RED RIDER - Light In The Tunnel/Human Race

[TheGeoffTomkinson]

lol 80's vids love red rider tho thanks awesome vid

[Sunshine1965izhere]

One of their best songs...thanks for posting. :-) The sound on this is crystal clear.Nice work!

[1misanthropist]

I didn't know Dennis Leary moonlighted as a singer. hahaha

[helvet666]

i love the intro for this song. I listen to it on record all the time

[thejahoflife]

CANADA!!!!!! Rock

[badshans]

YES.

[Mr3Submarine]

Classic!

[MoJoRod30]

The best Canadian band ever!

[themadbea]

i love the guitar playing in this tune by red rider and tom.

Very powerful meaning lyrics and excellent playing.

right on thanks foR adding this music vid.

I'M ONLY 14 YEARS OLD AND MY DADDY TOLD ME THE BEST CAME FROM THE 80'S....

[Xariama]

@themadbea Considering the deluge of crap music being released right now that you hear on the radio, your dad is spot on.

[louiseblk]

thank you thank you -- i've been looking for this song for a long long time!! i couldn't remember the name - thanks again !!

[muzzledox1]

Love that bass line, great use of a steel guitar( kenny was the best)..... I used to have this LP, and now I'm sorry I got rid of it...... can't find it anywhere now.

[happygoducky78]

wow he looks great here ;) i can not beliee how long ago that was :)

[scorpion19142001]

WOW - WOW, Man that brings back memories. The energy that man (TOM) and that group (RED RIDER) could play, 18years ago WOW. AS Tom is a year or two older then me. I wish that we could re- catch the wind and go for the ride again. It's what I call good clean rock.

Larry - Vancouver

[ericou812]

i have this on CD,but cant remember name of album,im not sure where the CD is

[tbearish]

kick ass band! Pity any one who hasn't experienced the boys from Canada! The bass player is killer in this!

[Kotyk]

Classic! knock me down but i got back up and i got myself back in the race again!

[olofpalme63]

"might be a brave new world but its really not my home"

[gangsteroflove05]

music flows through me,lyrics rush through my mind,gotta have this song in ya for the rest of your life.........peace.....

[gangsteroflove05]

brings back the good ole days!!!!!!!!!!

[EntrappedStarr]

this was basically when marijuana was still legal everywhere ;) or i bet all bands like this would be in jail

[kenzimbleman]

this is a great track that no one realy knows about these days...it's a goodie.

[kenzimbleman]

I miss MTV, when MTV was.. well....MTV.

[driverjeff88]

Their music was used in a lot of the 80's movies. Especially the ski movies! Gnarly!!!

[qdrone]

Red Rider one of the best kept secrets in the 80's. Their first two albums were bona fide.

[starkweather444]

One of the best songs of the 80s.

[hha6]

thanks for the post -- best version outta of all of'em

[tbearish]

love you guys! Canada imported! wish you were still producing! Neruda was great!

[foxyroxytm]

This song is so badass, love it!

[unstabledavid]

tom cochrane...jesus how many perfect albums this guy have? /canadian LEGEND ...ive sen him well over a dozen times now ....lousy video for a album i will play forever

[tbearish]

Beautiful, and underrated! I always knew Canada was great! Theseguys proveit! Oh Canada! Oh Redrider!

[MsScrabblemonster]

Awesome

[IamDayoldHate]

holy fuck! I have been searching for this badass song for fucking years!!! wooo God bless Canadians!

[Kenebutch]

Great Bass! Great Song!

[frannyde]

Oh Man.... I always really loved their music!!! One of the BEST 80's bands.

[atomlab24]

real music

[bradchaz]

Classic Rock: Real music...for real people.

[ultramanhayata1]

EXCELLENT!!! This reminds me of the first weekend we had MTV!!! Love the eerie keyboard intro(Reminds me of Halloween!!)!! When Tom Cochrane had a hit with "Life Is A Highway" in 1992, it made reminisce for this and "Lunatic Fringe"!! Kurdtss, YOU ROCK!!!

[TwitTwooFilmsUK]

Oh yeah forgot to say

Red Rider for me were like a new romantic Pink Floyd if that makes any sense but i actually think they were better than Floyd

[tubellarbells]

Extraordinary song !!!! First time I hear thr whole intro LOL. I wonder what they're doing now. Gotta find out right now.Anybody has a live version of HR?

[fudgefucker666]

As far as siam and Neruda kick fuckin ass. I wish these guys would have made more albums like that. These guys were severely overlooked. They could have been Pink Floyd big if they would have kept it up.

[Killjoy3990]

hey at 0:58 is that spadina station?

[highoctane156]

dundas station

[mktoronto]

@Killjoy3990 Yes it is. And the train pulls into Yorkdale.

[adkpeakboy]

Thanks for posting. Everytime I hear Red Rider, I think of the glory days of MTV...coming home from high school, grabbing a glass of milk & turning on the MTV to see videos such as this. Long ago, but still close to memory in the brain.

MTV was once great - now, a sham.

[smithersandburns]

@adkpeakboy You used to party with milk back in the 80s huh. Good times.

J/k, j/k, I completely agree with what you're saying.

[crackparty]

@adkpeakboy How many MTV channels do you have in the states now? we have about 6 much music channels up here in canada, they are all garbage now too except much retro.

[okcomputer1016]

@adkpeakboy lol what the fuck did milk have to do with this

[TrainmasterCurt]

@adkpeakboy I do agree, as was Much Music, the only good channel is Much Retro

[1Bearish]

Gotta love Ken Greer - Canada's David Gilmour. That pedal steel stuff is just fantastic around 1:10.

[randythejunkie]

best concert at the jub 1985 in edmonton ab. randythejunkie

[tartarsauce055]

something about the way he sings just gets me so.....aaaahhhhhh...his voice is so omg.

[atrickpay11]

Tom kicks balls! Man this guy has written a lot of good songs...

[jonnyI3]

love that intro

[WildBill6942]

A Red Rider tune that often gets forgotten. I remember when they used to play this on the radio back in '83. Excellent song!

Did the cameraman have a crush on the drummer? lol

[jkappianaq]

@WildBill6942 See that woman at 2:37...maybe she's a camerawoman?..lol

[466scj]

@WildBill6942 ..never noticed but i think youre right!

[metromfg]

excelent song !!

brings back great memories

I really love this song wish I could have seen them live.

[NeverMind0133]

Wait...this isn't the video I remember...

The one I saw was on an old Laserdisc called Picture Music...I was disappointed to see this version of the video instead when I searched for it years later.

The drummer, for some reason, dominated the camera for most of the second half of the video. Weird.

[MetallicBill]

@NeverMind0133 Another Laserdisc of music promos? I rarely find good ones, and I've collected a few, even got Charlie Daniels live on LD!

[maharajwayne]

Agree 100% !!!!!!!

[megawatt11]

one of those songs that i had just forgotten about. red rider --lunatic fringe and power (strength in numbers) are the two i recall most. in fact searched power and stumbled across human race --great song.

[Superstryker63]

THANX 4 THE POST!!!!!

[brunogogo]

good song but this is the worst cameraman of the world , i think

[scottsexton9]

haha i just found out thats my dad on keyboards

[hockeymaniac95]

lol my dad is the drummer

[stewartk77]

your dads the drummer, and my dad is the singer

[MatthewFive14thru16]

That just Rocks

[MiddletownDreamz]

Great tune and lyrics

[moondown1234]

another great video, great song, so proud of you Tom..

[EyeOnVictoria]

Could have been one of Canada's greatest all time bands had Tom Cochrane not gone solo. The great music didn't follow him.

Ken Greer's guitar and Tom Cochrane's poetry were an amazing mix.

[riderfanszmul]

Regardless they are one of the greatest bands in canadas history. they have sooo many great songs and he has sooo many great solo songs too. i put them up with tragically hip and guess who any day

[WARD5KUSTOMZ]

this song sums me up. i got knocked down but i got back up and got stronger

[my80s456]

Thanks,does bring back memories. A great Video and band. YOU ROCK RED RIDER.

[milw189]

OMG!!! Now THIS takes me back!! Been looking for this for YEARS now! THanks for posting!

[WARD5KUSTOMZ]

great song

[Nexus974]

Love the bass line...

deep and rich.

[RomaRi914]

great song! should be inspiration for all going through challenges. knock me down but i'll get myself back up and i'll get myself back in the race again. pedal steel guitar's awesome

[dirtyratmiller]

Oh pplease oh pplease oh po-lease ppost "Power"-pplease?

[nefertmu69]

simple chords say so much

[MPTHEBRO]

Knocked me down but I got back up and I got myself back in the race again..

Knock me down and I'll get back up and I'll get myself back in the race again....

[Spackler80]

I wish Tom would get back to rockin' instead of the folk music he puts out now.

[MeAndMyRC]

Didn't know he did that now, hmm

[cochranexyz]

One of the best albums ever made by anyone. I wrote this before on this post, but I just have to say it again on this Friday morning at work when I should be working....

[Volcanoran3]

It's been seven years since I heard this song! This brings back some memories.

[unstabledavid]

poetry put to music this song in particular helped me through an ugly ugly time

[midnightdream23]

This is such a brilliant song from them! I saw them live just this February in Ottawa - BRILLIANT to see live! ♥

[Dayv1110]

I have never heard this song. It is great. I like it a lot! Thanks for putting this up here to be re-discovered and discovered for the first time but many like me.

[gaae2000]

i call the 80s the BigBang theory...music developed after decades and ended in the 80s, thats it there is no more.

[mique8]

I agree with you. Even though I was still young in the 90s, I started being disconnected from the current music of the time. Couldn't relate to grunge, rap and the new dance music...

[carmway]

gaee 2000 you are so right, the 80,s was the last decade of great music. I believe you can tell a good decade of music by how many one hit wonders there are. And there has not been many one hit wonders since the 80's, just people taking the music and calling it their own.

[breakrock]

Classic from the 80s...outstanding Canadian Band! Rock on.

[gunchernal]

I have the Neruda cd. It was a hard one to find, if I remember where I found it you'll be the first to know

[bucky468]

@gunchernal Don't have to look any further now b/c it's at iTunes. They added it last month. Walmart has it too.

[MetallicBill]

@bucky468 I've owned the LP for ages, it was out on Capitol records, which I recently read is the USA branch of EMI, who handled Pink Floyd up to Dark Side, when they opted to sign to Columbia

[ViciousWieners]

Thanks for posting this video! This song has haunted me for 25 years. I saw it several times on MTV back in 1983 and then it faded away, outshined undeservedly by "Lunatic Fringe". It's great to hear it again after so long. All I've had to remind me of it since '83 is Tom's reference to it in the lyrics to "Life Is a Highway".

[connertown]

never thought i would hear that song again. can't find "Neruda" album easily, and not for cheap. not on Rhapsody either. Love the song, but forgot how bad the video was.

[wolfgar2]

Great song but some questionable camera work of the band playing together. It held a long time on the drummer and then to the bassist and missed Tom singing the chorus. Ahh, the innocent days before slick video production. Kind of refreshing, actually.

[aswightman]

haha Tom Petty doesn't even touch Tom Cochrane

[RetroCanuckJunkie]

What a bass line at 1:44! :) I'm so proud of the musical talent in Canada!!!!

[tmillsaps]

Toronto

[straygypsy]

What city was this video filmed in?

[Herogue]

Awesome song

[krazykritik]

used to book these fellows for concerts..every year at our college in Northern Ontario..they were an awesome bunch of guys and always put on a great show..too bad there's not more songs from their 'Neruda' album on YouTube.."Work Out", "Crack the Sky", "Can't Turn Back", "Power", "Napoleon Sheds His Skin"..all from that album..one of the most psychologically intense albums of its time..I kid you not..go and buy it if you can find it..

[one4two5]

2 stars for the cheap Tom Petty imitation

[jubsa]

It isn't Tom Petty imitation.

[one4two5]

yep, u can say that again

[guttrcat]

Damn Shame they lost the "red ryder" lawsuit.

is my red ryder lunatic fringe cassette worth anyhing? the 80s rock

[Nexus974]

one of the most underrated bands and songs of the 80's.

[stubird121]

No such thing as canadian music at this level of stardom people. this music is all inspired , written, recorded, and produced in LA. Canadian music?

PS i am canadian not american haha

[rooter65]

It is simply one of the greatest Canadian song ever! Period Eh!

[macdaddylorenzo]

yes! and I'd say one the greatest SONGS ever!!!

[littleinfinity]

This is such a great album. I love Ken Greer's trademark steel guitar. I saw them play in Montreal in 2003, and it was like nothing had changed in 22 years.

[unstabledavid]

very poetic album...soulfull.. one of my all time favs

[trezpazz]

spec fuckintacular.....Tom....nobod­y better really...and fuck the guy who doesn tlike it ...lol.... doucebag

[littleinfinity]

you mean he has two of them? lol

[madtrf]

One of the best totally flowing albums ever. was looking for lunatic fringe back in the early 80s, buddy bought the wrong one and i have been happy about that ever since. In northern MN.we really got into canadian rock. I'd like to see Napoleon sheds his skin.

[northbreed1]

Mediocre song and lyrics. Video is occasionally inventive but poorly edited (e.g. look at all the camera time the drummer undeservedly gets).

[Kohntarkosz]

I remember seeing this video and Lunatic Fringe on MTV back in the early 80's. First time I'd ever heard a pedal steel used in rock music. I like this song much better than Lunatic Fringe.

[macdaddylorenzo]

David Gilmour uses the pedal steel profusely in Dark Side (1973), like in the song Breathe, and Wish You Were Here (1975), like in the song "Shine On" (Part 5 or 6) so if you like it you can check out these songs/albums too. It is soooo trippy the way they use slide guitar like that !! I ADORE it!!!

[Kohntarkosz]

Well first of all, David Gilmour didn't play pedal steel. He played lap steel.

There were lots of people who used pedal and lap steel in rock music back in the late 60's and 70's, such as Yes, The Grateful Dead, Blue Öyster Cult, and others.

But at the age of 9, in 1982, I'd never heard any of those bands. Back then, steel was pretty much known to me only in country music. The idea of a rock group using steel seemed so unique. I didn't know at the time it was already pretty common.

[macdaddylorenzo]

^ yeah, I see what you mean.

I must say that Gilmour did in fact also use pedal steel. He says it (and shows it) himself in a youtube video. Just type in "Pink Floyd's David Gilmour in Studio Playing Breath" in the youtube search and you can see it. It's also my most recent addition to my favorites so you can see it by clicking on my name and checking out my favorites.

[kennygryphon]

This was a great song and great album that never received its due. I'm glad it was here to enjoy.

[rooter65]

yea Red Rider are truly underestimated as is Canada in general! Be proud to be a Canadian cuz it's as good as it gets

[Scr0d3]

i agree with glum sooo underated

[ksjanetka]

Red Rider kicks ass

[ksjanetka]

8 months later and they still kick ass.

[myfavoritevideoclip]

Damn, the memories this song evokes...

[OMGifishOMG]

I Love This.

[glum68]

Hard to believe this song is 25 years old, brings back a lot of memories. This band was really underrated..

[ProgressiveRockFan]

I heard this song today on XM Radio and I was floored! It's probably been 20 years since last hearing it. It is soooooo beautiful and sooooo dark. I love it. The intro especially is reminiscent of Pink Floyd at their most melodic and beautiful. Red Rider was a very underrated band. Gotta find this CD.

[billandandy]

Thanks for the comparison to Pink Floyd. I was wondering if anyone else had picked up on it.

[Fastboy007]

This reminds of an old video show on at midnight called Citi-Vsion in Winnipeg, great video, brings me back...great posting thanks!

[Nexus974]

Love that bass line.

[LilAmigo70]

damn...Toronto back then...if only i could go back...

[tjg500]

cool old video

[alphapaw132]

I saw TC and RR two Summers ago and they kicked butt.

[hurricane606]

this was the first tape I brought into elementary school.

[bastedo1]

1 of there best songs

[vadge99]

I agree .... I think this is my fav..... they were great live as well

[99centcreampies]

one of my fav songs by tom, and red rider... wish i could see your upcoming show...

[krazykritik]

I've ridden that subway...from Kipling Station...it goes outside for a bit...before hitting Islington...it's a lot of fun...riding in the front car...to see the city at night...Toronto is the greatest city n the world...

[hockeymaniac95]

ok i know this is gonna sound like a lie but my dad is the drummer in red rider(before they broke up) so thx so much ive been wanting to see my dad on screen!!!!!

[asiguere]

hey, does that mean we have the same dad?!

[hockeymaniac95]

well, is your name jesse?

[jesserobertbaker]

hey...check you messages...get back to me plase!!! you know who this this, i'd love to talk!!!

[krazykritik]

Rob Baker?...wasn't it?...Im dull after 2o+ years...or was it Peter Boynton?...hmmm...cloudy from acid trips...

[ScaredPiglet]

Tom Cochrane is the best!!!!! The best of the classics.

[LilAmigo70]

absolutley brilliant

[krazykritik]

Neruda...the finest fucking acid trip I ever took was listeing to this album at level 7 through a pair of Bose 901's(600 Watts unlimited) in my house in Prince George British Columbia...if you had any idea as to the depth of the wordsand music to Neruda you'd just shake your head a hundred times saying "ya gotta be fucking shittin' me!"...yep...psychologically pefect for 'clinical' vacations...

[drnrg31]

Wow! I remeber I used to listen to Red Rider, Saga and Genesis. Thanks!

[rocketman63]

Wow, it's been over 20 years since I heard this. Always loved it and knew it was RR, but never knew the title. AWESOME tune, thanks so much for sharing!!

[Wallyum]

Unusual video. Everyone in the band gets featured. Very cool song and video.  It's like finding an old friend.

[skymark35]

wicked tune !

[Yammyha]

good song!

[TrainmasterCurt]

Awesome song!!! One of the best Canadian songs ever, they still play it on 92 CITI and BOB999FM in Winnipeg, such memories

[ksjanetka]

I remember seeing this video on MTV in the very early years. Great song then, great song now. Red Rider rules!!!

[001jeff]

I remember it too...real videos by ROCK & ROLL Bands, & not a felon in sight!

[Afterl3urn]

wicked

[luckypascal]

A masterpiece ! Ken Greer's guitar was what needed Cochrane to solify his ALL sens all azimut songs( By the way the lyrics can be everything...even a person that goes through hard tmes like heavy drug addiction and that say what he sees,feels and triumphs with an awarness that it has been a victory and that it is not over yet ! Few Lyrics...but Naild it ! Bravo !

[unstabledavid]

one of the best albums ever from a great performer

tom cochrane rules

[Wcone99]

Talented Band! Great tune!!!

[gymerap]

This is a perfect kickoff song for his concerts. Instrumental beginning. Great tune too...

[jimmyeightysix]

Awesome song! IMHO, even better than Lunatic Fringe (and that's saying something)! It wasn't a hit in the U.S. (at least not in L.A.) and I only heard it twice on the radio (both times on a syndicated show from somewhere else), but it immediately struck me as a great song! I had never seen this clip before, thanks for posting it!

[canadianbuck77]

Look how clean the TTC was, what the hell happened to Toronto?

[Siphtoner]

Toronto's gone. Been taken over by people that don't give a shit about the place, and it sure shows!

[byrd1beverly]

These guys were the greatest I do not care where they are from. Music today does not begin to sound this good.

[hurricane606]

havent listened to this for a few years

[Dad103]

Been There. Done That. Same times. Same places. How come I wasn't in your video guys? I'm sure I was nearby. Anyways, man, talk about a reflection of my experiences during that time period. Thanks Guys.

Been a long time been trying to say thanks for this one LOL

Dad103

[general682002]

Little less editing clips than the one they showed on MMM.

[flashbastardx]

God I hate how everytime an artist is Canadian everyone has to focus on that.Get over it,yes we can play fucking guitar and sing,amazing isnt it? Eh?

[bw1870]

Sweet. Neruda's one of my all-time favorite albums, but I've never seen any videos from it.  Thanks.

[Duchess1956]

Incredible.

[the1extremist]

An awesome tune from an awesome band!

~Wishes Tom had never broke solo~

[ganjavih]

One of the best tunes to come out of Canada in the 80s.

[dexterriley]

oh noooo not celine she ben in vegas long enuff u can have her..lol Well in a lot of respects Canada gets best of all worlds We get homegrown, picked up Rock Radio from buffalo or Detroit, and of course get the uk stuff as well.

[dexterriley]

Another Wicked tune and Vid Kurdst!! always amazes me when Life is a highway is labelled as a one hit wonder south of the border..lmao caught red rider at Humber College back in the day..great show.

[Pangaroxx]

CANROXX!!!

[umpchief14]

Killer album from the good old days!Love that Spider and his Steinberger!

[ctr1]

Always loved lunatic fringe never heard this one its good too.