The was the absolutelow point fr Cheap Trick. Thy finally clawed their way back to the lime light and they drop the turd. If Epic had any sense back then, and they didn't, they should have just let these guys make the kind of record that got them where they were in the first place, power pop with a nice punkish edge. This is just bland with insipid lyrics, makes me cringe. Aliens kidnapped te real Cheap Trick and brought them back in 97 and they have been back to normal ever since
Give 'em a break. They were considered washed-up has-beens at this point. They had to sell-out a little or their careers were over. The same thing happened with Aerosmith, Heart and a few others around the time.
Huh? This is the follow up to an album that had a 3 hit songs (Two top ten hits one top 40) that went multi-platinum. I hardly call that washed up. Aerosmith took their foot in the door album and blew it off the hinges with Pump. This is the last cd where cheap trick had the full attention of radio and mtv and they come out with this. This was their chance to show everyone what they really could do and what they were all about. At this point they were anything but washed up.
I love "hair metal". I was known as hard rock when I got into it as a twelve year old in 88. I spent my formative years as a drummer learning these songs. I've done everything from big band swing to death metal, and at the end of the day nothing sounds better to me than anything rock from 86-90.. I love this song by the way. Remindes me of 8th grade, before school. MTV.
One of their best singles. And one of their most overlooked.
Anyone who thinks this was sell-out hair metal should listen to their early ballads. This isn't all that different from "Voices" from 1979 or "If You Want My Love" from 1982 (the latter of which was actually one of the earliest examples of an 80s power ballad).
They were never hair metal, not even close. They were and are a power pop band with an edge, similar to the Who How you get hair metal out of them is beyond me? Robin had some moused up hair, but that is about it. So did Tommy Stinson in the Replacements, but i would not call them a hair metal band. Same can be said for the Church, U2, INXS, not hair metal eith8er, buut had some big hair.
Sorry, not getting into a pissing contest. But you said they turned into a hair band after 81, now you are saying some songs put them in their by default. Was I Can't Take It hair metal? Tonight It's You, hair metal? If You Want My Love, hair metal? Never Had a Lot To lose, hair metal? Let Go, I Want You, You Talk Too Much, YOYOY?No.Go back and listen to what was considered hair metal then listen to Trick and tell me that they were hair metal. They are a power pop band in the vein of The Who.
Uh, no. They are definitely NOT a hair band. Those group types, while great, all had the same cookie-cutter style hair and attire: Motley Crue, Warrant, Ratt, Slaughter, Cinderella, etc. You could almost mix those groups together without knowing the difference. If you ever have to question whether a band was a hair band or not, then they probably weren't. Cheap Trick doesn't fit the term.
@kevinocooldaddy due... "In the vein of The Who"!?! There is not 2 molecules of Cheap Trick and The Who music that overlap. You are right about them not being hair metal, but any comparison to The Who puts you squarely on meth.
@jasperbluto Ok, go listen to High Roller, Stiff Competition, Hard To Tell (they use the outro of 5:15), You Talk To Much, Sick Man of Europe, the skittering keyboards on Surrender, Looking Out For # One. Dude you know nothing about Trick with that statment...
I think "Busted" is a great album too. I bought this album first as it included "If You Need Me" and "Can't Stop Falling Into Love", and it was a nice surprise as I liked all the songs in this album.
Story goes that the band didn't want to record this song because they didn't write it. But...under contract they had to and they swore to do only one take for the record album (which was all it took). Turned out to be one of their biggest hits!
uh, you are thinking of the Flame, they wrote this song.
The story behind this song was that Rod Stewart wanted it, so they said take it, but Epic stepped in and said nope, we would rather Cheap Trick do this song and completely ruin their image as a rock band, and that is the how it all went down
Yeah, they wrote it for Rod Stewart. Wasn't the firs time Trick wrote for other people. They wrote "Take Me I'm Yours" for him also back in '80. Rick had the "inside" to Rod as he knew Jeff Beck. Jeff is one of Rick's favorite guitarists and Rick used to go see him EVERY time he did a state side tour in the late 60's early 70's...
Legend has it that Rick even loaned Jeff a guitar once.
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I Don't think this song is any different than "Is this Love", which was released in 1987, by Whitesnake. That song was a huge hit for them and only enhanced their image.
The only difference was the timing.
It was chic to have a power ballad in 1987.
It wasn't in 1991 when "Can't stop falling" was essentially released.
Grunge is what killed Cheap Trick as it did to every other band of that genre
First of all cheap trick was not hair metal ala whie-snake. they were on a recrd label hat did'nt understand them and pused them in a direction they did not want to go.
Cheap trick started out as a grungy power pop band. what epic turned them into was so far removed to what they really were makes pluto seem close. power ballads sucked back then and they still suck now
Furthermore , Whitesnake didn't start out as a Hair Metal band either. see "Saints and Sinners" and "Trouble" ...great albums akin to Deep Purple and early RJD Rainbow.
Did anybody notice Bun is playing lefty on this song!
speedynkc 1 year ago
for once u all wear a suit lol super sexy!!
BEAUTIFULGRACIE775 1 year ago
Robin Zander has superhuman lead vocals!
brugglesby 2 years ago
I love this song so much!! can't stop listening to this song since I first heard it in the eighties!
juplacen 2 years ago
oy vie !
adamantzzzz 2 years ago
I WAS WEARIN A CHEAP TRICK SHIRT TODAY IN SCHOOL, AND I DIDNT EVEN KNOW UNTIL MY FRIEND TOLD ME. iM SO IN LOVE WITH HIM. HES FUKIN AWSOME!!!!
trebeltrasher 2 years ago
la cancion es de lo mejor en lo particular el grupo me encanta el video no esta tan mal
moranesis2 2 years ago
o i love this one too!
LaeshaStevia 3 years ago
not bad
michaeljacksonskil 2 years ago
This video and the One on One and The Doctor albums were my first exposure to Cheap Trick and I loved them ever since :)
I always thought Bun E. Carlos looked really bored in this video.
zmbdog 3 years ago 2
He hated the song
kevinocooldaddy 3 years ago
Does somebody could give me the address of his hairdresser ? Cool brush
michaeljacksonskil 2 years ago
this is like the only video i've seen tom using the hamer thunderbird
CheapTrick94 3 years ago
this is a great song
Inyaa 3 years ago
This song makes me think of Jello
cody1982 3 years ago 2
The was the absolutelow point fr Cheap Trick. Thy finally clawed their way back to the lime light and they drop the turd. If Epic had any sense back then, and they didn't, they should have just let these guys make the kind of record that got them where they were in the first place, power pop with a nice punkish edge. This is just bland with insipid lyrics, makes me cringe. Aliens kidnapped te real Cheap Trick and brought them back in 97 and they have been back to normal ever since
kevinocooldaddy 3 years ago
Give 'em a break. They were considered washed-up has-beens at this point. They had to sell-out a little or their careers were over. The same thing happened with Aerosmith, Heart and a few others around the time.
zmbdog 3 years ago 2
Huh? This is the follow up to an album that had a 3 hit songs (Two top ten hits one top 40) that went multi-platinum. I hardly call that washed up. Aerosmith took their foot in the door album and blew it off the hinges with Pump. This is the last cd where cheap trick had the full attention of radio and mtv and they come out with this. This was their chance to show everyone what they really could do and what they were all about. At this point they were anything but washed up.
kevinocooldaddy 3 years ago 2
This is the song that I like the most in whole wide world.
galindes 3 years ago 2
Great song man !
ausbigbanga 3 years ago
I'm glad Rebel FM played it yesterday, I hadn't heard it for years. Thanks for posting :)
edak24 3 years ago
I remember this song very well. I used to have it on tape.
LoverswithCassie 3 years ago
well, that's a really good story there...."danic95", but Cheap Trick isn't hair metal...
danmilam11 3 years ago 2
I love "hair metal". I was known as hard rock when I got into it as a twelve year old in 88. I spent my formative years as a drummer learning these songs. I've done everything from big band swing to death metal, and at the end of the day nothing sounds better to me than anything rock from 86-90.. I love this song by the way. Remindes me of 8th grade, before school. MTV.
danlc95 3 years ago
love the retro checker cab in this video. :) still got this on vhs from 1990 - thanks for posting!
atwater8991 3 years ago 3
I love the cab also! They are all gone in NYC.
2008ljr 2 years ago
this wa sone of thie last good hits. but woke up with a monster was a good album too
pauleyh 3 years ago
One of their best singles. And one of their most overlooked.
Anyone who thinks this was sell-out hair metal should listen to their early ballads. This isn't all that different from "Voices" from 1979 or "If You Want My Love" from 1982 (the latter of which was actually one of the earliest examples of an 80s power ballad).
DaysOfBrokenArrows 3 years ago 2
silly people:))its a great group and a great song!!!!!!!!
arne966 3 years ago
I agree.
mlmr11 3 years ago
They were never hair metal, not even close. They were and are a power pop band with an edge, similar to the Who How you get hair metal out of them is beyond me? Robin had some moused up hair, but that is about it. So did Tommy Stinson in the Replacements, but i would not call them a hair metal band. Same can be said for the Church, U2, INXS, not hair metal eith8er, buut had some big hair.
kevinocooldaddy 3 years ago 5
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It sounds like you're in denial.
mlmr11 3 years ago
Ha.
What in the world makes you think they were hair metal?
Just curious what do you listen to now?
kevinocooldaddy 3 years ago 6
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Look .
I'm not saying they were exclusively a hair metal band.
They had a couple of songs that put them into that category by default in the late 80's.
I don't know why you're creating a pissing contest out of this because it is what it is and I do love this band!
Today I still listen to the band that's been my favorite band for most of my life which is Yes.
mlmr11 3 years ago
Sorry, not getting into a pissing contest. But you said they turned into a hair band after 81, now you are saying some songs put them in their by default. Was I Can't Take It hair metal? Tonight It's You, hair metal? If You Want My Love, hair metal? Never Had a Lot To lose, hair metal? Let Go, I Want You, You Talk Too Much, YOYOY?No.Go back and listen to what was considered hair metal then listen to Trick and tell me that they were hair metal. They are a power pop band in the vein of The Who.
kevinocooldaddy 3 years ago 8
I think you're confusing the music with a look.
Warrant had a song called Uncle Toms Cabin.
Great song from a Hair Band.
Cheap Trick did the "Hair" thing dude
It doesn't make them a bad band.
Cheap Trick was a great band.
Van Halen did the "Hair" thing and they were a great band
Those guys , like it or not, are considered Hair Bands because they're from the era of the "Hair" .
Incidentally I don't subscribe to the labels anyway. If it's a great song I don't care if Barry Manilow sang it!
mlmr11 3 years ago
Uh, no. They are definitely NOT a hair band. Those group types, while great, all had the same cookie-cutter style hair and attire: Motley Crue, Warrant, Ratt, Slaughter, Cinderella, etc. You could almost mix those groups together without knowing the difference. If you ever have to question whether a band was a hair band or not, then they probably weren't. Cheap Trick doesn't fit the term.
RomMechEng 3 years ago 3
@kevinocooldaddy due... "In the vein of The Who"!?! There is not 2 molecules of Cheap Trick and The Who music that overlap. You are right about them not being hair metal, but any comparison to The Who puts you squarely on meth.
jasperbluto 1 year ago
@jasperbluto Ok, go listen to High Roller, Stiff Competition, Hard To Tell (they use the outro of 5:15), You Talk To Much, Sick Man of Europe, the skittering keyboards on Surrender, Looking Out For # One. Dude you know nothing about Trick with that statment...
kevinocooldaddy 1 year ago
AMO ESTE TEMA!
inxsargentina 3 years ago
I love this song! :D
Sebbur 3 years ago
the best!
icecube43 3 years ago
I love this video and this song. The guys look really hot in this song. But then they always do.
Cowboysfan40 3 years ago
Great song! I forgot their was a vid for this song. ^_^
fleetwoodtrick 3 years ago
Sigh I love this song. So many memories
ColleenIha 3 years ago
his "yea-a-a-h!!!" is cool.
mukkey 3 years ago
One of my favourite songs from the early 90's!
NENFAS 4 years ago
"busted", "lap of luxury" and "woke up with a monster"are my faves.i'll never play"the doctor" again.
mignonhenne 4 years ago
Happy Birthday to you, Robin! Have a great day! Your fan from Japan. 23rd January, 2008
ericmiwako 4 years ago
Definately one of the best power ballads from the early 90's. Great singer!
torso75 4 years ago
I think I am in the minority, but I think Busted is a great album. Much better than Lap Of Luxury.
Rhodesia32 4 years ago
To: Rhodesia32
I think "Busted" is a great album too. I bought this album first as it included "If You Need Me" and "Can't Stop Falling Into Love", and it was a nice surprise as I liked all the songs in this album.
ericmiwako 4 years ago
Who kidnapped Cheap Trick in 1990? This must be robots programmed to act like Cheap Trick. Thank God they are not making dreck like this anymore....
kevinocooldaddy 4 years ago
one of the best Cheap trick songs in my opinion
aservat62 4 years ago
Bun E. bears an uncanny resemblance to david crosby here IMHO.
jimzvid 4 years ago
Story goes that the band didn't want to record this song because they didn't write it. But...under contract they had to and they swore to do only one take for the record album (which was all it took). Turned out to be one of their biggest hits!
hardrockguy 4 years ago
uh, you are thinking of the Flame, they wrote this song.
The story behind this song was that Rod Stewart wanted it, so they said take it, but Epic stepped in and said nope, we would rather Cheap Trick do this song and completely ruin their image as a rock band, and that is the how it all went down
kevinocooldaddy 3 years ago
Yeah, they wrote it for Rod Stewart. Wasn't the firs time Trick wrote for other people. They wrote "Take Me I'm Yours" for him also back in '80. Rick had the "inside" to Rod as he knew Jeff Beck. Jeff is one of Rick's favorite guitarists and Rick used to go see him EVERY time he did a state side tour in the late 60's early 70's...
Legend has it that Rick even loaned Jeff a guitar once.
TrickyTolles64 3 years ago
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I Don't think this song is any different than "Is this Love", which was released in 1987, by Whitesnake. That song was a huge hit for them and only enhanced their image.
The only difference was the timing.
It was chic to have a power ballad in 1987.
It wasn't in 1991 when "Can't stop falling" was essentially released.
Grunge is what killed Cheap Trick as it did to every other band of that genre
mlmr11 3 years ago
First of all cheap trick was not hair metal ala whie-snake. they were on a recrd label hat did'nt understand them and pused them in a direction they did not want to go.
Cheap trick started out as a grungy power pop band. what epic turned them into was so far removed to what they really were makes pluto seem close. power ballads sucked back then and they still suck now
kevinocooldaddy 3 years ago 5
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You just contradicted yourself in one sentence.
What Epic turned them into is debatable, speculation and ultimately unprovable.
What they were on the surface is provable.
They were one of the greatest rock and roll bands between 76 and 81.
They were a Hair Metal band thereafter.
Who did it to them is mute
The four members were ultimately responsible.
Incidentally I like all incarnations of Cheap Trick.
mlmr11 3 years ago
Furthermore , Whitesnake didn't start out as a Hair Metal band either. see "Saints and Sinners" and "Trouble" ...great albums akin to Deep Purple and early RJD Rainbow.
mlmr11 3 years ago
One of my favorite songs from the Busted album. Thanks for posting the video.
Cowboysfan40 4 years ago