Lines of
Inspiration
Melodious
expressions, Enduring Truisms
B
Bad Company
“Seagull you fly across the horizon, into the
misty morning sun…”
The Band:
Established
in 1973 and comprised of members from the likes of Free, Mott the Hoople, and King
Crimson, the British bred supergroup, Bad Company staked their claim to
fame and never let go.
Soon after
one of their first public warm up performances (in Germany), when the band was asked
what they called themselves Paul Rodgers (founder and lead vocalist) reportedly
replied “Bad Company” – after a film starring Jeff Bridges; which he had
seen just prior to their show. Though in a later interview, Rodgers explained
the idea came from a picture in a book on Victorian morals depicting a young
boy looking up at an unsavory man leaning against a lamppost. The caption read
“beware of bad company”.
The Bad
Company band was still going strong in 2013 when they announced a 40th
Anniversary tour with the southern rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd.
The Film:
Described as
an “ironic western”, the undiscovered gem of a movie: Bad Company, portrays a
group of young renegades heeding the irresistible call of the outlaw west, only
to find it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. According to Jeff Bridges, the
gunfight in the forest had to be completely re-shot (by none other than DP
Gordon Willis of the Godfather movies fame) as it had been ruined in the lab.
So, how about that line? Does it call to mind a memory? Instill
a sense of wonder? Are you familiar with the song, band, or film?
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