No, I think they just came up with the ballad... It's all too common a story in the business.
I'm a HUGE Bad Company fan. I saw them in concert when they were on their Holy Water tour. Paul Rogers wasn't the singer at the time, Brian Howe was. Still was a great show. Mick Ralphs did an acoustic version of Shooting Star. The audience stood, lighters in the air. After the song, the dude in front of me pushed his lighter back into his pocket and suddenly started jumping around and screaming... It seems when you let a lighter burn for a few minutes, it gets quite hot

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