Talk:Straight Shooter (Bad Company album)

The originals from Bad Company need to add why Shooting Star was never released as a single. Because it DID receive a lot of radio airplay, and it is a great song (even if it is over 6 minutes in length)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:32, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

critical reception
this section is badly written, confusing as a result, and possibly inaccurate, esp. in ref to Christgau`s review. Fp cassini (talk) 14:57, 14 October 2012 (UTC) ********* It's not just this section but the entire article that's poorly written. I am wondering if it was originally written in a different language and then put through some kind of web translation app because that is exactly how it reads. If I knew more about this band and this particular album I would rewrite the entire thing myself. The author's inattention to detail and logic is insulting to the reader. (talk) 9 June 2013

"Shooting Star" reference to Jim Morrison?
I know that the lyrics, "Johnny died one night/Died in his bed/Bottle of whiskey/Sleeping tablets by his head" may be a reference to the last hours of Jimi Hendrix (who was actually born "Johnny Allen Hendrix") in 1970 who may have accidentally overdosed on Vesparax sleeping tablets (he had complained of insomnia) within hours of consuming alcohol, but I think it should also be added that the title may come from a quote by Jim Morrison before he died/went MIA (depending on who you believe) being that "I see myself as a huge fiery comet, a shooting star. Everyone stops, points up and gasps 'Oh look at that!' Then — whoosh, and I'm gone... and they'll never see anything like it ever again... and they won't be able to forget me — ever."

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Shooting Star - Kossoff?!
The article says "The track "Shooting Star" (written by lead singer Paul Rodgers) was lyrically inspired by the drug and alcohol-related deaths of Free guitarist Paul Kossoff, as well as other rockers". The reference to Kossoff seems unlikely given that he didn't die until March 1976, after the album's release! JezGrove (talk) 22:32, 1 August 2022 (UTC)