Takin' Care of Business by BTO

may be the best song ever.

[Lucky]

Played by every bar band in the world. I know I've played it 100 times.

Fun tune. Everyone gets into it. (I personally like "Let It Ride" better, though.)

[revo]

I personally like "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet." And I could imagine, in the schlock music world that was 1974, how this song took the US by storm!

If taking The Guess Who into account, my fave is "No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature."

Amazing how great Randy Bachman was! He doesn't get his proper acclaim today.

[Gregg]

I got to see BTO play all them live in Milwaukee 1974. It was a fun concert.

[Lucky]

Their live song that blew me away was "Welcome Home". I was working in the oil patch that summer, and had a little money for concerts and such, so a friend and I rolled down to Shreveport in my '64 Nova. What a blast. Of course, being a couple of long-haired kids from Arkansas, we were stopped and searched from top to bottom.

[overkill94]

When it comes to BTO it doesn't get better than "Hey You". That chugging chorus riff and those irresistible "sha na na na"s just can't be beat.

[swampdragon]

How about Ballroom Blitz by Sweet

I will take schlock power rock from the seventies for $400 please Alex

[Papa Deuce]

I personally like "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet." And I could imagine, in the schlock music world that was 1974, how this song took the US by storm!

If taking The Guess Who into account, my fave is "No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature."

Amazing how great Randy Bachman was! He doesn't get his proper acclaim today.

And his son has had a couple of hits of his own.

[Steve]

How about Ballroom Blitz by Sweet

I will take schlock power rock from the seventies for $400 please Alex

Desolation Boulevard is an awesome album.

I'll still say Takin' Care of Business may be the best song ever.

[Midnight Otter]

This thread reminds me of when B-Fly proclaimed "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira to be the greatest song of all time.


Weirdos.

No kidding.

[Gregg]

No kidding.

I just agreed with Wonderboy and Eldiablo on something not baseball related.

My world is all cattywumpas today.

[Erik]

Everyone knows that the greatest song of all time is Tubthumping.

[heyelander]

Played by every bar band in the world. I know I've played it 100 times.

Fun tune. Everyone gets into it. (I personally like "Let It Ride" better, though.)

agree and agree. Big fan of Let it Ride.

[heyelander]

Everyone knows that the greatest song of all time is Tubthumping.

possibly my favorite AV Club cover...

[Fresno Bob]

I was trying to figure out what I think is the greatest song ever, and I keep coming back to "When Doves Cry" by Prince