Tag: Rock and Roll Fantasy

In 1979 this song was out I was at our town’s Dime Store…remember Dime Stores? They had a .50-cent single bin. I looked around and I saw a Rock And Roll Fantasy single just picked it up and bought it…not paying attention to the band.

I played the single at home and it was The Kinks Rock and Roll Fantasy… a totally different song but it soon became one of my favorites by the Kinks…so I won in that deal. This Bad Company song has been worn out by radio but I still will listen when it comes on.

Paul Rodgers has one of the best voices in rock and blues. So good in fact that one band came looking for him when their singer passed away. The Doors searched for Rodgers after Jim Morrison had died but Rodgers was living off the grid in England and they couldn’t find him. He didn’t know about it until years later when Doors guitarist Robby Krieger told him. The Doors were all Free fans.

The song was written by Paul Rodgers about rock and roll escapism. The band was all burned out from their 1977 tour and they took a two-year break until 1979 when they released the Desolation Angels album. It became one of their most successful albums along with their last top 10 album.

This song was quite successful as was the album Desolation Angels. The album peaked at #3 on the Billboard Album Charts, #6 in Canada, #10 in the UK, and #32 in New Zealand in 1979.

The song peaked at #13 on the Billboard 100 and #16 in Canada.

They were on Led Zeppelin’s record label…Swan Song. It would be the last huge year on the label when Led Zeppelin released In Through The Out Door along with this Bad Company album. John Bonham would pass the following year and the label died in 1983. Bad Company was far and away the most successful band on the label not including Zeppelin.

When clearing out the offices in 1983…unheard demos by Iron Maiden and Heart were found.

Paul Rodgers: “I discovered quite recently that I was lined up to join The Doors, which blew my mind. Robby Krieger told me that the Doors were all fans of Free, and after Jim Morrison’s death, they came to England looking for me. The thing is, at that time, I had buried myself in the country, working on things, and they couldn’t get a hold of me. My jaw actually dropped like in a cartoon when Robby told me this.”

Paul Rodgers: “I don’t think you should ever bring politics and stuff that surrounds you every day – all that depressing stuff – into music, people want to go and see groups to get away from all that. I know I do. The lights, the atmosphere… they can forget everything else.”

Rock ‘n’ Roll Fanstasy

Here comes the jesters, one, two three
It’s all part of my fantasy
I love the music and I love to see the crowd
Dancin’ In the aisles and singin’ out loud

Here comes the dancers one bye one
Your mama’s callin’ but you’re havin’ fun
You find you’re dancin’ on a number nine cloud
Put your hands together now and sing It out loud

Its all part of my rock ‘n roll fantasy
Its all part of my rock ‘n roll dream
Its all part of my rock ‘n roll fantasy
Its all part of my rock ‘n roll dream

Put up the spotlights one and all
And let the feelin’ get down to your soul
The music’s so loud you can hear the sound
Reachin’ for the sky and churn In up the ground

Its all part of my rock ‘n roll fantasy
Its all part of my rock ‘n roll dream
Its all part of my rock ‘n roll fantasy
Its all part of my rock ‘n roll dream