Saw them back in '79...Evansville, IN...great show...Robin Zander is one best voices in rock..bar none. Petersson on the twelve string bass gave them a unique sound...you can really hear it on Heaven Tonight and Need Your Love on the Budokan album..one of the great live albums of all time.
I remember this song came out when thier career wasn't doing as well. This song was written for them They hated it. Turns out that it was one of their biggest hit. One of my favorites. So glad they did it
This is my "the flame" story. Just graduated high school in June 1988. I signed up for the army and was waiting til August 3, 1988. I had a girlfriend, but the "girl of my dreams" showed interest in me. We were on a lake called Starve Hollow in Indiana. Was torn between the two. My buddies and I just partied on the lake and I remember this song coming on the radio. (no Itunes, spotify, etc.....) I laid on the picnic table for what seemed hours and this song came on what seemed every 10 minutes. A teenager in love. lol. Well I ended up marrying "not the girl of my dreams" but my girlfriend cause she said she was pregnant while I came home from my first leave from military. Well she left me when I went to Germany. I ended up with my wife now, who was friends with both of them. She sent me a letter when I went to gulf war in 1991. 30 years later we have two awesome grandkids and I love her to death. This song is AWESOME !!!!!
Golden finger picker---I was a freshman in high school, my boyfriend at the time was a senior. We stayed together for 2 years. At the beginning of my Junior year he decided to move back to Hawaii. He was from Hawaii and had moved to my town, his dad was military. I was heartbroken. He said this song reminded him of me. Years later when my son was 2 (I married the love of my life) He called me and said I should have married you. I am sorry I left you. He was married and had 2 kids. I said I did not feel the same way. I wished him well. Funny how a heartbreak can create beauty. Married for 30 years with 2 kids, a grandchild on the way. So glad that he broke up with me.
This is my fav Cheap Trick song. They have a great catalog. I saw them live in 1979 with a backstage pass. Great show. Hung out at the bar later, but Robin Zander wasn't there. Dangit
Love them. Saw them at The Oakland Coliseum back in 89. When this song was Played everyone pulled out their lighters (no cell phones back then) and you could smell hair burning 🔥 LOL Back in the 80’s we used Aqua Net 😂🤦🏻♀️. Great concert
I love everything this band has done but this is my favorite song by them. Check them out on UA-cam with Jennifer mettles they did a CMT crossroads they did one of her songs called “stay” and then sang “the flame.” She is absolutely fantastic singing with him.
Cheap Trick is one of my all time favorites. They are absolutely legendary. Rock & Roll Hall of fame inductees, responsible for one of the greatest live rock albums ever recorded, highly respected as one of the hardest working bands in rock, still touring regularly and releasing albums in their 70s. They have die hard fans who have been at their side for over 40 years now. They have had a tremendous influence on so many other bands and musicians over the years. You may not realize it yet, but you stumbled on a goldmine. You should check out their official video for The Dream Police, Surrender from their live at Budokan performance (anything off of that will be great, but that was a huge hit) and one of my favorites; ua-cam.com/video/m7pJLEwc8Ro/v-deo.html they are joined by Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins on one of their most beautiful songs. Just another example of their far reaching influence in the music industry. This song live is simply magical.
This song was actually wrote for a British singer by the name of Elkie Brooks & she refused to sing it so cheap trick ended up with it and became one of their biggest hits ever.
That is unbelievable to me. Zander has sang this with such passion is concert clips I have seen that I thought he must have written it. This song did revive CT's career. They had success and hits afterwards for a time. It reminds me of Aerosmith with "Angel," they were thought of as a has been band after terrible heroin addictions almost destroyed the "Toxic Twins," Tyler and Perry. The song was not written by them but by hot songwriter Desmond Childs and they took it and bam what a comeback ensued.
So many good songs. Two songs that you'd like, Tonight It's You and If You Want My Love. They also have a tremendous dark side to some of their music that would change many peoples perception of them. The Ballad Of TV Violence, ELO Kiddies, Best Friend, Auf Wiedersehen
Guitarist Rick Nielsen has over 600 guitars watched an interview video of him at his home in Illinois..🎉I was blown away never seen that big of a collection by just one person..🎸🎤🎵🎶👍🤘😁
Just can't stand up for falling apart Can't see through this veil across my heart over you You'll always be the one You were the first, you'll be the last Wherever you go, I'll be with you
Thank you for your reaction! The thing about this song is if you were seeing/hearing it live in concert, you'd want to go old school with a cigarette lighter to wave back and forth over your head. Everyone else in the audience would be doing the same thing. It's a haunting song about losing the love of your life, yet it makes you want to raise your hands and sway back and forth. :)
Two things got me to click on this video. 1) I love Cheap Trick and 2) You’re wearing an O’s cap in the preview. Go O’s!!!! Great reaction. New subscriber here.
It's " After the fire and the rain, I will be the FLAME" It is a great song. I don't know if you've done any Journey but check them out. If you really liked this one. Faithfully is one of the great ones from Journey. They have a ton of classic power ballads. Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍
If you liked this song then you should give When I'm With You by Sherriff a listen. The end note of this song is in the Guinness Book of World Records for longest held note...
Shawn & Mel if you do "Surrender" or "I Want You To Want Me" please do the live versions from Live At Budokan. They're much better than the studio versions.
Guys have you reacted to another rock Ballad "I Want To Know What Love Is" ? The Flame and this other rock Ballad I mentioned are my 2 all time favorites !
Does Ribin Zander have pipes or what? Another singer like that is Getty Lee from Rush. (Yes I'm going there) I can rock with them, but I confess this will always be my favorite. Saw Cheap Trick in Bezerkley in the early 80s. Then again first concert after COVID restrictions drop at Reno's Atlantis Casino Showroom😎 That's Rick Neilson on the 5 neck guitar.
They didn’t like the fact that they were forced by the record label to use some outside writers and they did not write this song. They had always played their own songs and controlled things but sales slipped and they were forced into this so that’s why they didn’t like it. They also don’t write songs to be hits which this was
This has to be one of the best Power Ballads Classic Rock! 😎🎸🇺🇸
Many many tears cried while listening to this great song 😢.
Favorite song from this group..
I feel blessed to gro up in the 80's.
The music is still in my soul 40 years later.
One of the best bands ever, to see live.
Seen them twice.
Saw them back in '79...Evansville, IN...great show...Robin Zander is one best voices in rock..bar none. Petersson on the twelve string bass gave them a unique sound...you can really hear it on Heaven Tonight and Need Your Love on the Budokan album..one of the great live albums of all time.
This is my favorite song by them. Came out when I was in high school back in the 80s. Love it
Same here, I remember when this song came out during my senior year in high school.The Eighties were the best, great memories.
Saw them in concert recently..One of my favorite songs ever❤
Saw them last year with Rod Stewart at Merriweather. Still kickin’ ass! Great band!
Music is the closest thing to a time machine.
This is one of their slower songs, but it really shows off Robin's vocal range
I saw Cheap Trick at Red Rocks outside of Denver back in ‘85. One of my favorite bands in high school.
Shawn & Mel, you'll love their "Surrender" and "I Want You To Want Me"!!! They are best from the live album 'At Budokan' (Budokan Japan)
My opinion 1 of the best live albums
@@salvatorerizzo8640 one of the first great live albums I remember.
I remember this song came out when thier career wasn't doing as well. This song was written for them They hated it. Turns out that it was one of their biggest hit. One of my favorites. So glad they did it
This is my "the flame" story. Just graduated high school in June 1988. I signed up for the army and was waiting til August 3, 1988. I had a girlfriend, but the "girl of my dreams" showed interest in me. We were on a lake called Starve Hollow in Indiana. Was torn between the two. My buddies and I just partied on the lake and I remember this song coming on the radio. (no Itunes, spotify, etc.....) I laid on the picnic table for what seemed hours and this song came on what seemed every 10 minutes. A teenager in love. lol. Well I ended up marrying "not the girl of my dreams" but my girlfriend cause she said she was pregnant while I came home from my first leave from military. Well she left me when I went to Germany. I ended up with my wife now, who was friends with both of them. She sent me a letter when I went to gulf war in 1991. 30 years later we have two awesome grandkids and I love her to death. This song is AWESOME !!!!!
Golden finger picker---I was a freshman in high school, my boyfriend at the time was a senior. We stayed together for 2 years. At the beginning of my Junior year he decided to move back to Hawaii. He was from Hawaii and had moved to my town, his dad was military. I was heartbroken. He said this song reminded him of me. Years later when my son was 2 (I married the love of my life) He called me and said I should have married you. I am sorry I left you. He was married and had 2 kids. I said I did not feel the same way. I wished him well. Funny how a heartbreak can create beauty. Married for 30 years with 2 kids, a grandchild on the way. So glad that he broke up with me.
@@MrRdh567 isn’t it crazy how life works out !!!
Absurdly underrated band. Should listen to their live version of this song......still great live.
This is my fav Cheap Trick song. They have a great catalog. I saw them live in 1979 with a backstage pass. Great show. Hung out at the bar later, but Robin Zander wasn't there. Dangit
Lot of emotion in this song ... Vocals, Lyrics, and haunting guitar riffs and mellow drum cadence.
It's my favorite reaction of you, I love you, greetings
Love them. Saw them at The Oakland Coliseum back in 89. When this song was Played everyone pulled out their lighters (no cell phones back then) and you could smell hair burning 🔥 LOL Back in the 80’s we used Aqua Net 😂🤦🏻♀️. Great concert
I love everything this band has done but this is my favorite song by them. Check them out on UA-cam with Jennifer mettles they did a CMT crossroads they did one of her songs called “stay” and then sang “the flame.” She is absolutely fantastic singing with him.
Cheap Trick is one of my all time favorites. They are absolutely legendary. Rock & Roll Hall of fame inductees, responsible for one of the greatest live rock albums ever recorded, highly respected as one of the hardest working bands in rock, still touring regularly and releasing albums in their 70s. They have die hard fans who have been at their side for over 40 years now. They have had a tremendous influence on so many other bands and musicians over the years. You may not realize it yet, but you stumbled on a goldmine. You should check out their official video for The Dream Police, Surrender from their live at Budokan performance (anything off of that will be great, but that was a huge hit) and one of my favorites;
ua-cam.com/video/m7pJLEwc8Ro/v-deo.html they are joined by Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins on one of their most beautiful songs. Just another example of their far reaching influence in the music industry. This song live is simply magical.
This song was actually wrote for a British singer by the name of Elkie Brooks & she refused to sing it so cheap trick ended up with it and became one of their biggest hits ever.
That is unbelievable to me. Zander has sang this with such passion is concert clips I have seen that I thought he must have written it. This song did revive CT's career. They had success and hits afterwards for a time. It reminds me of Aerosmith with "Angel," they were thought of as a has been band after terrible heroin addictions almost destroyed the "Toxic Twins," Tyler and Perry. The song was not written by them but by hot songwriter Desmond Childs and they took it and bam what a comeback ensued.
Cheep Trick - another late-arriving, but very worthy inductee into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.
Thank you for sharing ☺️ love this song reminds me of back in the day ❤️.
This song brings me to tears. Such an awesome song.
Legendary!! My favorite song of theirs 🥰
True words spoken❤️
One of my favorite rock ballads 👂🏼🎶👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
So glad you guy's reacted to this song. Unexpected Rock Ballad by Cheap Trick. I wasn't expecting this ! FANTASTIC. WITH A MESSAGE
Saw them september 7th 2023 good group.
I still zone out to this song every time.
Rabbit hole of songs with Cheap Trick 🤟🤟🤟🌑⚪️🌑⚪️🌑
One of my all time favorite songs
So many good songs. Two songs that you'd like, Tonight It's You and If You Want My Love. They also have a tremendous dark side to some of their music that would change many peoples perception of them.
The Ballad Of TV Violence, ELO Kiddies, Best Friend, Auf Wiedersehen
Guitarist Rick Nielsen has over 600 guitars watched an interview video of him at his home in Illinois..🎉I was blown away never seen that big of a collection by just one person..🎸🎤🎵🎶👍🤘😁
This is my favorite Cheap Trick song.
Just can't stand up for falling apart
Can't see through this veil across my heart over you
You'll always be the one
You were the first, you'll be the last
Wherever you go, I'll be with you
Thank you for your reaction! The thing about this song is if you were seeing/hearing it live in concert, you'd want to go old school with a cigarette lighter to wave back and forth over your head. Everyone else in the audience would be doing the same thing. It's a haunting song about losing the love of your life, yet it makes you want to raise your hands and sway back and forth. :)
You two are awesome
I have 2 songs that make me cry like a 2 year old and I don't know why!! This and Over The Rainbow sung by Eva Cassidy.
Two things got me to click on this video. 1) I love Cheap Trick and 2) You’re wearing an O’s cap in the preview. Go O’s!!!! Great reaction. New subscriber here.
It's " After the fire and the rain, I will be the FLAME"
It is a great song. I don't know if you've done any Journey but check them out. If you really liked this one. Faithfully is one of the great ones from Journey. They have a ton of classic power ballads.
Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍
If you liked this song then you should give When I'm With You by Sherriff a listen. The end note of this song is in the Guinness Book of World Records for longest held note...
Giving you a thumbs up from your reaction I love the song
I love cheap trick, grew up listening to them
10 + Yes!
Rick has a 5 neck guitar, had it for years.
Love some cheap trick
One of my all time favorites. It came out after a breakup with my first boyfriend and I played this over and over
You guys are SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!
Me gustó mucho su reacción 🤘
Shawn & Mel if you do "Surrender" or "I Want You To Want Me" please do the live versions from Live At Budokan. They're much better than the studio versions.
Check out Next Position Please album.
Great singing. Number 1 hit in 1988 rock charts.
S&M squaaaadddd 💪💪💪💪love y'all ❤️♥️😘♥️
You have got to do Dream Police by them.
🔥🔥🔥🔥
Robyn was just inducted in to the rock n roll hall of fame
Guys have you reacted to another rock Ballad "I Want To Know What Love Is" ? The Flame and this other rock Ballad I mentioned are my 2 all time favorites !
Also Cheap Trick Christmas lp
Robin Zander is a professional singer. What else can I say. A pro's pro.
Does Ribin Zander have pipes or what? Another singer like that is Getty Lee from Rush. (Yes I'm going there)
I can rock with them, but I confess this will always be my favorite.
Saw Cheap Trick in Bezerkley in the early 80s.
Then again first concert after COVID restrictions drop at Reno's Atlantis Casino Showroom😎
That's Rick Neilson on the 5 neck guitar.
☮️❤️🔥🔥🔥🎶🎵🎶...😎
The band hated that this song was so popular. I believe they played it 1 time live and have never performed it again.
They have performed this song MANY times live....search youtube...
They didn’t like the fact that they were forced by the record label to use some outside writers and they did not write this song. They had always played their own songs and controlled things but sales slipped and they were forced into this so that’s why they didn’t like it. They also don’t write songs to be hits which this was
Request don't be cruel also cheap trickl
Check him out live same exact as the studio version... exactly the same
Check out their song Voices
And yes I love his 5 neck guitar.
Steve Vai-- Teeth of the Hydra. 3 neck guitar. 4 mil views since April. Tyvm
Try Need Your Love or Voices by Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick - Ghost town
As great as this is, Robin kills this live! Best versions are on UA-cam
The Daytona Florida show is the good one...
Nothing like Rick's 5 neck Hamer LOL
Please react to Cheap Trick Live at Budokan and the song is called Ain't That a Shame
1:25
No one noticed the five neck guitar?
Mel noticed it @ 4:48.
i believe this is this bands only number 1 hit..sad to say they are so good
shanes turkish delights
william david rogers rights
lauries marlboro lights
Sappy lol....prom song
You were the first to be the last
Rumor has it that they HATE performing this song.
I'm sorry, to much pain....can't watch this
Cheap trick is awesome and this is such a great song but you seem kinda phony on ur reaction...like it's premeditated. Sorry. Just my observation
Try .in good faith by survivor