Oh Lord, I hated The Firm! I was a diehard Led Zeppelin fan during this time. I always really enjoyed the bluesy rock of Bad Company. When I heard singer Paul Rodgers would join forces with Jimmy Page, I was ecstatic! A match made in 70s rock Heaven!
The result was soundly disappointing. Page's guitar playing had never sounded worse. (I later learned he was battling many chemical demons throughout the 1980s.) I don't know what they were trying to do short of sending Zeppelin/Company fans into severe depression.
That horrible single "Radioactive" makes me cringe. Great. Now it's stuck in my head.
I felt the same way about GTR. You had Steve Hackett from Genesis and Steve Howe from Yes. On paper it had great potential, but it fell flat.
Could be worse. Could be "Loving You" by Minnie Riperton.
Oops.