Aw the days when musicians played their own instruments, wrote their own songs and performed all the way live. Love live rock n roll!

This song is STILL a fucking monster! Cheap Trick RULE!!!!!! I saw this last year, absolutely incredible.

42 years ago? dang,... but it still ROCK! ;-)

This band changed my life … I saw them at William and Mary college in 1977, they opened up for Foreigner and the Little River band … wow, unlike anything I’ve ever seen!!!

I was there that day, I can confirm they were BRILLIANT

Holy shit, this dude can sing

@sammencia7945

3 жыл бұрын

Still can in 2021. One of the top sets of pipes in Rock.

@tomshaw6373

3 жыл бұрын

@@sammencia7945 Ever.

@ronditchen6664

2 жыл бұрын

Rob is the man🎤🎤🎤

that guitar tone is so good.

@joedoomsdaypio4374

4 ай бұрын

It's Rick Nielsen. Of Course it's epic. He's GOD.

@karengarrison3666

7 күн бұрын

I know, it drives me crazy! I can't get enough ~ love Rick! ❤

This is a great live version of this! Love it!

Scrappy and GREAT! Cheap Trick can take any crowd and rip 'em new earholes. For 1979, this was rough, punky goodness. Good on ya, mates!

@tomshaw6373

3 жыл бұрын

They're Midwestern. Nothing stops them.

Whoooo! I'm a teacher getting fired up for a day at work. Just played this twice! WHOOOOOOOOO!!!! (I'm gonna drink less coffee tomorrow morning...)

This is real rocking! Love it!

Best American rock band ever.

Amazing R’n’R 🎬🥁

Listen to those Marshalls ROAR. Holy shit

It is a Fender bass V. It was a model with a high C string and it was only produced for five years from 1965-1970. It has fifteen frets and it was also used by John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin for a brief period. I'm shocked to discover that Tom Petersson used one on stage.

@po-tay-toe7920

Жыл бұрын

13y later, thanks Joseph!! I've been playing for 40 years and I have never heard of or seen anything like it

I remember this entire album, watching all Reading vide...

Rockin' Tom, what a legend.

Thanks for posting this and other gems!

This is just plain awesome RnR at its ffinest.Even at 2:20, when Rick misses the chord change. One of the best American RnR bands ever. Long live the Trick and hope they release this as a DVD soon!

@raymondlang

2 жыл бұрын

Would be great if it was on DVD. And also a live gig from The Dictators.

Fantastic! A couple weeks before this show Cheap Trick played in Albuquerque, New Mexico! I was there and they looked and sounded just like this! Brilliant!

@bartonpercival3216

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, I saw them on this tour in the early summer of 1979 in Spartan Stadium in San Jose CA in front of about 30,000 fans. The loudest Cheap Trick concert I've ever attended. And I've seen then over 25 times live. Absolutely incredible show!!!!!!!!!

yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!

Heroes! -=A

In their prime here!

Put this whole show together please

maybe the best rock ever

Omg Robin😍😘❤

Tom, the original and best!!!! Awesome clips, ta muchly x

Much better than the Foo Fighters' version! (Obviously)

@KSandy-iy6fg

3 жыл бұрын

With dave on drum of course more power!

@hippydippy

3 жыл бұрын

WHO??? Gimme a Break.

@lizzyfan1986

2 жыл бұрын

@@hippydippy poop fighters lol....overrated

@bassy4string

Жыл бұрын

Take away Robin Zander’s one of kind vocals and they’re just a sloppy bar band. Yawn.

I saw the CT lads in madison Wi last month BRILLIANT!

off the hook

and here we have the americans representing with vocals, and some very tight playing, by band members who made there bread an butter, playing midwest, beer bars, possibly with indoor shuffle board and horseshoe sandwiches.

Like it a lot

I can't wait to see these guys on Sept 2!!!

Jesus did anyone notice behind rick there were all of his guitars stacked up at the back, are you telling me he took all of his guitars in every tour if so then that is some dedication if i did ever see one.

@shawnoneil2046

4 жыл бұрын

soundeagle He has one of the largest guitar collections in the world, ... some of his collection once toured a few museums. I think he actually has a book available that illustrates his collection. It's huge.

@ashbowen6551

2 жыл бұрын

Can you imagine the insurance costs for all of those guitars?

@bartonpercival3216

2 жыл бұрын

@@ashbowen6551 IKR. I mean just last year alone, Rick at an auction paid $250,000 for a vintage Gibson Les Paul. Gosh he has like over 400 guitars in his collection

Badassed!

These guys wrote the book on live performance

@bassy4string

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, misspelled in crayon…

What's wrong with the sound ? no bass

That's a Fender Bass V Tom is using. Wow! I have only seen JPJ play one. The Waterstone basses are cool. Not as sliky out of the box as the Chandlers, but sweet nonetheless.

@bartonpercival3216

2 жыл бұрын

Tom pretty much played the Hamer 12 string bass on the 79 tour. And to be honest, I've always thought that Tom's Chandler 12 string bass that he used from around 94 to 97 was his best sounding bass guitar

It would be nice if we had some bass in the mix. 🤷🏻‍♀️

💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

He's not playing one here, but he does use them in the studio a lot. He used a pre-CBS precision for almost every song on the In Color album for example.

what effect in Robin's voice? fast slap back and flange, vibe? slow chorus?

I believe so. He did not like the quality of most of the basses they made for him and he went from Kids basses to Chandler and now Waterstone who produces a signature 12 string.

Tom + Precision Bass= ?

Thats some weird 5 string franken-jazz sort of thing. Pretty crazy for 1979. Japanese? maybe?

@bleaufire No doubt--sounded like they we're kinda lethargic--The boys a tad too much for 'em i guess

isnt that a jazz?

@david_onbass

7 жыл бұрын

That's a Fender Bass V (early short scale 5 string bass). John Paul Jones played one just like it for a short time in the early Zep years.

No bass

The comments section tho, it's all crap!