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  • @peterkonrad5655
    @peterkonrad5655 11 місяців тому +84

    You can tune a piano but you can't tuna fish. What a name for an album. Riding the storm out is a good song.

    • @MrGmonkeywillruleyou
      @MrGmonkeywillruleyou 10 місяців тому

      I heard a rap song by the grouch and eligh say. You can play the scales but can’t tuna fish

    • @susanmurray7654
      @susanmurray7654 10 місяців тому

      My favorite song of thiers

    • @pennyrutter2782
      @pennyrutter2782 10 місяців тому

      Great tune!!!!

    • @freebirdtony
      @freebirdtony 10 місяців тому

      Love that album title.

    • @cynthias7299
      @cynthias7299 9 місяців тому

      With the track Unidentified Flying Tuna Trot....gotta love it :)

  • @AlphaSpaz
    @AlphaSpaz 10 місяців тому +37

    You have no idea, when they released their album Hi Infidelity at the end of 1980 they became the most popular band in the country. You couldn’t escape them. Radio/TV was nonstop REO Speedwagon.

    • @danrieke9988
      @danrieke9988 7 місяців тому +1

      What an album. Used to set up my concert JBL's in the front yard and play this on the "strip" in my small home town and people would drive by, honk and wave. That was in the 70s. Man ,what a time!

  • @ontheroad5317
    @ontheroad5317 11 місяців тому +40

    One of my favorite songs of all time. The energy level STARTS at 10, and then just continues to go up for the whole song.

  • @jhamptonjr
    @jhamptonjr 11 місяців тому +48

    REO Speedwagon was actually a real truck used for firefighting. And this is one of their best songs! If you stay around this era of their music it's all great. You should hear golden country off their second album or their live album! Peace and love! 1:28

  • @mhlevy
    @mhlevy 10 місяців тому +27

    The lead guitarist on this song, Gary Richrath (RIP) was a criminally underrated guitarist. This was the more commercial album that took them over to really great success. Some of their other great songs include "Golden Country," "Keep Pushin'," "157 Riverside Avenue," "Riden' the Storm Out," "Like You Do," and the instrumental "Flying Turkey Trot," which allows Gary to show his guitar chops.

    • @AlphaSpaz
      @AlphaSpaz 10 місяців тому +5

      Absolutely. That guy is responsible for like 90% of the air guitar playing in the early 80s. Great really musical solos.

    • @mostlyoldparts
      @mostlyoldparts 10 місяців тому +3

      Gary's playing is the reason I kept coming back for more REO. His energy, his ability and his songwriting put this band on top. Totally underrated by many, loved by more. RIP GARY!!!

  • @Rasmuth
    @Rasmuth 10 місяців тому +11

    The guitar player Gary Richrath was an absolute monster on guitar. Criminally underrated and under remembered.

  • @michaelfried3123
    @michaelfried3123 11 місяців тому +49

    REO was one of those bands that both the guys and girls wanted to hear back in the 80's. An REO Speedwagon is a classic old school classic truck, interesting history lesson if ya look it up and read about it. From someone who grew up with this band at the peak of their popularity in the early 80's, if you want to review the bands best songs, then look up "Time for Me to Fly" from '78 or "Take it on the Run" from 1980. Those, in my opinion are the bands two best overall songs. But anything from either of those albums "You Can Tune a Piano but ya can't Tuna Fish" (1978) or "Hi Infidelity" (1980) is a winner in my book.

    • @Able-Man
      @Able-Man 11 місяців тому +4

      I can remember this one from the "mid-70's" and remember seeing that they were "Headlining" the "Shell Club", in Shirley, MA one night, in either 1976 or 7... I had the desire to go, but, can't remember why I did not! (After thinking about that, for a while; I'm pretty sure I was working 4×days a week in Groton and 3×nights a week, in Tyngsborough!).... {Man, THAT'LL really "cut into your drinking time" in a serious way!!!}

    • @jettechdonatkins
      @jettechdonatkins 11 місяців тому +2

      These guys were a much better rock band in the mid '70's before Kevin Cronin wanted to make pop music instead of rock.Gary Richrath wrote most of their best stuff.

    • @jerm2011
      @jerm2011 10 місяців тому

      A firetruck

    • @laurarominger2073
      @laurarominger2073 10 місяців тому +1

      First boyfriend. First concert. Memories. I was only 14. It was the 70s. Haha

    • @RichKolasa
      @RichKolasa 9 місяців тому

      @@jettechdonatkins You mean before they wanted to pay off their mortgages.. :)

  • @chrisriley8749
    @chrisriley8749 11 місяців тому +23

    "I think my aunt has those pants" 😂😂😂 I saw these guys 2 years ago in concert, they are still sounding great!

  • @JessBecause77
    @JessBecause77 11 місяців тому +14

    I knew you'd get to REO eventually. 😊 Take it on the Run and Time For Me to Fly are must listen to.

  • @chuckhollands7528
    @chuckhollands7528 11 місяців тому +11

    Ransom Eli Olds, the Oldsmobile Speedwagon.

  • @danielhaynes2373
    @danielhaynes2373 10 місяців тому +6

    Band founder and keyboardist Neal Doughty's organ playing solo on this song has NO equal. He's a Master on the organ. And the late great lead guitarist Gary Richrath was the most underrated guitarist in the history of Rock music. R.I.P. 🙏❤️✝️❤️

  • @troydunn7036
    @troydunn7036 Місяць тому +1

    Icons!
    Sweet lil lead singer backed by a heavy rock n roll band!
    It is history!

  • @mostlyoldparts
    @mostlyoldparts 10 місяців тому +4

    Gary Richrath WAS REO Speedwagon. Absolutely, positively my favorite guitarist from the 70's and 80's. Riding the Storm Out, Golden Country, Keep Pushin'... The list goes on and on. RIP Gary. You are sorely missed.

  • @davidstephens6462
    @davidstephens6462 11 місяців тому +8

    Kevin is the perfect front man. Distinctive voice, plays keys and guitar. My first REO record was a bootleg copy of hi infidelity bought at a flea market in fall of 82. Been hooked ever since. What I call classy pop rock. Gary was probably the most underrated guitarist of his time, and probably all time.

  • @scottzappa9314
    @scottzappa9314 11 місяців тому +10

    This would appeal to older people such as myself who grew up with stuff very similar to this (Zeppelin, The Beatles, Stones, Allman Bros., Jimi, Janis, etc.) Brings back fond memories like so much of it. Nice, straight ahead rock song.

    • @michaelasay8587
      @michaelasay8587 10 місяців тому +1

      Loved rock and Karen Carpenter!!!

  • @user-nz5ck4sl6d
    @user-nz5ck4sl6d 10 місяців тому +4

    POLO -we could not put on an AMFM radio station without REO. They owned the airwaves during the 70's. Like 5 number ones off one album

  • @cityhonors1
    @cityhonors1 3 місяці тому +1

    OMG! They were so young in this video. 🫣 That and I am soooooo old. 😁 I remember when this was "a new single off their new Album".🤩 Huge radio hit! ☺️🥰🐰

  • @sombojoe
    @sombojoe 10 місяців тому +4

    Saw these “grandpas” live last year and they were still FABULOUS!!!

  • @robertwarren7428
    @robertwarren7428 10 місяців тому +2

    REO: Ransom Eli Olds (June 3, 1864 - August 26, 1950) was a pioneer of the American automotive industry, after whom the Oldsmobile and REO brands were named

  • @mikemarcotte5962
    @mikemarcotte5962 11 місяців тому +5

    This is the band that caused an entire generation to know something about really old fire engines.

  • @lard1892
    @lard1892 11 місяців тому +2

    "Golden Country" is where REO shines

  • @bdavidson8658
    @bdavidson8658 10 місяців тому +4

    One of my favorite songs period. Time For Me To Fly off the same album is also worth a listen.

  • @billc.5861
    @billc.5861 10 місяців тому +4

    The greatly underrated Gary Richrath on guitar was so hard hitting , Kevin Cronin vocals/piano , Allen Gratzer drums, Bruce Hall bass & Neal Doughty keyboards They were quite good live.

  • @southernbella6535
    @southernbella6535 10 місяців тому +2

    My teen years , REO was so good. Love this songs lyrics, the music was good but the song said so much :) Keep rocking !

  • @zachwygal5759
    @zachwygal5759 11 місяців тому +3

    I’m from a small town of like 4000 in Illinois. REO is from Champaign, an hour or so from us. People to this day still talk about the time they played outside of our auto parts store when they were this up and coming band.
    But I agree with earlier comments. Riding the Storm Out is the song. Hands down.

  • @pennyrutter2782
    @pennyrutter2782 10 місяців тому +3

    Arena rock is seriously an underrated genre!
    Sounds commercial now, but this in your face is a glorious thing to behold!!!!

  • @clare1061
    @clare1061 4 місяці тому

    This is my all time favorite & my favorite guitar solo i've ever heard.

  • @mmess8585
    @mmess8585 Місяць тому

    Saw them 3 times when I was in High School! This was my favorite song of theirs!

  • @tomcurtis8431
    @tomcurtis8431 11 місяців тому +2

    I saw REO Speedwagon 9 times in my life more than any other band as they’re from Champaign, Illinois and I’m from Danville which is only thirty miles away. The first time I saw them was at the Jr College in Danville and the crowd size was maybe 800 people. They hit the big time a few years later. Lots of great music in this rabbit hole.

  • @leightnite3056
    @leightnite3056 10 місяців тому +3

    Definitely check out the 1976 live version of "Ridin the storm out" its the version that's still played alot on classic rock radio. Them at their most rock songiest!

  • @tonydagostino6158
    @tonydagostino6158 10 місяців тому +2

    The band is named after a car designed by Ransom E. Olds, the REO Speedwagon, in the early 20th century. Absolute must song for this band is Golden Country

  • @nightcitypunk8517
    @nightcitypunk8517 8 днів тому

    Put an ear to the live version of riding the storm out. Brilliant!

  • @jimmyavsfan24
    @jimmyavsfan24 7 місяців тому

    They sound FANTASTIC live still.

  • @corey6393
    @corey6393 11 місяців тому +4

    REO Speedwagon was my first real concert. It was somewhere around 1985 in Fargo, North Dakota. The opener was a guy named Richard Marx. My friend had his farmer's drivers license so we got tickets and drove an hour to see the show. His brother had recently come home from a hitch in the Navy and had brought home a few souvenirs, which included some super-duty smoke bombs. Partway into the second song by Marx, a smoke bomb was ignited. The show stopped, the house lights came up, and the place was filled with smoke and cops. About 45 minutes later, REO came onstage and did their thing. Good times.
    REO is playing an outdoor venue in my small Idaho town this summer. If I get the chance, I wanna ask the guys if they recall the smoke bomb incident in Fargo 38 years ago.

  • @MrPaytonw34
    @MrPaytonw34 10 місяців тому +2

    Oh man, I just got goosebumps. This reminds me of being 8 - 9 years old at the swimming pool in the summer. I had no idea who sang this song but it was important in my childhood.

  • @kfflo8496
    @kfflo8496 4 місяці тому

    Loved this song. It was another big hit.

  • @kimberlybain9143
    @kimberlybain9143 10 місяців тому +1

    Saw them live in the 80's. They are so good live.

  • @toddalderson7050
    @toddalderson7050 12 днів тому

    Saw the in LA in 1983. Epic

  • @golden8378
    @golden8378 10 місяців тому

    I found your channel somehow. I really like it. I’m so glad you’re discovering some rock and roll. I’m 63 and I listen to rock n roll, country, hip hop rap. I love it all. I haven’t gotten to like jazz yet. Lol

  • @kennycamaro2361
    @kennycamaro2361 10 місяців тому

    Love seeing the smile on your face Polo!

  • @kennethfinnegan2978
    @kennethfinnegan2978 11 місяців тому

    Just the fact that you gave this a listen shows your willingness to explore

  • @ericsteffen5619
    @ericsteffen5619 11 місяців тому +3

    Try "Riding the storm out" when this song came on at a party in the 70's the volume went straight to 10. One of the all time great party song written about a night the band spent snowed in at an airport in the Rocky mountains. You mentioned strange band names but the name of the album the song you just listened to is one of the strangest "You can tune a piano but you can't tuna fish" was the album title.

  • @peggybond241
    @peggybond241 9 місяців тому

    One of my all-time favorite songs.

  • @peteblaise4832
    @peteblaise4832 10 місяців тому

    Golden country, and riding the storm out, are excellent songs by this man

  • @supervisorone5960
    @supervisorone5960 7 місяців тому +1

    Awesome song!

  • @bush357
    @bush357 10 місяців тому

    Best window down, singing at the top of your lungs as a teen song!

  • @jimclifford1241
    @jimclifford1241 11 місяців тому +10

    You can't help but feel good, feel happy after hearing this song. Not an emotionally deep song like Comfortable Numb or anything, but still fun. When I was a teenager and my mom was giving me shit about how rock n roll isn't really music because it requires "no talent", I made her listen to this song and she instantly changed her mind.

    • @scottzappa9314
      @scottzappa9314 11 місяців тому +1

      But how about now, when so much of the modern music really IS crap. LOL Have I become my parents?

    • @samanthanickson6478
      @samanthanickson6478 10 місяців тому +1

      @@scottzappa9314right?

    • @eiligreenblatt339
      @eiligreenblatt339 8 місяців тому +1

      @@scottzappa9314exactly- I’m 16 and all I listen to is 70s 80s rock- I can’t fathom new music- this is my favorite REO song

    • @scottzappa9314
      @scottzappa9314 8 місяців тому

      Right on, and you have good taste in music. My fav. by REO too. @@eiligreenblatt339

  • @gregorylapointe4157
    @gregorylapointe4157 10 місяців тому

    I remember rolling down the autobahn in 1978 listening to this song in my 1964 VW station wagon. I was listening to good ole Armed Forces Network.

  • @viviangreer4793
    @viviangreer4793 8 місяців тому

    these guys are still great live. saw them a couple of years ago in dallas. perfection.

  • @3idraven714
    @3idraven714 10 місяців тому

    Ah, recalls summer days cruising in my '76 Cutlass, with my sweetie by my side.

  • @donnamoss7480
    @donnamoss7480 Місяць тому

    Keep On Luvin U ❤❤❤❤❤❤BEST ONE but They were great Cant fight this feeling take it on the run Time for me to Fly

  • @imtallpaul
    @imtallpaul 11 місяців тому +2

    GOLDEN COUNTRY LIVE!!! Gary eats frets for breakfast! If you don't check it out I hope your fans will!

  • @jhamptonjr
    @jhamptonjr 11 місяців тому +1

    Oh man you've got to look up 157 Riverside avenue by this band. There's a section of it where the singer is talking to the guitarist and the guitarist is answering him with his guitar! You have to hear it to believe it brother! Peace!

  • @danacasey8543
    @danacasey8543 11 місяців тому +1

    REO was the first concert I took my kids to. They were about 8 and 10. They are now 36 and 38, and still love REO!

  • @bunniebee2475
    @bunniebee2475 10 місяців тому +1

    When I hear this I’m right back walking the high school hallway in my Jordache jeans, cowl neck sweater and clogs. Great memories!

  • @trishriley9681
    @trishriley9681 10 місяців тому

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ inspirational, timeless❤❤❤❤

  • @martianshoes
    @martianshoes 9 місяців тому

    I saw their first tour, they opened for Black Oak Arkansas.
    The first brown Marshalls I’d ever seen.
    About 50 years ago ….and years before this song. You’d enjoy “157 Riverside Avenue “..same band.

  • @MrSmartAlec
    @MrSmartAlec 10 місяців тому

    REO are the initials of Ransom E. Olds who founded the Oldsmobile brand of automobiles. The Speedwagon, designed by Olds, name came from something Neal Doughty saw in a History of Transportation class at Univ of Illinois.

  • @williamjones6031
    @williamjones6031 10 місяців тому +1

    This was one of my favorite songs for a minute. I love the change over from Neil on the piano/keyboard to Gary😇 guitar.
    Too bad the "changes" they were talking about was their change in their overall product with "Hi Infidelity" It got them their
    well-deserved millions but was a drastic change to the dark side of HI. I bought the album the day it was released. Listened
    to it twice and sent it to my 12-year-old sister and said you're gonna love this. She didn't. She couldn't even believe it was REO.
    THIS was the good stuff. It's a crime they're not in the R&R HOF
    They're playing with STYX soon at The Sparks Nugget. If anyone gets the chance before it's too late.

  • @neilgoldsmith482
    @neilgoldsmith482 9 місяців тому

    I saw REO Speedwagon twice in the 80s. Kevin Cronin is the lead singer. Fantastic 🎸😎🎼

  • @db6655
    @db6655 10 місяців тому

    I got to see them when they toured with Foreigner & Peter Frampton. Loved every minute of it.

  • @jasonstuart9382
    @jasonstuart9382 9 місяців тому

    I appreciate your honesty

  • @robertwalker1803
    @robertwalker1803 10 місяців тому +2

    Their best song in my opinion…genius writing.

  • @maryreddin1407
    @maryreddin1407 10 місяців тому +1

    Listen to the LIVE version of RIDING THE STORM OUT‼️‼️

  • @brent4770
    @brent4770 10 місяців тому

    They were big in the late 70's early 80's. One of the best is "Back on the road again"

  • @dallasfan24
    @dallasfan24 11 місяців тому

    Saw them last year in Louisville. Still rock it.

  • @maryreddin1407
    @maryreddin1407 10 місяців тому

    Founded in 1904 the REO Motor Company, released the Speedwagon in 1929. That’s where they got their name.

  • @AmericanCitizenSeafordDelaware
    @AmericanCitizenSeafordDelaware 10 місяців тому

    Huge fan. Totally 80s totally rad every track is awesome.

  • @B_Dog_33
    @B_Dog_33 10 місяців тому

    REO is Ransom E. Olds, for whom the Oldsmobile brand was named. Speedwagon was the name of one of their trucks.

  • @rowdyharger2799
    @rowdyharger2799 8 місяців тому

    One of the best concerts I've ever seen. R.E.O. headlines, Molly Hachet was the warm up band, awesome rock

  • @mikewilson1073
    @mikewilson1073 10 місяців тому +2

    That's the studio version played behind a concert footage. They play it live on The midnight special. Really get to see them in action. Gary richrath makes it look too easy!

  • @innotech
    @innotech 6 місяців тому

    YES YOU DID THIS ONE!🔥

  • @jasonsomething6003
    @jasonsomething6003 10 місяців тому

    yes... "Riding the storm out' is a must

  • @aairsick
    @aairsick 9 місяців тому

    REO Soeedwagon played at my after prom. We had no idea where they were going but we had the time of our lives!

  • @OneThousandHomoDJs
    @OneThousandHomoDJs 8 місяців тому +1

    REO had such great chops, musically, lyrically, their harmonies, that they were regularly name-checked along with Journey back in the day. I distinctly remember feeling like they were basically two equally big bands, at the time, but y'know, I was only 13.......

  • @FadedRose62
    @FadedRose62 11 місяців тому +2

    Great band and one of the best guitar players Gary Richrath. Saw them four times in the 80's great shows.

  • @leephilips8950
    @leephilips8950 Місяць тому

    You’ll probably never read this one,but REO was an automobile manufacturer at the beginning of the 20th century. Not pronounced R-E-O but Reo as in one word. The Speedwagon was a truck used commonly as a fire engine.

  • @danrieke9988
    @danrieke9988 7 місяців тому

    REO Speedwagon... what a frickin' band!!!!!!

  • @Mssteph239
    @Mssteph239 10 місяців тому

    Such a great band!

  • @robtintelnot9107
    @robtintelnot9107 11 місяців тому

    Cabin in the Woods. This song is playing in one of the greatest ideas in cinema.

  • @littlebutohwow
    @littlebutohwow 10 місяців тому +2

    I saw them OPEN for Aerosmith in 1976..we weren’t sure who they were..by the end of their set we were begging for more. Better might have been to listen to their Double Live and listen to 157 Riverside Avenue..and others. They were one of the must sees

  • @patrickoconnor7890
    @patrickoconnor7890 11 місяців тому +3

    You should listen to REO Golden Country live version and see how much guitarist Gary Richrath is underrated

  • @AJ-wg1xv
    @AJ-wg1xv 8 місяців тому +2

    This is their transition song which still rocked hard but was drifting toward commercial which is what they became after this. I think you would like some of their earlier stuff. Check out "Golden Country" and "157 Riverside Avenue" from the '70s.

  • @neilgoldsmith482
    @neilgoldsmith482 9 місяців тому

    FYI, it was described the name REO Speedwagpn was a type of children's toy. That was a red little wagon brand name.

  • @Kachunk673
    @Kachunk673 8 місяців тому

    157 Riverside Avenue will open your eyes along with Golden Country, Flying Turkey Trot live and many many more. Gary was one of the greatest guitarists to play

  • @bumperu
    @bumperu 10 місяців тому

    From Champaign, IL and played at local bars in the early 70s. Chances R and The Red Lion.

  • @Coats2112
    @Coats2112 7 місяців тому

    The drummer was wearing a "Kings" t-shirt. The Sacramento Kings basketball team was still in Kansas City when this video was shot in Kemper, in Kansas City, Missouri.

  • @jhamptonjr
    @jhamptonjr 11 місяців тому +1

    Gary richrath amazing guitarist a legend! May he rest in peace and power!

  • @grahamstuart9164
    @grahamstuart9164 8 місяців тому

    Reo speedwagon was a manufacturer of fire engines back in the 1930s.

  • @billadkins5150
    @billadkins5150 11 місяців тому

    I saw them in 72 in Champaign Illinois when they were in college.

  • @wdrauch
    @wdrauch 10 місяців тому

    Gary Richrath’s guitar tone is sooooo killer

  • @JiuJitus1210
    @JiuJitus1210 11 місяців тому

    I saw these guys at the Chicago Ampethetere in 1978.

  • @brl0522
    @brl0522 7 місяців тому

    Still touring,,, coming to my city this spring

  • @scottallan6770
    @scottallan6770 10 місяців тому

    Saw them open for, and blow away (IMHO) Blackmore's Rainbow, who was the band I went to see. REO put on a great show in every way.

  • @jdselman1965
    @jdselman1965 11 місяців тому

    “Time for me to Fly” was my High School graduation song.

  • @rogueleader4181
    @rogueleader4181 5 місяців тому

    Just a great rock and roll song. My fav is "Riding the Storm Out" live. Seen them in their heyday. Nothing groundbreaking, but always a pleasure.

    • @johntiggleman4686
      @johntiggleman4686 4 місяці тому

      @rogueleader4181 I saw them back in 1972 along with Joe Walsh and Barnstorm. Gary said that some of their gear was stolen, including the keyboard/synthesizer, so hearing "Riding The Storm Out" minus that keyboard intro was odd, to say the least. But they still cranked it. If I could find my ticket stub, I think it says it cost $4 to see two bands.

  • @joejohnson1428
    @joejohnson1428 10 місяців тому

    R.E.O...Is Ranson E. Olds..the owner of Oldsmobile. ..the speedwagon was one of their trucks...check out their song Golden Country...its still relevant to this day
    ...

  • @JasonLevine1178
    @JasonLevine1178 11 місяців тому

    Love me some 70s-80s power ballads.

  • @kevinhope561
    @kevinhope561 10 місяців тому

    Roy E Olds. (Oldsmobile!) The REO Speedwagon was a car. History. Wow!

  • @allengator1914
    @allengator1914 11 місяців тому

    You should check out these early REO songs "Like You Do" "157 Riverside Ave." "Little Queenie" "Golden Country"