Reo Speedwagon Quotes

Is he singing?” BT asked. “He is. What is that shit…REO Speedwagon? Why are you crackers always bat-shit crazy? You’d never see a black man tip-toeing through the zombies singing crappy 80’s music.

Cause you take me to the places that alone I'd never find.

If there’s one genetic trait that automatically disqualifies a man from being able to rock, it’s curly hair. Nobody cool has curly hair; people like Richard Simmons, the guy from Greatest American Hero, and the singer from REO Speedwagon have curls. The only exceptions are Ian Hunter from Mott the Hoople, whose hair is more tangled than curly, and Slash, but his hair is fuzzy and that’s cool.

Raw Power by the Stooges is a classic rock record, but it’s not a classic rock record. Meanwhile, Hi Infidelity by REO Speedwagon is not a classic rock record, but it is a classic rock record. Classic is a value judgment, whereas classic rock denotes a particular era of music signified by bands who may or may not be shitty. I am delving into the latter.

Between screams, Mom managed to cover the snake with a bucket, which she duct-taped to the floor, so that when Dad came home from work eight hours later in a suit and tie he found, in the dark, an enraged reptile—coiled and claustrophobic—waiting to strike. He just managed to slide a copy of the REO Speedwagon album You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can’t

I have not forgotten about the REO Speedwagon incident. No more of that. Never.