Finally diving into some Cheap Trick!! A bit overdue but here nonetheless! Thinking about showing Alex their song ‘Surrender’ for a music share sometime, what do you guys think?! 🔥🙌🏻
Hey guys, they’re trying to sound like a Beatles Sgt Peppers Song but it may sound a bit off to you & that’s cool. I could tell immediately that Alex was torn but if you give them another listen (Surrender) I think you’ll like their sound & melodies a bit more. But maybe not & that’s ok too ✌🏻❤️ ps, very happy with your A & A- ratings!!
All the “dissonant chords” and stuff is the ‘Dream Sequence’. It’s a nightmare. That’s what they’re going for. It’s a nightmare sequence. Very Beatlesasque.
Remember Damone in Fast times at ridgemont high trying to sell the Cheap Trick tickets “come on you know cheap trick “ starts singing “dream police da na na na na na na na “ Classic movie scene
Check out his project Tinted Windows with James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins), the late great Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne), and Taylor Hanson on vocals. They did it about ten years ago was a side project, and it's very reminiscent of Cheap Trick.
"Love is Like Oxygen" is a must, but it has to be the long version, not the radio cut. Few other songs have the same degree of disparity between the album cut and the top 40 version. The short version cuts whole sections of the song.
AA not so anonymous! "Cheap Trick at Budukon" is an album worth reacting to. This is an album like Judas Priest's "Unleashed in the East" and Foghat's "Foghat Live," where the live album completely transcends the original tracks. Again, the live album had a massive cultural impact when it came out and this is impossible to convey by just a quick listen. Peace fellas!
OK, this one is so easy you guys! The ordeal Andy faces in listening to the disparate aspects of this song can be summed up in the title and lyrics themselves. Because this is a song about nightmares and paranoia, the two (bi-polar) halves of the song swirl in and out of each other from beginning to end. So it’s perfectly OK if it sounds a little schizophrenic. But it’s still ear candy through and through. Trust me, after a couple more listens, the 2 halves will snap together so perfectly. You’ll stop resisting and enjoy the ride. Just simply allow the chocolate and peanut butter to melt in your mind.
Cheap Trick are one of the hardest working bands ever. Non stop touring for decades. You really need to check out some live clips. California Man is a good one. With the new Sparks documentary coming out soon it would be a good time to check them out too.
@@larrywilliams1372 Wow!! I always assumed this was a Chap Trick original! I had never heard of The Move, and I had no idea that was Jeff Lynne's band prior to ELO!
I’ve always thought Cheap Trick have more in common with New Wave bands like the Cars, Squeeze and Blondie than they do with the stuff they’re lumped in with like Aerosmith and Def Leppard.
Exactly. New Wave and Punk could both be heard in their songs. Cheap Trick are a lyrically intelligent, quirky band with a sound that was lumped in with other '70s/80s rock bands, simply because CT had loud guitars, but especially in the '70s and early '80s, they were really closer to The Ramones than Arerosmith!
full agreement: "I Want You To Want Me," the live version at the Budokan, is much better than the studio version. plus, the video captures the charisma of the band.
Great band. Southern Girls, California Man, I Want You to Want Me (live), Ain't That a Shame (live), If You Want My Love, She's Tight. They still kick ass in concert. You missed out.
Cheap Trick was my favorite band in the late 70's and they still stand up today. There are so many songs to hear. The entire Dream Police album is a banger.
It's definitely one of them and was probably their biggest hit till "The Flame" came out which totally dwarfed anything else they have done before or since.
Their guitarist Rick Nielsen is one the most dismissed and underrated, plus he has one of the most massive guitar collections of guitars on the planet. His signature five neck guitar is outstanding.
This is kind of an 80's song, because it came out right at the end of 1979, and we were listening to it in 1980. Cheap Trick were a big influence on Nirvana. Kurt Cobain called Nirvana the 90's version of Cheap Trick.
Release-wise you are correct but this album was actually recorded before "Budakan" was released. The unexpected popularity of that album forced the delay of "Dream Police".
DUDE YOUR VERY FUNNY ; The song belongs to the year it was recorded and RELEASED IN ITS TOTALY 70s,,, The 80s had not started yet , GOOD TRY THOUGH,,, Just a thought for you though ,. To you , ARE SONGS from late 89 90s songs ????????????????? ,
Cheap Trick - Great drummer Bun E Carlos. Great vocalist Robin Zander. Great songwriter - guitarist Rick Neilson, and great bassist - invented of the 12 sting bass Tom Peterson. Hall of Fame Band.
Joining the chorus shouting for "Surrender" and "I Want You To Want Me" for your next Cheap Trick songs, and _Live At Budokan_ for a full-album experience
@@O_Towne_Bear I know how it is to hear a great song played so much - sometimes by myself, sometimes by everyone else - that I get to a point where I'm sick of it and can't enjoy it anymore. I also know what it's like, after many years of not hearing it at all, and then it comes on and I remember why I loved it so much I overplayed it in the first place. (more than once, right here!) I hope you get to experience that too.
I saw Cheap Trick open for REO Speed Wagon for the You can Tune and Piano but you can't Tuna Fish. The song off that album you should do is Roll with the Changes.
You guys always talk about a disposition to behavior when you analyze a song, ie. "I would listen to this song when I'm driving" or "This is a song for the park with a chick on a blanket." Isn't it somtimes the reverse though, where the *song makes you feel like doing X* instead of "I'm doing X, so I'll play this song." ???
Yay! CHEAP TRICK ... I saw them live at the Fabulous Form in L.A. back in the 70’s opening for KISS. Talk about impressive!! The following Halloween my boyfriend dressed like Rick Nielsen & his buddies dressed like KISS. 😂😂 What was my costume you ask? I went as a groupie!! Hahaha!! My favorite songs are SURRENDER, I WANT YOU TO WANT ME, & THE FLAME. I once watched an episode of Storage Wars where they go to Rick Nielsen’s to checkout his guitar collection!! Pretty cool 👍
Yes! Cheap Trick was my 1st concert in 1979 & it was the best experience ever, I’m still a huge fan. Great song choice, hope you guys like their Beatle’s influenced sound 🔥 👊🏻
@@skwervin1 when the Flame was released, I checked out. That was not a cheap Trick. Even they hated that song. Was it a Dianne Warren song? Too wimpy. The first 4 albums are the real CT!
@@skwervin1 Robins voice range has been there from the first album. Leo Kiddies, Battle of TV Violence, Taxman, etc. all blow The Flame out of the window and all showcase an amazing voice.
Love Cheap Trick. Although “Surrender” wasn’t their biggest chart hit, it may be their all time classic, even more than “I want you to want me”, or “The Flame”. You have to do “Surrender”!!!! ❤️
I confess I don't care all that much for The Flame. It's a relatively standard love ballad, and doesn't even really sound like a Cheap Trick song - no wonder, it's not even written by them. IIRC their record label made them do it.
Saw Cheap Trick and AC/DC at the Sioux Falls Arena on July 7th 1979. AC/DC opened for Cheap Trick. What a show. Bon Scott from AC/DC was an amazing front man. Unfortunately he was gone less than 8 months later. Billy Joel - Captain Jack
Ahhh, America's least liveable city's gift to the world --John Lennon, Jerry Garcia, and Kurt Cobain all were big fans. Check out *"Voices"* (the album track; not the truncated radio edit) --best not-the-Beatles Beatles tune ever crafted...
True...Cheap Trick, I have heard it said that Cheap Trick is a band for musicians. I think Rick Nielsen and Bun E Carlos worked on a song or two for John Lennon's final album. If I recall, I think Rick missed the birth of his son to work with Lennon.
Two needs? Ok, Rick dressed up like a kid whose nickname would be Scooter or similar. But Bun E. Looked like Mr. Suburbia take the 5:05 train back home after another shit day at the office.
Summer Jam 82. Cheap Trick, Blackfoot, Joe Perry Project, Krokus. 9th grade older friend with a van painted as a Bush beer advertisement took us stocked with , you guessed it. Bush Beer!
I attended a Cheap Trick concert in 1989 in Burlington, VT with my college roommate. He was an amateur photographer and brought his camera. Despite us being only about 8 rows back on the floor, he took some incredible close-in shots, preserving that night forever. Somehow, even with being so close, I still didn't manage to snag one of Rick Nielsen's guitar picks he would throw into the crowd every half song or so. Cheap Trick is well worth getting into. Their library is incredibly diverse and accomplished. Far from a pop group, they are a true rock band. Thanks guys!
Bun. E. Carlos. Looks like your accountant, but he’s one fantastic drummer. Try the live versions of I want you to want me and surrender from the album live at budokan.
I loved Cheap Trick and recommend Surrender. The lyrics to it were awesome as I can relate to the Parents in the song and the fact they don't surrender.
I got Tom to do a video on Cameo for my buddy who’s going though a cancer situation right now. Tom did a great job and even sent a kind reply to me when I thanked him through the Cameo message system. These guys are known for being Midwest nice instead of West or East Coast bad boys like many bands.
I went to see ZZ Top live at an outdoor concert and with perfect timing it started raining when the show began. Cheap Trick was the opening act and they totally set the crowd on fire, they were amazing. ZZ top followed and put everyone to sleep.
Ahh...Cheap Trick. The masters of “Power Pop”. This song is amazing. They have TONS of great songs. Surrender, Ghost Town, Clock Strikes Ten, Tonight It’s You, etc. They’re also one of the best live bands you’ll ever see. Truly one of the most incredible and underrated bands of all time.
The second verse of Ghost Town really shows off how much nuanced emotion Robin Zander can put into a vocal performance. Criminally underrated singer in the sense that the general public doesn’t really know him. Other bands do though!
Cheap Trick fan for many years. Some of My Favorites are: "Mandocello" "California Man" "Gonna Raise Hell" "Southern Girls" "On The Radio" and of coarse "Daddy should have stayed in High School"
I saw Cheap Trick headline a show with Aldo Novo and Some dude who was a one hit wonder. He opened the show so they could get the sound right. He did a 30 min set. Aldo Novo was amazing. Cheap Trick came out did 2 songs back to back. Then told the crowd the show was being broadcast across the country on the RKO radio network. People were already amped up. But when they were told that the crowd went got even crazier. Amazing show as always from Cheap Trick. 1983 was the year.
Cheap Trick IMO are all about subverting the paradigm of "easy-listening" pop-rock cliches with humor, weirdness, and a touch of dark. So Dream Police is a fine example of them doing all of that packed into one short crazy song. That said, I confess it's not my favorite song by them - that would be I Want You To Want Me, closely followed by Surrender. And I repeat: you HAVE to find a video clip of them performing live - bandleader/lead guitarist/chief songwriter Rick Neilsen is an absolute trip to watch perform! (The whole band is visually funny too - Rick usually presents as punk throwback in his black/white checkerboard gear; Rob Zander and Tom Petersson look like standard pop-rock types, and Bun E. Carlos looks like he's a bored white-collar civil servant who dropped in from a TV sitcom to pound some fierce drums.)
Cheap Trick is definitely a band to see live! Their studio albums don’t always capture the energy they put out on stage. I have seen them many times, from 1980 up through 2018. They always put on a great show.
I love the “In Color” album, “Big Eyes”, “Hello there”, “Southern Girls”, so many great songs. And the coolest/dorkiest album cover ever . Robin and Tom on motorcycles on the front, then flip the cover and it’s Rick and Bun E Carlos on mopeds! Brilliant album rock art!
Great band. Really good guys. Worked stage security for them for a concert early on in their rise. Frankly, the theater they were playing was so old I worried whether the electrical system was beefy enough to handle their equipment.
That`s what Cheap Trick usually does. They mix melody with Hard Rock with 60`s Beatles sounds and dark cynical lyrics. They come out of left field with a lot of their stuff.
Love this! Cheap Trick are under-rated. Lots of great tracks, you should definitely show Alex "Surrender". Also "I Want You To Want Me" "If You Want My Love" "Everything Works If You Let It" and "Auf Wiedersehen" amongst other great tracks. Check them out. Well worth it.
I was always really partial to "Baby Loves to Rock". Between that, "She's Tight" and "Dream Police" for my favorite CT songs.... I also always have a liking for "Voices" and "If you want my love" as well.
I’ve seen Cheap Trick three times and they were amazing each time. Here’s a challenge- if you haven’t taken a dive into the movie, “Heavy Metal”, you’re missing out on something special. There is a song by Cheap Trick that I couldn’t identify when I saw the movie because it’s very heavy on the metal. This was 1981, before Google. It’s called, “I must be dreaming”. It’s an ass-kicking song. Saw “Heavy Metal” 3 times the week it came out and still love the serious weirdness of it. And if you’re both South Park fans, the episode, “Major Boobage” is based on “Heavy Metal”.
This is one of those Cheap Trick songs that you don't seek out, but if it comes on the radio, you wouldn't necessarily change the station. Check out "California Man" it's one of their best rockers!
That was kicking in concert and when you left their concert one lick after another you felt like you took an azz whipping n ears ringing loud loud loud love them
Its crazy to think a song so musically intricate was common in a top 20 hit back in the day. Opening with a chorus is cool as eff, i love the orchestration build up at the end myself, thats how nightmares go.
The entire Heaven Tonight album is amazing, check out On top of the World, Auf Weidersein, or California Man from it. Surrender is also on that album 😎🎧
This band was still touring before the pandemic and just released some new stuff, they're amazing live!! "Surrender", "I Want You to Want Me", just a couple I think you'll enjoy. There are many gems my friends!!
You were both spot on about the disconnected/disassociative feeling this song conveys! A couple of other songs that evoke a similar feeling are “Brain Damage” by Pink Floyd and “Destroyer” by The Kinks. Although Cheap Trick is widely known for this song as well as for their other mainstream hits “Surrender” and “I Want You to Want Me,” (and yes, Andy, you definitely need to play “Surrender” for Alex on an upcoming Music Share Monday), Cheap Trick has literally dozens of AMAZING deep cuts! Check out “Lookout,” “Downed,” “Come On, Come On,” “Need Your Love,” and “Clock Strikes Ten.”
Finally diving into some Cheap Trick!! A bit overdue but here nonetheless! Thinking about showing Alex their song ‘Surrender’ for a music share sometime, what do you guys think?! 🔥🙌🏻
Best pure rock song ever.
Yes please! Show Alex Surrender, I’ll be there 😎👊🏻🔥
Surrender is a good tune. The Live at Budokan version is probably more famous than the original.
Hey guys, they’re trying to sound like a Beatles Sgt Peppers Song but it may sound a bit off to you & that’s cool. I could tell immediately that Alex was torn but if you give them another listen (Surrender) I think you’ll like their sound & melodies a bit more. But maybe not & that’s ok too ✌🏻❤️ ps, very happy with your A & A- ratings!!
Yes.
"Surrender" is their gateway song.
"Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace" is a really cool one.
YES!!!
I like "On Top Of The World"
Stiff competition is a criminally underrated CT classic.
@@baldeagle7155 Check out Foo Fighter's version of this on Letterman. Rick Neilsen sits in with them.
FYI. Their most important album was Live at Budokan.
Yer good stuff ... I want you to want me live is so much better than studio version
Awesome cover of Ain't That A Shame too!
My favorite!!
Definitely their most successful album but never their best IMO.
Surrender - Live at Budokan
All the “dissonant chords” and stuff is the ‘Dream Sequence’. It’s a nightmare. That’s what they’re going for. It’s a nightmare sequence. Very Beatlesasque.
Definitely some Day In The Life vibes going on in it.
Robin Zander an all time great rock voice.
And don't get me started on Rick Nielsen!! 🤟❤️🎸
A vocal Titan
Their live cover of "Ain't That A Shame" is fire
Remember Damone in Fast times at ridgemont high trying to sell the Cheap Trick tickets “come on you know cheap trick “ starts singing “dream police da na na na na na na na “ Classic movie scene
That's kids stuff...
Would be a good movie reaction on patreon bros
I love when Sean Penn says to the history teacher "You dick!"
Damone starts singing "mama's alright, daddy's alright...that's a song called Surrender.
@@TheSoloAsylum hahaha classic !
The bassist uses a 12 string bass, 3 strings for each of the 4 E A D G strings
Bun E Carlos.... Coolest cat to play the skins ever
Check out his project Tinted Windows with James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins), the late great Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne), and Taylor Hanson on vocals. They did it about ten years ago was a side project, and it's very reminiscent of Cheap Trick.
Without a doubt
But you have to see a video performance. None of this just show the album cover nonsense. Then you can see him at his coolest.
@@docbearmb gonna raise hell live
I always thought he looked like the drummer’s dad sitting in because the drummer was in rehab or something.
“I want you to want Me” or “Surrender” as suggested by the masses.
If you guys like this try the group Sweet - “Love is Like Oxygen” or “Fox on the Run”.
or ballroom blitz or little willy
Or Teenage Rampage or Block Buster
"Love is Like Oxygen" is a must, but it has to be the long version, not the radio cut. Few other songs have the same degree of disparity between the album cut and the top 40 version. The short version cuts whole sections of the song.
Any of their singles will do, 'Action' would be my choice 😊
Haha, "Love Is Like Oxygen"...always credited to ELO back in the old Napster and Limewire days!
AA not so anonymous! "Cheap Trick at Budukon" is an album worth reacting to. This is an album like Judas Priest's "Unleashed in the East" and Foghat's "Foghat Live," where the live album completely transcends the original tracks. Again, the live album had a massive cultural impact when it came out and this is impossible to convey by just a quick listen. Peace fellas!
Watch any cheap trick live and you'll see why people love them they still playing live now and still sound incredible
Yes...LIVE is where they are at their best!
They still put on a solid, rocking live show.
Is it because of the 5-neck guitar?
I definitely prefer “Surrender” and would love for you to give it a listen.
Criminally underrated, all-time rocking powerhouse!! Great choice, guys!!
OK, this one is so easy you guys!
The ordeal Andy faces in listening to the disparate aspects of this song can be summed up in the title and lyrics themselves.
Because this is a song about nightmares and paranoia, the two (bi-polar) halves of the song swirl in and out of each other from beginning to end. So it’s perfectly OK if it sounds a little schizophrenic.
But it’s still ear candy through and through.
Trust me, after a couple more listens, the 2 halves will snap together so perfectly.
You’ll stop resisting and enjoy the ride. Just simply allow the chocolate and peanut butter to melt in your mind.
This, 100%!!!!
Dream Police was 20 released years before la vida loca.
Signed,
The Dream Police
Cheap Trick are one of the hardest working bands ever. Non stop touring for decades. You really need to check out some live clips. California Man is a good one. With the new Sparks documentary coming out soon it would be a good time to check them out too.
Excellent song. One of my favorites. The song was originally done by "The Move".
@@larrywilliams1372 Wow!! I always assumed this was a Chap Trick original! I had never heard of The Move, and I had no idea that was Jeff Lynne's band prior to ELO!
@@Yikes5824 California Man is actually a blend of two different songs by The Move.
I’ve probably seen Cheap Trick live more than any other artist/group. They bring it 1,000% every single time. They are amazing in concert!
Love it when they bring out the deep cuts at shows.
I’ve always thought Cheap Trick have more in common with New Wave bands like the Cars, Squeeze and Blondie than they do with the stuff they’re lumped in with like Aerosmith and Def Leppard.
Exactly. New Wave and Punk could both be heard in their songs. Cheap Trick are a lyrically intelligent, quirky band with a sound that was lumped in with other '70s/80s rock bands, simply because CT had loud guitars, but especially in the '70s and early '80s, they were really closer to The Ramones than Arerosmith!
Knowing when they originally came out vs when they blew up on the charts - there is a great argument for what you say!
Absolutely correct! They were the New Wave Beatles.
Definitely show Alex "Surrender"..."I Want You To Want Me" is also a good one. Cheers!❤🥃🥃
my second fave after If You Want My Love
I always thought this song was not really what the heart of the band was like. They have a hard edge....try "She's Tight" for example
LOVE that song, I don't understand why it seems to get overlooked
“ I Want You To Want Me” or “Surrender” however it’s MANDATORY to use the Live At Budakon versions.
The studio version of Surrender was the hit.
full agreement: "I Want You To Want Me," the live version at the Budokan, is much better than the studio version. plus, the video captures the charisma of the band.
“She’s Tight” Personal favorite.
Such a great song.
Have you heard the Steel Panther cover? Robin Zander is in the video!
Do a reaction to the video of it. Great song!
It's ahead of it's time!
You're gonna check out 'I Want You To Want Me' from Live at Budokan. This is required listening for your classic rock PhD.
Cheap Trick “Live at Budokan” has their ultimate banger song “Clocks strikes ten”. You MUST listen to it. B-A-N-G-E-R.
Yes!
The entire Budokan live album (including the restored expanded version) is a banger.
Great band. Southern Girls, California Man, I Want You to Want Me (live), Ain't That a Shame (live), If You Want My Love, She's Tight.
They still kick ass in concert. You missed out.
Trump has been revealed as a traitor too.
Cheap Trick was my favorite band in the late 70's and they still stand up today. There are so many songs to hear. The entire Dream Police album is a banger.
I highly recommend Golden Earring, "Twilight Zone"
The live version with the three hottest backup dancers in the history of backup dancers :$)
Awesome song
YES!!!!!!!!!
Golden Earring "Twilight Zone" Live Leiden 1984 to be precise :$)
Make sure to listen to the album version not the radio Cut. They leave out the best part!
Cheap Trick - "The Flame" awesome power ballad, "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis cover, and "We're All Alright" theme to That 70's Show.
I think "I Want You to Want Me" was their biggest hit
The Live at Budokan version.
Agreed. I think they will like "California Man" as well.
The live version was their breakthrough hit (along with the live at Budokan album). "The Flame" was their biggest hit.
I think it was The Flame, although some people probably don’t think of that as proper Cheap Trick.
It's definitely one of them and was probably their biggest hit till "The Flame" came out which totally dwarfed anything else they have done before or since.
Their guitarist Rick Nielsen is one the most dismissed and underrated, plus he has one of the most massive guitar collections of guitars on the planet. His signature five neck guitar is outstanding.
Too many buttons..
Love how Rick collaborated with Foo Fighters on "Something From Nothing" on their "Sonic Highways" album. 🎸❤️🤟
You gotta listen to their live album from Boudakin. The live versions of some of the songs are still radio staples to this day.
This is kind of an 80's song, because it came out right at the end of 1979, and we were listening to it in 1980. Cheap Trick were a big influence on Nirvana. Kurt Cobain called Nirvana the 90's version of Cheap Trick.
Release-wise you are correct but this album was actually recorded before "Budakan" was released. The unexpected popularity of that album forced the delay of "Dream Police".
@@larrywilliams1372 You speak the truth.
DUDE YOUR VERY FUNNY ; The song belongs to the year it was recorded and RELEASED IN ITS TOTALY 70s,,, The 80s had not started yet , GOOD TRY THOUGH,,, Just a thought for you though ,. To you , ARE SONGS from late 89 90s songs ????????????????? ,
@@larryronkq586 Sorry I upset you. The song was played a lot in the early 80s. BTW I’m not a dude.
Cheap Trick - Great drummer Bun E Carlos. Great vocalist Robin Zander. Great songwriter - guitarist Rick Neilson, and great bassist - invented of the 12 sting bass Tom Peterson. Hall of Fame Band.
Joining the chorus shouting for "Surrender" and "I Want You To Want Me" for your next Cheap Trick songs, and _Live At Budokan_ for a full-album experience
Oh man, so tired of "I Want You To Want Me" - loved it once but too overplayed now. I hope to one day appreciate it again though.
@@O_Towne_Bear I know how it is to hear a great song played so much - sometimes by myself, sometimes by everyone else - that I get to a point where I'm sick of it and can't enjoy it anymore. I also know what it's like, after many years of not hearing it at all, and then it comes on and I remember why I loved it so much I overplayed it in the first place. (more than once, right here!) I hope you get to experience that too.
I saw Cheap Trick open for REO Speed Wagon for the You can Tune and Piano but you can't Tuna Fish. The song off that album you should do is Roll with the Changes.
I saw cheap trick open for REO Speedwagon back in the '80s but I couldn't tell you what albums they were touring on was a great show though
I think that was 77 or 78. I saw them too in 78 but with Ted Nugent, Blue Oyster Cult, Journey and AC/DC in Oakland Ca.
Cheap Trick from “Live at Budokan”- “Ain’t that a shame”. (banger) cheers guys! See ya Friday! 🎸
Seriously Robert Palmer "Sailin' Shoes-Hey Julia-Sneaking through the Alley". It is an epic trifecta.
Great Little Feat song!!!
zappafan1970, absolutely! Let the New Orleans Funk flow!
But you have to watch the videos with RP, at least the ones with the ladies. His later hits, as I recall?
Best trifecta in music history! Ain't nothing like it!!!
His backing band for that album was The Meters. 'nuff said.
"Surrender" is pop-rock perfection.
TOTALLY!
Meet Rick Nielsen. Definitely willing to show you the creepier side of the street.
And a 5-necked guitar.
Don't forget the first 12 string bass. Cheap Trick is one of the most innovative bands out there.
And a world class guitar collection
And the great drummer Bun E Carlos
In the old days he would wear and play 3 separate guitars.
You guys always talk about a disposition to behavior when you analyze a song, ie. "I would listen to this song when I'm driving" or "This is a song for the park with a chick on a blanket." Isn't it somtimes the reverse though, where the *song makes you feel like doing X* instead of "I'm doing X, so I'll play this song." ???
Lets get some old Journey in the conversation. The non-ballad rock stuff.
First three albums?
I prefer Perry n Rolie. That to me was the best lineup.
Yay! CHEAP TRICK ... I saw them live at the Fabulous Form in L.A. back in the 70’s opening for KISS. Talk about impressive!! The following Halloween my boyfriend dressed like Rick Nielsen & his buddies dressed like KISS. 😂😂 What was my costume you ask? I went as a groupie!! Hahaha!! My favorite songs are SURRENDER, I WANT YOU TO WANT ME, & THE FLAME. I once watched an episode of Storage Wars where they go to Rick Nielsen’s to checkout his guitar collection!! Pretty cool 👍
Yes! Cheap Trick was my 1st concert in 1979 & it was the best experience ever, I’m still a huge fan. Great song choice, hope you guys like their Beatle’s influenced sound 🔥 👊🏻
Saw them in the mid 70s, ears rang for 3 days. One of the best live acts in Rock.
The third song off this album, “The House Is Rockin’ (With Domestic Problems)” has one of the best riffs in a Cheap Trick song. Check it out!
Definitely.. three solos too. Great vocals. Great everything
Hell yeah! Got this album for my 14th birthday and my kids love it too!
Gotta listen to The Flame
@@skwervin1 when the Flame was released, I checked out. That was not a cheap Trick. Even they hated that song. Was it a Dianne Warren song? Too wimpy. The first 4 albums are the real CT!
@@trusso11783 I like The Flame mainly because it shows just what a phenomenal range Robin's voice has.
@@skwervin1 Robins voice range has been there from the first album. Leo Kiddies, Battle of TV Violence, Taxman, etc. all blow The Flame out of the window and all showcase an amazing voice.
"Surrender" (studio version) first. Their cover of "Ain't That a Shame" was really great.
Negative - Surrender live at the buddakhan first
@@m.x.2442 While I love "Live At Budokan", I think that "Surrender" on that album was sloppy enough that I prefer the studio version.
Love Cheap Trick. Although “Surrender” wasn’t their biggest chart hit, it may be their all time classic, even more than “I want you to want me”, or “The Flame”. You have to do “Surrender”!!!! ❤️
I confess I don't care all that much for The Flame. It's a relatively standard love ballad, and doesn't even really sound like a Cheap Trick song - no wonder, it's not even written by them. IIRC their record label made them do it.
@@ETBrenner yep they Hated It.
Saw Cheap Trick and AC/DC at the Sioux Falls Arena on July 7th 1979. AC/DC opened for Cheap Trick. What a show. Bon Scott from AC/DC was an amazing front man. Unfortunately he was gone less than 8 months later.
Billy Joel - Captain Jack
You would like.... gonna raise hell ....live.... Thanks guys for hitting something out of the 80s appreciate all your efforts
This song is PERFECT the way it is.
Cheap Trick had a lot of very good songs. This was more of their commercial song in my opinion.
One of the best, most original and most underrated bands of all time.
Exactly right. 100% correct.
Ahhh, America's least liveable city's gift to the world --John Lennon, Jerry Garcia, and Kurt Cobain all were big fans. Check out *"Voices"* (the album track; not the truncated radio edit) --best not-the-Beatles Beatles tune ever crafted...
True...Cheap Trick, I have heard it said that Cheap Trick is a band for musicians. I think Rick Nielsen and Bun E Carlos worked on a song or two for John Lennon's final album. If I recall, I think Rick missed the birth of his son to work with Lennon.
An awesome ballad. So much better than "i want u to want me"
This is a song that really grows on you. The more you listen to it, the better it gets.
And yes, Surrender is killer.
Cheap Trick was a group that had the look of two pretty boys and two nerds. Live at Budokan got them famous.
Two needs? Ok, Rick dressed up like a kid whose nickname would be Scooter or similar. But Bun E. Looked like Mr. Suburbia take the 5:05 train back home after another shit day at the office.
@@docbearmb yeah Bun E. looked like the manager who made your teenage life a living hell at your first fast food job, lol.
Summer Jam 82.
Cheap Trick, Blackfoot,
Joe Perry Project, Krokus.
9th grade older friend with a van painted as a Bush beer advertisement took us stocked with , you guessed it. Bush Beer!
Listen to Cheap Trick’s first and second albums. That is where the essence is found.
I attended a Cheap Trick concert in 1989 in Burlington, VT with my college roommate. He was an amateur photographer and brought his camera. Despite us being only about 8 rows back on the floor, he took some incredible close-in shots, preserving that night forever. Somehow, even with being so close, I still didn't manage to snag one of Rick Nielsen's guitar picks he would throw into the crowd every half song or so. Cheap Trick is well worth getting into. Their library is incredibly diverse and accomplished. Far from a pop group, they are a true rock band. Thanks guys!
You should post some photos on your channel!
Bun. E. Carlos. Looks like your accountant, but he’s one fantastic drummer. Try the live versions of I want you to want me and surrender from the album live at budokan.
I loved Cheap Trick and recommend Surrender. The lyrics to it were awesome as I can relate to the Parents in the song and the fact they don't surrender.
This was After the HUGE SUCCESS OF CHEAP TRICK BUDAKAN.💋 I love me some Robin Zander🎼
Robin Zander ... 'The Flame" ... sigh
LOVE this band... Surrender, She's Tight, On Top Of The World, Auf Wiedersehen... so, so much great stuff.
Man I had such a crush on Robin Zander and Tom Petersson back in they day (the pretty boys - I know). Thanks guys!!
Lol. Me too, Susan!
Oh, God, yeah!
I got Tom to do a video on Cameo for my buddy who’s going though a cancer situation right now. Tom did a great job and even sent a kind reply to me when I thanked him through the Cameo message system. These guys are known for being Midwest nice instead of West or East Coast bad boys like many bands.
@@sentinelmortgagecorp4291 That’s really cool!
Besides Surrender, their best underrated song is Need Your Love.
YES!!! A&A you guys need to check out Need Your Love
Great song....Cheap Trick is a rabbit hole.
Yep a real fan here
my fav yaaa
Definitely "Surrender" and "I Want You To Want Me". But they need to be the Live At Budokan versions. One of the greatest live albums of all time.
I went to see ZZ Top live at an outdoor concert and with perfect timing it started raining when the show began. Cheap Trick was the opening act and they totally set the crowd on fire, they were amazing. ZZ top followed and put everyone to sleep.
Ahh...Cheap Trick. The masters of “Power Pop”. This song is amazing. They have TONS of great songs. Surrender, Ghost Town, Clock Strikes Ten, Tonight It’s You, etc. They’re also one of the best live bands you’ll ever see. Truly one of the most incredible and underrated bands of all time.
I love Ghost Town, especially the acoustic version they did.
The second verse of Ghost Town really shows off how much nuanced emotion Robin Zander can put into a vocal performance. Criminally underrated singer in the sense that the general public doesn’t really know him. Other bands do though!
@@sentinelmortgagecorp4291 Yes. He’s an ageless wonder. Truly great singer.
Cheap Trick fan for many years. Some of My Favorites are:
"Mandocello"
"California Man"
"Gonna Raise Hell"
"Southern Girls"
"On The Radio"
and of coarse
"Daddy should have stayed in High School"
"If You Want My Love" and "She's Tight" are more your speed.... My 2 faves.
Yes! 💜
I saw Cheap Trick headline a show with Aldo Novo and Some dude who was a one hit wonder. He opened the show so they could get the sound right. He did a 30 min set. Aldo Novo was amazing. Cheap Trick came out did 2 songs back to back. Then told the crowd the show was being broadcast across the country on the RKO radio network. People were already amped up. But when they were told that the crowd went got even crazier. Amazing show as always from Cheap Trick. 1983 was the year.
Awesome! love C T ! Live at Budukan is FIRE. Surrender is one of their best
Cheap Trick IMO are all about subverting the paradigm of "easy-listening" pop-rock cliches with humor, weirdness, and a touch of dark. So Dream Police is a fine example of them doing all of that packed into one short crazy song. That said, I confess it's not my favorite song by them - that would be I Want You To Want Me, closely followed by Surrender. And I repeat: you HAVE to find a video clip of them performing live - bandleader/lead guitarist/chief songwriter Rick Neilsen is an absolute trip to watch perform! (The whole band is visually funny too - Rick usually presents as punk throwback in his black/white checkerboard gear; Rob Zander and Tom Petersson look like standard pop-rock types, and Bun E. Carlos looks like he's a bored white-collar civil servant who dropped in from a TV sitcom to pound some fierce drums.)
You nailed it with the description of the band members on-stage.
My personal favorite Cheap Trick song is ‘Gonna Raise Hell” from the same album. Much darker and heavier sounding.
My suggestion also, When he screams Mother!! gets me everytime
Thats funny. Jesus loves raising hell.
Rip The Ripper HA!!! I have to remember to use a fake name.
Cheap Trick is definitely a band to see live! Their studio albums don’t always capture the energy they put out on stage. I have seen them many times, from 1980 up through 2018. They always put on a great show.
I love the “In Color” album, “Big Eyes”, “Hello there”, “Southern Girls”, so many great songs. And the coolest/dorkiest album cover ever . Robin and Tom on motorcycles on the front, then flip the cover and it’s Rick and Bun E Carlos on mopeds! Brilliant album rock art!
Great band. Really good guys. Worked stage security for them for a concert early on in their rise. Frankly, the theater they were playing was so old I worried whether the electrical system was beefy enough to handle their equipment.
That`s what Cheap Trick usually does. They mix melody with Hard Rock with 60`s Beatles sounds and dark cynical lyrics. They come out of left field with a lot of their stuff.
Surrender is just pure joy in sound form.
Saw them in concert in the late 70's, great live band as well as studio band!
Love this! Cheap Trick are under-rated. Lots of great tracks, you should definitely show Alex "Surrender". Also "I Want You To Want Me" "If You Want My Love" "Everything Works If You Let It" and "Auf Wiedersehen" amongst other great tracks. Check them out. Well worth it.
You should really check out "I Want You To Want Me", "She's Tight", "California Man" and "Surrender"
600 comments and not one suggestion for “So Good to See You”. My favorite CT song.
This band has too many hits to recommend just a few.
The Drummer Bun E Carlos could play a song with a lit cigarette and not drop an ash.
I was always really partial to "Baby Loves to Rock". Between that, "She's Tight" and "Dream Police" for my favorite CT songs.... I also always have a liking for "Voices" and "If you want my love" as well.
I’ve seen Cheap Trick three times and they were amazing each time. Here’s a challenge- if you haven’t taken a dive into the movie, “Heavy Metal”, you’re missing out on something special. There is a song by Cheap Trick that I couldn’t identify when I saw the movie because it’s very heavy on the metal. This was 1981, before Google. It’s called, “I must be dreaming”. It’s an ass-kicking song. Saw “Heavy Metal” 3 times the week it came out and still love the serious weirdness of it. And if you’re both South Park fans, the episode, “Major Boobage” is based on “Heavy Metal”.
I’m sick of this shit, going down down down...
"I Want You To Want Me" (live off of Live at Budokan) is the quintessential Cheap Trick song
With all the incredible, endless choices of classic rockers we had in the 70s... Cheap Trick, Boston, and Rush were my "Go-To" vinyls.
This is one of those Cheap Trick songs that you don't seek out, but if it comes on the radio, you wouldn't necessarily change the station. Check out "California Man" it's one of their best rockers!
Great choice boys. All time fav Cheap Trick track!
I've seen them more than anyone. Just because they were the opening act to so many shows. Good show.
That was kicking in concert and when you left their concert one lick after another you felt like you took an azz whipping n ears ringing loud loud loud love them
Unlike one of my previous comments relating to Springsteen, these guys are one yhe most underrated bands in rock. My youth.
Cheap Trick has always been at their best live....IMHO. Live At The Buddakon is the way to go.
"Ain't that a Shame" is a fav. Love Cheap Trick!
Its crazy to think a song so musically intricate was common in a top 20 hit back in the day. Opening with a chorus is cool as eff, i love the orchestration build up at the end myself, thats how nightmares go.
Good points!
The entire Heaven Tonight album is amazing, check out On top of the World, Auf Weidersein, or California Man from it. Surrender is also on that album 😎🎧
This band was still touring before the pandemic and just released some new stuff, they're amazing live!!
"Surrender", "I Want You to Want Me", just a couple I think you'll enjoy. There are many gems my friends!!
GREAT SONG🤘🤘 GREAT BAND🤘🤘...whole album is SAUCE🤘🤘
You were both spot on about the disconnected/disassociative feeling this song conveys! A couple of other songs that evoke a similar feeling are “Brain Damage” by Pink Floyd and “Destroyer” by The Kinks. Although Cheap Trick is widely known for this song as well as for their other mainstream hits “Surrender” and “I Want You to Want Me,” (and yes, Andy, you definitely need to play “Surrender” for Alex on an upcoming Music Share Monday), Cheap Trick has literally dozens of AMAZING deep cuts! Check out “Lookout,” “Downed,” “Come On, Come On,” “Need Your Love,” and “Clock Strikes Ten.”
Ooh. Destroyer by The Kinks!!!!!