Cheap Trick - Dream Police - Australian TV 1979

[MrGforce365]

I'm a kid and I'm so sad there has to be such shitty music while I'm a kid. So unlucky. I wish I was a kid in the late 70's and mid 80's. 

[MrJETCITY]

So much life in the music of my youth. Not like today. Great to hear this again.

[domebeeblue]

I love their facial expressions. They look dreamy. Wish they were in my dreams.

[irene5593]

tiro al platooooooooo

[GabrielDhalaman]

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fuck the dream poliiiiice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!FUCK THEM!

[supergolfdude]

Bun E's all right, Tommy's all right,

Robin's all right, Rick's all right. Am I right?

[Gatlun]

All Lip serviced...But I still love em

[tubester4567]

Wow that drummer is genius, he only has 1 Tom Tom but theres the sound of 3 different size tom toms. haha but yeh cheap trick had a couple of good songs

[fenix478]

@tubester4567 this is a playback...

[shonenmouse]

is it just me or is rick nielsen like the original flavor flav...

[GabrielDhalaman2]

fuck the dream police!!!!

[GabrielDhalaman2]

this singer is so,so fuckable...he is hot,cheap trick is magic

[palmrose2]

motereypop. That thar is a crime. I can hardly believe it.

[hippiehighpriestess]

Cheap Trick is soooo weird. I love 'em for it but they are all so strange as a band...hahaha. This is one of my most favorite videos of them they just look so goofy lip-synching...

[mrianmark]

I photographed Cheap Trick in 77. To see the shots go to 70srockphotos (.com)

[J4rockstar]

rick does have that weird side of him that is kind of creepy sometimes

[GabrielDhalaman]

The cymbal falling at 2:10

and the sound it makes falling was perfect in the song,listen,it is playback,i know,but the cymbal was great

[MrJoebeerz]

Don't like lip sync :(

[OFinsignificance]

HELLO ! ! ! R & R H.O.F.... Friggin LOSERS ! Hollywood and NYC wouldn't know a GREAT act if it shit on their desks !



[montereypopfestiva67]

@OFinsignificance Cheap Trick, Rush, Doobie Brothers, and Jethro Tull are not in the Hall, but Alice Cooper, Run DMC, ABBA, and REM are? Come on.

[TheRockafellers]

@montereypopfestiva67 hey REM is sick, but your right, the hall is definately missing some great talent

[montereypopfestiva67]

@TheRockafellers Agree REM is very talented and has done some great work.  I'm not a fan at all, but I can respect their talent and impact. However, the bands mentioned above should be in ahead of them.

[azwildcats69]

cheesy 70's love it!

[Bigswifty75]

the rockplast video is live, and quite good

[shelly10538]

I think some people don't understand that back then the bands were contractually obligated to promote the actual product for sale which was the recorded single. A live performance would promote the live performances of the group but the record companies would want the studio version to be the product pushed on tv. Most bands didn't mind too much because it was so hard to get a good live sound on tv from a technical standpoint.

[pappysmp]

Cheap Trick Is from the northside of the american continent

[mjpanek68]

Oh how I loved Robin Zander ♥

[shelly10538]

Is that Lynn Halsey Taylor on vocals? :)

[gandy74]

@shelly10538 Nah, she's back at the Palomino Club.

[shelly10538]

@gandy74 Brilliant!!! I'm silly for thinking it but you're a genius for getting it.

[skibugy]

its not an orchestra track its a keyboard synth and they did have a guy play it on stage sometime also robin played sometimes see the snl performance from 81

[adjohnson2008]

Can somebody say lip sync...

[Bigswifty75]

@adjohnson2008 lol yup, TV didn't take chances back then, not that they do now, but yeah its the album track for the audio. Biggest tip off is the lack of the string sound on stage that backed the album track

[strunzgracie]

One of the greatest American rock bands of all time!!!! And most under rated.

[ApollonianKing]

Lip synched like most tv. Notice the orchestra track? Where is the orchestra? LOL

[boomerangfish27]

@NorahHomeBless They're from Illinois.

[NorahHomeBless]

why are aussies so noisy? oh well, they were still a great canadian band.

[Perizada]

@NorahHomeBless Because we know how to enjoy ourselves

[Brasscaribou]

@NorahHomeBless Cheap Trick is American..

[grunditgnome]

most television broadcasts are lip synced because the producers don't want accidental mistakes which would cost more money redoing the takes, and not many have the guts to let it go live. They care more about the network and budgets than whether or not the artist/band looks silly. It's really unfortunate because so many bands like Cheap Trick are better when they are live.

[SlimeTron5000]

@grunditgnome Most of the performances on Countdown were mimed indeed. :P

[Cirosk81]

ghjk

[abi4life]

I think people are over reacting about lip syncing.

Look how entertaining this performance is. They don't have to play perfectly, hitting every note... they can have fun with it.

How many times have you sang along to your favorite tune being silly or animated like you were a rock star? ... That's what I thought. It's fun to lip sync aint it?!

If they were robotic and tried to make it seem like everything matched it would suck!

If your going to lip sync... this is how you do it.

[VegasLass]

While the band is indeed lip syncing, I'm sure it's not by choice. This is one of the few bands that sounds AWESOME live. All through the years that I've seen them live (30 years roughly) they sound better than the albums.

[CowbellProfessional]

Somebody call the Lip Sync Police!

[8000cheese]

1:30 caught the guitar pick on his tongue, awesome

[coreystuart]

Is it me or does Rick Nielson favor Rik Mayall from the Young Ones?

[nmycon]

are they really lip syncing? kinda sounds like the album version of the song is playing over the video. perhaps the live audio didn't appeal to the TV station and they chose to run the song off the album during the broadcast...

[Princessmela1]

What's with that guy on the left is he stupid?

[anderson9132]

@Princessmela1 It's called a style, almost every guitarist has one, or at least every decent guitarist. Look at angus young, do you really think he is still a schoolboy? rick nielsen's style was to be hyperactive on stage with both movements and facial expressions.

[bobnegro1]

I never understood lip sync, You can ether play it or you can't ! & if you can't, Then you shouldn't have your ass up there! Cheap Trick is good live, I'V heard them, Let them play! Now i can see, if your client is Justin Bieber , or One of those Jonas Turds & you wanted to protect Your investment, Sure bust out the karaoke machine, But if your Band is talented, Then let them Roll!!

[starstarstar42]

@bobnegro1 A lot conservative countries (especially mid-east & African ones) are required by LAW to do lip sync. Even what we think of as liberal first-world nations had very stringent laws regarding what was "acceptable" language on live tv shows back in the day. Australia, US UK used sync cause they didn't want these crazy rockers to start cussing our spouting political diatribe. Today, that's still the case in some countries, but in many cases, yeah, the artists simply don't sing well!

[pbw7562]

@starstarstar42

I didn't know that...you learn something new everyday :) Too bad because Cheap Trick sounds spectacular live.

[glebe3047]

Man where have the years gone. I saw them on this Australian tour. I was 16.

[nothadnotbad]

id like to be friends with any cheap trick fan

[glueforall]

I like how Rick (during his "spoken" section) deliberately f*cks off the lip synch and goes for the humor (as usual) instead of "syncing" the lip synch...funny!

[luna34]

so what if it's a playback? i saw them live on march 19, 2010. not quiet the same but still excellent. they rocked! i love them!

[icingdeath1]

I don't think Rick Nielsen ever came out of his shell, too reserved! Never really got to express his personality at any point.

[icingdeath1]

Curt Cobain, Jared Leto, John Lithgow and some fat accountant, what a band!

[italobambino43]

You know some people who are not in the recording industry might not realize this, back then Cheap Trick, Journey, Reo Speed wagon and others were on a real wide touring circuit, also keep in mind you didn't have sophisticated sound technology behind the scenes working to keep the vocals crisp and clear like you have today during a live performance!

[ddm62571]

Yeah, I agree thats lip syncing at it's finest. Still a awesome group though.

[gtargreg]

Lip syncing no less! Thats the studio recording.

[MrPcMechanicReturns]

Play back u.u

[SarahChan101]

Bahaha Countdown for ya! They were probably fair drunk by that stage :P

[sunsetbeachmuz]

Great video, not just for the bloopers. Thanks so much for posting this. Love the stage, colors, outfits, hair, lively audience, and lights. CT worked it to perfection, for that show.

[sunsetbeachmuz]

This has got to be the funniest CT video, I've seen, LOL! I don't care that they are lip syncing. I know CT normally doesn't do that. Everyone had to do it for this show. During the bit where Rick talks, he sticks his tongue out, while the track still has him talking, lmao! Robin catches it and cracks up, lol. Bun's kit comes crashing down, LOL. Tom and Robin make it look like they are really singing but, Rick keeps drifting off from the mike, lol. Tom laughing at the end is great, lol.

[WhiteyMarsh]

And also at 2:50 Bun E's other cymbal comes crashing down!! LOL!! Go Bun E!

[elviejo1997]

@WhiteyMarsh lol when it falls down it goes in sync with the song the first time

[mudcatGS86]

@WhiteyMarsh how did you catch that?

[WhiteyMarsh]

@mudcatGS86 Cause I can't take my eyes of them, lol! These guys are my fave band!

[WhiteyMarsh]

At 2:10 Bun E knocks over both his cymbals and a drum. Rick backs up into them, but like troopers, they keep going!

[glueforall]

@WhiteyMarsh...yes and KICKS the cymbal out of the way...kinda funny in itself

[rstryker27]

Lip syncing at it's best. It's a great song anyway.

[davetaylor50001]

It looks like the singing matches up to me? Can't wait to see them live in Chicago this December!

[TighelanderII]

I don't get it; where's Keith Olbermann?

[porkrollsammy]

Surprised Bun wasn't doing the left handed drummer setup. He'll do that at times when he's not really playing.

[susanloveshuskies]

Thanks, Hometown boys!!!

[Brosifus]

why doesn't the track match their playing. it sounds just like the studio recording

[kalisota]

It is,there singing to a track.

[mattportervideo]

this is great!

[leppard50]

I love Robin's voice!

[XxWildCombatxX]

Bun E the greatest drummer ever he knock over a cymbal and keeps going!!!

[sunsetbeachmuz]

Great video. I love it when they all pile up on one mic for DP, lol.

[Goatsby]

excellent work wwith BUn E and the drum kit!!! and they say these performances were mimed!.