Cheap Trick performed on The Midnight Special November 24, 1978 Follow us on Social Media: / themidnightspecialtvshow / themidnightspecialtvshow / themidnightspecialtvshow / tmstvshow
Each week, it was like winning the music lottery. One brilliant band after the other after the other after the other. The 70's were a tidal wave of the greatest modern bands in modern times. Yes, Im old, but Im gonna say it: the 70's and 80's was the Golden Era of all modern music.
And almost every one of them actually played LIVE. I don’t think Helen Reddy did judging by the video, but I’ll give her a pass. She’s Helen Reddy, a legend.
I agree, the midnight specials were fantastic 👌!!! Kiss doing Black Diamond is another masterpiece for the midnight special as well!!! Love them both!!!
One of the most underrated bands ever; and totally unique persona: Two long haired handsome 70s frontmen, a certifiable loon gearhead on guitar, and your chain smoking accountant killing the skins. Nothing like it before or since. They encapsulated teen angst in the late 70s, early 80s.
@@solrackai1 I didn't care for their music until their Budokan album came out. The music on that was like there were two different groups from the studio music they made.
We rode around in cars, smoking weed, drinking beer, bobbing our heads while jamming Cheap Trick very loud. My ears are still ringing and it’s been 45 years.
I remember this, vividly. I was instantly captivated. I had a hard time processing what I was seeing- two very 1970s looking rockstar Gods decked out in white with long hair, the guy on guitar, looking for all the world like Huntz Hall had escape the Bowery boys and the dude on the drums… what was some tax accountant doing in a rock band? And the song. ‘We’re all alright! We’re all alright! WE’RE ALL ALRIGHT!” Fuck yeah, we were!
Visually, Cheap Trick was like no other rock band that we had seen before, and they played up the contrast on their early album covers: two rock gods, and two nerdy-looking guys in the same band. It was as if the cool guys from school and the geeks got together and somehow created a killer band. You can imagine the scene, like in the movie Welcome to the Dollhouse: Robin and Tom: Dudes, you have to help us with our homework, 'cause if we flunk out, our dads are going to kill us. Rick and Bun E.: OK we'll do it, but you have to agree to be in our band. 😀🎸
i remember seeing this when it was broadcast during the height of the "live at budokan" album mania. bun e. carlos was the coolest drummer ever with that cigarette dangling from his mouth. dressed like an insurance salesman,drumming like a madman. great times!
Sometimes I see performances of him and think that maybe Townshend and Daltry should have brought him in instead of Kenny Anderson, after Keith Moon died.
I remember when that chorus started blasting out of our radios in the 1970s: "Mommy's all right. Daddy's all right. They just seem a little weird.". And i thought wow, someone just wrote a My Generation for my generation. I still get that same rush every time i hear this song. I love Cheap Trick!
"Surrender" is actually inspired by a different song from The Who: "The Kids Are Alright". It also inspired The Offspring song "The Kids Aren't Alright".
The drummer definitely had me cracking up when they first showed him with his business outfit smoking a cig, and KILLING it on drums. 2:03 is also a highlight where he used that puff of nicotine and transcended!
The first time i saw Cheap Trick, they were backing up Kiss. I loved Cheap Trick so much, the next day they were signing autographs at a local record store so i went down and got autographs and picked up their "In Color...and Black and White" record as well as their first one. Elo Kiddies!
I am a die hard Kiss fan, original lineup of course!!! Peter and Ace are frickin legends and my favorites, but Cheap Trick opened for them for a year and a half and what amazing shows!!!!
One of the most powerful, triumphant rock singles of all time. Cheap Trick was such a fun band. And Heaven Tonight is one of the best power-pop albums of all time, bar none. One of the great exports from the Midwest.
I saw them at an outdoor venue in 1998, and they were every bit as good as in 1978. That 12-string bass was a force of nature. My rib cage was vibrating like a tuning fork.
Live at Budokan. All those girlies hyped up and screaming. American teenage girls wanted CheapTrick and we all bought that album. I did. Wore it out. I want YOU to want ME!
@@crapple009 So you think he caught it? It's not like catching a baseball. Even if he did catch it I'm sure one night it hit the floor and shattered the neck beyond repair.
@@joerod0 So you think he didn't catch it? If it had been a miss and it had actually shattered, it would surely have would have gone down aong time ago in the annals of Cheap Trick history as 'the one that bit the dust'. Especially as Nielsen's a guitar freak/collector, he would have mentioned it by now or by anyone who would have witnessed such a spectacle.
I'm super happy to see these guys on your channel! They were the rave when I was in high school, saw them in concert & they were amazing. Bun E. Carlos could knock the skins off those drums & Rick Nielsen was a pure blast, especially live! Thank you!
They were so good!! When my parents went out for the evening, my brother would crank the stereo! I can remember Cheap Trick being in the lineup. One of my favorite songs was "The Flame." Good memories and great music!! Happy Monday... thank you for sharing! 💖
This is the song that made me graduate from The Monkees and kid records to Kiss, AC/DC, and, of course, Cheap Trick. One of the most important songs in my own life. Ended up playing it in sets with my own band for the better part of 25 years. Whipped this one out on a self-financed tour of England in front of a large hall filled with Birmingham teenagers and they tore the place up. That was in 2003. Damn.
Brilliant!!!!! I remember the first time I saw these guys doing I Want You To Want Me on the UK's Old Grey Whistle Test. Bought the record the next day. I also saw them many years later (now also many years ago!) in Nottingham Uk with Roy Wood coming on to play California Man - outstanding!!!! This is an amazing archive!!!
I barely remember seeing them at the Waverly beach ballroom in Beloit Wisconsin in 1977. Just after they released their first album. I think my ears are still ringing to this very day from standing next to Rick Neilson's amp all night while on Acid.
Best part of these Midnight Special vault releases is that we are getting rare performances from these artists in their prime. Live in Budokan was the first LP I ever bought. Great album!
Every member of this band is working the audience. Great song and great band. I was 19 when Budokan hit the radio and played non-stop all Summer. Perfect.
The ever Iconic Bun Carlos on the Drums The Cig, white shirt and Tie !!! Unique Style very underrated, as was the Band, many people never new "Cheap Trick" had Hit off the Original top Gun Sound track, "Mighty Wings". it never appeared as cut on any of their albums,
Awesome! Cheap Trick was one of the early bands that made me at 11 years old (in 1980) fall in love with rock n roll. I vividly remember just staring at the Dream Police LP while it was playing and how fun it was to my ears and eyes. Just perfect pop songs and harmonies.with a healthy dose of dirty rock n roll!
I remember watching this when it was first on TV. I was 15 years old. I had just kicked a two year long heroin habit in the summer and due to many weird circumstances I was out of school until the start of the year. I remember watching this and feel empowered by the whole “we’re all alright part” of the song. It was cathartic. Cheap Trick were such a great band back then. I so loved the Midnight Special when I was growing up… There weren’t a lot of choices on the TV back then (we didnt get cable until 1979 or 1980). My brother went to school with Wolfman Jack’s son. So I’d see the Wolfman at some school functions where there were PTA meetings, etc. ✌🏽❤️🎸🍄
I have seen Cheap Trick in 20,000 seat arenas and 3,500 seat theaters. The last time I saw them people were there with their kids. One little dude near the front (we were all near the front as it was a small venue in Indiana that they did not sell out) was so excited that he caught Rick's attention. So Rick runs off stage and gets a publicly photo. He and the rest of the band sign the photo and Rick gives it to a guy right next to the stage. The guy didn't pass the photo on fast enough so Rick says point blank "Don't be a dick. That is for the kid." of course the guy passed it back. I thought that was very cool of Rick.
Cool flashback memories of a great era in music. Same year saw Cheap Trick very first time, during my teens. While residing in California. This song had heavy rotation airplay on the local rock stations too.
Strategies for getting ppl to upvote your band comment: 1) Praise the band as underrated. 2) Make some comment about the chord changes or drum tone or other shit you've gleaned from your vast experience as a musician 3) Talk about your dear old Uncle Sue and his incurable disease and how this song always brings a tear to your eye because dear old Uncle Sue always played this while he washed the dishes. 4) Mention Kiss.
