Roll On Down The Highway - Bachman Turner Overdrive | Andy & Alex FIRST TIME REACTION! 

This will never be a B+ song. This song is pure rock, pure A+

This has one of the greatest guitar solos in the history of rock-n-roll

It's not possible to stay under the speed limit when this song is playing ...

Back when music was just Fun.

50 years on and still a banger!!! Turners' vocals and the guitar make this and S tier in my book.

Turner has the perfect voice for rock and roll.

I got pulled over one time driving from Thunder Bay to Winnipeg to go see BTO play. Cop said why are you driving do damn fast!?!?!? I turned the stereo back up with this on. He shook his head and let me off with a warning. Still did that 8 hour drive in just under 6 hours . Canada has the best rock groups EVER!!!! 🇨🇦🤟🤟🇨🇦🤟🇨🇦🤟🇨🇦🤟🇨🇦 A+++++ for me!!!!

This whole Not Fragile Album is just pure AWESOMNESS!

A+ for me. It has sentimental value for me as well.

Mister Bachman, showing how you do it! ❤

Easy A+. Simple, good ol' rock 'n' roll! So catchy!

Maybe they'll do Blue Collar some day.... BTO is my favorite Canadian band. Yeah, I went there lol

LOVE Fred Turner's voice! Definitely an A+ for me. This band just screamed blue collar in a good way.

It's 2024 these guys have a completely different perspective than we had in the early 70's. So give them some slack.

"Gimme Your Money Please" "Not Fragile" "Four Wheel Drive" "Sledgehammer" and of course "Takin' Care of Business" are all bangers you need to check out.

BTO was On the radio non stop mid 70's 🎸. We were the luckiest to enjoy such great tunes back in da days growing up 😎

if i am on a road trip - this is a solid A+ for the duration... double-slap across your faces - Why don't you give this song Good grades ??!!??

The best verse is "… Time's real short, you know the distance is long I'd like to have a jet but it's not in the song Climb back in the cab, cross my fingers for luck We gotta keep moving if we're going to make a buck" Musically they mix clean and heavy guitar tones so well....recognize this please.

BTO was the most popular rock group on 1973-1974. Underrated. Father and Son are touring now. Very cool to see this music reignited by A and A. Good job boys!

CANADIAN GOLD !

I'm pretty sure it was when Deep Purple was headlining the TEXXAS JAM in between bands someone started playing BTO over the PA system and a ROAR .....yelling TURN IT UP !!!!! came out of the crowd and it was as loud or louder than the cheers for the bands playing that day . OKIES AND TEXANS ... WE LOVE US SOME BTO !!!!!!1

Cruising in my 68 Chevy Impala in 1974 when this tune came on the radio...so good !

Grabbing gears in my 69 GTO back in the day 🎸🤘

Fun fact: the BTO "Not Fragile" album title was a nod to the YES "Fragile" album, which was hugely popular at the time, because BTO wanted to let everyone know they were nothing like YES. 😂 Of course, many were fans of both bands. Still funny.

Feel good, hangin with your buddies and the flavor of the week ROCK AND ROLL. Had this on album and 8 track. Yeah I am that old. This is part of what made the 70's the GREATEST decade for rock-n-roll. To have been there when it was actually happening, was awesome.

"Blue Collar" up next for BTO. Not what you'd expect from these guys but a killer song with some great guitar work. OR "Gimme Your Money Please" for a straight up banger that really brings the grit.

Started my senior year in high school when this banger came out. Nothing less than an A+

BTO my first concert with Heart and Cheap Trick as the warm up in 1974. 6 bucks and I had to mow a few yards for it. I love you guys, sorry you weren't even born then.

'You Ain't Seen Nothin Yet' and 'Taking Care of Business' are especially classic BTO.

Thought you'd never get around to this one. It basically defines their OVERDRIVE name!

One of the best road trip songs, EVER.

Great guys from the Great White North! Said they got robbed in New York, so they wrote a song about it, great tune. They were impressed cause the guy the rolled em said "please"! Song you need to hear "Gimmy Your Money Please"

As a Canadian, BTO was my first and favourite band back in ‘74. Constantly cranked Four Wheel Drive way too often. Should review that song

Me, my friends, in my ‘70 Roadrunner with the windows down with this blasting out of the 8-track.

OMGoodness I love BTO they rocked my teen years.

I don't know if you guys knew this but Randy Bachman was in The Guess Who.

BTO's Sledgehammer is one of the hardest rocking songs ever made. A&A need to hear it! CF sings his butt off on that one.

I am 65 and watch you guys all the time. When I saw you were doing this song I couldn’t wait to watch. I have always said if you wanted an alien to know what rock was I would choose Michael Jackson’s Beat It, Metallica’s Enter Sandman and the BTO’s Roll on Down the Highway.

Thank you guys, if it wasn't from you I probably wouldn't have heard of this song, love it, thank you.

A++++, hands down. These guys were the best.

This was the soundtrack to our after school street hockey games we played as kids in the 70's with the AM transistor radio blaring away. In 1984 when we just became of legal drinking age and New Wave had taken over, BTO couldn't get arrested. They played a small club in North Vancouver. We got there early and got a table literally right up against the stage. We were being served beers by waitresses and our childhood musical heroes were playing right in front of us . Fred Turner put the microphone in our faces during "Taking care of business" and we sang out the lead vocal. In the table behind us was the entire band of Loverboy and BTO hung with them during a break. Best concert experience ever.

Bought this album in 1976 as a 15 year old. Full of bangers and an absolute classic southern rock album.

The title track is criminally underrated, underplayed and under appreciated! Please listen! Great way to kick off an album!

Back in the 1970s when BTO hit the scene they were pretty hot on the radio.

Fred Turner...one of the all-time great rock voices.

Its been easily my favorite fuckin BTO song since the 1970s. Always a go-to road trip banger!

Just as SWEET as when it came out in, '74!!

I was listening to this song as i was landing in Winnipeg a few weeks ago. True Canadian treasure of a band (not to mention the Guess Who and well!) Cheers from Vancouver BC

Thinking back I'd say between 1973 and 1975 BTO had a ton of air-play. BTO hits which charted during those years / and the Album they were on. "Blue Collar" / Bachman Turner Overdrive "Let It Ride" / Bachman Turner Overdrive II "Takin' Care of Business" / Bachman Turner Overdrive II "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" / Not Fragile "Roll on Down The Highway" / Not Fragile "Hey You" / Four Wheel Drive "Down to the Line" / Head On "Take It Like a Man" / Head On

''Rock is my life (and this is my song)'' has gotta be their best.

C.F. Turner has the growl... love his vocals. Supposedly, he was very difficult to record in the studio because his pipes are so powerful! ANYWAY... I'm all over BTO... and as an expert in their music...lol...I know you'll love "Lookin' Out For #1" and "Rock Is My Life, And This Is My Song "...2 of their best! The title track of "Not Fragile" is awesome too... one of their heaviest songs ever... road music in my college days! 😉

I remember this well, the first cassette my brother had, he drove my older sister nuts with this. You might like 'Blue Collar', a more reflective, jazzy BTO track.

I literally speed with the windows down when this song playing lol

These guys played straight ahead, no BS, rock….. the formula worked!!

A&A read through the comments and you will see a common theme. The most mentioned song by BTO is Blue Collar. You always ask "what should we cover next". Well it should be obvious. Please, for all your fans, the next song you cover by BTO "MAKE IT BLUE COLLAR". Thanks guys.

Pure 🔥! One of those feel good songs that put a smile on you face.

I wore out my BTO’s Greatest Hits 8-track years ago Solid banger!!

This is a great song and I rocked to it a long time in high school

Love Randy Bachman, killer music, danced to this in the '70 and '80's🎶🎶🎶🎶

Great band BTO!!! They were big back in the 70's. Going to see them in Niagara Falls, Ontario on June 13 at the new OLG theatre on their reunion tour. Saw them a few times over the years, last time was in the 90's at Melody Fair in North Tonawanda with all the original members. It was a fantastic show!!! Got to meet Randy and he signed my Hard Rock Cafe t-shirt and signed my gloss photo of him. Really nice guy!! Saw Randy with Burton Cummings do a show last summer in St. Catherines, Ontario. They performed both BTO and Guess Who songs. Saw the Guess Who at the Sars concert and a year later in Buffalo with all the original members. Another great show. Randy is a living legend!!! Thanks for listening to Roll on Down the Highway!!!

The day I got my driver's permit in 75 this song came on the radio driving home. Synchronicity!!

First album I ever bought. It had been out about 4 months and Takin Care of Business was on radio alot. This album still rocks!

That guitar solo earns it an A+ by itself. Come on fellas!

First concert. Judas Priest opening, BTO, Foghat headliining. Those were the days.

This song carried its weight with grit and power with NO Bridge! so Awesome.

This 70's high testosterone rock & roll brings back so many great memories. Thank you.

Was partying to this at 19 & 20 yrs. Old ,in Germany Hahn AFB. ,Up on a Hill watching boat racing along the Mozel River . GREAT DAYS 💯💗🇺🇸✌️💗

Man this brings back memories as a kid, playing pool in the garage with my brothers and cousins, door open, shooting basketball, playing this vinyl.

this cut & Highway Star (Deep Purple) are a speeding ticket every time....!

"Lookin' Out For No.1" is a different BTO song, some exquisite guitar work.

This song was playing on my 8-track back in the day!

I feel like A&A have just been initiated into the trucking 🚚 world with this song. They each need a rig . Great tune! The song "Not Fragile" is very good...as well as "Hey You" and "Let it Ride".

This was the first band I ever saw live...The Shrine Auditorium I was 13 and my brother took me for my birthday

BTO has a special kind of drive in their songs.

Practically every song is an A+ to somebody. This one is probably A+ to many thousands of people. If A&A followed the logic of many comments here, they would have to rate practically every song A+. That'd make the song's hardcore fans happy, but wouldn't be useful to anyone else. If all movies were rated 5 stars, then ratings wouldn't help you decide what to see. A&A are knowledgeable about music, listen to each song closely, and think through their ratings. I like hearing what they think, whether I like their rating or not.

Yep remember those summers in the 70s simply bad ass song to drive to

One of the catchiest choruses ever.

It's funny. I was just re-watching your three reactions to the Guess Who last night. Lots of room in the Cummings/Bachman rabbit hole!

I haven't heard these guys for years, absolutely banging guitar for a Sunday afternoon. Thanks for playing it.

We saw Bob Seger open for BTO at Cobo Hall in Detroit in the Summer of 75. BTO was huge nationally, and Seger and the Silver Bullet Band were big in the Midwest only. For reference, "Live Bullet" was recorded at Cobo Hall in November of 75. Seger's opening set was blistering, and even earned an encore. BTO, the headliners, came out and were lethargic at best. After about 3 tunes, the Detroit crowd started chanting "Seger...Seger...Seger very loudly after BTO finished a song. After about 3 straight songs of this, an angry Randy Bachman and group left the stage, never to return. After about 20 minutes of confusion, and more chanting, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band hit the stage and smoked for an additional 2 hours! I also was privileged to be in attendance at Cobo Hall for those "Live Bullet" recordings.

Hey guys, great song and eventually you'll have to hear Blue Collar! My personal fave BTO song with fantastic guitar work from Randy!

I had this album when my player was a portable attache kind of deal. One of the first three or four albums I ever owned.

Blue collar rock n' roll at it's finest!!!

Randy lived down the road a ways. They played Western Washington College gym from time to time. I was in my early 20's at the time. $3 tickets/ several hundred people max!

The 1970s were a golden cornucopia of musical goodness

Nobody can sit still during any BTO song!

This song and Radar Love are my two favorite road songs. Windows down and pedal to the metal on the long straightaways. The only way to travel in Texas.

Perfect song for a Friday!

EVERY song on that album... enough said. thank you

First 3 lp's were killer back then. So good. Miss it.

Thanks guys. Time for some ZZ Top I think. Hit, I'm Bad I'm Nationwide you'll love it.

Canadian here... see also "The Guess Who", and "Randy Bachman", for a deeper dive.✌🏼🇨🇦

As well as the other songs mentioned you need to do Blue Collar, imo one of, if not their best songs.

This whole album is a banger: Not Fragile. My favorite guitar solo of all time, Randy Bachman is under-rated.

Great song and band. So many great songs. I grew up listening to them.

FYI ... all Canadian records are fire ... keeps us warm and cozy !@

I have to agree....LOVED Randy Bachman with The Guess Who. But we always called this "jock rock," along with Boston, Foreigner and Loverboy!

Haven’t heard this in years. Takes me back to my junior year in high school. 🤘🤘

It's "S" Tier because it's been rocking and rolling travellers up and down Highways for 50 YEARS and hasn't run outta gas yet!

Ahhhh takes me back to my youth, good old BTO... those were the days