Randy (along with BTO) one of the most under rated rock artists ever. For anyone who may have ever had the slightest doubt this song is proof positive the man always had serious talent. Thanks for sharing, I think it's a pretty small group of us who dug-actually who even KNEW about this tune! Thanks for sharing!
LOL, hey man, I said BTO is my second all-time favorite band (but this album ended it for them), it almost sounds unplugged & was badly produced & not written well.. Tony Iommi of Sabbath is a far superior player..I put Randy second over Gallagher, Hendrix, Rhodes, Clapton, Trower & you still find somethin to bitch about,,,
Listen to this man's guitar playing! No matter his jazz, blues or Rock & Roll licks he plays circles around everybody. Chords, licks, song writing and sound! Wow! Blows me away!
Reply to 455transam: this song most certainly is Brazilian-inspired. All you need to do is listen to some Brazilian music, especially from the late 50s and the 60s. "Jazz" has many roots. It adds nothing to the equation therefore to say that something is "jazz" inspired.
@StamfordAmy Let me put it to you this way. I've heard people comment on this song AND "Blue Collar" for decades they have ALWAYS said it has a JAZZ sound.....nobody has ever mentioned "Brazillian" except you! I guess you could say Brazillian music is Jazzy!
If any one has a good version of guitar tabs for this song i would greatly appreciate it if you would share it, thumb this up for the under appreciated great canadian talents such as B.T.O!
this song ruined bto, randy got too big in the head, he should of learned from burton,whom he left cause of burtons love of himself..there was alot of rock left for randy, but this album killed it! i mean From /we love to work at nothin all day/ To/ lookin out for no. 1,( himself!!) .bto is my 2nd alltime favorite band by the way,,,after sabbath...
@tommieparch Not. It gave respect for his great guitar playing. I'm sorry you only look for Ozzie's heavy chords. But did you listen to this guitarist? Rock is cool and Randy rocks on this. Open your ears because this song blows most guitarists away....NOT Iron Man
@tommieparch You can't compare the guitarists you mentioned to each other. The styles are so very different.
I thought getting a hit single was a goal of every rocker with a gleam in their eye. I see you have a passion for the bles and especially heavy blues. All the guitarists you mentioned absolutely kill in their styles and venues.
I love Iommi's and Hendrix use of Marshalls and feedback for sound.
Rory is great too. I'm not bitchin' I'm just saying. I forgot how good Bachman was
@elrip1 But you have to admit that the best who ever picked up an electric guitar and blows me away (makes me want to hang my guitar in the closet forever) is Chet Atkins and Les Paul.
Listen to those guys. Truely listen to their guitar work and holy smokes! Man oh man, sheesh! Technically, structurally, soulfully, gymnastically, instrumentally, fingerly, soundfully and everything else. Nobody compares...nobody! Get over the genre thing and listen to virtuoso. Les Paul & Chet.
@elrip1 I gotta agree with you man!...By the way I forgot to mention Mark Farner (I guess that brings us back to your heavy blues comment.. I got what you meant....Tommy
Hellava song by bachman turner overdrive!!! oh by the way ''cdawg'', ''THE MEANING OF LIFE IS "NOT" LOOKING OUT FOR NUMBER ONE!! it's we look out for each other. thats the meaing of life!! or you a related to DICK CHENEY?
The chords right after 4:37 - ooooooh! I remember this was from the "Head on" album (the cover of which featured a completely totaled race car) and I bought it as a high school student thinking it was going to contain the next "Roll on down the highway". At the time I was disappointed with this song and album (frankly, it depressed me). Now, I find the guitar work mesmerizing. E assim como os outros aqui eu gosto os cantoros do Brasil e tambem "bossa nova". Que legal, Senhor Randy!
The times changed fast. 10 years before this song a popular TV show was "Gomer Pyle", about a short haired US Marine. Looking at Randy Bachmans hair seems a long way from Gomer Pyle.
Always loved this song, but until I listened to it recently I had never realized how BRAZILIAN-inspired it is! Still has a pretty potent message, maybe not politically-correct enough tho' for 2011 !
randy should of known this song would end btos success! like clap for the wolfman ended the guess who, (even tho randy leavin was a bigger blow). burton should of known better! they both had alot more to give. too bad..the ballad blue collar was much more rock than this.
The thing about older songs like these versus modern-day pop songs people LOVE is that, after 2 years most people "HATE" the modern pop songs... but after 30 years, songs like these are STILL loved by those who first listened to them, and generations after! Good music really does rule the test of time!
When your a kid and like a "band", it shocks you, at first, when someone, leaves "The Group", and puts out fantasic songs on their own. I would say that easily thousands of people did not know for years the BTO, sprouted from Guess Who.
great song, don't understand why this song is never played on the radio unlike their other hits, I know this song is a departure to their other hits but it's still a great song
Randy could of played guitar in STeely, for sure.. because he was(is) a Jazz guitarist playing rock, not the other way around. For that matter, the original Guess Who was really a Jazz quartet doing there best to play rock or wheatfield soul.
I just heard Randy play this tune on CBC Radio One, his show called Randy's Vinyl Tap. I hadn't heard it in years and realize that he had nailed the "smooth jazz" sound long before that genre came along.
Randy's a genius guitarist and an impressive arranger. Bravo!
Looking Out For Number One was a pretty good hit back in the middle 70's I remember, but felt it should have been even a number one hit. Its my favorite song. It was a big hit, but not as big as the others.
@Jjonathanhart Yes, a really great tune. Perhaps this tune was too mellow for the average BTO fan back then, not sure. If you get a chance, tune in on a Friday night(on-line) to hear Randy Bachman's great radio show called Vinyl Tap. His show is on CBC Radio One Vancouver, Toronto and other cities, so there's a variety of time s that the two-hour show is on-air.
Incredible song! Hadn't heard it in forever. The only reason I heard it recently is because they had it as background music for a Valentine's add on a radio station here in San Diego. It bugged me, because I recognized the song as one I really loved, but it took me a little while to place it. I knew I had it, and remembered that my mom had this album when I was young. She would play it all of the time.
This song it is a kind of tribute to bossa nova, undoubtedly they celebrate the art of the brazilian composer Carlos Antonio Jobim. This song resembles the harmony and estructure of the hit Samba de uma nota Só (One note samba). Good stuff!!!
I don't know what bossa nova is. Actually, as I'm older I see Randy Bachman is a pretty good lead guitarist. His style reminds me a little bit of the late Jerry Garcia from GRATEFUL DEAD and a few other guitar players I can't think of right at the moment. Did you know Randy used to play with THE GUESS WHO before he formed BTO?
@Jjonathanhart Bossa Nova(Brasilian Portugese for "the new thing, the new groove, the new wave"). It's a blend of traditional Brasilian samba and American jazz which evolved into a great sound around 1959. From then until the late 60's, bossa nova got lots of air-play, especially the legendary LP Getz-Gilberto, Segrio Mendes Brasil 65 & 66, and many other groups. There are hundreds of bossa nova recordings. I have over 300 bossa nova LPs in my music archives. Yeah, I dig it!
Thanks for posting this great tune. I'll never understand why Smooth Jazz formatted radio stations never played this song. One of my all-time favorites.
Glad you posted this song, I've been looking for it for 2 years, really miss this song, its been 20 yrs since i heard it last, and my vinyl was stolen, thank you so much
I too love this song. I used to use the instrumental beginning at 4:00 as a filler at the end of my personal fav's cassette tapes (remember those?) --- it was my "signiture" for all custom tapes.
This song remains me staying at the hospital for 3 weeks after an accident with my bike in 1976...and I was the only one in the hospital room who had a *own* radio with him :-) I was then 15.
The 2 other room mates were so glad to hear some *other* music. And this song which actually was playing very much then in that period....I really am keeping it with me thinking about that time!!!
Bachman's finest recorded moment here as a guitar player, IMO. Plus, this song stands wayyyyy out from all that harder- rockin' BTO stuff, which kind of gets boring. To me, Lookin' Out's wayyyyy more timeless.
Ahhh yes . . . I remember this one well. Who know a bunch of white boys from Canada could be so soulful (lol). This reminds me of summer in the mid-70s, great time to be a teenage girl! I'd hear this on the local FM station along with a lot of Steely Dan (thus began my 30+ year love affair with the music of Fagan and Becker). This sound was such a departure for BTO. It truly stands out in a Steely Dan sort of way. Love this like that 15 year old so long ago Music is one powerful MoFo.
HEY-HEY--I agree with everything you just said. Wanted to say if you like this soulful ditty, check out, "BLUE COLLAR", by this same band.....................PEACE :)
This is very "soulful" but you know - we got a taste of what these guys were capable of with "Undun" by the Guess Who - you sure hear this kind of sound in that song
@grantjames333 And I'd like to think that like a fine wine, my taste in music has only gotten better with age over the last 35 years. Afterall, a woman that loves "good sax" (and yes, that is a play on words) has got to possess some level of sophistication (lol). Thanks for the compliment my friend. ;-)
@ilovegoodsax I thought these guys were Mormon boys from Utah. I swear I heard that. I heard that they didn't have any vices, except that the liked to eat alot. No?
@Jeannified I hadn't heard the Mormon story about these guys. And, I didn't know they were from the Canadian heartland until I sought this song out here on YT. I would've never guess it.
@ilovegoodsax ....It's so funny you say that. I remember laying a needle onto this album years ago and having to check n see if this wasn't Steely Dan playing as a guest artist or something. This is one of those 'hidden gems' not too many people know about..
@ilovegoodsax Now that you mention it, it does remind me of Steely Dan (one of my all time favorite bands too) Sort of in the same vein as "Only a Fool would Say That"
This song illustrates talent beyond the heavier pounding BTO songs. Too bad the later, so called "heavy metal" bands never matched this type of versatility. Thanks for posting the song! Great sound.
Bachman Turner Overdrive, Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings and the Guess Who forever. Hardrock BTO, and this easylistening is the exception that fits the rule ... nice composition, nice singing, excellent instrumentation..... stil after almost forty years!!
Try these chords: Intro F#m7 F7 E7sus4 A5 -- then -- Am7 G#7 G7sus4 C5. The verse is a pain in itself -- but this is a beautiful song inspired by Lenny Breau.
Canadian Randy Bachman does Brazilian flavored Bossa Nova and it TOTALLY RULES!!
I LOVE THIS SONG-ALWAYS HAVE. And all those great Randy arpeggio high neck solos are truly beautiful. THIS IS ONE OF BTO's greatest songs and like 5 people (except here..!) have experienced it. GREATNESS....Play on, Randy!!!
Beautiful song, but I like Blue Collar a little more. You can find Blue Collar on YouTube by just typing it in the search bar at the top of the screen.
thank you for posting this song, once in awhile great medium comes along to let enjoy the simpleler thing and you tube has got to be the best, and when it comes to BTO, mixed with you tube, you have perfection....thanks so much
I've always admired Randy Bachman's guitar skills since the Guess Who's "Undun", and probably too much, too. I've often felt he was that rare rock guitarist who could easily sit in at Rudy Van Gelder's jazz studio doing a Blue Note session or at any Nashville country recording date you care to name. The man can flat-out pick and is a direct descendant of Les Paul. Of course, he doesn't need me telling him what to do with all those nice residual checks his grandchildren will probably still get.
This is Mossad at work :o))) for real, they have crap like this on the internet, just listen to it with this in mind and you'll find out ;o)))
Warrerurre 7 hours ago
Randy (along with BTO) one of the most under rated rock artists ever. For anyone who may have ever had the slightest doubt this song is proof positive the man always had serious talent. Thanks for sharing, I think it's a pretty small group of us who dug-actually who even KNEW about this tune! Thanks for sharing!
redfishradical 4 days ago
Does anyone know what key this is in?
TheRisk222 2 weeks ago
LOL, hey man, I said BTO is my second all-time favorite band (but this album ended it for them), it almost sounds unplugged & was badly produced & not written well.. Tony Iommi of Sabbath is a far superior player..I put Randy second over Gallagher, Hendrix, Rhodes, Clapton, Trower & you still find somethin to bitch about,,,
tommieparch 3 weeks ago
Listen to this man's guitar playing! No matter his jazz, blues or Rock & Roll licks he plays circles around everybody. Chords, licks, song writing and sound! Wow! Blows me away!
elrip1 3 weeks ago 2
Is there anyone today who even comes close to this? Nuh uh.
smokiebird06 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
one of the best
verge79 1 month ago
Reply to 455transam: this song most certainly is Brazilian-inspired. All you need to do is listen to some Brazilian music, especially from the late 50s and the 60s. "Jazz" has many roots. It adds nothing to the equation therefore to say that something is "jazz" inspired.
StamfordAmy 1 month ago
@StamfordAmy Let me put it to you this way. I've heard people comment on this song AND "Blue Collar" for decades they have ALWAYS said it has a JAZZ sound.....nobody has ever mentioned "Brazillian" except you! I guess you could say Brazillian music is Jazzy!
455Transam 1 month ago
I saw Randy at the Rib Cookoff a few years back and he put on a helluva show! Dude Rocks!
whatitis117 3 months ago
If any one has a good version of guitar tabs for this song i would greatly appreciate it if you would share it, thumb this up for the under appreciated great canadian talents such as B.T.O!
decore234 3 months ago
This has always been my theme song since I was 15 <3
WhatsHerFace005 4 months ago
this song ruined bto, randy got too big in the head, he should of learned from burton,whom he left cause of burtons love of himself..there was alot of rock left for randy, but this album killed it! i mean From /we love to work at nothin all day/ To/ lookin out for no. 1,( himself!!) .bto is my 2nd alltime favorite band by the way,,,after sabbath...
tommieparch 4 months ago
@tommieparch Not. It gave respect for his great guitar playing. I'm sorry you only look for Ozzie's heavy chords. But did you listen to this guitarist? Rock is cool and Randy rocks on this. Open your ears because this song blows most guitarists away....NOT Iron Man
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tommieparch 3 weeks ago
@elrip1 Thh .LOL comment below is for you
tommieparch 3 weeks ago
@tommieparch You can't compare the guitarists you mentioned to each other. The styles are so very different.
I thought getting a hit single was a goal of every rocker with a gleam in their eye. I see you have a passion for the bles and especially heavy blues. All the guitarists you mentioned absolutely kill in their styles and venues.
I love Iommi's and Hendrix use of Marshalls and feedback for sound.
Rory is great too. I'm not bitchin' I'm just saying. I forgot how good Bachman was
elrip1 2 weeks ago
@elrip1 But you have to admit that the best who ever picked up an electric guitar and blows me away (makes me want to hang my guitar in the closet forever) is Chet Atkins and Les Paul.
Listen to those guys. Truely listen to their guitar work and holy smokes! Man oh man, sheesh! Technically, structurally, soulfully, gymnastically, instrumentally, fingerly, soundfully and everything else. Nobody compares...nobody! Get over the genre thing and listen to virtuoso. Les Paul & Chet.
elrip1 2 weeks ago
@elrip1 I gotta agree with you man!...By the way I forgot to mention Mark Farner (I guess that brings us back to your heavy blues comment.. I got what you meant....Tommy
tommieparch 2 weeks ago
outstanding, randy makes writing music seem so easy. randy rules the planet
z28original 4 months ago
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Hellava song by bachman turner overdrive!!! oh by the way ''cdawg'', ''THE MEANING OF LIFE IS "NOT" LOOKING OUT FOR NUMBER ONE!! it's we look out for each other. thats the meaing of life!! or you a related to DICK CHENEY?
knight44441 4 months ago
THE SONG ABOUT THE MEANING OF LIFE !!! AND THATS THE WAY IT IS !!!
cdawg2474 5 months ago
A dark ale, a starry sky, a cool summer's night and midnight blues. Awesome vibe!
Coaljet 5 months ago
Some of the best guitar players on earth in this band. Song is almost 40 yrs old and still a gem.
illustrate100 6 months ago
sweet guitar....
bomac10000 6 months ago
BEAUTIFUL!
Tacomadome24 6 months ago
I absolutely love this song
dssk1023 6 months ago
...Very much like Sting's "It's probably me"..trippy...but Randy was first!
consbre77 6 months ago
The chords right after 4:37 - ooooooh! I remember this was from the "Head on" album (the cover of which featured a completely totaled race car) and I bought it as a high school student thinking it was going to contain the next "Roll on down the highway". At the time I was disappointed with this song and album (frankly, it depressed me). Now, I find the guitar work mesmerizing. E assim como os outros aqui eu gosto os cantoros do Brasil e tambem "bossa nova". Que legal, Senhor Randy!
ATamandua 8 months ago
30 + yrs. has passed since I last heard this gem. I recall seeing BTO at SIU-Carbondale, Il. in 74 or 75 and they gave it 110%. Great band.
margretdupont1 8 months ago
So cool.....
jonsilence 8 months ago
I love this song, glad you posted it :-)
RottenRottieGirl 8 months ago
Pure Lenny Breau influence!
zognet 8 months ago
Today I associate this song with the San Jose Sharks hockey club who beat out the Detroit Red Wings in seven games. THE WORDS SAY IT ALL.
empath06 8 months ago
wow......wow
maris2ish 8 months ago
The times changed fast. 10 years before this song a popular TV show was "Gomer Pyle", about a short haired US Marine. Looking at Randy Bachmans hair seems a long way from Gomer Pyle.
illustrate100 9 months ago
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Shazaam!! Goallllly! Hey Goober.
PYLE!
RapIsDeadly 7 months ago
Always loved this song, but until I listened to it recently I had never realized how BRAZILIAN-inspired it is! Still has a pretty potent message, maybe not politically-correct enough tho' for 2011 !
StamfordAmy 9 months ago 3
@StamfordAmy Couldn't agree more. Randy's vocal reminds me of Brian Wilson on his Brazilian-influenced Beach Boys tune "Busy Doin' Nothin'."
andyinoregon 8 months ago
@StamfordAmy It's not "Brazilian" inspired it's JAZZ inspired...Randy Bachman played a lot of Jazz before BTO and The Guess Who.
455Transam 1 month ago
@455Transam Correct,Bachman is a HUGE fan of jazz and studied under his mentor Jazz legend Lenny Breau.
MrFredGoldstein 1 month ago
Im a lookin out for #1 but not forgettin#2!
woooooooooo101 9 months ago
guitar on this song is just sooooo sweet...
bomac10000 9 months ago
randy should of known this song would end btos success! like clap for the wolfman ended the guess who, (even tho randy leavin was a bigger blow). burton should of known better! they both had alot more to give. too bad..the ballad blue collar was much more rock than this.
tommieparch 9 months ago
@tommieparch How does one song "end" a band??
seonfox 8 months ago
ive been knowin this song forever excellent
SouljahSweet 9 months ago
The thing about older songs like these versus modern-day pop songs people LOVE is that, after 2 years most people "HATE" the modern pop songs... but after 30 years, songs like these are STILL loved by those who first listened to them, and generations after! Good music really does rule the test of time!
Caity116 9 months ago
When your a kid and like a "band", it shocks you, at first, when someone, leaves "The Group", and puts out fantasic songs on their own. I would say that easily thousands of people did not know for years the BTO, sprouted from Guess Who.
DAVWAVE 9 months ago
This is awesome. I was singing this tune to myself and bam !!! was able to find it here. Great post!
fngrpkn06 10 months ago
great song, don't understand why this song is never played on the radio unlike their other hits, I know this song is a departure to their other hits but it's still a great song
Doobie1975 10 months ago
My FAVORITE BTO tune. Beautiful Mellow!!!!!
americaneagle2076 10 months ago
this sounds sooo good-thanks for posting!
catchsight 10 months ago
Randy could of played guitar in STeely, for sure.. because he was(is) a Jazz guitarist playing rock, not the other way around. For that matter, the original Guess Who was really a Jazz quartet doing there best to play rock or wheatfield soul.
popspoptunes 11 months ago
Looking Out for No.2 dislikes
deathmetalben 11 months ago
genius...pure genius.
dbeard451 11 months ago
I just heard Randy play this tune on CBC Radio One, his show called Randy's Vinyl Tap. I hadn't heard it in years and realize that he had nailed the "smooth jazz" sound long before that genre came along.
Randy's a genius guitarist and an impressive arranger. Bravo!
HunterMann 11 months ago
Looking Out For Number One was a pretty good hit back in the middle 70's I remember, but felt it should have been even a number one hit. Its my favorite song. It was a big hit, but not as big as the others.
Jjonathanhart 11 months ago
@Jjonathanhart Yes, a really great tune. Perhaps this tune was too mellow for the average BTO fan back then, not sure. If you get a chance, tune in on a Friday night(on-line) to hear Randy Bachman's great radio show called Vinyl Tap. His show is on CBC Radio One Vancouver, Toronto and other cities, so there's a variety of time s that the two-hour show is on-air.
Happy listening!
HunterMann 11 months ago
Incredible song! Hadn't heard it in forever. The only reason I heard it recently is because they had it as background music for a Valentine's add on a radio station here in San Diego. It bugged me, because I recognized the song as one I really loved, but it took me a little while to place it. I knew I had it, and remembered that my mom had this album when I was young. She would play it all of the time.
Jeannified 11 months ago
This song it is a kind of tribute to bossa nova, undoubtedly they celebrate the art of the brazilian composer Carlos Antonio Jobim. This song resembles the harmony and estructure of the hit Samba de uma nota Só (One note samba). Good stuff!!!
redlandscape 11 months ago
Best song they did.
lovebeads1967 11 months ago
solo at 4:00 is awesome :D Respect to Randy's jazz technique
Jeffodious 1 year ago
This takes them to an alltogether higher level I mean how much 4 Wheel drive can you digest.
whatitis117 1 year ago
great stuff!!thanks!
catchsight 1 year ago
Good lyrics. This is also a good song. A little on the jazzy side. I believe this was their last single and album before breaking up.
Jjonathanhart 1 year ago
@Jjonathanhart You right this is the last album. But not right @ rhythm, what is bossa nova.
fudidonas11 1 year ago
I don't know what bossa nova is. Actually, as I'm older I see Randy Bachman is a pretty good lead guitarist. His style reminds me a little bit of the late Jerry Garcia from GRATEFUL DEAD and a few other guitar players I can't think of right at the moment. Did you know Randy used to play with THE GUESS WHO before he formed BTO?
Jjonathanhart 1 year ago
@Jjonathanhart Bossa Nova(Brasilian Portugese for "the new thing, the new groove, the new wave"). It's a blend of traditional Brasilian samba and American jazz which evolved into a great sound around 1959. From then until the late 60's, bossa nova got lots of air-play, especially the legendary LP Getz-Gilberto, Segrio Mendes Brasil 65 & 66, and many other groups. There are hundreds of bossa nova recordings. I have over 300 bossa nova LPs in my music archives. Yeah, I dig it!
HunterMann 11 months ago
smooth...really cool. great guitar phrasing. love it . the bachman brothers make me proud to be canadian.
shawnventer1 1 year ago
Mt favorite BTO song. Sounds a little like "Undun"
dhloup1 1 year ago
@dhloup1 Similar jazz chords, right!
Lindicatif 1 year ago
Love BTO! Haven't heard this for far too long! Really a great find!
macrockettere 1 year ago
great song...another great song is Blue Collar. We Canadians can kick ass when we want to.
ravynwolfe 1 year ago
Always have to remember that!
Homedaytime 1 year ago
Great song, wish this song was as well known as "Let it Ride", "Takin Care of Business", "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" and "Hey You"
Doobie1975 1 year ago
I was surprised that this was BTO who did this song, this song definitely sounds like something Steely Dan or Boz Scaggs would do
Doobie1975 1 year ago
While this style typically is not my cup of tea, I have ALWAYS loved this song so much.
jfrockon 1 year ago
A favorite tune...sounds alot like Steely Dan.....
derekcabot 1 year ago
Has a Jazzy sound to it.....BTO gos JAZZZ!!!! LOL
455Transam 1 year ago
Has a Jazzy sound to it.....
455Transam 1 year ago
This tune showcases just how brilliant a guitarist Randy Bachman is. The guitar work is simply breathtaking!
jlg1956 1 year ago
This song showcases just how brilliant Randy Bachman is. The guitar work is simply outstanding.
jlg1956 1 year ago 2
where do yu find talent now
guitarmank 1 year ago
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At 4:03 this song just takes you to another planet. Brilliant Randy and echoes of
Lenny Breau, his instructor...look him up....a jazz guitar pioneer!!
lateforthesky61 1 year ago
At 4:03 this song just takes you to another planet. Brilliant Randy and echoes of
Lenny Breaux, his instructor...look him up....a jazz guitar pioneer!!
lateforthesky61 1 year ago
Dude was so under estimated for his talent..
BopsStudios 1 year ago
I wish someone would make a video for Wontcha Take Me For Awhile, I love that song!
vjhunny66 1 year ago
I freakin' love this song! Believe it or not, this is probably my favourite BTO song!
Thanks for posting!
collinsjamesl 1 year ago
This is one of the few BTO songs that reminds me Randy came from the Guess Who. Lovely guitars and vocals.
Thanks for posting.
mikedrud 1 year ago
Randy's best 2 songs are this and Undone w/ The Guess Who. Simply brilliant song writing. Blue Collar is a very close 3rd IMO
dontrushme2112 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this great tune. I'll never understand why Smooth Jazz formatted radio stations never played this song. One of my all-time favorites.
toms2b 1 year ago
if you really listen, you'll discover the secrets to life. oh yeah: lenny breau rules....
thedogduncan 1 year ago
THIS IS THE TRUTH. take shit from nobody. CASE CLOSED....
thedogduncan 1 year ago
so jazzy. lovesit
torpf 1 year ago
the best chords and lead lines
yngwue 1 year ago
Classy tune from some of the masters of rock and roll.
maccrazyg5 1 year ago
This was really good. The song is soothing, yet it keeps you interested so you don't doze off.
dimeuno 1 year ago
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greblac 1 year ago
One of my favoured. I alway wondered how this really fitted in to the BTO rock profile. just love it. And why didnt they make more of this stuff
greblac 1 year ago
boy this song take's me back...... Love It. thanx!
southernrockfan1 1 year ago
Glad you posted this song, I've been looking for it for 2 years, really miss this song, its been 20 yrs since i heard it last, and my vinyl was stolen, thank you so much
drachiracseid 1 year ago 11
@drachiracseid I am glad it to be thanked you
moongray2 1 year ago 2
@drachiracseid you`ve been lookin`out for no.1.
cosmicrider287 7 months ago
@moongray2 THANKS MOONGRAY2!!!!
awesome licks & smooth Jazz all thrown together by Randy Bachman-What more could you ask for?
I love Fred Turner also-Can't wait to see Bachman & Turner together again!! Great CD BOYS-loved you in the 70's & still do.
kKBOATS59 5 months ago
music for my soul.
mdelair420 1 year ago
I have not heard this gem in a while!!! Thanks for putting it up.
beerbellygdog 1 year ago
Listen to Chic' s You can't do it alone! Sounds the same.
Elisabeth1903 1 year ago
I reall loved Bachman Turner overdrive but this is my favorite song by them, more jazzy than rock and roll thank you moongray2
knight41861 1 year ago
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I too love this song. I used to use the instrumental beginning at 4:00 as a filler at the end of my personal fav's cassette tapes (remember those?) --- it was my "signiture" for all custom tapes.
MrVideogreg 1 year ago
Cool tune real JAZZY feel/sound to it.....mellow out Man!! lol
455Transam 1 year ago
Fuck me! Kiss???(my ass) Worst mother fuckers ever... Kiss R&R? Are you joking, now...?
MrPyjamaTrousers 1 year ago
This song remains me staying at the hospital for 3 weeks after an accident with my bike in 1976...and I was the only one in the hospital room who had a *own* radio with him :-) I was then 15.
The 2 other room mates were so glad to hear some *other* music. And this song which actually was playing very much then in that period....I really am keeping it with me thinking about that time!!!
ludo281160 1 year ago
Genius! Are you sure these guys arent American?Song almost makes me want to immigrate. Damn Canadiens.
dbeard451 1 year ago 2
Bachman's finest recorded moment here as a guitar player, IMO. Plus, this song stands wayyyyy out from all that harder- rockin' BTO stuff, which kind of gets boring. To me, Lookin' Out's wayyyyy more timeless.
gorillabelly1 1 year ago 2
@gorillabelly1
That is a reason ecause I love this song, because I am a BJH lover and NOT a BTO lover.....BJH forever***** From England
ludo281160 1 year ago
seriously Kiss in the RRHF -can;t sing and can;t play ,deep purple blows kiss outa the water no contest.
goatbrain1999 2 years ago
Yeah, it is a joke calling it 'The Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame' when they induct acts like that hip-hop duo who covered Aerosmith's 'Walk this Way'.
walleyesam 1 year ago
What's with the mix?
Ubermensch18 2 years ago
Ahhh yes . . . I remember this one well. Who know a bunch of white boys from Canada could be so soulful (lol). This reminds me of summer in the mid-70s, great time to be a teenage girl! I'd hear this on the local FM station along with a lot of Steely Dan (thus began my 30+ year love affair with the music of Fagan and Becker). This sound was such a departure for BTO. It truly stands out in a Steely Dan sort of way. Love this like that 15 year old so long ago Music is one powerful MoFo.
ilovegoodsax 2 years ago 16
HEY-HEY--I agree with everything you just said. Wanted to say if you like this soulful ditty, check out, "BLUE COLLAR", by this same band.....................PEACE :)
MRMARCANE 2 years ago
This is very "soulful" but you know - we got a taste of what these guys were capable of with "Undun" by the Guess Who - you sure hear this kind of sound in that song
jferg7159 2 years ago
You sound like my kind of girl. Where were you in 1975??!
lateforthesky61 1 year ago
California (born and raised) -- at a time when the state was still golden (lol)
ilovegoodsax 1 year ago 2
@ilovegoodsax You have great taste my dear. I still own this album on vinyl.
grantjames333 1 year ago
@grantjames333 And I'd like to think that like a fine wine, my taste in music has only gotten better with age over the last 35 years. Afterall, a woman that loves "good sax" (and yes, that is a play on words) has got to possess some level of sophistication (lol). Thanks for the compliment my friend. ;-)
ilovegoodsax 1 year ago
@ilovegoodsax I thought these guys were Mormon boys from Utah. I swear I heard that. I heard that they didn't have any vices, except that the liked to eat alot. No?
Jeannified 11 months ago
@Jeannified I hadn't heard the Mormon story about these guys. And, I didn't know they were from the Canadian heartland until I sought this song out here on YT. I would've never guess it.
ilovegoodsax 11 months ago
@ilovegoodsax ....It's so funny you say that. I remember laying a needle onto this album years ago and having to check n see if this wasn't Steely Dan playing as a guest artist or something. This is one of those 'hidden gems' not too many people know about..
Maxharddrive64 11 months ago
@ilovegoodsax Now that you mention it, it does remind me of Steely Dan (one of my all time favorite bands too) Sort of in the same vein as "Only a Fool would Say That"
madcossack 11 months ago
@ilovegoodsax The 70's were GREAT YEARS!!!!! I know how You feel because i was coming of age too. 18 to be exact!!!!!
americaneagle2076 10 months ago
Pure talent!!!
MrSonomac 2 years ago 2
This song illustrates talent beyond the heavier pounding BTO songs. Too bad the later, so called "heavy metal" bands never matched this type of versatility. Thanks for posting the song! Great sound.
MrWolfmantim 2 years ago 3
brilliant in every way
spenceeee 2 years ago
Get the BTO ANTHOLOGY, it's the best
zerogravitybong 2 years ago
Very special, and imo underrated.
UrbanTenant 2 years ago
Timeless...... Briljant!
Meesyl 2 years ago
This song is just FANTASTIC; very cool!!!
Amazing song with BOSSA NOVA influence; to listen and dream on!
cfmagal 2 years ago 4
groovy and great!
symphonia2008 2 years ago
Bachman Turner Overdrive, Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings and the Guess Who forever. Hardrock BTO, and this easylistening is the exception that fits the rule ... nice composition, nice singing, excellent instrumentation..... stil after almost forty years!!
richulan 2 years ago 10
Check Scorching Beauty by Iron Butterfly and tell me the vocalist doesn't sound nearly identical to
Burton Cummings...awesome tune!
lateforthesky61 2 years ago
this song and blue colar are both great. this one is really unknown to many rock fans. what a shame. love the brazilian guitar sounds.
tommy2tomas88 2 years ago 2
wow, that intro is hard to figure out on guitar
wade99996 2 years ago
Try these chords: Intro F#m7 F7 E7sus4 A5 -- then -- Am7 G#7 G7sus4 C5. The verse is a pain in itself -- but this is a beautiful song inspired by Lenny Breau.
mqblues 2 years ago 2
Thank you, I wasn't even hoping someone would have the courtesy of telling us this!
If Randy Bachman isn't yet in the Rock and roll Hall of fame, I mean wtf are they waiting for???? Flying beavers?
QuiltedPine 2 years ago 2
R-n-R Hall of Fame is a Joke!!! KISS, DEEP PURPLE etc... are not in yet??
WTF!!!
cicastle 2 years ago 2
mqblues
Randy had it good with a great like Lenny Breau from Manitoba and other influences like Les Paul to learn from. His playing shows it.
verse B11 A#m7b5 Am7 E/G # C7/G F#m7 Fmaj7 G
ascoop22 2 years ago
This is a good song but Blue Collar is much better. Great tune for cycle riding. Thanks for posting this.
JonMichael001 2 years ago
I liked it immediately when I heard it for the first time on Arrow Jazz FM. Very special tune.
UrbanTenant 2 years ago 2
Que banda maravilhosa! Sou fanzaço! Puro rock dos anos 70. Ótimos tempos.
yyz137 2 years ago 2
One other thing--LOVE THE CHORD PROGRESSIONS and the studio layering of all the guitars...just brilliant...musicians and producers alike!!!
lateforthesky61 2 years ago 2
Canadian Randy Bachman does Brazilian flavored Bossa Nova and it TOTALLY RULES!!
I LOVE THIS SONG-ALWAYS HAVE. And all those great Randy arpeggio high neck solos are truly beautiful. THIS IS ONE OF BTO's greatest songs and like 5 people (except here..!) have experienced it. GREATNESS....Play on, Randy!!!
lateforthesky61 2 years ago 4
I like the song. I heard at a local jazz radio.
One other favorite i like to plug is; Sensual with tique tim
MexxPowers 2 years ago
When i first heard this song i had a very pleasant evening with a young lady.
i wanted to play this song and took jazz-guitar lessons.The song is still special to me and in a world of idols and wannabee artists .
burnsmay 2 years ago 2
I heard this on WOZZ appleton yesterday for the first time in forever and that lead me here.good thing.
appletonnorth 2 years ago
Beautiful song, but I like Blue Collar a little more. You can find Blue Collar on YouTube by just typing it in the search bar at the top of the screen.
london2z 2 years ago
I LOVE B.T.O.!!! AWESOME SONG!! :0)
cicastle 2 years ago
thank you for posting this song, once in awhile great medium comes along to let enjoy the simpleler thing and you tube has got to be the best, and when it comes to BTO, mixed with you tube, you have perfection....thanks so much
vettcruiser96 2 years ago 2
When you are pleased, I am glad.thank you
moongray2 2 years ago
I've always admired Randy Bachman's guitar skills since the Guess Who's "Undun", and probably too much, too. I've often felt he was that rare rock guitarist who could easily sit in at Rudy Van Gelder's jazz studio doing a Blue Note session or at any Nashville country recording date you care to name. The man can flat-out pick and is a direct descendant of Les Paul. Of course, he doesn't need me telling him what to do with all those nice residual checks his grandchildren will probably still get.
jfrankley55 2 years ago
the only song that charted from this album
mikeemerylevesque 2 years ago
wow..... awesome stuff. I remember this well. If you like this find a BTO tune call Blue Collar. One of my all time favorites!
highwing98 2 years ago
4:00 onward is just awesome
Denthedragon 2 years ago 2
I love this
thebudman420 2 years ago
such an excellent song. I really want to learn how to play it! great musicianship!!
makattak88 2 years ago
Wow, I have been looking for this song for 30 years, and here it is Thanks a lot
qno1963 2 years ago
Man, I love this track.
What are some other songs/artists similar to this?
HansHellman 2 years ago
How about Juliette of Kalapana?
moongray2 2 years ago
Blue Collar also by BTO sounds very similar
rjrosneck 2 years ago
@HansHellman The Guess Who
ureadmymind 1 year ago
this is atune for every guitar player to jam with
meeknote364 2 years ago
. . . taken' 'ya back to the mellow sounds of the early 70s . . . cool stuff. Used to enjoy playing BTO on the air.
DoctorJK3 2 years ago
a Canadian great!
fanatics99 2 years ago
BOSSA NOVA out from Brazil !!!
riotribunal 2 years ago
Love this Song, and I've always lived by it... Thanx Guys for the post ... I'tts just Great!!! Thanks, Gary
mickeyg57 2 years ago 2
Great song!
warrinerC 2 years ago 2
one of my favs!
logitech5000 2 years ago
thanks for putting this out here!!!
mredtheanalyst 2 years ago
The other facette of BTO. Jazzy sounds.
camposi 2 years ago
Some immigrants don't get the picture.
Or refuse to. Most of them not, fortunately.
The solution is simple; send the unwilling back home.
But no, they're rewarded over here.
johnlivia6061 2 years ago