Google "bad gig Durham Free" and you'll read why this song sucks! It was concocted to try to get audiences to clap longer at the end of their boring shows. It doesn't resonate with the anguished idealism or fornicatory release of the 60s or 70s - it's just commercial drivel, jerking audiences off musically for applause manipulation, which is why the disposable lyrics are so terrible. Pathetic! They were just a bunch of hacks trying to sound like an American band and make a buck.
After this song he would be lucky to be alive...it must have been totally surreal for him...he must have been like a God to the Gods (Beatles/Stones/Cream/others)...and not only still alive but now married to miss Canada at 60 years of age...it all sounds like bullshit...
Amazing stuff!!! Allways very interesting to see how Paul Kossoff develops his solo (around 3:00). No version is identical to another. And his typical vibrato is as magic as ever! Later guitar players owe a lot to Paul Kossoff and I think most of them are prepared to acknowledge the influence he had on Heavy Metal.
Great video, best close-ups on Koss's guitar I've seen so far. Doesn't matter which amp he plugs into, he always sound like himself. The rest of the band is brilliant as always.
with this one track and with one fell swoop Paul Rodgers epitomises, immortalises, encapsulates and redefines 60' ethos in a frozen exactitude of rock and roll technique sempiternally...awe-inspiringl y sublime is the way the individual character of his singing comes to the fore..This is rock & roll at its best - music of refinement and control, slowing down the tempo of our everyday world and transforming the banal and mundane into a source of wonderment
(for us guitar gear geeks).. notice the Orange amp he is playing the guitar through? this MUST be the amp used in the studio, the tone is identical. more glassy and brighter than a marshall. all the other Free vids he is playing through a marshall.
I thinking the same thing about the sound. But then since he and the bass player both have them I was thinking it may be a product placement/endorsement. The sound is identical.
mtv help kill rock n roll...only wanting million dollar music videos with all effects and shit...im anti mtv except watching rob and big and jackass haha
its really funny who the quality of the video distorts Paul's voice!!!!
P00TANARA 1 month ago
very rare ,,very rare
24NOTCEN 1 month ago
good ol orage amps-- they still make em
toejam498 3 months ago
8 Dislikes ? Wtf is going on with those People ?
MrAlex0262 5 months ago
this is an awful recording....
oakenshanks 8 months ago
Google "bad gig Durham Free" and you'll read why this song sucks! It was concocted to try to get audiences to clap longer at the end of their boring shows. It doesn't resonate with the anguished idealism or fornicatory release of the 60s or 70s - it's just commercial drivel, jerking audiences off musically for applause manipulation, which is why the disposable lyrics are so terrible. Pathetic! They were just a bunch of hacks trying to sound like an American band and make a buck.
DrYattz 9 months ago
@DrYattz You are kidding, right ? What American band(s) at the time ? There was nobody else around, Free was/is a one off.
essertpitay 4 months ago
Iconic song!
redhard16 9 months ago
Damn straight!!!
twiztidjuggalo500 11 months ago
After this song he would be lucky to be alive...it must have been totally surreal for him...he must have been like a God to the Gods (Beatles/Stones/Cream/others)...and not only still alive but now married to miss Canada at 60 years of age...it all sounds like bullshit...
mastertusk 1 year ago
Amazing stuff!!! Allways very interesting to see how Paul Kossoff develops his solo (around 3:00). No version is identical to another. And his typical vibrato is as magic as ever! Later guitar players owe a lot to Paul Kossoff and I think most of them are prepared to acknowledge the influence he had on Heavy Metal.
Nederlander45 1 year ago
Great video, best close-ups on Koss's guitar I've seen so far. Doesn't matter which amp he plugs into, he always sound like himself. The rest of the band is brilliant as always.
vdbdg 1 year ago
one of the best bands ever
Aljax21 1 year ago
Haha, I don't know why, but I like the quality xDD
MCWaxMax 1 year ago
Too bad the cameras sucked back then when music was worth recording. Of course it's perfected now that most of todays music blows.
Alxscode 1 year ago 2
Rare Video, good post !! That orange guitar amp is too loud !!!! Rodgers has gone horse trying to sing over the Guitar !!
terrencepaulmiller 2 years ago
shitty sound
kslecky24 2 years ago
reminds of marriot rip
wblakews 2 years ago
ooooooooooooooright ;-)
yeah, especially the end of live version of "every little bit hurts" (from The Autumn Stone) - the line 'all right now' hahaha
They had a joint tour with Small Faces in 68 so who knows they could be a little inspired by lil Marriott
UvaYakone 2 years ago
with this one track and with one fell swoop Paul Rodgers epitomises, immortalises, encapsulates and redefines 60' ethos in a frozen exactitude of rock and roll technique sempiternally...awe-inspiringl y sublime is the way the individual character of his singing comes to the fore..This is rock & roll at its best - music of refinement and control, slowing down the tempo of our everyday world and transforming the banal and mundane into a source of wonderment
BoratBrother 2 years ago
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I heard one of Paul Kossoff's family say in an interview once that he never ever played a guitar part the same twice
netgemiplayer 3 years ago
Thanks for posting. I always wanted to see this without the goofy effects.
cliffordsville 3 years ago
He's definitely challenging Kossoff's guitar ability with his vocals.
70goldtop 3 years ago
(for us guitar gear geeks).. notice the Orange amp he is playing the guitar through? this MUST be the amp used in the studio, the tone is identical. more glassy and brighter than a marshall. all the other Free vids he is playing through a marshall.
echoman123456789 3 years ago 2
yeah..strange...shure this the sound is from the video...?
AlexGronstad 3 years ago
I thinking the same thing about the sound. But then since he and the bass player both have them I was thinking it may be a product placement/endorsement. The sound is identical.
Stevehose 3 years ago
great version
professoricon 3 years ago
When MTV fisrt came out they would occasionally play this video.I thought it was the greatest and everything else was pretty much crap.
70goldtop 3 years ago
Yeah, that's funny. MTV used to be a music channel too, but not anymore.
g0ldbuG 3 years ago 5
mtv help kill rock n roll...only wanting million dollar music videos with all effects and shit...im anti mtv except watching rob and big and jackass haha
tatethompson1234 2 years ago 7
@tatethompson1234 there was a show on MTV at the time called Basement tapes... they litterally helped bands get recording contracts !
this is the forerunner to the music videos that was shown on mtv back then
Freyja1133 9 months ago
@g0ldbuG That's what the M stood for: Music TV.
rrr1063 1 year ago
That's some kickin' Lester tone through that Orange amp. Very nice.
trebor166 4 years ago 2
Not sure what year Standard that is, but it is definately 50's with the skinny binding in the cutaway. Awesome Tone!!!
PA28140 3 years ago
yeah tis sweet. i preffer his marshall rig though :P
petequintin 3 years ago
it's not a good tape quality, but who cares :))
ivana2309 4 years ago 7
Yeah it is in the fist 30 seconds or so but after that it is fine.
frozenfish91 4 years ago
thanks for sharing! :)
Ratshee 4 years ago
that's a gem
dougm1971 4 years ago