What do Clint Eastwood and Bad Company have in common?
The idea for a post on renegade rebels came when I caught one of my favorite songs on the car radio on my way home last night: BAD COMPANY, by Bad Company. Whenever I hear this song it reminds me of Clint Eastwood's masterpiece The Outlaw Josey Wales. I always liked these verses, but found it strange that those long-haired 70’s English rockers were able to capture so well the essence of renegade rebels such as the James-Younger gang. I suppose Bad Company were rebels in their own way.
This studio version of BAD COMPANY by Bad Company kicks ass:
Company . . . Always on the run
Destiny is the rising sun
I was born 6-gun in my hand
Behind a gun I'll make my final stand
That's why they call me...
Bad company
And I can't deny
Bad company
Till the day I die
Till the day I die
Till the day I die
Rebel souls
Deserters we are called
Chose a gun and threw away the sword
Now these towns
They all know our name
6-gun sound is our claim to fame
I can hear them say...
Bad company
And I won't deny
Bad, Bad company
Till the day I die
Till the day I die"
Bad, Bad company
I can't deny
Bad company
Till the day I die
And I say it's
Bad company Oh Yeah -Yeah
Bad company
Till the day I die Oh Yeah
Tell me that you are not a thief
Oh But I am
Bad Company
It's the way I play
Dirty for dirty
Oh Somebody Double-crossed me
Double-cross
Double-cross
Yeah we're Bad company
Kill in cold blood
This post was crafted by V.A. Shepard - (Charter Member of Team STORMBRINGER and recipient of the coveted Order of Suvorov for actions in the Russo-Japanese War, decorated by both sides) - S.L.
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