Creed - "Say I" (RARE debut)
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- Опубликовано: 11 дек 2015
- Creed - "Say I" (RARE debut never before seen footage).
There's always a defining moment in the history of every band. In my mind, Creed's performance this late night in August 1997 was theirs. The first couple of singles off "My Own Prison" had been receiving heavy radio play and you could feel the momentum building locally and for the first time, nationally. As Creed's debut album was flying off the shelves, the band was already working hard on material for "Human Clay".
The local venue where Creed usually played sold out in minutes so it was decided to move the show outside, into a large parking garage underneath a McDonald's of all places. Nobody was to realize what would happen that night. A small 3 foot tall stage was built the day before, little to no security the night of the show and a couple thousand Creed hungry fans had gathered early with great anticipation.
This is the first public performance of "Say I". It was the last song of the night, well past 2am and the police were threatening to shut it all down. There was no standing room whatsoever and no barricade between the crowd and the stage. The only place I could find to shoot the show was right on the stage trying to be as discreet as possible behind the stack of speakers.
Unfortunately, the guy hired to run the sound was not cooperative. I was unable to multi-track the show and all I had was an awful, distorted sound track recorded right off the camera mic. Looking back on it now, it seems to add to the realness of that night, much like an old scratched up 45 vinyl record.
The performance that night was the most intense and hard rocking show that I had ever seen from Creed. There was electricity in the air and you could feel the intensity of the crowd. The stage almost fell over several times from the eager and rowdy crowd pushing forward just to get an inch closer to the band. Yet once the show was over we all knew that something very magical had just happened and this band was going a very long way.
All music © Creed, Bicycle Music Company. All images and video © copyright, filmed, produced and recorded by Ron Ranew. www.ronranew.com
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What a criminally underrated and wrongly maligned band.
I don't care if you like Creed or not. Hell, I don't even care if you like the song or not. That was an amazing performance! Raw energy, passion, and youth are a powerful thing to behold in live music.
I can’t believe how great the quality is for a camcorder in 1997. And the lighting. Beautiful. So lucky the people back in the day got footage. Now everyone does and it ruins it.
That energy! Almost wish we never left the 90s
I can't see any cellphones
Creed did small venues late in 1997 and early 1998 at bars, usually University and College towns. They then started to hit the big venues. I was so fortunate to see them at the Crowbar on March 4, 1998 at Penn State University! The nightclub held 150 people and was packed. Unbelievable what a showcase. One of my favorite concerts. Scott hit all the notes and rocked the house. The venue looked exactly like this video! Such an amazing performance!
I cannot wrap my mind around the fact that people listen to the garbage that comes out nowadays instead of stuff like this. There is no comparison.
21 years ago and mark looked like he aged 7 years lol.
I laughed through this whole video for how impeccably incredible it is.
Whats incredible is what Mark Tremonti has done with his musical career! Throughout all these years and three different bands he's still putting out awesome music. His three solo albums are great and it looks like another Alterbridge record is in the works!
Man the 90s were the best !!! I lived thru those great years and the energy was insane !!!!
Jesus. the sheer power in his voice is ridiculous
“Needs a little work.”
One of the best Rock band of the world in my humble opinion.
I just cannot get enough of this version. It is the best by far IMO!
The end riff shows how unique Mark really is even at his beginning. Don’t really know of anyone playing anything like that back then. He seemed to take bits and pieces of all guitarists and make his own style. My favorite guitarist of all time.
I grew up with creed... I remember when human clay dropped.... still love to rock it.
Scott's vocal performance is 110% right here for sure. 🤘🤘
This performance is killer, wish I heard the entire concert
Amazing performance. This is why I love Creed, because they perform with such raw emotion.