Triumph - Just a Game

[@lynnfrandsen9743]

what a magic time 1979 - this album was the soundtrack this one still lives in my heart and now I'm 56 and wondering how it went by so fast. I'm so glad I lived through those times. Now look around at your country the bastards have destroyed everything. This song was prophetic.

[@sharrybucholz815]

I am same age and 79 was a great year for me and Triumph. I don’t understand why they were so under rated

[@sharrybucholz815]

I too wonder where 1979 went? I first heard Triumph back in the summer of.

[@debbiejones3008]

well said Sir.

[@timbrown57]

I'm 49 and I discovered this record in 1979 and it changed my life, and you're right. .. Rick Emmets' lyrics have been that way the whole time.

[@robbinstaup7469]

Time really does fly ! Im 50 now ! I did get to see them in concert ! I might be old , but i remember them plain as day , playing this song ! No 3 man bands like these guys anymore .

[@williamkerr9999]

The most underated band and the most underated song and lyrics ever

[@dawnlentz7557]

Oh Yes

[@block9390]

Man you are so right.

[@judywilson4155]

william kerr ....soooo true...love this whole album...

[@stevencooper3334]

This was their best album

[@stevencooper3334]

The poets and the pipers I've got their motives, you got yours no doubt. Excellent lyrics

[@artax84z]

Congrats to Triumph for making the Canada's Walk of Fame, much deserved,

[@hggfhh4449]

Too bad Canada has mostly terrible leadership nowadays.

[@isauraclarke361]

Love this band ....still listen to them today. Music that we have today doesn't compare to the music back then.

[@debbiejones3008]

Put on some good headphones and sit back and enjoy music perfection by yet another band from the 70"s. I'm sooooo glad I was a teen in the 70's.

[@paulvaldez7935]

70s 80s that's when The best music was made I was 13 when this came out ,I love that my teenage years had the best music ever!

[@dawnlentz7557]

Me Too

[@stevencooper3334]

You are absolutely right Debbie Jones. We were very lucky did grow up in the 70s music was so great. I remember the headphones to. It was actually more than just the music what a time to grow up. The calm before the storm, of all the progress in almost every aspect of life that we have seen. Those of us in our 50s. What an interesting life this has been

[@claudeman11]

Oh shit yeah! God still had bands doing good music with moral structure that rocked! Triumph one of the best! Use that to motivate you in the this plandemic! Research event 201 and don't take the vaccine! I would have though rockers and Christian's the first to say f the masks no thanks. 60 years and truckin!

[@jose.luis.ayala.]

DAMN STRAIGHT. 👍👌🖐️👊✊💪🤘✌️💯🎸

[@The1WhoKnowsTheTruth]

At 53 I am getting a little sick and tired of playing. But I still listen to Rik and I fight the good fight every day.

[@miken2213]

im your age bro and been sick of this bullshit goin on for the last 40 '' imagine how ifeel'' ? with wisdom comes misery'' watch what you wish for'' don't let it get you down '' we come from the last of the mohicans'' believe that''

[@The1WhoKnowsTheTruth]

mike n just seeing this now bro. Well things are not any better are they? I live in the northeast and you better have bags of cash if you want to keep playing here. I hope you are doing better and keep fighting the good fight. And yes we are truly the last of the Mohicans, well said.

[@jeanferret9497]

Should be in every rock fans' playlist. One of the greatest songs ever recorded.

[@robertarriaga9523]

I was a rocker and love this song

[@richardcranium5048]

True

[@rking6247]

Triumph never got the credit they deserved.

[@ronniewall1481]

I ALWAYS GAVE THEM CREDIT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE POPULAR TO BE GREAT. RIGHT TAIL MUSIC.

[@davideckwright820]

That's because they had a positive message in their music, when everyone else had a negative message.

[@joe4922]

F you talking about? Love these guys

[@davidsmith-lg1eo]

Im class of '81. SoCal native. This song cemented TRIUMPH on my lifetime soundtrack. So thankful i got to see them at The US FESTIVAL. What a band. W hat a sound

[@tinamarie0701]

This is absolutely one of my favorite Triumph tunes and i like all of them! Simply kicks ass! Tells life...like it is....its just a game...let yourself slip away.... And all i can do...is play!

[@johncopple6479]

The poet's and the peipers have got their motives, and you have yours no doubt!!! I loved the board game that the album folded out in to. It was funny , poingant, prophetic. And a great slice of rock "n" roll in 1979! It's Just a Game!!!!

[@igloobudstiedye]

Listened to this for the first time... powerful...

[@prodeleon5619]

San Antonio got it quick with Triumph!!! They were headlining our arenas before most of the world even knew about them!!! San Antonio loves Triumph!!!

[@smokinjz]

Wizards of a modern age cast spells of electric power But the corporate strings that make them dance Lead up to an ivory tower There sit the fates in solitude, far from the public eye No one ever sees them smile and nothing makes them cry Welcome to the kingdom, the land of bought and sold A world of real-life fantasy where truths are seldom told Try hard to remember all that glitters is not gold You can pay the piper, but you cannot buy his soul [Chorus] It's just a game, you're in it all the way It's just a game, don't let yourself slip away It's such a shame, I heard somebody say It's just a game, and all I can do is play What you do choose, now, what do you believe, now Who are you gonna trust? All you dreams and fancy schemes Just crumble into dust Calm and cool and computerized to calculate and collect We wait and watch and wonder Just which puppet they'll select Like the moth, too near the flame, Who learned his truth too late We're all too deep into the game That is the master of our fate The poets and the pipers have got their motives And you've got yours, no doubt And so the game continues That's what it's all about [Chorus]

[@winnhigh]

When I’m feeling down, I put this tune on... LOUD!!!

[@winnhigh]

I agree. The lyrics are amazing. That’s what you get when you put your heart and soul into composing. These guys inspired me to have written 19 tunes before I graduated from high school...

[@robertmontgomery9218]

None can make them cry; Tabulate and collect. ;)

[@pissonguitarcenter8204]

@@robertmontgomery9218 No one ever sees them smile and nothing makes them cry

[@joeshoestock1654]

Triumph and Mountain spectrum Philly 1980 one of the best shows of my life

[@ajvasta]

Mountain didn't work as an opener in Norfolk, VA. They got pegged with light sticks through most of their performance.

[@aknightthatsaysnee5259]

Triumph - a giant among giants. UFO, Rush, Judas Priest, Pink Floyd, etc. But this song pulls the most on my nostalgic heartstrings. Sure there’s still amazing music today, but no one is consistent anymore, and giants are a thing of the past.

[@danfreiday8390]

the song is about the music industry and corporate control, but it applies to all of us on every level in life, just an awesome tune,

[@wgrace451]

LIKE THE MOTH TOO NEAR THE FLAME WHO LEARNED HIS TRUTH TOO LATE.,....best lyrics imo and I really like how Rik hits those powerful high notes during those specific lyrics!

[@josephheminy9655]

56 years old and still jamming to these oldies...

[@tinamarie0701]

Unpopular opinion... I loved Triumph way more than Rush!

[@catitude5084]

Same!

[@johncopple6479]

Yeah I Know !! 🐇 📺 🔩 !! I am 59. I discovered Triumph then Rush about 2weeks apart. It was nothing More than the two week period separating pay checks at the truck stop I was cooking in back when I was 16&17. I love them both but yes I prefer Triumph!

[@tinamarie0701]

@@johncopple6479 cool story! I love them both now...but when i was 16 and 17...i couldn't get enough of Triumph! As a girl..they were eye candy too LOL

[@catitude5084]

My fav all time band! Rock on!

[@rustytime]

Ronnie Montrose & Gamma opened for Triumph in October '79 "Superbowl Jam"... Free concert at Tarrant County Convention Center...Just had to be there to get the tickets in advance. I was... Montrose kicked it off with nothing short of excellence. Perfect! Triumph comes out...BOOM! Twice the stacks and top quality sounds were unbelievable. Over the top. They put everything they had into that show from the freakin opening band...(Montrose... Really! Wo!) to the light show and superb musicianship! Never forget those days :-j

[@MrAxholio]

I so remember that! It was sold out before I could get the tickets.

[@jose.luis.ayala.]

IN 1978 or '79 in K. C., Triumph ran ads on TV for a show at Memorial Hall (Kansas side). Tickets were $5.99 & they KICKED A$$.

[@bacalex61]

Saw them for 1st time at hammersmith odeon 80 ? 82 ? And then long beach arena 1987 !! So underrated !! Great band

[@Piskokid621]

Saw them in '85 in Rochester ny, best live & light show still today.

[@stepit1]

Saw them at Alpine Valley Wisconsin in 85 one of my all time favorite bands still today !!

[@jeanferret9497]

An absolute classic from an underrated band.

[@fmtfniuprog8029]

In 59 years of life, I've only heard this fantastic song once, on Portuguese radio stations...!

[@DyingTiger]

Today I listened to this song again.

[@jeanninem8227]

Thank you, Laura 🙋‍♀️🌊⛵🐚🌻🎶🎶

[@MrAitraining]

Love All of Triumph, but this album has a special place with me. Every time I put it on, it reminds me why this one is my fav.

[@lisamorrison2149]

TRIUMPH ROCKS!! So awesome, brings tears to my eyes....🇨🇦🎶🔥🔥

[@scottwalker2043]

Love his lyrics on this masterpiece. Loads n loads of true Emotion flow thru Ya Rick , big , big Love inside your songs. ☀️😎

[@waxywillie]

A great album of my youth !!

[@williamhendershot5495]

This is freaking awesome! Triumph rules!

[@liveyouryoga]

Kudos to Mike Levine for this awesome cover design also! Best album cover design of them all (of Triumph's).

[@pamelamalott7397]

Best Album design ever with an actual board game included!

[@rvs8425]

Amazing band and amazing song.

[@sobsixtythree4772]

And it is STILL . . . JUST A GAME . . . for REAL .. S.O.B.

[@jerryc3240]

Remember seeing them at The Capital Music Hall in Wheeling West Virginia, Always had this song on a list of tracks that never got enough airplay

[@wheezer7]

I used to have this tune pretty loud on my headphones and just chill...not a long ciggy in sight!

[@danielcarson2945]

God I miss bands like Triumph and April Wine.

[@paulclifton5532]

Me too

[@ronditchen6664]

Me 3 April Wine and triumph definitely rock the late seventies and early eighties O how I wish I could go back to them times in see them live again what great shows

[@carp9111]

Saw them both together in Minneapolis circa 79-80. Awesome show.

[@jimmycoleman5853]

🇨🇦

[@70mcnevin]

Forgot about this one. 34 years ago I bought this tape through BMG record club. Great tune!

[@mbfree62]

Great tune !!

[@sillygoose3653]

Saw the thunder seven tour in 85 with helix as opener.i remember the lead singer for helix doing somersaults back then they had two shows in one night early and late

[@nickhill8612]

Wow must have been a great show. I forgot about Helix until I read your comment. Thanks 🎸

[@websterbrandau7425]

I got this cassette from Maria on my birthday, and my brother got a skynyrd shirt, ;) funny how things seemm like nothin' ...but you remember;)

[@jedoch1]

Sparked an old, almost forgotten memory of early teen years - thanks for the flashback!

[@gregg3221]

Great album!!!

[@OmegaRedFan]

Look up Dimension Wars

[@vaneipontes3279]

Great Band / Great Song🎸😎👊

[@joshcurry2352]

This is one Hell of a band,,i have been a fan 4 a long time ,,i love lay it on the Line.,,Rock on.

[@stormycrap4692]

Superb music so true about life when your growing old by working away to live

[@aaronadams959]

Before anyone signs a contract, this should be required listening, Triumph Always Rocked St Louis, Long Live the Checkerdome

[@42lookc]

You got that right. This was Triumph's lament about the sneaky, greedy, crooked, corrupt industry, and the innocent, unprepared musician's hapless place in it.

[@dawnlentz7557]

My First time also

[@miken2213]

words of wisdom''

[@tinamarie0701]

I saw them in The Checkerdome in 85! God they rocked the house so hard...its fixed in my memory forever! Long live the Checkerdome!

[@carlospandolfe3352]

Todas as musicas desse album são magníficas, mas Just Game é de outro mundo!!!

[@MistyMountain2009]

16th birthday present and saw them 9 times after...sweet times.

[@mikemessick3501]

One of my favorite

[@QuaaludeCharlie]

I remember hearing this on K-She 95 in St.Louis Mo. :) QC

[@tinamarie0701]

Very cool! I listened to KSHE when i lived there! Saw Triumph at The Checkerdome in 85!

[@NodakSavage]

Just found this on vinyl in my parents garage.

[@shanebeckley7798]

Just happened to me in our basement. Now know what it feels like

[@ruthcarter946]

NoDak Savage I had to like because I couldn't Love!!! 😍

[@stingnlures653]

Just found in my dads record collection and listen to the whole album front and back,probably one of my favorites from the 70s

[@phydeauxddog]

NoDak Savage Keep looking they probably hid their weed too.

[@phydeauxddog]

Yomama Jamma You got Captain Beyond?

[@randallwhite96]

Great intro

[@bosetech9661]

Indeed, Randall. At 57, That mesmerizing intro INSTANTLY takes me back to 1979...Driving the back roads of Southern Indiana on my way to my girlfriend's house in my '74 Nova SS. Magical times.

[@georgianbhur5977]

This album was a very solid album if not great. From this album came, commercially successful "Hold on" along with "Fantasy Serenade" a short guitar instrumental showcasing Rik's guitar genius and versatility. but if you were really into this band, "American Girls" was one of those good songs on an album that didn't get airplay or commercial success however it was good enough that the listener would just go to the biggest hits on the album. The same can be said for "Suitcase Blues" and "Moving On". Personally, I think that "Lay it on the Line" is Triumph's signature tune, It got limited play on AM stations. As for this title track, I think that it is the most underrated Triumph song. When you listen to this album, you don't listen to "Just a Game" as filler on the album, this should have been a bigger hit. It wasn't one of those tune you would tolerate, it wasn't even just a song that only fans REALLY INTO Triumph would listen to, it was a great song in it's own right. I dare say that it's a classic Canadian album.

[@singclaire8021]

Imo triumph's signature tune is fight the good fight.

[@5954ldydi]

I just listened to this awesome song again and remembered when you listen to the actual recording the sounds are mixed to go through different speakers or headphone ears when played. This makes the song much more eerie and puts more emphasis on the different guitar sounds if you can imagine that. Not sure what the correct term for this type of mixing is called. Please let me know if anyone reading this knows what this is called. Difficult to explain but hopefully someone out in KZbin land understands what I am trying to describe. ;)

[@The1WhoKnowsTheTruth]

Ldydi5954 nice to hear this. Yes it’s called panning. They would record certain parts full pan left or right and then get it all down during mastering. This is why I always suggest headphones when rocking the vinyl.

[@lupenoah9509]

Awesome

[@avasambora7214]

Awesome song

[@mikemolchan2343]

A great song perfectly describes the events of what's going on in the world 🌍 then, now, forever p.s. very underated band overlooked these guys were the innovator's of arena rock

[@impalaman9707]

Wizards of a modern age cast spells of electric power But the corporate strings that make them dance lead up to an ivory tower--PROFOUND!!!!!

[@Reptalien]

Similar to Paul Stanley's solo track "Together As One" Which came out about the same time.

[@TheGamerZapocalypse]

Wizards of a modern age cast spells of electric power But the corporate strings that make them dance Lead up to an ivory towerThere sit the fates in solitude, far from the public eye No one ever sees them smile and nothing makes them cry Welcome to the kingdom, the land of bought and sold A world of real-life fantasy where truths are seldom told Try hard to remember all that glitters is not gold You can pay the piper, but you cannot buy his soul It's just a game, you're in it all the way It's just a game, don't let yourself slip away It's such a shame, I heard somebody say It's just a game, and all I can do is play What you do choose, now, what do you believe, now Who are you gonna trust? All you dreams and fancy schemes Just crumble into dust Calm and cool and computerized to calculate and collect We wait and watch and wonder Just which puppet they'll select Like the moth, too near the flame, Who learned his truth too late We're all too deep into the game That is the master of our fate The poets and the pipers have got their motives And you've got yours, no doubt And so the game continues That's what it's all about It's just a game, you're in it all the way It's just a game, don't let yourself slip away It's such a shame, I heard somebody say It's just a game, and all I can do is play

[@dangerousslave]

a good reflection of reality. thanks for the words/spells/ curse.

[@arpassion8989]

this

[@ruthcarter946]

This tune has been relevant for decades. 💪👌👏🤙

[@champmarly7665]

Perfect song for 2020

[@liveyouryoga]

So true!

[@liveyouryoga]

The lyrics frame what is happening in 2020 very nicely. Political disenchantment big time!

[@champmarly7665]

@@liveyouryoga You seemed to be very intelligent. Thank God there are still people like you 😇

[@liveyouryoga]

@@champmarly7665 thank you! Hey I am a big Triumph fan, or at least I was, and I forgot all about this song! Scary,. Predicting the future, almost like 1984. #1 political disenchantment song of 2020! I would love to put these lyrics onto a Canva background and post them somewhere. I love the album cover design. Pretty cynical though. A game you can’t win, but all you can do is play!

[@champmarly7665]

@@liveyouryoga 😎👍

[@mikemessick3501]

One of my favorite rock on

[@shamlin.1979-box]

What an AWESOME Rock&Roll song & band! Strange & ironic; the Lyrics of JUST A GAME apply even moreso to the GLOBAL AGES IN THE HERE&NOW...

[@lovegun2112]

Sounds a lot like Paul Stanley's song Take me away (together as one)

[@juniorpontes4620]

Great Band From Canadian 🎵🎼👎🎹🎤🎸😎👊

[@charlescarrillo5337]

Sounds like , All I can do is pray, Awesome song!!

[@KonradsdottirNyaZX13]

LOVE ,THANK YOU''

[@lancerx1759]

GREAT ALBUM !! The Poets and the Pipers have got their Motives You Got Yours No Doubt !!! Politics 101, The Veil Lifted & The World Explained and EXPOSED through s Great FN SONG !! Rik Emmet is the MAN !!!

[@frededwards6429]

Awesome song!!

[@websterbrandau7425]

this song, really really bold, but it tells you if you go to work, its a grind,,, suit case blues song, now thats a good one;)

[@morebeer4435]

For sure. That is the hidden gem in this album. 😎😎

[@kathif17]

Such a revelant song in 2024.❤😢

[@laurastaley-skinner8863]

So true. It's the game called "Life" L. Staley-Skinner

[@davida.705]

All the comments..definitely agree w/ every single 1 of them..damn good ol' days..4 damn sure..

[@juanbustos1516]

y have this in 8 track catrige, a great album.

[@paulvaldez7935]

One of my favorite Triumph songs fucking awsome 👊

[@sharrybucholz815]

I miss you Bertie Triumph and Boston our 2 favorite

[@tonylima8025]

plp

[@tonylima8025]

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[@tonylima8025]

probably 99plpp

[@milnergregorye]

Very underated I agree strongly

[@scottmccurry9013]

Love it

[@liveyouryoga]

Remember those days of powerful rock ballads?

[@marklang7677]

look around if this dont describe whats going on today iight in front of our eyes i dont know what does

[@liveyouryoga]

"And so the game continues. That's what it's all about." Not conceding and also maybe trying to get back in in 2024. 🤮

[@miken2213]

at 3'42 when he comes in with that killer fucking lead wow'' wtf'' still blows me away''

[@KonradsdottirNyaZX13]

MY FAVORIT TOTALLY FUCKING GOD DAMN LOVE THAT EVERY SINGLE STEP OF THE WAY,

[@AliceInWaterland]

Winning! 🎉❤

[@scottmccurry9013]

The under appreciated other 3 piece band from Canada. When do they inducted in the hall of fame?

[@runingblackbear]

when you can name the band from there tunes and fill a concert hall there big time bands and belong in the rock hall of fame

[@sharrybucholz815]

I have yet to hear a bad song from Triumph

[@singclaire8021]

would say the songs that they blatantly copy, that or they didn't know.

[@mili10161993]

Sad to say but I have heard one song that I had to delete when I was loading all my Triumph CD's onto my iPod. One bad song from the best band to ever walk out on stage. "Rock You Down" off their Surveillance album. And pretty much everything when they tried to replace Rik...Edge Of Excess...BIG FLOP!!

[@bigjohn3188]

Sharry Bucholz that’s because Triumph doesn’t have a bad song ! :D

[@marksmith2541]

hence the name Triumph !

[@dawnlentz7557]

Awesome song on a very good release, Gil Moore has it going on vocals

[@jeffreycarpenter9817]

dawn lentz that's Rik Emmitt on vocals

[@johncolgrovesr.5409]

John drank alot of beer with my best friend,times i wont forget

[@admiles9061]

John who?

[@vitoscloset2291]

Rik is the greatest guitarist and vocalist of all time!

[@brandonjoncas1582]

I wasent born till almost 20 years(98) after this ones released but at least i can jam the fuck out of it with Weed and maybe watch some WKRP in cincinnatii and feel like the 70s!

[@liveyouryoga]

One thing about Rik Emmett. He is either ALL in or not at all! No half measures. That is how music should be.

[@troyennis185]

Very good in concert

[@audyperalez3093]

The best

[@franktindall3016]

It kind of sums things up.....🌍🌎🌏🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@esmeraldaperez9130]

Now this is what I call rock not roll

[@ericzarbaugh8615]

San Antonio!

[@ruthcarter946]

❤

[@dennygarnett9614]

Not sure of the band politics when this song came out but it seems they were putting forth a warning against Canadian politics is now. The guy now is the son of the guy that was in power when this song came out. Very curious