Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, Mick Mars, and David Lee Roth all hit the thumbs down on this absolutely KILLER LIVE PERFORMANCE. Thank the Rock Gods (and the brilliant sound and video crew that day) its on DVD for all to witness. Rik was a man possessed this day.
According to Wikipedia, the very first song they did at the US Festival was called 'Too Much Thinking'. But also according to Wikipedia. The song is not included on the CD or DVD. Why is that? Of course Motley Crue(Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, Mick Mars) and Van Halen(Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony and David Lee Roth) would give Triumph a 'thumbs down'. Because they think Triumph didn't play hard enough.
+Christopher Range I think the point was that the rest of those groups sucked (ie. thumbs down) and Triumph's performance saved the day and the price of admission for fighting that huge crowd , and thanks to the Woz for putting on a history making three day concert, or was it four ??!!
I thought the same thing about the sound Quality back then! Great job on Video and sound! i heard bands today with recent Concert Videos that couldn't compare to the sound Quality of this US Festival put to tape or DVD! Makes me wonder if that sound Man or team involved in their sound are still alive? And what are they doing these days?
Mark Rockledge Clair Brothers Audio provided the sound system. It was massive. But each band brought their own guy. Some of the band's sound guys were so intimidated by the sound system that it took half the set to calm them down enough to mix. Triumph's guy was great though.
The soundboard and the recordings are more than likely separate. Live PA mixes don't always record well. It is almost always better to record for video or whatever separate and then you can go back in a studio and set separate levels and whatnot.
Melodically speaking in songs yes they are! Beautiful songs! Sparks memories of that time frame! Judas Priest was a toss up kind of between the two but i love both bands! Rob Halfords vocals to this day are the same! but Rik Emmett lost his high range vocals i am sad to say because they were so high in range and melodic! I heard him hit 3 octaves in one note before and this is a Concert that displays Rik's ability to do so! but he can't come close to that these days! Triumph's drummer was a great singer back then as well!
this is a great song & excellent video, the sound quality is perfect too, we need to really up these numbers here. it deserves it, long live triumph. very talented group they were. riks still out there having a good time, thats pretty cool. gotta love him.
Both US Festivals rocked. Once in a life time experiences. The US in 1983 was simply kick ass. As the day progressed each bands energy intensified with the Scorpions stealing the show from the headliner- Van Halen. Great concert!!
This is one one of the great performances ever in live rock music. The whole band is great, I don't want to take anything away from Mike and Gill, especially because Gil is a great singer also, but I personally think Rik is on my short list of great vocalists and as a guitar player I appreciate his great playing also. Long live the music of us gen xer's!
Triumph was the story of the US Festival! Greatest short set with (Queen Live Aid 1985 imo) Ever. Super Tight! 500k people, daytime and Gil using someone else's drums. and all songs better than studio! Lay it on the line was amazing.
I was working and this song crept into my head. Didn't have many of the words and I kept trying to figure it out who played it. Then by a stroke of luck it came on the radio a few days later and I got a few more words to search. When I found out it was Triumph I thought right on! Had a couple Triumph 8 tracks back in the day. The drummer was a wrecking ball operator in Toronto way back when.
Epic I agree! Thought 83 heavy metal day - and especially Triumph were amazing! More than a few bands (Van Halen) were drunk and sloppy and Motley Crue were out of their league. Triumph's set was super tight and Rik Emmett was out of this world great!
Rik Emmett is Freaking Amazing I can remember back in the early 80's sitting in Guitar lessons Asking the guitar teacher to help learn how to play just Like RIK Emmett
How right you are! Those songs of Triumph made people Dream! Real Feelings and Emotions were brought out in people and still does whenever i watch this!
Does anyone know why they wouldn't perform this anymore? They didn't perform it in their reunion(s) and Rik Emmett didn't perform it solo. I see there's a co-writer on the song and I'm guessing there must be some legal reason. This was the song I heard on the radio that introduced me to Triumph.
Priest was good but no Triumph. Even Triumph were like WTF, it's 100 degrees and these guys are wearing leather. Priest even saud "holy shot Triumph were good, we had to come with out A game" Compared to Van Halen and Motley Crue, Judas Priest were very good. But Triumph rules the day :)
What can you say about brilliant concert performances of this magnitude back in the day?? Long before rap, hip hop & all the posure fakeness that would become the staple of American music today... These days kids would rather see a dj play music on a laptop then see something like this... It's just f*ckin SAD...
Does anyone have a high quality video copy of the studio version of this song that used to be in heavy rotation on MTV back in 1983? I've been looking for a good quality copy of it since RU-vid started, and it's very elusive and hard to find for some reason, and would love to see a high quality version! This is the version: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XfwJssBIHpc.htmlsi=ihw3SGuKwr1eBznF
You noticed that also. Women sometimes stray away from their own Company! I had the same thing happen to me at an outdoor Concert! She wanted to see how many guys she could hug and kiss that day so i left her Ass stranded! I was her ride! She calls me in the middle of the night from a pay phone asking where am i? i told her gone to sleep! Ask one of those guys for a ride Bitch! Next time stay with the guy you came with!
Mark Rockledge I agree, now i didn't take this girl, but I was kissing her at a Motley Crue concert, then i turned around a minute later and she was kissing my cousin, good times
Because it's hard to dance to Rock Music! So! that was a dance they can relate to! Hip Hop R. and B. Soul and other forms of Black music is easier to dance to! They felt moved by the music! It's not Soul Train! or a dance off Contest! They didn't want to just sit still! On one of Triumph's songs during this show a Black girl is on top of someone's shoulders doing the same thing! i know where you were going with this but not all White people dance like that! Nor Blacks!
***** for your education:forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/popular-rock-musicians-that-wear-a-wig.173464/page-2 He's lost most of it on the first album picture (the one not concealed by a hat) and then in years to follow 'grows' a very full head of hair. curtiscollectsvinylrecords.blogspot.ca/2011/06/triumps-first-album.html Also Gil runs a fantastic music studio in west Toronto so people kinda just know. No big deal, that's just life. Your heart will go on, Joe.
