Shooting Star | ||
Bad Company | ||
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Straight Shooter | ||
INFORMATION | ||
Year | 1975 | |
Genre | Classic Rock | |
Language | English | |
Length | ||
Source | Rock Band 2 | |
Release | 14 September 2008 | |
Rating | ![]() | |
PLAYABLE IN | ||
Rock Band 2 Rock Band 3 Rock Band Blitz | ||
DIFFICULTY | ||
Band | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Basic | Pro | |
Guitar | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
No Part |
Bass | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
No Part |
Drums | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Keys | No Part | No Part |
Vocals | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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DETAILS | ||
Male singer | ||
Guitar solo | ||
3-part harmonies | ||
Big Rock Ending |
"Shooting Star" is a song by Bad Company which tells the story of young boy who grows up to be a Rock Star, but he succumbs to Rock and Roll excess and dies of a drug overdose. According to Bad Company lead singer Paul Rodgers, the song is a warning. He wrote it about the casualties of the music business; people like Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin as well as others who didn't make it. (Thanks, Mike - Mountlake Terrace, WA)
Rogers may have drawn inspiration from his former Free band mate, late guitarist Paul Kossoff, who died of a heroin overdose.