Cheap Trick

Plankton · 01-29-2013, 08:50 AM

Since I just purchased the original Heavy Metal movie, figured this is a good spot for one of my favorite Cheap Trick tunes.

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STERRRRRRRNNNN! He's nothing but a low down double dealing back-stabbin' larcenous perverted worrrrrm. Hangin's too good for him, BURNings too good for him, he should be torn into little bitsy peices, and buried alive!

Heavy Metal Captain Stern & Hanover Fist - YouTube

...and the tune:

Cheap Trick - Reach Out (with Captain Sternn) (Fan Made Video) - YouTube

Screen13 · 02-01-2013, 05:07 PM

Been putting together a Cheap Trick album collection, focusing on the first album to Next Position Please, all on vinyl - I feel that I have most of the Standing on the Edge to Busted essentials on Disc Four of the Sex, America, Cheap Trick set. Starting out nice with Heaven Tonight, Dream Police, and One On One, all with some very good memories surrounding them. In fact, my first purchase of Dream Police was at the grocery store in the small dot on the map I lived in as a kid (IGA was the store). You don't get that many memories like that.

Plus: I also got the Roadie soundtrack with "Everything Works of You Let It."

Unknown Soldier · 02-01-2013, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

...and the tune:

Cheap Trick - Reach Out (with Captain Sternn) (Fan Made Video) - YouTube

I always thought this type of song, was the band at their worst.

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Originally Posted by Musicfanatic

Years ago I was in a CD Warehouse and found In Color there and saw that that song was on it. I grabbed it and put it in their CD player. Like I mentioned, I usually like studio versions more than live. I was thinking that I was going to buy it almost on the spot but I listened to the song and put it back

Despite being a huge fan, I never liked that song at all, but the rest of the album are what dreams are made of, power pop at its best.

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Originally Posted by Screen13

Been putting together a Cheap Trick album collection, focusing on the first album to Next Position Please, all on vinyl - I feel that I have most of the Standing on the Edge to Busted essentials on Disc Four of the Sex, America, Cheap Trick set. Starting out nice with Heaven Tonight, Dream Police, and One On One, all with some very good memories surrounding them. In fact, my first purchase of Dream Police was at the grocery store in the small dot on the map I lived in as a kid (IGA was the store). You don't get that many memories like that.

Plus: I also got the Roadie soundtrack with "Everything Works of You Let It."

Sounds like a good idea, great to see what you include on there. I think Next Position Please is the worst album in their whole discography and it's one of those albums where Todd Rundgren turned out to be a disaster as a producer as he tried to tinker with the band, it does have a couple of good songs though.

Screen13 · 02-02-2013, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

Sounds like a good idea, great to see what you include on there. I think Next Position Please is the worst album in their whole discography and it's one of those albums where Todd Rundgren turned out to be a disaster as a producer as he tried to tinker with the band, it does have a couple of good songs though.

I remember a little of what you said, for some reason I think that it was an album I borrowed and thought very little of despite including "I Can't Make It" which at least is a great song with a fine video that was shown on WRIF's video show (Channel 7, WXYZ), which was a good alternative to Friday Night Videos (Trivia note: The WRIF Video Cafe theme was the opening guitar riff from Nick Gilder's "You Really Rock Me")

Plankton · 02-02-2013, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

I always thought this type of song, was the band at their worst.

It's a nostalgia thing for me. Actually, my favorite from CT is "She's Tight".

Unknown Soldier · 02-02-2013, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

It's a nostalgia thing for me. Actually, my favorite from CT is "She's Tight".

I guessed that and "She's Tight" was always a very very catchy song.

Unknown Soldier · 12-21-2014, 05:23 AM

Ran across these tribute bands by accident today.

Could do with some vitality pumped into them amongst other things.

A Japanese tribute that need some vitality too and the woman desperately needs a voice.

Puffnstuff · 02-02-2013, 04:09 PM

You know I have to agree with folks that At Budokan is really good for being a live cd. The first time I heard Surrender it was the live version which I still prefer today. Every once in a while I get in a ct mood put the boys on for a bit.

ReadyMadeFour64 · 12-26-2014, 09:24 AM

I have seen them 2 times and they are some of the coolest people. They are funny and very nice. In Rockford, IL, there was a Cheap Trick exhibit at the Rockford Natural History Museum. It was pretty cool.

Now I know someone who knows Cheap Trick!

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Screen13 Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,388	Been putting together a Cheap Trick album collection, focusing on the first album to Next Position Please, all on vinyl - I feel that I have most of the Standing on the Edge to Busted essentials on Disc Four of the Sex, America, Cheap Trick set. Starting out nice with Heaven Tonight, Dream Police, and One On One, all with some very good memories surrounding them. In fact, my first purchase of Dream Police was at the grocery store in the small dot on the map I lived in as a kid (IGA was the store). You don't get that many memories like that. Plus: I also got the Roadie soundtrack with "Everything Works of You Let It." Last edited by Screen13; 02-01-2013 at 05:12 PM.

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Puffnstuff Symphonic Metal Junkie Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 136	You know I have to agree with folks that At Budokan is really good for being a live cd. The first time I heard Surrender it was the live version which I still prefer today. Every once in a while I get in a ct mood put the boys on for a bit.

12-26-2014, 09:24 AM	#9 (permalink)
ReadyMadeFour64 Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 159	I have seen them 2 times and they are some of the coolest people. They are funny and very nice. In Rockford, IL, there was a Cheap Trick exhibit at the Rockford Natural History Museum. It was pretty cool. Now I know someone who knows Cheap Trick!