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  • Official video for "Dream Police” by Cheap Trick
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    [Chorus]:
    The dream police, they live inside of my head
    (Live inside of my head)
    The dream police, they come to me in my bed
    (Come to me in my bed)
    The dream police, they're coming to arrest me, oh no
    #CheapTrick #DreamPolice #HeavenTonight #OfficiaVideo
    Music video by Cheap Trick performing Dream Police. (C) Copyright 1979 by Screen Gems-EMI Music, Inc. obo itself and Adult Music (BMI). All administrative rights for the world controlled by Screen Gems-EMI Music, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used by P

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  • @HollyRomeo-y3z
    @HollyRomeo-y3z Рік тому +311

    I’m 55! My daughter is 34! My granddaughter is 12! The three of us saw Cheap Trick two nights ago! We are in love with Cheap Trick! They are amazing!

    • @n1k3il46
      @n1k3il46 Рік тому +10

      I'm 16 and I heard this song on a game called guitar hero I played and I became inlove with it😭

    • @michaelkottler
      @michaelkottler 11 місяців тому +2

      Nice! Did they ladies shout "Cry! Cry! Cry!" during "I want You to Want Me"? Or is that no longer a thing/was only ever a thing in Japan?

    • @amcone8268
      @amcone8268 11 місяців тому +1

      I heard cuz of their name they had a problem getting out of the states. Cuz of their name. 😂

    • @viktordubowskii695
      @viktordubowskii695 11 місяців тому +1

      I'm 59, and a big cheap trick fan. I was a big fan of them going back to the mid to late 70s. When the dream police came out, I couldn't get enough of it, even till this day.

    • @sunraider0_0
      @sunraider0_0 10 місяців тому +2

      Saw them with Def Leppard at end of 2018. Bloody brilliant!! Hello there ladies and gentleman - are you ready to rock!!

  • @danielfox3003
    @danielfox3003 Рік тому +428

    I drive a cab in Portland. I picked up Rick one day and took him on a short ride across the river into downtown, I didn’t recognize him at first (he’s older and bigger now). We were chatting and he told me his band was playing at the Zoo that night, I said “oh,yeah”? …. What’s your band’s name? He says, Cheap Trick… I almost wrecked my fuggin cab. I told him I was a long time fan and apologized for not recognizing him. He gave me a guitar pick. Cool guy.

    • @danielfox3003
      @danielfox3003 Рік тому +29

      Also, Surrender is a rock classic and easily in the top 20 rock songs ever written.

    • @phantomscaler
      @phantomscaler 10 місяців тому +23

      rick is one of the most down to earth and humble guitar players with fame one could meet, he is super super cool to just chat about life with met him years ago just a all around nice guy

    • @garyclements318
      @garyclements318 9 місяців тому +8

      A similar thing happen to me on front street in Memphis Tn, he was jogging but i difinitely recognized him the road. He played mud island that weekend and went to see them. There is more crazy stuff the story, but anyway the show was cool. Lost his autograph, oh well. Cool dude.

    • @minermike61
      @minermike61 8 місяців тому +5

      Cool story. He always seemed like a pretty nice dude.

    • @peglol
      @peglol 8 місяців тому +4

      I would have probably wrecked mine!

  • @slupa
    @slupa 6 років тому +820

    Bun E. was such an incredible drummer, no wasted motion. He made it look so effortless.

    • @chucko5006
      @chucko5006 5 років тому +38

      John Slupski Absolutely! He can play equally as awesome on both left and right-handed set-ups. Sure miss him in the band.

    • @Cinemagoer_64
      @Cinemagoer_64 4 роки тому +14

      Yeah he was fantastic an exceptional drummer!

    • @DJHolte
      @DJHolte 4 роки тому +38

      And the ever-present cig never dropped from his lips.

    • @EconAtheist
      @EconAtheist 4 роки тому +35

      Yep. Looked like he hadn't even had his morning coffee yet but was always a fuckin' non-robotic metronome with great style.

    • @dorian2112
      @dorian2112 4 роки тому +19

      he played the perfect parts always, suited the tune, not too flashy but effective. gotta respect that, like
      phil rudd from ACDC. i love progressive drummers but this also sits nicely with me.

  • @garydicorzo3625
    @garydicorzo3625 9 місяців тому +67

    I had a near death experience during brain surgery and my Spirit came back to my body to cheap trick’s”miracle song!!!cheap trialing with God’s grace brought me back to life!

    • @SOMeDoOD1992
      @SOMeDoOD1992 6 місяців тому +6

      glad you're still here

    • @michellecybyske851
      @michellecybyske851 Місяць тому +2

      Glad it wasn’t the dream police song - lol

    • @Ommm2z
      @Ommm2z 13 днів тому

      Amazing
      Rock on

    • @Ommm2z
      @Ommm2z 13 днів тому

      You've got til you're 65 to get it done kid
      Love Ben x

  • @shawnlombard7350
    @shawnlombard7350 3 місяці тому +50

    What makes Cheap Trick a great band. They sing for the love and passion of the music. No glam, glitter, pyrotechnics and BS. They made the BEST videos. Their singing is effortless. This is what happens when you put the right people together. Only once in a lifetime. Im glad it was my lifetime.

  • @antimurphy8212
    @antimurphy8212 4 роки тому +432

    What I love about this band is that they don't take themselves too serious and pump out great music at the same time. Not too many bands can do that.

    • @Brewzerr
      @Brewzerr 4 роки тому +21

      Yep. Cheap Trick showed us 70's kids that arena rock can actually be FUN without taking yourself seriously. By the late 70's I was so fed up with all the 'serious' rock stars and their pose. Rock had reached a point where the band members thought themselves godlike and untouchable to the teeming masses. I started getting more into the (then) new punk and new wave bands around that time, but Cheap Trick was an exception. Even after I dove headfirst into hardcore punk I still kept waving the banner for CT. They always put the music and the energy ahead of the dumb rock star mystique. Still a great band to this day (though I really miss Bun E Carlos).

    • @ronchamberlain8392
      @ronchamberlain8392 3 роки тому +7

      Saw these guys 3 times back in the day. Never failed to entertain. Great energy

    • @kevinconnor6035
      @kevinconnor6035 3 роки тому +6

      Yeah, I had no idea Rick Nielsen is so weird until I watched this video. It's so out of place for this music, but I think that really adds to the fun.

    • @raquellambropoulos279
      @raquellambropoulos279 2 роки тому +3

      That's just the image they sold. If you dont take your music SERIOUSLY you don't become so famous that 40 yrs later people still come out to see you.

    • @rickstalentedtongue910
      @rickstalentedtongue910 2 роки тому +3

      No bands can do that. Except this one.

  • @mschickie007
    @mschickie007 3 роки тому +223

    Saw them last week . Robin looks very , very good and sounds great as ever . The band still has it 40 years later .🤩

    • @abelmontalvo4052
      @abelmontalvo4052 2 роки тому +4

      More like 45 years later

    • @bernicehenry9738
      @bernicehenry9738 2 роки тому +3

      See in them next week in Sydney so happy!!!

    • @mschickie007
      @mschickie007 2 роки тому +3

      @@bernicehenry9738 have fun !

    • @janmock1596
      @janmock1596 2 роки тому +3

      Saw them in 2015 and sounds the same! Luv them!!

    • @Daddy53751
      @Daddy53751 2 роки тому +5

      Gotta love a real great band that survived through the 70’s AND 80’s,
      And still rocking!

  • @arrowwaterable8008
    @arrowwaterable8008 Рік тому +24

    The music sounds poppy
    but the words are twisted.
    That's why Cheap Trick is something special.

  • @theoman6718
    @theoman6718 10 місяців тому +32

    From a time I was young. Felt like I would live forever. Now at 60 it feels like yesterday and brings back memories.

    • @jamespobog3420
      @jamespobog3420 10 місяців тому +3

      You're just a kid. Try 73....

    • @shawnlombard7350
      @shawnlombard7350 3 місяці тому +2

      Their music proves time travel is possible. I put their music on and close my eyes. I'm instantly transported back in time. When the world was a far better place

    • @kirstendieker9798
      @kirstendieker9798 Місяць тому

      I close my eyes and I'm 15 again, losing my cherry way too young--to the great delight of the boys in my small, land-locked, flyover-country town. They had no idea it was Robin and Tom I was giving it up for.
      Cheap Trick were the logical extension of everything that made our parents, principals, priests and pastors fear for our virgin souls. God bless them and thanks for leading us girls like me down that stray path!
      I have no regrets and I've never looked back....❤

  • @edwardmiller2329
    @edwardmiller2329 2 місяці тому +22

    I've always felt the amazing Robin Zander was one of the most under-recognized vocalists of our time.

  • @coolhand1964
    @coolhand1964 10 місяців тому +21

    This was one of the first albums I paid for out of my own pocket when I was a kid and it was first released. Drove my parents, and neighbours, crazy playing it as loud as possible on Dad's 'Stereogram'. The irony is here I am 50 yrs later, suffering complex PTSD, and being haunted by bad dreams. The innocence of youth and the cards life deals us.

    • @jamespobog3420
      @jamespobog3420 10 місяців тому +1

      Are you a veteran? The timing sounds like it. If it applies, I hear you and understand. 'Nam (USN) 1972...

    • @coolhand1964
      @coolhand1964 10 місяців тому +1

      @@jamespobog3420 Not a Vietnam Vet, too young. Military Service and 25 yrs in Law Enforcement. Many years working as a Forensic Ballistics Expert as well as on the street. Seen my share of guns, bullets, and bodies and post mortem examinations. As well as all the suicides, fatal car accidents, decomposed long term deceased bodies and all the pleasures of dealing with the live bodies. Hanging up my gear each shift and heaving a sigh of relief because I was in one piece. (Don't confuse me with the idiot Police Officers who feature greatly on YT. A lot has changed in the 20 yrs since I was doing it. I shudder when I see how some Police behave today).
      I have a lot of Vietnam Vet friends, mostly former colleagues who went into law enforcement after their military service ended. You and I are part of the club who understand what it's like to be used up by the machine then tossed away like a dirty rag when we cease to be of use. One of my good Viet Vet mates (3RAR 67-68 and survived FSB Coral-Balmoral), summed it up one day in two quotes:
      "C-Rations are full of sugar and salt - it keeps you angry".
      "I hate civilians, they just don't get it".
      He's one of the few people who understands me, sounds like you do too. Take it easy brother and thanks for your support.

    • @coolhand1964
      @coolhand1964 9 місяців тому

      @@jamespobog3420 I'm a veteran of 23 years in law enforcement in Sydney Australia. I worked in Forensic Ballistics as well as on the streets. My career was mostly guns, bullets and bodies. Post Mortems, Criminal Trials, as well as the usual suicides, long term deceased persons, crime scenes, fatal accidents, death messages etc. The stuff you don't hear about the good cops doing on YT. As well as Military Service. I worked with a lot of Vets, some of whom are friends to this day. I was too young to be drafted for Vietnam. As a Vet mate of mine, who survived FSB Coral & Balmoral (1967-68) Bien Hoa, says, 'I hate civilians, they just don't get it'. Or 'C-rations are full of sugar and salt...it keeps you angry.'
      Most of my former colleagues are damaged goods. The glossy posters don't tell you what you're in for when you retire. Thanks for your concern. 🇦🇺

    • @coolhand1964
      @coolhand1964 9 місяців тому +2

      @@jamespobog3420 Mate, I have responded to your question twice, detailing my background, and twice the message has been deleted by YT. I have no idea as to why. So I'll just say thanks for your concern.
      Edit: I'm a Veteran First Responder with a background in Forensics as well. I was too young for the draft. Some military experience also. I've seen my share of suicides, fatal accidents, guns, bullets and bodies. Post Mortems backed up with District and Supreme Court experience. The glossy recruitment brochures never tell you that by age 40 you will be damaged goods.

    • @rwoodyk5112
      @rwoodyk5112 8 місяців тому +1

      Sorry for your suffering! I thank you for your service ❤️ Hopefully the days of war will be over soon. God bless you ❤

  • @leonf.7893
    @leonf.7893 4 роки тому +540

    The drummer is timeless. He's like straight out of the office.

    • @ReverendBrown.
      @ReverendBrown. 3 роки тому +7

      Watch “The Rocker.” It will make you respect your own comment even more.

    • @HorrorgameplayITALIA
      @HorrorgameplayITALIA 3 роки тому +17

      or from a 70's porn movie ahahahaha

    • @mikethegrunty5968
      @mikethegrunty5968 3 роки тому +26

      Just don’t take his stapler

    • @notsureiL
      @notsureiL 3 роки тому +3

      @@mikethegrunty5968 Hello Mike, what's happening?

    • @RSTI191
      @RSTI191 2 роки тому +3

      @@mikethegrunty5968
      HAHAHAHA..

  • @edminshall1691
    @edminshall1691 5 років тому +264

    40 years and it just keeps sounding even better!

    • @Brewzerr
      @Brewzerr 4 роки тому +10

      Timeless track

    • @bcb2555
      @bcb2555 Рік тому +2

      That's what timelines music is

  • @CalebTrask
    @CalebTrask 3 роки тому +82

    This is one of those songs that truly defined the times, during which it came out. I hear it, and I instantly picture myself at school in the eighth grade, and remember how it felt to be me at that time. It's not like I was a Cheap Trick fan, but I will forever associate this song with 1979-1981. (Nostalgic sigh.)
    And listening to it 40 years later, it is a solid rock & roll tune.

  • @raymoore1397
    @raymoore1397 7 місяців тому +71

    The charm of Robin Zander....the charisma of Rick Neilsen.

    • @roosternm6830
      @roosternm6830 5 місяців тому +4

      We needed this comment. Thank you so much for the Fast Times quote. Lol

    • @drummingdanny84
      @drummingdanny84 5 місяців тому +4

      The ambidexterity of Bun E. Carlos.

    • @scottcheely7553
      @scottcheely7553 3 місяці тому

      "That's kid stuff!"

    • @Joe-wo7rg
      @Joe-wo7rg 3 місяці тому +2

      What about the tunes? I want you to want me!!!

    • @roosternm6830
      @roosternm6830 3 місяці тому +2

      @Joe-wo7rg mommy's alright daddy's alright they just seem a little weird surenda surenda...........

  • @marcussmith3934
    @marcussmith3934 10 місяців тому +53

    Happy 71st Birthday Robin Wayne Zander!(Born January 23, 1953)😃🥳🎂🎉🎊🎈🎁🍾🥂👍👏🙌

  • @holdemNE1
    @holdemNE1 7 років тому +212

    I don't think I have ever seen a drummer make it look so effortless before. He is smooth!!!!!

    • @billmers3219
      @billmers3219 6 років тому +5

      Big Mike is talking well said

    • @willdigg1448
      @willdigg1448 4 роки тому +6

      He is smooth on those skins. Reminds me of Cesar Zuiderwijk , drummer for Golden Earring. He bangs them like a well oiled machine.

    • @Brewzerr
      @Brewzerr 4 роки тому +9

      Smooth, and yet one of the hardest hitters ever. I'll never forget seeing them on this tour, with Sweet. Bun E's kit was literally shaking so hard it was blurry! Of course Bun E just maintained his cool throughout the entire set, but I swear if his drums weren't bolted to the riser they would have gone flying in every direction

    • @snoproblem
      @snoproblem 4 роки тому +4

      @@Brewzerr A lot of these guys are way, way strong, especially with their drum strokes.

  • @pandap4ntz
    @pandap4ntz 10 місяців тому +10

    Such a fun music video. Tom is so adorable, and I think he's in my top 5 of favorite bassists. I love how Cheap Trick lets the bass shine instead of hiding it under the vocals, synths & guitar. These boys know how to rock and how to have fun, and they're still killin' it in 2024. I've never seen them live, but I really hope to very soon!

  • @salutetherank2105
    @salutetherank2105 3 роки тому +171

    I really have to thank Guitar Hero for developing my taste in music

    • @snoproblem
      @snoproblem 3 роки тому +4

      Guitar Hero: World Tour got me into Tool - I was already hip to Cheap Trick ; ) .

    • @yle99624
      @yle99624 3 роки тому +2

      Dude if it wasn’t for guitar hero, I wouldn’t be pursuing a music career nor my taste wouldn’t be as diverse

    • @WhatsCookingTime
      @WhatsCookingTime 3 роки тому +3

      @@yle99624 A lot of younger dude say the same thing guitar hero talking about all kinds of music that's pretty cool. Those of us who were old enough in the eighties we had the option every day to listen to music from all over the universe it was cool as hell. But it's nice when I see younger guys or women saying similar things they found all these bands they never would have playing guitar hero definitely cool. Rock on

    • @5inistermm_109
      @5inistermm_109 3 роки тому +4

      it was gutair hero aerosmith i believe this was an ost. its one of the first 3 songs played in story mode too. ill always remember this being one of the first songs that i heard in that game. playing other games like II and III, i had too much of a taste in metal and grunge n when i heard cheap trick i was at first wasnt sure that i liked it. but that usually happens for alot of stuff we grow to like. it also made me like them more when i found out they hail from illinois. my home state:)

    • @lebronisgoatforever
      @lebronisgoatforever 3 роки тому

      Same here man

  • @briandoyle3507
    @briandoyle3507 2 роки тому +29

    Oh yeah.BUN E...One of the best in rock.HE HAS HIS OWN STYLE!!

  • @emmarae4322
    @emmarae4322 Рік тому +31

    Robin is so adorable.🥰 Who else watched this on early MTV?👍

  • @shtoink2u2
    @shtoink2u2 8 років тому +171

    I first saw them in a smallish bar in Madison, Wisconsin, sometime in 1978, before they hit the bigtime. I knew they were destined for fame.

    • @48herons25
      @48herons25 7 років тому +10

      thats awesome

    • @written12
      @written12 6 років тому +6

      Lucky barber, Jeffrey.
      Interesting, but not surprising , that you could hear that.

    • @written12
      @written12 6 років тому +10

      Actually, I meant “lucky bastard, Jeffrey”(in a warmly envious way)

    • @Brewzerr
      @Brewzerr 4 роки тому +5

      By '78 they were already huge in Japan, and they were starting to take off pretty quickly here in the states. Surrender made a small splash on the charts that summer. I was already into them by then, but I didn't get to actually see them until the following year, on this tour, with Sweet at the Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston. One of the top 10 best shows I've ever been to in my life. However I did finally get to see them at a bar many years later, in '97 at Stubb's BBQ in Austin. That show was almost as good.

    • @MrZippyzipzip
      @MrZippyzipzip 4 роки тому +1

      Played Summerfest a ton of times in the 70s and 80s.

  • @nocturnal_illusion
    @nocturnal_illusion Рік тому +2

    I still love how the most played part of this video's is Robin lineup scene. 🤣😍😍

  • @jimr3026
    @jimr3026 Місяць тому +1

    I blame my hippie sister for turning me on to this when I was a punk kid in the '70s. Thanks Barbara!

  • @metalmanmike3815
    @metalmanmike3815 4 роки тому +6

    THE TOP 100

  • @skyytheater
    @skyytheater Рік тому +30

    Robin has such a great voice. Cheap Trick rocks!

    • @RSTI191
      @RSTI191 4 місяці тому

      Very underrated.
      He had one the best voices in rock..
      Hands down...

  • @MrRusspel
    @MrRusspel 3 роки тому +5

    They still haunt me til this day. Cheap Trick. With this. Why we lived the American music scene 40 years ago.

  • @GeraldM_inNC
    @GeraldM_inNC 10 місяців тому +6

    Nobody has ever done better covers of Beatles songs. I don't mean that they do the most servile imitation, but that they catch the spirit in a way nobody else has done.

  • @annabelkitten07
    @annabelkitten07 Місяць тому +1

    Who's still here in 2024? These guys provided the soundtrack to my later teen years, and I've been a fan for ages. Still go out of my way to see them live whenever I can. That's how good they are live, decades later.

  • @drewrosecrans9728
    @drewrosecrans9728 Рік тому +6

    Takes me back to 1979 I was 12 years old and man this who album still rule 💯 I'm 56 years old and I'm so blessed to have seen cheap trick so many times! They always bring there A game always 💯 cheap trick Life!

  • @5inistermm_109
    @5inistermm_109 3 роки тому +5

    bun is such a chad… draggin his cig while at the same time bangin his drums

  • @AldenRDavis
    @AldenRDavis 3 роки тому +117

    It’s 2021.. still loving this with the awesome old school music power of classic rock ‘n roll.. call the Dream Police.

    • @jewelhennessey2383
      @jewelhennessey2383 2 роки тому +4

      Listening in 2022
      I was so happy to hear that they are gunna Tour Australia this Year Wooohooo

    • @Daddy53751
      @Daddy53751 2 роки тому +2

      AND the songs still hold water, and the bands still touring!🤘🏻

    • @tsitracommunications2884
      @tsitracommunications2884 Рік тому +2

      Cheap trick the most under rated band in classic rock a band my pop loved to hate and part of the Styx/Foreigner/Cheap Trick triumvirate

    • @nickmartinez2252
      @nickmartinez2252 Рік тому +1

      Best Pop band since the Beatles

  • @RobertHadley-v9h
    @RobertHadley-v9h 9 днів тому +1

    I've never seen this! So cooool!!!! My 1st concert was these guys and Molly Hatchet....1980 Boise Ihadahore

  • @vergon6662
    @vergon6662 3 роки тому +5

    Bun E. ABSOLUTELY KILLS IT with those drum fills in that middle part! The way he orchestrated the fills to build tension - then fills to go back into the chorus to release the tension is SO SWEET, man... l dig that shit!!...

  • @simscity4561
    @simscity4561 10 місяців тому +4

    This brings back memories I am 50 and we used to listen to these guys back then

  • @damienrockchild4771
    @damienrockchild4771 4 роки тому +23

    One of the great American rock bands of all time...these guys live just kill it!

  • @a.fitzpatrick4395
    @a.fitzpatrick4395 Рік тому +7

    Zander on vocals......amazing ! Neilson on guitar..... mind blowing ! Petersen on bass and back up..... awesome ! Bunny Carlos on drums..... goddamn this band is Bad Ass !!

    • @anderszettergren4302
      @anderszettergren4302 9 місяців тому

      Actually its a very young Lukather on guitar, uncredited.

  • @daveapple205
    @daveapple205 2 роки тому +55

    One of the best front-men in rock and roll history. I used to see them live in the Chicago area before they got signed to do their first album.

  • @zekeonstormpeak4186
    @zekeonstormpeak4186 9 місяців тому +3

    I saw Cheap Trick at the Rainbow music hall in Denver in 78, or 79. Great show. Wish we still had those concerts.

  • @pwm920
    @pwm920 6 років тому +96

    For those who didn't grow up listening to this band,you won't understand their propably considered the first alternative band or punk.traditioal rock an roll with a twist. Spawned more bands like the cars and others. Simply awesome!

    • @tomwolak3362
      @tomwolak3362 5 років тому +3

      Pat M Lots of people give more credit to motley crue for opening the doors when in fact CHEAP TRICK RIPPED THEM OFF THE HINGES AND GRABBED YOU BY THE THROAT WITH THEIR GENIUS.

    • @evanwolf6618
      @evanwolf6618 5 років тому +4

      🐱🐼 Power PoP

    • @billymack333
      @billymack333 5 років тому +4

      Cheap Trick were fantastic but .... saying they opened the door for the Cars is just BS.

    • @wylier
      @wylier 4 роки тому +4

      The Stooges were actually the first proto-punk band. But CT certainly influenced other artists in their wake, for sure.

    • @Brewzerr
      @Brewzerr 4 роки тому +9

      As much as I love Cheap Trick... I mean, they've been one of my top 5 favorite bands for about 43 years now... I gotta say no to this. There were *SOOO* many other bands before this that kicked the doors down for punk and 'alternative' music. I mean, where to begin? A good starting point would be the mid 60's with bands like the Velvet Underground, 13th Floor Elevators, and the Sonics (among many others). In the late 60's and early 70's there was the Stooges, MC5, New York Dolls, Modern Lovers, Droogs, Flamin' Groovies, etc... and then punk pretty much kicked off in '75, at least in NYC -- two whole years before Cheap Trick even had their first album out. Punk bands like the Dictators and the Ramones had albums out before Cheap Trick did.
      I'll tell ya what CT should be credited for, and that's making arena rock FUN again. They proved to the world that big time rock bands don't have to take themselves too seriously to be successful. They made it accessible at a time when most rock stars thought themselves godlike and untouchable. They were kind of like the missing link between big arena rock and punk/new wave attitude

  • @thomasluczak2868
    @thomasluczak2868 6 років тому +431

    Saw cheap trick open for foghat in 78'. both bands were great. guess how much the general admission ticket was ? FIVE BUCKS!

    • @credible49
      @credible49 6 років тому +20

      I paid 5 bucks to see Genesis in 1976 , We sure got our moneys worth back then!!

    • @michaellively8132
      @michaellively8132 6 років тому +14

      Blows my mind. 1979: Joe Blow Productions Presents ZZTop. Six bucks. Today: Budweiser, Mountain Dew, Chevrolet and Skoal present ZZTop. EIGHTY bucks.

    • @joycejensen8968
      @joycejensen8968 6 років тому +6

      Bun e Carlos

    • @tinman678
      @tinman678 6 років тому +12

      And a bag of good Columbian was $20, ahhh , those were very good times

    • @jjojo2004
      @jjojo2004 6 років тому +10

      $5.00 in 1978 is equal to $20.00 in 2018. $20.00 is still a good price for a concert ticket, better than $80.00 any day! 🤘

  • @mhadman
    @mhadman 9 років тому +142

    these guys definitely carved out their own piece of rock history. Getting past the hits that you hear on the radio, they were a tight band. Hearing this song takes me quickly back to being a kid on the 70's. Good times and great music with the likes of these guys, Sabbath, Judas Priest, Pink Floyd, and the list goes on and on..

    • @tomwolak3362
      @tomwolak3362 5 років тому +5

      mhadman Damn straight.Remember getting together on a friday night and loading the car up with friends and rocking to this song all the way to the drive in.Best times ever.MISS THEM OH SO MUCH.

    • @Julie-cc3fe
      @Julie-cc3fe 2 роки тому +3

      Budokan forever rocks!

    • @GodWeenSatan
      @GodWeenSatan 2 роки тому

      They had great songs like this but then radio garbage in the 80's

    • @jonstensaas9077
      @jonstensaas9077 Рік тому

      Julie Budakan got us American rockers to realize how great a 4 guy band can be.

  • @justsomecoolprayingmantisd6422
    @justsomecoolprayingmantisd6422 2 роки тому +4

    I Like how the drummer is always jamming out with lit cig lol

  • @elconquistador932
    @elconquistador932 3 роки тому +2

    These guys and my Walkman got me home more than a few nights circa 84'. 1AM, 9 miles, pocket full of batteries and cassettes, 20 below. Jackson Wyoming winters....

  • @shonnamay8331
    @shonnamay8331 5 років тому +56

    What a great era to grow up in ...Still love my 80s music, especially Cheap Trick ♥️♥️

    • @raquellambropoulos279
      @raquellambropoulos279 2 роки тому +7

      They were more 70s than 80s . By the 80s they were well known

    • @MaitreMark
      @MaitreMark Рік тому +2

      how lucky we were ;)

    • @oppy2002
      @oppy2002 Рік тому +1

      @@MaitreMark Could not agree more.

    • @valerieannrumpf4151
      @valerieannrumpf4151 Рік тому +1

      The 70s and 80s had the most kick ass music. I was 9 years old when this song came out and I remember my older brothers cranking this song up on the stereo for me.

    • @lightwillprevail
      @lightwillprevail Рік тому

      Late 70's would be more accurate.. one of my favorite high school 8 tracks!

  • @anthonyjennis3332
    @anthonyjennis3332 Рік тому +8

    love the laid back drummer

  • @Dan.d649
    @Dan.d649 2 місяці тому +7

    Timeless masterpiece!!!! Enough said!!!!

  • @ocevicheband502
    @ocevicheband502 3 роки тому +1

    Saw Cheap Trick at Auckland town hall ....the mezzanines were warping and waving with all the kids jumping in time to the band. Awesome Gig!!!

    • @richr.7698
      @richr.7698 3 роки тому

      I got to see them perform at Disneyland for my Grad night in 1984. Excellent show!

  • @Julie-cc3fe
    @Julie-cc3fe 2 роки тому +2

    Forever fabulous saw them at the Hollywood palladium maybe in 79

  • @ricardocastillo5485
    @ricardocastillo5485 4 роки тому +6

    Something so refreshingly uncontrived about this band.

  • @red5llaw
    @red5llaw 3 роки тому +18

    Such a COOL BAND to watch and Listen to All these years! I loved the "Live in Budokan" Album!! YES IT WAS VINYL. YES I'm that Old. I have lived through ALL of the Best Music Era's!!

    • @karenquinn1780
      @karenquinn1780 3 роки тому +1

      Vinyl is still the best way to listen to music, there’s just something about it as opposed to perfect digital. Our ears can only hear so much perfection, and there’s just something so special about that crackle and pop before the song begins!!!

    • @Tzalaf5731
      @Tzalaf5731 2 роки тому

      I Was An Eight Year Old California Kid Grooving Hard On Cheap Trick.. Live At Budokan Was An L.P. I Totally Wore Out.

    • @bryankemp9801
      @bryankemp9801 2 роки тому

      Just got this on vinyl

  • @StephenHernandez-or1yh
    @StephenHernandez-or1yh Рік тому +1

    SO GOOD, GOLDEN, HEART-RENDING, HARD-DRIVING AND HAUNTING! 😁😁😁😁😁😂😂😂😂😂😎😎😎😎😎😍😍😍😍😍😭😭😭😭😭😳😳😳😳😳😱😱😱😱😱😵😵😵😵😵👮👮👮👮👮🚔🚔🚔🚔🚔🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨💤💤💤💤💤🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🌇🌇🌇🌇🌇🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @TooLateNate
    @TooLateNate 4 роки тому +283

    Lead Singer, Bassist, Lead Guitar: 150% Singing their hearts out
    Drummer: Poor accountant just trying to get a smoke break.

    • @BamaJamz1
      @BamaJamz1 4 роки тому +9

      You're absolutely right big Nate!! No house party was complete with out blasting "the tricksters"!!😎😎 I started high school at the right time!!

    • @duanegeorges9339
      @duanegeorges9339 3 роки тому +4

      Bun E jus needed some snacks and a calculator

    • @Olegzyan
      @Olegzyan 3 роки тому +4

      yep looks like a typcial accountant! However a great drummer! does his pounding job perfectly well.

    • @621retsamz
      @621retsamz 3 роки тому +5

      @@Olegzyan Priceless image that never got copied :)

    • @jbfan6360
      @jbfan6360 3 роки тому +1

      I always thought Bun E looked more like this personal banker for the band.

  • @karanaman68
    @karanaman68 2 роки тому +2

    Tom Peterssons bass is terrific in this song

  • @jamesagradi6820
    @jamesagradi6820 2 роки тому +16

    My dad would play this video all the time when i was a baby. He had a tape of music videos by Cheap Trick and thats what I’d watch growing up.

  • @kevingraham236
    @kevingraham236 Рік тому +5

    Thanks for the warning guys! Another rock band ahead of its time!
    Namaste

  • @phuoitrinh1
    @phuoitrinh1 5 років тому +14

    What a great group of guys! Robin Zander's vocals, Bun E Carol's on drums, Rick on guitar. They have lasted 40 years! Amazing!

  • @thee4thdoctor
    @thee4thdoctor 8 років тому +531

    What an era for music...everything was so cool back then...

    • @tomwolak3362
      @tomwolak3362 5 років тому +19

      thee4thdoctor Yup i was a teenager and saw these guys live and they are even better live .They made people look twice at them and look past the comedy and realize SHIT THESE GUYS ARE GOOD.

    • @thee4thdoctor
      @thee4thdoctor 5 років тому +15

      I saw them only once, and that was back in the Spring of 1989 when I was still 20 yrs old. I saw them play in an odd location...sort of, it was at a Hall on a College Campus! Millet Hall, at Oxford College in Western Ohio, on the Indiana border. I live in the central Ohio area, so it was a long drive, but I love a good roadtrip! By the way - The FIXX opened for the Cheap Trick. CHEERS! ; )

    • @thealaskan1635
      @thealaskan1635 5 років тому +9

      Before Reagan screwed everything up

    • @osamabama3077
      @osamabama3077 5 років тому +8

      @@thee4thdoctor I saw your comment on inxs don't change and I agree this was the golden age of music

    • @thee4thdoctor
      @thee4thdoctor 5 років тому +3

      @osama bama - CHEERS! ; )

  • @dannydemonic4799
    @dannydemonic4799 3 роки тому +1

    I’m watching cheap trick videos getting excited for Sunday! Wife got me tickets for my 39th bday. Trying to see as many bands as I can these days. Anything rock and roll. Just saw guns and Roses in August. 🤘from death metal to classic rock, grunge and punk. Love it all.

  • @kenkovar2647
    @kenkovar2647 Рік тому +3

    Rockford rocks baby!!!

  • @siriusandthesunrises
    @siriusandthesunrises Рік тому +5

    I still remember Cheep Trick at Buddokan concert!
    I was really lucky because I could see their show there

  • @Forever1980s
    @Forever1980s 4 роки тому +4

    I don't think there has ever been a drummer more fun to watch than Bun E. AND he's smoking heaters while he's drumming. Amazing!!!

  • @jeffmejia3556
    @jeffmejia3556 4 роки тому +7

    Surrender was an ultra huge hit for these guys. Before DJs bands at school dances always played it. Those were the days..no cell phones, no internet, microwaves were still a novelty, your dad had either bought VHS or Beta, and very few people had cable yet. Wow, how is it that life sucks now?

    • @mcarlkv53
      @mcarlkv53 3 роки тому +1

      Because of sin ... the more technology the more dumbed down and hard hearted the heart gets

    • @munter10
      @munter10 5 місяців тому

      There is a spirit in this world that is getting bolder and is using the technology to take over the hearts and minds of the young and naive.
      That’s how.

  • @ionichi
    @ionichi 4 роки тому +1

    Went to the state fair one year and heard some Cheap Trick playing over somewhere, so I said "I love Cheap Trick, let's go check it out". We get over there and it's CHEAP TRICK!!! wAAAAHHHAAA! Had no idea they were going to be there - what a joy!
    Every time I saw them, they were top game awesome - held nothing back.

  • @f.frederickskitty2910
    @f.frederickskitty2910 2 роки тому +13

    I never really appreciated Cheap Trick until recently. I should have paid attention sooner. Great music, cute guys and comedians to boot. A+

  • @raggordy
    @raggordy 7 років тому +467

    ive always love the fact that it looks like 3 of them were a garage band and they wanted to do a talent show but they needed a drummer and one of their dads knew how to play drums, and they became well known so he said fuck it im doing this now

    • @DeidreL9
      @DeidreL9 5 років тому +26

      Raggordy hahahaha Dad saves the day

    • @yvc9
      @yvc9 4 роки тому +23

      love the dad theory

    • @Brewzerr
      @Brewzerr 4 роки тому +13

      Daddy Should Have Stayed in High School

    • @gamwisesamgee7400
      @gamwisesamgee7400 3 роки тому +7

      That's basically the plot of the movie The Rocker.

    • @St4r_Z0mb13
      @St4r_Z0mb13 3 роки тому +1

      @@yvc9 yeah

  • @crazyralph6386
    @crazyralph6386 2 роки тому +4

    The drummer is also the bands accountant, lawyer and doctor.

  • @jimn1968
    @jimn1968 4 роки тому +15

    What an perfect gem of a rock song. Every element of this song is perfect. So impressive.

    • @glenn6583
      @glenn6583 Рік тому

      It is my favorite. I take sleeping pills!

  • @adamr9720
    @adamr9720 11 місяців тому +1

    I’ve got tickets to see them this summer with Def Leppard and Journey in Orlando. I’m taking a trip back to the 80s with my wife. I can’t wait.

  • @matthewboren708
    @matthewboren708 7 місяців тому

    4:27
    When robyn pops up after the breakdown and sings with the boys.. reminds me of my best freiend andrew who passed and we loved cheap-trick when i see that clip it sure does cheer me up and want to keep on rocking in the afterlife.

  • @bartphlegar8212
    @bartphlegar8212 2 роки тому +77

    An enigmatic band, Cheap Trick. They were at their best when going over-the-top weird, as in "Dream Police". Their power ballads left me cold, but when they took the shackles off of Nielsen magic like this happened...

    • @redskies4530
      @redskies4530 2 роки тому

      Hi I recommend an indie song and video you might like called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix

  • @jimmythebold589
    @jimmythebold589 2 роки тому +10

    never noticed how kickass the drums are on this until now, listening really closely

  • @Atheist7
    @Atheist7 Рік тому +4

    his video is SOOOOOOOO COOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @anthonybatulis6516
    @anthonybatulis6516 2 роки тому +1

    Saw these guys with Kansas in September of 1982 at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh. What a great concert.

  • @larryteubner5156
    @larryteubner5156 11 місяців тому +2

    I got to meet these guys back in 84 in Killeen Tx. they showed up at a bar right outside the main gate of Ft. Hood which is where i was stationed, they are pretty kool and laid back people, :)

    • @OLD--MAN420
      @OLD--MAN420 10 днів тому

      Woodstock? Saw Pantera and Nazereth there. Kick Ass Bar!

  • @ediann
    @ediann 5 років тому +15

    Im so amazed how 2 gorgeous long haired rockstars, a conservative accountant playing drums & a genius man child playing guitar came to form Cheap Trick! Well it certainly worked for them as they are in the Rock and Roll hall of fame and their music rocks!

  • @loudmusic67
    @loudmusic67 8 років тому +18

    This was the very first video I ever saw way before MTV was born. I think I saw it on Kasey Kasem's Top Ten TV show...I love the intro to this video, great group to see in concert!

    • @Brewzerr
      @Brewzerr 4 роки тому

      I remember seeing this video on HBO (when it was still just billed as "Home Box Office") back then. In those days, there would be these long gaps between movies where they would either show student art films or music videos, and this video got a lot of play

  • @51Leenie
    @51Leenie 3 роки тому +4

    I love how the bass player sings along with Robin on every song! You can tell he loves his job!

  • @bobknobenoff7383
    @bobknobenoff7383 2 роки тому +1

    This video was one of the first videos I ever saw when it aired on The Pink Ladies and Jeff Show back in 1980.

  • @TexasTexas-d9g
    @TexasTexas-d9g 10 місяців тому +2

    Best song of the band

  • @drewrosecrans9728
    @drewrosecrans9728 4 місяці тому +10

    Takes me back to 1979 i was 12 years old and im still listening @ 57 hell yeah 💯👍👍👍👍 CT4life!!!

    • @m1a1hm
      @m1a1hm 3 місяці тому +1

      Same here bud!! Take me back to better times and better music.

    • @CrazzzzySky
      @CrazzzzySky 3 місяці тому

      @@m1a1hm right??!! Lets Goooo! Best tunes ever!

    • @m1a1hm
      @m1a1hm 3 місяці тому +1

      @@CrazzzzySky I'm with you bud.

  • @ericbaumert7392
    @ericbaumert7392 3 роки тому +9

    I was 11 years old when Dream Police was released,which at the time,was very popular. I would hear it being played on the jukebox in my school cafeteria almost everyday. This was my first introduction to Cheap Trick,who became one of my most favorite bands of all time. Dream Police,in my opinion,is the quintessential song that displays the great talent of all the members in Cheap Trick,especially Bun E. Carlos who has often been overlooked for being an excellent drummer. His drumming is impeccable as the song reaches a crescendo with the string section.

  • @michaelredd-b2t
    @michaelredd-b2t 26 днів тому +2

    Robyn makes it look so easy 🤘

  • @eldibs
    @eldibs 9 місяців тому +1

    I saw them play this song in St. Louis in 2018, and I plan to see them live again this year (2024) in the exact same venue. I hope they play it again.

    • @eldibs
      @eldibs 5 місяців тому

      I'm here from the future. They did an amazing job, the rocked their hearts out! They're still an 11/10.

  • @scottdavidson526
    @scottdavidson526 5 років тому +6

    One of the greatest rock groups in the modern era. Very influential and a HOF induction. Love you guys always.

  • @CR-mp5nt
    @CR-mp5nt 5 років тому +15

    I never really got this band way back when. Still far from my favorite but all their music invokes memories of a better time in the USA

  • @janetmoore5645
    @janetmoore5645 3 роки тому +4

    WOW 😨
    What a great song. Dream police won't leave you alone. Great tune play this tune alot.

  • @davidg.9932
    @davidg.9932 2 роки тому +2

    A very Happy 69th Birthday Robin Wayne Zander. Born in Beloit, Wisconsin January 23, 1953. Cheap Trick Fans are some of the most loyal fans ever. Many, many more Robin Wayne..

  • @ruthdixon7807
    @ruthdixon7807 Рік тому +2

    you gotta love those violin like keyboards and melodramatic mid section. fantastic stuff.

  • @TheInkPitOx
    @TheInkPitOx Рік тому +3

    This song was inspired by the Thought Police in the iconic novel 1984.

  • @amexjam55
    @amexjam55 9 років тому +32

    An incredibly talented band. One of my all-time favs.

    • @drumr_2154
      @drumr_2154 6 років тому +1

      I bet I like cheap trick more than you.

    • @mr.krinkle952
      @mr.krinkle952 6 років тому

      DRUMR 21 i like cheap trick too!

  • @allpeacepearson5080
    @allpeacepearson5080 3 роки тому +3

    This group is amazing. Their look is unique. Two good looking guys and two good guys that look like regular people. The drummer is so smooth and skillful. They work on so many levels. The regular looking guys are sexier because they play so well.

  • @vincentnix4931
    @vincentnix4931 4 роки тому +2

    How is this not the absolute best music video of all time, or at least a generation? Because those awards are shite.

  • @TheSWolfe
    @TheSWolfe 11 місяців тому +1

    I still love these guys, even tho I haven't seen 'em play live since the late-seventies/early-eighties. I did manage to catch 'em a buncha times during those early yrs, however. Great memories of a great rock n roll band! I think my 9th/10th-grade boyfriend turned me onto CT. Thanks, Gregg!

  • @Daddy53751
    @Daddy53751 2 роки тому +174

    Cheap Trick holds a weird and special place in my heart.
    They were all I kept in my Walkman through the Gulf War.
    Me, my M60 and Cheap Trick riding my turret.🤘🏻

    • @brianpedersen4714
      @brianpedersen4714 2 роки тому +4

      1BAT9MAR Bravo Co.

    • @doctorbohr1585
      @doctorbohr1585 2 роки тому +3

      Cool! But I thought you guys drove around in tanks cranking I Get Around 😋

    • @viking90706
      @viking90706 2 роки тому +3

      10-4 DADDY, Tanks for your service! SemperFI!

    • @rickstalentedtongue910
      @rickstalentedtongue910 2 роки тому +4

      Ty all, even though the wars were criminal banker bullshit, you guys didn't know. Cheers.

  • @DetroitMarauder
    @DetroitMarauder 10 років тому +269

    Back in the 80's I was a bartender at a popular bar in Royal Oak. One of my customers was a light guy for the Venue that Cheap Trick was playing. He asked me if I wanted to "shadow him" meaning I could follow him on his duties. I said sure, what the hell. I didn't charge the guy a dime for his tab and I saw Cheap Trick from the rafters! Best seats in the house.

    • @anakina1
      @anakina1 6 років тому +6

      emotionalinvalid I remember you at batting practice with Hammering Hank.

    • @defrozendonut8715
      @defrozendonut8715 4 роки тому +5

      That’s awesome

    • @kensurrency2564
      @kensurrency2564 4 роки тому +2

      Wow

    • @Skyman08
      @Skyman08 3 роки тому +4

      That's an awesome story.

    • @DetroitMarauder
      @DetroitMarauder 3 роки тому +1

      @@jleffel6969 Gusoline Alley, I think it's still there. Back when I worked there it was voted as having "The best Jukebox" in Detroit.

  • @EssexAggiegrad2011
    @EssexAggiegrad2011 5 років тому +19

    My dad loved Cheap Trick and saw them in concert. RIP dad.

    • @tinajeppesen5948
      @tinajeppesen5948 3 роки тому

      My dad too:)

    • @drea4195
      @drea4195 2 роки тому

      Do yourself a favor and go see them this year, they're still touring!

    • @LiamSmall12
      @LiamSmall12 Рік тому

      @@drea4195 I'm seeing them in August

  • @dmshaw7788
    @dmshaw7788 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you. Look and appreciate the understatements of Cheap Trick. Only for the true.

  • @zoeysunshine504
    @zoeysunshine504 10 місяців тому +1

    Saw these guys live in New Orleans just a few years ago. Killer show.

  • @cmodzins
    @cmodzins 5 років тому +31

    Bun E Carlos, the world's most casual drummer.

    • @Brewzerr
      @Brewzerr 4 роки тому +1

      There was nothing casual about the way he beat those fucking skins like a redheaded stepchild with sticks as thick as a billyclub. He kept his cool but he was one of the hardest hitting drummers I've ever seen live

    • @josephpanozzo4815
      @josephpanozzo4815 3 місяці тому

      The first cassette I bought was Live at Buddakon. My favorite band.