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so i just bought the reo cd, and im a little disappointed that they had the live version of this song instead of the original, i love this version, althought the live is good too...but nothing like the original!
@Ryagful actually i have watched every episode but what i was saying is you should know these songs without it. Even thought it is really good series this music should be know by all mankind
@countryboy1776 yeahh they have, theres so many good music out there thats unknown and never get played just because they're not commercial! i wish i would born during the 60s and grown up throughout the 70 80 and 90 to real good music!
I believe Kevin Cronin is going to leave REO Speedwagon, so he can pursue a solo career. Former Styx lead singer Dennis DeYoung would join the band REO Speedwagon.
What I like about this record is the 'pompous ass' in the band, fired Cronin Then, had to fire the new guy and had to beg Cronin to come back. It's Music 101!! The lead singer/ songwriter is the franchise! He gets people fired, he doesn't get fired.
The actual original studio version had Cronin on lead vocals. He was booted from the band and all the vocals on the album were re-recorded. This original version, with Cronin on vocals, can be found on the Decade 1970-1980 compilation. And no...the live versions, any of them, blow the studio version away.
Best version ever! Had this album when it first came out. Didn't like the fact that Kevin Cronin didn't perform on it, only wrote most of the material though.
The "LIVE" version on the "You Get What You Play For" is MUCH better. I have this one, but prefer the LIVE version and I'm sure everyone else does too. The origonal studio track was too slow.
Me and my daddy used to listen to this. Reminds me of the times we spent together. I'm 11 and listen to this... is that normal??? I don't care if it's normal or not!! REO SPEEDWAGON IS AWESOME!!!!!!
love REO, they changed my life in the early 80's. they helped me stay out of prision. i found love in my heart, and was'nt afraid to show it. they helped make me a great father that i am today. Thank You REO. God bless you. ps. i will sing your songs to my grandchildren.
REO also changed my life too right around the "High Infidelity" album. It spoke to me man, IT SPOKE TO ME. I was wise enough to listen to that "heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend who. . . ." meant for me to not do anything stupid to get thrown in prison.
this is not the Original version. the actual original recording was with Kevin Cronin on lead vocals.Just after the record was pressed Kevin and Gary (Richrath) got into another fight .this lead to Cronin being kicked out of the band. They quickly replaced Cronin with Murphy and re-dubed the vocals.only about 1,00 copies of the original version ever made it out to the stores.I have been looking for the Orginal Kevin Cronin version for well over 20 years.
This is from their third album, and their best. This is the original version, and the best. PLEASE play at maximum volume. To the youngsters out there: I am sorry that you missed Rock & Roll.
I just found 'Harley-Davidson Motorcycles: Road Songs, Vol. 1' dumpster-diving on CD & I after I saw that this song was on it, I popped this song into my CD player & cranked the volume all the way the fuck up.
Mike Murphy replaced Kevin Cronin for this album in 1973. Cronin left the band briefly for creative differences. Eventually he would return and sing this on their live album. Good song regardless of who sings it.
I have this album, and I have to say, I think it was one of the most poorly produced albums I have ever heard! How is it that the previous album, REO TWO, had better sound? I was only 12 years old when I got this, and even I could tell Gary Richrath's brilliant guitar work wasn't coming through the speakers well! The only other rock guitarist who wasn't given his justice by a producer was Lee Pickens from Bloodrock! "Bloodrock 2" was poorly produced as well!
Whatever became of THIS REO singer? He didn't seem to have much charisma and a weak voice, but they did keep him around for three years before Cronin returned (that's probably 3 years in the desert of no success!)
@notfragile33 What I've read somewhere is that Gary and Mike Murphy hated each other in 1975 to the point where they weren't in the same studio when recording the "This Time We Mean It" album.
@MikeRambo Well, in that case, I find it amazing that they even lasted that long! And that was their worst period! Like I always said, bad feelings among band members, produces bad music!
The original wow! I haven't heard this simple LPs went by the way side. I still love it. Saw them when they did a live show for an album in St.Louis, MO back in the 70's. Live - You Get What you Play for. Awesome show. This was my first intro to REO, so it's a special song!!!
@drno2150 I was a Freshman when I saw the One-Eyed Jacks in Kankakee, IL '65-'66. Playing after them, The Jefferson Airplane. Concert was played in the local H.S. gym. Everyone walked out of the concert after the Jacks played. Wasn't impressed with the Jacks. I came to see Jefferson Airplane. After the concert, I walked down onto the stage and talk with Grace Slick, Jorma Kaukonen, Paul Kantner, Marty Balin, Jack Cassady and Spencer Dryden. We talked about the Vietnam War. 1awesome night!
This a semi-original version. Remember Kevin recorded it before Mke Murphy. Anyway, I'm sure this version will bring back great memories to those of you who lived that era. (I was a toddler back then).
Neil Darghty(spelling?) is THE only original member left(keyboards)!@rocknrolldaddio, not too sure of some early names that played with REO, some sorta fog I guess!lol
@FlashYes1 No, this was their third lead singer after Terry Lutrell and Kevin Cronin, Mike Murphy. He sang on two more albums after this, then Cronin returned.
32 years after I first heard of REO Speedwagon, today I hear the original version of one of their best songs for the first time (if I have heard this before, I wasn't aware that it wasn't Cronin singing.) While I always liked Kevin Cronin's vocal on the overplayed live version, Mike Murphy's constrained vocal helps to showcase the interesting instrumentals of this great song.
This version was recorded when Kevin Cronin had left the band for a short while. It is rarely heard on classic rock stations, and it is rumored that the band surpressed it in favor of the later studio recording with Kevin singing. The song was very popular locally as it was alleged to have told the story of the band being caught in a blizzard somewhere in the mountains above Boulder CO.
Kids: Its Mike Murphy from the "One Eyed Jacks" singin' one the all time best midwest singers He ended up singing for "Billy Vera and the Beaters" Lest we forget...
@drno2150 It's therefore no coincidence that Bruce Hall is now REO's bassist - having played with One Eyed Jacks. This would also explain his writing credit on the "Lost in a Dream" album.
This authority on classic rock of the 1970's -- listening to 4-Way Street & The Who's "Happy Jack" = just 6 years after birth in 1964.... Such a foundation says this original studio version of THE REO Speedwagon most famous Anthem.... IS a fine example of a very misunderstood BUT very solid classic rock band in MY Book... what happened in the 1980's cannot be totally blamed on one member's vocal style... Lou Gramm and Mick Jones found a way -- just like Robby Steinhardt and Steve Walsh.. TK REO
This authority on classic rock of the 1970's -- listening to 4-Way Street & The Who's "Happy Jack" == just 6 years after birth in 1964.... Such a foundation says this original studio version of THE REO Speedwagon most famous Anthem.... IS a fine example of a very misunderstood BUT very solid classic rock band in MY Book... what happened in the 1980's cannot be totally blamed on one member's vocal style... Lou Gramm and Mick Jones found a way -- just like Robby Steinhardt and Steve Walsh.. TK REO
@DownFallingUp1 in your opinion of course. i will agree, they ended up in teenebop heaven, but they had their good years with mr cronin also. up until hi infidelity flopped its fat ass down on the airwaves. lol. (logged in on our daughter's name.) :)
I saw them in concert at an outdoor show a couple years ago and it was pouring rain... when they ended the show with this, it was like the most epic thing EVER!
Richrath made REO the best with the great guitar riffs. Golden Country from Rithrath did some of the best guitar work I have heard recorded. F*&^cking Rock Dude !!!
i havent listened to all o freospeedwagons songs yet i know alot of artsist im 15 but i must learn evry classic evry lyrics and name of song to each group and there names i must i want to learn all the classic music the musi cof today is trash
It is rare to hear this version on classic rock stations. The version usually played is the one with Kevin Cronin performing the lead vocals. I suspect the band had it suppressed.
The original video of the Hi Infidelity tour which was released on CBS Fox and filmed at the old Mc Nichols arena in Denver also disappeared. When I asked Kevin Cronin about it after an REO concert, he claimed not to know it was no longer available.
@ExDemocrat64 Thank you for the information. Are you referring to an earlier video filmed in Denver? I have a copy of the original CBS/Fox video that was made at the old Mc Nichols arena in 1981 during the Hi Infedelity tour. My friends and I were in the second row when they filmed the audience.
@351460 No, this is a dvd-(version) of the same CBS/FOX video shot in 1981. It's not digital but decsent quality-(I have one), I also still have my old vhs of the CBS/FOX video. COOL to chat with someone who was actually there!!!
@ExDemocrat64 In the video, just before they perform "Ridin the Storm Out" there is a brief shot of the audience. The noticeable blonde girl is my ex-girlfriend, Josie, who went on to become a very accomplished jazz violinist and currently fronts Perpetual Motion, a modern jazz group that performs in the Denver area.
I saw them in Davenport Ia back in 81 it was hot ! the girl with me hot (looking) I wonder what she looks like now. it was great to grow up in the late 70"s and early 80"s
We saw these guys at Anaheim Stadium is So. Cal. My lead player was commenting on how cool the drummer was dressed. That man could have been out there in muddy burlap and still be cool. He was a metronome that day and every time I've seen him since. Cal Worthington was the MC (local car dealer). Somebody didn't like him to much and hit him in the chest with a large piece of fruit from the stands. What an arm.
Great song cranked in the dorm room at Michigan State back in the '70s. Saw these guys play back-up (?) to Steely Dan for $8 (they sold the tickets at half price!) at the Masonic Temple Theater in Detroit in 1975. They kicked ass, including Steely Dan's.
@pagonite The very idea that you think a bunch of no talent retards like REO Speedwagon (who only had one good song, this one) would "kick the ass of Steely Dan" -- one of the the greatest bands in history -- reveals that you are a slobbering, ferocious fucking retard and a proudly stupid member of the Lowest Common Denominator. A goddamn fucking disgrace., that kind of ignorance and lack of taste
@MusicWriter1965 Can we be mature? Please? You don't have to go on a rant just because someone has a different opinion than you. It's all a matter of taste. I like REO better than Steely Dan, but you like Steely Dan better than REO. That's all fine and dandy, but you don't have to go around insulting people simply because they think differently. Act your age, not your shoe size, me youth.
@MusicWriter1965 Plus if they are "no talent retards" I dare you to make a song and it has to have more hits then REO speedwagon's best song. If you can do better than you win. And I wanna hear the song!!!!!!!!!!
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,[f] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.[
I saw REO perform back in 1984 on Harriet Island in St. Paul, Mn. fun fun times,,,,, great concert....Kevin Cronin sang until his voice went horse....LOL!! I think he fed off our energy.
This is a great song. Brings back some good memories of the early 80's for me.
The live version had a whole lot more energy. I'm not a big fan of Mike Murphy's vocals either. Very nasally without a whole lot of push. Very "talk vocalish."
@freepressright you do know his vocals on this album,excepting Gary's turn on vocals - "find my fortune",another great song from this album - were initally thought to have wiped Kevin's vocals on the masters...which turned out not to be true:see "Son Of A Poor Man" on either The First Decade of Rock And Roll or The Essential REO Speedwagon for how the song sounded with Kevin.
Thumbs up if listening to classic rock radio back in the 80s brought you there
dachicagoan 1 week ago
One of the best hooks of all times....We've all had to "ride the storm out" at one time or another..."not missin' a thing".....
esauerkraut 2 weeks ago
A whole bunch better than the pathetically bad Kevin Cronin. He. Is. The. Worst. Vocalist. In. The. World. Bar. None.
RHO1953 2 weeks ago
Definitive music for the ages, priceless...
WelderRDT 3 weeks ago
REO TWO is still the best LP!
chiloh59 3 weeks ago
No Kevin, That's a plus!!!! Gary is the best!
chiloh59 3 weeks ago 2
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kfc63822 1 month ago
so i just bought the reo cd, and im a little disappointed that they had the live version of this song instead of the original, i love this version, althought the live is good too...but nothing like the original!
Jabels86 1 month ago
Supernatural, thanks
totto17totto 1 month ago
luv the music they use on Supernatural! It's like wow I forgot liked that song so much!
calebneal1998 1 month ago
SETTING THE SUPERNATURAL SONGS EVER!!!
129lukinhas 1 month ago 2
hahah_yeah thanks to superantural!))
TheAdemua 1 month ago
my wine bottle is low.
robertanthonyplant 1 month ago
daaamn supernatural really made me like many songs i didn't even know!!!!!
2pAcAveli9x 1 month ago
Thumbs up if you knew this song before some just relesed tv show
Glamstarr90 1 month ago
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Ryagful 1 month ago
you have no idea what supernatural is, do you?
Ryagful 1 month ago
@Ryagful actually i have watched every episode but what i was saying is you should know these songs without it. Even thought it is really good series this music should be know by all mankind
Glamstarr90 1 month ago
Supernatural is like a weekly musical lesson :D
thegilmanstreet 1 month ago 11
@thegilmanstreet Well some know these classic golden era forgotten songs without modern epic tv shows...
Glamstarr90 1 month ago
@Glamstarr90 whatever dude, the point is to know them and don't forget them.
thegilmanstreet 1 month ago
thumps up if you came here alone because you like this song
TheArisgmt1 1 month ago
SUPERNATURAL :D
COMEDIANTROOM 1 month ago
Thumbs up if supernatural brought u here XD
kvogunner 2 months ago 141
@kvogunner WTB Supernatural OST discography lol
SatanicWound 2 months ago 5
@kvogunner
love supernatural taught me alot of good music
countryboy1776 1 month ago 6
@countryboy1776 yeahh they have, theres so many good music out there thats unknown and never get played just because they're not commercial! i wish i would born during the 60s and grown up throughout the 70 80 and 90 to real good music!
kvogunner 1 month ago
@kvogunner Best serie ever! ;)
Starlight32250 2 weeks ago
I believe Kevin Cronin is going to leave REO Speedwagon, so he can pursue a solo career. Former Styx lead singer Dennis DeYoung would join the band REO Speedwagon.
drrckyee 2 months ago
@drrckyee That has the makings of a gawd-awful combination. Like Sammy Hagar when he joined Van Halen.
ThatsMrMoronToYou 1 month ago
What I like about this record is the 'pompous ass' in the band, fired Cronin Then, had to fire the new guy and had to beg Cronin to come back. It's Music 101!! The lead singer/ songwriter is the franchise! He gets people fired, he doesn't get fired.
Thomcalhoun 2 months ago
murphy is the voice.....of reo
mraliceone 2 months ago
this is one fav song when i was a teen i seen them live
TheRhondalee 3 months ago
I first heard this song while traveling over the rockies on my way to california in 1983. SWEET MEMORIES
robp1965 3 months ago
Also, the original album picture was identical to this, with Cronin on the cover instead of this guy.
TexasRokker 3 months ago
The actual original studio version had Cronin on lead vocals. He was booted from the band and all the vocals on the album were re-recorded. This original version, with Cronin on vocals, can be found on the Decade 1970-1980 compilation. And no...the live versions, any of them, blow the studio version away.
TexasRokker 3 months ago
Better than "live" version for sure.
mjk72569 4 months ago
Best version ever! Had this album when it first came out. Didn't like the fact that Kevin Cronin didn't perform on it, only wrote most of the material though.
kwc5150 4 months ago
The "LIVE" version on the "You Get What You Play For" is MUCH better. I have this one, but prefer the LIVE version and I'm sure everyone else does too. The origonal studio track was too slow.
SuperLiftRick 4 months ago
This song is perfect for when I'm flying in Battlefield 3.
TheCrimsonSabre 4 months ago
Me and my daddy used to listen to this. Reminds me of the times we spent together. I'm 11 and listen to this... is that normal??? I don't care if it's normal or not!! REO SPEEDWAGON IS AWESOME!!!!!!
stevlachance1 4 months ago
The Rockies are OK, but the prairie is alright too.
MrDan6779 4 months ago
Woot this song is awesome!
backyardstudios96 4 months ago
The only version that I like
ckschmidt4854 4 months ago
@ckschmidt4854 I agree, live versions don't give the same sound.
MrDan6779 4 months ago in playlist MrDan6779's favorites
definatly better
tbagg99 5 months ago
thankyou needed the original!!! well done..
twisted118 5 months ago
love REO, they changed my life in the early 80's. they helped me stay out of prision. i found love in my heart, and was'nt afraid to show it. they helped make me a great father that i am today. Thank You REO. God bless you. ps. i will sing your songs to my grandchildren.
kenzie09bieber 5 months ago
@kenzie09bieber lmao
ssean1290 5 months ago
@kenzie09bieber
REO also changed my life too right around the "High Infidelity" album. It spoke to me man, IT SPOKE TO ME. I was wise enough to listen to that "heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend who. . . ." meant for me to not do anything stupid to get thrown in prison.
cabmandu 4 months ago
the guy singing isnt is name mike murphy, wonder if he still singing?
mattb78666 6 months ago
what happened to REO SPEEDWAGON happened to a lot of other bands of the 70's...the 80's...they tried too damn hard to keep their fans...and fucked up
drtydawg51 6 months ago
I agree with the person who said that Kevin Cronin sent this band into teenebobber hell
NicolaAwesomeSauce 6 months ago
I remember this so well, anyone who thinks this song sucks is out of there blanking minds.
NicolaAwesomeSauce 6 months ago
This song was also good for hurricane katrina back in 2006!
TheJamesmonkey 6 months ago
This is exactly what I am doing right now
rlt152 6 months ago
Ya this is THE song for Irene!!!
genman57 6 months ago
this is not the Original version. the actual original recording was with Kevin Cronin on lead vocals.Just after the record was pressed Kevin and Gary (Richrath) got into another fight .this lead to Cronin being kicked out of the band. They quickly replaced Cronin with Murphy and re-dubed the vocals.only about 1,00 copies of the original version ever made it out to the stores.I have been looking for the Orginal Kevin Cronin version for well over 20 years.
cheaterfan2009 6 months ago in playlist ) My Julian Storm Riding the Storm out
Riding the hurricane out!
nholt 6 months ago
@nholt I played this song cuz of hurriane irene! I hope nobody gets hurt.
TheJamesmonkey 6 months ago
@TheJamesmonkey I played it for the same reason! I'm saving Maureen McGovern The Morning After for tomorrow.
66jwm 6 months ago
@66jwm This song is a great song for any reason!!! But a very great song for hurricane Irene!!!! Thumbs up if you agree!!!
TheJamesmonkey 6 months ago 19
@TheJamesmonkey a great song for tornadoes coming through KY also :)
MsLKENNEY 6 months ago in playlist More videos from jeffw1267
I never heard this version. I like the one with Kevin on lead vocals though.
JOSECHETATRIBUTE 6 months ago
KEVIN WHO???????????? LOVE LIVE RICHRATH!
spaggs64 6 months ago
@spaggs64 I assume you're talking about the guitar playing and that you know Michael Bryan Murphy is the singer on this version.
PAjeannie66 6 months ago
@PAjeannie66 YEP, I KNOW....THANX.
spaggs64 6 months ago
Love the live version, but this studio version is a rarity to hear and I'm glad you put it up.
Osric24 7 months ago
My only compaint with this studio cut is that it doesn't have Kevin Cronin. Without him, it just ain't the same.
blozier2006 7 months ago
This is from their third album, and their best. This is the original version, and the best. PLEASE play at maximum volume. To the youngsters out there: I am sorry that you missed Rock & Roll.
bigredoneder 7 months ago
Thanks for sharing a classic, 'original' version...you have good taste, my friend!
pncombies 7 months ago
I just found 'Harley-Davidson Motorcycles: Road Songs, Vol. 1' dumpster-diving on CD & I after I saw that this song was on it, I popped this song into my CD player & cranked the volume all the way the fuck up.
tthomaselli2 7 months ago
The best by far!!
BIGBUCK20 7 months ago
so Classic.....!!
hardgreenhorn 7 months ago
A Classic.
MrSmooth273 7 months ago in playlist Rock 1
Mike Murphy replaced Kevin Cronin for this album in 1973. Cronin left the band briefly for creative differences. Eventually he would return and sing this on their live album. Good song regardless of who sings it.
DBro65 7 months ago 3
Love this version!.
Kozmosis0528 7 months ago
I actually heard this version on the radio just yesterday.
cparkes92 7 months ago
I always enjoyed this more than the overdone live version. I used to play it in my band & tried to hit every drum beat just like the original.
sdetwiler333 7 months ago
Thanks for uploading this. I used to have it on casette tape but the tape is long gone. Could never find this version anywhere I looked.
seltzinator 8 months ago
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rune2h13579 8 months ago
I have this album, and I have to say, I think it was one of the most poorly produced albums I have ever heard! How is it that the previous album, REO TWO, had better sound? I was only 12 years old when I got this, and even I could tell Gary Richrath's brilliant guitar work wasn't coming through the speakers well! The only other rock guitarist who wasn't given his justice by a producer was Lee Pickens from Bloodrock! "Bloodrock 2" was poorly produced as well!
notfragile33 8 months ago
Whatever became of THIS REO singer? He didn't seem to have much charisma and a weak voice, but they did keep him around for three years before Cronin returned (that's probably 3 years in the desert of no success!)
notfragile33 8 months ago
@notfragile33 What I've read somewhere is that Gary and Mike Murphy hated each other in 1975 to the point where they weren't in the same studio when recording the "This Time We Mean It" album.
MikeRambo 5 months ago
@MikeRambo Well, in that case, I find it amazing that they even lasted that long! And that was their worst period! Like I always said, bad feelings among band members, produces bad music!
notfragile33 5 months ago
who's pumped for electric forest???
ngladstoned 8 months ago
HEARD IT FROM A FRIEND.THAT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE
mcgaheefamily 8 months ago
Evansville, Indiana 1975. Outdoors on a warm summer night.
slinger10pc 8 months ago
what are some of their other great songs from the seventies?
TheCozybear65 8 months ago
Yep. I had this album and wore it out. :)
MsLavendar101 9 months ago 9
You dont have to scream to jam, THIS ROCKS
davidlirwin 9 months ago
The original wow! I haven't heard this simple LPs went by the way side. I still love it. Saw them when they did a live show for an album in St.Louis, MO back in the 70's. Live - You Get What you Play for. Awesome show. This was my first intro to REO, so it's a special song!!!
rjwysong1954 9 months ago
Oh my!! I can't believe that there are others out there that remember the original!! Fantastic memories, thanks for sharing this.
cleverlouanne 9 months ago 2
So did I! Great Show, Elvin Bishop and another band or two as well. REO was on Top as far as I was concerned. Cold night. Wine and some good friends.
Bluematter2010 9 months ago
I saw this line up at the Denver Colliseum. Killer
HOLLYWOODHICK 9 months ago
I prefer this studio version.
1958boomergirl 9 months ago 2
@drno2150 I was a Freshman when I saw the One-Eyed Jacks in Kankakee, IL '65-'66. Playing after them, The Jefferson Airplane. Concert was played in the local H.S. gym. Everyone walked out of the concert after the Jacks played. Wasn't impressed with the Jacks. I came to see Jefferson Airplane. After the concert, I walked down onto the stage and talk with Grace Slick, Jorma Kaukonen, Paul Kantner, Marty Balin, Jack Cassady and Spencer Dryden. We talked about the Vietnam War. 1awesome night!
jcp0129eek 9 months ago
kevin cronan ruined this song. this version is really good
mrbrownstone909 9 months ago 2
Not fair to compare to the live version, but I wish the would play this on emore often on the radio.
zeppelin915 9 months ago
Kevin cronin made it classic!
nar6307 10 months ago
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NicolaAwesomeSauce 6 months ago
live version>studio version
qwerty99456 1 year ago
This a semi-original version. Remember Kevin recorded it before Mke Murphy. Anyway, I'm sure this version will bring back great memories to those of you who lived that era. (I was a toddler back then).
edwinreo 1 year ago
I love this album
MyRoadrunner68 1 year ago
This is so badass cool! I remember listening to this on the radio when I was in the 8th grade back in the 1970's! Incredible!
1958boomergirl 1 year ago
Neil Darghty(spelling?) is THE only original member left(keyboards)!@rocknrolldaddio, not too sure of some early names that played with REO, some sorta fog I guess!lol
elopddat 1 year ago
I think this singer went on to join Starcastle, a YEs sound-alike, but nevertheless, a cool band. Terry Lutrell?
FlashYes1 1 year ago
@FlashYes1 No, this was their third lead singer after Terry Lutrell and Kevin Cronin, Mike Murphy. He sang on two more albums after this, then Cronin returned.
Rnastershake 1 year ago
AWESOME. Awe inspiring
FFlint07 1 year ago 2
32 years after I first heard of REO Speedwagon, today I hear the original version of one of their best songs for the first time (if I have heard this before, I wasn't aware that it wasn't Cronin singing.) While I always liked Kevin Cronin's vocal on the overplayed live version, Mike Murphy's constrained vocal helps to showcase the interesting instrumentals of this great song.
MintMickeyDotCom 1 year ago
Best Reo song ever. Dare I say....without Kevin Cronin?
lrambach 1 year ago
This version was recorded when Kevin Cronin had left the band for a short while. It is rarely heard on classic rock stations, and it is rumored that the band surpressed it in favor of the later studio recording with Kevin singing. The song was very popular locally as it was alleged to have told the story of the band being caught in a blizzard somewhere in the mountains above Boulder CO.
351460 1 year ago
Kids: Its Mike Murphy from the "One Eyed Jacks" singin' one the all time best midwest singers He ended up singing for "Billy Vera and the Beaters" Lest we forget...
drno2150 1 year ago
@drno2150 It's therefore no coincidence that Bruce Hall is now REO's bassist - having played with One Eyed Jacks. This would also explain his writing credit on the "Lost in a Dream" album.
viewerguy27 10 months ago
i love this song have this baby play loud as you drive down a highway??yeah baby!!
barbj7121 1 year ago
Great version -- classic rock of the 1970's in action
theGarnet70rocker 1 year ago
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This authority on classic rock of the 1970's -- listening to 4-Way Street & The Who's "Happy Jack" = just 6 years after birth in 1964.... Such a foundation says this original studio version of THE REO Speedwagon most famous Anthem.... IS a fine example of a very misunderstood BUT very solid classic rock band in MY Book... what happened in the 1980's cannot be totally blamed on one member's vocal style... Lou Gramm and Mick Jones found a way -- just like Robby Steinhardt and Steve Walsh.. TK REO
theGarnet70rocker 1 year ago
This authority on classic rock of the 1970's -- listening to 4-Way Street & The Who's "Happy Jack" == just 6 years after birth in 1964.... Such a foundation says this original studio version of THE REO Speedwagon most famous Anthem.... IS a fine example of a very misunderstood BUT very solid classic rock band in MY Book... what happened in the 1980's cannot be totally blamed on one member's vocal style... Lou Gramm and Mick Jones found a way -- just like Robby Steinhardt and Steve Walsh.. TK REO
theGarnet70rocker 1 year ago
Kevin Cronin sent this hard rocking band to teenebop hell ! ! ! This is the best version of REO SPEEDWAGON by far.
DownFallingUp1 1 year ago
@DownFallingUp1 in your opinion of course. i will agree, they ended up in teenebop heaven, but they had their good years with mr cronin also. up until hi infidelity flopped its fat ass down on the airwaves. lol. (logged in on our daughter's name.) :)
catine09 1 year ago
I'll take this studio version over the live version any day!
guyatacomputer 1 year ago
@guyatacomputer no way dude, the live version is complete kick ass
nolan7675 1 year ago
@nolan7675 True maaaaaannnn
ZamphereRiley 1 year ago
SIU Edwardsville Mississippi River Festival. HIGH school summers. I'm 52! They rocked
neelyba 1 year ago
I saw them in concert at an outdoor show a couple years ago and it was pouring rain... when they ended the show with this, it was like the most epic thing EVER!
Geekvolution 1 year ago
This is the best version of this song!
827cnote 1 year ago
Masterpiece this song will be sure to stand the test of time after all i'm 18 and i freaking love it!!!
Scottyboy126 1 year ago
The First Album of theirs I owned. It good to hear that Original Sound and singer from this Single!!!! 10 Stars!!!!!
Thelby1 1 year ago
That's Mike Murphy on keyboards and vocals...great rock sound...
bassmanvet 1 year ago
hell yeah
xxSxBxx 1 year ago
riding the storm out is second nature,,, cold ice snow mud rain thunder ,,, pain and suffer.
bbfuller1 1 year ago
riding the storm out is second nature
bbfuller1 1 year ago
According to my parents, this was the first actual song I've ever heard in my life. They played it the day after I was born.
xKluuzx 1 year ago 2
I use to love listening to this song when we had some kick ass snow blizzards in the Midwest.
dastheone 1 year ago
The original is definitely better than Cronin's version. ...way better!
GodChristLord 1 year ago
Richrath made REO the best with the great guitar riffs. Golden Country from Rithrath did some of the best guitar work I have heard recorded. F*&^cking Rock Dude !!!
dakotarazzle 1 year ago
Yes. Finally, the original version!!!!
mudcatstan 1 year ago
I never understood why they always played the other REALLY lame version on all the rock stations here. Thanks! Been many years since I heard this!!!!
redmancheyenne 1 year ago
when i grew up with this some ppl thought journey was the best band...reo was
sothis48 1 year ago
@sothis48 either way theyre both great bands!
corvettefan96 1 year ago
This was their best album, then they went lovie, dovie songs. Sad. Could have been a better rock group.
JEN122076 1 year ago
i havent listened to all o freospeedwagons songs yet i know alot of artsist im 15 but i must learn evry classic evry lyrics and name of song to each group and there names i must i want to learn all the classic music the musi cof today is trash
ClassicMscLuvrGrl14 1 year ago
It is rare to hear this version on classic rock stations. The version usually played is the one with Kevin Cronin performing the lead vocals. I suspect the band had it suppressed.
The original video of the Hi Infidelity tour which was released on CBS Fox and filmed at the old Mc Nichols arena in Denver also disappeared. When I asked Kevin Cronin about it after an REO concert, he claimed not to know it was no longer available.
351460 1 year ago
@351460 You can find this video (Live in denver) at maximumsound dott org!!!
ExDemocrat64 1 year ago
@ExDemocrat64 Thank you for the information. Are you referring to an earlier video filmed in Denver? I have a copy of the original CBS/Fox video that was made at the old Mc Nichols arena in 1981 during the Hi Infedelity tour. My friends and I were in the second row when they filmed the audience.
351460 1 year ago
@351460 No, this is a dvd-(version) of the same CBS/FOX video shot in 1981. It's not digital but decsent quality-(I have one), I also still have my old vhs of the CBS/FOX video. COOL to chat with someone who was actually there!!!
ExDemocrat64 1 year ago
@ExDemocrat64 In the video, just before they perform "Ridin the Storm Out" there is a brief shot of the audience. The noticeable blonde girl is my ex-girlfriend, Josie, who went on to become a very accomplished jazz violinist and currently fronts Perpetual Motion, a modern jazz group that performs in the Denver area.
351460 1 year ago
@351460 Is this the same young woman holding her arm up 'just before' Tough Guy's?
ExDemocrat64 1 year ago
@ExDemocrat64 I will get back on that as soon as I check out the video again--its been a while.
351460 1 year ago
I saw them in Davenport Ia back in 81 it was hot ! the girl with me hot (looking) I wonder what she looks like now. it was great to grow up in the late 70"s and early 80"s
pinballmei 1 year ago
We saw these guys at Anaheim Stadium is So. Cal. My lead player was commenting on how cool the drummer was dressed. That man could have been out there in muddy burlap and still be cool. He was a metronome that day and every time I've seen him since. Cal Worthington was the MC (local car dealer). Somebody didn't like him to much and hit him in the chest with a large piece of fruit from the stands. What an arm.
MegaStarfield 1 year ago
This is the better version of Riidin the storm Out
I have very sensitive hearing & I can't take listening to live renditions of songs at all1
Freyja1133 1 year ago
put on the cut offs jump in the el camino crank reo grab some beers and hit the quarry......ah the good ole days
intofrostofwinter 1 year ago 2
Great song cranked in the dorm room at Michigan State back in the '70s. Saw these guys play back-up (?) to Steely Dan for $8 (they sold the tickets at half price!) at the Masonic Temple Theater in Detroit in 1975. They kicked ass, including Steely Dan's.
pagonite 1 year ago 6
@pagonite The very idea that you think a bunch of no talent retards like REO Speedwagon (who only had one good song, this one) would "kick the ass of Steely Dan" -- one of the the greatest bands in history -- reveals that you are a slobbering, ferocious fucking retard and a proudly stupid member of the Lowest Common Denominator. A goddamn fucking disgrace., that kind of ignorance and lack of taste
MusicWriter1965 6 months ago
@MusicWriter1965 Can we be mature? Please? You don't have to go on a rant just because someone has a different opinion than you. It's all a matter of taste. I like REO better than Steely Dan, but you like Steely Dan better than REO. That's all fine and dandy, but you don't have to go around insulting people simply because they think differently. Act your age, not your shoe size, me youth.
rosar0980 6 months ago
@MusicWriter1965 I agree with rosar0980... Be mature!
TheJamesmonkey 6 months ago
@MusicWriter1965 Plus if they are "no talent retards" I dare you to make a song and it has to have more hits then REO speedwagon's best song. If you can do better than you win. And I wanna hear the song!!!!!!!!!!
TheJamesmonkey 6 months ago
1000 thanks for this rare piece!
grksath 1 year ago
to me theres no old school or new school, theres just great rock & roll
412Pittsburgher 1 year ago
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,[f] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.[
1ricky77333 1 year ago
@1ricky77333
Wake up dude. Humans created the idea of god.
TheMILESRUSSELL 1 year ago
@TheMILESRUSSELL Hear ! Hear !
Freyja1133 1 year ago
@1ricky77333 Man Inveted God as a way of controlliong other human beings So ,let's not bring religion in to this converstaion
Freyja1133 1 year ago
Wow....I never heard this version. I only heard the live version that I am guessing most people heard.
This is great
Dylan33James 1 year ago
I saw REO perform back in 1984 on Harriet Island in St. Paul, Mn. fun fun times,,,,, great concert....Kevin Cronin sang until his voice went horse....LOL!! I think he fed off our energy.
This is a great song. Brings back some good memories of the early 80's for me.
anton823 1 year ago
this is the best version ever of this song. kevin earned a lot of respect, but this lead singer did the song far better than kevin.
jpatgray 1 year ago
dat piano
TheMandanga 1 year ago
When reo speedwagon was great, early 70s
rvhawkeye 1 year ago
The live version had a whole lot more energy. I'm not a big fan of Mike Murphy's vocals either. Very nasally without a whole lot of push. Very "talk vocalish."
freepressright 1 year ago
@freepressright you do know his vocals on this album,excepting Gary's turn on vocals - "find my fortune",another great song from this album - were initally thought to have wiped Kevin's vocals on the masters...which turned out not to be true:see "Son Of A Poor Man" on either The First Decade of Rock And Roll or The Essential REO Speedwagon for how the song sounded with Kevin.
texs2007 1 year ago
This album stands the test of time. Lost in a Dream was an underrated album, too.
VoxLesPaul 1 year ago