1005-Bachman-Turner Overdrive-You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet.
1974-Number 2 single.
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‘BTO’ were formed in Winnipeg,Canada in 1973, by the brothers Randy,Tim and Robbie Bachman, and Fred Turner, who had been recommended to Randy Bachman by Neil Young. Previous to forming ‘BTO,’ (see also best songs 873) Randy Bachman had been a member of the very successful Rock group, ‘The Guess Who.’
‘You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet’ was initially written to poke fun at his brother Gary who had a speech impediment, Randy would sing it while stuttering over the lyrics,a straight version was recorded, but the band felt that the stuttering version was far superior, the song went on to top the Billboard chart in 1974.
Although Bachman has never admitted to it, the song probably owes a great debt to the English Rock group ‘The Who,’whose most famous song ‘My Generation’ (see also best songs 926) contains a very famous stutter, and ‘You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet’s ‘guitar riff is definitely influenced by The Who’s song, ‘Baba O’Riley.’
‘B-B-B-Baby,you just ain’t seen n-n-n-nothin’ yet.’
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