🎵 REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You Reaction

[@centuryrox]

This song was popular in early 1981, when I was still in high school. And believe me, it was very popular with the ladies. In fact, if you were taking a girl out on a date, you better be playing the Hi-Infidelity album on your car stereo!

[@demonhoopa]

Right? It went right over their heads. Too hung up on the video

[@helenwheels3270]

I can vouch for that. It certainly dropped my panties more often than I care to admit.

[@liamoconnor9487]

@@helenwheels3270 Best comment of the night.

[@jeffreyboyer3714]

Had Hi-Infidelity on 8-track...actually, still do in a box somewhere :)

[@centuryrox]

@@helenwheels3270 Did we go to the same high school? 😂

[@bpalmer3421]

I think the video narrative brought you guys to the creepy side. But the lyrics bring to how much he loved someone in the ballad. But the video does give it a weird approach to it. Thank you for bringing back old music.

[@goittoog7563]

Yeah Ive never heard that before, doesnt really seem to belong or need to be there

[@dadftw1318]

Bad acting, but a great song.

[@shaunasimpson7689]

This song was played at every high school prom and late skate at the skating rink..in 1981..it was a girly love song that had Gary Richraths cool guitar parts interwoven to make it pallable for the guys

[@mikehiggins692]

Palatable *

[@rhigh100]

The REO Speedwagon was a truck commonly used as fire trucks and busses. The REO stands for Ranson Eli Olds. Same guy who founded Oldsmobie.

[@da_blade5040]

Diamond REO! 😀 My Father , God Rest His Soul, used to own a heating oil delivery business an it was his Favorite Truck!! =P

[@drServitis]

Not true. Kevin Cronin said in an interview they got the name because when the band got together in the late 1960s they were doing alot of amphetamines at the time.

[@drServitis]

@@neshobanakni So effectively what you are saying is that Trump supporters are smarter than non-Trump supporters. Interesting. Edit: re Brad and his stoic, intelligent mind, his dad was Spock and his mother was Lt Uhura. When Brad removes his head-phones you can actually see points on his ears proving that he's one quarter Vulcan.

[@drServitis]

@@neshobanakni You're the one who said that country music makes clear sense, and that rock music is nonsense. And most listeners of country music are Trump supporters, while it's true that most rock music listeners have brain damage from drug use to one extent or another. I was just supporting what you said, that's all.

[@drServitis]

@@neshobanakni I wonder after what you said if Brad voted for Trump. If he likes country music there's a good possibility.

[@Blaze_1961]

REO was the band I really only listened to while driving alone in a car and yes I sang along as loud as I could.

[@TheMartinChronicles]

Hell. Yes.

[@CynicAtLarge]

Roll With The Changes has one of the greatest guitar instrumentals ever.

[@rhigh100]

Nobody could make a guitar talk like Gary.

[@kassandrariemersma7902]

I agree with you

[@supertrexandroidx]

From Songfacts: This song is lead singer Kevin Cronin's response after he found out his wife Denise had been cheating on him before they were married. Instead of leaving her, he decided that he would keep on loving her no matter what...

[@jamesredman1263]

Thank you. That helps.

[@ernestrimbeck7630]

He looks like the kind of guy that would

[@guaranteedwinnersclub]

Thats what we do 4 luv

[@goittoog7563]

I love knowing these tidbits about songs, thanks!

[@2WarriorJay8]

@@ernestrimbeck7630 lol

[@1teamski]

Yet another classic that makes the 1980's one of the greatest decades evar!

[@TheRealMirCat]

This is one of those songs you listened too back in the day, but now only for nostalgia.

[@larryh.5229]

I was in 8th grade when this album BLEW UP on us... HUGE 80's album and feel....this song was the holding hands at dances and skate rinks for our brand new video game generation... Not a cell phone in sight, not a Facebook anywhere..... It was beautiful!

[@frankrizzo4460]

Yes it really was a great time to be a kid back then, I miss those days so much now more than ever before 🤔

[@pauljansen1137]

"Can't fight this feeling" is a beautiful song from this Band as well!!!

[@pauljansen1137]

@@javalily ah..ok..thanks for the info!

[@chris882211]

My dad alwAYS said.. the music of your time is always the BEST! Only because you were young and strong.. The best time of our lives!

[@stevewalsh4850]

Your dad was right

[@cujopup1]

Brad always says..”this is different”..every song is a little different..he always looks confused…Lex always gets it…

[@edprzydatek8398]

Exactly.

[@willasacco9898]

He is slowly moving towards Lex’s side (very slowly)

[@jaywillingham4085]

This is ACTUALLY the most requested song ever at glory holes around the nation.

[@isadorealire5722]

Roll With The Changes is a good Speedwagon song to hear early in your getting to know the band

[@greeneyesinfl9954]

I was in junior high when this came out and EVERY girl loved it!! The guys did also but we didn't always admit it 😁 REO has tons of hits, some ballads and some more rock songs.

[@ecoman351]

this song is a national icon in itself...movies dances, parties

[@ralphfiligenzi6180]

Check out their songs "Ridin' The Storm Out" (live)..."Roll with the Changes"... "Time for Me to Fly".

[@chriswildhaber35]

All great.

[@Woodbrute]

Can’t get these guys to check out their rock tunes...always these ballads.

[@bigEratt]

Ok, you've probably heard this before, but personal opinion, and I mean this in the most complimentary way.. Brad is so literal, that each word must be dissected within its own meaning, and Lex speaks in almost all metaphors, and mixed metaphors, then between the two of your personalities you arrive at the reality..

[@richashby6422]

I just came up with a theory on that and I could be way way off base. I have this idea that writers of fiction use a lot of figurative language like metaphors, imagery and symbolism among others to convey their messages. I had a friend who didn't like reading fiction he only really read non-fiction and he tended to take a lot of things in a more literal sense. For instance I once convinced him to read an award winning book that myself and other friends had loved reading years before. He hated it, and when we talked about it, it was almost like he read a completely different book than me. He was completely focused on the format of the writing style missing the entire point that the writers choice of that format was in itself a commentary of the characters. My friend also didn't come coming close to getting the message the novel was trying to get across with all the other figurative choices because he was so preoccupied with the sentence structure as if he was in English class trying to diagram them. So my idea is that people who read a lot of fiction when they're younger are more apt to think about song lyrics in a figurative way rather than literal on first examination. I don't have much history at all of listening to Rap outside of some of the stuff in the 80s so I can't comment on that but I've heard a lot of country music from the 70s to 90s and there is a lot less figurative lyric writing in my opinion used in that genre than that of Rock and especially Metal music. So I'd be curious what Brad's reading history is like and if there is any correlation between that and what seems like a tendency to look for a literal meaning first when listening to song lyrics. As for Lex I've never heard anyone go as abstract as she does, together they're pretty entertaining.

[@maxis5650]

@@richashby6422 Brad comes across like someone who hasn´t picked up a literary book after finishing his formal education. He´s used to rap lyrics which are almost always straightforward and mundane.

[@mikesheahan6906]

Golden Country, REO's best song

[@todvball]

Roll with The Changes and Riding the Storm Out ...are two of REO's top 5. CheckmOut!!!

[@robertmagnusson98]

Lexi for president

[@Mr05Chuck]

Shit load better than what we got now.

[@jamesy1979]

@@Mr05Chuck still miles above what we had 🍊 🤡 💩

[@quincee3376]

Lex for Canadian Prime Minister.

[@mikeb3835]

@@jamesy1979 you need to stay off the drugs.

[@robertmagnusson98]

Let's go Brandon!!!!!

[@docwatson8848]

REO, take it on the run

[@todvball]

Long live REO Speedwagon

[@terryspak5763]

"Creep" was rare in the 80's. The word is now used as a socially acceptable way to indulge in misandry and not get in trouble for it. The closest "creep" came in the 80's was "Every Breath You Take." And that was very much by design.

[@ShaunHensley]

It was a word reserved for actual creeps

[@jacklewis5452]

I remember seeing them play in the streets in Champaign Illinois at the start of a new school year at the University of Illinois in August 1977. Not bad for a free concert.

[@cesarnarro6013]

Saw them play in my high school field house in 1970. They rocked out !!! Ticket was 2 or 3 bucks. Don't remember who opened for them.

[@athmaid]

I always loved the background vocals in this one. That "I don't wanna sleep" at 4:28 is just so good

[@richardbazile2062]

one of the finest midwest bands ever!! saw them in concert maybe 15 times over the years, remember the KSHE radio kite flying contest, remember the shows at SIU? wow

[@wildcat31772]

Saw them live a few years ago in Dallas with Tesla and Def Leppard. Still sounded great live.

[@ZebuNation]

This song is a new genre for you: Soft Rock or Lite Rock. There were a lot of radio stations in the 80's that were dedicated to playing these kind of songs.

[@andreaschmall5560]

aka bland...not a fan of this song at all. "Take It On The Run" was a much better song, IMO.

[@Frostrazor]

alot of us call it 'Dad Rock'.

[@zex7689]

@@Frostrazor mom rock

[@misha-jz4yx]

Yacht Rock

[@diablo4166]

☆LONG LIVE THE 80'S☆

[@fabian4ever69]

I was in junior high when this first came out and it was on the radio A LOT. One of my faves.

[@morrielarsen]

It was the early 2000s, my wife and I were our little sports car as we rolled up behind a black Dodge puckup truck that had an REO Speedwagon bumper sticker. Just as we came to a stop behind the truck "Keep On Loving You" came on the radio and her and I sang it together playfully laughing and smiling at the coincedence. We had been together a few years already at this point but from then on it became our song. We were just kids when the song debuted but all those years later it found a place in our hearts. She's gone now but I still cherish this memory,

[@choppermartin3167]

my first favorite song. the time i like hearing a song like this is when driving in a convertible on a summer day with this song blasting.

[@eddieclay5813]

Very enjoyable reaction! Big time nostalgic vibes as they're one of the first bands that, thanks to this song, ever registered in my consciousness (grade school). REO also has several harder-rocking songs worth checking out, especially 'Roll with the Changes' and 'Ridin' the Storm Out.' Keep up the stellar work - you're unknowingly spreading joy with these reactions!

[@PrudeyNoid]

I was 14, "staying at so-n-so's house" who was "staying at my house" and in reality going out to the woods to meet boys. :) I had so much fun and this song (this whole album) takes me back. No shame in my game.

[@davidvsr]

The 80's were so Awesome...LOVE me some SPEEDWAGON...THANK YOU!!

[@mvellis3863]

REO used to be a really great rock back in the mid and late 70's, before they turned commercial with this radio syrupy ballad junk. If you want to rock and roll, I highly recommend you try "Ridin' The Storm Out" or "Golden Country" or "Keep Pushin' On" from their live album called You Get What You Play For.

[@cesarnarro6013]

I saw them several times in the early 70's and they rocked !!! I didn't pay much attention to them in the late 70's or 80s

[@Sebastian-dx2xg]

But practically every group has that commercial song/album. So don’t make a big deal about it🙄

[@mvellis3863]

@@Sebastian-dx2xg nope, they were all like that after "You Can Tune A Piano..." Commercial drivel

[@Sebastian-dx2xg]

@@mvellis3863 I can name many bands that are popular that didn’t start out commercially. But after a while they had to throw out that “commercial song” to appease the record companies.

[@charlest.velten6983]

BOO HOO, Get over it ,!

[@acehigh79]

My favorite REO song is performed by the bass player Bruce Hall. "Back on the road again ". Classic rock sound ! Personal note my parents went to high school with Gary Ritchrath...their original lead guitarist.

[@brianfranklinlee8490]

I graduated in 1979. This song came out the very next year. Great time to be alive. Just starting my journey. 🐊🌞🌴

[@mack1305]

Best album title. "You Can Tune A Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish". Lol

[@scottmatzeder9162]

"Golden Country", "157 Riverside Ave" and the live version of "Ridin` the Storm out" are way better than this. REO is great!

[@BlazinRiver1]

Exactly! REO sold out and went pop rock

[@loudog2326]

The 70's REO !!! YES !!!

[@flyingburritobro68]

Because Gary Ritchrath wrote those tracks. The band lost me when the went soft rock. RIP Gary a great guitarist.

[@djm4457]

You guys should see REO perform Roll With The Changes at the Live Aid concert in Philadeplphia back in '85. A masterpiece of rock. Also do see REO's live version of Back on the Road Again, another awesome rocker from these guys. They, Journey, and Foreigner owned the early 80's as America's top arena bands.

[@charliedavis9996]

The song first appeared on REO Speedwagon's 1980 album Hi Infidelity. It was the first REO Speedwagon single to break the top 50 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, reaching the number-one spot for one week in March 1981. The single was certified platinum for U.S. sales of over one million copies.

[@victorplekter613]

Hi Love your reactions. It's a Love song. The video was created after the fact as obligated in the times of MTV and the weirder the video the better...and often, during this era the videos had little to do with the lyrics of the song. The actual song was played at proms and weddings a lot. Also, this band can really rock. This song was an obligatory "Radio Friendly" song from the band.

[@timmarkley9309]

I grew up in Central IL and with REO Speedwagon being from Champaign, they were huge in my area. I definitely agree with the sentiment of their earlier stuff being better. You really should react to "Golden Country". It came out in 1972 but the message of the song is even more relevant today.

[@nickkleiber8636]

I’m from Pekin we all love Reo!! And they’re coming back to Peoria to play.

[@flyingburritobro68]

Hell yea. From Peoria. Saw them a few times in the late seventies and early eighties. Once Gary was out, so was I.

[@rufioquin2406]

Lex is like genuinely one of the most thoughtful and sooo adorable reactors on KZbin 👑 Brad, you are awesome also 😁

[@xtrmfc]

Seen them in concert a few times ... This song was a radio staple back in the 80’s ... One concert was Foreigner, REO and Styx ... They all Rocked !!!

[@shanehebert396]

Wow.... back in the day, that was three giants at one show.

[@deelawson4551]

Don`t Let Go has always been my fave by them! Keep On Rockin'

[@cahillgreg]

3:40 when Kevin Cronin sings 'and I meant every word I said ...' - it just rings true - he's singing from somewhere very real.

[@seanbyrd9164]

This was played at every junior high school dance. So many memories.

[@BillGraper]

This song was the BIRTH of the hard rock power ballad!!! It was created by accident, because the band was a hard rock band with no chart success. When the lead singer wrote this for his wife, the band actually hated it. They didn't want to record a soft piano ballad. That's when the lead guitarist decided they could do it, but he had to add some electric guitar power chords. It started a whole phenomenon in the 80's. This was their first top 40 hit, and it went all the way to #1 in 1981.

[@Chevy11]

You want a more rocking one by REO Speedwagin take a listen to “Riding the Storm Out”

[@MySherry10]

This group was so popular and i mean everyone was listening to REO , It was a love ballad to us, thats what we heard, it was played at the pool and riding around. Everyone was a REO speedwagon fan and had the album. no one thought creepy we heard a love ballad and fun song

[@kathyjam2482]

I love REO they have so many great catchy songs.

[@davestrongman9519]

How could you never have heard this song before. These two musta been living under a rock

[@cabel000]

Is funny the memories some songs hold. Every time i hear this i think of being a sophomore at the high school homecoming. I was there with friends and no date. The best looking girl in my class grabbed my hand and drug me out on the dance floor when this song started playing telling me that it was her favorite song and i had to dance with her. I haven't seen her in years but always think of that night when i hear this song.

[@Bulshitero]

1981 when this album dropped same time Rush's Moving Pictures came out i was a senior in high school best summer of my life.

[@s.mcpherson6354]

I love how they both instantly separated real problems (like those that affect the bottom two layers of Maslow's Pyramid), from existential problems based in our thinking.

[@91GT347]

That song has been played everywhere. Lol definitely at truck stops. Movies,TV, Proms There’s probably a church somewhere. Funerals even.🤣

[@patches1589]

Before this band went Bubblegum pop, they kicked ass! Live versions of "Back on the Road,". " Keep Pushin'," and "Ridin' the Storm Out" were awesome!

[@sleven909]

This was their sell out album

[@Александр-к2я5г]

Weird or not but your moves tells it all about this masterpiece

[@mh_golfer]

First album I ever owned, brings back memories of sitting in my basement listening to this over and over on a record player. I can go years without hearing this song and still remember every word. In My Dreams is another good one.

[@williamritchie4068]

Seen REO in concert about 30 years ago in Cincinnati, Great live !

[@spydude38]

REO can rock hard, but they had several ballads that were very successful. Girls were really into REO. "Roll With The Changes" is one of my favorites.

[@PaulSmith-uu9cf]

I see him play in Houston Texas they was great REO SPEEDWAGON

[@ArlynMeylan-jo7hq]

When this came out it took the radio by storm 😊

[@Freakdog66]

Arguably the 1st power ballad. Great song

[@larryC1070]

I've always liked REO but they are in a genre' I call Bubble Gum Rock. And they are masters of that genre'.

[@BlazinRiver1]

Check out the original REO….they were out right rock

[@larryC1070]

@@BlazinRiver1 I was a big fan back in the 70's. Still have all their vinyl. Love 'Riding the Storm Out'. They had decent rock for sure.

[@edprzydatek8398]

For some reason this video reminded me of the video of the group Extreme doing their song "More Than Words". I think you'd enjoy watching and listening to that. Good reaction.

[@JohnProph]

Early 80s power ballad, very standard. See---> Journey, Foreigner etc. I have listened to this song for over 40 years...never ever got a creepy vibe from it. Pretty straightforward love song

[@mac227booms]

Brads face always changes as he gets into a song. Lol

[@zappothesaneOne]

"when you live in a trailer park, you can't create problems like this" - lmao - truth

[@lennycook206]

I'm 45 and until last year I always thought they were called Oreo speedwagon... I've slightly gone of them since

[@Frostrazor]

LOL "How rich you gotta be to create problems like this?" Too dam funny!!

[@joeschmoe665]

This was a great “buff the wood song” in high school.

[@chris882211]

wow the 80's Too bad you missed it!

[@frankrizzo4460]

It was such a fun time growing up back then I really believe that we were blessed to have experienced those days 🤔

[@goittoog7563]

REO hit their stride when the embraced the "power ballad" concept" which suited their music to a T..I love the "REO moniker as well a tribute to Ransom E.Olds one of the great automotive innovators.

[@wadesternator4787]

Such a lovely couple. Congratulations

[@twwtjohns]

Lex is exactly right, this song is from 1980. The intro is just something the director of the video dreamt up but has a hint of truth. The actual story is the lead singer Kevin Cronin found out who his wife had been going out with before they got together and it drove him crazy.

[@jamesy1979]

Dude Brad, never thought of it like that before. How rich you gotta be to create problems like this. That whole outlook on it is gold

[@Rockaria23]

Classic Soft Rock Power Ballad from 1980 when i was 12 years old. US Number 1. UK Number 7.

[@daylocke6181]

One of best songs every created, I broke up with my first true love when this song came out, so this has always struck a deep cord with me

[@katelynneshouse2834]

Golden Country, Live, 1976 Halloween night performance........THE ABSOLUTE GREATEST GUITAR SOLO EVER. Gary Richrath, is one of the greatest and yet underrated guitarist of all time!

[@libraryfiles4470]

TAKE IT ON THE RUN REO SPEEDWAGON

[@kimberlydavis7514]

Best couples skate song at the skating rink in the early 80's. 😎

[@domeshine69]

Listen to their song "Time For Me To Fly", but replace that phrase in the song with "time for you to die" and it gives the song a whole new flavor.😃

[@somersetcace1]

I'm not sure whether to thank you or curse you, but that song will now never be the same! 😂😂😂

[@youtmeme]

great song!!!!!!😁 college roommates used to wake up the whole dorm to this song after a nite of partying every weekend!!!!😁😁 idk why he played this song either as it was old to us but ingot used to it!!😁❤✌

[@Yotraj]

Year and years ago I was an Art Major. One of the things our teacher made us do was write down why it was we were creating, why we were creating it, what styles or techniques we were going to use, etc., etc., etc., BEFORE we created it. This is how academia & Corporate media "expects" artists to create. However, once released from the confines of an Art Class, I, and my fellow artist friends, went on to create many, many separate pieces that had no previous thought in them at all except... "well that might look good there".... and the best of us would create all that verbiage AFTER we were done, trying to give the "looker" the impression we were working from total inspiration. If you look at artist's like Jimmy Page... each concert rendition lead guitar solo is different and that's cause there's no "set way" he even wants to have for a particular song... rather he wants to be enjoying being "in the flow of the moment" while he's making it all up as he goes along. To an Artist, that's true art. Conversely, many artist's are only in it for the money.... many because the record companies have forced them to sign long contracts that specified how many songs had to be created in whatever specific length of time. IN short the corporations want their formula followed by musicians and some musicians do it that way... while others play from inspiration, from the heart, from common sense, from spur of the moment and just make up stuff as they go. Who's to say who the true artists truly are.

[@michaelastorga2478]

This song still rocks in 2021

[@viers57]

I recently seen them live for the second time first time was in the 80s and they were still great

[@LiamBMP]

Keep on Loving You is my favorite REO Speedwagon song

[@Robert-op7oc]

It has been played at every High School prom

[@ORagnar]

"Keep Pushin" is my favorite REO song. It's good for motivation. The guitar riffs in it are exceptional.

[@murrayspiffy2815]

Turn the Page - keeps me moving forward.

[@ORagnar]

@@murrayspiffy2815 -- Do you mean the Bob Seger song?

[@simonroberts33]

This was a favourite to slow dance to in the weekly disco. Not a love song, but great to smooch to.

[@rondawildey5801]

This song was played at a lot of skating rinks back in the day

[@rwfrench66GenX]

This song was on a very popular album called Hi InFidelity and almost every song on the album was released as a single! REO Speedwagon has another album called You Can Tune A Piano But You Can’t Tuna Fish and there’s a fish with a tuning fork sticking out of it’s mouth on the cover. They made some classic tunes but this album was huge in the early days of MTV! I think it was also used in the movie The Last American Virgin!

[@elmoomle4565]

This song was best displayed in the Jason Statham action/comedy movie: "CRANKED II". HILARIOUS movie...highly recommend.

[@marymahaney6707]

Wow, Lexi...have loved this song for years, but never went where you did. Never...even thought to!