Cheap Trick - Little Sister

My love affair with Cheap Trick began to fade with the release of this album, only to completely disintegrate when they put out The Doctor. Still, this is fun to watch.

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[aplaceinfrance]

My opinion about this era : always good tunes ( maybe less than 70's) ruined by bad productions (sound of the 80's). How many bands would be glad to appropriate some of the Cheap Trick bad tunes. And then, the 90's were a resurection. Danny, I'm asking you to make allowances.

And always thanks for your incredible stock of videos

[DannyFnSaint]

I couldn't. It was over. We flirted a bit during Lap of Luxury, but that was it - until... 1997's Cheap Trick. The passion came back, as if it were our very first album together.

[fhowchief]

The interesting thing about this band is that they just wanted to be working musicians ... just make money playing ... ultimately, that meant they had to adapt to every change in the music scene, every knucklehead who screwed them at the RCs, and oddball producers who didn't understand their music whatsoever. But, through it all, Cheap Trick kept playing. They are, by far and away, the best American rock band of all times and could have been bigger.

FAX

[bobbyvox]

Hi Danny, just wanted to thank you for posting all these great Cheap Trick videos. I fell in love with this band on April 1, 1977 when they opened for The Runaways at the Santa Monic Civic Auditorium in California. I had never seen anything like them and I've followed their career ever since. What do you think of the "Rockford" cd???

[jamicat]

ONLY A FAGGOT HATES CHEAP TRICK...LOL

[CliftonPhotographer]

At 4:10 is Rick giving his guitar to Dick Clark??? If so Wow!! A great gift to a great guy! I would imagine Mr. Clark was very happy to receive it!

[zentheredonethat]

No matter what era, Cheap trick was great. Great vocals, catchy tune, they should be in the hall.

[shinybald36]

@aplaceinfrance early nineties where good but you also had the all the clone bands which frankly didn't have the songwriting skills of the people they where copying not to mention the beat to death use of octave riffs, guys trying to be kurt cobain, or alice in chains, rap music was still good, then you have the 2000's and sorry but mainstream music sucks 80 percent of the time

[AceOfHeart2012]

'Tonight It's You' is a really great tune. 'Rock All Night' was good too. I think what most fans perceive as the 80's CT lull was that they just couldn't accept Jon replacing Tom. Jon's a fine musician no doubts there, but it was Tom's counterpoint bass playing against Bun E.'s bouncy pocket that was the original chemistry that drove the guitars and vocals to rock & roll nirvana. Just had a chat w/Bun at a drum clinic. He's such a regular guy he makes you forget he's a ROCK GOD.

[swagled]

I had this album in the 80s. I liked it a little, but I thought it sounded a bit corny and juvenile - and wondered if the band members felt silly performing the songs. It also seemed like the production was being pressed too far toward the "Twisted Sister / Cinderella" glam band stuff that was beginning to get on the air. Late 80s were not kind to Cheap Trick, they had to follow too many dictates from the record execs to get published.

[Theflame73]

Hey this song is pretty cool. I've never heard this one before.

[BernardProfitendieu]

@DannyFnSaint fickle!

[Purrrsuasive1]

If I was Robin's sister, there'd be incest going on!