Free - Fire and Water

[impala327]

they meant it.

[impala327]

jeebus.



[MrGarrington120]

What a talent Paul Kossof was !!!! to be lost to the music world so young

[pihuan]

First band I ever saw, -they were brilliant, in 1970 - with my childhood dream girl - our one and only date. Been all downhill since then!

[celsofranco71]

One of my favorite bands.

[1stSaintsFan]

Paul Rodgers and Paul Kossof...Two of the best teamed up in one great band..that I got to enjoy while they were putting out albums (LPs),,,Check out Kossof's band before he died called "Crawler" they put out some tasty tunes...

[dergrossen]

@1stSaintsFan Thanks for the tip.

[1stSaintsFan]

@dergrossen ..The full name is "BackStreet Crawler"...Kossoff had some great songs and playing with his band..

[SchellerOfficial]

Kossof is the best !

[litatyas]

im only 18 but when i sit and listen to free or like humble pie etc i feel like an old guy sittin goin.. "ahh remember when music was pure and had feelin!" as if i was there.. but i wasnt.. fake nostalgia!

[MrJuggernutter]

How did paul kossoff die, anyone?

[litatyas]

@MrJuggernutter 'drug related heart problems'

[MrJuggernutter]

@litatyas thanx

[RaiderLeo1]

Nearly sixty and flogged Free when around eighteen but watching this what amazing musicians and the lead voice is like a choir in itself... appreciate it much more today... also saw them live... pure rock... thanks Youtube for a allowing us to relive our past so easily.

[stevevaiisnumber1]

Love this guys!

[pcgonzaga]

awsome... altoght a missing tooth

[13Musicmachine]

0:01 favorite amps: Fender

3:50 favorite amps: orange :D

[1001blacknwhite]

A great riff, great lyrics, great musicians and an amazing voice that makes you dream awake... what else does it need to be perfect?

[ivocoser]

@1001blacknwhite Nothing.

[TheGrabsplatter]

Rodgers voice is perfect in this version...and need I say more about the genius that is Paul Kossoff?

[MrAlex0262]

@TheGrabsplatter No, Koss was for me the most Underrated Guitarplayer ever ! Its so sad that he was gone so early , for me still the best Guitarplayer ever !

[miezulet]

Kossoff was one of the most unique and original styles ever.

[TomHelmar66]

Paul has got some great pipes and still does, the other Paul really knew how to make his guitar sing, whether thru an Orange or a Marshall.

[murfdog19]

I think Koss sounds awesome on that Orange rig!

[HugeGene]

Great clip. Love that song. Paul has the best pipes in da' business!

[wjacobs761]

this voice (incredible one @ that) has stood the ultimate test................TIME!!!!TI­ME!!!!!BEST SINGER BAR NONE!!

[spidertarr]

a master class

in using the human

voice

to convey raw emotion

[benabz]

the magic to this song is the tension - they play with such restraint, any minute it could break loose but they keep it under control - simon's drums and the fat bass push it - godamn beautiful stuff here

[FlightoftheSpeedKing]

It shouldn't matter what kids grow up with. I know it does - but fuck, the musics out there, find it! Anyone interested in good music should know this. You don't have to be 50 to dig this - you can be 12 for all I care. It's sad though that very few people my age even know who Free is. Great band, Kossof had one of the meanest vibratos, Fraser had a wholly unique and brilliant style, and Rodgers is, well, he's Paul Rodgers.

[SuperBluesystem]

@FlightoftheSpeedKing

Totally agree dude! But kids nowadays have far more ways to find out... When I was a kid the only way to find new good stuff was to think "hey this guy has made a cover of this band I don't know , I ve got to check it out at the record store..."

[boneypart]

Paul Rodgers is one of my favorite singers. I must add that the quality of the songwriting, as a vehicle for the vocals, is a large part of what makes a singer able to perform it. i think why we dont hear young guys coming up with these kind of vocal chops is that they have grown up with metal instead of say, Ray Charles et. al.

[boss1dasul]

super blues... viva free... brasil/sp

[metalburger2]

this is interesting, I thought Paul Kossoff was partial to Marshall's. I think they were just forced to use the Beat Club's house gear for this, every recording I see from the Beat Club is with Orange amps lol.

[TheInboil]

awesome trio.kosoff was listening to green, meaning, all his licks are greens. a few more years and he may have had the vibrato. gotta love these brits and les pauls. green and kirwan are the kings in charge.

[jetwagon]

drummer should learn a new beat

[TheMullerFan]

@jetwagon you have a lot to learn. Kirke is one of the most intense drummers of all time and yet he does so little. He can change the entire feel of the song just by opening the hi hat slightly or using the crash on certain beats. its actually quite amazing.

[jetwagon]

In other words he does what any other half-way decent drummer can do. I don't need to learn anything. I've been playing music for over 25 years.

It doesn't take a genius to see that all of Kirkes beats are basically the same. Yeah, he's got excellent meter. Yeah, his playing is tastefully understated. But that kind of playing only goes so far. So everyone line up and start bashing me...I don't care...what I've said is true whether you like it or not, but more importantly...fuck you.

[VarykGerai]

notes are just notes. No matter how fansy or simple they are if the player doesnt feel it, it wont sound. And people like you fail to understand that.

[jetwagon]

I also fail to understand what the hell you're talking about.

[murfdog19]

I think 99.9% of musicians, barring the lifeless shredders, would disagree.

[70goldtop]

You should've tried tried out for FREE.Maybe they would've hired you instead of Simon when they all got through fucking laughing.

[karlforston]

Today's singers should be locked up in a room for 2 weeks and forced to listen to Paul Rodgers. Stevie Marriot and Jimmy Dewar before even being allowed to sniff a stage.

[WELLBRAN]

Robbie Williams would come out a gibbering idiot! lol!

[freegie27]

@karlforston

Just saw your comments - sorry for the late reply.

Stevie was THE greatest vocalist ever INMO,

love Paul,Plant,Gillan etc.

I met Jimmy Dewar in a pub in Byre's Rd, Glasgow, after a Robin Trower gig.

Nice guy RIP.. and to Stevie.

Peace

[peterm3964]

@karlforston There's three aces right there in your hand partner .All great shouters

paul rogers doesn't have a bad note in him .

[Victoriasoulmusic]

@karlforston  u are so right ...peace.

[wendyalexanderwpa]

Real vocalists - not dubbed to high heaven!!!

[jessaamur]

god that vibrato. it gives the shakes and the shivers everytime i hear it. its so sweet! the rock equivalent to ihtzak perlman's vibrato technique.

[thinkingevil]

Kossoff, that is...

[MostFelonious]

mustache music

[squirehendrix]

Kossoff's vibrato........ fuck me its good

[1975lec]

damn , fu__n' rock ! Makes me live!

Luv it !

that is music, thank you!

[bone68753]

yeah that's right,,, yeah ,,,

[IvonaFoxy]

I love this song!

[renegademax]

God Damn! I'd forgotten how fuckin' great this song is! Thanks for posting this.

[peterm3964]

Analogue gets it ALL .That instrument of Iron and wood is a thing of beauty .

[recordhead59]

Hard to tell but it seems like Koss was pretty straight during this one.

[OldSteamer]

i love this song!

[scandys]

seems so simple in sound but god its brillant

[guiltyparty]

Check out how simple the drum segments are and how perfect they work! Rock magic!

[lukessummer]

To be able to improvise with that amount of control over phrasing and vibrato..it's just, Incredible!.....I think it's a thing called TASTE!, Someday I hope to acquire it...

[skynatyc]

Paul Rodgers... Ronnie VanZant said he was one of the greatest vocalist of the time.

[mrc1212]

Can you hear how this guy sings? Wtf are you kids listening to???

[OldSteamer]

hahaha so right

[mrc1212]

Amazing. Thanks for posting it.

[badbeatthree]

this is raw british rock,pure and simple,nice post,

[donblakeyboy]

thats not the isle of white, its live on the beat club....put a tenner on it