@@toddism My sister was crazy about Donny Osmond. She had a $h!tload of Osmond records and played them incessantly. They really weren't half bad. 🤫 Shhh!!! Don't tell anyone I said that.😉
Over the years, this song has come to mind for absolutely no reason…the lead into the chorus, “you were the first, you’ll be the last” just comes to me at random times and really puts the power into power ballad.
My paradox song. It was our song for over 20 years. When she died after 45 years together, it became my song to smile and cry with. When I saw you reacted, I had to listen, thank you.
This also was one of the songs I used to express my feeling to my late wife of 42 years and brings the tears also. Neil Diamond's version of God Only Knows is another.
This is our song. It has been for 15 years. This was her wake up song. We finally got to see it performed live together. She recently passed. I'll never forget how much this song meant to us.
I asked my wife to marry me to this song...for our 25th wedding anniversary I secretly took piano lessons to learn this song for over a year. On our 25th wedding anniversary I surprised her by playing it. Yes she cried❤
Agreed. Amazing sound and amazing range. It is ironic that when we talk about the best voices in rock and pop, his name never comes up. Always hear about Freddie Mercury, Steve Perry and a few others. Zanders' name should definitely be in that group of best rock singers of all time.
I’m a lifelong heavy metal guy, but the best concert I ever saw was Cheap Trick from this same year. The guys just brought it, and you could tell they loved what they were doing and wanted to make it a great experience for everyone there.
I have seen Cheap Trick like 7 or 8 times. Headlining stadiums or playing as opening, opening, opening act... they bring it. Never a bad show that I have seen.
I wondered about that. I've learnt by watching 'Wings Of Pegasus' that live performances are being auto tuned, and still promoted as live. If it is an authentic live performance as you say, then his live singing is sublime. That was bloody awesome 👍
@@AnthonyMcInerney-vl5bf I don't think they had that technology in the late 80s. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that stuff didn't appear until the late 90s or 2000s.
I’ve seen CT live twice. Unfortunately after the rift developed between RZ and BEC. I wish they’d mend fences. I’d love to see the classic lineup play live.
I saw this group in the early 70's when they were playing at local small town bar in Wisconsin called 'the Roost'. I don't even know if it's there anymore. They were a great band back then and it doesn't surprise me that they made it big.
Robyn is one of the best. I was watching a documentary a few years ago about a record producer and Robyn Zander's name came up. They said when he stepped into a recording studio everybody's jaw would just drop. He could basically sing anything you could throw at him and he could usually do it on only one take.
Cheap Trick is from my hometown of Rockford IL . When I was 15 I got snuck into a bar by older friends and Cheap trick was playing in 1976. They were awesome
Loved this! Cheap Trick has been killing it since the 70’s and always sounds so good! This song and also Surrender were on heavy rotation on MTV for years! Wow, what a throwback!
One of the Best Vocal Performances ive ever heard and seen!!! The climax were he sings THE FLAME is so freaking AWESOME!!! I back it up and watch it over and over and over!!!!
Thanks for choosing this song, Bethany. Robin Zander has one of the most versatile voices in R&R! if you peruse their catalog you'll find so many different styles from "The Flame" to I want you to want me" to "Surrender" to "Dream Police." Listen and be smitten. Robin Zander is incredible!
I did security for a Biker festival 24yrs ago. Cheap Trick were the headliners. They’re still one of the best concerts I’ve ever seen. I’m mainly into punk and Metal, but these guys genuinely love what they do, and it shows, they put it all out there.
My absolute favorite band and vocalist. I’ve seen them over 100 times. They are still working very hard with live performances. I have never stopped. They are pros and really nice people. Thank you for your review. I adore Robin Zander. ❤
Absolutely love, Cheap Trick! I never got to see them live, I'm a lifetime fan. Robyn Zander is one of the elite rock singers who doesn't get the recognition he rightly deserves. I love how his bandmates stand back and let him do his thing. Great respect. I think the vocalyst is all giddy for Robyn Zander 😂
One of my all time favourite bands! Awesome reaction Beth❤ Side bar: I started following you at 7000 subscribers and now you’re just shy of 400000 subs! A truly amazing achievement and testament to how you’ve developed your channel! Congrats!❤❤❤
My wife's and my song is If You Want My Love. It was November 26, 1982. We were on our first date at the local skating rink, i had requested it, and we were about to leave for the evening. I took a risk and went in for a kiss. It was all perfect. Almost 42 years, two kids and a grandson later, we are still together. I love her more than ever.
She sounds very knowledgeable about why he sounds great. I've been listening to him since 1978 and I don't know "why" he's so good, but I think he may have the best voice in rock n roll.
Probably my favorite song, was in basic training in the army summer of 88 and they played this song on the radio in the chow hall all the time and it made me miss my girlfriend terribly and I could hardly eat, lol, brings back such strong memories of that time
If you saw the original Top Gun movie from 1986, Cheap Trick plays the final song when the credits starts (called "Mighty Wings", which is for me the best song of the entire soundtrack, by the way). Maybe that's the reason it sounds familiar to you...
Two more killer power ballads by Cheap Trick are Tonight Its You! If You Want My Love You Got It! There is one more I am forgetting at the moment! Oh ya Voices!
This might be my favorite analysis video of yours. It's fun watching you react when you're clearly impressed by Robin's range...which, of course, is the point of these reaction videos. I, too, love watching him try extra hard on that high-pitched "over yoooooou" in the middle of the song and "the flaaaaaame" towards the end. Watching a classically-trained singer and vocal coach give the song your seal of approval is the icing on the cake.
Robin ❤️ Cheap Trick is amazing. Have always been. Seen them like 5 times in recent years and are still rocking. I met Robin. Bucket lIst item achieved. ❤️
I’ve seen Cheap Trick around 10 times in the last 20 years opening for other bands since they are from the Chicago area. They have never played this song in all the times I saw them and I wish they did. It’s so good!
Incredible performance of this song. Probably my personal favorite from this band. The vocal range and music balance is so pure and clean. A love song that is like a tug of war with your heart and feelings with beautiful fluidity.
Robin Zander never makes it high on the list of greatest Rock singers which is crazy. I love his expression after he hit the big vocal part. He's like 'yep, I nailed it.' Also, The Flame is a top 5 80s Rock balled. Beautifully crafted song. I was disc jockey in the 80s when this song was a hit, and the requests to play it were massive. Listeners couldn't get enough of it.
Not just one of the U.S.’s greatest vocalist. One of the world’s greatest vocalist. I first heard Robin sing around 77-78, and to sound literally the same, and sing like that, still, is just, frankly, AMAZING.. And he still looks great, and with style.
did they have Robyn's son playing guitar and singing with them? saw them this way a month and a half ago at Busch stadium in St Louis (with Journey and Def Leppard)
@@lorencasey8999 Yes, Robin Taylor Zander is still playing guitar and singing backup. They usually have him sing lead on one song too (usually on Downed). He has been there for at least the last few times I’ve seen them. Can’t remember exactly when he became a permanent fixture though. I know Bun E Carlos was gone around 2010. Daxx Nielsen is an excellent drummer, but I still miss Bun.
I lost track decades ago of how often I played this song. It came out just as I was trying to get over a break-up. The power of music to take someone back to a time and place.... Thank you for reviewing this song. :)
Keep in mind by this point they’d been playing about 180 dates a year every year since 1974…which they still do to this day…he’s one of the greatest rock singers ever…he’s an anomaly. He also has perfect pitch…and his overall tone and range have remained reasonably intact until recent years…but he’s 72 now and after 50 years of 150+ shows a year it’s pretty impressive in general.
Cheap Trick is incredible live. Rick Neilson on guitar, Tom Peterson played a 12 string bass. And Bun E. Carlos the most stealth rock drummer in history. Robyn Zander's voice is so great live. Saw them many times and they were all on point every time.
Robin is one of the most underrated lead singers of the 80's. They don't make them like this anymore, but it was an era with Steve Perry, George Michael, Lou Gramm and Peter Cetera among many others.
This song came out when I was 9. It was the first song in my life that I identified as my 'favorite'. I remember watching MTV for hours on end waiting for them to play it so I could record the video on VHS. Still one of my all time favorite songs. In 1991 Zander did a solo album with a song on it called 'I've Always Got You' that I don't remember ever being popular, but it's a tear jerker as well.
What a voice. I am a fan since early 80s. Robin Zander's voice is so powerful, pristine, just... wonderful. I'd die for a voice like that. At least I play a bit of guitar.
It was the song of my wife and I. We both had a Flame tattoo on our hands. We saw them in Orlando and Vegas last year. We are from the Netherlands. My wife died totaly unexpected 3 months ago. We played the song on her funeral. And the first 7 senteces are now tattood on my arm......Our Flame burns forever.......😢
Cheap Trick is one of my absolutely favorite bands. The musicianship and stage performance is captivating and the virtuosity of Robin Zanders voice is mesmerizing. This is just my humble opinion.
Wow. That one brings back some memories. I listen to old songs and the memories come flooding back. Summer Camp, Middle School, 1988. Do "Oh Sherrie" by Journey / Steven Perry. He has vocals in line with a lot of 80's era bands.
I LOVE that late 70's rocker/power pop sound of cheap trick. But let's be honest: stuff like "Surrender" or "Big Eyes" goes by lighting fast. With very witty lyrics. These 80's power ballads, though some find them cheesy, REALLY slow down enough to appreciate the vocals on Robin. This song, of course, being a prime example of his vocal range. Just a total killer. Love it.
I think that this was about the best taped live performance of this beautiful song that I've seen him do.( & I think I've seen most tapes & also saw him on concert when he was older). Such a moving performance.
This is my favorite band in life, older brothers had albums, when gone and a kid, listened, haven't stopped since! Robin Zander nickname by producers of them is Man with 1000 voices. He can yell in hard Rock songs like others do in hard Rock bands, listen to Gonna Raise Hell, on same album Dream Police, as Voices, as softest ballad ever. Every album of them has one slow and soft, then hard and fast, but rest in middle , why they started in 70s genre Power Pop, because of Robin. He had a movie soundtrack song with Ann Wilson, of course Heart, and interview with her asking about other singers she likes, brought up Robin, she shook her head, got serious, and said "He could do anything! The Best". To get that from one of best singers ever, all needed to know! Their 25th anniversary, 1999, at home in Rockford, IL, was a DVD in 2000, outside at night, many thousands long back there, band in 40s, prime, all their hits, look up, someone put it on RUclips. He's ok to start before singing songs like this high by singing without Mike in back yeah, yeah, stretching his throat, getting prepared...not afraid to let all see and hear his practice before. Why band leader, and oldest, guitar player has shirt, saying My Singer is Better than Yours in huge letters. They have fun, all friends in HS, the greatest garage band ever! ❤💋❤
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He's rock's most underappreciated vocalist. Great tone. Amazing presence.
First concert I ever went to, at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans. I was 16. I'm 61 now. Robin is in my top 10 of rock vocalists.
@@taylortyler1867 they were my real first concert (not claiming a buddy taking me to see the osmonds at 15) and I never looked back.
@@toddism My sister was crazy about Donny Osmond. She had a $h!tload of Osmond records and played them incessantly. They really weren't half bad. 🤫 Shhh!!! Don't tell anyone I said that.😉
For sure.
? He’s in the Hall of Fame
This song has to be one of the greatest rock power ballads ever. Epic.
for sure
Over the years, this song has come to mind for absolutely no reason…the lead into the chorus, “you were the first, you’ll be the last” just comes to me at random times and really puts the power into power ballad.
My paradox song. It was our song for over 20 years. When she died after 45 years together, it became my song to smile and cry with. When I saw you reacted, I had to listen, thank you.
i have one of those too. when you hear it its like theyre still here.
This also was one of the songs I used to express my feeling to my late wife of 42 years and brings the tears also. Neil Diamond's version of God Only Knows is another.
This was the first song I heard on the radio the day my brother died so it always takes me back there.
This is our song. It has been for 15 years. This was her wake up song. We finally got to see it performed live together. She recently passed. I'll never forget how much this song meant to us.
God bless you man
I asked my wife to marry me to this song...for our 25th wedding anniversary I secretly took piano lessons to learn this song for over a year. On our 25th wedding anniversary I surprised her by playing it. Yes she cried❤
I’m crying. Great job.
That’s so awesome! She’s one lucky gal. Congrats too.
My man
Robyn Zander is/was just incredible. His voice is so powerful, and what a range.
Agreed. Amazing sound and amazing range. It is ironic that when we talk about the best voices in rock and pop, his name never comes up. Always hear about Freddie Mercury, Steve Perry and a few others. Zanders' name should definitely be in that group of best rock singers of all time.
Robin*
He is one of the best live performers, in fact the whole band are amazing, pity they don’t come down under to often.
He is touring today. Still awesome
He IS THE BEST!I keep hearing about him passing. Is this TRUE?
Rock's most criminally underrated vocalist, in my humble opinion. Great choice!
Sure it.
Agree 100%
Same with Ben Orr. ❤
Criminally underrated is the most over used cliche way of say … I love it
@@nicholaskruger9460 Or it's simply a statement of fact.
I’m a lifelong heavy metal guy, but the best concert I ever saw was Cheap Trick from this same year. The guys just brought it, and you could tell they loved what they were doing and wanted to make it a great experience for everyone there.
I have seen Cheap Trick like 7 or 8 times. Headlining stadiums or playing as opening, opening, opening act... they bring it. Never a bad show that I have seen.
And no autotune needed !
I wondered about that. I've learnt by watching 'Wings Of Pegasus' that live performances are being auto tuned, and still promoted as live.
If it is an authentic live performance as you say, then his live singing is sublime.
That was bloody awesome 👍
@@AnthonyMcInerney-vl5bf I don't think they had that technology in the late 80s. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that stuff didn't appear until the late 90s or 2000s.
Absolutely not
36 years later, he is still one of the best rock vocalists out there. Never miss a show when they’re in the area!
Bun E. Carlos on drums and Tom Peterson on the 12 string bass. Holding it down. Vital to their sound.
8 string bass, not 12 string. 😅
I’ve seen CT live twice. Unfortunately after the rift developed between RZ and BEC. I wish they’d mend fences. I’d love to see the classic lineup play live.
Man that Drummer is insane . Can't stop praising him
@@fritzmuller8246 it's sad they dumped him.
I saw this group in the early 70's when they were playing at local small town bar in Wisconsin called 'the Roost'. I don't even know if it's there anymore. They were a great band back then and it doesn't surprise me that they made it big.
Cheap Trick were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2016 on their very first nomination. So well deserved. One of the best bands ever.
Robyn is one of the best. I was watching a documentary a few years ago about a record producer and Robyn Zander's name came up. They said when he stepped into a recording studio everybody's jaw would just drop. He could basically sing anything you could throw at him and he could usually do it on only one take.
I've heard the same thing about Mr. Zander. That's insane.
Cheap Trick is from my hometown of Rockford IL . When I was 15 I got snuck into a bar by older friends and Cheap trick was playing in 1976. They were awesome
You happier!
My Favorite Cheap Trick song no doubt. 👍🏻🇺🇸
An amazing song! Never gets old! Great vocalist.
Saw them in concert Sunday night at Coors field with Def Leppard and Journey. Great concert
Vocals are still on fire, and still gives me goosebumps
Great band, great vocalist, great performance and video. Cheap Trick always laid it all out there. Pro's pros.
Robin's voice is a force of nature. One of rock music's finest.
One of the best live bands you will ever see! I have seen many times and hope to again!
Loved this!
Cheap Trick has been killing it since the 70’s and always sounds so good! This song and also Surrender were on heavy rotation on MTV for years! Wow, what a throwback!
One of the Best Vocal Performances ive ever heard and seen!!! The climax were he sings THE FLAME is so freaking AWESOME!!! I back it up and watch it over and over and over!!!!
The way he hits those notes. Spot on. Love his vocals
Legendary voice... so distinctive.
Thanks for choosing this song, Bethany. Robin Zander has one of the most versatile voices in R&R! if you peruse their catalog you'll find so many different styles from "The Flame" to I want you to want me" to "Surrender" to "Dream Police." Listen and be smitten. Robin Zander is incredible!
Robin Zander is an iconic vocalist. He STILL sounds good at 71. Cheap Trick as a band has always been great.
I Love this guy. Love his hair, his voice, his looks. ….. ❤️🥹🍁😉LOL
I did security for a Biker festival 24yrs ago. Cheap Trick were the headliners. They’re still one of the best concerts I’ve ever seen. I’m mainly into punk and Metal, but these guys genuinely love what they do, and it shows, they put it all out there.
My absolute favorite band and vocalist. I’ve seen them over 100 times. They are still working very hard with live performances. I have never stopped. They are pros and really nice people. Thank you for your review. I adore Robin Zander. ❤
One of my all time favorite vocalists. Lost count of how many times I've seen Cheap Trick.
Me too! Definitely over 40x. Saw them last month. Going to see them twice next month. ❤️🏁
Absolutely love, Cheap Trick! I never got to see them live, I'm a lifetime fan. Robyn Zander is one of the elite rock singers who doesn't get the recognition he rightly deserves. I love how his bandmates stand back and let him do his thing. Great respect. I think the vocalyst is all giddy for Robyn Zander 😂
This is a great live performance. The music and the vocals all sound phenomenal.
Man, Robyn Zander… just, seriously, one of the absolute great voices!
Such a beautiful song and a stunning performance.
One of my all time favourite bands! Awesome reaction Beth❤
Side bar: I started following you at 7000 subscribers and now you’re just shy of 400000 subs! A truly amazing achievement and testament to how you’ve developed your channel! Congrats!❤❤❤
I'm so grateful you stuck around! 😁
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@@TheVocalyst David Glen Eisly sung on two LP's for the band Guiffria during mid 80's.....
His voice is stunning & sumptuous & versatile.
Amazing live vocals, one of my favorite songs
I think you mean gorgeous face! LOL. Saw them in Cleveland, July 2024. Robin still looks and sounds great!
Seen 8,9 times and they never disappoint,Robin is an absolute live singer and one of the best in the business !
He is, and has always been an absolute true professional. It's amazing how great the band sounds live. He's always been a great inspiration to me. ❤
My wife's and my song is If You Want My Love. It was November 26, 1982. We were on our first date at the local skating rink, i had requested it, and we were about to leave for the evening. I took a risk and went in for a kiss. It was all perfect. Almost 42 years, two kids and a grandson later, we are still together. I love her more than ever.
She sounds very knowledgeable about why he sounds great. I've been listening to him since 1978 and I don't know "why" he's so good, but I think he may have the best voice in rock n roll.
Probably my favorite song, was in basic training in the army summer of 88 and they played this song on the radio in the chow hall all the time and it made me miss my girlfriend terribly and I could hardly eat, lol, brings back such strong memories of that time
Absolute same experience but for me was Air Force. Miss those days.
Great vocalist and one of the most underrated power ballads of the 80s
Incredible song and he owns it !!
My brain has been melted multiple times by seeing that voice live!!
It's great to see how music can affect any excite a such a babe as you!!! Thanks for sharing!!❤❤
If you saw the original Top Gun movie from 1986, Cheap Trick plays the final song when the credits starts (called "Mighty Wings", which is for me the best song of the entire soundtrack, by the way). Maybe that's the reason it sounds familiar to you...
Two more killer power ballads by Cheap Trick are Tonight Its You! If You Want My Love You Got It! There is one more I am forgetting at the moment! Oh ya Voices!
He was really nice when I met him back in the 90's. He was low key and so chill.
I love this song.so much to remember,way back younger day.
Great analysis of the vocals by Robin. To be that good live is very impressive
This might be my favorite analysis video of yours. It's fun watching you react when you're clearly impressed by Robin's range...which, of course, is the point of these reaction videos. I, too, love watching him try extra hard on that high-pitched "over yoooooou" in the middle of the song and "the flaaaaaame" towards the end. Watching a classically-trained singer and vocal coach give the song your seal of approval is the icing on the cake.
One of my favorite bands ever. They are great live. Listen to the early albums. Fun band.
I always loved the music of this group. His voice is so unique. Plus he plays an instrument which adds to the complexity of the vocals. Really awesome
Robin is one of the greatest rock singers of all time. He doesn’t get enough credit for his amazing ability. Love Cheap Trick
Really enjoyed your reaction. Admiring and seemingly cheering at the same time. Very cool. He's still at it in 2024!
Robin ❤️ Cheap Trick is amazing. Have always been. Seen them like 5 times in recent years and are still rocking. I met Robin. Bucket lIst item achieved. ❤️
One of the Best singers in Rock!
I’ve seen Cheap Trick around 10 times in the last 20 years opening for other bands since they are from the Chicago area. They have never played this song in all the times I saw them and I wish they did. It’s so good!
She is really focused on Mr.Zander.That little smile on her face.Good choice.
Robin Zander is one of the best vocalists ever!!! Long live Cheap Trick!!!
Incredible performance of this song. Probably my personal favorite from this band. The vocal range and music balance is so pure and clean. A love song that is like a tug of war with your heart and feelings with beautiful fluidity.
Robin Zander never makes it high on the list of greatest Rock singers which is crazy. I love his expression after he hit the big vocal part. He's like 'yep, I nailed it.'
Also, The Flame is a top 5 80s Rock balled. Beautifully crafted song. I was disc jockey in the 80s when this song was a hit, and the requests to play it were massive. Listeners couldn't get enough of it.
It's strange how that works. Many people also don't know who Bradley Delp is, even though his voice is still everywhere you go.
Not just one of the U.S.’s greatest vocalist. One of the world’s greatest vocalist. I first heard Robin sing around 77-78, and to sound literally the same, and sing like that, still, is just, frankly, AMAZING.. And he still looks great, and with style.
A wonderful power ballad. Hits you right in your heart.
I absolutely love this song!! Amazing, amazing, amazing!!! Thank you for your reaction.
Robin did a duet with Ann Wilson for movie Tequila Sunrise called Surrender To Me. Incredibly passionate song.
Those Wilson sisters are rock goddesses, one of the best concerts I ever saw,Heart
Just saw Cheap Trick two days ago. Still sounds great! 🤘 And yes, they did The Flame.
did they have Robyn's son playing guitar and singing with them? saw them this way a month and a half ago at Busch stadium in St Louis (with Journey and Def Leppard)
@@lorencasey8999 Yes, Robin Taylor Zander is still playing guitar and singing backup. They usually have him sing lead on one song too (usually on Downed). He has been there for at least the last few times I’ve seen them. Can’t remember exactly when he became a permanent fixture though.
I know Bun E Carlos was gone around 2010. Daxx Nielsen is an excellent drummer, but I still miss Bun.
Incredible vocal performance by Robin. My absolute favorite ballad... Heaven from Bryan Adams and Amanda from Boston also up there.
Saw Cheap Trick in ‘78 and was immediately impressed by everyone in the band. Fantastic group.
Hermosisima canción y que interpretación !
This song chills me to the bone!! Not only is He gorgeous, the song is gorgeous! I played this over and over and over.........💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋
I was hooked on Cheap Trick after I heard Live at Budokan. Glad I got to see them live. Yes, played at my wedding.
It was mine and my high school loves’ song. In my heart I think about her when I hear it
I lost track decades ago of how often I played this song. It came out just as I was trying to get over a break-up. The power of music to take someone back to a time and place....
Thank you for reviewing this song. :)
Same.
One of the most underrated rock vocalist ever from one of the most underrated rock bands ever
You should listen to Ghost Town by Cheap Trick as well it's beautiful!
Keep in mind by this point they’d been playing about 180 dates a year every year since 1974…which they still do to this day…he’s one of the greatest rock singers ever…he’s an anomaly. He also has perfect pitch…and his overall tone and range have remained reasonably intact until recent years…but he’s 72 now and after 50 years of 150+ shows a year it’s pretty impressive in general.
Robin is one of the greatest rock voices. And still is amazing!!
Cheap Trick is incredible live. Rick Neilson on guitar, Tom Peterson played a 12 string bass. And Bun E. Carlos the most stealth rock drummer in history. Robyn Zander's voice is so great live. Saw them many times and they were all on point every time.
Epic performance!!
Robin is one of the most underrated lead singers of the 80's. They don't make them like this anymore, but it was an era with Steve Perry, George Michael, Lou Gramm and Peter Cetera among many others.
I saw cheap trick in 93 at the Norwalk Oysterfest😊. First cassette I got in 1977 was Live at budokan
Seen them a few months ago in Nova Scotia, Canada. Still put on a good show and Robin still has the pipes...
This song came out when I was 9. It was the first song in my life that I identified as my 'favorite'. I remember watching MTV for hours on end waiting for them to play it so I could record the video on VHS. Still one of my all time favorite songs. In 1991 Zander did a solo album with a song on it called 'I've Always Got You' that I don't remember ever being popular, but it's a tear jerker as well.
What a voice. I am a fan since early 80s. Robin Zander's voice is so powerful, pristine, just... wonderful. I'd die for a voice like that. At least I play a bit of guitar.
It was the song of my wife and I. We both had a Flame tattoo on our hands. We saw them in Orlando and Vegas last year. We are from the Netherlands. My wife died totaly unexpected 3 months ago. We played the song on her funeral. And the first 7 senteces are now tattood on my arm......Our Flame burns forever.......😢
Peace and love brother, my heart aches for you.
Cheap Trick is one of my absolutely favorite bands. The musicianship and stage performance is captivating and the virtuosity of Robin Zanders voice is mesmerizing. This is just my humble opinion.
Wow. That one brings back some memories. I listen to old songs and the memories come flooding back. Summer Camp, Middle School, 1988. Do "Oh Sherrie" by Journey / Steven Perry. He has vocals in line with a lot of 80's era bands.
I LOVE that late 70's rocker/power pop sound of cheap trick. But let's be honest: stuff like "Surrender" or "Big Eyes" goes by lighting fast. With very witty lyrics. These 80's power ballads, though some find them cheesy, REALLY slow down enough to appreciate the vocals on Robin. This song, of course, being a prime example of his vocal range. Just a total killer. Love it.
April 1st in Rockford, IL is Cheap Trick Day. How many other bands have their own day.
In the late 80’s (I believe) Cheap Trick opened at all the concerts I went to, and they were often better than the head liners
I think that this was about the best taped live performance of this beautiful song that I've seen him do.( & I think I've seen most tapes & also saw him on concert when he was older). Such a moving performance.
Robin has a voice unlike any other in rock. Crystal clear with a full range. That he’s done it for decades is mind boggling.
Bethany - you have a connection to this era of music ❤❤
I was there when they came out and they rocked. Great Band!
To you Vocalyst, your awesome.
Great song & performance!
This is my favorite band in life, older brothers had albums, when gone and a kid, listened, haven't stopped since! Robin Zander nickname by producers of them is Man with 1000 voices. He can yell in hard Rock songs like others do in hard Rock bands, listen to Gonna Raise Hell, on same album Dream Police, as Voices, as softest ballad ever. Every album of them has one slow and soft, then hard and fast, but rest in middle , why they started in 70s genre Power Pop, because of Robin. He had a movie soundtrack song with Ann Wilson, of course Heart, and interview with her asking about other singers she likes, brought up Robin, she shook her head, got serious, and said "He could do anything! The Best". To get that from one of best singers ever, all needed to know!
Their 25th anniversary, 1999, at home in Rockford, IL, was a DVD in 2000, outside at night, many thousands long back there, band in 40s, prime, all their hits, look up, someone put it on RUclips. He's ok to start before singing songs like this high by singing without Mike in back yeah, yeah, stretching his throat, getting prepared...not afraid to let all see and hear his practice before. Why band leader, and oldest, guitar player has shirt, saying My Singer is Better than Yours in huge letters. They have fun, all friends in HS, the greatest garage band ever!
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In their 40s, Robin singing song albums before The Flame, on my top 5 of them!
Awesome reaction!! Love Cheap trick!
I saw them in concert once in the 90s and this song wasnt played. I was surprised.