Bad Company is Ken painting himself into a corner with 1975 because we already covered a lot of the best albums from this year in our first season. I look at Paul Rodgers the same way I look at David Coverdale: Two guys who desperately wanted to be Robert Plant, but didn't quite have the chops. As for Bowie, you'll get no argument from this quarter. Although Young Americans is where I really start to miss Mick Ronson.
As all the contestants used to say when Paul Lynde gave his hilariously insane answers on Hollywood Squares, “DISAGREE”! Paul Rodgers’ body of work is solid and respectable. Coverdale was a singer of a one-hit wonder, and that one hit was only a hit because of Tawny Kitaen.
I know you don't want to get into a heavy metal argument with me, but Coverdale and Whitesnake sold a lot of records long before the album with "Here I Go Again" ever came out. Actually, that was their comeback album. And even though I don't have the numbers in front of me, I'd be willing to bet Coverdale outsold Rodgers over the course of their careers. If not, it's probably pretty close. None of which changes the fact that both guys wanted to be Plant.
I don't want to come off as a Coverdale enthusiast, but the dude was the lead singer of Deep Purple when they released "Burn" and "Stormbringer" which were both Gold records at the very least. And that pedestrian 1987 "Whitesnake" album sold 8 million copies in the U.S. alone. Those are pretty tough numbers for Paul to match. I do acknowledge that Rodgers was his own person pre-Zep. However, it's interesting to note that both Coverdale and Rodgers jumped at the chance to work with Jimmy Page when he and Plant split. Ultimately, I think Rodgers and Coverdale both fall into the Tom Wambsgans category of rock stars, to use a Succession analogy. They had decent careers on their own, but both seemed to be grasping for that elusive big gig and the credibility that comes with it.
Bad Company is Ken painting himself into a corner with 1975 because we already covered a lot of the best albums from this year in our first season. I look at Paul Rodgers the same way I look at David Coverdale: Two guys who desperately wanted to be Robert Plant, but didn't quite have the chops. As for Bowie, you'll get no argument from this quarter. Although Young Americans is where I really start to miss Mick Ronson.
As all the contestants used to say when Paul Lynde gave his hilariously insane answers on Hollywood Squares, “DISAGREE”! Paul Rodgers’ body of work is solid and respectable. Coverdale was a singer of a one-hit wonder, and that one hit was only a hit because of Tawny Kitaen.
I know you don't want to get into a heavy metal argument with me, but Coverdale and Whitesnake sold a lot of records long before the album with "Here I Go Again" ever came out. Actually, that was their comeback album. And even though I don't have the numbers in front of me, I'd be willing to bet Coverdale outsold Rodgers over the course of their careers. If not, it's probably pretty close. None of which changes the fact that both guys wanted to be Plant.
I don't want to come off as a Coverdale enthusiast, but the dude was the lead singer of Deep Purple when they released "Burn" and "Stormbringer" which were both Gold records at the very least. And that pedestrian 1987 "Whitesnake" album sold 8 million copies in the U.S. alone. Those are pretty tough numbers for Paul to match. I do acknowledge that Rodgers was his own person pre-Zep. However, it's interesting to note that both Coverdale and Rodgers jumped at the chance to work with Jimmy Page when he and Plant split. Ultimately, I think Rodgers and Coverdale both fall into the Tom Wambsgans category of rock stars, to use a Succession analogy. They had decent careers on their own, but both seemed to be grasping for that elusive big gig and the credibility that comes with it.