In Your Letter - REO Speedwagon | The Midnight Special

REO Speedwagon performed December 5, 1980
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[@danstone8783]

We all know Gray is fabulous on guitar , but it is cool to watch Neal Doughty play keys. He never got the recognition he deserved.

[@janiterinadrum1627]

Not exactly one of their heavy rock songs… sometimes Kevin Cronin sort of rubbed me the wrong way… he’s saying a lot of great songs… put on songs like this one…. I just can’t.

[@janiterinadrum1627]

The guitar solos, on roll with the changes are legendary.. Gary doesn’t get enough credit for making their great songs great because he’s the one that did it

[@kingofallwhites]

@@janiterinadrum1627What? Are you drunk?

[@user-zi8ux6fy2n]

Life's a Beach 🏖️

[@Douglas.Scott.McCarron]

The singer with the best Diction in all of Rock n Roll.

[@tracemontgomery5459]

Lol, it's true. Can't think of anyone betterrrr.

[@ashratempel5094]

Amazing masterpiece from the summer of my years.

[@gregoryduncan3067]

The Midnight Special is life. The rest is just details.

[@Katerina9256]

😊 I love this comment ❤

[@gregoryduncan3067]

They could put that on a T-shirt. Make a million bucks with it.

[@Filthy-sq5rm]

I was 12 when The Midnight Special first aired and was 21 when it was cancelled. In those 9 years there were some great acts, that's for sure.

[@44mickd]

Underrated song, love it!

[@steffendass4169]

Saw them a couple of times when they came to Trinidad and Tobago. America should declare this band a National Treasure.

[@kellyheath6952]

Indeed

[@ColtraneTaylor]

Did many bands come to Trinidad then?

[@neilnola3520]

Amazing live performance in their prime!

[@Paul71H]

I had forgotten about this REO song. It sounds like an early 1960s pop song or doo-wop song -- very different from many of REO's other hits.

[@roxannemoser]

Kevin's songwriting is so versatile. That's what I love about him.

[@kellyheath6952]

Even 50 s

[@Paul71H]

@@kellyheath6952 Agreed. I was thinking mid-1950s to early 1960s, or something like that.

[@jnadle1]

Or like something Manfred Mann could've done (like Doo Wah Diddy Diddy).

[@that70sgirl90]

One of my favorites.... ✍️ It's not letters anymore it's texts. Happy Saturday... thank you for sharing! 💖

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Wow, you’re so right about the analogy of no letters but texts now, thank you for the insight…😃

[@that70sgirl90]

@@KittyGrizGriz Thank you for sharing! 💖

[@gracielaiacono432]

El solo de piano ❤ ...mortal❤

[@robertholliday8856]

I think Richrath penned this song. He was a rock god. He and Doughty made REO.

[@Jreb1865]

They need to get some "Midnight Special" merch and tee shirts going on...

[@user-jt1eo9yo7k]

가장 좋아하는곡 입니다. 지금도 이곡을 들을수있어.다행입니다.

[@P51]

very unusual to see Gary without his Les Paul strapped on

[@johndeblaquiere5218]

Simply amazing band takes me back

[@adriannademadriguera4859]

great band. great song. great album. 😊😊😊

[@paulsonj72]

The story behind this one in priceless

[@rebeccawagner4167]

Midnight Special kudos for having an extremely amazing band like REO Speedwagon on🎉🎉

[@user-iy6uz3ke5i]

Reo Speedwagon y su canción In Your Letter en Chile éxito en 1981....

[@Good-Enough024]

Great music, good classic song and brings back good times.

[@dragongold7732]

FULL SHOW 70 REO PLEASE

[@billybio6840]

Could the audience look any less enthusiastic…that album is awesome from beginning to end

[@P51]

agree

[@markglabinski526]

I agree on both counts.

[@WhenImBackInChicago]

They were transfixed/spellbound/mesmerized (rendered motionless😅) by the brilliance of the song❣️

[@gregoryduncan3067]

Or they were just plain clinical.

[@lemurianchick]

@@gregoryduncan3067Or...the album "High Infidelity" was released November 21st, 1980 and this show was December 5th. I remember very clearly what a monster hit this album was but I associate it with 1981. I guarantee you that if this show had been two months later they would have been goung crazy.

[@Vejarc7]

They should re-release it as “In your email” for today’s generation.

[@theteam2199]

Reo is the best

[@AndresManosalvas]

Marvelous 😊

[@rbcrain2469]

I never heard this before, great retro song

[@kellyheath6952]

I think Oreo Speedwagon is among or the best American bands ever to come out along with the Eagles, the Doobies and Grand Funk😎

[@myrnasoto3597]

In your letter, ooh, in your letter In your letter, ooh, in your letter In your letter, ooh, in your letter In your letter, ooh, in your letter Oh, in your letter, you said you didn't love me You said you're gonna leave me But you could've said it better Oh-ooh-oh, in your letter, you said you couldn't face me You said you could replace me But you could've said it better You could've left him only for an evening, let him be lonely But you hid behind your poison pen and his pride You could've told him somethin' And proved to me you don't love him But you hid behind your future full of lies Oh-ooh-oh, in your letter Ooh-ooh-ooh, you could've left him only for an evening, let him be lonely But you hid behind your poison pen and his pride You could've told him somethin' And proved to me you don't love him (ooh-ooh) But you hid behind your future full of lies, oh-ooh-oh In your letter (in your letter), you said you didn't love me (in your letter) You said you're gonna leave me (in your letter) But you could've said it better (in your letter) Oh-ooh-oh, in your letter (in your letter) You said you couldn't face me (in your letter) You said you could replace me (in your letter) But you could've said it better (in your letter) Oh-oh-oh, in your letter (in your letter) Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh, in your letter (in your letter, in your letter) Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh, in your letter (in your letter, in your letter) Ooh (in your letter, in your letter) Ooh (in your letter, in your letter) Ooh (in your letter, in your letter) Ooh (in your letter, in your letter) Ooh (in your letter, in your letter) Ooh (in your letter, in your letter...)

[@roodianpinedo2643]

Qué deliciosa armonía. Maravillosa forma de iniciar una nueva jornada de trabajo, acompañado de excelentes clásicos como éste. Saludos desde Moyobamba, Perú.

[@ewardnolan6062]

They are great-first concert with my wife in 1987🥰

[@BenjaminButton443]

Cronin always creeps me out with that 1000 yd stare of his.

[@peterdarker1]

lol His eyes were on the prize

[@DrummingMan1]

definitely polarizing figure! Love his voice!

[@kingofallwhites]

It’s your gay side trying to tell you something.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Me too; he looks and acts like a doofus haha

[@user-river835]

멋있어요 멋쪄용 Very good

[@adalbertorodriguez8454]

Bonitos recuerdos

[@camerondodge2070]

I swear I've heard this during a Scooby-Doo chase scene. I know if I got to look it won't be in any, but I swear I've heard it in one.

[@Paul71H]

It's similar to the style of music that was used in chase scenes in some of the original "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?" episodes.

[@StephanieJeanne]

I forgot about this song! I liked it for its nostalgic sound... Strange to think three days later, the world would mourn a tragic loss.🥲

[@gregoryduncan3067]

Maybe John Lennon watched that episode before he died. Who knows?

[@StephanieJeanne]

@@gregoryduncan3067 Anything's possible, I suppose.

[@gregoryduncan3067]

That's true.

[@davesiringo7147]

Has a Neil Sedaka vibe

[@gregoryduncan3067]

That's an interesting angle to look at it from.

[@todd8859]

Listen to that bass back beat through the whole song.

[@kiss-acdc]

REO Speedwagon ............ PERÚ !

[@jeffreysalter8111]

Great song just check it out

[@chatcheukaranthanabut8830]

The band is the best and vocal lead

[@hekeletj]

💙💙💙💙💙

[@roxannemoser]

Kevin Cronin's smile is just infectious

[@thekratzman]

never saw them have backup singers before like on here.

[@hippiepeace8614]

Saw them with Styx and Def leapard

[@JOSELOPEZ-qs8yq]

Before Autotune, there were REAL singers!!

[@DrTomoculus]

THANK YOU MIDNIGHT SPECIAL for making me wonder WHAT IS THAT GUITAR GARY RICHRATH IS PLAYING!!!!

[@everythingmatters6308]

I wonder, too. It looks like a 12 string at 1:29.

[@Jreb1865]

I was wondering same...lol

[@DrTomoculus]

@@everythingmatters6308 A mid 1960's FENDER XII

[@everythingmatters6308]

@@DrTomoculus Thanks! Wasn't familiar with this model. Should have been since it was used on "Stairway."

[@DrTomoculus]

Me as well, I should have known it from Pete Townshend. The colour threw me, but I thought the shape said Fender!@@everythingmatters6308

[@user-ml3zz4rs5m]

Right

[@DougMcDave]

The piano player looks like Sam from "The Lord of the Rings."

[@rss8363]

👀

[@jamar2349]

Kevin Cronin is one of the sexiest lead men of all time.

[@kingofallwhites]

Is that an organ sound coming out of a twelve string electric?

[@robkerr8695]

"I love Lucy" t shirt??

[@dannyrohr3125]

The keyboard player wrote this song Neil d.

[@Perfectly_Adoring_Kevin_Cronin]

Why does the audience appear to be angry and disappointed ⁉️

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Probably because of the way the lead singer was staring 👀 @ them 😜 😂

[@eric_in_florida]

And so begins the Kevin influenced "soft rock" era. Made them a lot of money but still a pity.

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

they were always soft and AOR

[@penelopepitstop6731]

It's a transition to pop for sure, but IMHO, Hi Infidelity is still a very good record in the pop space.

[@gregoryduncan3067]

Nine Lives was a very heavy album for them but it didn't do as good as Tuna Fish. Seems to me like that would be a logical direction for them to go in.

[@curtisphilumalee1447]

💯 I agree. They lost me as a fan when they put this album out. I bought this album and end up giving it away to a girl I worked with.

[@10000jims]

@@JulioLeonFandinho you need to listen to Live, You Get What You Play For. Rocks from start to finish.

[@nb7466]

What happened to that band. Not saying those songs aren't good. But how did they go from golden country. To this.

[@kellyheath6952]

To make them big bucks

[@nb7466]

@@kellyheath6952 but I thought musicians are in it for the music. Not the money lll

[@user-iq6cc3df3l]

I love the expression on the girl’s face at around 2:50, in the pink sweater. I wonder if SHE is the girl with the poisoned pen? Hmm. . . .

[@user-iq6cc3df3l]

So, I take it he’s still a bit upset about how his ex-girlfriend ended it? I might be reading him wrong though.

[@paulsonj72]

Actual story is Neil Dougherty came home and his wife left him a letter saying she was leaving him for the guy who provided them with “illegal substances “. His reaction. I ‘m going to miss that guy

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Kevin Cronin looks~acts like a doofus here, don’t throw tomatoes at me haha, not liking the song either…

[@chipper2462]

This album spelled the beginning of the end for a once good rock band..Bubblegum shite.