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(YouTube) Video Early REO Speedwagon from 1971 before they sold out to the man. London Branch is there   (youtube.com) divider line 16
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bloobeary 2008-09-06 12:35:49 PM  
Should have cut the first third, and gone straight to the song. Boring guy talking is boring.

 
TheCharmerUnderMe [TotalFark] 2008-09-06 12:59:56 PM  
I was hoping for Golden Country, but this'll do.

Or, you could go back a little further when Terry Luttrel was on vocals (^).

 
Barnacles! [TotalFark] 2008-09-06 01:02:02 PM  
holy shiat did they SUCK

and who the f*ck is that london branch dude? Watching paint dry is more exciting that listening to him talk.

 
TheCharmerUnderMe [TotalFark] 2008-09-06 01:02:18 PM  
Nevermind. That is Terry.

 
SherKhan 2008-09-06 01:02:33 PM  
TheCharmerUnderMe:

you could go back a little further

I think that may have been from the same program.

 
Tr0mBoNe [TotalFark] 2008-09-06 01:14:05 PM  
It's like the Allman Brothers Band on speed.

 
baked beans 2008-09-06 01:21:22 PM  
I thought it was Terry Latrell......

My sister used to date him. I sold them all various things.....

They used to play the Red Lion in Bloomington, Il every Thursday and Saturday in'69 and '70.

They always closed their last set with Sympathy for the Devil. They used to kick ass.

Then Kevin Cronin ruined it all.

 
TheCharmerUnderMe [TotalFark] 2008-09-06 01:37:43 PM  
SherKhan: I think that may have been from the same program.

Yeah, I know.

The host was so boring, I fell asleep before the vocals began.

 
SplitGuy 2008-09-06 01:57:13 PM  
Third-rate boogie-woogie crappola. Arena-sized FAIL, subby.

 
unfarkingbelievable 2008-09-06 03:21:42 PM  
Hey Baked Beans is your sister the skank, dead-fish in bed Terry told us all about?

 
FlashHarry [TotalFark] 2008-09-06 03:45:36 PM  
the live version is worse. or better, depending on if you're into the whole cheeseball thing.... "i was talkin' to gary on the phone the other day and he said (insert wah-wah guitar lick here)!"

 
zappawizard 2008-09-06 04:34:22 PM  
I'll take the Kevin Cronin version, thanks.


Hi Infidelity is a awesome record.

 
jj325 [TotalFark] 2008-09-06 05:47:05 PM  
zappawizard: I'll take the Kevin Cronin version, thanks.


Hi Infidelity is a awesome record.


Funny--I came here to say that I used to really like REO until "Hi Infidelity". What a steaming piece of shiat that album was! Totally destroyed all the credibility they had built up during the 70s. If you want to hear what midwest rock really was listen to their greatest hits "A Decade of Rock and Roll 1970-1980". "Golden Country", "Keep Pushin'", "Riding the Storm Out", "Music Man". These guys rocked--they should have dumped Cronin and kept Gary Richrath

 
doxonrox99 2008-09-06 09:56:29 PM  
jj325: zappawizard: I'll take the Kevin Cronin version, thanks.


Hi Infidelity is a awesome record.

Funny--I came here to say that I used to really like REO until "Hi Infidelity". What a steaming piece of shiat that album was! Totally destroyed all the credibility they had built up during the 70s. If you want to hear what midwest rock really was listen to their greatest hits "A Decade of Rock and Roll 1970-1980". "Golden Country", "Keep Pushin'", "Riding the Storm Out", "Music Man". These guys rocked--they should have dumped Cronin and kept Gary Richrath


Almost, but Cronin made the band unique. Like his voice or not, it was distinct (unlike Karaoke Joe in the video) and they worked their asses off. Then they sold out with "Keep on Loving You". They were a good rock band up until 1979. Once Hi Infidelity was release, they were basically announcing that they were not a rock band anymore but a business.

 
Welcome to the Machine [TotalFark] 2008-09-07 02:45:23 AM  
Is Richrath back with them?
No?
Suck it!!!

/This is a cool video.
//Hi Infidelity was the absolute worst album I ever plunked down money for.

 
Rickenbacker 2008-09-07 12:58:10 PM  
Hi Infidelity was a double edged sword for the band. They made the most money ever...and killed the band, all at the same time. What a buttnugget that album was.

I remember seeing them live, about a year before Hi Infidelity came out. Kevin says "We're gunna do a new song for ya people-uh!". They do "Keep On Lovin' You". Golf clap. Seriously. We're talking polite applause at best. I really thought they'd shiate-can it.

A better Terry Luttrell joint...Starcastle

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