Head East: Never Been Any Reason (Live)
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- čas přidán 17. 05. 2011
- A montage created by Stephen Riker (user name: headeastrocks) made to the audio of "Never Been Any Reason" by Head East from the Live album. Features the only available film footage of Head East in the '70s plus footage of John Schlitt from an early Petra concert.
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I still Love this Song Today, Who's with me, Rocking this Song in 2020?
I'm with you brother !
I have always loved this song
I'm in for sure!
Definitely brings out my wild side I love it
For sure , turn it up it rocks!
Now 63 yrs old. Saw them in late 70's with Molly Hatchet and 38 Special at a "Smoke In". Fantastic!!! How I long for those day again.
Same age, and though I now have zero southern rock in my limited (~1400) track list (that's odd, wonder why?) I knew all three and would have loved that show!
My bad... I always keep some Hoodoo Rhythm Devils on tap!
I'm 65 and i saw that Frickin Badd Ass show also, So Fun way back when. Rock On buddy :)
I am the same age grew up in the SF bay area but got to see all these great bands as a teenage from the Mid 70s to mid 80s was such a great time in music history
Was that the smoke in in DC?
@@JustinJenkins-uu9ni no, NC. 🤗
I'm so glad that I grew up in the 1970s-1980s listening to this music when it was brand new.
We didn't realize just how good we had it at the time.
If you're stuck on "classic rock" and you right off the music that is out there today, it just shows laziness and inability to grow out of old ways. Don't be like this person..
@@internetexplorer1593 Most of the music coming out today doesn't even come close to the music from the 70's and 80's .
@@t.v.6586 This translates to: "Today's pop music isn't as good as the pop music of my day."
This LV guy falls into the lazy category of people that don't want to discover deeper cut, good modern music.
@@internetexplorer1593 This coming from a person who doesn't know the difference between right (as in a direction) and write (as in communication).
@@jerlewis4291 fair enough. If you want to disengage from the point being made because of a triviality, go ahead.
Never Been Any Reason not to Thumbs up this one...
Roses are red, violets are blue, when I listen to Head East, my neighbors do too! 🤩😍😁👏👏👏
Turn those Marshall Amps up!!!!
Have heard this on most Hard Rock and Metal songs! The saying gets old. Need to come up with something new! Have listened to this since I was a teen. Head East rocks it!
Really!?!
James Sparks hell yeah
James Sparks- Hey, I'm one of your neighbors. Block party!!
I’m 65 now and still rockin. Just watched John Schlitt age 73 now performing with Petra sing this song on 9/17/23. Sounded just like this. He didn’t miss a beat and could still hit those high notes.
70 YO/chick✌🏼🆒🐥Still ROCKING‼️
Still high energy in that 9/2023 performance!
Stevie Nicks is on tour now in her 70s. It's awesome!!!!
No Doubt!
2024. 65 and still rockin to Head East. Great energy and guitars!
I saw them in Charleston South Carolina in 1975, I was just 15 years old hitch hiking up and down the East coast. You can't buy an education like that. America was GREAT! Let's make it GREAT AGAIN!
Love too, Want my great Country back, badly ! WTF is going on?
Depends on “what you mean” by that? If it’s the orange menace-no fricken way Haha
@@KittyGrizGriz... 🤘😅👍 !! 🍊👹 🇺🇲 🗽
The whole world was a better place back in the day...
@@kloudkreeper for some, not all.
61. Miss those days terribly. Growing up in the 60's and 70' was magical.
I agree! These people now don't even have any idea what they missed out on! 😁🇺🇸😇🇺🇸🙋
Man it was fantastic time in history! These people missed the Beetles, the who, grassroots, jamesgang,slip and slide, frisbee, the man from uncle , the best bond movies, laugh in! I could go On and on! 😁😇🇺🇸🙋
I know they can say well I can watch recordings of all that stuff but it's not the same as watching the birth! Man Woodstock, jimi hendrix, that joplin chick, the birth of Hot Wheels, the Best Muscle Cars Ever! Dude you got me started! Lol! 😁😇🇺🇸🙋
Ditto my friend. I miss them every day...
And never to be done again. We are blessed with bad ass!
I'm 63 and I just enjoy seeing comments from my own age. We are still so young at heart. Head East was a big part of my life many years ago, with many memories. At that time my age now was so far away, but the next thing it's here. Family and great memories is so helpful getting older.
I turned 70 this year and I think Disco overshadowed the mid-70s. People don't realize how much great rock came out of that era.
Still rocking at 61. This song still sounds fresh. Timeless tune
66, retired and living in Mexico. This shit ROCKS! Thanks, CZcams, for making it possible.
I'm 58 years old and still listen to this great music. And I blast it whenever I can !!!!
Yep ! Rantipole 77 in 2020
keep on rocking im 54 it keeps us young
I'm 58 this song never gets old.
It just doesn’t get much better than this! It’s Easter Sunday, April 9th 2023, and I’m still listening to these guys, and absolutely love this song.
Smoke another one dude. Today's the 7th😅 great song though. Good to see some brother's here 🌴
❤Ditto❤
I never tire of thier perormance, If I could get the lyrics it be honer to sing this, Great
9\19\23
I was truly blessed with my birthday being on Easter Sunday 4/9/23🙏🏻🇺🇸✝️
Man, how I miss music like this. The 70s was the greatest era for music.
Rightous brothers
C. Holland can't beat the 70's and 80's!
Couldn't agree more, C. Holland, with either statement. This was music at its best.
C. Holland gots it in vynil!
That and the 80's.
When music was great. Today sucks.
You said it... !
Hello my friend...it's still GREAT as
WE all know and will be so for another 50 or more years as some antique enthusiasts hoard vinyl records and turntables that will be worth 'who knows what' by then.
75 now and when the new wave 'music' (LOL) hits the bricks in about 2030 and AI cyber music takes front stage..how will the video game, social media, tech kiddos embrace this new media....lolol
Slam us now 'youngins'...gonna be a brain fart that you won't forget when your 'so called music' is finally 'been replaced by robots.
You know how you can tell if a music and artist is great? If they can do same songs in a stadium or unplugged and it still sounds as good or better than the recording. Half of the shit my kids listen to cannot be performed outside of a studio or without being choreographed to the last note when on stage. Miss the days of raw talent on stage.
Wore this cassette out on the Pioneer under dash "Supertuner" in the GTO.
So glad to have lived through the best music decades in history.
..Yup. 🎯 I was born in 1961. 😏 Have to say I nailed 'em All..perfectly !! 🤘😀👍 💯% ! ... 🍻 !!
Nothing like the originals. Any band. Any song. Nothing comes close.
64 years old and I still headbang to This incredible Band
68 yrs young here Still listening in July 2023 🎶👏🇺🇸
Cool, cool beans ! : ) .
63 love u tube crank it baby
One of THE very best rock songs of all time!! I get chills and goosebumps every single time, just like I did decades ago!! It's like a time machine back to the days when i was so young and life was full of promise. Thank you so much, the gift that never stops giving! 🏆🎖⭐️🎶🎵
Yes!
When I played this on the juke box 20 years ago every single person in the bar was wiggling their hips or tapping their boots and bobbing their heads. You just have to get down when you hear this masterpiece.
This song brings back so many memories. I love and miss my 70’s so much! 🎉❤😂
Brings back lots of memories from a time when life was easier and simpler..
Saw these turkeys at the TEXXAS JAM 78.
jesterd14 ya gots that shit right...was just starting to "raise my family" in 73!
It still is fuck everybody, enjoy life you dont know when it's over
I agree!
Amen
My son Brandon tells me often , Dad it must have been GREAT to see all these AWESOME bands of the 70's & 80's . I just say with a tears running down my check OH HELL YEAH IT WAS I just wish we could have seen them TOGETHER
Yes! Most definately!
I've taken my sons and grandsons to see KISS and Judas Priest! Had some great fun, AND I actually remember being there this time : )
Foghat one week, Terrible Ted Nugent two weeks later! An amazing amount of Talent in those days, and the Shows were so freaking affordable. My Pops never said no, he would say enjoy yourself and be safe! Thanks Pops!
@@vickimackin .
Yep😁😍🥰🤩
Now this is the best "more cow bell" song of all. ;-) Actually, just about a perfect rock song in general.
Nice reference to SNL
Hahaha
Oh I absolutely love this song and this band ...my siblings are older than me so I was blessed with all this wonderful 70s music....yay!!!!❤
Today's so called artists could learn from tunes like this...gets the blood pumping.
Head East played in my hometown of Fort Smith, Arkansas back in 1996. Our band was the opening act. Roger Boyd (Keyboardist) and I talked about the Moog he used on the original recording and it really surprised me when he pulled it out of the case and told me he is still using it live today. He had a remote keytar, I am guessing it was part of his Moog Synthesizer rig. Our band was playing Never Been any Reason during soundcheck. Roger asked me if I would like to share the stage with him on Never Been Any Reason and I was like "HECK YEAH!" He told me to play the main synth line during the solo and that he would play a harmony to it with his Moog. It was fun, really cool of him to let me get on stage with them. The band was super tight, you could tell that had played this song a million times. One of the highlights of my musical past!
The band I was in opened for them around '91 at Fat Jacks in Council Bluffs, IA.
I seen a band calling themselves Head East in a very small town street festival maybe around that time. Looked and sounded nothing like them. The looks didn't matter cuz I had no clue what they looked like but the sound wasn't there at all. Wanted 5 bucks to get in the area they were playing but I just looked over the 4 foot fence and thought I'd keep my money. I'm actually from the area they originated from - Champaign and Charleston Il. This was in a small town near there. Looking at their past members list - now I know why. Must have had over 50 members from the beginning and the version I seen - who knows if it had an original member.
Dude! I was born there! Left in 2000. Me and my son used to go Judge Parker's gallows all the time. Feel sorry for the folks in Moffet. River's way up!
@@tommymcweedface229 .. Small world! Well, you are not missing anything that's for sure!!!
That is fucking awesome I have a moog they are amazing
I think it's so awesome that John Schilt is a Christian man and living for the Lord. I love his voice.
Right on Sister
I respect John immensely & agree, his voice is powerfully good 👍
John Schlitt STILL has an incredible voice in August 2023. Petra! Praise God.
Amen Brother! 🙏
No kidding??? Petra was a huge deal when I was going to high school. 🤘👍🇺🇸
John Schlitt went on to sing for a Christian rock band called Petra. Met him several times. What a difference JESUS made in his life!!!
PROUDLY Born 1965 and Raised on THIS!!! 💖💖💖🎶🎶🎶🎶🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I've loved this song forever! I had no idea he was the singer for Petra! ❤
72 AND STILL ROCKEN, LOVE THIS SONG :)
This song never gets old . Miss the good old days. Still rockin 2021
Still in 2023!!
Still loving it 2023
In 2024 also , a killer band no doubt
John got an incredible voice. Doesn't matter if its Head East, Petra or even Solo; amazing vocal range.
So great!
Now I know why I also loved Petra.
Facts
WOW! I was just 16 or so, Head East super loud wouldn't have any other way open the garage door at my parents home Dad was working mom at school watching the little ones man this was fun those were the times life was easy!
Sitting in our garage rocking out to this song. Our kids will never be able to do this!! 😁
Yep! Sitting in our heated garage right now rocking to this😄
Just wait...
Very underrated band!!! The harmonies, the rhythms, the arrangements, & the showmanship!!!!
They are one of the greatest bands ever Laura
@@tauras665 very true 🥱
Bad ass classic rock 60s and 70s don't forget CCR, Good old times
I saw them at 13... opened for rush
Saw them at Robinson High School, Illinois 1977 I believe. Fantastic. John Schlitt gave his life to Christ at some after that and was spectacular with the Christian rock band Petra. Schlitt had all star rock creed voice. I got my all-star guys singing rock.. '''Freddy Mercury, Mickey Thomas, Paul Rogers, John Schlitt and, Steve Perry.
I grew up in the 70's, still looking for the time machine take me back!!
Song got stuck in my head this morning, so now I've listened to it 10 times in a row and still going.
Good classic rock is hard to not get into your head and sing to when it plays.
Ear Worm.
It has that effect,I know,old rock n Roll ! :).
No one forgets this song ...
This is my very favorite song of all time. I fell in love with it the first time i heard it in 1975. I never add it to a playlist or bought the album because i dont want to get sick of it. That way when i plays on the radio which is rare its a nice surprise. When i play it for friends now in our 60s they never heard it before and love it. I always get compliments on my taste in music. I agree!
Still so frickin good in 2023 :) Thx Sweetie you saved my life way back when :) Love ya :)
One of the best Rock songs, ever.
Agree
Yes
Amazing power
The first song on the flip side of flat as a pancake, was Jeff Town Creek. Loved that song also. But always played the whole side to the end because it was the 70's.
Man...I'm 52 yrs old...but listening to this AWESOMELY GREAT SONG...all of a sudden I'm a young boy back in the 70s & riding around with my uncle John who was & still is my favorite uncle & listening to Head East on an 8-track player in his truck!!!
GREAT GREAT SONG...EVEN BETTER MEMORIES!!!
Much love from Mobile Alabama.
I hear you , Head East and Argent Hold your head up those 2 I can remember so we'll even if I had an transistor radio took on my paper route before football practice in 6th grade, lmao how many people probably don't know what a transistor radio was or maybe even a Walkman ,
Same for me, but I am 72!
John Schlitt is one of the most underappreciated underrated rock vocalists of the time.
"I wan' choo to git downnnn!!" has got to be the most 1970s sentence ever uttered. This song is a rocker.
..😄... at 0:52 ! 👍 ..I'm pretty sure that voice is their late drummer, Steve Huston. 🙏🕊 ...Some people say the very *next* thing he says is "..and get fuuuuu*ked" ! 😅 ..OR, does he say "..and get pumped" ? 🤔 Not quite sure. Great, high-energy lead-in by him, though !! 🤘😎👍
63 yo.... Today...... What a great version of an even greater song. From the magical 70's. Timeless.,..
64 and I still remember seeing these guys as a 16 y/o in Iowa, man what a summer
Miss those days. Seeing the best bands and concerts. Kids nowadays don't know what they are missing.
One of my favs from 70’s, play it to my grandkids now!
I remember listening to this song riding with my older brother in his pickup truck in the spring of 1976 right before he died at the age of 17. It's a good memory of when he was still with us and this song always reminds me of him.
Cool. Thanks. It reminds me of my brother who I list in 1993 and my son in 2018.
💔🙏
@@mr.d.4175 💔🙏
Sorry about your loss man !
I've lost an older brother too, I know the pain. Much sympathies man.
Need more music like this these days
Unfortunately it'll never happen.
It’s right here, in front of you 😊
Great song I felt that way
So many stories that I could tell, but what happens on the road , stays on the road 🤘😎
..lol ! 👍 ... Right on !! 🤐 😅 ☮️
One of the few truly perfect songs.
Some of us grew up listening to Head East. The cool ones still do😄💪🤟
Grew up in Missouri listening to these guys in the 70’s what a great time
yeah, great tune played live.
Midwest rock and roll at its finest.
Styx or REO Speedwagon should take them out on tour - either would be a great double bill.
@@pulaski1- I saw Styx in concert when they played "The Grand Illusion" & "Pieces of Eight" albums front to back...So incredible!!!
Yes it is,They are from st louis,My wife use to hear them play b4 they were popular.They use to practice in the garage
next door to her aunt.
This song was played nearly every time I walked into a bar and all the other times the jukebox would be playing Ballroom Blitz. Puts me right back there every time... Crazy Good times 😉
Sweet
I played Bass in a garage/sometimes bar band and this was Our encore song (we had a chick key player that sounded like nancy wilson) did the vocals and I had stage fright... so doing this song helped me get over it, having to bust out that bass solo🤣Most people were dancing anyway
Ballroom blitz. What a blast
@@randallcarter6913 And the man in the back said everyone attack and it turned into a ballroom blitz...!
Sweet F.A.
Love is like oxygen..
Set me free..
Desolation boulevard.
I still remember being one of the first people in my hometown to buy this album and I still have it, no CD's for this old rocker😅😅
much Love, I also love PETRA, god bless.....
These guys, Nazareth, April Wine, Foghat, and even Rush, where the most favorite voted bands in the Flint area all through the 70s. If I didn't know any better, Flint Michigan is the true Detroit Rock City.
The IMA sports arena in downtown Flint would hold over 6,000 people for all of those bands
Love April Wine...huge memories of them. Still in my collection... Gypsy Queen...
Don’t forget Zepplin and Ozzy!
Love all the bands you mentioned, only one’s I saw live were Rush & Head East.
When I hear the term Classic Rock this is the sound I hear. Great tune that has aged well!
John Schmitt is still one of the best vocalists I've ever heard.
My cousin Brad Flora was in this band in the early days. Got drafted to viet nam. Told me they were the best days of his life. Passed away a few years back now. He could play .
I'm so sorry.
I remember years ago when I met John with Petra for an interview. I’m glad he found recovery from alcoholism and has a peaceful life with the Lord.
Glad John was able to get himself sorted out, addiction & especially the stigma surrounding it is a beast. Thanks for sharing & enlightening us 😊
One of the greatest rock harmonizing songs ever!
Ha Ha !
Absolutely Jim
I'm 60 and still loving it 🤘🤘
Thanks to UTube we're reminded of how much highly skilled,extraordinary music we were graced with back then. Dang I've got the chills.
Miss these times! I saw the best bands ever! Kids nowadays have no clue what good music is!!!
This live version is so freakin' good!!!!!!!
This song is in my top ten ever. John
Had (still have) the Head East Live! 8-track tape. Fun memories of the '70s.
All these years it's played on the radio and always thought it was Trooper!!
When ROCK WAS REAL!!!
A good definition of ROCK AND ROLL: musicians playing instruments and singing....original material!
Head East,😢a fantastic group with awesome music and lyrics 🎶 . They are criminally underrated most definitely. They didn't get the recognition that they deserved 🎉🎉. Some of these groups showed talent that went beyond expectation. I'm glad that I grew up with this type of music I'm so blessed that my era had the best rock music 🎶 ever
I never get sick of this song.
To me this was a great driving song... the "white line" dashed along the road... racking sweet distance from another broken dream
Brings back memories of days gone bye. I am a kid again for a moment.😊
John Schlitt now of Petra rocks for God. And John is never going down for the last time. Because he and I, with a myriad of saints, will be jumping up and down to holy music. Raising our hands in praise and worship to Jesus, The Father, and the Holy Spirit.
Amen to that!
I had no idea that John was a believer, until I found out just now that he was also the lead singer for Petra.
That really makes me happy.
God put John Schlitt in as "lead singer-frontman" for Petra after Greg X. Volz was put on a different assignment for the Kingdom.
😊😊😊@@Gunners_Mate_Guns
Awesome, Amen, now he'll sing for our Lord🙏
My God! Kills the studio version! And I adore the studio version. The live energy. And that bass!
you are so right.This kills the studio version! !
One of the best road songs, party songs, and one heck of a line to say to your girl, save my life baby im going down for the last time, get ready im taking you some where you've never been 🤪
Smoked alot of weed to this song and many others too, sure miss the 70s great time
Lead vocals And harmonies. Off the charts!!
Love to still crank this music up !!! People look at me like I have lost my mind. They dont know what good music 🎵🎶 is.
This has become one of my favorite songs after hearing it on a 70's rock compilation cd.
Wow I have not heard this since I was a kid. Rock was great back then.
John went on to head up Petra, one of the most hard rockin Christian bands that was out there. He had a great career with them. He was near dead when Bob Hartman found him. Love you John, beyond belief!
Petra headlined cornerstone. Fest in chi town for many years..they all rock
The footage of John in the white jacket and red shirt is actually from a Petra Concert, although they had the song somewhat synced with the video, I know that was one of his signature on stage costumes for the Back to the Street tour.
Petra came to Dodge City, ks several years ago. We got to see them. I was a Head East fan in the 70's. And a Petra fan later in life!
I was so disappointed in Petra when Greg X Voltz left the band in the mid '80s. I thought they'd never be able to replace a unique voice like his. I couldn't have been more wrong about anything in my lifetime. John Schmitt, you rock like nobody else! God met me with your voice when I was going down for the last time. Thanks for being a willing vessel. God bless you, man!
He was beyond "near dead" status before he met Bob Hartman, but who's counting?
Heard this song as a 10 year old of all places in a juke box in Jalisco Mexico . One of my memories as a kid vacationing in Mexico😂
Still loving this in 2023!
Had Mike Somerville in my studio about 2 months before he passed. His playing was just a magical as ever.
Mike Somerville, lead 🎸ist, ..died in 2020. 🙏
Mike’s my favorite band member, how lucky and wonderful for you! Ty for sharing story.
It's 2023, 'bout 45 years since I first saw them in a local bar playing for the first time... still put a big old grin on my face whenever I hear them playin' this song! Great musicianship and rocking tunes like this one always does it! 🤘
I saw them in San Diego about the same time. They had Toto as the opening act. Great shows
John Schlitt... Head East and Petra vocalist! Awesome!!!!
So many memories listening to this song !!!
One of the best rock songs ever!!
One of the greatest songs from the '70s! Great harmonies, great keyboards! So happy to see this here.
Saw these guys in Milwaukee in their prime with REO Speedwagon…awesome show!
@@philber57..I'M def. jealous ! 😢 ... R.I.PARADISE, REO 🎸ist extraordinaire Gary Richrath. 🙏 🤘 🕊
I went to college in Spokane, WA in 1977.My roommates and I had jobs at a night club in tiny Stateline Village ID. Rick was a bartender and Kris and I were bouncers. Head East came in and did 2 shows in one night. I was assigned to watch the side door and do some security. All shows were sold out!
Head East ROCKED THE HOUSE beyond and I was lucky enough to see them play twice AND get to go to the party after in the trailers behind the club! I will never forget this night! Watching this band play "Never Been any Reason" is forever in my favorites!