re: What&#39;s the band that isn&#39;t REO Speedwagon, but when you try

Posted by Dandy Lion

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Posted on 3/8/14 at 9:57 pm to OldTigahFot

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Hey, "All the Young Dudes" could have very easily been a Speedwagon tune

Jesus, the things one has to hear.......

That´s a David Bowie song, by the way.

quote:
Drinkin' with the rocket scientists

This post was edited on 3/8/14 at 9:59 pm

Posted by OldTigahFot

Drinkin' with the rocket scientists

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Posted on 3/8/14 at 10:16 pm to Dandy Lion

He wasn't giving us much to go on so I was just throwing shite out there.

And since we're on the subject :

One my favorite songs to play on the 12 string

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Posted by VOR

Member since Apr 2009

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Posted on 3/8/14 at 11:34 pm to OldTigahFot

I always associate REO Speedwagon with Styx. Probably because of the Midwest connection and they're from approximately the same era.

Plus . . . you know . . . whitebread rock.

Posted by matthew25

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Posted on 3/8/14 at 11:54 pm to OldTigahFot

Love me some Hoople!

My brain then goes to Lou Reed, Humble Pie (30 days), Uriah Heep (stealing) and then Dirty Deeds . . .

Posted by Zappas Stache

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Posted on 3/9/14 at 12:00 am to baybeefeetz

Nite Ranger

Posted by MottLaneKid

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Posted on 3/9/14 at 4:39 am to Zappas Stache

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Nite Ranger

Night Ranger.

Posted by ForeLSU

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Posted on 3/9/14 at 9:36 am to HeadyBrosevelt

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I admit Roll With the Changes is a guilty pleasure

Richrath could play, their early stuff rocked pretty good...

oh, and to the OP confusing REO with Air Supply...

This post was edited on 3/9/14 at 9:39 am

Posted by Tigris

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Posted on 3/9/14 at 12:33 pm to baybeefeetz

Bachman Turner Overdrive?

Head East?

Posted by Fontainebleau Dr.

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Posted on 3/9/14 at 3:20 pm to baybeefeetz

Even though you said Air Supply....

I've decided that the answer to your question is T-Rex.

This post was edited on 3/9/14 at 3:22 pm

Posted by danman6336

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Posted on 3/9/14 at 3:41 pm to Fontainebleau Dr.

LINK

Posted by brucevilanch

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Posted on 3/9/14 at 3:56 pm to baybeefeetz

Georgia Satellites.

Posted by Govt Tide

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Posted on 3/10/14 at 12:22 am to baybeefeetz

Icehouse? They were Australian but were big more towards the late 80s. Had a couple of very good songs like "Electric Blue" and "Crazy".

Posted by Govt Tide

Member since Nov 2009

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Posted on 3/10/14 at 12:27 am to Mouth

Definitely not a guilty pleasure. In fact, some of their best songs were ones that are sometimes overlooked. Songs like "In My Dreams", "If That Ain't Love", "Here with Me" are great as well.

Posted by matthew25

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Posted on 3/10/14 at 12:36 am to Govt Tide

The Bee Gees were (are) Australian

Posted by harmonics

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Posted on 3/10/14 at 1:50 am to brucevilanch

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Georgia Satellites.

Hey, remember that one song they had?

Posted by Govt Tide

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Posted on 3/10/14 at 9:28 am to matthew25

"The Bee Gees"

Another band known more for their 70s music that had some good overlooked songs like "You Win Again" and "One".

Posted by percy

Member since Nov 2013

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Posted on 3/11/14 at 3:25 am to baybeefeetz

I met REO's singer Kevin Cronin after one of their shows at The HOB in New Orleans about ten years ago. Dude was a total douche.After insulting his wife onstage the whole night he left with two really nasty looking old groupies (one under each arm) and ran off towards Bourbon Street after the show.