Cheap Trick - Hello There/Come On Come On/Stiff Competition

Classic Trick!! The first few songs from Germany 1979. They get interrupted by the fire marshall or something, cutting Stiff Competition short. There's a bit of On Top of the World after that, cuz hey, 10 minutes is the limit here, so let's watch 10 minutes worth.

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Music

Tags:

• cheap
• trick
• zander
• nielsen

[imsammygoaway]

Hey dyou know what town this was in? My father thinks he might've been there. (If you can spell it ^^)

[DannyFnSaint]

I believe it was Koln, August 30, 1979.

[longfade]

You know, it always bummed me out that Bun E Carlos never really got the respect he deserved. He's got this deep, right-in-the-middle groove (like Bonham) but then he'll bust out those crazy triplet patterns at the end of "hello hello" and you know he's got an arsenal of technique at his disposal. He just doesn't play it during every song, which is what I think is so great. The whole band's like that; brilliant and unpretentious. But above all, brilliant.

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[SpacevoidNavigator]

I remember back in '77 when the critics hailed Cheap Trick as "fresh air from Chicago".They are among the greatest Rock bands of all time.

[cudaj2]

@longfade Excellent observation my friend and SO TRUE!! Well put!

[rodentcafeteria]

Robin Zander is one of the best and probably the most under-rated vocalist in rock and roll history. He's been singing his ass off for decades and when the topic of rock vocalists comes up, he's all but forgotten.

[JackMendecino]

you know I cheated and read the comments before listening in and yeah at 7:03 when he says to stop (albeit the audio is partially unhearable) it does sound like he says someone threw a water bottle at my face lost track start another... so yeah whoot cheap trick!

[stevesdjservice]

I love Rick neilsen and his peeWee Herman voice! the original!

[spinalcrackerbox]

This was recorded in studio 'L', a rather small place in downtown Cologne. The '83 performance was recorded at one of the quarterly all-nighters w. at least 3 different bands at the Gruga-Halle, a 10,000 capacity arena that has hosted every major band in the last 40+ years, including The Beatles.

[emptyglass14]

Do people know that for a very short in early '79 that they out-requested all acts without a new album, they ruled the airways on their own...

[slagdraggin1313]

My boy Rick...All juiced up on Window Liquor...Just kiddin'...Love his gimmick,cracks me up!!!!Rock on Ricky!!!!

[comsunjava]

Ok, it turns out the text on the video is incorrect (probably a joke), someone from the audience threw water at the stage, according to someone's comment here (liammi) that has the DVD.

[CheapTrick94]

well for tom but for started what was up with his bass, what happened during stiff competition

[highflyingnote]

What questions did you have?