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  • I agree they were one of the most under rated bands of all time. I'd neber heard of them and went to a party and thry were playing their music and I asked who they were and have LOVED them and their music ever since. I'm 52 now and still rock out to TESLA!!!

  • yeah bring back hair music!!!!

  • saw the scorpions open for tesla a few yrs back in detroit and they were both AWESOME!!!

  • the most under rated band of all time

    

  • These guys kick so much rock and roll ass. Love'em. \m/ \m/

  • I grew up in sac, watched these kids play in local bars as the City kids. auburn and garfield i think was a popular bar back in the day.. i haven't been to sac in over 20 years so i might have streets wrong.lol

  • Saw these guys in Vegas for their acoustic show 1/7/2012...amazing show, but they didn't play this....depressed the hell out of me!

  • SWEEEEEEET!!!!

  • Tommy Skeoch and Frank Hannon are underrated guitarists.

  • wow brings back memories im so glad i grew up in the 80's what a hell of a time what i remember lol

  • @tater902 it was a blast

  • I never grouped Tesla in with the hair/pop/glam metal bands of the era...some of which were good and many were just pop bands in disguise.

  • i still got one of those plasma lightning things...wtf?

  • Awesome!

  • Never saw these guys , Grew up with them.Have seen some fantastic bands. Floyd in 94, Top, Black Sabbath, DIO, AC/DC,Iron Maden,Tom Petty , just to name a few. Would love to see them do the East Coast

  • no need for the echo mic... dude has an awesome voice. it's too bad a lot of these bands got caught up in the times of 80's hair bands, because many were VERY talented but the whole genre is pretty much laughed at these days.

  • @twoshady518 laughed at by who? you? laugh away. 25 yrs...still rocking. the joke's on you. eminem and sh6t like that will truly be ridiculed in 20 years. watch and learn.

  • saw this cats at rockfest get better every time

  • Song and Emotion was for "Steamin" Steve Clark! RIP BRO. Miss you!

  • FRANKIE

  • @datinsky69 You go listen to Hang Tough or Song and Emotion and tell me thats a standard sound Fuck that, Jeffs voice is the best in rock.and Franks guitar is one of a kind.

  • @SIEDYL Man, I totally agree with you. How could anyone think differently?

  • fuck yeah i havent heard this song in years but it was stuck in my head for some reason. must be a great song.

  • 0 dislikes. thats wassup.

  • Im 39 now and my parents took me to this concert with Great White when I was a kid and IT WAS AWESOME. Wish i could go back to those days.

  • My fav. Tesla song. Fortunate to see them twice!

  • man put in a time machine and take me back to the tour where these guys opened for Def Leppard.to be honest i wanted to see Tesla even more than Def. awesome live band.a old lover of metal and will be until i leave this earth.

  • sept 6 2011: 500 likes to 0 dislikes! ... holy cow!

  • This singer has one of the best Rock & Roll voices ever. Tesla was one of the few bands to emerge from the '80's Metal scene who truly had soul and talent. I'm glad to hear they're still doing it after all these years.

    By the way, I learned only yesterday that this song was originally done by a group called PhD in 1981. I prefer Tesla's version WAAAAAAYY more.

  • Fine collection of mullets!

  • Tesla is just a great band whose music appealed to the everyman. There has never been any fluff with them, just pure rock and roll. If I might add, they are by far one of the best live bands to ever hit the stage. I first saw them at the Texxas Jam in '87, where they proved they belonged on that bill. Great song, awesome band.

  • @iago1616 amazing band

  • @iago1616 I saw them in 1989 w/Badlands What a great fucking concert!!

  • .pure 80's rock.. tight jeans, leather jackets, white sneaks, and high hair lol.. 80'S RULE

  • @moviebuff383 Hell yeah I miss the 80s, life was easy then.

  • :)

    

  • 404 LIKES & 0 DISLIKES AWESOME!

  • @BILLYBLAZES247 406!!! :D

  • @BILLYBLAZES247 Impossible to dislike the brilliance that is Tesla!!! Get the new album tomorrow!!!

  • And the music makes her feel soooo hot!!!!

  • goin' to california with an achin' in my heart...

  • Little Suzie used to be my girlfriend.

  • I had the same leather Jacket Jeff Keith is wearing a Wilson with no tight grab around the waist or wrists They 99 bucks at the wilson leather jacket store in every mall good times !!!

  • "And the music makes her feel

    so

    hot..."

  • Wow I just listened to the original by PHD man was that bad, im surprised tesla even wanted to cover it as bad as it was, they took a crap song from the band that wrote it and made it a hit.

  • @borumir it takes a certain talent to be able to hear a song badly done and know it has real potential.

  • @evol1349 Only known for love song? what planet you live opn, Tsla had abunch of hits, just about every single they released charted, Modern day Cowboy? Signs? Heavens Trail? What you give? Comin atcha live? and of course lets not forget the song you commented on Little Suzi, just to name a few, Tesla was a hit making machine in the 80's, just because DJs dont play them anymore doesnt mean they didnt have a bunch of hits, How many of motley crue or even Black Sabbath songs still get radio play?

  • @borumir preach on. Tesla never gets enough air play. which i find shocking since all of their songs are so much better than most of the 80's hair metal douche bags.

  • I think I finally figured out who invented skinny jeans! haha Great group, great song!

  • @qwertydorknut5 there was a certain standard uniform for most heavy metal bands. In Hollywood there was a clothing industry set up to supply both the bands and the fans. Also you could not be the least bit overweight and be in a band with the exception of the drummer back then.

  • @john91722 That explains why I play drums! haha

  • why does tesla not have millions of hits?..sigh..such an epic band..and their only known for love song..

  • Does anybody know if there was a rift between Tommy and Frank? Tommy is a good guitar player, yet this is only 1 of 2 songs that I knew Tommy to do any of the guitar solos in, the other being Edison's Medicine.

  • @walktrotcanter01 Shared lead duties on Makin' Magic, Cumin atcha Live, Modern Day Cowboy, Paradise. Played solos on Lazy Days/Crazy Nights, Lady Luck, Flight To Nowhere, Ez Cum Ez Go, Signs, these are just off the top of my head. Seems Frank probably did 60% or so of the solos. Both had contrasting styles which brought more to the songs.

  • Yours is the best channel I've found on You Tube. My copy of this CD is shot to hell.

  • awesome band! great guitar player and drumer

  • They just don't this kind of rock n' roll anymore. Pity!

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  • @AgentCROCODILE True but to me Zakk Wylde over does them. They are cool in an every once in a while.

  • @zangazoo2007 SURE THEY DO...ONLY IT'S COMMIN FROM FINLAND!!!!!!!!!!!...LOL...

  • @jkgeiger1 The only real band here in the states that actually play real rock n roll would be Halestorm. I'm talking new bands not the old vets (like Maiden).

  • Hard to believe this is a cover song.

  • I've been looking for this intro. Just beautiful-reminds me of the hills around my home.

  • tesla is a great band and make amazing music,

    but this has to be the worst tesla song ever

  • They opened for Def Leppard at the first rock concert I ever saw back in 1987. They blew Def Leppard away and I have been a fan ever since. I don't think I could've made it through my teenage years without Tesla's first two albums. They kept me going when things were down and made me happier when times were good. A positive influence on me musically. My pick for best rock band ever.

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  • @ADLNC73

    Quote: "They opened for Def Leppard at the first rock concert I ever saw back in 1987. They blew Def Leppard away and I have been a fan ever since."

    I saw Def Lepp several times in their prime, and I guarantee that NO band ever "blew them away." I loved Tesla back in the day (particularly their first 4 albums), but Def Lepp in their prime were kings of the melodic hard rock genre.

    Quote: "My pick for best rock band ever."

    No offense, but aren't you getting a little carried away?

  • @Ken5244 Oh no. Just my pick. I liked Def Leppard a lot too. I just liked Tesla a lot more. To each their own I suppose.

  • @ADLNC73

    Fair enough. Like you say, to each his own.

    I'll still respectfully be skeptical that Tesla "blew away" Def Lepp, but I probably wasn't at the show you were at. Maybe Lepp had an off night or something (it happens to the best of 'em). Or maybe you're just a HUGE Tesla fan!

    Peace

  • @Ken5244 Gotta tell ya, Ken, I never could abide DL. I saw what was probably the same tour, and definitely thought Tesla was much better. Free tix, and Tesla drew me...But damn, were the chicks HOT for DL! To this day, though, I want to gag as soon as I hear an opening lick for a DL tune...

  • @scitzz

    That's fine, of course. It's hard to argue with a subjective opinion. :-)

    Tesla was more gritty & less polished than Def Lepp, so people who are more drawn to the former would naturally prefer Tesla over Lepp. But Lepp ALWAYS put on an amazing show with polish and intensity, and "blowing them away" would be nearly impossible IMHO unless the person just couldn't stand Lepp in the first place (which I guess you didn't).  All artists agree it's impossible to please everybody. :-)

  • wow, first time hearing this song, really loving it

  • Wish they wouldn't always skip that full acoustic intro when they play this live. That's one of my favorite parts of this song.

  • One of the best live shows to be seen. And always so positive in a non-cheezy way. Love these guys!

  • One of the classic hard rock tracks!

  • Great intro to a great song.

  • I didn't know this was a cover...I love this version better, check out Phd for the origional, WOW what a difference!! TESLA ROCKS!!!!

  • @MrSharky1969 Yeah Tesla's is WAAAAAAYYYY better.

  • Great band !!! I love their Reel to Real cd's.

  • they were never huge...why i dont know.... they were a great band.

  • They were so ghetto metal when they came onto the scene...but they have lived the longest. Thank you Tesla!

  • One of the FUNNIEST things I have EVER seen was Tesla having to walk through the crowd at the Orpheum in Boston...and then put on an ASS KICKING show.

  • It funny how tight jeans and high ps tennis shoes are back in.

  • best song tesla sings.jeff and the boys still got it

  • one of my favorite songs by tesa .is litte suzie.Jeff........you guys still got it keep it up. see you in reno

  • Great memories with these guys Jammin away..Hair band my ASS...Just pure...rock...and...rollers

  • @miketm61 yeah, hair rollers.

  • bellissimoooooo.......

  • These guys always rocked!!!

  • AWESOME BAND I JUST GOT A HEAD RUSH !

  • Awesome song, awesome mullets...!

  • Great song, great band who are still making great albums and sounding great live Long may it continue!

  • tesla rocks

  • Man I miss this music . Seen them at Texas jam in the 80's. They were kick ass then and still are today. Miss those Texas jam day's.

  • Love Tesla, u guys are awesome!!!

  • The intro sounds out of this world amazing.

  • Who did the original version of this song?

  • @benlevine68

    As far as I know this is not a cover. Tesla wrote this song.

  • @bruceleroy14

    Sorry ...but they did not write this one !!! Cool tune though !!

    They also did not write "Signs"

    But they are the best band to come out of Sacto. CA

  • @bruceleroy14 Lol they WISH they wrote it. It was written by Jim Diamond when he was with the group Ph.D. And the original is far superior. But this is a good version all the same.

  • @benlevine68 The original song is by the British band PhD. Their video for "Little Susies's on the Up" was the fifth video shown on MTV's first broadcast day. Tesla made this song a classic and for me it really doesn't make any difference that they didn't write it.

  • @benlevine68 Jim Diamond did, with the group Ph.D

  • used to see these guys jam in nor cal when they were citykid,,,,good times,,,good jams!!!

  • this is prime tesla, love it since it was brand new.

  • Tesla, THE MOST UNDER RATED BAND OF THEIR TIME! Especially Live!

    Anyone who saw them knew they kicked the ass of who ever else was on the bill!

  • @717mienbao I can't agree more loved them since 86 ! They were some of the music that got me through Desert Storm

  • he should join Aerosmith. Looks like Steven Tyler and sings somewhat like him.

  • High adrenaline, pump-up tune!

  • Great Song

  • What the hell are the guys talkin about. ? Nikola Tesla invented the scientific property of Mechanical Resonance among other highly advanced individuals. I cant see how

    anyone can really determine the truth from the past unless they were there.

  • @MrSmokeydog If I remember correctly Tesla was a coach they had in high school. Not positive...but I think it's correct:)

  • @SugarBear0199 You are joking right Sugar Bear ?. Lynyrd Skynrd was named

    after their high school coach a red neck named Leonard Skinner who hated their

    long hair and gave them a hard time in high school. Nikola Tesla was an inventor

    and scientist.

  • @MrSmokeydog - yeah I know who Nikola Tesla is...sorry if I was wrong...don't get your panties in a bunch over it...

  • Another good one!!

  • I dont care if tesla made earthquakes he didnt make this song. stfu!

  • Tesla rocks just as hard to day as they did 24 years ago!!I will never miss a Tesla show when they are in my area!!!

  • This song is sick!

  • I got laid so many times to this album back in the 80's it's sick

  • i luv the intro

  • Is this really the original version, or is this just fake? Because I don't think they'd show the same shot for the whole intro.

  • Tesla made earthquakes in 1899.

    September 3rd, 1899

    September 6th, 1899

    September 9th, 1899

    "If you only knew the magnificence of the three, the six and the nine... then you would have a key to the universe."

    -Nikola Tesla

    (after making earthquakes)

  • @YOURPENGUY ok put the pipe down.

  • @youreconfused CLEAN AND SOBER. Nikola Tesla caused the September 1899 Cape Yakataga and Yakutat Bay earthquakes from Colorado Springs. My Grandpa had top security badge at Robert J. Oppenheimer Labs and he read the file. I am not wrong.

    September 3, 1899

    September 6, 1899

    September 9, 1899

    "If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 & 9;

    then you would have a key to the universe."

    -Nikola Tesla

    (after causing three earthquakes)

    I AM NOT WRONG.

  • @youreconfused I talked to lead Tesla biographer Marc J. Seifer PHD a few weeks back on the phone and he said and I quote, "SHUT THE HELL UP! IT IS A WEAPON! WHO THE HELL TOLD YOU? WHY ARE YOU TELLING EVERYONE? DO YOU WANT ANOTHER HAITI?"

    Tesla himself said first that the magnificence of the 3, 6 & 9 is the key to the universe... Tesla made earthquakes on September 3, 6 & 9 of 1899.

    I win eternal... like Nikola Tesla wins eternal.

  • @YOURPENGUY what a couple of trolls lol. do you normally believe every scifi movie or story you read? i talked to marc j seifer also. he told me he never spoke with you. are you the guy who attends the star trek conventions in uniform? blahahahhahahahaha

  • Man I miss the rock bands of the 80's and early 90's. We just dont get good rock and roll like this anymore:( Thanks for posting!!

  • the best .

  • excelente banda, temazo...

  • son excelentes estos tipos, y a la ves muy desvalorados

  • this use to be my favorite song but i listened to it to many times because its was so great and its been a while now and its one of my favorites...(i figured out the acoustic guitar chords after the awesome intro) 5 stars *****

  • Fucking awsome!

  • There's a version of this video that may never be seen. Features some model that was hired to play the part of Suzie, but according to Jeff Keith she was a total Diva/drama queen on the set so they cut out all of her parts from the released video. Too bad, I'd like to see it some day.

  • wish they would have made a song out of that beautiful intro... still a 5 though

  • they did

  • Excellent 5 Stars

  • seen them on cid they rock!!

  • Would like to see these guys live!

  • Saw him last year in Daytona and his voice was fried.  They used to be great but after all thes years, expecting him to hit the notes still is a stretch.

  • i've seen these guys 3 times in the last 6 yrs!!  KILLER every time!!

  • Who kows great music but those who were there at their inception and original release?? Yeah, punks!

  • conception !

  • And too this day they are still great live!!!!!!!

  • tesla is one of my favorite hair metal bands this song rock

  • Though it's a take off on Zeppelin's Gallow's Pole, still love it

  • one of the best intro's ever..Tesla kicks ass!!!!

  • such a good song:)

  • This is a truly great song indeed!

  • Combine this with the intro of Love Song, u got a great wedding intro

  • Very uncool comment. Funny, but very uncool. Ha!

  • @NORRIN68 First song i learned was love song, such a great song to play

  • Well yea. lol

  • I remember the first time I was in a strip joint and this hot blonde danced to this for her finale. I said "Hi Suzie" she almost dropped and said "How did you know my name?" DUUHHHH LOL Great song

  • strippers are smart. they're only doing that to make money for college lol

  • LMAO!!!

  • AWESOME !

  • Tesla...AKA City Kidd...the best band to ever come out of........Sactown.....

    2nd best was Steelbreeze ....???

    CP Krunt was damn good as well

    RIP Greg Adams ..... a great lead guitar player out of Fairfield CA .....any one on YT remember him ????

  • just seen them at penns peak, PA they were pretty bad ass :)

  • 3:03 to 3:12 just fuking rocks...Oh the 80's RULE...

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  • the beginning is beautiful, and although this is a remake tesla did this song so much better than PhD. did. they have the prettiest intros.

  • tesla has the best intros

  • awsome thanx MAN

  • Great song. Who did the original version?

  • Lol, Tesla IS the original, dickwad

  • It's a COVER version that Tesla did... FOOL. They didn't write it.

  • You've been PROVEN to be an idiot.

  • Thanks for keeping the intro

  • Awesome I LOVE Tesla! It was great to hear this again! Thanks for sharing. The video rocks, and so do you my friend!!