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[@DM-hk4cw]

"Let it Ride" by them is a must. In high school, a BTO 8 track in your ride was a requirement.

[@catbyte0679]

They reacted to it about a year ago. You should check it out.

[@DM-hk4cw]

@@catbyte0679 thanks! I will.

[@murrayspiffy2815]

Yup - I had mine.

[@glenndespres5317]

@@marktait2371 😳

[@bokononbokomaru8156]

Thx for the mention...gonna watch that one again 👍

[@dustylane2898]

Thanks for hitting this guys. BTO put out lots of good bangers! Roll On Down the Highway is what you should hit next!

[@BlazinRiver1]

There are just too many GREAT BTO songs lol

[@dubblwide]

Absolutely!

[@hammermcphee]

I think Roll On Down the Highway has one of the greatest guitar solos in Rock History. I believe the song was written for Ford to use in a commercial but they ultimately declined.

[@terriemartinez9989]

Rock is My life this is my song

[@mrsteve3527]

Let It Ride...

[@stevebuhagiar5093]

Such an often overlooked band. If you’re listening to BTO, you literally can’t have a bad day

[@lousmith1050]

When this song came out it was HUGE on the radio all the time. A toe tapping air guitar masterpiece for the working-class heroes!!

[@jdw5678]

One of the all-time road trip songs of the '70s.

[@effthegop]

Working class heroes? WTF? They are mocking the working class and proclaiming how cool they are because they don't have to go to a shitty job every day.

[@lousmith1050]

@@effthegop True, but in a tongue in cheek kind of way...don't take it so seriously.

[@effthegop]

@@lousmith1050 Maybe I just hated my job more than you did :). And, I was a wannabe musician who hated my job so that made it even worse :)

[@lousmith1050]

@@effthegop I hear you brother, It's all good.

[@stpnwlf9]

A classic example of three-chord rock and roll. Simple enough anyone can play it, but one of the most addicitive hooks in music.

[@theodoreritola7641]

Back in the 90s when the Portland Trail Blazers where a very good basketball TEAM they would play this for 20.000 FANS THEY WOULD SAY TAKING CARE OF PHEONIX IN STEAD OF BUSINESS IT WAS A BLAST PORTAND TRAIL BLAZERS n PHEONIX SUNS

[@stevesmodelbuilds5473]

You think that's simple "three-chord rock and roll"? Yeah, like Jimi played "three-chord rock and roll." 🙄Dude, you need to get musically educated...

[@Guy-kn6jt]

@@stevesmodelbuilds5473it’s the switches the drummer’s timing is impeccable and 2 awesome frontmen and musicians too they weren’t all three chord songs hey you ,looking out for number and then the masterpiece blue collar!!!that not easy to play !!

[@stevesmodelbuilds5473]

@@Guy-kn6jt You're right, and as far as I'm concerned, Randy was the best man on the Strat since Jimi. And the down-chord segues in 'Let it Ride' are the best ever...

[@daddyguerrero]

This is a BTO classic. In its day this song was ubiquitous. As soon as you heard the opening cords people poured onto the dance floor. One of the iconic songs of the 70’s.

[@j.h.3777]

I got out of my chair and danced to this even now!...lol

[@rochlejeune5789]

Randy Bachman was lead guitar for The Guess Who. Check out their original version of American Woman. Also No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature.

[@itzel1735]

I know they’ve done No Sugar/Mother Nature. Probably American Woman too but maybe 2 yrs ago.

[@rochlejeune5789]

@@itzel1735 Actually both of those songs were from 1970.

[@itzel1735]

@@rochlejeune5789 I mean A&A have already reacted to those songs. It’s likely 2 years ago on the A&A channel.

[@rochlejeune5789]

Ah. Gotcha.

[@squaaaaak3178]

@@itzel1735 yeah but was it the 15 minute version or 20 minute version or whatever that is? lol I think it was a live thing from 1994 or something like that?

[@elgonwilliams7624]

Takes me back to my freshman year at college. Most people didn't know who this band was, thought they were an overnight sensation, not realizing they were formed from one disbanded fragment of The Guess Who. They were the thing for a while in the mid 70s for sure. Just straight-up, in-your-face, driving Rock.

[@kevinkliegl9315]

Not sure about your part of the country your in, but we all knew that at the time, and I was in high school.

[@Wordsmyth8]

This was out in my freshman year of college, too. Honestly, I got tired of this song pretty quick and it’s not one that I would ever listen to by choice.

[@CycolacFan]

Have the guys done American Woman yet?

[@mrsteve3527]

I didn't know Randy Bachman was in the Guess Who for many years. Found out a few years ago.

[@squaaaaak3178]

@@CycolacFan That's the Guess who, with the great Burton Cummings on vocals. but they've got to do the long one I think it was like 15 minutes or something? lol

[@doobiedave9686]

Andy's analogy about it sounding like a bar band is spot on and the lyrics are basically describing making a living just played by music. I've been making a decent living over the last 10-12 years playing in a bar band on Friday and Saturday nights and the occasionally Sunday afternoon gig and at private parties. I LOVE IT !!! 🎶🎸✌️

[@stevenmix3723]

Hey now, it's bar bands that sound like this. This song is why bar bands sound like this. Somebody had to do it first. And it was not the bar bands first.

[@lorenschmidt6111]

Heard this in many bars, wedding receptions, small functions over the years. It always gets people on the floor and fist-pumping on the chorus. Lots of "bar songs for dancing" have these run-on instrumentals/choruses so everyone can dance a minute or two longer. Simple enough that most GOOD bar bands can provide a reasonable facsimile thereof.

[@RP50]

They didn’t have a piano player. After they finished the track, they were sitting around the control observing that it could use a piano on it. The studio janitor, who cleaning up after them, overheard what they said and told them “I play piano.” They said “give it a shot, man.” He did. And, what you hear on the record is his first and only take. He nailed it.

[@billhelmerich4295]

Ha! The story I heard was it was a pizza delivery guy on keys. Still getting royalties! Either way, it makes a hell of a story and those barrel house keys MAKE the song.

[@martinhayward4466]

@@billhelmerich4295 The Pizza delivery story grew because he wrote the piano chords down on a used pizza box prior to playing it. He was recording commercials in the adjacent studio when BTO's sound engineer invited him to play on the song.

[@BobSoltis1]

Well known session player Norm Durkee was recording in the next studio and the BTO recording sound engineer recommended him to Randy. Very basic story that happens fairly often - but Randy likes to tell tall tales to entertain people. Norm Durkee was not impressed with being called a pizza delivery guy or a janitor though.

[@billhelmerich4295]

@@BobSoltis1 That's great and makes much more sense.

[@stoned-soup]

I actually saw an interview with Randy and he told the whole story that Steve Miller was recording in the other studio room. There was a knock on the door and it was the pizza delivery guy at the wrong studio door. See Randy's interview if you wanna see the story he told. He said it was the pizza delivery guy...

[@wiliamwidlacki7459]

As a teenager in the '70's BTO was a can't miss band!!!! Even thier deep cuts are bangers.

[@truthdweller3454]

Yep, like "Hey You"

[@stevenkarner6872]

This was a standard for us old guys. There was always someone in the group that you would hear singing "baking carrot biscuits". There is always one.

[@howardosden3112]

Never heard that one. Weird Al must have been a part of your group. I like it 👌

[@wicky4473]

😂

[@mikecreger9702]

My wife is that one! She likes AC/DC "Dirty Deeds on the Jungle Jim"

[@classic-kool]

🤣👌

[@stevenkarner6872]

@@mikecreger9702 Your wife sounds like a keeper!

[@christinewaide5249]

This is one of the greatest songs ever. You think it’s too long. Those of us that grew up with it would like it to be longer. And the clapping part..that’s the part when us ladies shook our shit out on the dance floor. 💕

[@CycolacFan]

Makes a change from them marking a song down for being too short, this time they disliked it for there being too much going on 😢

[@brianmoon1058]

young kids don't understand our era

[@ooofuryooo296]

DO NOT POOP ON THE DANCE FLOOR M'AAM

[@richardluevano8996]

“Sledgehammer” and ”Not Fragile” are great bangers from BTO.

[@flatblack39]

Andy would dig sledgehammer! Gritty!

[@okiejohn3925]

LOL I just wrote the same comment, almost word for word....

[@arkhllraiser]

Not Fragile is a great album!

[@user-yg6ft1iu1i]

“You ask if play heavy music Is a thunderhead just another cloud, we do. Not Fragile straight at you. I love Not Fragile

[@scottingram7634]

@@flatblack39 Especially when he really starts grinding on the vocals. If there was ever an aptly named song, this was it.

[@danjennings8618]

A great banger of classic Canadian rock. I saw Randy Bachman open up for Lynyrd Skynyrd 3 years ago. He still sounds great!

[@d1d234]

Driving down the road in big bad 440 Mopar powered Dodge, I blasted the sound to 100% when this song came on. Windows down, goin fast. Perfect song for the days of my youth.

[@PhoenixRisen63]

BTO was still playing at fairs and stuff maybe 15 years ago. Only one original member left, but you wouldn't know it, this song sounded exactly the same live as recorded. They put on a killer show.

[@allisonreed7682]

Before BTO singer/guitarist Randy Bachman was a member of The Guess Who, for whom he wrote the song "Undun" (which I consider to be the best song ever recorded by The Guess Who).

[@sdenison3463]

My husband toured smaller venues (as opposed to stadiums!) all over Canada with Burton Cummings and said that, as soon as Burton began "Undun," people would pour out of the restrooms, porches, everywhere, just to listen quietly.

[@allisonreed7682]

@@sdenison3463 I don’t doubt it at all! It’s such a brilliant song! That had to have been a cool experience for your husband!

[@kevinkliegl9315]

My high school music. Great music never ended in the 70's i graduated in 75. This whole album was fantastic.

[@alkronlage5236]

100% agree from another member of the class of 75!

[@richardlindell9976]

72 and this was weekly. Boy were we spoiled!

[@PeloquinDavid]

Same!

[@troilusand]

Lots of great songs by them. Two more songs of theirs that I love: "Blue Collar" and "Looking Out For No. 1".

[@Bass_Playa_Two_Point.O]

I was going to say the exact same thing. Both songs have that jazz element to them.

[@robjohnson5872]

Blue Collar is a classic and would be great exposure to Randy's Guitar Godliness. And for a little more rockin sound, "Rock is My Life (and THIS Is My Song).

[@iceberg210]

Yeah they show a whole different side of them that few realize they have

[@itzel1735]

Blue Collar is one of my all time favs. But it’s a Bossa Nova tempo I think.

[@dadmateryn8092]

We must be related I was thinking the same exact songs 😎

[@edupazos]

Either this song, or possibly Old Time Rock n' Roll by Bob Seger, is the most dad rock dad rock song in the pantheon of all dad rock.

[@nyrocks5580]

I would also say that instead of the local bar band analogy, these guys are the opening band whose energy blew the headliners off the stage...and then became the headliners.

[@martinlegum4985]

How I love BTO! I saw them a couple of times quite a few years ago. They put on a great show. AMAZING music!

[@georgeperkins4171]

I saw them open for Aerosmith during the "permanent vacation" tour. They came out in denim coveralls. Real basic and just excellent.

[@martinlegum4985]

@@georgeperkins4171 saw them as solo act in San Diego in the mid 80's and got to be literally 5 feet from them in a barn/bar in Aurora, Colorado in the late 80's. We were very lucky to have been able to see such fantastic artists!

[@judysebern2005]

It’s not long when you’re out on the dance floor during high school. Memories of 1974 ❤️

[@yettiman2817]

More Canadian Bands PLEASE. The Tragically Hip must be heard

[@invisibledooley]

Seconded, I'd start with something like "Little Bones"

[@bodhisattva3774]

More April Wine! Sign of the Gypsy Queen.

[@geraldarsenault275]

they did new orleans is sinking during on a stream

[@yettiman2817]

@@geraldarsenault275 i must have missed it. But now the question is ... if they heard that,how can they not do another...lol

[@piscator57]

Sass Jordan

[@mattshaw6180]

BTO's "Roll On Down the Highway" is truly a speeding-ticket song; "It's Over" and "She's a Devil" are deep-track bangers

[@nyrocks5580]

I'm not so big on rating songs but, in this case, I have to say that this is s-tier for when you are working out, want to get pumped up in general, and to crank to 11 at a party or on a road trip.

[@okiejohn3925]

"Not Fragile, or "Sledgehammer" are some serious BANGERS from BTO...

[@Anna-hl5zb]

Nothing better than some good old Canadian rock & roll on a Monday morning! I love this song and this band ... soooo many memories flood back!

[@jimcarlson6157]

there was a time when Fragile and Not Fragile were simultaneously my favourite LPs

[@bobdelp2023]

THIS CLASSICCCC WAS A HUGE RADIO HIT IN THE 70'S YOU GUYS! 😊

[@surlechapeau]

A&A, FINALLY, waited a year for this!!! You got to one of my all-time favorite songs!!! You'd like their "Roll On Down the Highway" and "Hey You"!! edit- Norman Durkee on piano, who they grabbed from another studio. Don't let anyone tell you it was the pizza delivery man!

[@Vince-lq3ve]

Not the pizze guy?? But I heard that right out of Randy's mouth!

[@surlechapeau]

@@Vince-lq3ve its a made up story. A really cool story.

[@BobSoltis1]

@@Vince-lq3ve Randy has never let the truth get in the way of a good story!

[@Vince-lq3ve]

@@BobSoltis1 Well I guess Randy is both a good songwriter and a good story teller.

[@scubasteve4020]

Hoppin' around the back seat of Dad's Buick in '73. BTO cranked all the way up!

[@Anon90210]

Oh Canada, you have brought us some saucy music over the decades. Thanks.🇨🇦

[@paulmakowski5612]

One of my favorite bands growing up. It just brings back so many memories growing up

[@invisibledooley]

Deep Cut from BTO: "Blue Collar", not at all what you'd expect from the title. Also, you should react to "Undun" by the Guess Who (not sure if Randy was still with them at the time, but probably based on the jazzy chords being used).

[@edwardlongshanks827]

Bachman left in 1970. "Undun" was released in 1969 so he would have been playing on it.

[@schrodingerszombie2401]

Still a very popular and well-known song here in Canada. In fact, lots of people, including the play by play guy for Toronto Marlies AHL hockey, use the term "He takes the 8:15 into the city" to mean he took care of business and everyone knows what they mean.

[@christopherleonard247]

Used in a commercial in the US. I think Home Depot.

[@teetee_555]

I can't believe you two are JUST NOW HEARING this!!!!! We all NEED this in our lives!!!!

[@irishgrl]

Man, back in the day this was such feel good music! Brings me back to the time a bunch of us kids rolled up to school…great way to start the day!

[@Crazywater1976]

Sometimes you gotta just enjoy the tune boys! The guitars were great, the drums and the glove. Just give in to the groove and enjoy. It’s not suppose to be changing the world. Just enjoy it man. The two breaks are my favorite part.

[@jgsrhythm100]

BTO - " Looking Out For # 1" Completely different from what you've heard ( a Bossa ) and fantastic!! Surprisingly no one has reacted to this Mt guess A& A would love it.

[@danithompson8743]

I'm glad you mentioned "Looking Out for #1". Such a unique style!

[@jgsrhythm100]

@@danithompson8743 Agreed! Randy Bachman was apparently hip to the Bossa Craze of the late 60's. This track so aptly used in Austin Powers !!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKO9c5yngJWjb6c

[@DanielFrost21]

BTO was huge when I was a kid.....brings back so many memories.

[@larryeinzig3316]

Blue Collar is a great song by BTO, somewhat different from most of their songs, more jazzy but with a really great vibe.

[@davidking8839]

Knowing you guys are both rock musicians, I find it hard to believe neither one of you had ever heard this before. It's a 1970's garage band classic!

[@jamesbenton8347]

Every cover band in history had this on their set list. So fun.

[@wpawson]

This song a gem to Canada youth if you think 20 or 21 was youth was almost an anthem to me at that time in the early 70's. It still is great today. Thanks college guys and have a drink on me.

[@lisal6121]

Saw them in concert back in the day. I lost my hearing for about a week. So worth it. 🎉❤

[@Fhatal958]

Speaking of Foghat, still waiting for the long version of Slow Ride

[@gandalf679]

this band has always been on my record shelfs, a staple back in the 70's, had several albums on 8-track...got to see them live back then too...Rock ON! enjoy your channel a great deal...

[@Bass_Playa_Two_Point.O]

BTO's progenitor, The Guess Who is well worthy of review. Burton Cummings is one of the finest voices of the 60's/70s. Undun is probably my favorite song of theirs, but they have a ton of great hits.

[@frankeeb3836]

The 70s guys, it was that song you would ride home from school in your friends 68 camero full of girls shouting this song out the window to who ever wanted to hear it, along with Bababa baby you just ain’t seen nothing yet (which should be your next BTO song) those were good times 😊

[@pugman3174]

Great bar band song. Still kills with the older crowd. I've sang this in multiple bands and for some reason it still resonates. Dance and party!

[@waltw4537]

One of the great road songs! At least for me and my buddy AL (RIP) doing the 2 guys in the VW bug road trip out West when this was first out!

[@randycomerford2038]

Man I love BTO...simple music, with simple lyrics, but they were just so damn good with their formula.

[@patrickmichaelrosser6287]

One of my favorite bands (as it is for MANY Canadians)! So many rockers! 4 Wheel Drive, You Ain't seen Nothing Yet, Blue Collar +++

[@yettiman2817]

Elvis Presley loved this song so much he made TCB patches for his Entourage

[@mykicks]

Now THAT'S how you CRAFT a Pop-Rock single. Well done lads.

[@buzzwoo]

This was our Great Dane Atticus Finch’s favorite song! Put it on, car in reverse, and he was ready to go for a ride ! Thanks for the memories ❤

[@urbangrouse]

Thanks for hitting BTO again! Two more of theirs to definitely check out are "Looking Out For Number One", and "Blue Collar". Cheers!

[@hardboiledharry4061]

Blue collar band, guitarist Randy Bachman is a former member of The Guess Who who cowrote American Woman I think...OK next up should be You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet and then Roll On Down The Highway.

[@bronrutkowski2204]

Straight up 70s banger. Heard in every bar at the time!!

[@markb742]

I was about 19 when BTO rolled out with this song, and a friend from work took BTO as his number one band. He had parties at his house, and BTO would be cranked up and running. Those were great parties. Roll On Down The Highway, Flat Broke Love, and a bunch of other BTO songs would be on.

[@pdaniel9413]

Oh to be a teenager in the 70's. Remember seeing Montrose, Foghat, and BTO together when I was 16.

[@Dragoninja]

I love the everyday working-class people aspect of this song. When BTO References Public Transportation to get to Work, that sells the Song.

[@truthdweller3454]

"take the 8:15 to the city"

[@kasvan9034]

Randy Bachman was in the band “Guess Who”

[@kathytoy5055]

"Oh What A Feeling" by Crowbar. Another Canadian banger. Thanks.

[@schrodingerszombie2401]

Now, there is a BAR BAND for the ages.

[@MaddyN999]

Music is Magical! I used have at least 20 phone numbers memorized, and I can now only remember 2 or 3. But, play a song I haven’t heard in 30, 40, even 50 years and I remember every word, melody, guitar solos, drum solos, and screams. Then watching you guys react, trying to hold back the laugh a little longer knowing the scream is coming, or the sick guitar/drum solo or the amazing lyrics. Fucking Magical!

[@gramps6334]

The "Not Fragile" album was recorded in quadrophonic and was awesome.

[@debbieplato5107]

My hometown boys from Winnipeg, Canada. Other songs Blue Collar, Not Fragile, Rolling down the Highway, Looking out for number one. Randy Bachman before BTO was in the Guess Who. If you want to see one absolute banger of a version of American Woman please check out the 14 minute reunion version live in Winnipeg from 2004. You will see what a beast Randy Bachman is on guitar!

[@scottingram7634]

I've been banging on you guys for a while now to hit BTO's first album on Patreon. They bring the grit. And one of the best album covers ever.

[@m.y.o.b.724]

This one is a straight up jam for me. There's no such thing as going too long. More, please!🎶👍

[@lisaredman890]

You should listen to Let It Ride by them too.

[@scooterbaby1]

they did it

[@matthintz9468]

It's a very good driving song. In your car, warm day, windows down, and that guitar opens with the piano and bass. It really gets you going. I love it!

[@gvbezoff]

"Blue Collar" is Randy Bachman's jazz/rock masterpiece. A must listen. A Canadian band you must check out is the Headstones. May I suggest their cover of "Tweeter and the Monkey Man" or "Smile and Wave".

[@oldskool4612]

BTO in the 70's was great. Had multiple 8 track tapes. BTO 1 & 2, Fragile, Four Wheel Drive. Still love their tunes.

[@danarchuleta1154]

Maybe because I heard this so much, and it was everywhere, and unabashedly pop, this has never been one of my fav. BTO tunes. I am glad you guys gave the song an A. "Hey You" and "Hold Back the Water" are a couple I like.

[@bobbyhulll8737]

Exactly what Canadian hasn’t heard this song a zillion times on radio .. but it is a great song and great live but I feel I’ve heard it twice a day since it was released lol

[@CHAUNCEY.GARDNER.]

Just stated that,I'm in Toronto and 62,I runaway when this is played,I love music,but my fave is Blue Collar.

[@flatblack39]

"Hold Back the Water"

[@scottingram7634]

@@flatblack39 Another song from that first album, the one A&A need to react to on Patreon.

[@FoardenotFord]

This was one of the first songs that me and my buddies learned to jam on back in high school. Great to see your reaction 🤘🏼

[@firecogs]

There a great story about Randy’s orange gret getting stolen on the road decades ago and him recently getting it back on KZbin. It’s worth a watch. 💪🏼

[@teresac3964]

They played BTO so often on the radio that even to this day, I can play their songs in my head like I just heard them yesterday.

[@davidburkett4005]

You need to Google the story about the Pizza Guy adding the piano part on the fly. The studio ordered a pizza and he said that the song needed piano, so he added it and they kept it on the recording. The pizza guy left, never to be seen again until years later.

[@mcnater]

This is actually a myth...the piano part was recorded by a seasoned musician who was working in the studio next to BTO when they recorded the song.

[@markchapel6694]

@@mcnater - not according to Randy Bachman. He confirmed the pizza guy story on his CBC radio show "Vinyl Tap".

[@mcnater]

@@markchapel6694 The WIKi article covering the song also gets into the myth.

[@drossword]

@@markchapel6694 Everyone but Randy disputes this, including Robbie Bachman. The pianist was Norman Durkee, he was not a pizza delivery man. He was working in the next studio and supposedly brought over a pizza that had been mistakenly delivered to Steve Miller, which might have been the source of the confusion.

[@davidburkett4005]

There was a lot of versions but Randy said it was true. Anyway the bluesy piano added so much to this song. Can’t imagine it without it.

[@johnrex2820]

had this on 8 track and played it very loud in my convertible with the top down and the wind rushing through my hair it was meant to emphasize the beat as that was all you could hear through an 8 track got it on vinyl many years later couldn't believe how much better it sounds on vinyl with proper amp and speakers

[@aBeatleFan4ever]

Randy Bachman wrote songs with Burton Cummings in The Guess Who. They had four million selling singles in a row (songs like "No Time" and "American Woman") and then Randy went off to do his own thing. This song is just great, solid rock n roll. Piano and guitar rock has always been my favorite (since Chuck Berry awoke the beast).

[@robertcollins197]

BTO, Bad Company, Thin Lizzy and other making straight forward rock n roll. No need to be fancy. Plug in and bang it out. Good times.

[@Critical_Thinker858]

By '86 this 1973 classic had been a staple for radio air play for 13 years of my 17 years on the planet. Imagine (if you will) closing out your junior year in High School on May 16th, 1986 taking in BTO opening for Van Halen on their 5150 tour... an 80's Rock-n-Roll classic concert! Like if aliens came to earth and said they wanted to experience Rock and Roll, I would only need to take them to this show to hear this and then later in the show, Eddie play his latest modified version of Eruption as part of his mind blowing tricked out solo and they would get it completely. I'll never forget that show. Love these guys!

[@827dusty]

This Canadian Band is an offshoot of "The Guess Who," also Canadian. Randy Bachman's great guitar mastery is a joy to listen to. This Band was the posterchild for 70s Rock. Great Band in concert live.

[@AndersonDawesWasRight]

Local bar band? Now imagine this live at a summer rock festival with ~20K people bopping along.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

Not to mention that the lyrics are hilarious. And Randy Bachman could sing anything and I would love it. The first actual band I was in in high school not related to school covered some cool stuff plus a few originals, but we did a BTO song called Tramp, which is actually on their greatest hits album but I don't think it was a huge hit. But I fell in love with that song; it has this incredible circular structure for the riff and it just feels so good.

[@timprice5747]

I remember seeing them opening for Van Halen in the 80s, like 10 years after they had been huge. They looked like a bar band, or a bunch of guys tailgating at a football game. They were excellent.

[@magicbrownie1357]

The first song I ever played in a band. Way back in the 70's. This was the first song my first band played that actually sounded like a real song. After this song, I thought, OH, FAR OUT! There may be something to this band thing. So it holds a special place in my heart for that, more so for that, than the quality of the song.

[@bretttiesmaki981]

Apparently this song was one of Elvis Presley's faves 😉

[@NorsePJ]

You should listen to Randy's story about the piano player. He was delivering a pizza a couple of doors down the hall when he asked if he could play with BTO. They let him, then forgot all about his bit. It was put into the final mix and it helped the song but they had no idea what the name of the guy was. They eventually found him and he got credit. He went onto a very successful music career. Randy tells it far better. Look it up.

[@timwhitnell7145]

A+ bordering on S Tier for me for almost 50 years now. Hard to believe you haven't heard this before. It is an anthem for the blue collar working class person. Vocals and guitar by the great Randy Bachman, previously of the legendary Guess Who. This song was everywhere on Canadian radio for decades but especially in the 1970s. Lots more bangers by BTO in the early to mid-1970s - Let It Ride, You Aint Seen Nothing Yet, Hey You, Roll On Down The Highway, Lookin Out For No. 1, Blue Collar and Gimme Your Money Please. BTW, the song's title became Elvis' motto (TCB) in his later years.

[@Mark-sc9iu]

BTO, one of my favorite bands. All of the others recommendations are for their songs are great. I also suggest 'Not Fragile'. It has a killer intro.

[@billide1463]

The musical history of Randy Bachman is long and varied throughout North America; producing, opening act for many serious gigs and a musicians' musician to all concerned. senior from Canada

[@RockyMtnRebecca]

This takes me back to high school dances.... Any band that came thru town did this tune as well. Not that well - but we didn't care LOL Love it. Used to know every word. - pretty much still do. Thnx guys! ♥

[@AngryPostmanStockholm]

Long sea no time, welcome back. BTO have so many great songs beyond the radio tracks, to mention some of them: Welcome Home Four Wheel Drive Second Hand My Wheels Won't Turn Not Fragile Just For You ♥ Give Me Youir Money Please Stayed Awake All Night Down Down Hey You Blue Collar Hold Back The Water

[@colleenwood8220]

This band is amazing.

[@tylerhackner9731]

For some reason I thought you had gotten to this one already

[@andyandalex]

Same lol, we checked a good amount to make sure we hadn’t

[@tylerhackner9731]

@@andyandalex glad you did eventually! A bit repetitive, but still great imo

[@robland6804]

Hootie and the Blowfish are the best Bar Band Broke Big of the 90s. Gotta put Hootie's "Hold My Hand" on the calendar.

[@ronalddobis6782]

Simple three chord song but executed flawlessly.

[@HRConsultant_Jeff]

BTO had 4 top 40 albums and 6 10 40 hits and won Album of the year among other awards.