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Stingray
Posted: Mar 28, 2013 - 05:42
 

To those of you who have not seen Chris live -

this is my recommandation!

He is truely FUNKY in concert!



Stingray
Posted: Mar 28, 2013 - 05:24
 
nice

linz_bobinz
(the city of the newly wed & the nearly dead)
Posted: Nov 26, 2012 - 21:21
 
yessssssss!

gvan
(From inside the house!)
Posted: Nov 07, 2012 - 10:19
 
"I hand in the snow
froze to a stick
carving an S and O."
I love that lyric.

Giselle62
(many bear, big rock, estuary California)
Posted: Sep 20, 2012 - 21:42
 
I'm rating almost everything "quite likeable" tonight; don't know why.

mike_chouinard
Posted: Jul 04, 2012 - 13:44
 
It's hard to grasp the brilliance of the Rheos in a song or two. Most of my fellow Canucks were oblivious to them, probably because the band was focused on making great albums, not cranking out hit singles. They really should've been a '70s band! By the way, Happy July 4th to my neighbours down south. — Love (or blame) Canada.

tuttle99
Posted: Jun 02, 2012 - 17:45
 
So excited to hear the Rheo's on RP!!!  I absolutely worshiped these guys as the best T.O. band of the 90's! 

Play More Rheo's!  Esp. Whale Music!

KurtfromLaQuinta
(Deep in the heart of South California)
Posted: May 17, 2012 - 15:52
 
 Baketown wrote:
These guys sound really good!

 
{#Yes}

They have even more stuff that I like.


kylieh
(Gibsons, BC)
Posted: May 17, 2012 - 15:51
 
My 6 year old fell asleep a couple of nights ago listening to Harmelodia with the book covering her face.  I emailed it to Dave Bidini and he wrote me back!  These guys are so great, to really know their music is to love it.

Baketown
(Maryland)
Posted: Feb 28, 2012 - 14:39
 
These guys sound really good!


meinthecorner
(Past the gravy, far beyond the golden fries)
Posted: Jan 27, 2012 - 23:21
 
Amazing to hear this tonight!
A couple days ago , I think, I was thrilled to hear the Tragically Hip, and I immediately wondered if there were any Rheostatics songs on your playlist.
Why, you ask? They aren't at all alike. No, they're not. But, as they are my homies I understand they've been friends and competitors for years, each band taking their own individual approaches to the market. Commercially, the Hip won. The 'Statics' I think, were better musicians, always a little more esoteric, even oblique in their musical choices - rewarding, nonetheless, and damn exciting at times. And hearing their music here gives me some hope that it will have a chance to live on beyond the band's demise.  

Ag3nt0rang3
(Canada)
Posted: Nov 25, 2011 - 10:41
 
 peter_james_bond wrote:

{#Clap} you said it. We seem to be moving backwards since he came into office. But sometimes I wonder if we are as enlightened as I'd like to believe we are. When you really examine our record, on many issues, it's not good and it's getting worse. {#Cry}
 
Nobody is ever as enlightened or as primitive as they think they are.

And not everything has been getting worse. Crime rates have been dropping, and nobody seems to be able to find a cause for the change except that we're all just committing less crimes. And what's more, this looks like it might actually be a <i>global</i> trend. Some new research suggests that humanity is more peaceful now than it's ever been in its history.

Some things really are getting worse, you're right. But other things only seem to be getting worse because we're becoming more sensitive to them. Harper can do a lot of damage in a few years, but I do believe that little of that damage will be permanent. 

hmulhall
Posted: Nov 09, 2011 - 07:34
 
 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:

They have some good stuff there.
Thanks to JohnErle for my discovery of these guys.
They are getting harder to find... their stuff is going out of print.

 

The Rheos were a great band, whom I saw live many, many times here in Toronto. Their music is well worth searching out & you can still find their music through "Amazon.ca"

West End Rules!

KurtfromLaQuinta
(Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.)
Posted: Oct 24, 2011 - 20:04
 
 sirdroseph wrote:
Wow! Never heard of these guys, will definitely have to get more!
 
They have some good stuff there.
Thanks to JohnErle for my discovery of these guys.
They are getting harder to find... their stuff is going out of print.


linz_bobinz
(the city of the newly wed & the nearly dead)
Posted: Oct 08, 2011 - 17:17
 
Oh Bill! You just made my Thanksgiving Weekend much, much better by playing the ever so talented Rheos!!!! Thanks a million!  {#Mrgreen}

Cynaera
(Kenneth's Frequency)
Posted: Jul 22, 2011 - 10:03
 
 rharvey658 wrote:
The opening riffs reminded me of Joe Walsh's little-known "Indian Summer", from the "But Seriously, Folks" album (1977-ish)

 
GOOD CATCH!  I was just thinking how much this sounds like that song (one of my favorites by Joe Walsh, although I'm also sort of partial to "All-Night Laundromat Blues," on which Dan Fogelberg sang backup vocals.)


sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Jul 22, 2011 - 10:00
 
Wow! Never heard of these guys, will definitely have to get more!

TJOpootertoot
(Toronto)
Posted: Jul 06, 2011 - 13:15
 
 mike_chouinard wrote:

As I said, I love all their stuff but I recommend Melville, their swan song 2067, and their classic Whale Music (their own album, not the S/T) as the places to start. The latter is one of my desert isle disks along with Let It Bleed, the White Album, etc.
 
I'll just say "ditto" to everything Mike said.
I don't know that this song would even be in my Top 10 Rheos' songs (I've tried, unsuccessfully, to upload others) but still a pleasure to hear on RP.

Is it a coincidence or because Bill & Rebecca know everything that they played this back-to-back with Basia Bulat who is not only also from Toronto but even from the same suburb (Etobicoke)?


mike_chouinard
Posted: Apr 18, 2011 - 13:31
 
I've only heard the Rheos on RP once before. I'm a fanatic and love all their stuff. This is off one of their weaker albums (though still pretty fine). In my view, they were not just the best Canadian band (and we didn't appreciate their genius), but pretty much the best anywhere. They could play anything without it ever sounding forced. Unfortunately, they had so many ideas and are a band best appreciated when listening to whole albums. A song here and there just doesn't do them justice, although that's the music biz now. If they'd been around in the 1970s — the age of the LP — they might've been huge. Or perhaps still criminally ignored. Who knows?
As I said, I love all their stuff but I recommend Melville, their swan song 2067, and their classic Whale Music (their own album, not the S/T) as the places to start. The latter is one of my desert isle disks along with Let It Bleed, the White Album, etc.



alanthecowboy
(Lakefield)
Posted: Apr 02, 2011 - 16:47
 
 newbolddrive wrote:
Martin's voice is a little different, but it's addictive and nobody else sounds like him in the business.  I'm still a hard core Rheos fan and would love to hear more of them on RP too.  I love their live album.  And Whale Music is such a great movie.
 
We just sat and watched Whale Music again last weekend, through the miracle of Netflix. Indeed a great movie, and I still get a tear in my eye the first time he cues up Claire in the studio.  That's saying a lot; I don't get tears in my eyes for just any tune.

Anyway, great to hear Rheostatics on the radio, but frustrating that I can't hear them on a Canadian station.  So, thanks, Bill.



newbolddrive
(Gibsons, BC)
Posted: Jan 14, 2011 - 10:44
 
Martin's voice is a little different, but it's addictive and nobody else sounds like him in the business.  I'm still a hard core Rheos fan and would love to hear more of them on RP too.  I love their live album.  And Whale Music is such a great movie.

linz_bobinz
(the city of the newly wed & the nearly dead)
Posted: Jan 14, 2011 - 10:41
 
.....keep it coming! Wahooooooo!

gvan
(From inside the house!)
Posted: Dec 29, 2010 - 14:37
 
 rdo wrote:
The Plane! The Plane!


 
I thought they invoked a little Hervé there at the beginning. Oops, I said "little"... sorry.



alanthecowboy
(Lakefield)
Posted: Nov 12, 2010 - 05:25
 
 df1489 wrote:


YEAH...O.K!....what about the band or the song, huh?{#Stupid}
 
Right.  Sorry.  The band rocks; I've seen them a few times, and it's a live show you don't want to miss.  Too late now...

Lots of songs that should/could be on RP.


rdo
(DC)
Posted: Aug 24, 2010 - 13:23
 
The Plane! The Plane!



Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Jun 21, 2010 - 17:15
 
 On_The_Beach wrote:
Before the vocals kicked in, I was expecting:
The wind is in from Africa
Last night I couldn't sleep
Oh, you know it sure is hard to leave here Carey
But it's really not my home . . .
 
That's funny - I was hearing, "I could drink a case of you, and still be on my feet..."  Guess maybe they've had a little Joni in their lives... I like this song, and this group.{#Bounce}

nate917
(2,815 miles from home)
Posted: May 05, 2010 - 08:05
 
 peter_james_bond wrote:

Whoops sorry, Love the (now defunct) band and the song.

 
Me too, and am also very fond of my neighbors to the north.  Your country's social awareness and tolerance are in dramatic contrast to the priggish, bible-thumping moralism that too often rears its ugly, hateful head down here.


ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: May 05, 2010 - 07:49
 
uploaded in 2002 but I've never heard it before? That's odd. 7. Great segue into Pearl Jam too. WTF is it upside-down world or something?

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Apr 03, 2010 - 15:27
 
{#Bananapiano}

On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud)
Posted: Feb 14, 2010 - 23:02
 
Before the vocals kicked in, I was expecting:
The wind is in from Africa
Last night I couldn't sleep
Oh, you know it sure is hard to leave here Carey
But it's really not my home . . .

Thistle
(Peg City)
Posted: Oct 28, 2009 - 08:00
 
LOL!  Did he say "Boss! De Plane! De Plane!" ?

Saw them live years ago. They were an opening act and were better than the headliner at the time.

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Sep 10, 2009 - 18:07
 
 df1489 wrote:
YEAH...O.K!....what about the band or the song, huh?{#Stupid}
 
Whoops sorry, Love the (now defunct) band and the song.


df1489
(Lake Palestine, Tyler Tx)
Posted: Aug 26, 2009 - 06:11
 
 peter_james_bond wrote:

{#Clap} you said it. We seem to be moving backwards since he came into office. But sometimes I wonder if we are as enlightened as I'd like to believe we are. When you really examine our record, on many issues, it's not good and it's getting worse. {#Cry}
 

YEAH...O.K!....what about the band or the song, huh?{#Stupid}

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Jun 07, 2009 - 17:36
 
 alanthecowboy wrote:

I should point out that our current federal government has already tried to repeal our same sex marriage laws (luckily unsuccessfully), and has set pot decriminalization back 20 years.  While Barrack is bringing the US into the 21st century, Harper would seem to be bringing us back in time...

 
{#Clap} you said it. We seem to be moving backwards since he came into office. But sometimes I wonder if we are as enlightened as I'd like to believe we are. When you really examine our record, on many issues, it's not good and it's getting worse. {#Cry}

alanthecowboy
(Lakefield)
Posted: Apr 21, 2009 - 12:16
 
 The_Enemy wrote:

True.  It's been a few years since we did anything wild or interesting.

Although I still think it funny that because we legalized gay marriage and, very nearly, dope in the same month, The Economist put Canada on the front cover 5 years back.  Might've been the last newsworthy thing we did :)


 
I should point out that our current federal government has already tried to repeal our same sex marriage laws (luckily unsuccessfully), and has set pot decriminalization back 20 years.  While Barrack is bringing the US into the 21st century, Harper would seem to be bringing us back in time...


Johray63
(The Lowlands)
Posted: Apr 21, 2009 - 12:11
 
Sounds a lot like something of a Pete Townsend solo recording. Very good.  Love the sound of the acoustic guitar and drums, especially.


TheStanger
(Calgary)
Posted: Apr 21, 2009 - 12:09
 
Great stuff the Rheostatics!

BoneRoller
(Western North America)
Posted: Feb 17, 2009 - 12:54
 
'Satan Is the Whistler' is the song you wanna hear from this album

The_Enemy
(The Sewer)
Posted: Feb 17, 2009 - 10:58
 
 horstman wrote:
Not making noise starting wars, playing imperialistic cards, shitting on everyone else with "how I'd do things type mentality".
 

True.  It's been a few years since we did anything wild or interesting.

Although I still think it funny that because we legalized gay marriage and, very nearly, dope in the same month, The Economist put Canada on the front cover 5 years back.  Might've been the last newsworthy thing we did :)

The Economist




ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Feb 17, 2009 - 10:46
 
seriously?{#Stupid}

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Feb 17, 2009 - 10:41
 
Boss....The Plane {#Lol} Love these guys!

KurtfromLaQuinta
(Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.)
Posted: Jan 29, 2009 - 16:44
 
I just picked this up.
Their CD's are getting tough to find, it seems that they're all are going out of print.
To bad. I really like this one.

Jeremy_Cherfas
Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 03:26
 
Never heard of 'em, but this is pleasant enough.

jagdriver
(Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA)
Posted: Nov 14, 2008 - 14:01
 
meh

pimpbot5000
(Alexandria, VA)
Posted: Oct 29, 2008 - 13:56
 



rharvey658
Posted: Oct 29, 2008 - 13:52
 
The opening riffs reminded me of Joe Walsh's little-known "Indian Summer", from the "But Seriously, Folks" album (1977-ish)


TJOpootertoot
(Toronto)
Posted: Sep 12, 2008 - 07:49
 
 bc wrote:

Whale Music is a masterpiece. Perhaps it's time for an upload...
The only trouble is that I couldn't decide which tracks to upload.
 
Give it a shot - you'll have my vote. This is a good song but there are so many great ones. I've tried uploading Shaved Head and Legal Age Life to no avail, but good luck!


horstman
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Aug 11, 2008 - 16:32
 
 bizon wrote:


C'mon, are you Americans still so perpetually ignorant about Canada? I guess it would be kinda funny if you were, huh?

 
Well most of us (Americans) don't live anywhere near Canada so it would seem that ignorance would rule. I lived 40 miles from the Canadian border but the mighty St. Lawrence separated us. A great country but you guys are a little bit quiet up there. Not making noise starting wars, playing imperialistic cards, shitting on everyone else with "how I'd do things type mentality".

But we still love ya! Ottawa and Montreal sure saved my sanity on many a long winter night with your great bars, cafes, and museums.

Peace.


andrewimft
(North Californie)
Posted: Jul 11, 2008 - 01:30
 
Superb--


bizon
(Vancouver)
Posted: Apr 07, 2008 - 14:54
 
ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote:
I've always been fond of the word rheostat.
Relieved to know that these guys don't sing 'eh' at the end of their verses. Well, I guess it'd be kinda funny if they did.


C'mon, are you Americans still so perpetually ignorant about Canada? I guess it would be kinda funny if you were, huh?