Cheap Trick - Dream Police

[@wicked427cobra5]

I'm 57 and grew up with Trick, what a powerful, entertaining, no bullshit allowed, rock and roll band, thanks for everything boys !!!!

[@goldsmithstudent]

Me too! saw them in Decatur IL 1981. Great bunch of guys also

[@rosem2551]

Me too I'm a native of Rockford illinois. Saw them at our little Metro Center for New Year's Eve and passed out in the front row!

[@mrvlsmrv]

Freeport Illinois native here. Seen them 10 times. Always deliver great fun RnR.

[@keithlawes]

Toughest jobs in the world: 1/ Soldier. 2/ Deep sea fisherman. 3/ Carrier pilot. 4/ Rick Nielsen's guitar technician.

[@robbiehanson4901]

5. Changing bass strings on 10+ 12 string basses. And tuning them each night.

[@MrMcgruff5150]

I believe that they still remain the most underrated band of all time!

[@grantharrismusic]

I think their claim to being so underrated is overrated.

[@lukelucas1503]

I think so too, seen them before and they kicked ass,really tight band

[@banjominer9682]

maybe because the guitarist really wasn't that good at all?

[@misterjameswest]

@@banjominer9682 Oh please........

[@TheSamsdad25]

Them and UFO

[@leokimvideo]

Everyone goes on about Rick and his guitars, but this band has the trickiest Bass player ever. He's the secret weapon in their sound

[@DannyFnSaint]

Agree!

[@flights47]

And plays a 12 string base

[@bobl6139]

8 string hamer!

[@jbjester1]

Damn Skippy! Tom is brilliant!

[@Tommy-TwigFan]

Isn't the one in this video the second bass player and not the og.

[@amac8237]

Now this is a rock band ladies and gentlemen!

[@sallyrik]

That's one of the sweaters I knitted for him!!!

[@mattgosha5048]

Are you serious?????????? That's awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@brianfergus839]

Fantastic!

[@jasperburchfield2028]

Very cool!

[@fatalcoolfatalcool]

How much to make today?

[@sandie302]

I want one too , Please :)

[@mr.snicker-doodles7081]

Saw them with UFO opening in 1980, been a fan ever since...

[@gso4469]

Rick is one of the most underrated guitarists ever!

[@xtc1957]

His simplicity is his gift. He is the rock rock ‘n’ roll guitar of the highest store, right up there with the likes of Joe Walsh.

[@disseminationnetwork]

Robin Zander! What a voice! Bun E, Tom and Rick rocking hard! I got the Budokon album in '79 as a 12 year old and rocked it out! Dream Police the year after...they were great!

[@musicfanhawk4523]

💯

[@tonyhicks1960]

Saw them open for REO Speedwagon at Richfield, Ohio in 1978. I have seen a TON of concerts but Cheap Trick was tight, they really worked the crowd and had just plain fun onstage. Love this band.

[@MostlyHarmless86]

I was at Chicagofest that day, but sadly didn't see the show. I was walking behind the stage when Rick did his soundcheck. Two years later I was in the USAF stationed in Okinawa when Cheap Trick came through on a USO tour. I've been a huge fan (regular size actually) ever since. I try to see them every chance I get. Best damn little Rock-N-Roll combo ever!

[@coreystuart]

These guys really bring the fun back to a music group. I bet it's a riot to see them live.

[@michelemichele6387]

AMAZING 🤩🤩🤩

[@rileymcintosh4852]

Awesome and amazing

[@toms4442]

I seen them about 5 years ago and they made me feel like I was 14 again!!!!!

[@joemom1012]

i don't know a bout now but i have seen them so many times during the 80s and back then i have also seen loads of other bands cheap trick pink Floyd and ZZ top are the very few bands that can make a live show sound like the record out of the studio most bands sound complete different from themselves live

[@tman4414]

I saw Cheap Trick Back around 1980 in Quincy, IL. at Quincy University. Played on the gym floor with a mountain of speakers and we were on the gym floor also. My head rang for 3 days it so loud, everytime the bass hit a note you could feel it hitting your chest, people were smoking funny things and drinking. Man those were the days!!!!!!!!!!

[@hangawara]

They did my old school in Ohio in '82. They were never out of work!

[@dirtydoggies]

Hello?I still cant hear anything.Cheap Trick concert in the 80s!I love these guys!!!! :)

[@2fast4ulsr]

This has always been my favorite part of the show. The eight million guitars solo. I miss these days

[@markwilson3723]

Tom and that 12 string bass....what a massive sound...

[@DannyFnSaint]

Tom's 12 string does have a massive sound, but that's Pete Comita on bass here.

[@DevilsMix666]

I partied with these guys one night after a show at the Cajun House in Scottsdale AZ... My buddy toured with them and was at Butokan.... Great Band, Fun Guys, Way Talented!

[@maggieforbesshubie]

I have few regrets after 61 years ... Never seeing these guys live is definitely one of them. 😢

[@DannyFnSaint]

It's not too late! They're still on the road!

[@maggieforbesshubie]

@@DannyFnSaint Sadly they rarely come to my part of the world.

[@constancewessel3906]

That's me at 74! SO wish I'd been able to!

[@Richard-ur1uh]

5 timmes tonight. Im hooked screw today s stuff. This where today came from 😅

[@majorpain1251]

My second concert was Cheap Trick opening for Kansas right after In Color came out. Great show and I've been a fan ever since.

[@stephenbrown7545]

Bun E Carlos is awesome and very underrated !!

[@JohnHWelch63]

Always loved Rick Nielsen's solos when he straps on about 50,000 guitars and plays a solo on each one. I'm pretty sure I've never seen any other lead guitarist do that at a live show. I've been a guitarist for over 40 years and I've always had a hard time just having the weight of one Les Paul on me. I don't know how he plays live with 4 or 5 guitars around his shoulder.

[@Bubble7481]

Chicagofest 81 eh? I WAS there!!! Flew in from London a few days before to stay with family and ended up seeing this band who I saw at Reading Festival (in the UK) a year or so before...they stole the show. One of the best live bands EVER!!!

[@leemcclements8889]

One of my BFF's for many years is a cousin of Robins on her dad's side . Back in the day when we lived in Chicago we visited her aunt in Rockford.She shared stories of him when he was a kid. It was a great experience! D

[@DannyFnSaint]

That’s awesome!

[@openwheelmanic]

I saw Cheap Trick open for KISS in 77 and things haven't been the same since - Great Band!!

[@fairymcqueen505]

I was also at Cow Palace, Cheap Trick & the Kiss in 1977. Love loud sound of both.

[@sweetdrummer]

I did too. I was 10, in the KISS army and Cheap Trick still almost stole the show. Los Angeles Forum

[@bartonpercival3216]

​@@fairymcqueen505Yup me too. Tuesday August 16th 1977 it was the night Paul Stanley told all 14,000 in the audience that Elvis Presley passed away. My brother and me got to the Cow Palace at around 3pm and the line to get into the arena was already way out on Geneva Blvd. Great concert. Became a huge Cheap Trick fan that night!!!! 👍🎸

[@petej.8676]

I was at this show ..a mere 16 year old hanging with my older cousins..boy where has the time gone..

[@ronlafreniere4147]

im 61 long live the trick

[@darinmowbray8509]

One of the greatest hard rock bands live, I've ever seen. Loud and in your face! Love Cheap Trick!!

[@cozzconM]

I was there! This is indeed a famous show. It was part of Chicagofest and was held on the lawn next to the water treatment plant by Navy Pier. No I'm not kidding- the water treatment plant. I cut school with a friend, we took the bus down to the Pier, and got crap seats. The opening band was called "Cold Chisel" or something. The were pelted off stage with cardboard pizza circles flung like frisbees, People were dumping the pizza on the ground and just winging them. Great show- wild memory.

[@kurtb8474]

Gad - we knew what rock and roll was back in the 70s.

[@jeppokilmon2406]

Saw them last night at Merriweather after a 2 year delay. Great show! (2022)

[@maskedmusician2002]

Rick's showmanship has always been great to watch. Love the 3 guitar gimmick. Listen to how spot on Robin's vocals are on this, outstanding!

[@rileymcintosh4852]

OMG I am still blown away

[@brittdanielrocks]

@riley 🤘🤘🎸 🎸

[@lukelucas1503]

A real class act and have been for over 40 yrs

[@johnjones-sy9yb]

This is great/ Rick N's clothes and his whole vibe really add to this.... I want to see them play live again asap. The whole band has a great personality

[@BurningtunaDC]

Rick is nothing short of genius as a songwriter.

[@davemcclung3579]

Friken Boy genius there... Rick Neilson, so darn under rated for both singer songwriter and guitar player. credits .. He's got all the Tricks' for sure. Love this!

[@techteacherww]

This is by far my favorite guitar solo Rick Nielsen is truely a great entertainer!!!!!!!!!

[@littlejimmy7402]

It's a shame that young people don't get to see this kind of performance anymore. One of the most eye-opening days of my life was back in 04' when a young American Soldier asked me "who plays Stairway to Heaven", I think my knees bucked. I know that some pretty good music reactors have been forced off the 'tube because of CR issues (from doing Eagles reactions). Whoever reads this please understand KZbin is a great route to get people to hear this awesome music. If you let the knowledge grow the money will come.

[@cmonster67]

Wait, whut???? 🤯🤯🤯

[@lilorbielilorbie2496]

littlejimmy7402 If I never ever hear stairway to heaven again it will be to soon. IMO. it's Not the be all end song in the history of rock & roll.

[@littlejimmy7402]

@@lilorbielilorbie2496 Plenty of people feel that way, you can't play it in a guitar shop. Seriously though, you realize there are adults that have never heard it? There are adults that have never seen the original "Star Wars", not Episode 4, just "Star Wars".

[@tallicamantw]

Remember watching this on tv. When he kinda just drops the first guitar was so cool! Classic!

[@brittdanielrocks]

@tallica 🤘🤘🎸 🎸

[@leondrawbridge6586]

Omg what an awesome band.. wish i could seen them live!!

[@sbrave]

Was at this show...what a riot!!!

[@lastdaysguitar]

I just realized in this video Rick Neilson and Angus Young are cut from the same bolt of cloth! Both great rock guitarists!

[@spaztekwarrior]

I remember listening to Live at Budokan a ton in 1979. What a band:)

[@CheestosParade]

I laughed so hard back in 70s as a teenager at the 1st time seeing Rick looking like Satch from the Bowery Boys! Love it! Love Cheap Trick!❤Robins vocals are just awesome!

[@Amber_xo_133]

Young Robin and Tom are so handsome OMG 😍😍😍😍

[@marshallposey7842]

That is Pete Comita playing bass.

[@donwarnick1089]

My first concert Rochester New York 1982 age 17 amps on both sides of stage up to the ceiling standing room only hockey rink. My ears rang for 2 days.

[@pseudosun]

refreshing. Needed this blast from the past

[@petehatzakos]

I love this... I first saw this (and taped it on VHS) on Nightflight back in the day...dubbed it to cassette and use to listen to this constantly. The 80s were great..!

[@jerrywicht88]

My seniors year of high school and the best show I ever saw

[@franksimpson3770]

They still put on a great show....miss bun but good drummer now.

[@joesteedman8230]

When I get to heaven I’m going to see the best guitar players that god made.Stevie ,Randy ,Eddie. So many to them to name😮God gave them to us then he he takes them away😢.

[@DrummerMan1966]

Cheap Trick Rocks!! This was one of their few shows that Bun E. Carlos used a double bass kit! Pete Comita was awesome on bass!

[@Frank-d6m]

I saw them at Jones Beach it was the eighties I think they were excellent all of the band ahhhh memories that's when life was good ❤😊

[@thecoolestdad]

I saw Cheap Trick 3 times in the Fox Theater in Atlanta. All three were awesome.

[@scottsimpson695]

***** You must be the cool guy because I saw them in the fox also! Went to Marist ROCK ON BRO!!

[@thecoolestdad]

Scott Simpson Yes sir I am the coolest! One one of those concerts, we went to the stage door and waited for them to leave, and they were right there beside us and I patted Bun E Carlos on the back and told him great concert. he said thanks. Good times.

[@RoofyzMom]

I love this video, the song and the guitar solo. Thanks for posting it. I have watched it several times already. Laurie C.

[@sharronarturi7958]

Great Rick🎉 play that guitar!🎶❤❤❤❤🔥

[@brittdanielrocks]

@sharron 🤘🤘🎸 🎸

[@johngattorna5873]

Many nites at the Brat Stop in Kenosha WI in the 70s as this was their home base lol great concerts and memories so love the Trick ...😂❤🎸🎶🎶🎶😎

[@rosem2551]

Audiotrak Studios, downtown Rkfd?

[@321CatDaddy]

Blas sounds great, as always. So good to see them out playing!

[@GuitarSolo1962]

This is the first time I can remember seeing a right-handed guitarist playing a left-handed Strat -- kind of a mirrored Hendrix approach. For historisans, this clip has to be from 1981, that was the only year Pete Comita played bass for the band.

[@Brewzerr]

Also for a couple of months in late 1980, but yeah this is '81 here

[@hugq14]

FYI, you probably saw a right handed guy play a left handed guitar before! His name was Hendrix. Look it up!!

[@MICHAELB051973]

My father knows a few of these guys from Rockford Illinois. Been watching them my whole life! Nothing like some good old rock and roll!

[@akibubba1]

Robin's stage sleeping is hilarious ! I saw these guys in the early 80's and they rocked hugh ! Hard to find a live version of "Downed" from the "In Color" album, though. "Youngsters", fear not, as we old farts are vigilantly trying to obliterate modern "utter crap" at all times. In the words of the immortal Spinal Tap--"These go to 11"...

[@65SteveC]

I saw them in Denver in 1981, and then again in 2007 and we're going again this summer in Greeley, Co. Can't wait.

[@KellieLevans]

i met Jon Bryant in Milwaukee, he was nice. I really don't think anyone can keep up with Tom.He's one of the best bass players in the world.

[@brittdanielrocks]

@kellie 🤘🤘🎸 🎸

[@JPPatrol]

*dressed* 3 guitars at once Another stoyr if he had *played* 3 guitars at once. Rick Nielsen one of the most god-like guitar players in 70s =D

[@GoodyBob]

Go Rick Go! Wow as usual...so under-rated, & so gifted.

[@phillipschlegel6663]

Oh yeah these guys rocked legendary

[@elvis316]

saw these guys for 50th time a few months ago, the emcee introduced them as "the greatest fucking band you will ever see". I agree.

[@gluekbeeratyahoocom]

The most approachable band on earth. Rick Nielsen absolutly rocks, Bun E Rocks, Robin's singing blends it all together. Where'd Tom go?? See 'em in a small venue. You will not regret it. I vote for Medina Ballroom in Medina, MN. Rick, thanks for the pick and the beers!!!

[@ladyhonor822]

BLESS YOU ALWAYS ❤❤❤ PHILADELPHIA USA 🇺🇲 NOSTROVIA ☦️🌎

[@ReneeCourteau]

Love love love CT❤

[@brittdanielrocks]

@renee 🤘🤘🎸 🎸

[@ReneeCourteau]

@@brittdanielrocks I loves me some RZ!

[@brittdanielrocks]

@@ReneeCourteau thanks for being an amazing one, and I'm honored of your support.

[@brittdanielrocks]

@@ReneeCourteau thanks for being an amazing one. Hopefully you keep up with being a consistent supporter.

[@brittdanielrocks]

@@ReneeCourteau all love, and I hope for your consistency in love always.

[@marcdemell2987]

Nielson is a madman.Love it!

[@ceviche666]

Love this band...Rick Nielsen has one of the sickest guitar collections I've ever seen!

[@grantharrismusic]

It was diminished by one after this performance.

[@RICH12DAY34]

I love this video check out all the stuff going on with Rick when he throws his last Guitar 4:20 Rick Throws Guitar 4:29 Roadie scrambling because he dropped the guitar and it broke. 4:41 Rick Finally sees what happened...4:44 Rick Yells at Roadie 4:49 Rick doubles back with a Glance at the roadie...5:03 Rick looks back and he is still pissed off...5:04 Rick takes a full body stance and glares at the roadie...5:31 Rick checks the damage to the guitar...5:56 Roadie and guitar gone...

[@xciceroguy]

Brilliant observation.

[@LikeigiveAFaboutU]

Maybe he shouldn't have been mad at the roadie cuz it looked like Rick sat it right on the end of the stage and let go like a fucking maniac. Looks to me like he can't be mad at anyone other than himself in that moment.

[@garymorris7472]

@@LikeigiveAFaboutU not that guitar, the second one that he threw.

[@LikeigiveAFaboutU]

@@garymorris7472 lol! I didn't realize he threw a second guitar. Somehow I wasn't paying attention at that second. And the fact that you said, "no not that guitar. The second one he threw.". Such a funny sentence without context

[@markp1549]

The roadie had one job ….

[@goedit]

My oh My, I recorded this from "Night Flight" I think, then dubbed it to cassette sometime during the 1980's, missed listening to this Guitar solo! Thanks for posting this! Cheap Trick are a great band to see!

[@rosem2551]

So u must be a Rockfordite (like me)!

[@Meda4Chasen]

I have seen them in concert they play an awesome show Rick is beyond the Best just like Eddie Van Halen . Eddie made the Guitar talk and Rick makes it scream awesome!!

[@TimCooper-y1m]

Best live band ever

[@WeAreTheKerbcrawlers]

My favourite band!!!

[@soccerdude98]

I love ricks shirt...with all the notes. OH and all those guitars!!

[@Godscountry2732]

Rick is like Angus Young', in how he plays to the crowd. I love it.

[@mrsjbigos]

One of my favorite bands!!!

[@charlesteixeira4962]

I saw a guitar falling... lol. Cheap Trick... amazing band.

[@davelawson24]

Going to that same show next week in Tampa!! So stoked, and even tho Cheap Trick isn't top bill on the ticket, they're what I'm most excited to see! Their talent, showmanship, and talent is un-matched. And im eager to see how Rick Nielsen handles the 5-neck at age 60, haha!!

[@Rocketjay12]

After all these years...Rick Nielsen and Cheap Trick ROCK! Yeah!!!

[@carlamongold33]

Love ❤️ the bass player- Good looking guy -Bring on Robin Xander -Lets Go

[@AlmostReady504]

Satch from The Bowery Boys!!

[@mkfly1]

Saw this show in Albuquerque live in 79 - Same intro, and yes - there is a roadie in the wings to catch the guitar that he launches off into space! (Did you notice that it was a leftie Strat played upside down?) Awesome!!! Thanks for posting.

[@richardbarrick1492]

I happened to watch they're show Indianapolis in the 80s-- and here's the God's honest truth-- we were all the way on a long way from the stage-- and the decibels were ear- shattering, needless to say, I couldn't hear 4 a week!

[@stevedubintennis]

I was there...great show...

[@berniesisson7397]

I wish concerts were $35 when I saw so many bands

[@maynenightowl41]

Couldn't have said it better myself Les!!!! You deserve a whopping Woo Hoo!!!!

[@DJGerryfromStarlightMusic]

Great version!!

[@bongun03]

Their one of the greatest band who ever played.

[@telecasterbear]

first time i saw them was in 1978. they opened for rainbow/with blackmore and dio. that was all i needed to be a lifelong fan. i have seen them another 5 or 6 times since.

[@richybryan4652]

Wowwwww.... What a GREAT BAND........A MIRACLE 8

[@zmznzbzvzmznzb]

Thirty years ago I saved and bought this album. It doesn't come out of it's sleeve.

[@ThomasHooper-55]

Rick is the greatest!!!

[@JCHaywire]

I saw the band sometime around this era in Dubuque, IA, but Tom was in the band that night. You really get to hear the 12-string bass during the Rick part.

[@1funkyangel]

the song itself is just a really good concept! Got a good catchy hook 2!