Robert Hart. He sounded like a fresh young Paul Rogers. They got their Bad Co. sound back with Robert Hart on vocals and I think Paul Rogers got paranoid they were able to replace him and that's why he reunited with Bad Co.. Lucky for Rogers they let him back into the band.

[OKalrightalready]

I just saw them this week at Jones Beach N.Y. great show, Pauls voice is better then ever Mick did pretty good missed a few que's went off on a few tangents but did well. i saw this line up ( Jazz and Bucket) also i gotta say they were damn good. I know Simon liked this line up better then any other that they had. Brian Howe couldnt hold Pauls microphone and Robert Hart was just a Rodgers immitator. Paul never quit the band they just needed to stop for a bit things were getting crazy.

[lonaticc]

Sounds like it was a great show. I liked the freshness of Robert Hart. Especially the fact they made 2 great album with him. Company Of Strangers was an awesome CD. Back to the classic Bad Co. tradition like "Judas My Brother; Little Martha;Abandoned&Alone;Where I Belong" all great tunes written with the new freshness they lost since Paul Rodgers left the band. I'd love to hear Rodgers do any of the tunes off Co. Of Strangers. I wonder if they have any new material with Rodgers in the works?

[JBTG33]

Paul Rogers is Bad Compay....the voice, the song writing....."lucky to let him back in ".....too funny.

[SIERRAHPBT]

just remember, Mick Ralphes wrote many of bad co's songs also.

[Pussycatfeathers]

i agree jbtg33........and im STILL laughing!!!!

[noshtrilz]

havent heard this song for years - brilliant and thanks for posting

[pegleyjr]

Too bad Mick wasn't on this tour.

[beagleheadfred]

yeah where is old Mick?

[SPINNYFUCK]

FUKIN MODERN SHIT

[beagleheadfred]

this isn;t modern, you must mean today's modern shit sucks?

[kissandra]

heck yes, you rock for adding this. I freaking love this performance.