tangy Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 I voted REO but it's very close for me. My college roommate was a huge REO fan of everything BEFORE Hi Infidelity and that influenced me a lot. I still think of them as the band that did Riding the Storm Out and Roll With The Changes rather than the later stuff. (They had an excellent 70's album called You Can Tune A Piano But You Can't Tune a Fish. ). I love their early sound. I love the sound of BTO also, though; it's weird because they had mad skillz in the Guess Who but I think of BTO as basically garage rock. Great garage rock, though, right up there with Grand Funk! :heart: Let It Roll! right on. grand funk is the shit! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushFanForever Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) Randy Bachman and Mark Farner were part of the 1995 Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band member line up, which can be viewed and . Edited March 31, 2020 by RushFanForever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Bachman and Turner are real men, macho men, manly men. They sing about truckin', sledgehammers, and other manly things. Kevin Cronin is not. He sings about feelings, love and other sissy things. BTO wins in a landslide. ;) ;)^^^This.Never owned an REO album; probably never will.Had the first 4 BTO albums on vinyl, but lost them in my initial move to FL many years ago.But all was not lost, have the 2 CD Greatest Hits comp on CD and MP3.Hey you, curl down that blue collar, time to roll on down the highway and give me your money, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushFanForever Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 This is my favorite BTO song when the band reformed in 1984 without Robbie Bachman on drums and founding member Tim Bachman on guitar. Garry Peterson of The Guess Who is playing drums. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gi1gj5ncXs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddysMullet Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 I know, from radio play, BTO so I can name a few songs from them. I couldn't name a single REO. Are you sure you don't have them reversed? Commercially (including radio/airplay) REO was a much larger success, both in overall album sales and singles for the same duration of time in the 70s. That said, BTO would be considered more in line with classic rock and REO by today's standards would be leaning more towards soft rock, at least several of their biggest hits. So depending on what radio station you were listening and in what era, you may have rarely heard one or the other band. In the 1980s they were still being lumped together on most rock radio stations, but at some point I seem to recall hearing REO on easy listening (soft rock) stations as well and overall I don't hear REO that very often anymore because if I listen to music of that era streaming it's usually more geared toward "classic" rock. Also, BTO are southern rock so that's another way in which you could be more familiar with them [Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special, Allman Bros, etc] Since when is BTO southern rock? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 BTO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) http://youtu.be/QmSXIOlN6mY :dweez: How I used to love to dance to this!!!! :dweez: Edited March 31, 2020 by Lorraine 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushFanForever Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Both bands got their names from truck related things. The 'Overdrive' part after the Bachman-Turner is from a trucker's magazine of the same name. REO Speedwagon is named after a 1915 truck that was designed by Ransom Eli Olds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Randy Bachman bailed out of the Guess Who in 1970 to live a healthier lifestyle and started a new band entitled Brave Belt. That band morphed into BTO by 1973 and enjoyed a kick ass sophomore album with Not Fragile which was the first 33.3 rpm vinyl album I bought. Age 14. I still enjoy that album with Fred's driving vocals and the great dual lead guitars in several songs. I never did buy an REO album even though they were popular here. I actually prefer REM tbh lol. the guess who are far better than bto or reo in my eyes.100% agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 I know, from radio play, BTO so I can name a few songs from them. I couldn't name a single REO. Are you sure you don't have them reversed? Commercially (including radio/airplay) REO was a much larger success, both in overall album sales and singles for the same duration of time in the 70s. That said, BTO would be considered more in line with classic rock and REO by today's standards would be leaning more towards soft rock, at least several of their biggest hits. So depending on what radio station you were listening and in what era, you may have rarely heard one or the other band. In the 1980s they were still being lumped together on most rock radio stations, but at some point I seem to recall hearing REO on easy listening (soft rock) stations as well and overall I don't hear REO that very often anymore because if I listen to music of that era streaming it's usually more geared toward "classic" rock. Also, BTO are southern rock so that's another way in which you could be more familiar with them [Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special, Allman Bros, etc] Since when is BTO southern rock?They have that kind of vibe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 REO. When they're on, they are phenomenal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Randy Bachman bailed out of the Guess Who in 1970 to live a healthier lifestyle and started a new band entitled Brave Belt. That band morphed into BTO by 1973 and enjoyed a kick ass sophomore album with Not Fragile which was the first 33.3 rpm vinyl album I bought. Age 14. I still enjoy that album with Fred's driving vocals and the great dual lead guitars in several songs. I never did buy an REO album even though they were popular here. I actually prefer REM tbh lol. the guess who are far better than bto or reo in my eyes.Too true 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) I know, from radio play, BTO so I can name a few songs from them. I couldn't name a single REO. Are you sure you don't have them reversed? Commercially (including radio/airplay) REO was a much larger success, both in overall album sales and singles for the same duration of time in the 70s. That said, BTO would be considered more in line with classic rock and REO by today's standards would be leaning more towards soft rock, at least several of their biggest hits. So depending on what radio station you were listening and in what era, you may have rarely heard one or the other band. In the 1980s they were still being lumped together on most rock radio stations, but at some point I seem to recall hearing REO on easy listening (soft rock) stations as well and overall I don't hear REO that very often anymore because if I listen to music of that era streaming it's usually more geared toward "classic" rock. Also, BTO are southern rock so that's another way in which you could be more familiar with them [Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special, Allman Bros, etc] Since when is BTO southern rock?They have that kind of vibe. I get nothing southern out of Randy Bachman's voice. In fact few things could sound more Canadian to me, lol. The other singers maybe. I did always think Let It Ride was a Doobie Brothers song, but then are the Doobie Brothers southern? On Black Water certainly, on What A Fool Believes...well maybe that doesn't count, lol. At any rate I've never thought of BTO as southern. To be honest they've always struck me as a little prone to silliness. Not that I don't enjoy silliness, but there's not much of that to be found in Skynryd or the Allman Bros. Edited March 31, 2020 by Entre_Perpetuo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 I know, from radio play, BTO so I can name a few songs from them. I couldn't name a single REO. Are you sure you don't have them reversed? Commercially (including radio/airplay) REO was a much larger success, both in overall album sales and singles for the same duration of time in the 70s. That said, BTO would be considered more in line with classic rock and REO by today's standards would be leaning more towards soft rock, at least several of their biggest hits. So depending on what radio station you were listening and in what era, you may have rarely heard one or the other band. In the 1980s they were still being lumped together on most rock radio stations, but at some point I seem to recall hearing REO on easy listening (soft rock) stations as well and overall I don't hear REO that very often anymore because if I listen to music of that era streaming it's usually more geared toward "classic" rock. Also, BTO are southern rock so that's another way in which you could be more familiar with them [Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special, Allman Bros, etc] Since when is BTO southern rock?They have that kind of vibe. I get nothing southern out of Randy Bachman's voice. In fact few things could sound more Canadian to me, lol. The other singers maybe. I did always think Let It Ride was a Doobie Brothers song, but then are the Doobie Brothers southern? On Black Water certainly, on What A Fool Believes...well maybe that doesn't count, lol. At any rate I've never thought of BTO as southern. To be honest they've always struck me as a little prone to silliness. Not that I don't enjoy silliness, but there's not much of that to be found in Skynryd or the Allman Bros.Songs like Takin Care of Business appeal to the Southern Rock crowd, so that's more of what I meant by vibe. And the band members have that look as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) Never got into either lol Edited March 31, 2020 by Segue Myles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Never got into either lol I wasn't aware until this thread that BTO did anything beyond the two hits they had lol. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbine Freight Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 I voted REO but it's very close for me. My college roommate was a huge REO fan of everything before Hi Infidelity and that influenced me a lot. I still think of them as the band that did Riding the Storm Out and Roll With The Changes rather than the later stuff. (They had an excellent 70's album called You Can Tune A Piano But You Can't Tune a Fish. ). I love their early sound. Totally agree. Their 70s albums are killer, the first two especially. They also have one of THE most underrated albums ever in their canon, the excellent Nine Lives. Hi- Infidelity is the cut-off point for me, after that they were awful. Gary Richrath was an awesome player. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Never got into either lol I wasn't aware until this thread that BTO did anything beyond the two hits they had lol. I might try an album. Amazed in recent years by the number of "singles" artists have killer albums: Pat BenatarSurvivorBon JoviTotoKansas And many more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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