REO Speedwagon or Journey?

[Radical Activist]

You must choose a favorite or be forced listen to both for the rest of time.

[patcox2]

1. Speedwagon, much less shrieking than Journey.

I actually like "Roll with the Changes."

[Radical Activist]

3. That is one of the few songs

that I KNOW is by REO Speedwagon. Usually when a song by either band is on the radio, I'm not sure who I'm listening to.

[patcox2]

8. Remember , "loving, touching, squeezing" = Journey.

That voice, I am cringing now just thinking of it.

These were the songs of my freshman year at University of Florida, Journey and REO, the girls like REO because the songs were drippy romance after they sold out with that "Heard if from a friend" crap, the boys like Journey because neal schonn could really shred, man. But older REO was kinda boogeying midwestern rock much to be preferred over the shrieking of Journey.

[Kali]

23. aaauuuughhhh you BASTARD my eeeeaaarrrrsssss

:puke: :puke: :puke:

[Radical Activist]

28. So Heard it From a Friend is REO?

I thought it was Journey, seriously. This is my problem with these two bands. I like the explanation in your post since I was a little too young at the time.

[Drum]

6. Roll With The Changes --- Primo!

I'm gonna play it right now.
:)

[Zomby Woof]

2. Oh yes, I remember...

I had the lasagna.

[Rambis]

4. Golden Country REO Speedwagon Lyrics -quite apt today

Golden country your face is so red
With all of your money your poor can be fed
You strut around and you flirt with disaster
Never really carin just what comes after
Well your blacks are dyin but your back is still turned
And your freaks are cryin but your back is still turned
You better stop your hidin or your country will burn
The time has come for you my friend
To all this ugliness we must put an end
Before we leave we must make a stand

Mortgage people you crawl to your homes
Your security lies in your bed of white foam
You act concerned but then why turn away
When a lady was raped on your doorstep today
Well your blacks are cryin but your back is still turned
And your freaks are dyin but your back is still turned
You better stop your hidin or your country will burn
The time has come for you my friend
To all this ugliness we must put an end
Before we leave we must make a stand, oh yeah......

(solo)

Golden country your face is so red
With all of your money your poor can be fed
You strut around and you flirt with disaster
Never really carin just what comes after
Well your blacks are dyin but your back is still turned
And your freaks are cryin but your back is still turned
You better stop your hidin or your country will burn
The time has come for you my friend
To all this ugliness we must put an end
Before we leave we must make a stand

[ulysses]

5. J. Geils Band.

[redqueen]

9. That guy was SO right.

[wildhorses]

7. REO Speedwagon

Heard from a friend who heard from a friend who heard you been messing around...

[devilgrrl]

10. Neither, they're both crap.

sorry.

[Jamastiene]

19. :P

Couldn't agree more. :P

[Oeditpus Rex]

32. They became crap in the '80s

when producers got their claws into them. In the '70s, both were pretty good bands.

[izzybeans]

11. definitely the weedwagon

but only because my cheeks aren't as sore from all the laughter.

[BreweryYardRat]

12. Both have good songs.

Can't choose.

[ghostsofgiants]

13. Journey FTW.

[momophile]

14. REO tells some good stories

listening to them is like livin' in the 70s all over again.

[Hobarticus]

15. Kevin Cronin and Steve Perry, never in the same room...coincidence?

I think NOT!

[wildhorses]

20. ---

I grabbed you sigline, hope you don't mind. I just HAD TO HAVE IT!!!

[Hobarticus]

22. Use it well, friend, and go in peace. Steve Perry wishes it so. n/t

[jayfish]

16. "Wheel In The Sky" Crushes Anything REO ...

ever even thought committing to vinyl.

Jay

[Radical Activist]

31. Ridin the Storm Out...pretty much the same song.

[jobycom]

17. Journey, but only because you don't offer suicide as an option, and because

I like Faithfully, being the corny sap that I am.

[ProfessorGAC]

18. Early Journey

Pre-Perry. (OK maybe Infinity with Perry.) After Infinity, Journey just kept releasing the same album with different lyrics. Speedwagon went from pedestrian to non-ambulatory.

We used to know Gary and Kevin. A couple of tools.
The Professor

[NewWaveChick1981]

21. Oh. I thought this was a poll about what music they usually played in Hell.

:rofl: :yoiks:

[Radical Activist]

29. ummm...

It is.
I actually like REO sometimes...in small doses.

[NewWaveChick1981]

34. Ok, then...

:P My husband LOVES REO Speedwagon, so I felt justified in my earlier remark. :rofl: :) It's OK if you like REO---I don't hold it against you.

[InvisibleTouch]

24. Some of my favorite songs are by Journey. n/t

[Oeditpus Rex]

25. 'Infinity' was Journey's last good album

It had some clues as to the direction the band was about to go, though — "Anytime" was a good tune, but it was the first of a torturingly long list of power ballads. The pre-Perry "Look Into the Future" still had some undertones of their Santana roots, when they didn't write songs for Perry's voice.

REO Speedwagon had some good tunes — "Roll With the Changes," "Ridin' the Storm Out," "Golden Country," "Sophisticated Lady" — but that was spread over 10 years; I can't think of one good album they did. They always reminded me of a garage band that got a break, rather like Grand Funk. The band's only really good element was keyboardist Neal Doughty; the rest of 'em were hacks. (Gary Richrath was one of the lamest lead guitarists ever.)

Both bands were killed by producers.

[deucemagnet]

26. You must choose a favorite or be forced listen to both for the rest of time.

Um, which circle of hell have I stumbled into?

[Radical Activist]

30. Thus the evilness of my poll.

Of course, the correct answer is option three. I really can't tell the difference between the two bands.

[bif]

27. Neither. They both suck

[Broken_Hero]

33. Journey for sure...STTEEEVEEE Perry!...:) nt

[bigwillq]

35. Journey!

:bounce:

[Moloch]

36. Journey!!!

They didn't really have a timeless quality, but neither did REO speedwagon.

[Radical Activist]

40. Yes, they were both of their time

and no other.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

37. Journey, by far. Far more sophisticated and far less cheesy.

Journey is far from being the best rock band, but the general higher quality of their songs--and, quite frankly, the fact that they were not the ones who wrote the horrific "Can't Stop Loving You"--makes them far more bearable, in my book.

[last_texas_dem]

38. Journey

Reo Speedwagon aren't as bad as their reputation, but even I, a defender of numerous hated bands of the seventies from Uriah Heep to Styx, don't feel all that passionate about most of their music. It's not that it's bad, either; it's just not stuff I get very enthusiastic about. Journey released some cheesy stuff but, at the same time, I think many people embrace them today for this fact. Their weird proggy early years are pretty interesting, and they released some awesome singles once they became a more "Top 40" band. They just don't make cheesily delicious power ballads like "Don't Stop Believin'" these days. (Actually, they could be, but I doubt it...)

[njdemocrat106]

39. Believe it or not, I'll listen to both without vomiting

Sure, their music was anything but earth-shattering, but I'd rather have anyone of those bands instead of what passes for "rock" nowadays. You can't tell the difference between REO and Journey? There's even less of a difference amongst the bands played on my local "active rock" station.

Vocal-wise, though, Steve Perry's the better singer over Kevin Cronin. I'll admit a real guilty pleasure for "Can't Fight This Feeling", however.

[Phillycat]

41. REO, for sure. I don't like either, but

I actively HATE a whole bunch of Journey songs ("Can't Fight This Feeling", and didn't they do "Open Arms"? AARGH!) so I have to go with REO.