Red Rider - Lunatic Fringe | REACTION

[@mikeg.4211]

The lyrics from this are very fitting today and were ahead of their time.

[@HollowGolem]

I mean, the West had an ascendant neo-Nazi movement in the 70's, and they were reacting to that. We just... didn't eradicate all the neo-Nazi ideas back then.

[@YahWay.]

Back then the lunatic Fringe was 5% of the population, now it's 38%, By the twilight's last gleaming

[@mikeg.4211]

@@YahWay. Well said!

[@jeffjones6221]

This tune kicks ass. Plain and simple.

[@guitarilla9823]

Love it how all the heads start bobbin when the main riff hits. Always a good sign

[@marybolletta1106]

I know! I was loving that!

[@jaemyrick5277]

Lunatic Fringe and that classic opening guitar riffs. It’s been heard on Miami Vice” that hip and always stylish cop drama from the 80’s.

[@bobr4987]

Another band to consider is "The Kings". Their hit party song..."This Beat Goes On / Switchin' To Glide". Yeah, they joined two songs together, so great for getting the party started.

[@micheleparker3780]

O God YES!!!!!!!😍💖

[@odannyboy3338]

Totally agree! Love The Kings!

[@toddb3226]

Always got a Pink Floyd vibe from this.. Not the lyrics, but the rhythm guitar and then that solo!

[@dimedraweriv258]

Yep I've always felt that way. Very Gilmour

[@saraheart2804]

I always thought it was a PF song. HaHa.

[@soniadenison1690]

I have to agree! First time I heard I just knew I was hearing a Pink Floyd song! 😂

[@tonidh69]

Same! I did think it was Pink Floyd

[@bobthebear1246]

That's exactly who I thought this was when I first heard this amazing song back in 1982. And the funny thing is that Pink Floyd is my favorite band of all-time.

[@cometogether999]

Loved this song as a teenager in high school, I used to hear it on the radio and liked it immediately.

[@karlschmitt6359]

Great song! Another song I was fortunate to hear when it originally came out on MTV in the 80's!

[@bigbadjohnpesek9894]

I went to a concert and they were the opening band. I knew the song but didnt know who sang it. When they played this I was up out of my seat jumping up and down like a little kid.

[@BertZedic]

So many great lyrics in this song, all pointed at the Lunatic Fringe "You're in hiding And you hold your meetings" (KKK), "But I'm on guard this time Against your final solution" (Nazism). But the one that hits me most and I know had to be influenced by John Lennon's death which happened while he was writing and recording this - "We can hear the footsteps out along the walkway" which makes reference to Lennon being murdered on the walkway to his apartment. I get goosebumps every time I hear that line. Just a fantastic song with a great message that we will not let hate rule....Add Harem Scarem's "Change The World" as another Canadian band with a fantastic song that has a message of love not hate.

[@SpotWorksLNC]

Tom had a string of Canadian solo hits, including Big League! And Red Rider’s White Hot is a must listen!

[@xboxrules8472]

He played Big League unplugged before a Canucks home game in 2008 dedicated to Canucks rookie defenseman Luc Bourdon who was killed in a motorcycle accident before the season started. It's a sad event, but Tom Cochrane's performance starts at about 5:53 , wasn't a dry eye in the house. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXmqdWRodtaMoM0

[@melaniemavromaras4902]

Big League is a great suggestion

[@oliver6749]

Thanks for doing some Canadian music! There'e another musician who lived close to tom cochrane, I know this because i'm from the same town. You will be amazingly surprised to listen to Jeff Healey. He played with Stevie Ray Von and he is blind. A great song is...Can you see the light live. Absolutely amazing!

[@Dolfan5413]

We used to come out to this as our basketball team in 1988..

[@jeffpeterson6959]

Canadian musical royalty has to be Bachman Turner Overdrive. Their greatest banger is 'Roll on down the Highway" . Gotta play it!!

[@toddstevens13]

With a Not Fragile, chaser perhaps?

[@Mr2012Ultra]

@@toddstevens13 these guys would love this.

[@bobthebear1246]

YESSSS!!

[@stevepaterson7503]

This song was also used in an episode of Miami Vice

[@Bashprint]

This song was featured in the 1985 Matthew Modine movie, Vision Quest. That intro is epic.

[@chrisstory563]

it was also featured in an episode of Miami Vice too.

[@xboxrules8472]

@@chrisstory563 Smuggler's Blues, same year too, 1985.

[@cryptoking7093]

This song still describes the lunatic fringe we see today... not to get political but the lunatic fringe has taken over a political party completely. I'll leave it to you to guess which...

[@elmoomle4565]

Great tune. I met and briefly chatted with Tom Cochrane in the mid 90's at my place of business...a very chill and down to earth fellow. And very tall...my guess at the time was 6'6" or 6' 8".

[@xboxrules8472]

I highly recommend a band named Chilliwack and the song Fly At Night, one of the best classic rock songs of all time.

[@irishkelly654]

Loved Chilliwack! Best to you..

[@Thoseweekendgolfguysradioshow]

They used this a few times on the soundtrack for the TV show "Miami Vice". I was one of the first to play it on the radio at a rock station down in Charleston SC.

[@MarkTitus420]

This song was Huge on the radio when I first started getting stoned and getting laid - brings back lots good memories. We used to have things called drive-in theatres. If you had a pick up truck you had it made.

[@marketerscry]

I heard this song in the 80s movie "Vision Quest" the first movie Mathew Modine was in prior to "Full Metal Jacket".

[@xboxrules8472]

An episode of Miami Vice named Smuggler's Blues opened with this song in 1985. Everyone in Canada heard this on the radio frequently.

[@Imperialist440]

This song was so cool when it came out around 1980 or 1981; heavy rotation on the brand new MTV network! The whole album is good and actually had a couple of singles.

[@David-su4is]

Awesome song guys, well done. They have an amazing catalogue. Used to listen to these guys and the Payolas, which of course leads one to suggest Carol Pope to you as well (High School Confidential).

[@Ilikeryche]

Is Carol Pope connected to the Payolas somehow? I like the Rough Trade tune "All Touch".

[@David-su4is]

@@Ilikeryche they just did a... duet?... "Never said I loved you". All touch, also a very good song.

[@mjweber0313]

"This is like you're on a mission" You mean like a Vision Quest kind of thing 😅

[@bramcurtis6900]

One of THE most played tracks in FM musical history.

[@onepieceofgumleft]

“This is like a highway road” ... Lol. Ironically , the lead singer (Tom Cochrane) has a hit from his solo career called “Life is a Highway”. Cheers from Canada. BTO “Four Wheel Drive” is banger from the late 70’s

[@kevinsievert4531]

While teaching at a New Hampshire camp when this was made, while driving up to Quebec City (in a mistaken belief that French Canadian girls would swoon over us) Lunatic Fringe and Radar Love were the songs on continuous loop. Driving music indeed.

[@tikinut3458]

This is always one of my songs I played Driving through the Arizona Desert on I-10 at 3 a.m. with the T-Tops off. This song was also in the 80s movie Vision Quest.

[@jonathanmol4489]

I enjoyed this song as part of the soundtrack for Visionquest with Matthew Modine. I would suggest Common Disaster by the Cowboy Junkies. The singer's voice is silky smooth and I was going to see them live at Tampa theatre, but the concert was on 9/11. I thought it may be inappropriate.

[@debbieplato5107]

Love you are going behind the Maple curtain again. 🇨🇦 Another Tom Cochrane song is White Hot. Other Canadian bands Tragically Hip New Orleans is Sinking, Twist my Arm The Tea Party The Bazaar, Temptation The Guess Who Undun, Albert Flasher Rush La villa Strangiato official music video Xanadu from Exit Stage Left A newer Canadian band that has a 70's vibe is Crown Lands Leadfoot White Buffalo Cheers 🇨🇦

[@tracycampbell3060]

Thank you for this reaction. I'm Canadian and I have never seen thier video.

[@craigslue]

I remember the first time I heard this song at a dance club of all places , very much out the norm for this bar and the DJ threw this on and I just fell in love with this song. Had to go ask him the band and song and went out and bought it the next day. Still a great song! Song has been in movies and I believe it was even in Miami Vice.

[@russtex]

Great song! I remember when this came out on MTV in the early 80's! I have it recorded on VHS tape!

[@MrDeadstu]

Holy Schnykies, this be will sweet, a classic tune.

[@josiepkat]

Man he really nails (the young man in the Phoenix shirt ) the vibe of this song.. dystopian and absolutely driving down the freeway to a last stand or something. I've always dug this song. It's also on the soundtrack to the movie Vision Quest (1985) and I have that on vinyl. So strange this song should come from a guy who also probably wrote one of the happiest songs about driving down a highway. LOL.

[@enigmatic_soul9112]

This was in the movie Vision Quest w/ Mathew Modine

[@nancymartineau-bauman6018]

Used to love this band and heard this song all the time. Great choice.

[@8DecadesLife]

It was also used on Breaking Bad.

[@Cheshirecat-nx9zn]

When this album first came out someone gave it to me for my birthday. I wasn't quite sure what it would sound like. Turns out the whole album is awesome.

[@glennawhiteman742]

Some other Canadian rock bands are Saga....their song On the loose was huge. Honeymoon suite...song..New girl now! Glass Tiger!!! !!!!Their first album(thin red line) was fire! Also did a song with singer Brian Adams! I also have seen this band live They played front for Journey, in 1987....they were really great! Canadian metal band "Killer Dwarfs" Their Catchy and upbeat songs.. Keep that spirit alive and We stand alone are fun and accompanied with a comedic video. Then there are the kings of Canadian bands RUSH!!! I'm think ya probably already know them!😀

[@ericnowak682]

I love the way all your heads bobbed to the beat and truly enjoyed it. I'm 53 now so I was around when it debuted, and I've always loved the song for the best uniqueness of it, but associate it now with political fringe wackos. Enjoyed your take on it.

[@wadstur8429]

Great song from Vision Quest movie. Perfect sound

[@gerib4234]

Great great choice! Excited to see y'all's reaction. Classic tune!

[@mikenorton632]

Gilmore plays the steel guitar in the song "High Hopes" live, I think it's on the pulse video.

[@nitro_001newman2]

I remember this song on Miami Vice. The music went great with the tv show.

[@danielrustom9732]

Cranked up in the car...Awesome..

[@brittanyjaeger3606]

I love this ❤❤ im 30 and grew up listening to this through my parents.. i always thought it was normal, and now im realising not everyone knows these freakin BANGERS . Its fun watching people realize how awesome they are

[@hotelcalifornia8359]

This song still slaps,in 2022

[@marybloody615]

Another song from Tom Cochrane - "Big League" a song about a young hockey player killed in a motor vehicle and later released song as a charity single for a real life accident - On April 6, 2018, sixteen people were killed and thirteen were injured when a northbound coach bus struck a westbound semi-trailer truck that blew through a stop sign near Armley, Saskatchewan, Canada. The driver of the semi-truck had failed to yield at a flashing stop sign at the intersection of Highways 35 and 335. The semi-trailer was travelling at a speed of approximately 100 km/h (62 mph). Most of the deceased and injured were players from the Humboldt Broncos, a junior ice hockey team from Humboldt, Saskatchewan, which plays in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL).

[@seanluke6087]

For Classic Canadian Rock, I'll throw both Go for a Soda, and Lager and Ale by Kim Mitchell into the mix. I think you guys will love them.

[@elmoomle4565]

Agree!! Kim Mitchell/Max Webster...far too many GREAT Tunes to list.

[@xboxrules8472]

Patio Lanterns is probably less known.

[@VictorRomeo1917]

both are so good. some Doug and the Slugs would be good to check out too.

[@rmurphy4299]

Lager & Ale and/or Rock n Roll Duty for sure. See if you can find Barney Bentall & the Legendary Hearts 'Something to live for' from Vancouver :-)

[@toddstevens13]

Oh and then you hit them with Kim Mitchell/ Max Webster and Rush together in Battlescar. Or for fun Toronto Tonto's or Hangover.

[@chadcampbell7572]

Good stuff guys. Just stumbled onto your channel and love that you guys are showing Canada some Love. Some other bands you might like Street heart- Hollywood or Action. Harlequin- Thinking of you or Innocence. Saga- Wind him up or On the Loose. So much more

[@jaretnegron6809]

If you wanna check out some other great songs from Red Rider, listen to my favorite song from them, "White Hot", and from the same album, "Don't Fight It"

[@robertkelly2223]

I first heard this song in the movie VisionQuest, immediately loved it

[@RemodelingByRy]

This song was my first upload on my youtube channel with me playing along to it. I did my best without using a slide but I know how to play that as well just dont own a lap steel guitar and I only have 20 subscribers on my channel lol. Thank you for recognizing a well written song... also you could say " As Far As I Am"

[@timwhitnell7145]

Oh guys, there are so many great Canadian bands and singer/songwriters. This is not a definitive list but quite representative of artists up to about 1995. I grew up listening to most of these. You know the biggies like Rush, The Guess Who and Neil Young, and you've heard a bit of the underrated rock trio Triumph and April Wine (Roller and so much more), but also check out Bachman Turner Overdrive (Guess Who guitarist Randy Bachman's kickass rock group - you've likely heard of their monster 1974 hit Takin' Care of Business), Gordon Lightfoot (Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, If You Could Read My Mind, Sundown, Carefree Highway etc.), The Tragically Hip (Little Bones, Three Pistols, New Orleans is Sinking, Blow at High Dough, Ahead By a Century, Fifty Mission Cap - enjoy the rabbit hole), The Band (originally the backing band for Ronnie Hawkins then Bob Dylan - The Weight, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Cripple Creek etc.), the now little known Klaatu (one of my favourites, rumoured in the late 1970s to be The Beatles reformed - do the full studio versions of Calling Occupants, Sub Rosa Subway, True Life Hero and Anus of Uranus off their debut album 3:47 EST), Saga (from my humble little hometown of Oakville, Ontario - On the Loose and Wind Him Up), The Kings (also from my hometown of Oakville - their super catchy party hit This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide), Five Man Electrical Band (social commentary mega hit Signs), Bryan Adams (anything off the Reckless or Cuts Like a Knife albums), Blue Rodeo, Loverboy and the criminally virtually unknown - outside of Canada - Max Webster (Kim Mitchell's original band - the super high energy and quirky lyrics of High Class In Borrowed Shoes plus Hangover, Let Go The Line, A Million Vacations, Oh War!, Gravity and On the Road.) I know this is a lot but you asked for Canadian band/song suggestions. Keep up the great work. I'm always looking to see if you guys are reacting to 1960s, '70s and '80s rock songs.

[@xboxrules8472]

Jeff Healey- See The Light Night Music 1988 Chilliwack- Fly At Night, Trooper- Boys in the Bright White Sportscar, Aldo Nova- Fantasy, Steppenwolf- Magic Carpet Ride, Prism- Don't Let Him Know, Glass Tiger- Don't Forget Me

[@IMheady]

Yay Canada ...great you guys are rocking to Classic Canuck rock. Saw these guys... oddly enough they opened for April wine. They opened with this song and was amazing.

[@philking6444]

Excellent choice and very fitting for the times these days. Rock songs are not supposed to be this prolific.

[@lauriewatson5833]

Really a song of the Revolution

[@bobd4401]

Others have mentioned Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO), and I would add that if you want "Crank it to 11" road trip song, check out "Let It Ride" from them!

[@johnfinlay4963]

riding down the highway up to no good. lmao. yep, done it many times . just found you guys recently. great reactions to april wine . you guys need to revisit queensryche. “ lady wore black” “ jet city woman” “eyes of a stranger” are a few of their good ones . anything off the Operation Mindcrime album as well

[@wayneanderson5293]

I remember when this came out, in about 1982. It rocked then, and it was meaningful then, but it's much more meaningful now. I bought the record on vinyl LP back then, and I still have it. More on that a little later... The lyrics aren't kidding: "Lunatic Fringe/ We all know you're out there/ You're in hiding/ And you hold your meetings..." One of the real keys to what it's about comes a little later: "..'Cause you gotta blame someone/ For your own confusion/ We're on guard this time/ Against your Final Solution." That's a reference to the Nazi Party. They blamed all their problems on Jews and Bolsheviks, and their "Final Solution to the Jewish Problem" (THEIR PHRASE) was the death camps. Now the modern lunatic fringe is blaming their confusion on Muslims and immigrants, hoping to resurrect and use the fear and hate of the ignorant. This song is about how we must never let hate and fascism and totalitarianism again get a chance to take over society. "We can hear you coming/ No, you're not gonna win this time/ We can hear the footsteps/ Hey, out along the walkway..." Yet now, with donald trump and the rise of far-right hate cult thinking, we're teetering on the brink. The Republican Project 2025 is their plan to take permanent control of the US government, eliminating democracy in the name of donald trump. That's the Lunatic Fringe in 2024. Incidentally, there's a little-known bit missing. The last verse, in the record, says, "Lunatic Fringe/ We all know you're out there/ Can you feel the resistance?/ Can you feel the thunder?" And then the ambulance sound - which I suspect means the lunatics have detonated a bomb somewhere. But the original lyrics, printed on the record sleeve, were longer: "Lunatic Fringe/ We all know you're out there/ But in this new Dark Age/ There will still be light/ An eye for an eye/ Just before you go under/ Can you feel the resistance? / Can you feel the thunder?" Meaning, even with the lunatic fringe doing their worst, good people must resist, and fight back. They'll have their last gasp, do their last harm, just before they're eliminated, but we WILL RESIST, and win.

[@aarturog]

You guys need to listen to "I Like to Rock" by April Wine from the Harder...Faster album.

[@mastadonwesley1042]

I saw them in 82 opening for Pat Benetar. They played a couple other songs. Nothing...we were all waiting for. "Lunatic Fringe". It was awesome. My first big boy concert. The first rock & roll sound I heard with my High School friends. As far as being about anti bigotry or whatever. I just enjoyed the song. I didn't get any deep message 😕.

[@rustyknyffe88]

years and years ago, a group of us did a martial arts demonstration to this song - it was such a perfect piece. And, the lap steel guitar is excellent

[@shannonshirreff5945]

Streetheart was always a favorite band - Snow White, Under My Thumb.

[@bryanduke1973]

In high school and training wrestling joined the military after high school after I got out trained MMA BJJ and I wish I was a little younger to fight UFC but was a little old for it. The song is vision quest

[@donnahickey9206]

Love this tune thanks for reacting to this classic

[@tmr626]

Red Rider has a great pop rocker titled "Breaking Curfew" if you've never heard it before. Have you guys ever heard of Australian Pink Floyd who were fully endorsed by the real Pink Floyd? They do an exceptional version of "High Hopes" using the steel guitar. Look for the post by: Aussie Floyd from 2012. Australian Pink Floyd also do a wicked version of "Comfortably Numb" posted by: Jose Olave H or keef1212. Enjoy!

[@andrewknight4746]

If you ever decide to revisit Red Rider try, “What Have You Got to Do”, “Human Race”, “Big League” and “Can’t Turn Back”. Some other Canadian bands you should like, Max Webster, “High Class in Borrowed Shoes”, “Battlescar” or The Pursuit Of Happiness, “I’m An Adult Now”, “White Man” or The Tea Party, “Temptation”, “The Messenger” to name a couple.

[@sherryarflin726]

This is a really good album and this song is sick. Crank it up!!!

[@vikingnortheast]

just btw, that siren sound at the end was the slide guitar

[@noraelliott7304]

I love this whole album.

[@yosh45]

It’s worth watching Vision Quest just for this song

[@CBALLEN]

Sounds like a cross between HEART and PINK FLOYD.

[@Golddust427]

Know the song but haven't seen the video, or that steel guitar solo. Enjoyed your reaction! Just discovered you guys & subscribed.

[@gamuir]

Check out White Hot from their 1st album. You won’t be disappointed!

[@gregpusczek4473]

Brilliant selection.

[@number1sun]

Nice shirt and hat - GO SUNS! (and shout out to Chet) :D

[@donkunes8630]

Under rated Big Head Todd & the Monsters play a couple of tunes with a slide 'Dirty Juice' is one,

[@spawn4582]

Great music, great song, I added it to my own playlist, a kind of rock vibe with a monotonous transition, just right to listen to through headphones.

[@francisedwards4069]

You have achieved NIRVANA gentlemen

[@stevenscharmer1765]

If you wanted to try another Red Rider song, I recommend Light In The Tunnel/Human Race. The former is an intro with more great steel guitar, then there's a cool transition into the main song. I think this is their next best.👍

[@deannajones3849]

Love this one! Used in movie VISION QUEST!

[@lovedc4ever678]

Very interesting. I can't imagine how you are going to react to this song. My happy bobble head boys! Do it.

[@michelcyr4232]

Keep up the Canadian Rock and you could become honorary HOSERS. Bob and Doug Mackenzie would be proud 🥴

[@dougwill8850]

Yes be vigilant of our elected officials. Certainly Democrats, and some Republicans.

[@Aa9876M]

Wow, I love this song!

[@williambreese8377]

This was a big time Miami Vice song

[@snoolee7950]

Death bed confessions, Tom Cochrane figures out that the lunatic fringe was correct.

[@Aldorains]

Great skiing track

[@davidedwards7335]

Has that Pink Floyd sound.

[@charliebishop5928]

Great jam

[@masheltonjoe]

Love that song! You guys need to do a song called Fantasy by Aldo Nova! It will make your playlist! I was a whopping 8 years old when Lunatic Fringe came out and I remember it was very popular back then. It’s on my playlist 😂

[@cellyblank9919]

Canadian content suggestion - Kim Mitchell. While he has many great songs I'm suggesting a song that kicks - more of your tastes in music - its Rock 'n Roll Duty.

[@lancerxx68]

This is on the movie Vision Quest-1985.

[@randyferry4280]

Saga "On the Loose" would be nice and if y'all get a chance to do another Triumph song maybe Ordinary Man...Hold On...Time goes by. Keep up the good times.

[@eric7922]

White Hot is another sizzler from them...

[@jordan390a]

Canada Rocks....!!!