Apparently, when they opened for Van Halen, they got such a good reception that VH's manager wanted them thrown from the tour.
I've never understood this attitude, don't they want a decent band to warm the crowd up? Also VH made their name in the UK partly by blowing a tired Black Sabbath offstage every night of their 1978 tour, so seems kind of hypocritical as surely they were hardly washed-up whenever it was BTO were opening.
Roll On Down The Highway was a top 30 hit in the UK, so Brits of a certain vintage know it better than anything else other than You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet.
― a murmuration of pigeons at manor house (Matt #2), Thursday, 15 April 2021 14:08 (two years ago) link
blew off the stage
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 15 April 2021 14:10 (two years ago) link
“Blowing a tired Black Sabbath off the stage ” oh jeez
― calstars, Thursday, 15 April 2021 15:11 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 16 April 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
B B B BABY
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 16 April 2021 00:06 (two years ago) link
9 + 1 = 10, b-b-b-babylistened to the 5 that made a dent over here in the NL and that I heard on the radio back then (iow this top 5) - and then forgot to vote.
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 16 April 2021 05:58 (two years ago) link
weird to hear “Roll On Down The Highway” again btw, I kept interjecting “sure plays a mean pinball” during the verses
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 16 April 2021 06:02 (two years ago) link
Can't believe I was the only Roll On voter, you people must sure hate grunt rock.
― a murmuration of pigeons at manor house (Matt #2), Friday, 16 April 2021 08:33 (two years ago) link
Was You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet the first committed fusion of jangle pop and disco? Yes it was.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 29 August 2023 18:27 (six months ago) link
I would've voted for "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet." The one BTO record I ever put on myself. (Put it in a compilation of '70s classic rock.)
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 29 August 2023 19:34 (six months ago) link