Head East: Never Been Any Reason (Live)

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  • Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
  • A montage created by Stephen Riker (user name: headeastrocks) made to the audio of "Never Been Any Reason" by Head East from the Live album. Features the only available film footage of Head East in the '70s plus footage of John Schlitt from an early Petra concert.

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  • @theunknowns44
    @theunknowns44 3 дня назад +5

    I'm 71 years old and still love that song from 1975 - do the math. Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end. Booyah!!!

  • @jarrodschroeder
    @jarrodschroeder 4 года назад +1912

    I still Love this Song Today, Who's with me, Rocking this Song in 2020?

  • @PlayzAlot2
    @PlayzAlot2 7 месяцев назад +171

    Now 63 yrs old. Saw them in late 70's with Molly Hatchet and 38 Special at a "Smoke In". Fantastic!!! How I long for those day again.

    • @jimg5669
      @jimg5669 6 месяцев назад +2

      Same age, and though I now have zero southern rock in my limited (~1400) track list (that's odd, wonder why?) I knew all three and would have loved that show!
      My bad... I always keep some Hoodoo Rhythm Devils on tap!

    • @guyherman5764
      @guyherman5764 6 месяцев назад +3

      I'm 65 and i saw that Frickin Badd Ass show also, So Fun way back when. Rock On buddy :)

    • @machtshnel
      @machtshnel 6 месяцев назад +3

      I am the same age grew up in the SF bay area but got to see all these great bands as a teenage from the Mid 70s to mid 80s was such a great time in music history

    • @JustinJenkins-uu9ni
      @JustinJenkins-uu9ni 5 месяцев назад +2

      Was that the smoke in in DC?

    • @PlayzAlot2
      @PlayzAlot2 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@JustinJenkins-uu9ni no, NC. 🤗

  • @TroySolomon-h3b
    @TroySolomon-h3b 5 дней назад +4

    This is much easier than waiting, for the radio station,to play some good ole rock and roll.
    And bring it with us,to replenish the world.amen

  • @Gunners_Mate_Guns
    @Gunners_Mate_Guns 7 месяцев назад +149

    I'm so glad that I grew up in the 1970s-1980s listening to this music when it was brand new.
    We didn't realize just how good we had it at the time.

    • @internetexplorer1593
      @internetexplorer1593 6 месяцев назад +2

      If you're stuck on "classic rock" and you right off the music that is out there today, it just shows laziness and inability to grow out of old ways. Don't be like this person..

    • @t.v.6586
      @t.v.6586 6 месяцев назад +12

      ​@@internetexplorer1593 Most of the music coming out today doesn't even come close to the music from the 70's and 80's .

    • @internetexplorer1593
      @internetexplorer1593 6 месяцев назад

      @@t.v.6586 This translates to: "Today's pop music isn't as good as the pop music of my day."
      This LV guy falls into the lazy category of people that don't want to discover deeper cut, good modern music.

    • @jerlewis4291
      @jerlewis4291 5 месяцев назад +3

      @@internetexplorer1593 This coming from a person who doesn't know the difference between right (as in a direction) and write (as in communication).

    • @internetexplorer1593
      @internetexplorer1593 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@jerlewis4291 fair enough. If you want to disengage from the point being made because of a triviality, go ahead.

  • @FlyingGemSparkly
    @FlyingGemSparkly 5 лет назад +1290

    Roses are red, violets are blue, when I listen to Head East, my neighbors do too! 🤩😍😁👏👏👏

    • @jimrocker6027
      @jimrocker6027 5 лет назад +21

      Turn those Marshall Amps up!!!!

    • @arlenebowers326
      @arlenebowers326 5 лет назад +8

      Have heard this on most Hard Rock and Metal songs! The saying gets old. Need to come up with something new! Have listened to this since I was a teen. Head East rocks it!

    • @randalhallmark392
      @randalhallmark392 5 лет назад

      Really!?!

    • @dennis.hellyeagrubbs1642
      @dennis.hellyeagrubbs1642 4 года назад +3

      James Sparks hell yeah

    • @linnypsimpson5111
      @linnypsimpson5111 4 года назад +4

      James Sparks- Hey, I'm one of your neighbors. Block party!!

  • @ARTll-zy1cp
    @ARTll-zy1cp 3 года назад +422

    61. Miss those days terribly. Growing up in the 60's and 70' was magical.

    • @sharronclark7485
      @sharronclark7485 3 года назад +15

      I agree! These people now don't even have any idea what they missed out on! 😁🇺🇸😇🇺🇸🙋

    • @sharronclark7485
      @sharronclark7485 3 года назад +14

      Man it was fantastic time in history! These people missed the Beetles, the who, grassroots, jamesgang,slip and slide, frisbee, the man from uncle , the best bond movies, laugh in! I could go On and on! 😁😇🇺🇸🙋

    • @sharronclark7485
      @sharronclark7485 3 года назад +7

      I know they can say well I can watch recordings of all that stuff but it's not the same as watching the birth! Man Woodstock, jimi hendrix, that joplin chick, the birth of Hot Wheels, the Best Muscle Cars Ever! Dude you got me started! Lol! 😁😇🇺🇸🙋

    • @bobbybogs6864
      @bobbybogs6864 3 года назад +6

      Ditto my friend. I miss them every day...

    • @tracypajari2764
      @tracypajari2764 3 года назад +7

      And never to be done again. We are blessed with bad ass!

  • @jhood758
    @jhood758 11 месяцев назад +128

    I’m 65 now and still rockin. Just watched John Schlitt age 73 now performing with Petra sing this song on 9/17/23. Sounded just like this. He didn’t miss a beat and could still hit those high notes.

    • @marthawelsh7269
      @marthawelsh7269 8 месяцев назад +4

      70 YO/chick✌🏼🆒🐥Still ROCKING‼️

    • @natureshealing6534
      @natureshealing6534 8 месяцев назад +3

      Still high energy in that 9/2023 performance!

    • @robinlynch5147
      @robinlynch5147 5 месяцев назад +3

      Stevie Nicks is on tour now in her 70s. It's awesome!!!!

    • @ingognito369
      @ingognito369 3 месяца назад +1

      No Doubt!

    • @dqdanielfab
      @dqdanielfab 2 месяца назад +1

      I’m 65 now , saw them in Corpus Christi Tx in 1977 🙌🙌🙌🙌

  • @brucecarroll3563
    @brucecarroll3563 2 месяца назад +20

    Now 74 and still 'driven' by this under appreciated ROCK DIAMOND.
    My Condolences to those that are too young to have experienced the golden age of rock first hand.
    But now is no better time than ever to learn about what REAL music was meant to sound like..!!

    • @KonaSitkaRose
      @KonaSitkaRose 3 дня назад

      I stop by here frequently to get my head east fix 😂

    • @nakamakai5553
      @nakamakai5553 2 дня назад +1

      @@KonaSitkaRose And Molly - yeah baby

  • @QUICKIRONS
    @QUICKIRONS 8 месяцев назад +90

    I saw them in Charleston South Carolina in 1975, I was just 15 years old hitch hiking up and down the East coast. You can't buy an education like that. America was GREAT! Let's make it GREAT AGAIN!

    • @timzeringue2649
      @timzeringue2649 8 месяцев назад +7

      Love too, Want my great Country back, badly ! WTF is going on?

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 8 месяцев назад +11

      Depends on “what you mean” by that? If it’s the orange menace-no fricken way Haha

    • @tracyhall6195
      @tracyhall6195 8 месяцев назад +4

      ​​@@KittyGrizGriz... 🤘😅👍 !! 🍊👹 🇺🇲 🗽

    • @kloudkreeper
      @kloudkreeper 7 месяцев назад +5

      The whole world was a better place back in the day...

    • @davidranney8723
      @davidranney8723 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@kloudkreeper for some, not all.

  • @pamjarrett-s9s
    @pamjarrett-s9s Год назад +261

    It just doesn’t get much better than this! It’s Easter Sunday, April 9th 2023, and I’m still listening to these guys, and absolutely love this song.

    • @markrobinson4447
      @markrobinson4447 Год назад +8

      Smoke another one dude. Today's the 7th😅 great song though. Good to see some brother's here 🌴

    • @mikeclaunch7575
      @mikeclaunch7575 Год назад +6

      ❤Ditto❤

    • @jeffalbillar7625
      @jeffalbillar7625 11 месяцев назад +2

      9\19\23

    • @robertboone7622
      @robertboone7622 11 месяцев назад +3

      I was truly blessed with my birthday being on Easter Sunday 4/9/23🙏🏻🇺🇸✝️

    • @BruceEldridge
      @BruceEldridge 8 месяцев назад +2

      Needs to be turned up LOUD!

  • @johnburrows1179
    @johnburrows1179 4 года назад +48

    When music was great. Today sucks.

    • @timzeringue2649
      @timzeringue2649 8 месяцев назад +3

      You said it... !

    • @brucecarroll3563
      @brucecarroll3563 2 месяца назад

      Hello my friend...it's still GREAT as
      WE all know and will be so for another 50 or more years as some antique enthusiasts hoard vinyl records and turntables that will be worth 'who knows what' by then.
      75 now and when the new wave 'music' (LOL) hits the bricks in about 2030 and AI cyber music takes front stage..how will the video game, social media, tech kiddos embrace this new media....lolol
      Slam us now 'youngins'...gonna be a brain fart that you won't forget when your 'so called music' is finally 'been replaced by robots.

    • @matthewmokanski5372
      @matthewmokanski5372 2 месяца назад

      You know how you can tell if a music and artist is great? If they can do same songs in a stadium or unplugged and it still sounds as good or better than the recording. Half of the shit my kids listen to cannot be performed outside of a studio or without being choreographed to the last note when on stage. Miss the days of raw talent on stage.

    • @KonaSitkaRose
      @KonaSitkaRose 3 дня назад

      Makes me laugh. Nothing like 60s & 70s. ❤🎉😂

  • @synthartist69
    @synthartist69 5 лет назад +589

    Head East played in my hometown of Fort Smith, Arkansas back in 1996. Our band was the opening act. Roger Boyd (Keyboardist) and I talked about the Moog he used on the original recording and it really surprised me when he pulled it out of the case and told me he is still using it live today. He had a remote keytar, I am guessing it was part of his Moog Synthesizer rig. Our band was playing Never Been any Reason during soundcheck. Roger asked me if I would like to share the stage with him on Never Been Any Reason and I was like "HECK YEAH!" He told me to play the main synth line during the solo and that he would play a harmony to it with his Moog. It was fun, really cool of him to let me get on stage with them. The band was super tight, you could tell that had played this song a million times. One of the highlights of my musical past!

    • @boutcha1
      @boutcha1 5 лет назад +9

      The band I was in opened for them around '91 at Fat Jacks in Council Bluffs, IA.

    • @forrestgump7553
      @forrestgump7553 5 лет назад +6

      I seen a band calling themselves Head East in a very small town street festival maybe around that time. Looked and sounded nothing like them. The looks didn't matter cuz I had no clue what they looked like but the sound wasn't there at all. Wanted 5 bucks to get in the area they were playing but I just looked over the 4 foot fence and thought I'd keep my money. I'm actually from the area they originated from - Champaign and Charleston Il. This was in a small town near there. Looking at their past members list - now I know why. Must have had over 50 members from the beginning and the version I seen - who knows if it had an original member.

    • @tommymcweedface229
      @tommymcweedface229 5 лет назад +3

      Dude! I was born there! Left in 2000. Me and my son used to go Judge Parker's gallows all the time. Feel sorry for the folks in Moffet. River's way up!

    • @synthartist69
      @synthartist69 5 лет назад +1

      @@tommymcweedface229 .. Small world! Well, you are not missing anything that's for sure!!!

    • @threalismaradona9899
      @threalismaradona9899 5 лет назад +6

      That is fucking awesome I have a moog they are amazing

  • @MAHGlie
    @MAHGlie 6 месяцев назад +31

    2024. 65 and still rockin to Head East. Great energy and guitars!

    • @user-ye3sk1cl1x
      @user-ye3sk1cl1x 2 месяца назад

      True that 1:19 1:24

    • @williamonderlinde5068
      @williamonderlinde5068 Месяц назад

      You never forget the best, greatest music EVER... I'm 67, pushin 68. Still runnin' & gunnin' w/ the young bucks @ work...

    • @RichM0410
      @RichM0410 23 дня назад

      same....62 my friend!

  • @tommyinajar
    @tommyinajar Год назад +55

    Never Been Any Reason not to Thumbs up this one...

  • @franksollazzo3465
    @franksollazzo3465 4 года назад +625

    Still rocking at 61. This song still sounds fresh. Timeless tune

    • @stevewallace326
      @stevewallace326 4 года назад +10

      66, retired and living in Mexico. This shit ROCKS! Thanks, RUclips, for making it possible.

    • @michellejennings9257
      @michellejennings9257 3 года назад +12

      I'm 58 years old and still listen to this great music. And I blast it whenever I can !!!!

    • @rantipolesmyth4073
      @rantipolesmyth4073 3 года назад +4

      Yep ! Rantipole 77 in 2020

    • @jamespoff8632
      @jamespoff8632 3 года назад +8

      keep on rocking im 54 it keeps us young

    • @mikefisher2673
      @mikefisher2673 3 года назад +6

      I'm 58 this song never gets old.

  • @c.holland6068
    @c.holland6068 8 лет назад +796

    Man, how I miss music like this. The 70s was the greatest era for music.

  • @keithbourque4383
    @keithbourque4383 3 года назад +343

    My son Brandon tells me often , Dad it must have been GREAT to see all these AWESOME bands of the 70's & 80's . I just say with a tears running down my check OH HELL YEAH IT WAS I just wish we could have seen them TOGETHER

    • @vickimackin
      @vickimackin 3 года назад +4

      Yes! Most definately!

    • @tyeedwrds
      @tyeedwrds 3 года назад +11

      I've taken my sons and grandsons to see KISS and Judas Priest! Had some great fun, AND I actually remember being there this time : )

    • @josel.martinez7210
      @josel.martinez7210 3 года назад +14

      Foghat one week, Terrible Ted Nugent two weeks later! An amazing amount of Talent in those days, and the Shows were so freaking affordable. My Pops never said no, he would say enjoy yourself and be safe! Thanks Pops!

    • @waynekeenan3405
      @waynekeenan3405 3 года назад

      @@vickimackin .

    • @lindabergman3127
      @lindabergman3127 3 года назад +1

      Yep😁😍🥰🤩

  • @davidb8657
    @davidb8657 Год назад +38

    68 yrs young here Still listening in July 2023 🎶👏🇺🇸

    • @timzeringue2649
      @timzeringue2649 8 месяцев назад

      Cool, cool beans ! : ) .

    • @joesalazar4008
      @joesalazar4008 4 месяца назад

      63 love u tube crank it baby

    • @Pelican5077
      @Pelican5077 9 дней назад

      69. Here in Aug 2024! Awesome. So many memories. My mom was a professional singer. Sang with a lot of the Big Bands back in the late 40s. Sang with Etta James. And she loved Rock and Roll!!

  • @tracyclark4162
    @tracyclark4162 6 месяцев назад +25

    I'm 63 and I just enjoy seeing comments from my own age. We are still so young at heart. Head East was a big part of my life many years ago, with many memories. At that time my age now was so far away, but the next thing it's here. Family and great memories is so helpful getting older.

    • @user-eh7mb4pn7w
      @user-eh7mb4pn7w 6 месяцев назад +3

      I turned 70 this year and I think Disco overshadowed the mid-70s. People don't realize how much great rock came out of that era.

  • @cautiousoptimist
    @cautiousoptimist 13 дней назад +5

    I saw these guys doing this song at a bar in Chicago in 1976... Totally smoking...:-)
    I turn 70 in a month and my wife just passed away. This song really gives me some energy back in my soul!

  • @user-pq7ej9dw3l
    @user-pq7ej9dw3l Год назад +31

    Nothing like the originals. Any band. Any song. Nothing comes close.

  • @jesterd14
    @jesterd14 10 лет назад +571

    Brings back lots of memories from a time when life was easier and simpler..

    • @randelltuttle143
      @randelltuttle143 5 лет назад +5

      Saw these turkeys at the TEXXAS JAM 78.

    • @teddanyluk4602
      @teddanyluk4602 5 лет назад +2

      jesterd14 ya gots that shit right...was just starting to "raise my family" in 73!

    • @rolandochapa5199
      @rolandochapa5199 5 лет назад +5

      It still is fuck everybody, enjoy life you dont know when it's over

    • @pauljones4188
      @pauljones4188 5 лет назад

      I agree!

    • @Harrisx5
      @Harrisx5 5 лет назад

      Amen

  • @randyrayburn5918
    @randyrayburn5918 Год назад +72

    John Schlitt STILL has an incredible voice in August 2023. Petra! Praise God.

    • @jackoesterlejr.3454
      @jackoesterlejr.3454 11 месяцев назад +4

      Amen Brother! 🙏

    • @frankperdue6585
      @frankperdue6585 9 месяцев назад +3

      No kidding??? Petra was a huge deal when I was going to high school. 🤘👍🇺🇸

    • @psalm2forliberty577
      @psalm2forliberty577 2 месяца назад +1

      ​​@@frankperdue6585
      Yes indeed.
      John Schlitt became Petra's Lead singer in 1986 & did like their next 23 albums !
      Greg X Volz was their first from 1974-85 & 8 albums I believe.
      Great stuff from either man.
      Love John Schlitt here with Head East - Head East was his mainstream band from 1970s - 80 when they let him go due to bad drug habit.
      I hadn't heard Head East much they were a regional Midwest success but I didn't hear them in San Diego growing up there.
      But thx to RUclips, we Petra fans can get caught up on cool stuff we missed.
      Look for the fabulous live update of this song "Never Been Any Reason" just shot with John & most original Head East on Huckabee's Jukebox.
      If I can find the link....
      ruclips.net/video/OhB-NfCaou4/видео.htmlsi=LmEzl71r1mH5Gxw8

  • @DocHoliday-to6kp
    @DocHoliday-to6kp 7 месяцев назад +11

    Wore this cassette out on the Pioneer under dash "Supertuner" in the GTO.
    So glad to have lived through the best music decades in history.

    • @tracyhall6195
      @tracyhall6195 7 месяцев назад +4

      ..Yup. 🎯 I was born in 1961. 😏 Have to say I nailed 'em All..perfectly !! 🤘😀👍 💯% ! ... 🍻 !!

  • @MommaHub1966
    @MommaHub1966 2 года назад +117

    Very underrated band!!! The harmonies, the rhythms, the arrangements, & the showmanship!!!!

    • @shellyweiers121
      @shellyweiers121 Год назад +4

      They are one of the greatest bands ever Laura

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 11 месяцев назад +3

      @@tauras665 very true 🥱

  • @DainaSancho
    @DainaSancho 11 месяцев назад +59

    One of THE very best rock songs of all time!! I get chills and goosebumps every single time, just like I did decades ago!! It's like a time machine back to the days when i was so young and life was full of promise. Thank you so much, the gift that never stops giving! 🏆🎖⭐️🎶🎵

    • @user-gx7th3et1z
      @user-gx7th3et1z 10 месяцев назад +2

      Yes!

    • @barbaraolsem5150
      @barbaraolsem5150 3 месяца назад

      When I played this on the juke box 20 years ago every single person in the bar was wiggling their hips or tapping their boots and bobbing their heads. You just have to get down when you hear this masterpiece.

  • @Hutsonville78
    @Hutsonville78 7 месяцев назад +10

    Saw them at Robinson High School, Illinois 1977 I believe. Fantastic. John Schlitt gave his life to Christ at some after that and was spectacular with the Christian rock band Petra. Schlitt had all star rock creed voice. I got my all-star guys singing rock.. '''Freddy Mercury, Mickey Thomas, Paul Rogers, John Schlitt and, Steve Perry.

  • @meauxjeaux431
    @meauxjeaux431 4 дня назад +1

    ONE OF THE VERY 1ST. HARD DRIVING, HARD HITTING, HARD ROCK SONGS. STILL ONE OF MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITES !

  • @leroyafanador781
    @leroyafanador781 4 месяца назад +15

    64 years old and I still headbang to This incredible Band

  • @TorzJohnson
    @TorzJohnson 5 лет назад +246

    I remember listening to this song riding with my older brother in his pickup truck in the spring of 1976 right before he died at the age of 17. It's a good memory of when he was still with us and this song always reminds me of him.

    • @mr.d.4175
      @mr.d.4175 4 года назад +9

      Cool. Thanks. It reminds me of my brother who I list in 1993 and my son in 2018.

    • @frevryngrocks9346
      @frevryngrocks9346 4 года назад +1

      💔🙏

    • @frevryngrocks9346
      @frevryngrocks9346 4 года назад +1

      @@mr.d.4175 💔🙏

    • @cajunsheepdog5025
      @cajunsheepdog5025 4 года назад +2

      Sorry about your loss man !

    • @saltykrug
      @saltykrug 4 года назад +5

      I've lost an older brother too, I know the pain. Much sympathies man.

  • @Neptuneman07
    @Neptuneman07 3 года назад +107

    John got an incredible voice. Doesn't matter if its Head East, Petra or even Solo; amazing vocal range.

  • @francesshelton1358
    @francesshelton1358 Год назад +25

    I think it's so awesome that John Schilt is a Christian man and living for the Lord. I love his voice.

  • @doncastillo7813
    @doncastillo7813 2 года назад +83

    This song never gets old . Miss the good old days. Still rockin 2021

  • @julenepegher6999
    @julenepegher6999 11 месяцев назад +34

    This song brings back so many memories. I love and miss my 70’s so much! 🎉❤😂

  • @jbogie9453
    @jbogie9453 3 года назад +64

    Sitting in our garage rocking out to this song. Our kids will never be able to do this!! 😁

    • @vickimackin
      @vickimackin 3 года назад +2

      Yep! Sitting in our heated garage right now rocking to this😄

    • @fox0357
      @fox0357 2 года назад +2

      Just wait...

  • @LarryMarler
    @LarryMarler 2 месяца назад +7

    I was 15 when I saw them live. I'm 60 now. this is great. Memories.

    • @user-nm4yr7pb2y
      @user-nm4yr7pb2y Месяц назад

      I'm also 60 Larry, I grew up about 40 miles north of Seattle . Did we get to see so many
      awesome 🎉 bands rise to Great ness or WHAT !!!😀🥳👋

  • @joseph-ow1hf
    @joseph-ow1hf 3 года назад +66

    Now this is the best "more cow bell" song of all. ;-) Actually, just about a perfect rock song in general.

  • @sassysister8552
    @sassysister8552 День назад

    Remembering the feeling when this song played at a bar and running for the dance floor .. Epic Dance Song!! Im 60!

  • @Basey
    @Basey 3 года назад +56

    Song got stuck in my head this morning, so now I've listened to it 10 times in a row and still going.

    • @daveSeeks01
      @daveSeeks01 Год назад +2

      Good classic rock is hard to not get into your head and sing to when it plays.

    • @bugmandu1
      @bugmandu1 Год назад

      Ear Worm.

    • @timzeringue2649
      @timzeringue2649 Год назад +1

      It has that effect,I know,old rock n Roll ! :).

    • @sharonballachino2003
      @sharonballachino2003 Год назад

      No one forgets this song ...

  • @randymiller3949
    @randymiller3949 3 года назад +16

    Man...I'm 52 yrs old...but listening to this AWESOMELY GREAT SONG...all of a sudden I'm a young boy back in the 70s & riding around with my uncle John who was & still is my favorite uncle & listening to Head East on an 8-track player in his truck!!!
    GREAT GREAT SONG...EVEN BETTER MEMORIES!!!
    Much love from Mobile Alabama.

    • @johnlsullivan896
      @johnlsullivan896 2 года назад +1

      I hear you , Head East and Argent Hold your head up those 2 I can remember so we'll even if I had an transistor radio took on my paper route before football practice in 6th grade, lmao how many people probably don't know what a transistor radio was or maybe even a Walkman ,

    • @charlieschuster7665
      @charlieschuster7665 2 года назад

      Same for me, but I am 72!

  • @ShineYourLightDetailing
    @ShineYourLightDetailing 5 лет назад +228

    One of the best Rock songs, ever.

    • @richardallen3541
      @richardallen3541 5 лет назад +1

      Agree

    • @frevryngrocks9346
      @frevryngrocks9346 4 года назад

      Yes

    • @Prophecynut
      @Prophecynut 4 года назад

      Amazing power

    • @alvinfrederikson8526
      @alvinfrederikson8526 4 года назад +1

      The first song on the flip side of flat as a pancake, was Jeff Town Creek. Loved that song also. But always played the whole side to the end because it was the 70's.

  • @colleenengelmann7896
    @colleenengelmann7896 2 года назад +12

    PROUDLY Born 1965 and Raised on THIS!!! 💖💖💖🎶🎶🎶🎶🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @stepanbandera5206
    @stepanbandera5206 Год назад +7

    John Schlitt is one of the most underappreciated underrated rock vocalists of the time.

  • @danbeatty3580
    @danbeatty3580 7 месяцев назад +11

    Today's so called artists could learn from tunes like this...gets the blood pumping.

  • @jimd4635
    @jimd4635 8 лет назад +170

    One of the greatest rock harmonizing songs ever!

  • @brianwomack4596
    @brianwomack4596 3 года назад +30

    Need more music like this these days

    • @MikerodRod
      @MikerodRod Год назад +5

      Unfortunately it'll never happen.

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 10 месяцев назад +2

      It’s right here, in front of you 😊

  • @johnfahy1036
    @johnfahy1036 Год назад +4

    It’s like a fever once you got it
    You got it

  • @arrowheadftball
    @arrowheadftball 23 дня назад +1

    Head East, Nazereth, Grand Funk. 3 1970's authentic Rock Bands. Undeniable talent. Timeless songs.

  • @user-hn3dd2io6y
    @user-hn3dd2io6y Год назад +6

    One of my favs from 70’s, play it to my grandkids now!

  • @scottbohe7006
    @scottbohe7006 Год назад +52

    One of the greatest songs from the '70s! Great harmonies, great keyboards! So happy to see this here.

    • @philber57
      @philber57 11 месяцев назад +3

      Saw these guys in Milwaukee in their prime with REO Speedwagon…awesome show!

    • @tracyhall6195
      @tracyhall6195 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​​​​@@philber57..I'M def. jealous ! 😢 ... R.I.PARADISE, REO 🎸ist extraordinaire Gary Richrath. 🙏 🤘 🕊

  • @motorcityquig
    @motorcityquig 7 лет назад +201

    Midwest rock and roll at its finest.

    • @pulaski1
      @pulaski1 4 года назад +4

      Styx or REO Speedwagon should take them out on tour - either would be a great double bill.

    • @OkieMikester
      @OkieMikester 3 года назад

      @@pulaski1- I saw Styx in concert when they played "The Grand Illusion" & "Pieces of Eight" albums front to back...So incredible!!!

    • @james61572
      @james61572 3 года назад +1

      Yes it is,They are from st louis,My wife use to hear them play b4 they were popular.They use to practice in the garage
      next door to her aunt.

  • @bigbadbamboo1
    @bigbadbamboo1 3 года назад +49

    John went on to head up Petra, one of the most hard rockin Christian bands that was out there. He had a great career with them. He was near dead when Bob Hartman found him. Love you John, beyond belief!

    • @danieltilton4872
      @danieltilton4872 2 года назад +5

      Petra headlined cornerstone. Fest in chi town for many years..they all rock

    • @Thrasher411
      @Thrasher411 2 года назад +4

      The footage of John in the white jacket and red shirt is actually from a Petra Concert, although they had the song somewhat synced with the video, I know that was one of his signature on stage costumes for the Back to the Street tour.

    • @davidploutz6261
      @davidploutz6261 2 года назад +5

      Petra came to Dodge City, ks several years ago. We got to see them. I was a Head East fan in the 70's. And a Petra fan later in life!

    • @Al_the_Whit
      @Al_the_Whit 2 года назад +4

      I was so disappointed in Petra when Greg X Voltz left the band in the mid '80s. I thought they'd never be able to replace a unique voice like his. I couldn't have been more wrong about anything in my lifetime. John Schmitt, you rock like nobody else! God met me with your voice when I was going down for the last time. Thanks for being a willing vessel. God bless you, man!

    • @MichaelSweetRocks
      @MichaelSweetRocks 2 года назад +1

      He was beyond "near dead" status before he met Bob Hartman, but who's counting?

  • @aubreytucker654
    @aubreytucker654 Год назад +10

    63 yo.... Today...... What a great version of an even greater song. From the magical 70's. Timeless.,..

  • @glennamesquita6386
    @glennamesquita6386 8 месяцев назад +5

    WOW! I was just 16 or so, Head East super loud wouldn't have any other way open the garage door at my parents home Dad was working mom at school watching the little ones man this was fun those were the times life was easy!

  • @hraith
    @hraith 5 месяцев назад +3

    "I wan' choo to git downnnn!!" has got to be the most 1970s sentence ever uttered. This song is a rocker.

    • @tracyhall6195
      @tracyhall6195 4 месяца назад +1

      ..😄... at 0:52 ! 👍 ..I'm pretty sure that voice is their late drummer, Steve Huston. 🙏🕊 ...Some people say the very *next* thing he says is "..and get fuuuuu*ked" ! 😅 ..OR, does he say "..and get pumped" ? 🤔 Not quite sure. Great, high-energy lead-in by him, though !! 🤘😎👍

  • @ericwettstein6215
    @ericwettstein6215 3 года назад +57

    This song was played nearly every time I walked into a bar and all the other times the jukebox would be playing Ballroom Blitz. Puts me right back there every time... Crazy Good times 😉

    • @carlrifkin7420
      @carlrifkin7420 2 года назад +1

      Sweet

    • @autojohn-pu1vf
      @autojohn-pu1vf Год назад +1

      I played Bass in a garage/sometimes bar band and this was Our encore song (we had a chick key player that sounded like nancy wilson) did the vocals and I had stage fright... so doing this song helped me get over it, having to bust out that bass solo🤣Most people were dancing anyway

    • @randallcarter6913
      @randallcarter6913 Год назад +1

      Ballroom blitz. What a blast

    • @RIFFRAFF104
      @RIFFRAFF104 Год назад

      ​@@randallcarter6913 And the man in the back said everyone attack and it turned into a ballroom blitz...!

    • @RIFFRAFF104
      @RIFFRAFF104 Год назад

      Sweet F.A.
      Love is like oxygen..
      Set me free..
      Desolation boulevard.

  • @drkatel
    @drkatel 7 лет назад +218

    Fantastic song, fantastic band! Flat as a Pancake is one of those albums I played over, and over, and over, and.......

    • @rockbussell770
      @rockbussell770 5 лет назад +6

      Check out Tommy Bolin "Teaser" and "Private eyes. "

    • @Lee.Higginbotham
      @Lee.Higginbotham 5 лет назад +3

      I have the vinyl lp I bought in the 70's and then in 1988 got the cd. Love this album.

    • @jimrocker6027
      @jimrocker6027 5 лет назад +3

      Yup, me too! And blasting it in my 77 Ford Maverick!!!

    • @brianbeattie4777
      @brianbeattie4777 5 лет назад +2

      Sitting here listen to it have tears in my eyes

    • @jimrocker6027
      @jimrocker6027 5 лет назад +3

      A great party song to listen to back in the 70’s and beyond.

  • @sharonkutz8272
    @sharonkutz8272 2 года назад +15

    Miss those days. Seeing the best bands and concerts. Kids nowadays don't know what they are missing.

  • @shuster1921
    @shuster1921 2 года назад +12

    I grew up in the 70's, still looking for the time machine take me back!!

  • @motorcityquig
    @motorcityquig 7 лет назад +64

    This band left alot of folks in the 70's Dazed and Confused, including me.

    • @markhopkins3438
      @markhopkins3438 6 лет назад +2

      I still have flat as a pancake album. Love it.

    • @65bonfire
      @65bonfire 5 лет назад +2

      Me too, was the first band I saw live on my 14th Bday,. Dec 7,1979.

  • @manuelgchapajr2000
    @manuelgchapajr2000 5 лет назад +73

    When ROCK WAS REAL!!!

    • @wendydavis622
      @wendydavis622 4 года назад +1

      A good definition of ROCK AND ROLL: musicians playing instruments and singing....original material!

  • @jimrocker6027
    @jimrocker6027 5 лет назад +102

    One of the many underrated rock bands from the great years of the 1970's. Should have been more popular!

    • @wolfpackjudo2078
      @wolfpackjudo2078 4 года назад

      They weren't gay. Couldn't break that glass ceiling. If Schlitt had been gay we probably never heard of Queen again.

    • @johnmichael633
      @johnmichael633 3 года назад +1

      What's up tweekereyes

    • @jumpinjojo
      @jumpinjojo 2 года назад

      They were rated exactly where they belonged.

  • @rebeccawagner4167
    @rebeccawagner4167 3 месяца назад +3

    Head East,😢a fantastic group with awesome music and lyrics 🎶 . They are criminally underrated most definitely. They didn't get the recognition that they deserved 🎉🎉. Some of these groups showed talent that went beyond expectation. I'm glad that I grew up with this type of music I'm so blessed that my era had the best rock music 🎶 ever

  • @tracypajari2764
    @tracypajari2764 3 года назад +28

    Rocking in 2021. How can we not? Woman with sweet lovin' better than a White line? Didn't you know?

    • @delshoemaker7616
      @delshoemaker7616 3 года назад

      Hmmm. missing those white lines! Just like my women, were bad for me! Ha!

    • @chrisstewart7438
      @chrisstewart7438 3 года назад

      One the best of the 70s

    • @robertreed3424
      @robertreed3424 3 года назад

      Yep, we know what that white line was.

    • @danniedyke3674
      @danniedyke3674 3 года назад +1

      "Shave my wife I'm going down for the last time!"...😂

  • @ricdiehl5466
    @ricdiehl5466 7 месяцев назад +13

    John Schlitt went on to sing for a Christian rock band called Petra. Met him several times. What a difference JESUS made in his life!!!

  • @69kevroletfastback33
    @69kevroletfastback33 5 лет назад +170

    This is an awesome live version! Head East is so underrated!

    • @jimrocker6027
      @jimrocker6027 5 лет назад +3

      Was, so, underrated!!!

    • @Chief2Moon
      @Chief2Moon 4 года назад +4

      69 Kevrolet Fastback So many of those bands of the time didn't seem to receive all the adulation they deserved, but the music does indeed live on, finding a new generation of fans nowdays.

    • @richarde1355
      @richarde1355 4 года назад +1

      A better song live than the studio version...the kick of the drum much more pronounced, the guitar more biting and clear, the overall sound so much more full.

    • @genscolberg6557
      @genscolberg6557 4 года назад +3

      I always thought Head East and Blue Oyster Cult were the most under rated bands of the 70's-80's. You only hear 1or 2 of their songs and they have so many great tunes.

    • @johnklar5131
      @johnklar5131 4 года назад +1

      Not by those of us who disdained the top 40 radio stations.

  • @dukejupiter9469
    @dukejupiter9469 3 года назад +9

    Some of us grew up listening to Head East. The cool ones still do😄💪🤟

  • @robbaskerville253
    @robbaskerville253 Месяц назад +2

    Never even heard of these guys, and don't know why You Tube decided to offer it up this morning, but that was a pretty solid track. Good stuff.

  • @monty3322
    @monty3322 День назад

    A lot going on in this song. That's what made the music so great from this era, EVERYONE in all the good bands were dripping good old raw talent and energy!

  • @andrewchadaranek4242
    @andrewchadaranek4242 4 года назад +16

    Sitting out in the garage cranking the radio with Head East on is a great memory!

  • @margaretgraham4092
    @margaretgraham4092 4 года назад +61

    I, too, feel blessed to having been young when what I call real music was around. I just think that it was a very great time to be alive, and I still listen to the music.

    • @cookman2k
      @cookman2k 4 года назад

      " There's been a lot of great music produced after 1980"

    • @stephenh1012
      @stephenh1012 4 года назад +2

      It was a magical time to be alive! Saw these guys at the Texxas World Music Festival (Texxas Jam) when I was a teenager! Like I tell my son, I may be old but I saw all the cool bands!

    • @bobv5806
      @bobv5806 Год назад

      @@cookman2k it just isn’t the same.

    • @bobv5806
      @bobv5806 Год назад

      @@stephenh1012 I saw some great bands at Texas Jams in the 70s. Good times.

  • @keithferrilla6610
    @keithferrilla6610 3 года назад +25

    My God! Kills the studio version! And I adore the studio version. The live energy. And that bass!

    • @stickylish
      @stickylish 3 года назад +1

      you are so right.This kills the studio version! !

  • @DeniseThompson-ju7fs
    @DeniseThompson-ju7fs 5 месяцев назад +5

    Oh I absolutely love this song and this band ...my siblings are older than me so I was blessed with all this wonderful 70s music....yay!!!!❤

  • @ellenjudge1611
    @ellenjudge1611 5 месяцев назад +2

    I've loved this song forever! I had no idea he was the singer for Petra! ❤

  • @gisellagabe7115
    @gisellagabe7115 4 года назад +22

    This live version is so freakin' good!!!!!!!

  • @caesarstrings
    @caesarstrings Год назад +9

    Rip Steve Huston who passed away yesterday 7/26/2023 🖤

  • @1robbie55382
    @1robbie55382 2 года назад +7

    64 and I still remember seeing these guys as a 16 y/o in Iowa, man what a summer

  • @CorvetteBob
    @CorvetteBob 2 месяца назад +1

    Steve Huston, somebody I knew in my life, great guy! Miss your company!

  • @guyherman5764
    @guyherman5764 Год назад +6

    Still so frickin good in 2023 :) Thx Sweetie you saved my life way back when :) Love ya :)

  • @rheannonfaries3496
    @rheannonfaries3496 11 лет назад +49

    Was born in 62 and lived in Illinois from 72-77. This is def one of my favorite songs and is a large part of the sountrack of my life.

    • @davidkarecki9044
      @davidkarecki9044 6 лет назад +2

      me too....born in '61

    • @michaellafreniere3599
      @michaellafreniere3599 5 лет назад +1

      Ryannon Faries me too! Evanston/ Chicago/ Macomb girl- Sofieann B.

    • @katiekane5247
      @katiekane5247 4 года назад +2

      @@michaellafreniere3599 lived in Marengo until college in Evanston in 76. Good times, driving to Wisconsin to buy beer & seeing Styx in our little high school.

  • @skooby_doobie_doonkann3334
    @skooby_doobie_doonkann3334 5 лет назад +49

    How criminal it is that head east never went further than they did. They were so good

  • @CrownedPeaches
    @CrownedPeaches 12 лет назад +63

    Wow, awesome to hear a band that can harmonize perfectly live.

    • @deborahhewitt6101
      @deborahhewitt6101 4 года назад

      CrownedPeaches little river band has awesome harmonies

  • @greghinds4110
    @greghinds4110 5 месяцев назад +1

    Had (still have) the Head East Live! 8-track tape. Fun memories of the '70s.

  • @rickymitchell8273
    @rickymitchell8273 Год назад +8

    I'm 60 and still loving it 🤘🤘

  • @Tom-iw3zh
    @Tom-iw3zh Год назад +56

    John Schlitt now of Petra rocks for God. And John is never going down for the last time. Because he and I, with a myriad of saints, will be jumping up and down to holy music. Raising our hands in praise and worship to Jesus, The Father, and the Holy Spirit.

    • @natureshealing6534
      @natureshealing6534 8 месяцев назад +1

      Amen to that!

    • @Gunners_Mate_Guns
      @Gunners_Mate_Guns 7 месяцев назад +2

      I had no idea that John was a believer, until I found out just now that he was also the lead singer for Petra.
      That really makes me happy.

    • @Tom-iw3zh
      @Tom-iw3zh 7 месяцев назад +3

      God put John Schlitt in as "lead singer-frontman" for Petra after Greg X. Volz was put on a different assignment for the Kingdom.

    • @AdamA15100
      @AdamA15100 7 месяцев назад +2

      😊😊😊​@@Gunners_Mate_Guns

    • @paulinepetersen4606
      @paulinepetersen4606 6 месяцев назад +2

      Awesome, Amen, now he'll sing for our Lord🙏

  • @scott9561
    @scott9561 Год назад +16

    Lead vocals And harmonies. Off the charts!!

  • @jamesvogel9480
    @jamesvogel9480 4 года назад +12

    My very first concert in 75! With Foghat and Pure Prairie League. First time I got high too!

  • @dellcoats4648
    @dellcoats4648 Месяц назад +1

    Classic song from my childhood . Sad that I never got to see them live .

  • @davidschultz8577
    @davidschultz8577 Год назад +7

    Bad ass classic rock 60s and 70s don't forget CCR, Good old times

  • @r.m.4698
    @r.m.4698 3 года назад +19

    Saw these guys live in the 70's as a teenager. In Pensacola Fl. My first rock concert. Was awesome. Still listening to all the greats. Rock on America !

  • @billyidol2115
    @billyidol2115 Год назад +9

    These guys, Nazareth, April Wine, Foghat, and even Rush, where the most favorite voted bands in the Flint area all through the 70s. If I didn't know any better, Flint Michigan is the true Detroit Rock City.
    The IMA sports arena in downtown Flint would hold over 6,000 people for all of those bands

    • @user-mc2tu5zu6v
      @user-mc2tu5zu6v Год назад +2

      Love April Wine...huge memories of them. Still in my collection... Gypsy Queen...

    • @philber57
      @philber57 11 месяцев назад +2

      Don’t forget Zepplin and Ozzy!

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 11 месяцев назад +1

      Love all the bands you mentioned, only one’s I saw live were Rush & Head East.

  • @terrygarcia897
    @terrygarcia897 11 месяцев назад +3

    Saw them at the Texas jam Dallas cotton bowl 1978

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 11 месяцев назад +3

      I was @ Texas Jam ‘78 also! What a great time, hotter than a pistol I remember guys (some naked), shimmying up the light poles & girls being tossed into the air like a trampoline by people holding huge blankets, fantastic memories haha

  • @user-ne6jk6xe7v
    @user-ne6jk6xe7v 8 месяцев назад +5

    72 AND STILL ROCKEN, LOVE THIS SONG :)

  • @ja314159
    @ja314159 10 месяцев назад +3

    To me this was a great driving song... the "white line" dashed along the road... racking sweet distance from another broken dream

  • @davidanderson8469
    @davidanderson8469 Год назад +5

    Thanks to UTube we're reminded of how much highly skilled,extraordinary music we were graced with back then. Dang I've got the chills.

  • @rockn24x7goog
    @rockn24x7goog Год назад +9

    It's 2023, 'bout 45 years since I first saw them in a local bar playing for the first time... still put a big old grin on my face whenever I hear them playin' this song! Great musicianship and rocking tunes like this one always does it! 🤘

    • @roryschweinfurter4111
      @roryschweinfurter4111 Год назад +3

      I saw them in San Diego about the same time. They had Toto as the opening act. Great shows

  • @susanfromsanantonio3873
    @susanfromsanantonio3873 4 года назад +16

    58 years old and still love it I 2020. Love classic rock and a much simpler time!

  • @1cat4me
    @1cat4me 3 года назад +21

    I never get sick of this song.

  • @jimcook8933
    @jimcook8933 11 месяцев назад +3

    All these years it's played on the radio and always thought it was Trooper!!