The best song in the history of rocknroll. We had the best music, cars, clothes, and the best guy hair EVER!!! So glad I was a part of it...back then!!!
Yes it was! I just wish When I was 15 years old in 1980 I would’ve slowed down and really appreciated how blessed I was to live in the greatest era of music, culture and the once great 🇺🇸!!!
@@mikemiller5072 I always say I grew up on the set of the Andy Griffith Show, it was literally identical. As the decades rolled by the crazy generation took over and Mayberry became uninhabitable.
Billy Squire would embarrass him. Cheryl Crow knows more power chords than that clown 🤡. I'm going to say it..... WITH hesitation.... Ace Frehley's a better guitar holder on stage.?
At 60, our generation was fortunate to have experienced the best rock and roll music ever. Our 27 year old daughter likes our music better than most of her generations offerings.
So true. I'm 62 and raising 2 granddaughters and I give them music "education" whenever I can. We truly had the best music and it stands the test of time.
I’m 37 and this is one of my favorite songs of all time time for me to fly is another top five for me I can’t listen to music past 1992 for the exception of a few bands
As I approach my 70th, I am still thrilled by this sound. Love REO, Journey, Styx, all of the solid rock bands from the late 70's to the mid 80's. This is Rock and Roll!
I feel ya brother from one ole dude to another kids today dont know what is was like to be in the pit with kevin and gary and the guys jamming 10 feet in front of your face.
Hell Yeah!!! Got home from work and cranked this up on Wednesday, like it's a high school Saturday night!!!!! WoooooYEAH!! How is it that music can make you feel so young and alive!?! 😊❤
And a very sound message- keep the faith, keep on target, roll with it; GOD is faithful; the tables do turn; GOD bless all you fellow fans this memorial day! here in ky- we are being flooded- but again, I roll with it! GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU JOHN
No they sure don't the 60s 70s were the greatest decades in our history for great music and I was very lucky to have been born in a time where I got to enjoy them all
This song has it all. Great voice, great lyrics, an amazing hook, wicked guitars, keyboard lead and it moves like a Corvette rolling down the freeway at 150 mph. This is a bad azz rock song.
REO was great, no doubt, especially in concert! But watch Nightwish at Wacken (2013) with Floor at lead vocals doing Ghost Love Score and be prepared to be transported to an absolutely new realm. As a metalhead, you will be at a level of awe you've never experienced before.
Dear God in heaven! Please bring back the great music before I die!!! This was absolutely the best era in rock in my lifetime and has been so degraded by the garbage today. Feel good, rock good and totally rememberable times! So happy to have lived through it! So sad it’s gone. 😢
I may have not existed during this time, but I grew up with its music, none of that mainstream stuff, just the old hit music from the 70's, 80's, and 90's
I'm sorry, I feel you. DON'T give up! My wife is dieing but I'll be ok, we had 35 years, good mostly some bad but we had love. DON'T GIVE UP! someone loves you, you know that! You love someone too, don't throw that away!
Always remember da good times and da memories. Oh so many memories. For some, that's all we have. We were blessed with great tunes from back when. We must keep them jammin.
Gary is without a doubt one of the most under rated, best guitars players I ever saw....I grew up in the 70's and back then it cost $10.00 to see a show...& we saw them all.....REO was amazing in concert...we miss you brother....see you on the other side...
Same goes for Alex Lifeson of Rush....Rush is my favourite band but I’m just discovering REO & im very impressed,not sure how the bulk of their work slipped under my radar 😊
REO. Without a doubt 1 of the greatest rock bands of all time. When bands had their own signature sound. If u grew up in the 70s 80s. When Reo came on the radio. By the 1st beat you knew immediately who it was. Journey Foreigner Styx Kansas Boston Tom Petty etc etc. So thankful to have been around for all of them. Kevin Cronin incredible vocals. Gary. Amazing lead guitar RIP Gary.
The list of bands you listed blew me gently off my feet and back to those days. I like to say we were having a better time than we knew. Thank you to all my yankee buds from Youngstown OHIO after the steel mills where grandpa worked long ago had all closed. To Houston TX they came. And with many of the crew, 2/3 actually, were wetbacks-their word, they taught us gringos it meant they swam the river and they got wet. But my northern guys brought this music to me and put it in my face! Thanks again
@@lm4278 Lol. I loved, loved REO and still do! And had I not been in the Navy at the time, headed to Italy marriage and children, I would've loved going to one of their concerts. And did you mean "sight" instead of "site"? But, you do you as the kids say.
Nope...early 70's to late '70's REO...before their mushyshyte in the '80's...they were rockers in the '70's...then went popmushyshyte like Chicago, Styx, Journey etc.
IMO, Tuna Fish was the last great album for REO. They became more mainstream with Hi Infidelity, but less rock. Hard to argue with the commercial success, but I missed Get What You Play For…
This is arguably REOs best song, and that’s saying something because they have so many great ones and hits. This song provides each member of the bad a little time in the spotlight to highlight their talents and it fantastic to watch when they play it live.
I think it's no contest. Their best song by far. The guitar sells the song, and the keyboard is unreal. Two masterful performances on this song. I always enjoy the blond gal with the glasses at the beginning who is snapping her fingers in the air, because she's having such a joyful time. She's cute in her own way.
@Erik Larson I really needed you to point out to me I won’t be here. Thanks for the amazing insight. I never should’ve suggested I would delete the comment. What a dumb ass remark.
On a an optimistic note I would like to think with sharing of the music it can always be built upon. There is an explosion of talent being unlocked by the internet.
Yes, I agree. When now I see how he ended up, it's shocking. I think he could have moved on to another band or two and still ll be a great guitar star in 2020.
Saw them many times in person. They were killing it. Just a mid west band that made it so big. but we were so lucky to see it happen... I'll never forget those days long ago.
BEST concert of my life; 1987, May-just got in VET SCHOOL-tougher than med school, already admitted to and turned down- played 5 encores; opened for by ultra sexy JOAN JETT!
Seems like a long time ago! I just rolled with the changes and always looked back!😉 I can still see and hear and feel it all......🤔Maybe I refused to grow up??? Your good dam right! I saw and lived and rock and rolled with the fked up changes and still do......😁
When did growing up lead to growing old, but it did. We are the last generation to carry some wonderful memories of a different America. No cell phones, no computers, 3 or 4 TV stations that signed off the air at around midnight with the national anthem. We did have some great cars and great music and a lot of great times.
No auto tune, in ear monitors, backing loops or huge screens with synchronized video, just talent. That’s the way a Rock and roll Guitar should sound...
It's just so cool at 4:35 or so when Gary Richrath's holding the note with his left hand while lifting his right hand to "kiss" his pick before launching into those incredible rifts where he's picking those notes like it's the easiest thing in the world to do. What an incredible guitarist with such style and grace....amazing, just amazing to watch.
@@OdintheGermanShepherd why don't you read a book lmao. I have one word for you: Napalm. If you think the 70s weren't messed up you missed a lot in school. Interesting that you assume I'm a young person listening to the dustiest old music around and not just more educated than you all apparently are.
Yep just horrible treatment of gays, blacks , latinos and women, Vietnam, Watergate. Drought in Africa, yeah it was a piece of cake.I suppose if you are an ignorant white male the world looked peachy. I am a white male and it looked pretty messed up to me. but the music made it seem better than it was.Fool
I was 11 years old when I first heard REO Speedwagon. My dad sent me to a summer camp in New York state in 1978 from Venezuela and this album (you can tune a piano but you can't tuna fish) was maybe the first album I have ever purchased. This is, and still are, my favorite rock band. I was lucky enough to see them perform live 3 times in the 80s. Now I'm 57 years old and would really like to see them live one more time... 🤞
Such an awesome song and this live videos captures such great positive energy! My hubby and I just happened upon it. Had only heard on them on the radio and liked the song. Now we are diehard REO fans!
Imagine a time when you could go to a concert where the band members wrote their own lyrics and played their own instruments to the music they created…where the music was powerful, energizing and upbeat… and where the songs were not full of vulgar words… I lived in that time… it was awesome…. Maybe someday again..
WORKED 'EM INTO A GOD DAMNED FRENZY !! 69 years old here. WISH I would have been there ! Saw them in 20015 (?) thereabouts at the CONCORD PAVILLIAN in Concord, Calif. WHAT A BAND, Kevin !
I'm a truck driver and when I hear this song along with a cup of coffee,it just pumps me up and I lose my drowsiness. Man this song rocks. Only complaint about this video is that the camera didn't serve justice for the drummer. I wish it had more footage of drummer in action.👍 power house of a song!
"Heard the thunder clapping, felt the desert burning...." definitely one of the greatest rock songs of all time. I was 20 year old 2nd year college student living in the dorms when the album came out. This song was the fuel for my soul. Love hearing it again. There was no social media or smart phones back then. We ate, slept, learned enough to keep from flunking out of school, partied our brains out and x&@# alot. Then we would wake up the next day and do it all over again. Ode to be young and free.......
This version of "Roll with the Changes" with Gary Richrath is the best!!! Nobody playing lead guitar in REO will ever have the charisma and passion that Gary did of his on stage presence ( 4:34 ).. Don't forget Gary wrote the biggest hits REO had!!
@@albertdenardo2777 Garys rockin in heaven but he was one of the best lead guitar players there ever was. Love to listen and watch him play. One off the other guys once said that Gary eats frets for b-fast, lol
So many many many times in my life as a physically disabled person, the early POSITIVE HAPPY music of REO helps me hang on! I don't think i could ever explain the powerful positive influence of this band and their good, clean lyrics and positive, "riding the storm out" attitude has blessed my life! Thank you, REO for every wonderful song, and every wonderful album and memories thereto attached! The world can be very hard on the disabled, and your music, has made mine so much better!
@@Chris-l6u8s if you ever decide to change the channel for a sec- try Way Down Now by World Party. And thanks for your service. God bless the free world, and all those who serve freely to maintain it across our globe. (For those who served during the draft, God bless you. That wasn’t fair. But you went. We owe you.
Keep coming back to this. To me the magic begins when the backup vocals start. Then those solos. That organ solo....then Gary just being Gary. Wow. This has to be their trademark Anthem.
There was violence in the 70s and 80s lol, Vietnam war had just happened and there were riots and assassination attempts on the president it’s all about perception
Keyboard / Guitar solo beginning at 3:54 kicks ass. Doesn't exist in today's music. There will never be better rock than during the 70's - 80's. Two decades of Fng kick ass rock and roll with real musicians playing real instruments and not some electronic cut and paste piece of crap of today.
You are one thousand percent correct!! Today’s music , just can’t hang, there’s no real talent left!! It’s all auto tune and a lot of covers , that get destroyed because of it…..
Amen! I've used it as a weight loss journey theme song. Every time I dropped 2 or more pounds, I'd reward myself with this video. I didn't like the way things were going with my weight, so I "turned some pages" : )
1978, hmmm, lets see. Navy onboard USS Independence; Italy, Spain, Israel, France. Married to Cindy. Driving a '66 Malibu and Rodeo bull riding. Mike, Jack, Tom, Rusty, and Jim. Mom and Dave still alive. Listening to Eagles, Rush, Breakfast in America, Boston, and REO. Yeah.
This is one of the most impressive live performances caught on film from them in their prime. Actually of all time im seriously like... Wow, I'm 28 and i remember my friends dad loving REO back when we were kids but i never listens to them really until now. Heard em on the radio today and i had to finally check them out, LOVE IT.
Saw REO this year and cried when Kevin played this song. Will always be my favorite ❤️ Reminds me of the relationship between me and my step father, since my biological father never wanted to be part of my life. Much respect from this band 🤘🏻Moving all generations to come.
Gary Richrath simply one of the under rated guitars of rock , great sound,great feel for when to come in hard and distorted and when to play nice behind the vocal… miss him
He isn't underrated amongst other guitar players, maybe i. The general public. There are many "underrated" guitar players.. Tommy Bolin, Elliott Easton from the Cars, Billy Jones from the Outlaws..
The lead parts he wrote, fit so well within the music structure, rhythmically and melodically, and feel so right for the songs each was written for, that I think a lot of times people tend overlook, exactly how good they are. And not just Gary’s part, it could be said about every one of these guys. each person in this group has a style that fits and flows so well together, that their individual talents combine like the ingredients of a master chef’s recipe, the individual recognition just gets lost in the mix. It is the way music written collectively, by a group composing and performing together is supposed to be. I can’t say for sure, but I suspect that these guys could have all been in other groups, but the music made over their careers would have never come close to what they were able to achieve together. An instance where the whole, is somehow greater than the sum of all it’s parts. A band like this has always been rare, but today they are all but extinct. Metallica comes to mind, as about the best modern day comparison, I can come up with, off the top of my head.. To anyone actively trying to succeed as a rock musician, what these guys did, should be your goal.
Gary was REO for me. When he left they weren’t the same. I stood 20 feet away from him in 1978 and watched them play this in San Bernardino. Perfection
That is the times we live in, wrong is right, right is wrong! These falsehood narratives that are confusing our youth will never last, they lack the substance of light and truth. Good will always prevail, Just roll with the changes and hold on to your faith. Oh and PS Keep coming back to videos such as this!! PEACE!
Cronin and Richrath....one of the best song writing duo’s ever. So sad things ended for them the way they did. At least we got to enjoy their magic for a few years.
@@toober1714 I like Gary's playing but "Genius" is quite a stretch. As u know there r thousands of excellent guitarists in the world. Also, substance abuse has nothing to do with intelligence. Some people have very addictive personalities whether they're intelligent or not.
Zombies is right! Look where there heading us. Confusing and communism . No togetherness. But hey we got are old tunes to cheer us up! Living it up while we're going down!!!
The best song in the history of rocknroll. We had the best music, cars, clothes, and the best guy hair EVER!!! So glad I was a part of it...back then!!!
Not really
It's not even REO's best song 🤣
I want my hair and body back, still got my music!!!
@@DTWave81that’s entirely subject isn’t it? Bit pretentious aren’t we 😂
Yeah I'm going after mine too...I WILL GET IT BACK! 😂🎉 @@MollieC-uc1fk
One of THE BEST groups of all time. The 70’s and early 80’s were a great time to be alive.
Absolutely yes it was the best time ever ❤
If you were a straight white male. Otherwise not so much.
I "kind of," recall the 80s in S.Miami... lol it was awesome
The 80 s. E en Better.
Yes it was!
I just wish When I was 15 years old in 1980 I would’ve slowed down and really appreciated how blessed I was to live in the greatest era of music, culture and the once great 🇺🇸!!!
That keyboard run and Gary’s guitar rifts TELLS you it’s REO and nobody else
This original lineup was never replicated..dear Heavens, Gary Richrath you knew who it was just by the sound of his guitar. Never replaceable.
When Gary left, they just weren't the same. They lost their fun and their edge IMHO.
Reo just was never the same without that sound from gary....he had that lp singing
@@gregh1853 Agreed!
Umm this isn't the original lineup lead singer was replaced in mid/late 70s 🧐😉🤷🏻♂️
Dave Amato is not bad neither, so adjust yourself.
This is when music was fun and fun ahh did I say REO was fun?
omgosh yes, their concerts were electric
@@mikerepairsstuff R Eee (squeak) Speed Wagon! So glad they left that in
I thank God! I grew up and lived through the greatest decades of Rock n Roll! Thank you REO!!
It could not get better then being a teenager in the 70s in the midwest
@@mikemiller5072 I always say I grew up on the set of the Andy Griffith Show, it was literally identical. As the decades rolled by the crazy generation took over and Mayberry became uninhabitable.
Donald so true!
Gary Richraft is easily one of the biggest underrated guitar players ever...the dude was awesome! Rest easy, Gary!
Billy Squire would embarrass him. Cheryl Crow knows more power chords than that clown 🤡.
I'm going to say it..... WITH hesitation.... Ace Frehley's a better guitar holder on stage.?
@Just Done damn bro you tried to troll but it was pretty weak 🤣
@@sbgog93 very weak
Scott Wells who went to NHS? ANY CHANCE?
🤘🏻😭 RIP G.R.
At 60, our generation was fortunate to have experienced the best rock and roll music ever. Our 27 year old daughter likes our music better than most of her generations offerings.
So true. I'm 62 and raising 2 granddaughters and I give them music "education" whenever I can. We truly had the best music and it stands the test of time.
I’m 37 and this is one of my favorite songs of all time time for me to fly is another top five for me I can’t listen to music past 1992 for the exception of a few bands
As I approach my 70th, I am still thrilled by this sound. Love REO, Journey, Styx, all of the solid rock bands from the late 70's to the mid 80's. This is Rock and Roll!
You know it brother!
Arena rock the best!!!
Styx is not a rock band.
I feel ya brother from one ole dude to another kids today dont know what is was like to be in the pit with kevin and gary and the guys jamming 10 feet in front of your face.
@gazza p
Yeah we sure did. REO helped get us here.
This song never gets old. Wish I'd been there.
70s 80s in Miami
I WAS!!!!! New Haven, CT, 1979 ish
how good she said uh haa he said no contest
Peoria Illinois several times hometown, actually EP
The look of their fans=pure JOY.
This band is quite simply positive mental attitude and happiness set to music. Salute REO Speedwagon forever for the gift of their music
The old REO….. 76 to the early 80s
Need inspiration🌞
Yes it is!!! I love it
Right? I wanna get caught in a sweet sunshower...
In my opinion, one of the greatest live songs in history!!!
I miss Gary Richrath. RIP
Hell Yeah!!!
Got home from work and cranked this up on Wednesday, like it's a high school Saturday night!!!!!
WoooooYEAH!!
How is it that music can make you feel so young and alive!?!
😊❤
~ rest in paradise ~ 😔 🕯
@@darlawrence9295 cheers ... !
@@darlawrence9295yeah it really takes you back, when did you graduate high school?
Absolutely
Sadly, there is no music like this anymore
that's why we're here 😎
Check a band called Goose
Gary Richrath - one of the MOST underrated axemen! He ROCKED
Loved Gary Richraths playing. Solos just fit the songs, and very melodic.
Gary was truly great. Listen guitarist', he makes it sing. To soon gone.
What rating system did you use?
Awesome player
I think he also was their primary songwriter.
One of the best rock and roll songs EVER!.
yes
Yes it is, Whenever I need a healthy charge I crank this tune to a volume that reaches my soul, All is well afterwards!
And a very sound message- keep the faith, keep on target, roll with it; GOD is faithful; the tables do turn; GOD bless all you fellow fans this memorial day! here in ky- we are being flooded- but again, I roll with it!
GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU
JOHN
Clearly one of the best rock songs ever!!! An understatement!!
Absolutely
100% Agree!!
From the first note to the last. This was their Rock Era, which in my opinion ended when High Infidelity came out.
Agree
100%
They don't make music like this any more
Right.
They don't
not even close
👍🏻 70’s, 80’s Rock the Best Ever!
No they sure don't the 60s 70s were the greatest decades in our history for great music and I was very lucky to have been born in a time where I got to enjoy them all
This song has it all. Great voice, great lyrics, an amazing hook, wicked guitars, keyboard lead and it moves like a Corvette rolling down the freeway at 150 mph. This is a bad azz rock song.
Isn't that the truth? I always speed while listening to this song. Great, great song.
It is a great song to drive fast with.
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Agreed..Love The keyboard
AMEN BRO..ONE OF THE MOST BADDASS SONGS EVER..R.I.P. GARY RICHRATH..🙏👊💯
The older I get, the older this music gets, the better it is. Funny how the world works. REO ❤
I'm a metalhead, and IMO, this is arguably the best live performance of a band I have EVER seen. These guys were simply AMAZING...
REO was great, no doubt, especially in concert! But watch Nightwish at Wacken (2013) with Floor at lead vocals doing Ghost Love Score and be prepared to be transported to an absolutely new realm. As a metalhead, you will be at a level of awe you've never experienced before.
This is the studio version dubbed over the live version
@@HipsterDoofus100 100% Correct
@@HipsterDoofus100 They were amazing in concert, in their prime with Gary. Watch the Denver concert for really live.
Hey EVEN I underrated this band to my admitted shame...these guys are ROCK GODS
This is a great driving song….windows rolled down and rocking.
Dear God in heaven! Please bring back the great music before I die!!! This was absolutely the best era in rock in my lifetime and has been so degraded by the garbage today. Feel good, rock good and totally rememberable times! So happy to have lived through it! So sad it’s gone. 😢
Agreed!!!
100% behind you on that, man.
I am absolutely agree with you 😂
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Porque siento lo mismo!!
I may have not existed during this time, but I grew up with its music, none of that mainstream stuff, just the old hit music from the 70's, 80's, and 90's
Roll with the changes, not because you want, to, because you have too. Believe the old man.
In the year twenty five twenty five ,
The world will still be listening to the 70’s and 80’s rock and roll music .
This music makes me feel GOOD. I'm enduring the darkest hours of my life. Music like this keeps hope alive and my spirit soaring.
I'm sorry, I feel you. DON'T give up!
My wife is dieing but I'll be ok, we had 35 years, good mostly some bad but we had love. DON'T GIVE UP! someone loves you, you know that! You love someone too, don't throw that away!
Always remember da good times and da memories. Oh so many memories. For some, that's all we have. We were blessed with great tunes from back when. We must keep them jammin.
We’re all us sharing this experience - good times and dark hours - wish you well.
we are all here
I Listen to ALL the Music of the 1970s thru the Early 90s, Nothing new can COMPARE TO WHAT WE LISTENED TO. 🥳🥳🥳🥰
Gary is without a doubt one of the most under rated, best guitars players I ever saw....I grew up in the 70's and back then it cost $10.00 to see a show...& we saw them all.....REO was amazing in concert...we miss you brother....see you on the other side...
Gary was one of the best
@ted ritola They had paid their dues by 78. Just didn't pop into music like the manufactured bands these days.
Yes, I remember seeing Grand Funk and Deep Purple for $7.50 in the front row no less!
Same goes for Alex Lifeson of Rush....Rush is my favourite band but I’m just discovering REO & im very impressed,not sure how the bulk of their work slipped under my radar 😊
@@Steveoqotsa REO was my favorite, Gary my favorite guitarist. So many greats back in the 70s and early 80s though.
See kids thats when people were famous for having Incredible Talent!! Not famous for being famous!
Man, if this doesn’t throw you back in the 70’s & 80’s, I don’t know what will!! Awesome times to live and be part of this music!!!
REO. Without a doubt 1 of the greatest rock bands of all time. When bands had their own signature sound. If u grew up in the 70s 80s. When Reo came on the radio. By the 1st beat you knew immediately who it was. Journey Foreigner Styx Kansas Boston Tom Petty etc etc. So thankful to have been around for all of them. Kevin Cronin incredible vocals. Gary. Amazing lead guitar RIP Gary.
The list of bands you listed blew me gently off my feet and back to those days. I like to say we were having a better time than we knew. Thank you to all my yankee buds from Youngstown OHIO after the steel mills where grandpa worked long ago had all closed. To Houston TX they came. And with many of the crew, 2/3 actually, were wetbacks-their word, they taught us gringos it meant they swam the river and they got wet. But my northern guys brought this music to me and put it in my face! Thanks again
Rock and Roll as it was meant to be! Great band live too
Couldn’t have said it any better, word for word Tim! Journey, foreigner,petty etc 🎉 CHEERS
Great vocals, great guitar leads, great keys, and a solid rhythm section. Without a doubt, one of the greatest Rock bands of all time! (Class of '83)
Let’s add Supertramp, Chicago and just for kicks Guns N Roses. ☺️
There are no security guards between REO and the audience...those were the days, that was the music
It's amazing. It's also lovely to see so many people in the moment, no phones, and just enjoying their music.
And everyone is White. What a wonderful site.
@@lm4278 Lol. I loved, loved REO and still do! And had I not been in the Navy at the time, headed to Italy marriage and children, I would've loved going to one of their concerts. And did you mean "sight" instead of "site"? But, you do you as the kids say.
@@DreamingDarlin Yes. Incorrect spelling. TY. Typing fast and jamming. My bad!!
@jonathanbirch2022 Yeah, it would. nog "music" is the worst.
Born in the 50’s, a kid in the 60’s, high school in the’70s, the best decades of rock n roll!
It doesn't get any better than this. Timeless!!!!
So true my friend
Timeless and Tireless
I think the best part is the organ solo. It is so driving, energetic, high-energy that it gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. Wow!!!!
I love to go back in time to the 70's or 80's and never come back.
@Danny Dan I'm in too.
Im 30 i wish it was 1985
Yessss
You are right about that
🥀AMEN TO THAT🥀
This simple line if your tired of the same old story then turn some pages. Speaks mountains to my soul
There will never be times like this again..... Cant believe how lucky we were... You too?
The best!
Exactly!
yup I was in high school class of 82.
@@RRL110 80 here👍
Exactly, we had it all
I don't care what anybody else says... The 80's was the GREATEST decade for music!!!
These guys rocked so perfectly...and still do! The BEST!!!
this came out in 78 :-)
This was the 70s. I didn't care for 80s REO. They got way too commercial.
another part of why the 70s was the greatest decade...68, 69 too
Bruh. That's literally what everybody says...
Can never go wrong with late 70's / early 80's Reo Speedwagon.
Nope...early 70's to late '70's REO...before their mushyshyte in the '80's...they were rockers in the '70's...then went popmushyshyte like Chicago, Styx, Journey etc.
Best live band in late 70s early 80s
IMO, Tuna Fish was the last great album for REO. They became more mainstream with Hi Infidelity, but less rock. Hard to argue with the commercial success, but I missed Get What You Play For…
The 80s had the best music ever! Still listening to all of it. 😊
This is arguably REOs best song, and that’s saying something because they have so many great ones and hits. This song provides each member of the bad a little time in the spotlight to highlight their talents and it fantastic to watch when they play it live.
no doubt, it's easily their best song ever
I think it's no contest. Their best song by far. The guitar sells the song, and the keyboard is unreal.
Two masterful performances on this song.
I always enjoy the blond gal with the glasses at the beginning who is snapping her fingers in the air, because she's having such a joyful time. She's cute in her own way.
Correct..my fav song..Gary kills it on the guitar..your body just moves when you hear this song💯👊👍
REO is great at painting a broad musical landscape especially in this song. A force of all encompassing sound…
Also a great keyboard performance on "Don't Let Him Go."@@davidgraham2673
We couldn't have known it at the time, but we had a 40 year golden era of Rock (50s to 90s), the likes of which may never come again.
Well, you have no idea what may happen in the future because you won't be here. But I agree that was the greatest era so far.
@Erik Larson I really needed you to point out to me I won’t be here. Thanks for the amazing insight. I never should’ve suggested I would delete the comment. What a dumb ass remark.
@@ArgoLupus nah man, you’re absolutely right. No need to delete
On a an optimistic note I would like to think with sharing of the music it can always be built upon. There is an explosion of talent being unlocked by the internet.
@@ArgoLupus Why? You are right!
Listening in 2020. and still gives me goosebumps at the way Gary plays his guitar. one of the best guitarist.
Yes, I agree. When now I see how he ended up, it's shocking. I think he could have moved on to another band or two and still ll be a great guitar star in 2020.
Absolutely
Brings a tear to my eye every time I hear it. Wish there was a time machine and we could go back! Best to you!
Gary Rickwrath was a guitar god.... and made it look effortless
"Nobody talks with his guitar like Gary does!"
One of the greatest Rock & Roll songs ever written and recorded.
Lyrically and musical perfection!
*__*
Saw them many times in person. They were killing it. Just a mid west band that made it so big. but we were so lucky to see it happen... I'll never forget those days long ago.
BEST concert of my life; 1987, May-just got in VET SCHOOL-tougher than med school, already admitted to and turned down- played 5 encores; opened for by ultra sexy JOAN JETT!
Seems like a long time ago! I just rolled with the changes and always looked back!😉 I can still see and hear and feel it all......🤔Maybe I refused to grow up??? Your good dam right! I saw and lived and rock and rolled with the fked up changes and still do......😁
REO and Styx !!!!!
@Da Squirrel Love you too. Music is a common denominator.
@Sonny Bruschetta I saw REO three times in concert...the most of any band.
The Hair and fashion makes the Rock N Roll Music that much BETTER!!!!
I dont care who you are this takes you back to when life and times were really alright,really wonderful
Agreed🤘
You got that right! Oh how we miss these times.
If it weren't for this music and reading books and a joint every now and then I don't know why I'm still here#57yearsandstillrocken.
Good music makes good times, what happened to the good music?
When did growing up lead to growing old, but it did. We are the last generation to carry some wonderful memories of a different America. No cell phones, no computers, 3 or 4 TV stations that signed off the air at around midnight with the national anthem. We did have some great cars and great music and a lot of great times.
Brings back the best memories. 🤘🏼🎸🥁🎸🤘🏼🥁
Hell yes!
No auto tune, in ear monitors, backing loops or huge screens with synchronized video, just talent. That’s the way a Rock and roll Guitar should sound...
Amen :-)
YOu're listening to a studio version though.
That sounds great if this were in fact a live performance... it is the studio cut layed over concert video lol
What's wrong with in ear monitors
smokeslet'sgo Well nothing per day...but let’s face it, the reason 99.9% use them is that they’re playing to clicks and tracks...
It's just so cool at 4:35 or so when Gary Richrath's holding the note with his left hand while lifting his right hand to "kiss" his pick before launching into those incredible rifts where he's picking those notes like it's the easiest thing in the world to do. What an incredible guitarist with such style and grace....amazing, just amazing to watch.
That is a sign of a guitar God. He was phenomenal.
You realize you're listening to a studio recording
@@rcruz262 I don't think they do ... lol
They were the sound of the 70s and early 80s. Reminds me of a time when the world wasn’t a crazy mess like today
You bet your ass! Pure rock and roll!
the world has ALWAYS been a crazy mess and if you don't think so then you're uneducated lol
@@max_xGrow up, little one…you’ll understand.
@@OdintheGermanShepherd why don't you read a book lmao. I have one word for you: Napalm. If you think the 70s weren't messed up you missed a lot in school. Interesting that you assume I'm a young person listening to the dustiest old music around and not just more educated than you all apparently are.
Yep just horrible treatment of gays, blacks , latinos and women, Vietnam, Watergate. Drought in Africa, yeah it was a piece of cake.I suppose if you are an ignorant white male the world looked peachy. I am a white male and it looked pretty messed up to me. but the music made it seem better than it was.Fool
I was 11 years old when I first heard REO Speedwagon. My dad sent me to a summer camp in New York state in 1978 from Venezuela and this album (you can tune a piano but you can't tuna fish) was maybe the first album I have ever purchased. This is, and still are, my favorite rock band. I was lucky enough to see them perform live 3 times in the 80s. Now I'm 57 years old and would really like to see them live one more time... 🤞
They still put on one hell of a show. I have seen then about once a year for the last 8 years or so.
Gary Richrath is one of the most underated guitarists of his day.
That's what happens when you have to compete against jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, rory Gallagher, Eddie Van Halen, etc.
Under rated by whom? What does that even mean? For 50 years he was at the top of his game and everyone knew it.
Easily in the top 10 of all time.
dont forget Randy Rhodes@@DuffMiver7380
This song always gives me chills in a way no other song does. That melodic shift at the bridges just pierces through me
Long live Gary! Nobody can play the solos like Gary did!
Such an awesome song and this live videos captures such great positive energy! My hubby and I just happened upon it. Had only heard on them on the radio and liked the song. Now we are diehard REO fans!
The Only song ever written that should never end
Sorry I have to disagree stay with me by the faces should have never ended
HAHAHA....TRUTH
I never get tired of this song...❤
Imagine a time when you could go to a concert where the band members wrote their own lyrics and played their own instruments to the music they created…where the music was powerful, energizing and upbeat… and where the songs were not full of vulgar words… I lived in that time… it was awesome…. Maybe someday again..
Saw them in concert in Buffalo NY and they were awesome and sound exactly the same. I agree I miss our music......
Straight up and I concur. My older brother played this song for me, noe I'm hooked
Without children and scalley old geezers running around and staff acting as SS guards give me that any time
N0T soon enough for me!
Let’s all just Rock On! 5:50
We were lucky !
WORKED 'EM INTO A GOD DAMNED FRENZY !! 69 years old here. WISH I would have been there ! Saw them in 20015 (?) thereabouts at the CONCORD PAVILLIAN in Concord, Calif. WHAT A BAND, Kevin !
Love this song and yes people do still listen to this today!
Every time I hear this I get chills. This makes me want to go on a roadtrip across the country.
can i go with ya?
I call shotgun.
I'm a truck driver and when I hear this song along with a cup of coffee,it just pumps me up and I lose my drowsiness.
Man this song rocks.
Only complaint about this video is that the camera didn't serve justice for the drummer. I wish it had more footage of drummer in action.👍 power house of a song!
COUNT ME IN!!!
My thoughts exactly!.
"Heard the thunder clapping, felt the desert burning...." definitely one of the greatest rock songs of all time. I was 20 year old 2nd year college student living in the dorms when the album came out. This song was the fuel for my soul. Love hearing it again. There was no social media or smart phones back then. We ate, slept, learned enough to keep from flunking out of school, partied our brains out and x&@# alot. Then we would wake up the next day and do it all over again. Ode to be young and free.......
The Best and greatest hammond-Organ-Solo in Pop-Rock-story
Yes, Yes, YES!!!
yeah absolutely. it makes you want to stand up and yell
"so if you're tired of the same old story, turn some pages" those are wise words to live by.
Absolutely amazing Amen ✝️❤️😎
This version of "Roll with the Changes" with Gary Richrath is the best!!! Nobody playing lead guitar in REO will ever have the charisma and passion that Gary did of his on stage presence ( 4:34 ).. Don't forget Gary wrote the biggest hits REO had!!
You got that right, rock on brother.
@@albertdenardo2777 Garys rockin in heaven but he was one of the best lead guitar players there ever was. Love to listen and watch him play. One off the other guys once said that Gary eats frets for b-fast, lol
Ricrath a truly amazing guitarist!
Gary is the best of best. His guitar talks. And we listen. Love REO and love Gary!!
Maybe the most underrated rock guitarist of all time! Just an outstanding talent. Got to see him three times in his (and REO's) prime. RIP Gary!
So many many many times in my life as a physically disabled person, the early POSITIVE HAPPY music of REO helps me hang on! I don't think i could ever explain the powerful positive influence of this band and their good, clean lyrics and positive, "riding the storm out" attitude has blessed my life! Thank you, REO for every wonderful song, and every wonderful album and memories thereto attached! The world can be very hard on the disabled, and your music, has made mine so much better!
I can relate to that
My wife and I saw REO last night in Mansfield MA. still the BEST!
Nice
Wow incredible that they are still touring
@@socratese5 playing like their savings someones life.. Maybe they did
Excellent song. 80S ROCK!
I was a navy supply truck driver in afaghanistam. When we drive a supply convoy at night to the bases... We played this song
Thanks for your service
And if you need to get there just a bit faster: freebird solo.
Thank you for your service ❤
@@Chris-l6u8s if you ever decide to change the channel for a sec- try Way Down Now by World Party. And thanks for your service. God bless the free world, and all those who serve freely to maintain it across our globe. (For those who served during the draft, God bless you. That wasn’t fair. But you went. We owe you.
RIP Gary Richrath Gone but always remembered and forever loved 🎸💗🎸
Keep coming back to this. To me the magic begins when the backup vocals start. Then those solos. That organ solo....then Gary just being Gary. Wow. This has to be their trademark Anthem.
It would be cool to see your young self in some of these old videos.
The coolest of times and music.
How lucky were we?
Extremely Lucky 😊
What a powerful song!!! Good times!!!
Music keeps me sane during an insane time. Rock on friends!
Great song ❤ Great hair ❤ Great music 2 grow up 2 😊
The days when music was fun and people could have fun without worrying about being shot.
You could dance and be your self with no JUDGE JUDY FUCK
There was violence in the 70s and 80s lol, Vietnam war had just happened and there were riots and assassination attempts on the president it’s all about perception
Amen to that Brothers and Sisters
Back in the day, REO was one of the few bands I always thought sounded better in concert than their studio albums.
Most definitely, the studio version of Riding the Storm Out is nothing like the live version.
Keyboard / Guitar solo beginning at 3:54 kicks ass. Doesn't exist in today's music. There will never be better rock than during the 70's - 80's. Two decades of Fng kick ass rock and roll with real musicians playing real instruments and not some electronic cut and paste piece of crap of today.
You are one thousand percent correct!! Today’s music , just can’t hang, there’s no real talent left!! It’s all auto tune and a lot of covers , that get destroyed because of it…..
Still listening to REO in 2024. One of the greatest songs and bands of all timed
Amen! I've used it as a weight loss journey theme song. Every time I dropped 2 or more pounds, I'd reward myself with this video. I didn't like the way things were going with my weight, so I "turned some pages" : )
Easy money
Saw them last night.
Just saw them in Tampa! What a night!
Me too!
This song sums up life...Keep on Rollin.... The singing the Rhythum the lead ....damn ....its ALL there. And Keyboard ......ROLL WITH THE CHANGES.....
For this, I thank God for Video and Sound recordings
These superb songs are just as great, after 50 years. It's incredible.
1978, hmmm, lets see. Navy onboard USS Independence; Italy, Spain, Israel, France. Married to Cindy. Driving a '66 Malibu and Rodeo bull riding. Mike, Jack, Tom, Rusty, and Jim. Mom and Dave still alive. Listening to Eagles, Rush, Breakfast in America, Boston, and REO. Yeah.
Drinking that bug juice on the Independence?
Wow what a life you had...thank you for your service
Thank you for your service ❤❤❤❤❤❤
This is one of the most impressive live performances caught on film from them in their prime. Actually of all time im seriously like... Wow, I'm 28 and i remember my friends dad loving REO back when we were kids but i never listens to them really until now. Heard em on the radio today and i had to finally check them out, LOVE IT.
Some of the greatest guitar licks...EVER.
Gary's playing and presence is undeniable great.
1984 High School Graduate, still rocking. Will never be another REO !!!!
Saw REO this year and cried when Kevin played this song. Will always be my favorite ❤️ Reminds me of the relationship between me and my step father, since my biological father never wanted to be part of my life. Much respect from this band 🤘🏻Moving all generations to come.
What a time for music and thank God I was in it all
Yep, I was there, The, Best, Times
Listening 2025. The early 80s, was the best of times.
Gary Richrath simply one of the under rated guitars of rock , great sound,great feel for when to come in hard and distorted and when to play nice behind the vocal… miss him
157 Riverside Avenue👍👍👍
He isn't underrated amongst other guitar players, maybe i. The general public. There are many "underrated" guitar players.. Tommy Bolin, Elliott Easton from the Cars, Billy Jones from the Outlaws..
The lead parts he wrote, fit so well within the music structure, rhythmically and melodically, and feel so right for the songs each was written for, that I think a lot of times people tend overlook, exactly how good they are. And not just Gary’s part, it could be said about every one of these guys. each person in this group has a style that fits and flows so well together, that their individual talents combine like the ingredients of a master chef’s recipe, the individual recognition just gets lost in the mix. It is the way music written collectively, by a group composing and performing together is supposed to be. I can’t say for sure, but I suspect that these guys could have all been in other groups, but the music made over their careers would have never come close to what they were able to achieve together. An instance where the whole, is somehow greater than the sum of all it’s parts. A band like this has always been rare, but today they are all but extinct. Metallica comes to mind, as about the best modern day comparison, I can come up with, off the top of my head.. To anyone actively trying to succeed as a rock musician, what these guys did, should be your goal.
One of the bands im going to miss truly im getting old 59
I hear ya. 60 myself.
Gary was REO for me. When he left they weren’t the same. I stood 20 feet away from him in 1978 and watched them play this in San Bernardino. Perfection
They should have been in the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame many years ago. Instead they put in many undeserving individuals
That is the times we live in, wrong is right, right is wrong! These falsehood narratives that are confusing our youth will never last, they lack the substance of light and truth. Good will always prevail, Just roll with the changes and hold on to your faith. Oh and PS Keep coming back to videos such as this!! PEACE!
I would probably see them again soon if the opportunity showed again. I have seen them 3 times.
The RnR Hall of Fame is a total joke. Many who are in have never played a lick of Rock and Roll! Truth.
Rock and Roll Hall of Shame .
R.I.P. Gray gone but never forgotten. Very underrated but always on point. these old 70's era songs still sound excellent.
Who’s Gray?
It’s Gary. THE GUITARIST
Absolutely love these guys
@@robertkimball7881 Irony isn't your strong suit, is it?
Gary made this band!!
That organ solo into the second guitar solo is perfection, what an energy
This is one of those rare songs that makes me nostalgic and hopeful at the same time. Stirs an emotion like few others.
This song was so underrated man they missed it god bless all reo fans lets all roll with the changes happy 4th of July still listening 2020 🇺🇸
Check them out in their guest appearance on OZARK season 3
Cronin and Richrath....one of the best song writing duo’s ever. So sad things ended for them the way they did. At least we got to enjoy their magic for a few years.
Cronin been doing any new stuff?
Cant blame Cronin....Gary couldnt stay clean......thats what killed him.
@@motorcitymanman7711 Genius is sometimes like that.
@@toober1714
I like Gary's playing but "Genius" is quite a stretch. As u know there r thousands of excellent guitarists in the world.
Also, substance abuse has nothing to do with intelligence.
Some people have very addictive personalities whether they're intelligent or not.
@@motorcitymanman7711 Gary was a guitar genius which is different from normal intelligence.Oh can you play?
That is a barn burner! Missing the 80s so bad right now!
What a cool time it was! No phone addicted zombies.
Back when we got together to listen to a whole album!
Zombies is right! Look where there heading us. Confusing and communism . No togetherness. But hey we got are old tunes to cheer us up! Living it up while we're going down!!!