Tesla - Little Suzi

Music video by Tesla performing Little Suzi. (C) 1986 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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[@StephenBingham-kp2ld]

Listening in 2024, I am 60 yrs. old.

[@rollerskatertexasgirl]

Damn Straight 🤠🛼🛼

[@Lisa-pl6gv]

61 here and hell yes!!

[@mikedominguez3525]

Same here

[@user-ei2bd1en1h]

Still lessoning at 59 not able to play it! But I can leave with it ❤😂🎉😅😊

[@gardendormouse6479]

I'm 57, still listening.

[@rogermoon1693]

This goes out to one of my best friends that has passed way too young. Tesla was one of his favorite bands, RIP KENNY COFFEE! You will always be remembered my friend

[@christopherstudley9374]

Love to your friend there Roger. Have a funny story for ya. Back when they were *originally on tour, Firehouse opened for them (I really didn't have a problem with that) BUT....there was this one guy that definitely did. He was in the inner 1/3rd portion from the stage. Sold out show. Standing room only. Their ENTIRE SET, directly in front of the singer he saluted him the bird *until he finally got the same love back on their last song ,) It was hilarious.

[@donphares9006]

All of my best friend are gone way too young I am the sole survivor

[@emilyemily6316]

@@donphares9006 I'm so sorry..i feel your pain

[@traceyhacker7988]

Sorry for your loss

[@hybridous]

music crosses the veil to connect us with the ones we love after they're gone... thanks, Dad! love you!

[@maryredford6218]

I love the 80's bands ! Who cares if its 2021. They Rock !

[@russellmcgurn4217]

Hell Yeah!!

[@LKVince11]

@@Calypso231p

[@scottkovacs7634]

The 80s was the time. I just seen Tesla October 15th

[@larrypate2683]

All the 80’s music was great in my opinion

[@erikakabloodybrains83_8]

I agree 💯 there's only a few bands I like these days like Filth And Ghost and Spiritbox and Rivers of Nile the rest of the stuff just is just audio tune 💯 there's never gonna be true rockers in this world anymore

[@traceymccarty859]

who else in 2020 still listening! the most underrated band of the 80s

[@mikelovell9661]

Actually they were given a lot of respect over the years . I remember they were more popular than metallica . Not as popular as poison or motley crew buy they should have been i guess

[@ericcollins6280]

Absolutely

[@isissucks9622]

Me still can't believe what I thought looked cool back then haa skinny jeans

[@shawnpippenger8356]

Seen these guys more times live than my all time fav. They lol it every time

[@lolacombs9838]

me

[@Shannonrenees]

It’s 2023 and I’m still listening. Been listening since the 80’s. Love these guys, they kill it every time. Never disappoints. Saw em in 93, one of the best live shows I’ve ever seen, THEY DESERVE MORE LOVE RESPECT AND RECOGNITION.🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@jordanmanuelsacramentomedi4049]

The best rock band of the world :D

[@seanwalker527]

Hands down one of my favourite songs by Tesla, grossly underatated song and band.

[@rollotomassi4768]

They were until they went all Hippie Love crap.

[@SWEEDE76]

It’s great but I had no idea that this was a cover

[@jonprice7085]

Saw them on first tour with alice cooper, both got down

[@snappy_0]

My absolute fave

[@seanwalker527]

@@jonprice7085 sweet! I didn't get to see them until last year I think it was, when they opened for Def Leppard. They both put on a fantastic performance.

[@davewalter746]

Been listening to this song for decades... Never realized it was a cover until just recently... They definitely did make it their own...

[@johnstrika9170]

Lol I just found that out myself. Someone on here posted the first day MTV aired and one of the videos was a band named PhD singing this

[@lisaalexander1193]

Alright yall!!! It's 2024 and Teslas still rocking🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@calvin5782]

Bad day? Listen to Tesla!🏋👍🍻

[@MrsDrGonzo1971]

👍🙂

[@jessepost3996]

Truth!!!

[@lobocaliforniano2608]

Oh Yessss! specially: getting better!

[@TheYobo1016]

In a time of cute, makeup laden hair metal, these guys were just simple rock & rollers. The kind of guys you'd want to share a beer or two with in some dive bar. Props to you guys for being authentically yourselves. Keep on rocking guys.

[@Chrissy2230]

Yeah. Frank Hannon 🎸 has his own beer line now. 🍻

[@TheYobo1016]

@@Chrissy2230 Nice, what's it called?

[@Chrissy2230]

@Ian Noe I think his beer is called hippie something. I will have to look it up. There is a beer food place that makes it for him. It's called Out of Bounds in Folsom, Ca. 🍻

[@SaintD382]

@@Chrissy2230 Okay Chrissy, you've had a year to look it up...now TALK!

[@Chrissy2230]

@@SaintD382 Yeah, I have been drinking it for a year now. 🍻 It's called Heavy Metal hippie beer, it's an IPA and you can only get it at Out of Bounds in Folsom, CA.

[@rickchyczewski576]

Mechanical Resonance was one of the 80's best albums. I just listened to it today. It was their best work imo.

[@vaderx9805]

That’s not opinion that’s fact

[@kentjohnston1722]

Gettin better ❤

[@billmonach6409]

Perfect album

[@marcjuras1623]

Psychotic supper tops MR ... imho. But i guess it`s a matter of taste.

[@lauratroxel24]

Psychotic Supper is hard to top, imo. It is Perfect! 🤟🏻

[@ericsatterfield3178]

Still one of my favorite bands ❤🤘

[@MustangJen777]

Will always love Tesla one of the great bands of the 80's

[@jamesd242]

thats like your opinion, man

[@steveterry1225]

This band had Heart and soul of the 70's Rock Bands. Rock N Roll . They had hair but not in that Hair band catagory and a term I don't like. :) Still rockin.

[@maxxxmodelz4061]

The MOST underrated band of the 80's and one of the greatest songs of the 80's for sure.

[@MaachoMaan]

...nailed it, Coach!

[@GVike]

It's actually a cover version... look Ph. D. up... the original had no guitar hahaha...

[@maxxxmodelz4061]

@@GVike Yes, I remember the original! Keyboards instead of guitar there. I just saw the Ph D version for that here on KZbin as well. I prefer the Tesla version, but it's still a great song either way!

[@twikirobot6897]

They had a couple Gold and Platinum albums....nothing underrated about 'em.

[@astrojoe88]

Video just looks like them having fun and reminds me of the days when MTV still played music with the dial MTV Countdown. My favorite Tesla song with their signature mix of acoustic and electric. Wish they would include the full intro live and in the video. Thanks for keeping in hard rock all these years TESLA. Long Live TESLA and Rock N Roll!

[@vapormissile]

Amen. The guys who put the footage together for this video deserve praise. It looks like a bunch of screwing around having a blast, then sticking the best bits together, like the guy punching his own head. I heard this on JackFM and went straight here.

[@carriesunday5581]

@@vapormissile Tommy is his name hitting himself like that and this is how these guys still are having fun easy going.

[@vapormissile]

@Carrie Sunday pause it at 2:08 & it looks like that high-kick almost brained the singer, and if it's paused it looks like he superman-kicked him in the kidneys. This is such an underrated song, and this video makes me feel young again.

[@scottlarson1548]

@@vapormissile This is what most music videos had become in the late 80s. The labels slashed the promo budgets so most bands could only make stylized performance videos like this one. There were no stories and nothing in them that most viewers would want to see twice. And *that's* why MTV stopped playing music. Their ratings were tanking because of videos like this, and there was nothing they could do because these were the only videos the bands could afford to make.

[@LIGHTNING132YTG]

The 80s bands had the most amount of fun imo. It was more about the music rather than business back then.

[@MILUNGAO]

80's MUSIC NEVER DIES !

[@Chumpmyster]

Listening in 2024 too, 50 years old.

[@sissypeters1723]

I do I love the 80's

[@JosephAlejandro-bv1hf]

Still loving it all..the memories my friend...the memories 🎸🎸🥁🎸🎤🎵🎼🎶✊🎯🥃☮️

[@entropyregen7438]

I need this! 2020 sucks balls! I am rocking drinking my Heinekens hoping I can click my heals together three times and go back to the 80’s!

[@k.a.8494]

Dude! I feel ya! I didn't know I needed this until one of these creepy damn algorithms popped Tesla (not THAT Tesla), Skid Row, GnR, Cinderella, etc on my feed and well...2021 ain't much better but...at least the interWebZ is good for something, right?

[@adamcharter7228]

Do the same thing every Saturday night. Loved the 80's and this song. Great way to forget about 2022 with a little sprinkle of beer and weed 🤘.

[@bru.nascimento]

Little Suzi's on the up!

[@zeechrocks8386]

I was thinking the same thing, aha

[@ROCKETJEFFMatejek]

TESLA is the MEDICINE for TESLA Fans! Awesome song! Awesome band! Does anyone agree?

[@bobwalters2612]

Yes....they were a turning point in my life as a musician and a music lover! There will never be another like them!!

[@rosalesbyron9011]

Absolutely

[@phillipmiddleton4364]

Right there with you my brother

[@bradroberts7938]

Great band 🔥🔥👏🤘

[@phillipmiddleton4364]

100 percent my brother

[@angiebates539]

I remember the 1st time I heard this. I was hooked on Tesla from the 1st note and my love and respect has grown since then. Thank you guys, y'all mean the world to me!

[@cyradus]

Tesla was one of those bands that happened to come along in the 80s that was NOT a hair band. It was just their time. They would have been fine in any decade. Just a great rock band.

[@caduzamoner8974]

A new classic song from 80's

[@glennawhiteman742]

Frigging love this band!!!! And this song!!!! They were great live!!!! Hope to see them live again!❤

[@ronmounts8075]

I'm with ta Allllll the way with this Glenna!!!!!! Grrrrrreart Times they were!!!!! Still Jammim to them Also!!!!!!!

[@mikeveis9188]

Feeling depressed, put on Tesla and all other heavy metal groups. METAL LIVES!!!!

[@nucl3arfamily906]

Tommy & Frankie...Mess & Finesse! Such a great compliment and dimension on the guitars. I loved it when they’d go full dual shred!

[@triangleman3427]

My favorite band!!!! I can name all most all ur songs

[@angelamonachino897]

2023 and still listening and loving this song!

[@dxdave33]

Concert in KC tonight! Taking my 21 year old son. I'm 54 and rockin Tesla!

[@licksnkicks1166]

This is just a great song. It was released 1986. 38 years later it’s still rocking! 80’s best decade ever for music!

[@Joe-my1zx]

I am listening in 2023. And will forever ❤

[@randythunderaudio1876]

ROCK on TESLA. SOUNDS GOOD (LITTLE SUZI ON THE UP) ROCK ON FRIENDS

[@uio890138]

Just saw them at the DPAC in Durham NC. Amazing, they still sound the same, vocals are great. They haven't lost anything.

[@izzy_6283]

I absolutely love jeff keith & the other band members having so much fun with it on stage! It makes me feel happy to hear this song & watch them. Jeff used to always dance around like that. Idk about now that he's older,havent seen them live in a long time,but i read that 4 of the 5 original band members are still playing together.. that's dedication 🤘🏼🎸

[@Brdanin1]

One of the most underrated bands ever. Particularly this song is one of the best rock songs of the mid-late 80s. I hear they are nice guys too. I remember that tour, they opened for Poison.

[@niagillies7274]

It is one of the best cover songs

[@Brdanin1]

@@niagillies7274 Yup, but with a totally different rock spin.... guitars!

[@LollyQ.]

Would love to hear from Tesla now in 2023!

[@mcraft2240]

Please stop with the underrated

[@briannewland828]

I still listen to these guys. I have saw them live 6 times. 🤘

[@randysluder4064]

I saw them back in the day at the UTC Arena in Chattanooga and they just flat out Rocked the House down !!!! 👍👍

[@jh5588]

Saw the back in the day also, Blockbuster Pavilion Charlotte NC

[@hwkump]

Listened to this on earphones while training for my first marathon. Eight marathons and many years later...still a fan.

[@karajalbert6074]

I literally drove over 2 hrs in a blizzard to get this CD. My parents almost killed me.

[@jondunmore4268]

Did you drive one hour there and one hour back? Or two hours to get it, and two hours to return - cos Tesla ain't worth THAT much time...

[@rozzie101]

When Poison's Open up and say.... ahh was released, I rose my bike an hour and a half to town just to get it. Lol....

[@GJRight]

🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆

[@grayboo212]

@@jondunmore4268 Evidently they're worth THAT much that you had to clarify an answer. Guess you aren't going to get your answer from Kara.

[@daveforeman7020]

You rock 🍻🍻🍻

[@ICTS22]

Man I don't know what caused me to remember Tesla's first album, but I am happy to say that I'm back for it. So good!

[@SuperBennett69]

Welcome to the 80’s can I take your order? Yeah, can I get a rock video please, with extra cheese! Lmao.... but I love it!

[@steelersfanpittsburgh5895]

Those were the best days of my life !!!!

[@sammykokko4895]

41 yrs ago a band called PhD did a song lil suzi is on the up, on MTV August 1, 1981.....rest is history

[@robberry8609]

My sister and brother in law seen them with candle box last night in council bluffs Iowa they said both bands still sounded great and rocked

[@daveswife1225]

Love this song "Don't bring me down She's a lot like you " My crushes college days I was still in highschool He sent me the words to all of the tesla songs in many many handwritten letters ....I still have them ❤ I loved him so much and he never ever knew it but he loved me too ...senior prom ...everyone was coupling off ...so off we went ..he is older but he knew that i wasn't ready...from excessive trembling ...be said omg I've already done this several times but I don't want your first time to be like THIS What I do want is to get out of here and go eat somewhere So we did ...he couldve taken that from me But he couldn't Years later we were caught by my father in the car in my driveway We had gone clubbing We were wasted drunk And boom things got heated fast We were waiting for that moment all of our lives but right as it was going to happen Knock knock knock ...it was my father ...I was like dad you are supposed to be asleep ...you just ruined my dream come true Buhahaha .....

[@lucyfaye567]

Lori, that’s a great story! Sounds like he was a stand up dude! I hope you two finally “got together” after that fiasco! Lol Thanks for sharing! Tesla rocks!!🎤🎸

[@susanhoward6313]

So does Suzie

[@RhondaChandler-io9rd]

and then there's ME.......Rocking out at. 75. 2024. ❤

[@briannewland828]

I have seen these guys 8 Times. First time, I was in Sand Diego, CA. I saw them in Tijuana, Mexico with ZZ Top, Motley Crue, Poison, Def Leppard, and a couple other bands, this was 1987, and saw them 7 other times in the United States.

[@dot555.]

Still listening in 2023! Great Band!

[@QuaaludeCharlie]

In 86 I was 22 Years old Buying The Up for Little Suzi :) QC

[@traceyhacker7988]

I was age 15

[@mikebrowne477]

First album is still the best - perfect from start to finish. And who knew this was a cover of a new wave song?

[@ryandeanlindgren9054]

In High School Played this with My Band. Lo❤ve. 🎸 👊

[@brettisaacs5795]

Them and the cult are the most underrated bands ever

[@johndahl36]

I agee my friend

[@angiebates539]

First song I ever heard by Tesla. I was mesmerized from the 1st note and they became the soundtrack to my life. Thank you Tesla for lifting me up every time I needed it. Many years later it still means alot to me.

[@christianewertsen8312]

Been listening since 1986, I'll be seeing them in Minnesota this year again I'm 53 this summer and I'll always rock to these amazing boys!

[@gripplainandpractical1680]

I listen to classic rock stations and have what I thought was a good amount of knowledge of what was out there. Last year I found Molly Hatchet. Yesterday, believe it or not, I heard this for the first time. Equipment in the workshop is going to be rocking to this for a week! 60+.

[@glennedwards6975]

Every record they have put out has been nothing but kick ass they rock and roll Frank Hannon is so underrated and he right up there with all the other greats and the great Tommy Sheoch that’s no longer with them give him credit also this band should be worth more than what they say they should all be worth millions and millions watch there 5 piece acoustic set Frank Hannons fingers set the fretboard on fire 🔥🎸👍💯percent

[@lilbatty2398]

Big ole FACTS 💯😀

[@nicksantoro9423]

Glenn Edwards him and Tom Keifer of Cinderella are so underrated

[@doryangellotti3916]

@@nicksantoro9423 - Keifer is a gift to this planet!

[@FreeMTrider]

And Frank continued to get better! He just loves guitar and studied it constantly. Great South Sac musician

[@lorettasearcy2023]

I'm a huge tesla fan and Frank is an amazing guitar player but there will never be another Randy Rhoads

[@mikemoore3050]

It's good to reminisce sometimes.

[@stevonic719]

All the time

[@robertdickey3570]

Absolutely!

[@doryangellotti3916]

@Steve G - Me too! Sometimes it makes me smile and sometimes my tummy twists! Isn't that weird? But I wonder the same thing about time a lot since I turned 60 last year, and since the world has turned upside down with the virus, the violence. I lost my Mom in March and then my dog a few weeks back (but not my belt buckle-no country in my house!). All I have to do is put on the rock 'n roll and turn it up and then I'm just fine for a bit. Without music, life would be a mistake. Rock on!

[@thesmokingburrito9097]

Time traveling with Tesla is freaking awesome. Somewhere between 1987-1991 I saw them in Montreal. I had to lie to my family and girlfriend to go see them. What. An adventure.

[@bygmeg]

One of the best . They are the best

[@cherylrichardson2386]

Tesla is a great band, I listen to them all the time! My Daughter and Son when they were younger the three of us had the boom box in our kitchen and they would JAM They new most of the words!! In the car they would recognize the song 🎵 as soon as they heard the first note!! Those were the good old days!! I love you JENNIFER AND NICHOLAS!!

[@danrunner84]

Saw them in Vegas last month. Still rockin in 2024.

[@tracypittman8515]

Just freaking awesome,, enough said

[@pamelaeverett2087]

I ❤ these guys so much. Can listen anytime.

[@vernbarnes8007]

This is how great music and great bands are born just 5 guys loving their music and having a blast doing it.

[@christinawilkins5278]

One of the best bands. 1989 first time I went and seen them

[@megadezziescat1124]

So young! 🤘TESLA🤘

[@bradroberts7938]

First time was Nashville 87 opening for Def Leopard 🔥🔥 They were headlining after 👍🔥🔥🤘

[@tuppetupp13]

Ran into Frank Hannan less than a month ago-I'm glad he loves his cat!!

[@Chrissy2230]

🍻

[@mistiroberts1576]

My favorite Tesla song

[@wesleyjoyner6377]

A very underated band

[@jasonpeduzzi8897]

Such an amazing song and band. 👍👍👏👏👏

[@redhotredbirdramair7486]

This takes me away to a world gone by... but when I am drawn into that world, I find it hard to leave. And I hope I'm not the only one to feel this way... Another song I know but appropriate!

[@davidmcreynolds623]

Loved these guys when they were still “City Kid” jamming the scene in Sacramento!!!

[@ladyhonor822]

🌍😘 ICONS FOREVER ♾️

[@tonyaspeers7604]

Teslas most underrated song. Love it

[@edwardwooten4296]

It's a cover of a band called Ph.D. Look it up. Tesla wayyyyy improved it.

[@joecox5102]

Tesla in my top 5 favorite bands from that era.

[@beckybernash7314]

Been rockin with Tesla since 1986-87ish and it still hits me the same way!

[@joeyreamer1431]

2023 and still rocking

[@astin6125]

Tesla did with this song what PhD could not . What a killer remake .

[@sonsofthesportsguy]

I found out earlier today this was a cover. I wish I knew the backstory of how that came to be. Nothing about the original screams out that it needs to be covered.

[@lindsaydefazio4158]

If you are from Sacramento especially...this was a BIG deal. They got equal play when every other band was straight off the Sunset strip in LA practically. A major record label picking up a Sacramento band....that just means they were THAT good. Totally underrated. love, love, love.

[@suebrokke2220]

Thanks for your amazing talent! Sue Buck -a -Roo & The Buck -a- Roo band...🎉❤🎉 ON THE UP!

[@johnnytruck2009]

Awesome! I needed my Tesla fix... Thanks!

[@JLea3]

Saw Tesla with REO and Leppard.. They opened. Was a great show!! All bands.. Like Fine Wine ~ Better w/age. Just wished for more Tesla!!! On The Up 🎼💕

[@jennysweeth]

I saw them with Def Leppard & Styx it was freaking amazing they blew me away! Tesla rocks! 🤘

[@joeyparsley2378]

I saw that concert. Excellent show

[@RobertoGonzalez-ot8hn]

My first time to these these fuckers was in 1992 with Firehouse in Houston, TX. Since then, I had seeing them twice here in WA State, great shows. They should be induct in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

[@GREG62944]

These guys play good and look good. I practice and play once in a while as a solo artist. I'm not as comfortable as these guys performing yet.

[@JulianneJohnston-xh7my]

So, they literally, at a HUGE Concert, they plucked me from the audience and we went on tour, briefly ( like, 3 States). I did not sleep w/ anyone, they just found me amusing. I was like a Circus ( but pretty😂❤) pet... They still hit me up😊

[@PainTelevision_MMAOG]

Crystal clear!!

[@maverator]

Now we know where Janick Gers got his stage moves from! Also Tesla kicks as much ass today as they did then, and they tour all the time, so go see them!

[@bubbabubberson2702]

True. Now if we only knew who Janick Gers is.

[@MaachoMaan]

@@bubbabubberson2702 - Iron Maiden, I'm pretty sure...

[@doryangellotti3916]

@@MaachoMaan you are correct.

[@dennissweeney6774]

I remember seeing them open for DEF LEOPARD .they played with the stage in the middle of the area it was in N.J CONTINENTAL ARENA .it was after the drummer lost his arm .they both put on a good show LONG LIVE ROCK MY FRIEND'S.

[@petepalmer9281]

This song is guitar playland ill never forget what this band taught me on guitar god bless these men

[@gearhead2017]

they still rock hard today! came out w new cd called shock

[@judaspriestunofficial5694]

Epic shit! Dunno why it took them so long to upload this

[@bradwilson5552]

Agreed - mighta had something to do with Tommy being in the video - who knows

[@brandonthompson8411]

I grew up in Sacramento and these guys were everywhere in the late 80’s, it was cool to watch them make it. They were like the house band on 93 Rock (now 98 Rock) and most radio stations in sac. I saw them several times before they “made it”.

[@joshfoster3321]

Brandon grew up in folsom and loved these guys. I'm 43 and still rockn.

[@vickibradley1484]

I remember this like it was yesyerdag...#1 tesla fan And ya still rock it..

[@Kellyinct]

Little Suzi

[@johneoff707]

WAY better than the original by Ph.D

[@uiscepreston]

Oh the original is a hot mess. This is truly the definitive version of this song.

[@garygiordano7418]

We had the ultimate musical pleasure to see these guys during their prime Lil Suzi along w the first 2 cds are the classic

[@debrawilson9644]

Yes they r! They have always been great and still r great!

[@reginaldinoenchillada3513]

Mullet town, population: Tesla. 😋 Keep on rockin'.

[@tinawright6576]

💝💖💝

[@michellebauer7471]

Oohh my Gosh Yes!! I hope to see Telsa one more time before i cant anymore.. these guys rock n they give there all. Thank you Telsa, what a world it would of been without you guys. Thank you sincerelyMichelle