Greenville News critic Donna Isbell Walker agreed that it is a "radio staple". Rolling Stone critic Ed Naha called "Shooting Star" the " pièce de résistance" of Straight Shooter and "the highpoint of writing career." Naha states that "Rodgers nearly assumes the role of the Harry Chapin of crotch rock as he casually recounts the chilling tale of a young rock star … from beginning to end" and that the "calculated effect of the song is made stronger by its low-keyed approach to melodrama." Wosahla it was the Bad Company's "biggest achievement" on Straight Shooter, as well as "proof of the growing talent of Rodgers'capabilities of expressing his talent into words." Los Angeles Times critic Robert Hilburn praised the chorus and Rodgers' lead vocal, but criticized "corny" lyrics such as "John's life passed him by on a warm sunny day/But if you listen to the wind/You can still hear him play." Stephen Thomas Erlewine described it as one of the two "big hits" from Straight Shooter (along with " Feel Like Makin' Love") and a "classic rock staple". Rolling Stone Album Guide critics Mark Coleman and Mark Kemp described the song as a "half- acoustic lust ballad." Reception The song employs what Allmusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine describes as an "expanded aural vocabulary" compared to the songs on Bad Company's debut album. It's one of those songs that just reminds me to do it. I'm not saying we didn't have fun, but I just don't do that anymore.It has a good message for me because I'm in a 12-step program and I try and adhere to it on a daily basis. When we were younger, we all dabbled – none of us are saints. It's a generic example of what has happened and what can happen and, I'm afraid, will happen to people who come into this business and meddle with drink and drugs. In 1997, Bad Company drummer Simon Kirke said of the song that: The refrain summarizes the theme stating "Don't you know that you are a shooting star, and all the world will love you just as long as you are a shooting star." In a contemporary review, Messenger-Press critic Steve Wosahla suggested that this line is "typical of how we treat our stars today." Rodgers stated that "At that particular time you had Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin.just a catalog of people who didn't make it, who overdosed in their beds.that was the germ of this song. ![]() ![]() The theme was influenced by the deaths of young rock stars as a result of drug addiction, particularly the deaths from overdoses of Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin and possibly Jimi Hendrix. The lyrics of "Shooting Star" tell the story of a boy named Johnny, who went on to become a rock star but died after overdosing on whiskey and sleeping pills. Although not released as a single, it became a radio staple and has appeared on many of Bad Company's live and compilation albums. ![]() " Shooting Star" is a song written by Paul Rodgers that was first released by Bad Company on their 1975 album Straight Shooter. Clearwell Castle, Gloucestershire, England
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