Anyone else creeped out by how popular REO Speedwagon used to be?

[DrGonzoLives]

:scared:

[JimmyJazz]

1. Oh Puleeze - I thought REO was my college's official arena band....

:puke:

[Kathy in Cambridge]

2. I HATED them

those kind of bands drove me to punk rock.

[jonnyblitz]

9. me too.

:thumbsup:

[Carni]

3. Yes

Time for me to fly...I need to set myself free

[NightTrain]

4. Not really.

By the time HI-INFIDELITY topped the album charts, REO Speedwagon had been around for a decade. Their success in the early '80s was little more than a testament to the group's tenacity.

Besides, REO's mass appeal was relatively short-lived. In 1987, they played the now-defunct Sting in New Britain, CT. At one point, lead singer Kevin Cronin asked the audience, "Are any of the seven people who bought our last album here tonight?" :evilgrin:

[DrGonzoLives]

5. This is just a poor attempt at a copycat

They were good in the 1970's - my uncle remembers when they were a local band in Champaign, IL, and came over to Indiana to play at his college. "Golden Country" is a kick-ass song.

Then the 1980's came, and they sucked real fast.

[LSdemocrat]

6. Not me, but I like good cheesy pop music

[Sporadicus]

7. I Saw REO Speedwagon at Least 10 Times in the '70s

They were one of the most hardworking bands in the midwest, and it seemed they were the backup band in every other concert I attended. Other backup bands from that era that I saw multiple times include Blue Oyster Cult and Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Fleetwood Mac (featuring Bob Welch).

[last_texas_dem]

8. Nah

While they're one of the few seventies bands that even I (arbiter of "bad" taste that I am) don't like a whole lot by, they are better than most all "mainstream rock" bands achieving popularity today. And pretty much all modern pop, R & B, country, and hip-hop for that matter. I guess it would be easier to be surprised at the extent of their popularity if it weren't that much worse stuff has achieved much greater popularity since them.

[Orsino]

10. Yes

"Keep on Loving You" was overplayed, and overplayed, and played too many times in a repetitive, redundant way. And then overplayed some more.

[DancingBear]

11. Actually, when the first LP came out

They were hailed by many as a very good hard rock band. REO T.W.O kept the promise up (catch the qualude driven version of "Little Queenie"), but after that, well, you know the drill...

[blackcat77]

12. They were from Indianapolis originally

but disowned us when they got big. Their first album was pretty good but they they sold out and ended up sounding like every other band.