Cheap Trick - On Top Of The World (Rockpalast 1979)

[bertman19]

Rick Nielsen is God!

[rwhitenow]

What is this Rockpalast place?

[nywilf]

it is like ummmm the place in Germany were everyone plays...outside gig...like an annual festival....hope this helps...

[rwhitenow]

@rwhitenow I think this is an inside club

[Rockstaralan]

And, lest I forget, one of their most unfairly overlooked gems as far as the song goes. While the first couple of albums were good in different ways, "Heaven Tonight" was the one which REALLY found them establishing their style, combining the straight-up bronto stomp of the debut, with the Melodic, hook-laden songcraft of "In color", to make for their best album of the pre-Budokan period.

[Rockstaralan]

You know, if you think about it-It might be safe to say that Robin Zander seemed to almost pioneer that whole proto-Miami Vice getup that would set the standard for what Rock stars were supposed to look like in the rest of the 80's:The leather blazer w/the rolled up sleeves, and the shirt buttoned at the Top with a Bolo tie, and the pleated slacks.

[bandjamsters]

cool band! obviously they didn't take themselves too seriously; Rick Nielsen wearing three guitars! lol. One of the great american rock bands. They remind me of an Animal House party band

[LetArtsLive]

reminds me o the good ol days

[ufo333jmb]

Ive seen Cheap Trick 14 times in the 80s. Had tix to a show ,my son was due same day. Hell ya!! I went to the show! He was kicking so hard the whole concert! CT albums were always on my turntable! Loved them now for 30 years! Take Me I'm Yours!!

[Sharky2055]

You RULE!

[tecatedan]

My mother introduced me to the Beatles. I loved them and still do. I found CHEAP TRICK. I loved them and still do. I play them both for my twin 3 year old girls. They love them both. There is hope for music yet! LONG LIVE ROCK AND ROLL!

[LaeshaStevia]

Geez i love this song! I got the CD Heaven Tonight last summer. greatest album eva!

[appaulledwilly]

awesome i first saw Cheap Trick when they opened for Kiss love gun la ca 1977 in color album, fan ever since. great post!

[revacohen]

In addition to beautiful hair styles, Robin Zander always seemed to have exquisite taste in clothing. I love that suit.

[tenaciousbee]

Man! that was awesome! Can you see the crowd

doesn't even know that they are watching the one and only CHEAP TRICK??!! They are so enthralled that only three people clapped!

Thanks for the video...  I would have been clapping the loudest!!!

[ctrocks01]

Thanks for posting this. I think this song epitomizes Cheap Trick. Heaven Tonight is one of their strongest releases in my opinion.

[ZeropointZero70]

Yep Yep! But virtually everything since then has just sounded flat and uninspired. I mean Dream police is the only great tune from the follow up. I tried to listen to other CT lps afterwards and couldn't stand them. But Heaven Tonite rocks hard enough in place of them. I'm gonna put it on in my car on the way to work right now!

[maskedmusician2002]

This concert has the best live footage from the Vintage years of Cheap Trick I've ever seen! Fantastic!

[matthews257]

im going to try to put this whole concert on youtube, and the 77 & 78 concert. they did a amazing job on need your love.

[Trookieness]

This has always been one of my favourite Trick songs, and this version is sublime. Amazing.

[FamousDaves1]

Brilliant. Thank you

[FamousDaves1]

Thank you. Brilliant.

[sallysrock]

I wish they would play this in concert! It is such a great song live. Plus Robins Chicago accent is great in this song!! Fuck That 70's show song! Bring back OTOTW!

[Stolehome66]

@sallysrock It is not a Chicago accent. It is a southern Wisconsin/northern Illinios accent. Robin Zander is from Beloit, Wisconsin. Beloit is just above Rockford, Illinois. A Chicago accent is very different from the way Robin Zander sings and speaks.

[sallysrock]

@Stolehome66

Robin also lived in Chicago as a kid, he told me that himself. He is a master of voices and accents. This song happens to capture the south suburban accent.

Widen your horizons, there could be many accents from one person.

[dragoon5228]

Their songs really stand up in concert. Some bands are not the same out of the studio but CHEAP TRICK is the real deal.

[emobile505]

wow man i've heard a few vintage late 70s takes of this song (e.g., budokan ii) but this might be the hottest performance i can recall! thanks so much for posting this.

[sallysrock]

great video, great times. You can see from this video why Rick invented the 5 neck guitar, he used to load up all those guitars on his neck, can you imagine how heavy that got?

[Ellecaster]

Thank you so much

Can you add "Need your Love" from this concert?