What is it, mediocre AOR week on ilx?
― calstars, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 03:02 (three years ago) link
wtf is wrong w you ppl
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 03:07 (three years ago) link
Who’s next, Bread? America?
― calstars, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 03:15 (three years ago) link
No, we've got to keep doing bands that ROCK!
(By which I mean Chicago)
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 03:59 (three years ago) link
xp if you start a poll of failed yankees prospects i'll vote in it
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 04:01 (three years ago) link
lots on here I can’t honestly say I’ve heard! I think maybe four got played on classick rock where I am. of the two biggies YASNY is the one. inclined to give Highway a vote tho
― Washington Generals D-League affiliate (will), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 05:05 (three years ago) link
Would be all the fuck over a Bread’s Greatest btw
How the fuck is anyone comparing Bread to BTO?
― 25:30 mins bongo solo (Matt #2), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 08:17 (three years ago) link
Most of these are still burned deep into my memory from 70s radio. The tracks with Turner on lead vocals are good but not quite persuasive as tuff buttrock; they kept reminding me of Skynyrd handling similar lyrics and arrangements with more muscle, style, and swing. The Bachman tracks are more fun. "Takin' Care of Business" was the only one that induced a little spontaneous head-banging-nodding, but it loses a few points for repeating a verse, so my vote goes to the Me Generation bossa nova.
― Brad C., Wednesday, 7 April 2021 15:27 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 15 April 2021 00:01 (three years ago) link
hard to believe a chorus that was initially intended to make fun of a band member's cousin's stutter became such a big hit
― P-Zunit (Neanderthal), Thursday, 15 April 2021 00:05 (three years ago) link
*brother's
― P-Zunit (Neanderthal), Thursday, 15 April 2021 00:10 (three years ago) link
Yes, the stutterer was a fourth Bachman, Gary.
My vote was for "Lookin' Out for #1". It was the only B.T.O. song played on the MOR radio station in my parents' house. I loved the rhythm and the way the guitars sounded; now, I know I also responded to the chromatic chord progression and the way the solos in the bridge alternate using the same chorus riff in two different keys. There wasn't much on the radio like the 3/4 time jazz coda either. Vocals aside, this could easily fit on Katy Lied.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 15 April 2021 01:10 (three years ago) link
The reunion video of them on Youtube of them looking like they are playing in front of a Ag hall from the 80s is pretty awesome. They play really well and are rocking out but they look totally like a Will Farrell sketch of dads circa late 80s in their 40s rawking out.
I saw them open for Van Hagar back in the day and they went over really well. It was probably a year after this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwDTQAbSM9Y
― earlnash, Thursday, 15 April 2021 04:27 (three years ago) link
takin care of business one of my most loathed classic rock songs, can't say i'm inspired to dig into their catalog
― JoeStork, Thursday, 15 April 2021 04:50 (three years ago) link
so glad you could join in
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 15 April 2021 05:59 (three years ago) link
sorry to be negative! maybe it's the endless usage in commercials but for some reason that song irritates me in ways that most dumb 70s hits don't. Ok, I'm listening to "gimme your money please" because I liked the title, it's not bad, but feels like it has all the ingredients of a good song but doesn't really come together.
― JoeStork, Thursday, 15 April 2021 06:53 (three years ago) link
Two everyone knows = "Takin' Care of Business" and "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet"? Bc I like "Let It Ride" more than either of those but don't think I know the rest.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Thursday, 15 April 2021 11:57 (three years ago) link
Yes, those two, which were ironically both conceived as album filler/outtakes. The two "intended hits" from those albums were "Let It Ride" and "Roll On Down the Highway", which I agree are better songs.Apparently, when they opened for Van Halen, they got such a good reception that VH's manager wanted them thrown from the tour.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 15 April 2021 13:41 (three years ago) link
I saw this concert back in 1976. Seger stole the show, playing essentially the Live Bullet setlist. Wish I had clearer (or any) memories of Thin Lizzy and wish I had been more into BTO at the time. I was into Roxy Music and Sparks, but went to these arena rock shows for something to do, and because my best friend worked for the promoter and got free tickets.
https://www.thinlizzyguide.com/pictures/magazine_clips/750406_advert_thin_lizzy_5.jpg
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 15 April 2021 13:58 (three years ago) link
Apparently, when they opened for Van Halen, they got such a good reception that VH's manager wanted them thrown from the tour.
I've never understood this attitude, don't they want a decent band to warm the crowd up? Also VH made their name in the UK partly by blowing a tired Black Sabbath offstage every night of their 1978 tour, so seems kind of hypocritical as surely they were hardly washed-up whenever it was BTO were opening.
Roll On Down The Highway was a top 30 hit in the UK, so Brits of a certain vintage know it better than anything else other than You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet.
― a murmuration of pigeons at manor house (Matt #2), Thursday, 15 April 2021 14:08 (three years ago) link
blew off the stage
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 15 April 2021 14:10 (three years ago) link
“Blowing a tired Black Sabbath off the stage ” oh jeez
― calstars, Thursday, 15 April 2021 15:11 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 16 April 2021 00:01 (three years ago) link
B B B BABY
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 16 April 2021 00:06 (three years ago) link
9 + 1 = 10, b-b-b-babylistened to the 5 that made a dent over here in the NL and that I heard on the radio back then (iow this top 5) - and then forgot to vote.
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 16 April 2021 05:58 (three years ago) link
weird to hear “Roll On Down The Highway” again btw, I kept interjecting “sure plays a mean pinball” during the verses
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 16 April 2021 06:02 (three years ago) link
Can't believe I was the only Roll On voter, you people must sure hate grunt rock.
― a murmuration of pigeons at manor house (Matt #2), Friday, 16 April 2021 08:33 (three years ago) link
Was You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet the first committed fusion of jangle pop and disco? Yes it was.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 29 August 2023 18:27 (seven months ago) link
I would've voted for "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet." The one BTO record I ever put on myself. (Put it in a compilation of '70s classic rock.)
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 29 August 2023 19:34 (seven months ago) link