This was the REO band that I loved so in the 70s. With Hi Infideity they softened---but hit their greatest fame. I was glad though they finally became one of the most popular bands and fiinally earned real money. However, for me and the many early fans it was never the same again. Their live album "You get what you Play for" is one of the greatest live albums ever.
Absolutely a motivating song…..speaking of “Keep Pushing” these guys are STILL touring as I write this……Another classic that occasionally (not enough IMO) gets played on Classic rock radio is “Back on the road again”……it is a BANGER !….Gary Richrath’s Les Paul Gibson is scorching on that track……those who know “know”……great reaction per usual
When I'm not feeling good and have to go to the store or run errands, I crank this up in my car and it makes things better. I love this song and this band with all my heart. Great music by this band! 💋❤
I was a junior in High School, 16 years old in December of 1976. December 4th, five of us jumped in our driver's 1965 Rambler and drove the forty minutes to the Harrisburg Farm Show Arena in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, completely psyched as the occasion was seeing AEROSMITH that night on the ROCKS tour. REO SPEEDWAGON was the opening act. The sum total of all of our knowledge of REO was the two pre-Cronin albums, which really didn't hit with us at all. We also knew they had gotten a new singer and released a new self titled album which none of us had heard. Honestly, we had zero interest in REO and in advance were thinking they were an unavoidable delay in us seeing AEROSMITH...AGAIN hahaha. REO hit the stage and they opened with this BANGER...KEEP PUSHIN'! They literally in one song blew us all away! KEVIN CRONIN's energy was a breath of fresh air, GARY RICHRATH was a BEAST, the entire band incredible musicians! A great set. The other standout for me was what I consider to be tied with KEEP PUSHIN' as my favorite REO jams...the other I BELIEVE OUR TIME IS GONNA COME. I went out the next day and bought the F'N EIGHT TRACK of this album and as the years passed I bought the LP, the cassette and the CD haha. Since you connected so much to the message in this song, you gotta check out the other song I mentioned, it's much more of the same, great message.
Thank you for this this. This style of music needs to be kept alive. No one writes Rock N Roll jam dance music anymore. Midwestern Rock bands were the shit, but when they moved to California they became less gritty and lost that strong blues rock sound. Concerts in those days were practically spiritual. You should have been there.
Loved this song since I first heard it on REO's live album "You Get What You Play For". REO has always been one of my favorites from that era, which I call The Golden Age of Rock. And I agree with you. "Never quit. Never give up!" Hard to imagine a better message for us loners. And the first lyric still hits home. Although I still get lonely sometimes, I'm a LOT more comfortable with being alone. Which is fortunate, considering my relationship status, whic is now at "Terminally Single". God bless, Jamel/Jamal (which is your preference?).
Thanks for doing a reaction video for this song. REO Speedwagon is my favorite band. I was surprised when you mentioned a woman in labor because I was thinking the same thing❣️😂
Hi!!! REO has some good music. No doubt about that. " Cant fight this feeling " is one of my favs!!!... Rest well Gary♡... hes been gone over 8 years... Nice Tribute... Nice Video!!!...🦋
Jamel, loved this reaction& I love this band!!❤❤. MORE. Try Riding The Storm Our, Roll With The Changes or Don't Let Him Go, for a start (Live versions are best if you can find them).
Nice. For the same era of music try " All Right Now" by Free.. " Godzilla" by Blue Oyster Cult.. "I Feel Like Making Love" by Bad Company..and " In The City " by Joe Walsh.
REO like some band don't fit into one genre. They do.rock, blues& ballads so sweet you could get a cavity just listening to em( Most noteable Keep On Loving You). Enjoy!😂
You must do “Golden Country” live by REO. Gary’s guitar solos are epic. Gary used Gibson Les Paul guitars plugged into Marshall Amps. That’s it! No effects of any kind, pedals, etc. th-cam.com/video/HR8CnXn8LY0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=oBPr9Wr9ESi__gxW
Ja Mal Hey doing a Great job 🎉 id like to hear your Thoughts on Pink Floyd The Wall or even Dark side of the Moon either One They have a Sound of there Own? TY Right On
I love Gary Richrath. Such an amazing talent, his pick slide is absolutely awesome. I love it when Gary does his famous pick slide. Me and my friends rocked out to Gary and REO all the time back in the day and still do . I love the older footage with awesome Gary in it. Gary. I thought he was so cute and had such a crush on him. The way he is in this clip is how I want not remember him. God he was such a epic guitarist and songwriter. I love Golden Countty. Jamel you should take a listen to it sometime. It freakin rocks. 🤟🤟😎😎Gary was pure fire back in the day 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥and that awesome pick slide. Wow🎸🎧🎸🎧🎸🎧pick slide pick slide pick slide, there ya think I said it enough I’m not sure. Hum…… Pick slide pick slide. There that should do it. Lol lol🤣🤣seriously, Gary fan forever here . Rest easy my friend ❤🕊🙏
Are you back to doing music again? Steely Dan's glamor profession. From the 1980 gaucho You did so much for a steely Dan reviews but you never got to that one that was really surprised talking about the cocaine connection in LA.
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RIP to Gary Richrath, probably the most underrated rock guitarist of all time. He was definitely one of my influences when I started playing.
Gary was just incredible! He could look at a guitar and it would play! He deserves more credit than he got! R.I.P. Gary!
I suspect the overall image of REO as soft rock meant that most people never knew how kickass a rock band they were.
I'm so old, REO Speedwagon played at my high school homecoming
Would that have possibly been Wheeling H.S.? Back in the early days I saw them playing gigs around northern Illinois suburbs.
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@@jackndew2 no, I was a Stone Cottage Pub guy in Elmhurst
This was the REO band that I loved so in the 70s. With Hi Infideity they softened---but hit their greatest fame. I was glad though they finally became one of the most popular bands and fiinally earned real money. However, for me and the many early fans it was never the same again. Their live album "You get what you Play for" is one of the greatest live albums ever.
Son of a poor man is another uplifting banger.
Absolutely a motivating song…..speaking of “Keep Pushing” these guys are STILL touring as I write this……Another classic that occasionally (not enough IMO) gets played on Classic rock radio is “Back on the road again”……it is a BANGER !….Gary Richrath’s Les Paul Gibson is scorching on that track……those who know “know”……great reaction per usual
This song kept me motivated during boot camp. Thanks for the vid!
This is my favorite song to workout to! Even after 40+ years later.
When I'm not feeling good and have to go to the store or run errands, I crank this up in my car and it makes things better. I love this song and this band with all my heart. Great music by this band! 💋❤
REO Stadium Rock goodness❤❤❤❤❤❤
I was a junior in High School, 16 years old in December of 1976. December 4th, five of us jumped in our driver's 1965 Rambler and drove the forty minutes to the Harrisburg Farm Show Arena in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, completely psyched as the occasion was seeing AEROSMITH that night on the ROCKS tour. REO SPEEDWAGON was the opening act. The sum total of all of our knowledge of REO was the two pre-Cronin albums, which really didn't hit with us at all. We also knew they had gotten a new singer and released a new self titled album which none of us had heard. Honestly, we had zero interest in REO and in advance were thinking they were an unavoidable delay in us seeing AEROSMITH...AGAIN hahaha.
REO hit the stage and they opened with this BANGER...KEEP PUSHIN'! They literally in one song blew us all away! KEVIN CRONIN's energy was a breath of fresh air, GARY RICHRATH was a BEAST, the entire band incredible musicians! A great set. The other standout for me was what I consider to be tied with KEEP PUSHIN' as my favorite REO jams...the other I BELIEVE OUR TIME IS GONNA COME.
I went out the next day and bought the F'N EIGHT TRACK of this album and as the years passed I bought the LP, the cassette and the CD haha.
Since you connected so much to the message in this song, you gotta check out the other song I mentioned, it's much more of the same, great message.
REO has several positive, motivating tunes. Fun Band! Great live. Midnight Special was such a great venue. Love it! Thanks again.
Nothing better the 70’s and early 80’s music!!
REO was great! Roll With the Changes is another rockin' song with an uplifting message
Thank you for this this. This style of music needs to be kept alive. No one writes Rock N Roll jam dance music anymore. Midwestern Rock bands were the shit, but when they moved to California they became less gritty and lost that strong blues rock sound.
Concerts in those days were practically spiritual. You should have been there.
Loved this song since I first heard it on REO's live album "You Get What You Play For". REO has always been one of my favorites from that era, which I call The Golden Age of Rock. And I agree with you. "Never quit. Never give up!" Hard to imagine a better message for us loners. And the first lyric still hits home. Although I still get lonely sometimes, I'm a LOT more comfortable with being alone. Which is fortunate, considering my relationship status, whic is now at "Terminally Single". God bless, Jamel/Jamal (which is your preference?).
Optimism baby! It's where it's at!
Thanks for doing a reaction video for this song. REO Speedwagon is my favorite band. I was surprised when you mentioned a woman in labor because I was thinking the same thing❣️😂
Part of the song was played during a scene from My Name Is Earl when the female character went into labor.
One of my theme songs going thru law school! ❤
Hi!!! REO has some good music. No doubt about that. " Cant fight this feeling " is one of my favs!!!... Rest well Gary♡... hes been gone over 8 years... Nice Tribute... Nice Video!!!...🦋
Love the guitars great
music from the 70’s.
REO 1.0 were amazing, especially live.
My FAVORITE song to workout to. Keep pushin!
Jamel, loved this reaction& I love this band!!❤❤. MORE. Try Riding The Storm Our, Roll With The Changes or Don't Let Him Go, for a start (Live versions are best if you can find them).
Golden country and time for me to fly are good ones you should listen to too
Checkout Back On the Road Again and Don't Let Him Go.
Great tune from my teens! I had the R.E.O. TWO vinyl back in the day. Wore out Golden Country & Little Queenie fo sho!
Great energy ....great lyrics.......great power pop !
For a song with a message that still resonates strongly fifty years later check out Golden Country.
One of the greatest rock in roll voices🎉🎉🎉
I love this tune and this band!
RIP Gary Richrath😇 I seen REO in concert twice, many moons ago.⭐
Keep Pushin' on being a better human Jamal!
I remember watching this when it aired back then I was probably about 10 years old I’m guessing
Nice.
For the same era of music try " All Right Now" by Free.. " Godzilla" by Blue Oyster Cult.. "I Feel Like Making Love" by Bad Company..and " In The City " by Joe Walsh.
Oh yeah Jamal I grew up to this jam 😁
I have the LIKA button better. It's just not telling the story radar LOV AI got. I love it's not what I dictated it all right question mark
That's the Old School REO.. They Jump on the Band Wagon Ballads and People Forgot about them
You should add Back On The Road Again, Riding The Storm Out and Golden Country to your list to check out.
Arena rock baby🤘🤘
REO like some band don't fit into one genre. They do.rock, blues& ballads so sweet you could get a cavity just listening to em( Most noteable Keep On Loving You). Enjoy!😂
So good...really enjoyed this :)
Sadly, the only songs I know from them were those that came out in the 80s. My teen years.....
You must do “Golden Country” live by REO. Gary’s guitar solos are epic. Gary used Gibson Les Paul guitars plugged into Marshall Amps. That’s it! No effects of any kind, pedals, etc.
th-cam.com/video/HR8CnXn8LY0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=oBPr9Wr9ESi__gxW
I looked this one up, and it's from 1977. Kevin Cronin was only 26. Why does he look so old?
Keep pushin' the music reactions Jamel 😁
Did you go to the concert yet?
Nice ❤
Ja Mal Hey doing a Great job 🎉 id like to hear your Thoughts on Pink Floyd The Wall or even Dark side of the Moon either One They have a Sound of there Own? TY Right On
There’s a bathroom on the right…..
Please check out “Lux Æterna ” by Metallica
I love Gary Richrath. Such an amazing talent, his pick slide is absolutely awesome. I love it when Gary does his famous pick slide.
Me and my friends rocked out to Gary and REO all the time back in the day and still do . I love the older footage with awesome Gary in it. Gary. I thought he was so cute and had such a crush on him.
The way he is in this clip is how I want not remember him. God he was such a epic guitarist and songwriter. I love Golden Countty. Jamel you should take a listen to it sometime.
It freakin rocks. 🤟🤟😎😎Gary was pure fire back in the day 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥and that awesome pick slide. Wow🎸🎧🎸🎧🎸🎧pick slide pick slide pick slide, there ya think I said it enough
I’m not sure. Hum……
Pick slide pick slide. There that should do it. Lol lol🤣🤣seriously, Gary fan forever here . Rest easy my friend ❤🕊🙏
Are you back to doing music again?
Steely Dan's glamor profession.
From the 1980 gaucho
You did so much for a steely Dan reviews but you never got to that one that was really surprised talking about the cocaine connection in LA.
Great song! ♥️
157 Riverside Avenue too!