REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You | REACTION

[@jamelakajamal]

So It’s R E O 😅 Y’all getting two more videos with me saying REO 😅

[@fatherandsonreactions]

Greta pick my man!! 🤘

[@karaminalee]

No big deal! There are plenty of artists you know that we all wouldn’t necessarily know how to pronounce 😃

[@Tracer9GTRider8]

😂😂😂 it's the name of an old car.

[@dane_gerous1]

You can't be first but you can be next

[@dalemerklin4730]

@@Tracer9GTRider8 Actually it was a fire truck.

[@joewall4323]

They may not have invented the power ballad, but they sure did own it.

[@Wesker1984]

Maybe Meatloaf, Whitespace et al would have a chip in on that draw lol.

[@jayedwards1205]

Nazareth version of Love Hurts , 1975

[@salsaucedo]

No no the ones who began the power ballads was the Scorpions back in 1974

[@cjturner2008]

Them and Journey

[@sammyslam1]

They really did! Air Supply as well....

[@Rush2112mnPeartLeeLifeson]

It is great to see a brother whose ears have been opened...mind opened to rock music....your reactions are priceless..especially RUSH...Floyd.....Thanks...

[@davidzimmerli489]

this song is the sound of a heart filled with so much love and so much passion that it explodes.....duck and cover.........................

[@sonnyjames8922]

My favorite REO Speedwagon song. They play this video on MTV Classic I Want My 80s on Saturday nights. I always watch it, in part because I'm in love with the pretty doctor as much as the singer is.

[@edmenze4646]

Saw REO in 1971 as they were playing for a dance at Northeast Missouri State University. What a great dance and show!

[@paulstewart6203]

Riding the Storm Out... Golden Country.... like you do... Roll With The Changes... classic REO, classic 70s

[@JohnGunn-o6l]

Golden country live and Gary Richraft flying turkey trot live REO Speed wagon guitar solo best ever

[@lynnelle66]

One of my favorites from REO Speedwagon.....just love it!

[@philipbaldwin2078]

Man, Gary Richrath was so, so smooth on the guitar. Definitely very underrated.

[@restless4400]

My favorite REO song. Great reaction! Keep on keeping the music alive my friend.

[@philipbaldwin2078]

Kevin told the story behind the song during live shows. He was having marital problems, couldn’t sleep one night, went to his piano and wrote this song in about ten minutes.

[@joaom.4944]

wow.... thank you.

[@joaom.4944]

im addicted to this song, im also addicted to loving my spouse

[@northmichigander3171]

Once again you have hit a popular song and group from my high school days! I actually had not heard it for about 20 yrs until now. Thanks! Do what you do! Peace!

[@mikewitcombe6507]

Riding The Storm Out, and Keep Pushing! 🇺🇸🎸🇺🇸

[@martahornick9980]

Back in the day when you every word to every song! I just sat here thru all the R.E.O. videos not missing a beat!! Same with Journey. THOSE WERE THE DAYS!!!!!!!

[@mikerichardson8983]

I love living through the 70's and 80's. The greatest music ever written. And no need for audio tuning. The artists were true musicians.

[@msashleynr]

"She look like a damn mannequin!" I about fell out of my chair laughing.

[@2869may]

"Time For Me To Fly" "Roll With The Changes" "Take It On The Run"

[@chewybacchus5918]

Take it on the run!!!!!

[@EDMEMC]

Totally!

[@chrisj.5839]

That Ain't Love

[@Autobahn4537]

I remember listening to REO Speedwagon on cassettes in the eighties. I still listen to their music and they are one of my favorite bands. Thru the Window is another excellent song. I lived in Wausau, WI in the early nineties and Kevin Cronin’s brother, Sean, was a weatherman there so REO Speedwagon came and played a concert. It was awesome.

[@whazzuphere]

"Ridin' The Storm Out" is another excellent REO Speedwagon song.

[@donnabruton7947]

And then 157 Riverside Avenue. Oh yes!

[@jamesreding6336]

That is a Jamin song

[@ramonaperez5320]

Hello!! I don’t know if my request got deleted, but i want to see your reaction to the song “Woolly Bully” by Sam The Sham and the pharaohs 😊

[@Steve-zz5ds]

The LIVE version

[@johncopple6479]

Yeah but it's been played to death on radio! Good song ! But REO's catalog is so full of stuff that needs more exposure ! And like I another commenter said, the live version is the best!

[@shirleykelly9971]

I am a child of the 60s so I grew up listening to all of this music but it tickles me to see so many people now who are just discovering it

[@robertlelis3410]

Her being on the couch wearing lingerie....surrounded by other men....while the man who professes his love to her is on tour on tv....symbolic.

[@jesslynn105]

Gotta do Time For Me To Fly,, Ridin The Storm Out, all good jams!! Junior High memories ❤️

[@sbn518]

Yes and yes!

[@eroomekim1179]

Golden country (Y)

[@michaelloveland1330]

Seconding "Ridin' the Storm Out". Like I said, REO lived out in Wild West Calabasas, and that's an area of intense firestorms, Santa Ana winds and rare torrential rain. I've ridden out many a storm - and one flood - in Calabasas. (I hear they have Kardashians and an actual sewer system now.)

[@jesslynn105]

Michael Loveland stay safe out there!! Those fires are just terrible

[@travisbickle5279]

i swear jamel, you make all my favourite songs....reo is great....cant fight this feeling anymore is also a great song

[@tomk5142]

Memories of dances back in High School all those slow dances!!! What a great time the 80's were!!!!

[@philthemovieguy81]

"Rollin' With The Changes" by them is sooo good i highly recommend that one.

[@jesse7603]

My favorite band since I first heard them in 1975. My girlfriends favorite song. She plays it over and over.

[@FranciscoMartinez-vl3yp]

That solo guitar is so amazing, so delicious...

[@rosanajaquez3274]

OMG, I danced to this song at my spring dance in 6th grade. Loved your reaction, Jamel and thank for the memories!

[@ramondwilliam1307]

Ah the 80's. The ladies loved REO back in the day lol. I remember the metalheads with Metallica, and Motley Crue t shirts, and the girls with Poison and REO shirts lol. Good Times.

[@moonbubbles3046]

My fave by these guys will always be Riding the Storm Out.

[@RubySlippers1100]

That's a great tune ❤

[@biggtrux]

Gimme "Golden Country" every time.

[@moonbubbles3046]

Peter Dragon oh gosh yes!!

[@allendixon1044]

Oh yeah oh yeah probably mine also but I absolutely love you get what you play for album it's got Gold & Country Riding the Storm Out keep pushing on 157 son of a poor man come on now all right

[@kapwapoedolomitetalabritne8841]

Gary Ritchrath wrote it ?

[@missseahag1414]

When I was young i slow danced to that song...couple skated to that song...cried to that song. But never have seen that video! Thank you for all you do! 😊

[@todvball]

This song was THE song of 83-84. So very well produced..... Great sounds through the car stereo system....

[@easttexasnomad5981]

As a young man during this era, they helped me through heart-break. Their songs made me realize I'm not the only one experiencing this emotion. I just bought REO Hits and it's on my exercise play list.

[@joeklapp631]

First of all = Best shirt!! Thank you for that. Second = Really enjoy watching someone like you enjoying some good tunes. Third = You can say more by just looking at the camera with "that" expression. Fourth and Final - Riding the Storm Out + 157 Riverside Avenue are my early REO favs.

[@garymessano2669]

Saw REO several times. They are great in concert.

[@keithkinkade4265]

Ive seen these guys live 5 times and they are amazing. They were actually the first band I ever saw live at 13. This song has a special place in my heart. I had the Hi Infidelity album as a kid and its amazing as well but this was my favorite song. I remember moving to a new town when I was getting ready to go into 5th grade. My dad took me to a high school basketball game not long after we moved there and I knew no one. I will never forget feeling so small as we walked through the crowd to gymnasium and as we stepped through the doors, they were playing this song in the gym and I was mesmerized! I had never heard music played at that level before and I was like I said, in a trance. years later as I was about to start high school I went to stay with my cousin and his parents let us go see Reo Speedwagon at Freedom Hall in Louisville Ky and my life was never the same! When they played this live, it was probably the most spiritual experience I had ever had. I count these guys along with Triumph and a few others as bands that helped me turn out to be a decent human being. When you get done with R E O lol, you should seriously check out The Avett Brothers. They are in the same vein. They were put here to help us all along.

[@tonythegoodman]

I saw REO in Indianapolis back in 1979..at the old Market Square Arena..Probably heard of a band named Blackfoot..They opened for REO..was stationed in the Air Force up in Kokomo ..Thx for the memories Jamel..

[@dalemerklin4730]

In this day and age the REO song you need to listen to is Golden Country.

[@tgranny3547]

Yeah I was thinking of golden country the other day so I'm going to suggest going country and 157 Riverside Avenue

[@rebel3906]

@@tgranny3547 And son of a poor man

[@okiejohn3925]

YES - the live version from "You get What You Play For" live album....

[@tgranny3547]

@@rebel3906 I don't think I've ever heard that one

[@Rocker1983]

@@okiejohn3925 The live album is awesome!

[@howardkoster4026]

WOW! This is from a happy time in my life!!! I was single, working a lot of overtime, drinking and finding time somehow to go motorcycling off road!! I miss those days!!!

[@iancunningham5576]

I saw them on this tour. Great in concert. Kevin's voice is like many artists of the time, immediately recognizable. This song was a huuuuuge hit!!

[@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.

[@andrearodriguez9005]

OMG Jamel you have to listen to their best song, Time For Me To Fly. My 19 year old daughter couldn't cut ties with a loser boyfriend that was like a bad rash that wouldn't go away. I played her this song and she walked away and never looked back. Proud rock n' roll momma moment.

[@andrearodriguez9005]

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[@sbn518]

YES! Time for me to fly is my anthem!!!!!!!

[@Nan-59]

Seriously? That worked?? Holy cow! I have a son who is in looser relationships often. It’s hard to watch, but he is an adult. And, he knows what my opinion is.

[@Nan-59]

Kelly Johnson I appreciate you! I liked her fine, until there was a scuffle & he had to call the cops, on HER! She went to jail for the night! He got EVERYTHING out, brought it back here, and it wasn’t too very long he began spending nights & now it’s even weeks. I did not write all that earlier because I thought what if my kids saw this but he’s not gonna come on this channel I don’t think. Plus it’s all fact! It’s not like I’m making up stories! The thing of it is I stayed in a unhealthy relationship for 30 years which meant which means my kids. But, thankfully I didn’t teach my daughter there because she to my attention I needed to leave him, my husband her dad, because I was worth more than being treated the way I was! I was shocked, but every word she said was true! So I feel I taught him that it’s OK to stay in bad relationships because I did it for so very long. I didn’t want to be a “statistic,” and so instead I put up with and had the kids living in a volatile situation. It was mental abuse. I guess maybe if he was actually hit me I would’ve realized it was wrong. I’m 61 now. Left him in 2008 at the end of May. We divorce December 2012, because again I wanted him to want me back and to deal his addiction, but he wouldn’t and had nothing to do with wanting me, either. Just several months after I left him in 2008, he hooked up with his best friends girlfriend! No kidding! My ex had told his best friend for years how bad she treated him, that she was an alcoholic, not worth his time, the whole 9 yards! My family came to realize the two of them deserve one another, and I hope my exes house because he is the father of her two kids. We get along decent enough, but he rarely calls our two kids. He is the one missing out but they missed out throughout life on having a decent father and for that I still feel pretty darn bad about. So, that’s the rest of the story. Thank you for responding. ✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻💕💕💕

[@peggygibbons479]

@Kelly Johnson My daughter is 23 now but she spent from age 15 to 19 with a total piece of shit and when she finally got her fill, she was DONE!! When she broke up with him, I heard her playing Fleetwood Mac "Landslide" while she was in the bathtub one night and I sat on the hallway floor, outside the bathroom door & cried my eyes out. My Girl. She is SO STRONG!! That guy went to rehab & tried to contact her & apologize for the way he treated her. He said It part of my rehab to make ammends & she said Fuck You and Fuck Your Rehab. LOL(Time makes you bolder, even children get older) :)

[@pjwiz5273]

I luv u man ... You are so great to hang with. I am a disabled shut in ... and I luv hanging with you. I know its weird, but I feel like we are friends. Thk u for keeping our music alive!

[@yvonnerodrigue140]

Brings me back to my high school days!! Great song!! 💖👍

[@joaom.4944]

fantastic bass, fantastic drums!!

[@spuds416]

I enlisted in mar 1981 when I got home from basic and technical school and before being stationed in Germany this song was huge!

[@joebalusikiii5811]

"Ridin' the Storm Out" is a must. BTW, your reactions always make me laugh.

[@23skidoo46]

Gary Richrath with the amazing solo and fills.

[@michaeltortorice9876]

Another of the great under-appreciated guitarists. He played with so much heart, you really felt his solos. RIP

[@23skidoo46]

@@michaeltortorice9876 I agree. His solos were so melodic and full of feeling. My kind of soloist.

[@fccrick]

Gary Richrath the best guitarist they ever had...RIP

[@ledzepandhabs]

He is legendary, beyond the band unreal axeman.

[@ttrob93]

Gary Richrath was one of the top 10 greatest guitarist . Top 1 most underrated. Please watch this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/foObdKGOo51_j5I

[@normawinton6832]

When did he pass away? Missed this?

[@fccrick]

Norma winton He died back in 2015

[@normawinton6832]

@@fccrick ty. How sad..he was so good on that les paul.

[@leoaz4667]

Jamel thank you for this channel love it so much. Thank you for bringing so much fun and joy in a time such as now. Be safe KZbin friend

[@donnabruton7947]

They were so good! A whole summer! Memories! Great!

[@gopmomof2]

One of my all time favorite songs. I just saw them in concert 2 summers ago. Kevin still sounds amazing.

[@servantofg-d5393]

There is not one bad song off Hi Infidelity. Every song off this album is Hi Quality. I don't know if this is a good time to bring this up, but the 80's New Wave era is awaiting you. No one on You Tube, to my recollection, has reviewed the band "The English Beat." They had a lot of monster hits in the 80's. Their music is a combination of Ska/Reggae, New Wave, R n B and Rap. First song you should listen to by them is the song - "Save it for Later." Trust me - you will like them.

[@saiyongdawn7756]

Yeah a lot of British bands/groups in the 80's. Another British invasion in Rock n Roll. 😁

[@mspfinney]

I wore out the cassette of Hi Infidelity. Then I wore out my first cd, then bought another one. Now it’s digitally on my phone. I love this group! ❤️❤️🥰🥰

[@zorak1704]

My brother wore out this album in 1981.

[@rileysretirement-road3998]

I have a vinyl copy of Hi In fidelity... great album.

[@johnbackos5192]

Truly one of the greatest ever. I spent the summer in Greece in 82 and had so many people offering to buy the cassette from me that it became annoying.

[@robocathy359]

Love REO!! One of the best concerts I've been to!! Brings back tons of fun memories of good times. ❤❤❤👍👍👍 Please do Take It On The Run, Time For Me To Fly....think you'll like those too, by R E O!! 🤘👍😁

[@sarahstevens8268]

Funny story. When we were planning our wedding, my husband decided he wanted to choose the song we did our first dance to. He chose this. I knew of it- knew the chorus, and it sounded ok. It wasn’t until we were dancing, that I listened to the verses, and realised what he was actually singing about!!! So, we celebrated our wedding dance by letting our guests know that I was “a snake in the grass, all coiled up and hissing “ and that my husband “knows all about those other men”!! We’re still married- 15 years later!

[@ckobo84]

He could have chosen "Maneater" by Hall and Oats.

[@sarahstevens8268]

Lol!!!! I wanted to walk down the aisle to “I want that man” by Blondie, but he said no. If I had have known the lyrics in his song, I would have done it anyway!!

[@OldBoiler62]

Somehow, years ago, my wife of 40 years and my song ended up "Statue Of a Fool' by Ricky Van Shelton.

[@Ms2amores]

Lol

[@EvilManInBlack]

Then you're not married to a man, sweetheart, but to an idiot

[@TheLemzia]

I haven't seen this in 30 years!!! wow, what a flood of Memories on this one!!! Pulled me through at Least one Breakup!!!!!

[@DavidRay_40]

I heard this song on the way home from work recently. I knew instantly it was REO Speedwagon, even though I had only heard them once before (their other song, Can't Fight This Feeling, which itself is a very recent discovery for me).

[@gabecabrera843]

My man said, "Rio Speedwagon" 😂😂😂 Nothing but love man!

[@wenbren]

The standard of beauty for publuc consumption changes; true beauty never does

[@summermcpherson8209]

I'm so happy you're checking out all my favorite soft rock songs! My request for you is another Air Supply song: All Out of Love

[@Neonbob]

Roll with the changes 🔥. Appreciate this bands energy & Telling the story of what we all went through in the Journey of love.😊

[@bethshadid2087]

Wasn't able to see this yesterday. Absolutely love REO Speedwagon. One of my older sisters had High Infadelity and man I wore that album out. This is one of my faves 🔥💗

[@BillGraper]

They say this was the very first power rock ballad that used a heavy electric guitar background, which paved the way for tons & tons of artists & bands throughout the 80's. They were the innovators of this style as soon as this song came out in late 1980 & hit #1 in early 1981. :)

[@susanstanley-castillo7951]

you said she looks like a dam maniquan ! lol. Love your reactions you are a very personable guy great job

[@bridgetsclama]

I loved REO before they were famous lol. My cousin introduced them to me in the mid-70s, when they were super popular in the midwest, but few people outside the midwest had heard of them. Great choices!

[@geoffsullivan7902]

My fav by REO is Back on the road again, live. These guys were fun.🎼🎶🎹🎸🎤😎

[@shawnamorgan6953]

Love that you are playing these music vids... flashback!! Early 80s! 🎧❤ Still remember all these lyrics too! LOL

[@darcythmpsn1]

from my local area....so so many more great songs for you to discover

[@dennisleedke8578]

Golden Country live is an amazing video, Gary Richrath at his finest! RockInParadise GARY 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@jmcquown]

Notice that was his guitar cord connected to her old-style landline telephone? Cute video moment. Great song! I was a little older than some of your commenters when I first heard it. I was past riding a school bus when I heard R E O on the radio. Driving to/from work. :)

[@hyakimaru5235]

there once upona time when the singers really true sing.

[@RS2Lab]

In Feb 1980 on the night my little sis was born I was 19yo, a REO concert was on the TV in the Lobby of the hospital. Just after this concert was over, the nurse called me to come see my sis in my step mom arms. So this Band is burnt into my memory's.......

[@JamesThomas-dn6ee]

Amazing band the vocals are nice seen them live in the late 80s great show in my top 3 best concerts i have been to. 1- grace vanderwaal 2- garth brooks 3- reo speedwagon 4- Travis trust 5- George strait

[@carolinagallegos3926]

REO still puts on a great concert!!

[@cassbumk3565]

Just saw them 2 summers ago and they were still fabulous

[@justinperry9706]

My ALL TIME favorite song, PERIOD!!! 😁👍

[@gandalf970]

Get in line, damn I spit coffee everywhere when you said that. You are the best, love your reactions.

[@davidrimmer1734]

When I was a young kid my uncle introduced me to REO and I’ve been listening to them for 40 years He passed away last I miss him a lot

[@brianb6024]

thanks for playing the Speedwagon. That was such a fun and provocative video, and I thought your reaction was great!! Really like your channel 👍

[@malcolmr3]

Great song, one of the best power ballads ever.

[@laurierossi7901]

I gotta also say..... Gary Richrath was an amazing guitarist (RIP). My favorite. Check out their earlier music: Riding the Storm Out, Golden Country, 157 Riverside Avenue, Roll With the Changes, Time for me to fly

[@kellylaflash1016]

1981, first 2 weeks of freshman year, riding in the backseat of my brother's girlfriend's old station wagon every day, & this album always playing in the 8-track. It's a moment locked in time - I got sidelined with a cancer diagnosis & missed the rest of that school year. This song is kind of a reminder of the way things might have been.

[@jaxteller4565]

Please do "Roll with the changes" by REO Speedway on. It has all your favorites- guitars, pianos, and keyboard solos.

[@I_dont_understand_25]

"we don't just listen to the music here we feel it "true story

[@donsylvester2372]

"Roll With the Changes" will give you that stankface-church-organ you love so much.

[@LA-fz5qw]

It’s so funny to me I’m not shocked when people don’t know music but I’m really shocked when someone has never even heard of a band that was so popularSuch a part of my childhood and teenage years

[@jmfloyd23]

L A on a similar note. I dated a girl who didn’t know who the Eagles were... I about had a heart attack😲😳😳 I told her to repeat her statement agsin to make sure I heard what I heard😂🤣

[@nomarosom2622]

"In My Dreams" - REO Speedwagon

[@quadguy1470]

Your expression at the end of the video is priceless my friend!!

[@msmrsro]

Takes me back to junior high dances in the early 80s.

[@beverlywiley1230]

Ah bro just love u. Good song back in they day. Loved there music.

[@tthoy7338]

Jamal, I make it a point to come to your channel every day to see who you will be doing a reaction to next. You’re amazing, man ! I love it

[@Seaghost08]

Their old songs are the good stuff. Golden Country is one of my favorites- 157 Riverside Ave

[@lilshadowvicki-7280]

Layed still in the grass all coiled up and hissin'... 💕

[@RubySlippers1100]

Lawwd!! I ADORED this song!! Thanks for posting ❤ no wonder this was a #1 hit :)

[@TexasMagnolia]

Journey was the first with Power Ballads in 1978 and Arena Rock...REO followed, successfully!

[@dwaggs7037]

Funny coincidence, I had a Hallmark movie on in the background while I was playing a video game on my phone. In the movie this song came on and one character declared it was his favorite. At this point, I get the notification for this reaction.

[@Crimsonams]

Ah, REO Speedwagon....the soundtrack to my grade school dances. 😀Back when the boys wouldn't go near you under normal circumstances, but when it came time for the school dances? Yeah, they'd dance with you! The all-female group The Donnas do a pretty good cover of this song.

[@djalioop]

Hey Jamel I love your shirt, Awesome..... REO Speedwagon Epic song.

[@nittanylioness1977]

This band is close to my ❤️