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Cheap Trick — On Top Of the World
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gresua
(Ukraine, Kiyv)
Posted: May 08, 2013 - 10:05
 
 camatcba wrote:
I still have the vinyl!

 
Electric Light Orchestra too?

ckcotton
(Adding snarky comments since 2007)
Posted: May 08, 2013 - 10:00
 
REALLY?!

Come on.... no need for this here.... back to the good tunes please

 

theralph
(Acts 19:2)
Posted: Apr 07, 2013 - 06:09
 
Nice! You just gave me a flashbump. :-)

From what I can remember of my misspent youth, I think I saw them back with the Cars and Foreigner at Cap Centre in Maryland.... Awesome show from what I can remember.

PS> A flashbump is a goosebump caused by a flashback. :-) 

Propayne
(Richmond VA)
Posted: Apr 07, 2013 - 06:04
 
Oh hell yes.

I'll always be a sucker for smart, catchy power pop.

camatcba
(Lumberjack Software Hack Node)
Posted: Mar 06, 2013 - 18:24
 
I still have the vinyl!

msymmes
(Toronto, CA)
Posted: Feb 03, 2013 - 10:47
 
 msymmes wrote:
Leaves me speechless.
 

Still don't know what to say.

coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver)
Posted: Feb 03, 2013 - 10:47
 
Wow, they really used to LIGHT THINGS UP, didn't they?  I can't forget driving in Dad's Olds Vista Cruiser, before I got my own bad-assed Cutlass, and this came on the radio, and my buddy Karlan and I smoked another bowl, and as we rolled into the park to toss the Frisbee, we kept singing lines from it as we played...and they became a permanent fixture in our tape decks for years to come...  In '82 or so I saw them play on SoundStage and got into them all over again...and every few years, same thing...  Was blessed and lucky enough to see them play the 30-year Anniversary show at Budokan in Tokyo, too...and wore the T-shirt from that just yesterday and got thumbs-up from folks on the street...  Because you know what?  They STILL sound so darn good!   Thanks, RP, for playing this!

R7-12
(Abbotsford, BC)
Posted: Dec 02, 2012 - 17:44
 
Saw them on the Dream Police tour - '80, 81? Great live performance! Good memories.

Alexandra
(PNW)
Posted: Dec 02, 2012 - 17:40
 
 SchoepTone wrote:
Album released in '78? This holds up very well. 
 
Love the Cheap Trick.

SchoepTone
(Duke City)
Posted: Nov 01, 2012 - 09:33
 
Album released in '78? This holds up very well. 

msymmes
(Toronto, CA)
Posted: Nov 01, 2012 - 09:33
 
Leaves me speechless.

blotto
(127.0.0.1)
Posted: Nov 01, 2012 - 09:32
 
under 

impediguy wrote:
Cheap-Trick was the only band that I know of that was both over-rated and under-rated at the same time.
 



ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Aug 30, 2012 - 10:24
 
 d48m02h1918 wrote:
Only 6.1???  Has the world gone mad????
 
Frickin' snobs.

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Aug 30, 2012 - 10:24
 
Never heared this before! Not bad!
 

Bosami
(Deep in the heart of nowhere)
Posted: Aug 30, 2012 - 10:24
 
 d48m02h1918 wrote:
Only 6.1???  Has the world gone mad????
 

Indeed! 10 all the way.

d48m02h1918
Posted: Aug 30, 2012 - 10:22
 
Only 6.1???  Has the world gone mad????

Keef
(Confluence of the American River)
Posted: Aug 30, 2012 - 10:21
 
Brings back memories.  Thanks for playing.

Baketown
(Maryland)
Posted: Jun 28, 2012 - 13:47
 
I have not heard them on RP before, I saw them in '85 one the best shows I have ever seen!  I am going to see them again in about a month,  can't wait!

jmsmy
(Music Town, Klein, Texas)
Posted: Jun 28, 2012 - 13:46
 
Heaven Tonight - An AMAZING Album - check it out & play it LOUD

SinisterDexter
Posted: Mar 25, 2012 - 05:42
 
Awesome, didn't expect to hear Cheap Trick here.  One of the underrated bands of the 70's/80's IMO.

jpbergjr58
(Fox River Grove)
Posted: Feb 22, 2012 - 13:35
 
Ain't Cheap Trick without any of the four of them. None of the albums without Tom were all that good. One of the best live bands ever.

randyblew
(Raleigh, NC)
Posted: Feb 22, 2012 - 13:14
 
Ha! No doubt, they truly were. I always kinda liked them, though not super crazy 'bout em.

Posted: Feb 22, 2012 - 13:12 < Reply >
impediguy wrote:
Cheap-Trick was the only band that I know of that was both over-rated and under-rated at the same time.

I'd lean toward the highly underrated end of the spectrum here....

 MiracleDrug wrote:


I'd lean toward the highly underrated end of the spectrum here....
 



MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Feb 22, 2012 - 13:12
 
 impediguy wrote:
Cheap-Trick was the only band that I know of that was both over-rated and under-rated at the same time.
 

I'd lean toward the highly underrated end of the spectrum here....

pinto
(west meade)
Posted: Feb 22, 2012 - 13:12
 
 impediguy wrote:
Cheap-Trick was the only band that I know of that was both over-rated and under-rated at the same time.
 
But this song falls in the "over" category.  Sucked then, sucks even more now.


neuticle
(fog fog fog)
Posted: Feb 22, 2012 - 13:11
 
Everybody in our bike shop thinks this deserves more than a 6.1.......ps HOLY SHIT RP is playing CHEAP TRICK !!!!

Groogrux69
(Auburn, CA)
Posted: Feb 22, 2012 - 13:11
 
Thanks for playing this song.  Had forgotten about this album.  I was obsessed with it when it came out.

impediguy
Posted: Jan 21, 2012 - 20:17
 
Cheap-Trick was the only band that I know of that was both over-rated and under-rated at the same time.

terry_whiterock
(Vancouver, British Columbia Canada)
Posted: Nov 19, 2011 - 08:50
 
 BKardon wrote:

Bun is also in another side project called Candy Golde, another supergroup.
 
Hey, interesting news. Carlos was one of the all time great, straight ahead - no bullshit rock drummers of our time. Was bummed to see he was not on the last tour, to me he is the big sound and driving force behind CT's sound.  Does Candy Golde have anything available so I can hear them? Is Bun E. drumming??!! Would love to hear his chops again!!  Cheers!

terry_whiterock
(Vancouver, British Columbia Canada)
Posted: Nov 19, 2011 - 08:45
 
Thanks RP for playing one of my all time fave Cheap Trick tunes. This whole album is great, I remember hearing it for the first time back in '78 and becoming a fan im . . . , thanks for playing them! Especially that particular tune! Love it!

lkovathana
(Chicago, Illinois)
Posted: Aug 16, 2011 - 18:46
 

Cheap Trick is awesome.  And from Rockford, IL woo woo.



amoreena
(west whatnot)
Posted: Jun 14, 2011 - 17:35
 

If they're cool enough to write Stephen Colbert's theme song, they're cool enough for me. 



BKardon
(Boulder, CO by way of State and Madison)
Posted: Apr 12, 2011 - 12:49
 
 nate917 wrote:

Bun was doing a pop-rock project called Tinted Windows along with James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins), Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne), and one of the Hansons (the brothers, not Beck).  They're actually really good, if you go in for pop-rock.
 
Bun is also in another side project called Candy Golde, another supergroup.


KurtfromLaQuinta
(Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.)
Posted: Apr 12, 2011 - 12:39
 
Not bad.
I would rather hear the Power pop classic "Southern Girls".

Det
(Lower Saxony Germany)
Posted: Apr 12, 2011 - 12:37
 
where is my bicylce {#Drunk}

chadlymn
(Apple Valley, MN)
Posted: Apr 12, 2011 - 12:35
 
Way to make my day!!!!!!!{#Dancingbanana_2}

Best band ever! (at least I think so!)


ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Feb 08, 2011 - 16:22
 
 terry_whiterock wrote:

Thanks for that info, man!!! Will look for it tonight on PBS, sure hope they air it!  BUT BAD NEWS ON THE LINE UP!!  I just read on line that Bun E. Carlos quit the tour and is not currently drumming with them!!????  I saw the band photos on the Austin City Limits site and he is not there.  I was looking forward to seeing him and hearing him play again as he was really the driving force of their sound. Being a four piece and all, he was crucial to their awesome sound and straight ahead ROCK sound!!  What a total DRAG! . . . . . sure hope he returns, I would not bother to go see them if the line up was not original . . . what is the point.  Cheers, man and thanks again for the heads up on Austin City Limits!
 
I agree but it is Rick's son "Daxx" on drums so that's kind of cool.


nate917
(2,815 miles from home)
Posted: Feb 08, 2011 - 16:20
 
 terry_whiterock wrote:

Thanks for that info, man!!! Will look for it tonight on PBS, sure hope they air it!  BUT BAD NEWS ON THE LINE UP!!  I just read on line that Bun E. Carlos quit the tour and is not currently drumming with them!!????  I saw the band photos on the Austin City Limits site and he is not there.  I was looking forward to seeing him and hearing him play again as he was really the driving force of their sound. Being a four piece and all, he was crucial to their awesome sound and straight ahead ROCK sound!!  What a total DRAG! . . . . . sure hope he returns, I would not bother to go see them if the line up was not original . . . what is the point.  Cheers, man and thanks again for the heads up on Austin City Limits!
 
Bun was doing a pop-rock project called Tinted Windows along with James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins), Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne), and one of the Hansons (the brothers, not Beck).  They're actually really good, if you go in for pop-rock.



lmic
(Harmless Little Bunny)
Posted: Feb 08, 2011 - 16:17
 
Hooky!

terry_whiterock
(White Rock, British Columbia Canada)
Posted: Jan 08, 2011 - 09:33
 
 jmsmy wrote:
Last week they were on Austin City Limits - it was GREAT!

If you have any PBS subchannels - they should repeat it tonight 01/08/2011

In Houston it's on Ch 8.2 @ 7:00pm
 
Thanks for that info, man!!! Will look for it tonight on PBS, sure hope they air it!  BUT BAD NEWS ON THE LINE UP!!  I just read on line that Bun E. Carlos quit the tour and is not currently drumming with them!!????  I saw the band photos on the Austin City Limits site and he is not there.  I was looking forward to seeing him and hearing him play again as he was really the driving force of their sound. Being a four piece and all, he was crucial to their awesome sound and straight ahead ROCK sound!!  What a total DRAG! . . . . . sure hope he returns, I would not bother to go see them if the line up was not original . . . what is the point.  Cheers, man and thanks again for the heads up on Austin City Limits!

terry_whiterock
Posted: Jan 08, 2011 - 09:19
 
 johnjconn wrote:
Notice on the album cover, the doppie looking guy who wrote the song isn't shown.

MARKETING 101 in the 70's

(btw, great song)
 
If you know the band line up and remember the album jacket, Neislen and Carlos are on the back. The two cool guys on the front and two eccentric "dopie" looking guys on the back. hahahaha   They were truly a really great rock band, all very good musicians in their own right. Don't hear that cut very often but it was always one of my faves.

jmsmy
(Music Town, Klein, Texas)
Posted: Jan 08, 2011 - 09:12
 
Last week they were on Austin City Limits - it was GREAT!

If you have any PBS subchannels - they should repeat it tonight 01/08/2011

In Houston it's on Ch 8.2 @ 7:00pm

johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 18:34
 
Notice on the album cover, the doppie looking guy who wrote the song isn't shown.

MARKETING 101 in the 70's

(btw, great song)

Netto
(Khimki, Russia)
Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 18:21
 
Like J. Lynne. Nice music! Love that.


crockydile
(Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way)
Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 18:19
 
 lmic wrote:

{#Clap} Thank you! I'll never understand why some listeners believe there is a "right" and a "wrong" kind of music.

 
The wrong kind is clearly the kind I stuff I don't like. {#Snooty}

lmic
(Harmless Little Bunny)
Posted: Sep 03, 2010 - 11:10
 
 maryte wrote:
Why?  They're both great at what they do.
 
{#Clap} Thank you! I'll never understand why some listeners believe there is a "right" and a "wrong" kind of music.


stevo_b
(Rock Ridge)
Posted: Sep 03, 2010 - 11:06
 
Whoa!

Nice!

maryte
(Blinding You With Library Science!)
Posted: Sep 03, 2010 - 11:06
 
 Zep wrote:
I'll forgive you Cheap Trick lovers this one if you forgive me my Miles Davis.

Deal?

 

Why?  They're both great at what they do.

DeemerDave
(The Gate City of NH, USA)
Posted: Sep 03, 2010 - 11:05
 
 pinklife wrote:
Is that the chick from "Twilight"?  Holy crap, she is one of the undead!  And sporting a gender-bend worthy of an "Orlando" sequel...
 

What the hell are you talking about? Did you post to the wrong website or something?

mamerjamer
Posted: Aug 02, 2010 - 11:02
 
Wow! Cheap Trick on RP!  That's a first!  Thanks for making it a B-Side instead of one of the run-into-the-ground hits.


Grammarcop
(The gilt is gone)
Posted: Jul 01, 2010 - 13:58
 
Reminds me of James Cagney in "White Heat":

"Made it, Ma! Top of the world!"

One of the great film scenes ever.