Bad Company
Bad Company

Apple Music called this album "The definition of no-nonsense 70's hard rock." That seems fair and I get the appeal. You could say that about AC/DC for every generation they've been a band. And yet... I could go for some nonsense, you know? At least just a little. I like "Ready for Love" and enjoyed hearing "Seagull" and "The Way I Choose" for the first time. I'm here for the ballads, dude. Otherwise, it's the stuff I've heard on the radio a gajillion times and never much cared for. There are better bands that do this exact formula. But main talking point: where's the line between the song "Don't Let Me Down" and the Beatles song of the same name? Bad Company didn't record a cover, and it's not exactly ripping them off. But I don't know how you hear this version *without* thinking of the Beatles tune. There's enough overlap there that it at least should've warrant the question: "Should we change the lyrics?" And the answer should've been: "Duh. Obviously."

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