Excellent band that never really got their due. Those of us who grew up in the 70s did appreciate their music. They are far better than some acts in the Rock Hall, and I'll leave it at that.
@@williamthompson-xm3dy, never said they were, only that they were better than some acts in the Hall, and not just rappers. Madonna, Kraftwerk, Kate Bush, etc.
@@chrisoakley5830 I was looking at the track list for the album and wondered why I didn't remember it because I wore that cassette out. Just listened to it again; It's a good song, but the other ten songs on "Nature of the Beast" are great songs! For me it was a ten-way tie for favorite song. Think I put every other song from this album on mix tapes. The Rockers: One More Time Crash and Burn Wanna Rock Bad Boys Big City Girls Future Tense Tellin' Me Lies All Over Town The ballad: Just Between You and Me and of course, Sign of the Gypsy Queen Eight albums before this one...
@@donferoce5652 Yeah, it's a great album. I only bought it because I waited to long to buy the 45 single for...Just Between You and Me... so in order to get it, I had to by the album and man, I'm glad I did. It's one of my favorites from the 80s.
Sadly, April Wine's founder and former lead singer and guitarist died today. He was 75. Maybe try one their softer songs such as "Just Between You and Me", "Rock n' Roll Is a Vicious Game", or ""I'm On Fire For You Baby".
February 1981, Rush just released Moving Pictures and I was listening to it on my walkman in the backseat of my Grandma's Plymouth Reliant. My uncle was in the front passenger seat and turned around to trade cassettes with me. He handed me April Wine Nature of the Beast (released 1 month prior) and I gave him Rush. The moment the tape started, I was blown away and completely hooked. Loved this band ever since. I was only 6 yrs old but my 18yr old uncle had a major impact on me introducing me to all kinds of music. We had great times back then.
There seems to be a lot of Canadians posting on this channel, time to advocate for a Maple Monday, maybe tag on Maple Monday at the end of your posts Maple Monday
I don't know, it took Rush forever to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, and The Guess Who still isn't in, so I'm not sure if there's much hope for April Wine.
I'm a huge Rush fan. I was baffled at why it took so long. Triumph is another band that definitely belongs in the Hall of Fame. I know it would never happen but Marillion would be awesome too.
April wine should have been recognized more here in America. I certainly recognized them. I bought the album nature of the beast and loved it. I was mad as hell when I saw that people wouldn’t catching on. My God , how could they not, take a listen people. They flat out bring the house down with roller, I like to rock and a lot of other songs, what and has 3 or was it 4 lead guitarist’s. Jerry Mercer was so sick on those drums. I’ve always loved them. ❤❤
April Wine are fantastic live. Sold out concerts for decades. Seen them many times since the 80's. Still rocking at Rama a year ago just before Myles retired. RIP Myles.
These guys played my high school in 1972. Their first big hit, Could Have Been a Lady had just hit the airwaves they were just about to break it big. It was soooo cool. Then, about 10 years later I saw them again, at the Montreal Forum, packed with 20,000 fans,, "coming home" after a huge triumphant North American tour. One of the best concerts I've ever seen! Great reaction. Thanks for sharing!
@@UKcanuck55 I went to high school in Kitchener, Grand River Collegiate Institute. My guess is they played a lot of high schools that tour. Man, Johnny Winter and April Wine! That must have been a great show!
It was a great show. I saw April Wine at Cedarbrae Collegiate in Scarborough. I'd bet it was the last tour they had playing high schools. @@knarf_on_a_bike
Sounds like what I did with AC/DC and their song "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap". I heard a parity of it and have never got it out of my head. It went "Dirty deeds done to sheep".
This album came out when I was a kid. They are probably my favorite Canadian bands hands down. "Just between you and Me" from this album is pretty good.
"Weeping Widow" and "Oowatanite" (Oh, what a night - get it ?) both rock. "Say Hello" is different than what you have heard so far, but SOO good, earlier April Wine "Just Between You and Me" or "Tonight is a Wonderful Night to Fall in Love" or "Rock & Roll is a Vicious Game" are epic slower songs. April Wine has a literal sh*t ton of good songs.
I grew up in a small city in Central BC in Canada. April Wine was one of the few bands that would tour to our city. I FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS BAND. It is my all time favourite band. Had "Stand Back" on an 8 track (Yeah, I'm that old!). We would party at a cabin at lake, which didn't have electricity. So we hooked the sound system to a car battery and blast that album at full volume as we played beer drinking games like caps. We knew we could jump start the sacrificial battery at the end of the night - if we weren't too drunk! It always bring back great memories. Rock on! Band was originally from the Maritimes, but settled in Montreal. A great song, with a wonderful twist is "If You See Kay". ruclips.net/video/VjLAepX5UNQ/видео.html
This song is so hauntingly driven and causes some majestic mind-wandering. That being said April Wine's song "Say Hello" is my absolute favorite and seemingly thrusts one into a absolute aural fantasy and I hope you review that one as well.
My auntie introduced me to April Wine back in 1979 or 1980, when I was 10 or 11 years old. When this new album Nature of the Beast came out in 1981 I bought it and played it constantly -- I still have it in my record collection. I loved "Sign of the Gypsy Queen" and another song I think you would love, "Just Between You and Me." Their follow-up album, 1982's Power Play, was great too. Check out "Enough is Enough" from that one. Thanks again for the good memories J and Amber. Glad you liked it.
April Wine is a national treasure up here in Canada and a member of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. So many great songs that got tons of play north of the border, but they never really stuck in the US. My fave tune by them is "Bad Side of the Moon."
So glad you like them! The drummer, Jerry Mercer moved to my neighborhood in Montreal and April Wine played at my high school a few times, in the late 70's ... was awesome! He was part of a group called "Mashmakhan"(mash-ma-can) and they put out a hit called "As The Years Go By"... it has a British rock feel to it... try it out. Back to April Wine, next might be "Bad Side Of The Moon" which was written by Elton John. Also, "Oowatonite", "Weeping Widow", "You Could Have Been A Lady", and "Say Hello" Enjoy... love you guys!
I'm from Canada I saw this band with Heart in my home town arena and it was awesome. This was always on the radio during my high school days which was pretty cool. They are an incredible band good Canadian kids thanks for reacting to them you Rock.🤟🤘
The guitars of April Wine can't be beat. I still have a CD of theirs in the car and I'm going to listen to it the next time I'm in it. It'll bring back memories of my brother and I driving around listening to them when we were teenagers. Great times!
Ever since hearing April Wine my first time I've never become disconnected from this band. I've found the love for of their albums/songs. Fabulous reaction RSR...🎤🎸🇨🇦
These guys are so talented, I mean what band has 4 lead guitarist’s, I first heard them in high school when just between you and me came out. I fell in love ❤. Myles Goodwin just recently retired, he’s in his mid 70’s but could still rock it out even at that age. I love these guys, brings back so many good memories
I love April Wine. They were huge in their home country of Canada, but they never really caught on in the US. Check out All Over Town, Ladies Man, Tonite or Just Between You And Me. It always amazes me that people that grew up in the 70s never heard of bands like April Wine, Angel and UFO.
Keep going down this rabbit hole and maybe take a few side trips into Triumph and Trooper. My sentimental favorite April wine song will always be You Could Have Been a Lady which introduced me to the band when it came out. My all time favorite is Roller which you already did. Thank you.
When I was 13 I found this album in the music store bargain bins. Had never heard of the band or album, but the cover art was so amazing that just knew they would rock. And I wasn’t wrong! Love this album 💿
This was a cool song, I liked it. Relaxed and rocking. Few other songs from them: "Before The Dawn" "Enough Is Enough" "Just Between You And Me" "Big City Girls" "Ladies' Man" "Oowatanite" "All Over Town" "Weeping Widow" "I'm On Fire For You, Baby" "Holiday" "Won't Go There" "Say Hello." They got back together and toured last year in Canada.
Definitely one of their biggest songs. I love it. They're quite a versatile band. Here are some of their other songs I strongly recommend "I'm On Fire For You Baby" - slower, passionate "Bad Side Of The Moon" - a rocker, an Elton John cover "Weeping Widow" - another rocker "Rock n' Roll Is a Vicious Game" - a ballad, rock & roll isn't all fun and games, guys "You Won't Dance With Me" - a '70s take on the '50s "sock hop" style, the ultimate high school heartbreak song "Say Hello" - a fun rocker
The fact both of you closed your eyes and was lost in the music. Says everything. Amazing Canadian Band. Thank you guys, wicked group effort. RIP Myles.
It goes like this: millions of records, a couple dozen hits, a JUNO for Band of the Year and ongoing sold-out shows across Canada. Universal Music acknowledges them as “one of Canada’s top five selling bands of all time” and the Vancouver Sun has called them “Canadian rock heroes of the first order … the best performing band in Canada”. In 2023 they were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. - the Canadian Music Hall of Fame MapleMonday
Wiki - The band's 1979 album, Hot Shots, broke all records for Canadian sales of a Canadian album, reaching Quadruple-Platinum status. Hot Shots was a greatest hits album containing remixes of all of the most popular songs from Trooper's first four studio albums. MapleMonday
Trooper is another Canadian band of the ´70s, very much contemporaries of April Wine, BTO and the Guess Who. Trooper is worth your time as well. They have a fairly extensive catalogue as well. They range from ballads to harder stuff. Check out We’re Here for a Good Time (Not a Long Time).
@@royjohnson465 Have you caught Bill Henderson's renditions of FAN from the last couple of years oh youtube? Over 70 and he can still bring it, and in the couple of videos I saw he had a Lady singing the higher section and playing rhythm as he rips the solo.
There are so many great songs by April Wine. They are a true Canadian treasure. One you really got to hear is Rock and Roll is a Vicious Game. Best version is the live version Comin Right Down On Top Of Me/Rock N' Roll is a Vicious Game (Live)". You will not be disappointed! Exploring their mellower side, check out You Won't Dance With Me. Looking for a rocking Power ballad? Hit "Just Between You and Me". There are so many more. On the soundtrack of my life. April Wine has been there since I started listening to them in the 70's. So many dances, roller skating, and of course partying away the Canadian Summer's We really only get two months, and when your young. Those two months in the Summer just fly by! I think I've seen them 9-10 time live, and had the good luck to see their lead singer, Myles Goodwyn in a small venue with my daughter. We sat right up front, about 10 feet away. It was great. It was really informal, and between songs he talked a lot. He asked us questions, and we asked them back. My daughter and him had a great time, trade little quips back and forth.
One of my favourite April Wine songs but there are so many. I can't stress enough these are all hits and all worth checking out: You Could Have Been A Lady, Bad Side Of The Moon, Weeping Widow, Oowatanite, Say Hello, Enough Is Enough, Lady Run Lady Hide, I’m On Fire For You Baby, I Wouldn’t Want To Loose Your Love, Tonite is A Wonderful Time To Fall in Love, Like A Lover Like A Song, You Won’t Dance With Me, Rock n Roll is A Vicious Game, Just Between You and Me.
The April Wine album "Harder faster" is awesome. The song "Say Hello" is a good one. I still want to own a silver 1970 Plymouth Duster that is the cover picture of the album.
Canada Rocks April Wine my all time favorite band and everytime I see them play they never disappoint. They have a tonof great music and their guitars are legendary. Who else has 3 lead guitars along with such a great bassist RIP Steve and a good old Nfld er Gerry mercer on drums.
Thanks for the Canadian content. Way back in the day, early 70’s, I played in a band and we even played a couple of weekend festivals with April Wine in Nova Scotia. These guys were a class act and a powerhouse band. Thanks for the memories.😍😎🇨🇦
Heart opened for April Wine back in my hometown, Kelowna BC Canada in 1975 or 76 can't remember, hey I'm 65 now 😢😂😂 and still only listen to 70's music, the best music ever!
and his earlier Max Webster stuff. "diamonds, diamonds", "battlescar"(which was recorder live, with all of RUSH joining them), "paradise skies", "gravity", "the party".......
@@zzz7zzz9 All of A Million Vacations, but particularly Rascal Houdi and Research (At Beach Resorts) are quintessential Canadian Rock of the early 80s, before the record company pinheads destroyed them.
I remember this song from the early days of MTV. I used to blare this on my cassette player in my 1975 Monte Carlo pulling into the High School parking lot in the early 1980s.
Not only do I love your love for my countries music. But I LOVE LOVE LOVE when any reactors I watch relate what they hear in one song, for 30 seconds, to other bands and/ or even specific songs that they’ve also learned through there channel. I don’t know why. It’s just a thing! Boston or Alabama. Wow!!! I never would have thought. Great catch!!
Yup that was the cover of my album from 1981.....I still love Just between you and me as my favorite from them.... I love the sound of the guitar solo... This song I enjoyed back then too.
We all love our teams & our Loyalty is shown thru our talk. KC Chiefs are my team. I was about 10 yrs old, living down the street from Arrowhead, when they won their 1st Superbowl It was a long 50 years between their 2nd trip to the last game of the NFL season. I can't tell anyone not to show their passion for their team. Yes! the NFL season is here, 1 game & down 17+ games to go.
Takes me right back to high school. The three songs I always remember hearing on my MI radio stations were "Sign of the Gypsy Queen", "Just Between You and Me" and "I Like To Rock". Another great Canadian rock band!
I saw them decades ago with Nazareth at a little bar in Tulsa called Shots. Won free tickets on KMOD "Stump the Zoo" with Phil and Brent. Awesome concert, especially for a bar! ❤
Yall's reaction to "I Like To Rock" has got me re-discovering this band that I'd all but forgotten about. So I thank you for that! They are amazing. This song gives me real Blue Oyster Cult vibes, especially the chorus harmonies. And then that solo... Pink Floyd vibes there for SURE.
If you go back to early 70's April Wine you will hear a few different sounds. You may be surprised. They had a hit with an Elton and Bernie song called "Bad Side of the Moon". Drop Your Guns is another one. "You Won't Dance with Me" is a Crooner? "Wouldn't Want to Lose your Love", "Like a Lover Like a Song" is soooo goood. Then you get into the later 70' and early 80's with "Rock n Roll is a Vicious Game" the rocker "Oowatanite" and the power ballad "Just Between you and Me".
in the 70s and early '80s they came to my hometown at least twice a year and always put on a great show. They rake right up there with multiple guitar bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd 38 Special archangels. The hard rock guitar harmonies are amazing. Really enjoyed this walk down memory lane thanks
So many great Canadian rock bands from the 70's and 80's. Seen them twice years ago, absolutely amazing shows. I love the bass line in this song, it seems to effortlessly pull the guitars and drums together.
Much love from Canada. April Wine is such an iconic Canadian group from my neck of the woods, Atlantic Canada. I saw them live about 20 years ago. The song I kept listening to over and over as a kid was "Babes in Arms" which was never a hit, but I LOVED the riff. I would love to get your reaction to that one, but if we're sticking to hits, where to begin? There are SO many... I remember "Oowatanite" playing so much on the radio in the 70s. And of course, there's the ballad "You Won't Dance With Me", and the fabulous "Rock n' Roll is a Vicious Game". Another great Canadian band you haven't checked out is "Trooper". I listened to "3 dressed up as a 9" SO much. Man, I pretty much wore out that album! LOL
April Wine was a great FM Radio band! Back in the day FM played full albums and AM played the popular pop music. Can I recommend: I Like to Rock. They had a pop song Amber will love called: Just Between you and Me. Thanks great reaction
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Excellent band that never really got their due. Those of us who grew up in the 70s did appreciate their music. They are far better than some acts in the Rock Hall, and I'll leave it at that.
I'm with you. Grew up in Canada in the 70's. Love April Wine!
@@frankaq3951 I was in my teens and early twenties in the 70's and I was loving them in the US. Still do.
Sure, better than the rappers but as a rock and roll band not really Hall of Fame worthy.
@@williamthompson-xm3dy, never said they were, only that they were better than some acts in the Hall, and not just rappers. Madonna, Kraftwerk, Kate Bush, etc.
I concur
April Wine has a long line of great albums and songs spanning several decades. A very underappreciated band.
The entire album “Nature of the Beast” is great. We played my cassette non-stop in 1981 at the beach after high school graduation.
The album really is great, another good song from it is...Caught In A Crossfire.
@@chrisoakley5830 I was looking at the track list for the album and wondered why I didn't remember it because I wore that cassette out. Just listened to it again; It's a good song, but the other ten songs on "Nature of the Beast" are great songs! For me it was a ten-way tie for favorite song. Think I put every other song from this album on mix tapes.
The Rockers:
One More Time
Crash and Burn
Wanna Rock
Bad Boys
Big City Girls
Future Tense
Tellin' Me Lies
All Over Town
The ballad:
Just Between You and Me
and of course, Sign of the Gypsy Queen
Eight albums before this one...
@@donferoce5652 Yeah, it's a great album. I only bought it because I waited to long to buy the 45 single for...Just Between You and Me... so in order to get it, I had to by the album and man, I'm glad I did. It's one of my favorites from the 80s.
Love this song!! April Wine is an underrated Canadian gem
R.I.P. Myles, thanks for the great music.
The world lost a true legend today!! Myles Goodwyn of April Wine passed away today! 😢
Sadly, April Wine's founder and former lead singer and guitarist died today. He was 75. Maybe try one their softer songs such as "Just Between You and Me", "Rock n' Roll Is a Vicious Game", or ""I'm On Fire For You Baby".
February 1981, Rush just released Moving Pictures and I was listening to it on my walkman in the backseat of my Grandma's Plymouth Reliant. My uncle was in the front passenger seat and turned around to trade cassettes with me. He handed me April Wine Nature of the Beast (released 1 month prior) and I gave him Rush. The moment the tape started, I was blown away and completely hooked. Loved this band ever since. I was only 6 yrs old but my 18yr old uncle had a major impact on me introducing me to all kinds of music. We had great times back then.
I can picture that bro. It reminds me the first time I heard ‘Who’s NeXT’ introduced to me by my older brother
Sounds like you had a fantastic uncle!!! 😎👍🏻🇨🇦🎸
It's so cool how an album or a song can put you in a moment in time and bring back such great memories.
April Wine rocked out, liked them much better than Rush.
oh that's cool. Getting April Wine for a Rush cassette was a win
Just Between You & Me , is my FAVORITE of April Wine. THE BEST of their songs.. I think so…
That, and Tonight is a Wonderful Night are my favourites.
Love that song. Reminds me of roller skating 😌
You can not beat the opening to "Oowatanite"
"Say Hello" is a fun one, too
There seems to be a lot of Canadians posting on this channel, time to advocate for a Maple Monday, maybe tag on Maple Monday at the end of your posts Maple Monday
R.I.P. Myles Goodwyn, a seriously underrated songwriter and singer that virtually nobody knows. We lost a great Canadian legend this week :(
I bet he was the best .
April Wine is an underrated band that should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
I don't know, it took Rush forever to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, and The Guess Who still isn't in, so I'm not sure if there's much hope for April Wine.
If the place were only for true Rock acts then they could get in, but probably no chance since the HOF seems to focus on pop and rap acts now.
@@chrisoakley5830 they should just call it the music hall of fame
I'm a huge Rush fan. I was baffled at why it took so long. Triumph is another band that definitely belongs in the Hall of Fame. I know it would never happen but Marillion would be awesome too.
Absolutely, but unfortunately we know that they will never get in, and it's a goddamned shame.
April wine should have been recognized more here in America. I certainly recognized them. I bought the album nature of the beast and loved it. I was mad as hell when I saw that people wouldn’t catching on.
My God , how could they not, take a listen people. They flat out bring the house down with roller, I like to rock and a lot of other songs, what and has 3 or was it 4 lead guitarist’s. Jerry Mercer was so sick on those drums. I’ve always loved them. ❤❤
April Wine are fantastic live. Sold out concerts for decades. Seen them many times since the 80's. Still rocking at Rama a year ago just before Myles retired. RIP Myles.
RIP to founding April Wine singer Myles Goodwyn.
Would be great to hear another reaction to this group again.
These guys played my high school in 1972. Their first big hit, Could Have Been a Lady had just hit the airwaves they were just about to break it big. It was soooo cool. Then, about 10 years later I saw them again, at the Montreal Forum, packed with 20,000 fans,, "coming home" after a huge triumphant North American tour. One of the best concerts I've ever seen! Great reaction. Thanks for sharing!
I saw them in the high school auditorium around the same time. Ten years later I saw them at Maple Leaf Gardens with Johnny Winter opening!
@@UKcanuck55 I went to high school in Kitchener, Grand River Collegiate Institute. My guess is they played a lot of high schools that tour. Man, Johnny Winter and April Wine! That must have been a great show!
It was a great show. I saw April Wine at Cedarbrae Collegiate in Scarborough. I'd bet it was the last tour they had playing high schools. @@knarf_on_a_bike
RIP Myles Goodwin 😢❤ They were the soundtrack of my teen years!
When I was a kid I used to sing this a bit different...."sign of the Dairy Queen....grab you cone and leave..."
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Sounds like what I did with AC/DC and their song "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap". I heard a parity of it and have never got it out of my head. It went "Dirty deeds done to sheep".
Probably in Scotland @@ASkepticsPerspective
Love how the guitar solo seems to impart emotions - crying, moaning, pain. April Wine was one of the faves growing up.
LYNNWOOD 😈 BRIAN- They're several good Canadian bands and this is my favorite and favorite song by them!
Jerry Mercer is one of the best timekeeper's I've ever heard. Three lead guitars and Myles leading with those vocals.
April Wine found their own niche and when they’re in there, nobody does it better! One of their best for sure thanks for the reaction!
One of the most underrated bands of all time.
I agree…they have so many great songs
This album came out when I was a kid. They are probably my favorite Canadian bands hands down. "Just between you and Me" from this album is pretty good.
My favorite
"Weeping Widow" and "Oowatanite" (Oh, what a night - get it ?) both rock.
"Say Hello" is different than what you have heard so far, but SOO good, earlier April Wine
"Just Between You and Me" or "Tonight is a Wonderful Night to Fall in Love" or "Rock & Roll is a Vicious Game" are epic slower songs.
April Wine has a literal sh*t ton of good songs.
I grew up in a small city in Central BC in Canada. April Wine was one of the few bands that would tour to our city. I FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS BAND. It is my all time favourite band. Had "Stand Back" on an 8 track (Yeah, I'm that old!). We would party at a cabin at lake, which didn't have electricity. So we hooked the sound system to a car battery and blast that album at full volume as we played beer drinking games like caps. We knew we could jump start the sacrificial battery at the end of the night - if we weren't too drunk! It always bring back great memories. Rock on!
Band was originally from the Maritimes, but settled in Montreal. A great song, with a wonderful twist is "If You See Kay". ruclips.net/video/VjLAepX5UNQ/видео.html
This song is so hauntingly driven and causes some majestic mind-wandering. That being said April Wine's song "Say Hello" is my absolute favorite and seemingly thrusts one into a absolute aural fantasy and I hope you review that one as well.
My auntie introduced me to April Wine back in 1979 or 1980, when I was 10 or 11 years old. When this new album Nature of the Beast came out in 1981 I bought it and played it constantly -- I still have it in my record collection. I loved "Sign of the Gypsy Queen" and another song I think you would love, "Just Between You and Me." Their follow-up album, 1982's Power Play, was great too. Check out "Enough is Enough" from that one. Thanks again for the good memories J and Amber. Glad you liked it.
April Wine is a national treasure up here in Canada and a member of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. So many great songs that got tons of play north of the border, but they never really stuck in the US. My fave tune by them is "Bad Side of the Moon."
RIP Myles Goodwyn, lead singer, guitarist and songwriter, 75, of cancer (December 3, 2023).
This is one of my favorite guitar solos ever!! It was so soft and subtle but powerful, they did an amazing job.
So glad you like them! The drummer, Jerry Mercer moved to my neighborhood in Montreal and April Wine played at my high school a few times, in the late 70's ... was awesome! He was part of a group called "Mashmakhan"(mash-ma-can) and they put out a hit called "As The Years Go By"... it has a British rock feel to it... try it out.
Back to April Wine, next might be "Bad Side Of The Moon" which was written by Elton John.
Also, "Oowatonite", "Weeping Widow", "You Could Have Been A Lady", and "Say Hello"
Enjoy... love you guys!
"As the Years Go By" is a strange tune. MapleMonday
I'm from Canada I saw this band with Heart in my home town arena and it was awesome. This was always on the radio during my high school days which was pretty cool. They are an incredible band good Canadian kids thanks for reacting to them you Rock.🤟🤘
Heart came through Edmonton so often I always just assumed they were a western Canadian band, which in a way, they began as.
The guitars of April Wine can't be beat. I still have a CD of theirs in the car and I'm going to listen to it the next time I'm in it. It'll bring back memories of my brother and I driving around listening to them when we were teenagers. Great times!
Ever since hearing April Wine my first time I've never become disconnected from this band. I've found the love for of their albums/songs. Fabulous reaction RSR...🎤🎸🇨🇦
These guys are so talented, I mean what band has 4 lead guitarist’s, I first heard them in high school when just between you and me came out. I fell in love ❤. Myles Goodwin just recently retired, he’s in his mid 70’s but could still rock it out even at that age. I love these guys, brings back so many good memories
My favorite band from high school!
Babes in Arms was my favorite by them.
I love April Wine. They were huge in their home country of Canada, but they never really caught on in the US. Check out All Over Town, Ladies Man, Tonite or Just Between You And Me. It always amazes me that people that grew up in the 70s never heard of bands like April Wine, Angel and UFO.
April Wine had a ton of airplay in the 70s and 80s. Sounded great live. Check out the song Owhatanite. You'll love it
its like im 12 again lol
Yes second oh what a night..it's a great song.
This particular album of theirs, The Nature Of The Beast, is so dang good! I love every song on it.
There isn't a song on this album that's less than perfection. One of the very few perfect albums out there.
The days of mellow hard rock with these guys, Blue Oyster Cult, Boston and the like. Such a great era.
Keep going down this rabbit hole and maybe take a few side trips into Triumph and Trooper. My sentimental favorite April wine song will always be You Could Have Been a Lady which introduced me to the band when it came out. My all time favorite is Roller which you already did. Thank you.
When I was 13 I found this album in the music store bargain bins. Had never heard of the band or album, but the cover art was so amazing that just knew they would rock. And I wasn’t wrong! Love this album 💿
Hi from Canada! I grew up in the 70's, and have always loved April Wine!
This was a cool song, I liked it. Relaxed and rocking. Few other songs from them: "Before The Dawn" "Enough Is Enough" "Just Between You And Me" "Big City Girls" "Ladies' Man" "Oowatanite" "All Over Town" "Weeping Widow" "I'm On Fire For You, Baby" "Holiday" "Won't Go There" "Say Hello." They got back together and toured last year in Canada.
Definitely one of their biggest songs. I love it. They're quite a versatile band. Here are some of their other songs I strongly recommend
"I'm On Fire For You Baby" - slower, passionate
"Bad Side Of The Moon" - a rocker, an Elton John cover
"Weeping Widow" - another rocker
"Rock n' Roll Is a Vicious Game" - a ballad, rock & roll isn't all fun and games, guys
"You Won't Dance With Me" - a '70s take on the '50s "sock hop" style, the ultimate high school heartbreak song
"Say Hello" - a fun rocker
The fact both of you closed your eyes and was lost in the music. Says everything. Amazing Canadian Band. Thank you guys, wicked group effort. RIP Myles.
April Wine's: "Just Between You and Me" is an excellent ballad. Really marks the time in the 70's.
April Wine, Triumph and Trooper... three fantastic Canadian bands that didn't get their due recognition outside of Canada.
Also Streetheart, Big Sugar, Prism and Harlequin. We know how to rock in Canada, only a few bands got the attention they deserved outside of Canada.
Prism
I wouldn’t have heard this track if not for this channel, and this stuff is goood, ✌️
It goes like this: millions of records, a couple dozen hits, a JUNO for Band of the Year and ongoing sold-out shows across Canada. Universal Music acknowledges them as “one of Canada’s top five selling bands of all time” and the Vancouver Sun has called them “Canadian rock heroes of the first order … the best performing band in Canada”. In 2023 they were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. - the Canadian Music Hall of Fame MapleMonday
Wiki - The band's 1979 album, Hot Shots, broke all records for Canadian sales of a Canadian album, reaching Quadruple-Platinum status. Hot Shots was a greatest hits album containing remixes of all of the most popular songs from Trooper's first four studio albums. MapleMonday
Such an underrated band. They made some great music
My favourite April Wine song! Thank you!! "You Could Have Been a Lady" is good as well (among so many others).
Trooper is another Canadian band of the ´70s, very much contemporaries of April Wine, BTO and the Guess Who. Trooper is worth your time as well. They have a fairly extensive catalogue as well. They range from ballads to harder stuff. Check out We’re Here for a Good Time (Not a Long Time).
Yes, Raise A Little Hell by Trooper!
Jordan and Amber should rock out to Troopers You Look So Good (1977)!
…and Chilliwack, “Fly at Night”.
@@Zebred2001 Or Knock Em Dead Kid.
@@royjohnson465 Have you caught Bill Henderson's renditions of FAN from the last couple of years oh youtube? Over 70 and he can still bring it, and in the couple of videos I saw he had a Lady singing the higher section and playing rhythm as he rips the solo.
Awesome job! Next April Wine should be "She won't dance with me"!
Myles Goodwyn is the band. They are Canada. My fav songs are their ballads like Just Between You and Me
I love this song so much, one of my favs.
These guys really know how to bring it.
So glad you’re playing this. 🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸
April Wine - You Could Have Been a Lady
April Wine - Bad Side Of The Moon
April Wine - Oowatanite
There are so many great songs by April Wine. They are a true Canadian treasure. One you really got to hear is Rock and Roll is a Vicious Game. Best version is the live version Comin Right Down On Top Of Me/Rock N' Roll is a Vicious Game (Live)". You will not be disappointed! Exploring their mellower side, check out You Won't Dance With Me. Looking for a rocking Power ballad? Hit "Just Between You and Me". There are so many more. On the soundtrack of my life. April Wine has been there since I started listening to them in the 70's. So many dances, roller skating, and of course partying away the Canadian Summer's We really only get two months, and when your young. Those two months in the Summer just fly by! I think I've seen them 9-10 time live, and had the good luck to see their lead singer, Myles Goodwyn in a small venue with my daughter. We sat right up front, about 10 feet away. It was great. It was really informal, and between songs he talked a lot. He asked us questions, and we asked them back. My daughter and him had a great time, trade little quips back and forth.
One of my favourite April Wine songs but there are so many. I can't stress enough these are all hits and all worth checking out: You Could Have Been A Lady, Bad Side Of The Moon, Weeping Widow, Oowatanite, Say Hello, Enough Is Enough, Lady Run Lady Hide, I’m On Fire For You Baby, I Wouldn’t Want To Loose Your Love, Tonite is A Wonderful Time To Fall in Love, Like A Lover Like A Song, You Won’t Dance With Me, Rock n Roll is A Vicious Game, Just Between You and Me.
Loved April Wine since about 1981. Welcome aboard and Boomer Sooner!!!
Way back when MTV showed music videos, a lot of them were cut from full live concerts. They showed a great version of this song.
The April Wine album "Harder faster" is awesome. The song "Say Hello" is a good one. I still want to own a silver 1970 Plymouth Duster that is the cover picture of the album.
"Just between you and me. " Another great song by April Wine.
That guitar solo brought tears to my eyes. I will play it one day. GODSPEED 💖
Canada Rocks April Wine my all time favorite band and everytime I see them play they never disappoint. They have a tonof great music and their guitars are legendary. Who else has 3 lead guitars along with such a great bassist RIP Steve and a good old Nfld er Gerry mercer on drums.
I did a deep dive into April Wine a couple years ago and listened to their entire catalog. Great band and vastly under rated!
Thanks for the Canadian content. Way back in the day, early 70’s, I played in a band and we even played a couple of weekend festivals with April Wine in Nova Scotia. These guys were a class act and a powerhouse band. Thanks for the memories.😍😎🇨🇦
Heart opened for April Wine back in my hometown, Kelowna BC Canada in 1975 or 76 can't remember, hey I'm 65 now 😢😂😂 and still only listen to 70's music, the best music ever!
Kim Mitchell. "Go For A Soda", "Ready, Willing and Able", "All We Are", "Rock and Roll Duty". Another awesome, underrated Canadian act.
and his earlier Max Webster stuff. "diamonds, diamonds", "battlescar"(which was recorder live, with all of RUSH joining them), "paradise skies", "gravity", "the party".......
@@zzz7zzz9 All of A Million Vacations, but particularly Rascal Houdi and Research (At Beach Resorts) are quintessential Canadian Rock of the early 80s, before the record company pinheads destroyed them.
Lead singer, Myles Goodwyn, Rest in Peace.
I have watched this band so many times at night clubs and concerts in Calgary Alberta.
Rest in peace to April Wine frontman Myles Goodwyn. Rock and Roll is a vicious game
More Triumph please. Another Canadian gem. You said you love them so give us more more more!
I remember this song from the early days of MTV. I used to blare this on my cassette player in my 1975 Monte Carlo pulling into the High School parking lot in the early 1980s.
Proud Nova Scotian here. April Wine are from here. Ironically, I've never seen them in concert. Great reaction, guys!
"This is My Favorite"(of April Wine)......took the words out of my Mouth, I almost shed a tear when Amber said it........Rock On
I was blessed to grow up in Canada during the 1970s and 80s. We got the great music
Jerry Mercer the Drummer is amazing to watch.
He was an octopus to watch live. Saw them many times. Do more of them please
He's also a good guy! No B.S.!
Not only do I love your love for my countries music. But I LOVE LOVE LOVE when any reactors I watch relate what they hear in one song, for 30 seconds, to other bands and/ or even specific songs that they’ve also learned through there channel. I don’t know why. It’s just a thing!
Boston or Alabama. Wow!!! I never would have thought. Great catch!!
Yup that was the cover of my album from 1981.....I still love Just between you and me as my favorite from them.... I love the sound of the guitar solo... This song I enjoyed back then too.
We all love our teams & our Loyalty is shown thru our talk. KC Chiefs are my team. I was about 10 yrs old, living down the street from Arrowhead, when they won their 1st Superbowl It was a long 50 years between their 2nd trip to the last game of the NFL season.
I can't tell anyone not to show their passion for their team.
Yes! the NFL season is here, 1 game & down 17+ games to go.
This is a great song, the whole album is very good.
This is a great song from another Canadian band. Solo is phenomenal. Amber you are going to love the song "Just Between You and Me"
FINALLY!!! I've been waiting for y'all to do this!! I cannot tell you how much I love this song!!
Takes me right back to high school. The three songs I always remember hearing on my MI radio stations were "Sign of the Gypsy Queen", "Just Between You and Me" and "I Like To Rock". Another great Canadian rock band!
I HAD THIS ALBUM ON CASSETTE BACK IN THE 80S! THIS SONG GOT NO AIRPLAY. THANK U FOR REMINDING ME IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST SONGS THEY EVER PLAYED.
I saw them decades ago with Nazareth at a little bar in Tulsa called Shots. Won free tickets on KMOD "Stump the Zoo" with Phil and Brent. Awesome concert, especially for a bar! ❤
The one song by them that I love as much as this is called Silver Dollar. Very underrated
Great song, great band with so many gits...Rock Myself to sleep, tonight is a wonderful night..some great tunes by April Wine
Yall's reaction to "I Like To Rock" has got me re-discovering this band that I'd all but forgotten about. So I thank you for that! They are amazing. This song gives me real Blue Oyster Cult vibes, especially the chorus harmonies. And then that solo... Pink Floyd vibes there for SURE.
If you go back to early 70's April Wine you will hear a few different sounds. You may be surprised. They had a hit with an Elton and Bernie song called "Bad Side of the Moon". Drop Your Guns is another one. "You Won't Dance with Me" is a Crooner? "Wouldn't Want to Lose your Love", "Like a Lover Like a Song" is soooo goood. Then you get into the later 70' and early 80's with "Rock n Roll is a Vicious Game" the rocker "Oowatanite" and the power ballad "Just Between you and Me".
in the 70s and early '80s they came to my hometown at least twice a year and always put on a great show. They rake right up there with multiple guitar bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd 38 Special archangels. The hard rock guitar harmonies are amazing. Really enjoyed this walk down memory lane thanks
This ismy favorite April Wine song thank you guys so much for reacting to this song!
Wife Speaking, Love this amazing song from this very talented band!! And "mystery" from the guitar..Perfectly Said you guys!!!❤
April Wine is a Canadian institution. Try Say Hello if you want to blow your mind.
Say Hello is the next song you should do; it shows that this Canadian band is right up there with the best of them.
So many great Canadian rock bands from the 70's and 80's. Seen them twice years ago, absolutely amazing shows. I love the bass line in this song, it seems to effortlessly pull the guitars and drums together.
Reminds me of my youth. My favorite April Wine song.
R.I.P. Myles Goodwyn.
🇨🇦 April Wine always rockin’, great stuff. 🍺😎
Much love from Canada. April Wine is such an iconic Canadian group from my neck of the woods, Atlantic Canada. I saw them live about 20 years ago. The song I kept listening to over and over as a kid was "Babes in Arms" which was never a hit, but I LOVED the riff. I would love to get your reaction to that one, but if we're sticking to hits, where to begin? There are SO many... I remember "Oowatanite" playing so much on the radio in the 70s. And of course, there's the ballad "You Won't Dance With Me", and the fabulous "Rock n' Roll is a Vicious Game". Another great Canadian band you haven't checked out is "Trooper". I listened to "3 dressed up as a 9" SO much. Man, I pretty much wore out that album! LOL
April Wine was a great FM Radio band! Back in the day FM played full albums and AM played the popular pop music. Can I recommend: I Like to Rock. They had a pop song Amber will love called: Just Between you and Me. Thanks great reaction