Mainstreet - Bob Seger | Andy & Alex FIRST TIME REACTION! 

I look back at 65 years of age and marvel that this was just what we heard everyday on the radio. So many artists that are revered today that were just the latest to be played back then. I have been blessed to hear so many great artists over the years and Bob was certainly a part of my music collection.

Nobody does reminiscing and self-reflection like Bob Seger. I also find Seger's "Fire Lake" to be severely underrated.

Bob, along with the recently departed Gordon Lightfoot, sure knows how to tell a story.

Check out “Her Strut” next. Arguably Bob Seeger’s greatest banger. Also, the chorus contains the greatest double entendre ever in the history of rock music.

You mentioned "Roll Me Away" as a possible next Seger tune. I would definitely recommend it. It's got that Seger storytelling thing goin' on and the breakdown/buildup of the last verse and chorus is a sonic beauty to behold, right up to the last line, which fairly explodes. If any song could make you believe you could fly, this would be the one.

You can NEVER go wrong with Bob....part of the soundtrack to my youth in Highschool in the late 70"s

This is an S Tier song for me! Just the tone of the guitar sparks nostalgia, as he looks back on past memories. The line, “Her body softly swaying to that smoky beat “ paints a vivid picture in your mind. The more you listen to it the better it gets!

Mainstreet is the most beautiful song. So melodic and atmospheric.

The entire Night Moves album is fire. "Sunspot Baby", "Fire Down Below"', "Come to Poppa", and "Rock and Roll Never Forgets" are absolute bangers.

"Like a Rock", "Roll Me Away", "Katmandu", "Fire Lake", Seger still has a bunch of solid singles if you want more.

You guys are lost. My favorite Bob Seger song. The acoustic and piano meld perfectly. Every instrument does its part flawlessly. Great story telling as usual. His stepping away from the microphone at the end to show the fading memory is epic Bob.

Sorry guys but I’ve been listening to Bob Seger forever and have never heard anything less than an A+ from him! This song is another great one!

This is my favorite Bob Seger song. A nice easy jam that tells a story in a simple way.

Glad you finally go to Bob’s other masterpiece in my opinion - my second favorite Seger song after “Night Moves,” both “S-tier” in my book. This and “Night Moves” have never been surpassed in conveying both the unique emotions of coming into manhood, and nostalgia for that time in life. The feel of the guitar in this has never been topped for me in terms of perfectly matching the emotion of a song’s lyrics.

Roll me away is a must. Upbeat tempo, storytelling and a longing in his voice for something better in life will get you an A+ song.

Roll Me Away is excellent... It pretty much marks the last gasp of Seger's classic era of music-making.

This was my favorite cut off the "Night Moves" album; an album all about Bob's misspent youth. I'm so grateful we had great music like this on our radios, turntables and 8-tracks. I'm sure we took it for granted and thought music would always be this good.

Glenn Frey from the Eagles was a good friend of Bob Seger. Bob told Glenn that he had these softer songs and Glenn said he should put them to a record. Bob was concerned because he said his fans are used to his rockin stuff but Glenn convinced him. Thank you Glenn Frey

Damn right it’s dope . That’s a masterpiece of songwriting and performance. At least to this 62 year old who was about 16 when this came out . Nice job guys .

So good in concert!!! “You’ll Accomp’ny Me” is still my favorite!!🤘🔥

Bob Seger Live Bullet is an awesome album to dive into. You can literally listen to that album on repeat for days.

"Like A Rock" will get slammed for being part of Chevrolet's add campaign, but when you listen to the whole song and let the emotion kick in, it truly is one of his best. If you don't dig it now, just wait until you are a little older.

My favorite Seger song. It's really stood the test of time. That transition to the chorus and guitar lick is pure GOLD.

Bob always sets up a video in my head. I can see that underage kid just waiting for a glimpse of her walking down the street. I’ve always loved this song. Thanks for watching!

Has to be my fave Seeger song. Many of you probably don't know that Bob Seeger had a first great hit song in '69 named "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man."

As others have suggested, Roll Me Away should be next. The Seegs is always special but that one will make you want to hop on a motorcycle and ride. It's a vibe.

ROLL ME AWAY yes!

That guitar lick still pierces my soul after all these decades...

Roll Me Away that's a big yes.

I remember on a number of occasions, my buddy picking me up in his station wagon and listening to this song on the way to high school. I look back now and realize that those were special times.

This song is reality from youth, for me. 14 years old, standing on a small town main street outside the bar that advertised "Exotic Dancing" and trying to see the corner of the stage, through the front window and past the cash register for the off sale store in front of the bar. This song has struck a nostalgic note for me, ever since the first time I heard it at age 17-18. The whole Night Moves album feels to me like a nostalgic look back from his thirties. I hope you'll get to Rock & Roll Never Forgets, as it is another fantastic "looking back" song that will also kick your butt a little bit.

My all time favorite song from this band/man who I grew up watching in concert and idolizing! He's one of a kind!!

Yes roll me away.

Yep. "Roll Me Away" for the next Seger. Great choice.

Bob Seger is one of the best story tellers of the era. He can really construct a mental picture.

His songs have a way of taking me back to my teens❤ Her Strut and Feel Like a Number are underrated IMO

Roll me away has got to be the next song you hit

Bob's greatest gift is that his songs transport the listener "into the song". One becomes the person living the song.

I have a very specific image in my head of the singer viewing the bar from the window and then watching the girl walk down the darkened street alone later. I’ve listened to this song for decades and every time the same images pop up. That’s a storyteller. 🎶❤️

Another banger recorded with the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, who played on some of the most iconic albums ever recorded. In interviews they said that Bob gave them credit on the songs and has paid them all these years, without a contract. A true handshake deal and it just shows what kind of person Bob Seger is. Something as simple as the main guitar riff on Mainstreet can make all the difference in a song and Bob understands that.

"Roll me away "will not disappoint. You will think it's a Banger!

Always listened to Bob I was in high school from 68-72 lots and lots of great music back then and before. Just great great music

Thank god for the internet that we can still hear this great music.

With a voice like his, it's impossible to imagine him doing anything else. He was born to sing and he blessed us with countless memories

I've been requesting it for 2-3 years, but you guys should do a reaction to Bob Seger's Betty Lou's Gettin' Out Tonight. It's definitely an S tier banger. This song isn't about a stripper or strip club, it's about a blues club near where Seger grew up and he wrote this song after hanging outside of the club when he was around 13-14 years old to listen to a Chicago blues band called Washboard Willie. He saw people dancing in the club and one of them was the younger lady that he sings about in the song. 🤘✌️

My all-time favourite Seger song.

Probably my favorite Seger song…just love the vibe of this song

Probably my favorite Seger song. And little did I know that it was recorded in my home county, Lauderdale County AL…just across the Tennessee River in Sheffield. Local Florence guitarist Pete Carr on lead guitar. Pete died in 2020. BTW: Seger’s only #1 song, “Shakedown,” could easily be chosen as a song lots of people love and hate.

For me, Mainstreet is a minimum A..it's just a classic. Roll Me Away is a definite DO! Such great lyrics & Seger growl. Lyrically it paints an easy visual & it kicks A$$ too! 🦅..& my soul began to rise... ✌️❤️🇦🇺🦘🌏

Bob Seger's best song. This is the song that made him famous.

Seger on the origins of the song: Just like "Night Moves," that song rings true. What do they tell you about writing? They say you have to write about what you know. I grew up near that street corner. My older brother was a lot of trouble and I was not. My parents always called me "the good one" and they said: "You're the one we can trust." So at age 10, 11, 12 I was able to walk through Ann Arbor until midnight if I felt like it. There was a club, and this blues band from Chicago named Washboard Willie was playing there. In the window of this club there were people dancing, and occasionally there would be a beautiful girl dancing in the window. And at my age you were starting to wake up to girls. I would sit out there and watch through the window and listen to this great R&B. I'm looking and I'm listening and thinking this is what I wanna do with my life. The club was very lively, and to a 12, 13-year-old that was pretty cool. I loved the groove because it's Chicago blues, and the women are dancing and you're starting to think the women are looking pretty good. So all that stuff ended up becoming the elements for the song "Mainstreet."

awesome song. 66 years for me. love all the music from this time

Been watching A&A for several years now. You two do the best music-reaction videos. You don't stop the song, talk excessively over it, and your enthusiasm really comes across as genuine. Plus, as musicians yourselves, your input is valid and knowledgeable.

This is my favorite Bob Seger song, I remember cruising and hearing this on the radio and cranking it up.

There are no bad Bob Seger songs. Rock and Roll Never Forgets is another great tune.

My favorite Seger song! Can't count how many times I've listened to this song!! It always gives me chills!

Classics stuff!! This played so often on the radio back in the day we all knew the words!! Great memories!!😆

"Roll Me Away" is good, a song that you should probably hear eventually. I think it would be my 3rd choice for your next Seger song, with my first 2 choices being "Rock & Roll Never Forgets" and "Still the Same". BTW, I really like the look of the house that you did this reaction in. And the 2 paintings, one on each side of the screen, are both appealing paintings and well-situated for the angle that this video is shot from.

So smooth. Try Her Strut, banger all day

This is a gem! Talk about painting a picture and putting the listener right there on Main Street!

He is a writer for EVERY PERSON IN LIFE

I can still remember Bob playing this at his show in '83 - the crowd was lit and the Silver Bullet Band was great! The same as the album but better cuz it was live!

My favorite Seger song. Brilliant!

Summer 1977. This was my..3rd Grade show n tell Record ⏺..love it

I don't care what other people say ,but for me no matter how many lists of 'greatest male singers ' there are , Mr Bob Seger will be one of the very first names on any compilation ...every time ! He is so good at telling stories with his songs and singing prowess ,it's as if I'm right there with him in the recording booth ..effortless might and power !

So smooth. This is soundtrack of 100 million of us. Our youth

I remember telling you guys you would love Bob Seger before you knew him. His lyrics are amazing. and old school rock and roll.

Bob and his band of musicians put on one helluva show.

Saw Seger sing this on tour. Spectacular raspy voice and fantastic storytelling. Rock ‘n Roll…forever

Great song , Bob Seger is one of the best , still going strong .

I've heard it a million times and I'll be very happy to hear it another million. I can't recall the other Bob tunes you've done but, if you want more rockin', try Her Strut, Come to Poppa or Feel Like a Number.

My favorite Seger LP. Came out fall of 76. Beginning of my Junior yr in HS. Bob Seger music brings me back to a time I miss. Just like his lyrics describe. "Sometimes even now When I'm feelin' lonely and beat I drift back in time and I find my feet".

Have you still never done ROLL ME AWAY? 🏍️🏍️🏍️🏍️🏍️

Yessssss! My fave Bob Seger song, especially since it takes place in my beautiful hometown of Ann Arbor.

I'm 53 years old! I remember couples skating to this back in my younger days ! A great great artist and song!

You can never go wrong with Bob Seger and his awesome band...I used to walk down mainstreet in my small town in Virginia ( Danville ) listening to this song all the time...Great memories.

This was recorded with the legendary "Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section", also known as "The Swampers". Unbelievable group of musicians with a ton of great sessions with great performers under their belt.

A&A, the definition of BANGERS are his "Katmandu" and "Rock And Roll Never Forgets" !!!!! Check them out!!

Seger is a Michigan legend, and this song is about a "dancer" in a club on Main Street in Ann Arbor. You can almost see it happening when you listen to the song. Love Seger.

My favorite Seger song for sure. So emotional in both vocals and musicianship. Love the tone of the guitars!

Roll Me Away is absolutely the next song that you should visit!!!

"Roll Me Away" would be a great choice for the next song. Don't let the 80's scare you. I is a banger of a song.

A friend of mine back in the day coaxed me into going seeing him live. The only reason I went was because they were front- row center seats. Bob and his band were amazing and really belted out their tunes. That turned me into a big Seger fan right then and there. And YES, you MUST hit Roll Me Away. It's a jammer and a half!

Come on guys, this song has a really cool vibe that you can chill out to. It deserves better than a B+ in my book.

Bob Seger knew how to put together a song, and then deliver it. Great story teller with his music.

My only complaint with this song is that it isn't longer. One of my Seger favorites.

Seger's Famous Final Scene is gorgeous and heartbreaking.

Segs for the win! I always loved that simple guitar tone, as well as the story. Great reaction!

I think you would be pleasantly suprised by the title cut from '85's "Like A Rock". Not as laid back as this, it has great slide guitar and lots of sauce!!

My favorite Seger song. I know I'm not alone!

Bob is one of those artists I would not say I was a fan, I never had any of his albums, but listening to the radio I find I can sing along to all of his stuff that got airplay. Gives me Jr High vibes.

An underrated gem of his that everyone should know: Sometimes

Having lived a couple blocks from Main Street in Bob's hometown of Ann Arbor, I always loved this song.

Love how the final four ‘down on main street’ vocals fade into memory-like echoes.

You guys also need to remember, just as a frame of reference, that "country music", at the time this song came-out, did NOT sound like this....Great reaction!! HUGS!❤

Might be the best Dive Bar song of Alltime! When this song came out there was NO country artist that sounded like this….

@65 yrs old, I still love Seger ❤️

Rock n roll never forgets

Seger has stated that the street he was singing about is Ann Street, just off Main Street in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he grew up. There was a pool hall there where they had girls dancing in the window and R&B bands playing on the weekends.[3] He said, "Again, that's going back to the 'Night Moves' situation where I was writing about my high school years in Ann Arbor and what it was like - the discovery, the total naivete and fresh-faced openness that I went through. It was sort of an entire awakening of my life; before that I was kind of a quiet, lonesome kid."[4] Seger later expanded on the origins of the song: Just like "Night Moves," that song rings true. What do they tell you about writing? They say you have to write about what you know. I grew up near that street corner. My older brother was a lot of trouble and I was not. My parents always called me "the good one" and they said: "You're the one we can trust." So at age 10, 11, 12 I was able to walk through Ann Arbor until midnight if I felt like it. There was a club, and this blues band from Chicago named Washboard Willie was playing there. In the window of this club there were people dancing, and occasionally there would be a beautiful girl dancing in the window. And at my age you were starting to wake up to girls. I would sit out there and watch through the window and listen to this great R&B. I'm looking and I'm listening and thinking this is what I wanna do with my life. The club was very lively, and to a 12, 13-year-old that was pretty cool. I loved the groove because it's Chicago blues, and the women are dancing and you're starting to think the women are looking pretty good. So all that stuff ended up becoming the elements for the song "Mainstreet."[

My absolute favorite from him! ❤