A number of years ago I heard an interview on the radio (the station was either KMET or KLOS - in California) with Clapton and he said the name came about while he and Harrison where finishing up the song. Harrison had scribble 'bridge' onto the song sheet, as in to add a bridge to that part of the song. Clapton, sitting across the table, read it upside down and thought is said Badge. They both laughed, George said he like it and so they kept it.
A number of years ago I heard an interview on the radio (the station was either KMET or KLOS - in California) with Clapton and he said the name came about while he and Harrison where finishing up the song. Harrison had scribble 'bridge' onto the song sheet, as in to add a bridge to that part of the song. Clapton, sitting across the table, read it upside down and thought is said Badge. They both laughed, George said he like it and so they kept it.