The My Vibe Thread

[Yankee Traveler]

• Bad Company
• Chubby Checker
• Joe Cocker
• Cyndi Lauper
• Outkast
• Soundgarden
• The White Stripes

Pretty damn good list

Seems the past few years have been polluted with non rockers.

IMHO...

 

[nefansince75]

• Bad Company
• Chubby Checker
• Joe Cocker
• Cyndi Lauper
• Outkast
• Soundgarden
• The White Stripes

Pretty damn good list

Bands like Bad Company and Styx should have been in a while ago. I know the "corporate rock" can be polarizing, but these groups owned the airwaves from the late 70's until the 80's truly kicked in. Even REO, who totally owned 81, and unfortunately after that couldn't get out of their own way.

I loved REO in 81 and fortunately could fight that feeling.

 

[YankeeRebel]

Seems the past few years have been polluted with non rockers.

IMHO...

The Fucknig Go Go s did it for me.

But they should probably call it the music or entertainers hall of fame

 

[YankeeRebel]

Bands like Bad Company and Styx should have been in a while ago. I know the "corporate rock" can be polarizing, but these groups owned the airwaves from the late 70's until the 80's truly kicked in. Even REO, who totally owned 81, and unfortunately after that couldn't get out of their own way.

I loved REO in 81 and fortunately could fight that feeling.

Oyy

 

[nefansince75]

Oyy

Care to elaborate? Keep in mind I was a late blooming 16 yr old.

 

[YankeeRebel]

Care to elaborate? Keep in mind I was a late blooming 16 yr old.

Oh it was just the use of the lyric, it tickled me. The Hi Infidelity album was a huge album for them, and that is the album you are referencing if my math is correct. I think " You can tune a piano but you can't tune a fish" was better, but the bubble gum always sells.

 

[Yankee Traveler]

Oh it was just the use of the lyric, it tickled me. The Hi Infidelity album was a huge album for them, and that is the album you are referencing if my math is correct. I think " You can tune a piano but you can't tune a fish" was better, but the bubble gum always sells.

My first real exposure to REO was High Infidelity.
1981 was a huge year for me, just an incredible summer between freshman and sophomore years of High school. It was the year my grandfather died, the year my wife's brother and best friend died, my father died. It was the year I started drinking. It was the year I grew my mustache...and it was the year I started chasing my best friends sister (Forever RIP Ginger)...and other girls.

And you couldn't turn around without hearing REO Speedwagon. A chick band I thought. Take it on the Run, Keep on Loving You, Take it on the Run, In Your Letter, Take it on the Run, Take it on the Run, Take it on the Run...I fucking hated them by June.

Then in 1995 I saw Peter Frampton (He fuckin Rocked) REO Speedwagon (They Fuckin Rocked) and Foreigner (The headliner stunk it up so bad REO came back out).

This song changed it for me and I still, 30 years later get goose bumps when this song comes on.

 

[BigKen]

1981 and you were teeny boppers???

I was 9 years back from Nam, married w/two daughters and a son about be down loaded.

I can remember when we got free USO tickets to Led Zepplin at Berkley, Rolling Stones at LA Coliseum and one of the best concerts ever by
the guy who opened the concert.

I swear the posters everywhere were like this:


JOAN
BAEZ
ELTON JOHN

 

[BigKen]

Oh yeah.............................I was there.......................Altamont Speedway Dec. 4, 1969 You guys were still in diapers.

 

[Southieinnc]

• Bad Company
• Chubby Checker
• Joe Cocker
• Cyndi Lauper
• Outkast
• Soundgarden
• The White Stripes

Pretty damn good list

I don’t know half of them. (Which means nothing)

 

[Southieinnc]

• Bad Company
• Chubby Checker
• Joe Cocker
• Cyndi Lauper
• Outkast
• Soundgarden
• The White Stripes

Pretty damn good list

So the only band on the list I’m very familiar with is Bad Company. They were called the best garage band of all time. Early 70,s before I went in the Army, one of the hottest sounds at the kegger was “can’t get enough of your love”

 

[nefansince75]

Oh it was just the use of the lyric, it tickled me. The Hi Infidelity album was a huge album for them, and that is the album you are referencing if my math is correct. I think " You can tune a piano but you can't tune a fish" was better, but the bubble gum always sells.

So true but they went from bubblegum to pure sap after hi infidelity and I always thought that was a shame. If anything, they should have gone back to "You can Tune....".