May 1983 -Rock Superbowl in Orlando, FL - I was 15 years old & music was what life was all about- Triumph played w/ Foghat, Sammy Hagar, & ZZ Top & STOLE THE MOTHER-F***ING SHOW!! Love this band, still & always.
my wife and 19yr old cant understand what I see in this music, they don't understand this music helped get thru confusing times when I was teenager. im 52 now and never stop getting tired of listening to this great stuff. thanks for posting this music.
Just turned 53, I so get it my friend. So many say "why do listen to that old stuff" I listen to it because it has depth, soul, and you can understand the words and emotions they pull forth from our being. Fight the good fight!
There is no heart and soul in much of what is put out there today. Just earlier this morning, my wife and I were talking about the music from our day that evokes a wide range of emotion. I used present tense because it still holds true. How many times have you read here how a young person of today wishes he had grown up at in earlier time when music was... meaningful? Oh yea...56 here. :)
51 here guys and I was actually at the filming of the Follow Your Heart video filming in Rhode Island the day they blew Rik Emmett up. I stayed until the end. I actually wanted to know he was okay before I left. That is a night I will never forget. They put on one of the best shows I have ever seen and then the pyrotechnic guys almost killed the lead singer. You just don't forget those things. And you guys are right, the lyrics meant something back then. Luckily some of the hard rock/heavy metal guys today, like Disturbed, and a few others are putting out stuff with some meaning, but the pop stuff is awful! If you want music that has that strong, orchestrated sound, you have to look overseas at bands like Nightwish.
There is no current POP song that gets the juices going like this song and others of the true RnR era. You will not hear any song of the recent past referred to as an "anthem". George Clinton invented a character that can describe current crap music: Sir Nose Devoid a Funk.
fligemon Harsh but pretty accurate. You can get some really good rock music today, but the unfortunate part is you have to be willing to either listen to bands doing tributes or find ones that don't get any radio play. A lot of them are in countries like Norway and Finland.
The only difference is.when this song was out.there was lots of good drugs lots of good music lots of white people in America cool cars friendly blonde chicks that liked to fuck and on and on and on...2020 sucks unless your Mexican or you like meth and lame music
Rose LeMort All you gotta do is want it. And it will come back. The writers & producers will follow what the people want ultimately.. So We can have it again.. I don't have an electric right now. So I write around an acoustic guitar. But, rock like this takes allot of things.. And frankly some of the new artist haven't learned how to catch it and put it together yet.
Well Rush was kind of around way before Triumph. Triumph was like Rush Jr. Another killer Canadian power trio with high vocals. First time I heard them I though Rush had a new song on the radio.
@@patrickq7489 Pat; I c ur pt RE: Rush. However; what about their friends/colleagues from Max Webster (especially Kim Mitchell)? They ROCKED THE FUCKIN' WORLD!!!!! Triumph's much more on par w/Max Webster than Rush will ever b (w/all due respect 2 Rush's relationship w/Max Webster & their own HOF-talent).
I know people don't agree Rush was never my band but any guy of my age group loved Rush.I foolishly never saw Triumph because they always seemed to tour w Rush.But I love them❤
How can anyone realistically dislike this song? Great vocal performance, great song arrangement and awesome hook that makes you want to listen to it at least a second time after hearing it once.
I had a pretty decent stereo in my old Ford back in the day and I would crank the hell out of this song, it caused me to get a ticket one time. Great memories !!!!
One of my favorite songs of all time. I can still remember the day I bought this album, walked home and couldn't wait to listen to it. The solo sounds like its weeping.
It makes me sad thinking,where did the music go and why did it go so bad.These days it seems are gone forever.I think of my band and the great times and good concerts back then,man it was awesome.The lyrics and music together just was the best.
That's when music meant something. It had power in it's words. Now, music is looked at differently and not fueling the energy we all need to overcome the terrors that are upon us.
So true.I try to listen to the bullshit out now but its painful. The self riteous rappers and disposable pop is an embarasment to music.Music was fun back then,it made you feel good.The world was so different.Thank God for RU-vid
1911HeadBanger MTV now = Monkey TV because it only reaches the monkey in us. man I miss those deep years. fuk bieber's bubble gum music and the rest of the tripe they try to pass off as Music Tell me Vision
Truly one of the most underrated band. One of my all time faves. Unfortunately for them they came out the same time as Rush and couldn't get up from under their shadow. Both Canadian, power trios pure awesomeness.
This music is the real deal. The 80's rocked with the big haired band music. I was a teen then, and I miss those days. It was all about my friends and I, girlfriends, fast cars, street racing and booze cruizin'. I'm 52 now and I still rock to the 80's music. My wife and kids will never understand this music.
Classic, timeless, flawless rock. They just don't make music/groups like this anymore. I've been a fan for 30+ years, and still play 'air guitar' and sing along with Rik when I hear these tunes!!! Thanks for posting! \m/
My Guitar Hero of 30 years. I went to three Triumph concerts in the 80's at Reunion Arena in Dallas. In 2009, attended Rik's performance in Houston and got to meet him. God Bless this Trio!
Triumph was most definitely NOT a poor man's Rush. They had a unique hard rock sound. One of the most underrated bands in rock. Rick had an awesome arsenal of guitars too.
One of the best concerts I've ever seen in the mid '80's and the best review ever the next day in the paper. They said " It isn't right to call Triumph a heavy metal band. Rik Emmett's voice is so angelic it should be called Precious Metal."
Rik Emmett is the nicest guy you will ever meet!! Trust me...June 9th of 1994...I opened a show for him..He is not only gracious, he is a talent that so many people might have missed...He is a really GREAT Guy!!!!!!! "Chief" from Missouri.....
My dad has listened to this music since he was my age and I’ve grown up around it. These lyrics and the music is everything. I’m 20 and next Saturday I’m going to see Rick Emmett with my dad and I’m so excited. We’ve also seen Kiss, Van Halen, and Def Leopard together. Classic rock is legendary🤘🏼
wow lori, no kidding. i think the same a lot. i just turned 57. loved all this stuff back in the day, i mean all of it. college, a lot of drinking and drugging. got sober, got married, had 2 beautiful kids. now divorced, and whammo 36 years, gone in the blink of an eye. can only hope every day is as good as the last. trying to be more positive nowadays. have a a great day!
I’m happy I had parents from this generation that put me on to this type of music at a young age. Can’t imagine what I would be like if I didn’t like the music I do 😂😂
If any of the members of Triumph ever happen to read this I just want to say thank you. You gave me hope. In the eighties I was in highschool and things can get a little negative when your a kid, but this song, Fight the Good Fight, Magic power, Hold On ect... got me through it, truely, thank you for Rock'n in the trueest sense of the word, and doing it in a way that was inspiring. Triumph is the BEST.
I seen there first American concert in Spokane Wa. These guys had it together killer light show and banging sound even got my ticket signed by Rick Emmitt. great times and better Music
I remember always reading "If it wasn't for RUSH, ...these guys would have been THE power trio out of Canada". I love RUSH, but its really kind of sad they had their whole career measured in the shadow of RUSH in the press - TRIUMP were a different and deserving hard rock/blues band and had their own thing going different from the progressive sound of Rush IMHO.
I would rather consider Triumph as Canada's answer to the awesome hard rock sound of Heart. This song "Lay it on the Line" matches up to Barracuda (very different song but similarly awesome guitar licks and rhythm section groove).
They were both three- piece Canadian bands - and that's where the comparison ends. Rush went on a musical journey that lasted 40 years and took them on a musical journey far from their roots as Led Zeppelin copyists. From the few Triumph songs I heard way back when (they were virtually unknown in the UK), they were a straight down the line blues based rock band. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but the comparisons with Rush are way off the mark.
This band is amazing! In Costa Rica peopke don't know too much about them! But i tell you what ! Is far better than many famous bands of their time and nowadays!
Back when I was 16 I was an emancipated minor and this was my very first concert ever , I win the tickets on KGGO went and was up front of the stage at Vet's Auditorium and during the last song which was Lay it on the line they started handing out back stage passes on long chains , I got one and then I lost my virginity to the drummer Gilliam ! That was a hell of a night I have never ever forgotten and never will ! I still love ya Gilliam baby and never got married nor any children andI am 52 years old now almost 53 .
Triumph was a very under appreciated band back in the '80s. So many great songs like this one as well as just about every ****ing song on Allied Forces! As far as bands out of the Toronto area go; I loved Rush back in the day as well as Moe Berg and his TPOH but these guys put on an exceptional live show and their studio albums were great too. Thanks for posting this!!!!!
As a working lead singer, doing 50% covers, I can tell you Triumph is a HARD band to cover, that's ONE HIGH male voice, like Geddy Lee with more control (not that Rush doesn't RULE)
This is live from the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago,il in 1979 and i was in the 5th row and let me say this was and still is the best BAND to see live as their shows through the years were awsome with all the laser works they had. I cannot believe that RIK EMMETT is not in the top 50 guitar players of all time,that is just a crime in itself.I have seen them at least 10 times and by far the best concert show
Canada's other GREAT three man band! They were one of my favorites back in the day, and I still love them today. Can't help but to get into this music every time I hear it!!
This is how I have felt Triumph brings out song w/ words you can relate too. We all have felt there music touch our lives in some way or another. One of my top Bands in the 80s. They are Awesome performers. Thanks for knowing how i fell in all of your songs. and I wont never surrender!
I got the chance to see a lot of great bands and singers in concert, from the mid 70s throughout the 80s. For Goodness sakes I even saw Rick James in Oakland CA in 83, but never got the chance to see Triumph. I really wanted to see them too, but they where never even close to being in an area where I was at any time during their run. I still regret not having found a way, because they where one of the ones I listened to over and over again. I did however get to see Heart, twice, 79 and 81, Led Zeppelin in 81, The Stones, Black Sabbath, Iron Butterfly, even Elvis, to name a few. Triumph, not once. Sux for me.
I on the other hand only have seen a handful of concerts in my lifetime. I probably wont make you feel any better though, lol. I saw Triumph at their peak in the early 80s and they were outstanding. They sounded every bit as good live as on their recordings but better. The real deal, no musical trickery, just an honest to goodness rock'n'roll band.Of course they played all their best known songs including my fav 'Lay It On The Line' and they were awesome on all those. They didnt do much of show except when they played 'The Blinding Light Show', a song I was unfamiliar with at the time. As it turns out the song is one of those long epic jams, like 10-11 mins long. A giant mirrored disco ball dropped down from the center of the venue and they shined the laser lights on it. The arena was transformed into outer space and the light show went perfectly with this song that had these alternating soft slow to hard fast and loud passages. Molly Hatchet was the opening act and they were good too but not nearly as loud. I guess they were kind of fading out at the time and Triumph on the rise so the extra amplification was reserved for the headliner which seemed to be the norm during the period I attended concerts. Definitely a memorable evening of rock for my wife and I.
waynemegaman Hey man, thx for that. I love their songs still, and just knew they would do a pure and real concert. I got to see Molly Hatchet as an opener for Charlie Daniel's. I don't recall the year, but Daniel's song at the time was, The Devil went down to Georgia. I believe it was his come back tour after his hand was mangled in a hay baler accident. Any who, thx so much for the recollection.
62636263c I'd like to know how you saw Zepp in 81 when Bonzo died in 80? On a side note, I saw these guys jam in 86. Awesome set! The laser face in the sky wreaked havoc with my little acid trip though!
diabel1969 It may have been anywhere from 79 to 81. It was quite some time ago. I did see the last WHO concert in the early 80s also. It was at Candlestick park in San Fransisco. I was stationed at Treasure Island at the time. I had been stationed there 4 times between 81 and 84 for veriest reasons, ie school, pre and post deployment ect, US Navy. Those days are a bit hazy now.
Back in the day there was Sooooooo many great bands , that it'd make your head spin . I didn't really start to appreciate Lou until probably in the 90's when they came to where i lived . I remember thinking to myself , can this guy really be that good . Yep he was .
I saw this tour back in the day at the Royal Oak theater in Michigan. Gil Moore threw one of his sticks into the audience and it hit my friend right in the nuts! We laughed hysterically as he was doubled over in pain. lol
Sometimes, great Canadian bands are lost in the noise of other bands, artists, and music. It is a shame. Triumph suffered from some of that, unfortunately. Rika Emmett's guitar work, be it electric or acoustic, is awe-inspiring. He used to teach music at Humber College, in Ontario, Canada. It is a shame people don't fond his other work. He is a huge talent! That is before we consider his singing or song writing skills.
Don Coker~ When did band fandom, become synonymous with believing, that music's sole purpose, is about this big, contrived competition with one another !!?.... "RUSH" is a great band, "TRIUMPH" is a great band...Let's just leave it at that, shall we ?
Murray Johnson ~ Not really Murray, the competition between "RUSH" fans, and "TRIUMPH"fans, and the bands themselves, is all in your head,and that's never been what music has been about, and it never will be !!
What about RUSH?.....trio,lol And US Festival-thats what the fuck Im talking about!...That was the metal concert -all day festival that started all man,young kids-take notice...TRIUMPH is how it was done!
Michael Cabezudo Michael,I too am a Triumph fan.But you apparently missed an earlier comment about how they sounded like Geddy Lee.Sorry if I offended you but Rush is the true Canadian power trio.Pre-Triumph days.I saw Triumph two times in the states and they rocked the house. But if you watch the video you will see the similarities to Rush onstage.The huge drum set,the doubleneck guitar,and the hair. Also if you remember there was another great band called Mahogany Rush that was excellent too.Canadian I do believe.Jimi Hendrix style.Hell yeh!
I'll agree that Rush is the original Canadian power trio, but for me, Triumph is an uncontested second. I'm not sure where Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush were from, but I saw them live and they had nothing on Triumph.
Rik is Just getting into it. Because he's been there and knows all about the the woman that is alway's on the slant. Never a straight line woman. I've seen my share. Thanks Rik for all us guy's that have to put up with women like that all the time. Love this tune just because it says just what I feel also.
Being a Rush fan and watching these awesome old Triumph videos for the first time, it's crystal clear who helped influence these guys. The double neck, the high voice and even facial expressions and stage moves appear to pay homage to Mr. Geddy Lee. My take, thats all. Cheers
I did a show on Thurrsday June 9th 1994. I was the opening Act with The Band :Missouri. Rik is the the MOST DECENT and NICEST PERSON in the World of Rock that I have EVER met. FYI, I could put a list a mile long of the people I have met in the industry. HE tops them all...Nice guy.
