Triumph - Lay It On The Line | REACTION

[@markkremser]

Rik Emmett is one of the most underrated singer/guitarists. Ever.

[@lenbeedle]

I swear, if you did not get goosebumps by the end of this song, you are literally dead inside.

[@johnmca5643]

You three just met one of the best rock bands ever.

[@mj95b]

Guess who went to see Triumph the same day she got out of the hospital from a tonsillectomy? This 17 year old (1983). Guess who got re-admitted to the hospital directly after the concert due to bleeding and a severely swollen throat? Yup and it was totally worth it!

[@leoncardinal2035]

That's a funny story!

[@endoraismygma]

He did have great hair! 😂 All us girls were crushing on Rik Emmett. Your 3 heads bobbing to this is priceless 😁🤘

[@kevindavis7620]

Hold On is another great Triumph song.

[@Belluser-we1uc5cb2l]

I was lucky to grow up with this music ❤1979. Unbelievable voice. Love Triumph.

[@legman1476]

It is amazing that just 2 hours south of where I'm at, Cincinnati, you didn't get Triumph, April Wine, Kim Mitchell and Chilliwack on the radio. We had two stations that would play them. Not in heavy rotation but I heard them enough to still remember them 35 years later. Another excellent video guys! Thank you.

[@detroitpolak9904]

Great thing about growing up in Detroit…we got the Canadian rock stations. Knew about all the great Canadian bands/artists WAY BEFORE the rest of the U.S. Plus we got Hockey Night In Canada (Leafs ch. 9, Montreal ch. 54, IN FRENCH!)

[@gistofbliss]

Triumph was my first concert back in 1983. Been a fan ever since

[@doug_nu_york4853]

Everyone always asks who is the best guitarist or who’s the best vocalist. No one ever asks if there’s Anyone who is great at guitar and singing,,,, well, that’s Rick Emmett !!!!

[@toddstevens13]

Or who also a Damn good drummer and Lead Vocalist. Triumph had that too, and why their Harmony Vocals were over the top.

[@troyottosen8722]

Doug. You got it so right! Seen them in the late 80’s Anchorage, Alaska, I was literally feet from Rick! Simply amazing!😉👍

[@rickjensen1636]

Yep you got some lead singers that you know they play rhythm guitar, they might be a decent singer but they're mediocre at the guitar, or they might be a mediocre singer and halfway decent on the guitar, it's super rare to find somebody that can nail them both Rik Emmett does that.

[@deetsepnopoulos3122]

Myles Goodwin from April Wine is high on my list.

[@nickculbertson3502]

@@toddstevens13 darn right he just nails it on Ordinary Man, my 2nd favorite song of Triumph.

[@timbrown6629]

I'm 55, and grew up in Louisville, KY. These guys were HUGE in the Midwest in the late 70's. The Drummer is a trained Opera singer, so I'm sure he taught the other guys to sing.

[@anthonyfamularo8875]

He drums AND sings lead simultaneously on a good number of songs, too! The only other person I can think of who did that a lot is Phil Collins.

[@lalba07]

Rik Emmett's vocals are beyond phenomenal! The control, the clarity, in-tune.. loud and clear and so intense and so powerful! They've been one of my most favourite rock bands ever since I can remember. Rik is AMAZING! Amazing guitarist and amazing vocalist! I get blown away every time I listen to him. 🇨🇦 🎸 🎶 🎵

[@indierockyhockey]

You never heard them? Oh snap. Love seeing you watch the intro and then.. BAM heads rockin' double neck guitar! Totally nice hair with attitude 😀💚

[@IMRDP]

Love his voice - Unbelievable‼👍

[@pattimiranda8679]

Triumph rocks!! I love every song! Fire!! Rik Emmet's voice and guitar playing are amazing!

[@Jacobsmel71]

This is it in rocking this place right now , it’s me and Ric and I’m about to lose my mind with triumph

[@sharonwall9188]

Saw this concert in 87, love this band!!

[@AuthorLaurieAnnSmith]

Kick a$$!!! I love Love LOVE Triumph. My fellow Canadians 👍👍👍💯💯💯😎😎😎🔥🔥🔥

[@andreawalter9212]

Best...Reaction....Ever-Love from Cincy!

[@chrishutton2055]

Fantastic song and band from Canada!

[@carlsmith4562]

Triumph is one of the most underrated rock bands to ever come out of Canada. They are right there with Rush. Why they are not in the Hall of Fame is an embarrassment to Rock music. Rick Emmet isThe most underrated guitarist ever. I have not seen them in concert but wished I could see them do Magic Power. Rick sings his heart out for their music. It comes out in this song. Thanks for Lay it on the line and Fight the Good Fight! It is great to see some 20 somethings enjoying and appreciating their talents of this power trio. Energy should have been the Band title.

[@aerialarboreal9005]

I was lucky enough to see Triumph a total of 7 times in their short career, and get this! The first time was at my High School in 1978!! I was front row, pressed to the stage for that one!!

[@cliffordmullinax9319]

Deserve to be American Rock& Roll Hall of fame!!

[@motorcoachtech7615]

Another great power trio from Canada! Emmitt has one of the greatest rock voices in history. Another proud Canadian

[@SARA-11-1]

Ditto!

[@stevek729]

They were often compared to Rush because they were another power trio from Toronto, but they were different than Rush and very good. I am a huge Rush fan, but I loved both of them and saw them many times.

[@nateingram3395]

🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@toddstevens13]

@@stevek729 Indeed. They each had part of their fan base, that were completely different from each other, and then there was a few of us in the middle who Vive la difference.

[@indierockyhockey]

Oh Canada

[@judysmith6563]

One of my favorite bands.

[@bradadams9663]

Fight the good fight live from Halifax nova scotia

[@toddstevens13]

The scary part is that the Drummer, Gil Moore, was Rik's equal as Lead Vocalist, and why their Harmony vocals were off the charts.

[@williamh4172]

Mike Levine's outstanding backups didn't hurt either, all while pulling off bass guitar and keyboards.

[@marlenabryant5547]

You guys were def born in the wrong generation of Rock.

[@lisahaverluk4037]

Played in the day...love it!! 😊😊

[@craig0077]

The sound back then (70's) was THE BEST ROCK MUSIC of all-time, and Triumph was one of my favorite bands. There were soooo many great Rock bands from the 70's, with Deep Purple, Boston, Led Zeppelin, Grand Funk, Styx, Queen and ZZ Top, just to name a few. It was a great time to party.

[@johnflores5286]

THIS IS CLASSIC ROCK... IN ITS PUREST FORM

[@beatlesarebest]

Gotta hear Fight the Good Fight and Hold on. GUARENTEE you will love them!!!!!!!

[@Louisvillebilly]

Criminally underrated band right here. Triumph was an amazing band

[@MegaSlowburner]

Thank you so much for your open opinion about Triumph. I believe we lead the world in 3 piece bands. Haha....don't need anything else.

[@andrewmyers6474]

Never Surrender....fight the good fight.. magic power..

[@albertoramirez6388]

Triumph's popularity peaked in the mid '80s. Magic Power, Fight the Good Fight, Hold On, Somebody's Out There, and Follow Your Heart are other well-known songs worth a reaction...

[@waynedickson6860]

Which was well after I stopped listening to them, Hold On was on Just A Game, but the rest are post JAG.

[@theodoreritola9758]

The guy on the right looks like LUKE BRYAN A very good country singer , ,,

[@JordosGarage]

@@theodoreritola9758 a pretty poor excuse for a country singer

[@dennisbrooks8566]

Rocky Mountain Way (Walsh cover) , Rock and Roll Machine , Allied Forces .

[@generoberts9151]

“Never Surrender “ is another really good tune by Triumph. Saw them in 87’

[@chuckolah4525]

Wow, so sorry you guys had to wait this long to have some Triumph in your life. I'm shocked, they've been a staple of every classic rock station in any region I have ever visited. My little sister graduated from Murray State and I heard Triumph on the little station there.

[@johnnyhunt9447]

I am just now getting to watch this watching You Guy's reaction to hearing this for first time is Awesome reminds me of when I was 16 in 1979 and hearing this song for first time became a Huge Triumph Fan got to see them live 9 times Amazing live shows funny hearing ya'll talk about not hearing them this is a Canadian Band that got a Huge start in San Antonio Texas Check out their live performances and every ablum kept getting Better ! Magic Power of The Music is with this Band!

[@PC29534]

It's stuck in my head 😀👍another great song ever ❤ Triumph

[@RG-qn2qm]

🇨🇦😎 lovin it from Toronto Canada.....great Canadian Rock group.......Triumph was a Canadian hard rock band formed in 1975 that was popular in the late 1970s and the 1980s, building on its reputation and success as a live band. Between its 16 albums and DVDs, it has received 18 gold and nine platinum awards in Canada and the United States.

[@tracysnow349]

You are in for an awesome surprise!

[@russtex]

Great song!

[@lolasoul3502]

Yup. The Wall built before the one on your other side. 😉Cincinnati in centre your deep timbre is cool and surprising. Again, you 3 got a fun thang. No surprise you have so many followers. Peace from 🇨🇦

[@danieldyer1312]

Canadian Rockers...Got to love 'em. Loverboy, Rush, April Wine, The Guess Who. Tip my Moosehead Beer to you guys.

[@johnpmcc]

Love your reactions to music I grew up on. God bless!

[@donaldnewberne2616]

Triumph is one of those Great Classic Rock Bands that one knows and Loves to Rock and Roll! Jam On!!! 🤘🤟🤙👊✊

[@patrickpoisson7835]

Canadian as Canadian can be,Great vocals, great production.

[@jairoethielpmorales8522]

Great band, please MAGIC POWER!

[@chogan201]

Love that Song!!! And loved that Band...I believe I saw them at a Texxas Jam..

[@cellyblank9919]

It warms my old Canadian heart to see American music lovers discover Canadian talent. Whatever the reason so many great northern bands didn't make it in the US, with April Wine and Triumph...to survive in a small pond you need even more talent than treading water in a big ocean. Enjoy guys!

[@westbenchmancave]

Me too, I’m enjoying this

[@jimhaeuser1353]

Triumph Magic Power

[@vicgonzalesable]

🎸🎸🎸 Triumph-fight the good fight🎸🎸🎸 Awesome solo

[@jrogersdal]

They are on the radio, classic rock. My favorite is Fight the Good Fight, which the lead singer wrote after his aunt was diagnosed with brain cancer.

[@astonsfan]

Saw them in the 502 and damn they b great !!!!

[@MikeInMD1961]

I saw Triumph play to a half empty Baltimore Civic Center back in the '80's during a near blizzard. We thought for sure the show would be cancelled, but the band said since we were all there, the show will go on. And what a show it was. Hard to believe it was only three guys on stage making all of this sound. Killer light show too! (By the way, when the show was over and we walked outside the snow was crazy! What normally took a 45 minute drive home took close to four hours. Another one of 'those shows' I'll never forget.)

[@paulschirf9259]

i was at that show!!!

[@IMRDP]

WOW❣‼‼‼‼

[@jgray4234]

LOVE hearing this story.

[@jgray4234]

@@paulschirf9259 Man I miss those days. Kids today have no idea how cool we had it.

[@gandalf679]

"Back then.." LMAO!!! I remember when this album came out..Keep Rockin'!!!

[@zepgirl6489]

I am 57, and so thankful to have grown up during a time of some of the best music ever.....no auto tuning or overdubbing, just raw talent! Not to mention, the bands were distinguishable because of their own unique sound and style. I love music and listen to different genres, though the above reasons are why I still listen today!

[@msaz2720]

Triumph was huge in the states back in the day. I actually saw this concert back in 1982, Rik was wearing that red jumpsuit. 😆 The drummer also sings. Some great songs are, Never Surrender, Fight the good fight, Hold on, Magic Power. 👏🏼🙌🏼🤘🏼

[@lesgobrandon9444]

Lucky you . I was oblivious to Triumph but an occasional play at a party . A big swing and a miss for me and then was stationed over seas in the early 80's . They are phenomenal. Well done Canada 🇨🇦 👏 👍 thank you for Rush and April Wine as well

[@Kim-hc5si]

Rik Emmett = BEAST 🔥🔥🔥

[@davesimone1419]

Live at US festival 1983 AWESOME showcase. Rock and roll machine baby

[@unclepelom]

Never Surrender is my favorite song of theirs and great message

[@lordhydromage6614]

Kiss FM 99.5 In San Antonio played alot of the Canadians back in the 70s made them famous too.

[@joant9425]

I'm a Texan and Triumph is my favorite rock band. I saw them in Dallas at Reunion Arena 3 times in the 80's. Such positive uplifting music. Saw Rik Emmett in '09 in Houston playing acoustic at a supper club with Dave Dunlop. Had the pleasure of meeting him. Such a gentleman. Fight the Good Fight, well the title says it all. So many awesome songs. Two that touched my heart the most that I've never heard on the radio back in the day. Ordinary Man and Just a Game.

[@thomasmoore553]

They have so many great songs.

[@timothybrand1879]

I’ll tell you what back in the day of MTV these guys were huge they get out rock any group I don’t care who they are so I’m in Dallas Texas and they rocked that place down.

[@oceanbluebandflorida]

Rik Emmett Great guitarist and vocalist!!! Great group!

[@ledzepandhabs]

In the late 70's and early 80's Triumph was one of the largest arena bands in the United States, simply MASSIVE.

[@AwesomeBabyBoomer]

Check out Triumph at the US Festival '83 I was there and they totally rocked and Ric Emmitt played a blistering solo.

[@TripletDad3]

Right Emmitt is a great singer, a great writer, and a great guitarist. He's also a really nice guy who treats his fans with respect and has always been very nice to people who come to see him. Magic Power, and A World of Fantasy are both great songs. Magic Power became our theme song on our senior trip to Daytona Beach back in the day.

[@billforrester5235]

They still play this on K-SHE 95 St.Louis, MO. Triumph ROCKS.✌

[@SamKnause]

. Loved your reactions. Rock on !

[@crimsonskies1445]

I'm 54 and Triumph was a staple in Rock growing up. I'm from California originally. First concert I ever saw was the "Allied Forces" tour. Awesome

[@ShayKay23]

This song has really stood the test of time. Still sounds just as good as it did when it first came out! ❤

[@RG-kz9yt]

Yall should check out "the blinding light show" to me this was Triumph at their most creative and virtuostic peak after this they slowly slid into and eventually swallowed by the '80s hairband nightmare that they helped create. IMHO.

[@robycip9715]

Maybe the best most underrated band. Superior musicians talent, just an AWESOME band so glad to have seen them a few times in concert

[@joedella-mattia2234]

Triumph could blow the roof off any stadium. One of the Greatest bands to EVER come outta Canada!!!!🇨🇦 seen them dozens of times. April Wine.. Harlequin… Streetheart..Prism so many awesome Canadian bands!!!

[@normabratton7961]

One good thing about being as old as I am is that this music was everywhere when I was young! We have several Triumph albums that we still listen to today (yes, I said ALBUMS). Magic Power is my favorite.

[@kajala11]

April Wine & Triumph were my HS rock bands of choice, I had tended to gravitate to the lessor played bands. Never knew in HS that the majority of bands I liked were Canuck bands in those days. April Wine was my first concert in So Cal in 82 - it was fire! Best concert ever! Triumph was the 3rd top billed band at the US Festival in 83. There were 8 Rock/Heavy Metal bands that played in one day. Triumph blew the headliner, Van Halen & David Lee Roth's drunk ass off the stage! A day & event I'll never forget that you can still find on YT.

[@gogriz3591]

I was lucky to live not far from Canada in High School and Triumph crashed the boarder and was a soundtrack of our parties!

[@gogriz3591]

April Wine and RUSH also crashed the border!!!!

[@JenialB]

All this music played in the midwest. We also left our doors unlocked. We also left our phone at home & went and enjoyed life. We listened to this at bonfires parties by lakes or rivers or barn parties. Different time for sure.

[@corbywestbrook1348]

Another incredible group from Canada 🇨🇦. Oh yes, Rick has one hell of a voice. !!!

[@patrickchilds5486]

I loved this I was 13 when it came out.

[@guytitanic]

Toronto's "Triumph" ..this song builds like the CN Tower!

[@kimkovaly3096]

Such a great song

[@davidtrippi8905]

Your faces when rick hit that real high note at end was fucking so funny

[@jl6714]

Saw them LIVE in the 80's and they sounded every bit as good LIVE as they did on the sterio or studio. One of my all time fave bands! Love Rick Emmett!

[@billwhitted252]

Now that's Rock and Roll!

[@kristi8484]

Awesome !! One of my favorites from back in the day... we had the best music back then !!

[@arlenehenry1097]

Good thing the younger generation is checking out ours. Tis the delivery n presentation that's captivating! Anyone these days sing like that? Apparently not cuz lotsa folks checking out ol school music. 👍

[@firstnamelastname8060]

I have never seen another human being who looks more like me than Rick Emmet. Hair and all is 100% the same. Facial structure, basic body type. Ridiculous. Haven't heard this song in decades. Awesome.

[@petetobey3933]

One of my favorite bands of all time, since the ‘80s, and Rik Emmett remains one of the most talented guitarists, not just hard rock, but blues, jazz and classical, he has a ton of solo material. So glad to see another generation discovering a great band from my era... “Lay It on the Line” and “Magic Power” were in heavy rotation on my rock radio station back in the day... also worthy of a listen are “Fight the Good Fight”, “Follow Your Heart”, “Spellbound”, “Say Goodbye”, “Hold On”, there’s a lot there...

[@clarkcraig6959]

Bands from Canada you should check out..... Helix ~ rock you Kim Mitchell ~ All we are Lee Aaron ~Metal Queen David Wilcox ~ Riverboat Fantasy Trooper ~ Raise a Little Hell Doucett ~ Mama let that boy play some rock and roll The Headstones ~ Cubically contained The Tragically Hip ~ Blow at Hig Dough The Glorious Sons~ Sawed-off Shotgun Big sugar ~ All hell for a basement Well guys that's ten . There are lots more. Let me know if you need any more

[@tapanim6576]

Awesome reaction to an amazing song. Triumph rocks.

[@jamesscollnik9372]

Rik Emmet is a phenomenal musician

[@artartie3419]

your heads moved the same as mine in the 80's

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

I just found you guys.. You're from Lousiville? I'm just 50 miles north of you as the crow flies via 65. Great song and great reaction. If you want to see a really good video of these guys react to LIVE at the 83 US festival and the song is called "Fight the good fight" .. He's guitar playing and singing in that is even better.. Thanks Tim

[@deannajones3849]

Me and my friend use to cruise around in her dad's truck getting high to this!

[@jamesgibbens6098]

You have to dig deeper guys. They’ve so many great songs and albums. Rock on brothers!

[@YvonneMartinez-t2h]

This is up there was one of the most iconic rock songs ever! So underrated!

[@cletushouse906]

Saw these guys a couple times. Good stage show and will rock your socks off.

[@bc_usa]

Awesome reaction guys. I grew up in the 80s and Triumph was one of my favorite bands.

[@karengoodenough827]

One of my favorites! Such an incredible amount of sound out of 3 guys

[@theodoreritola9758]

Lay it on the Line came out in JANUARY of 1979 . Its a very good 70s song , I was 19 in 1979 , We had great music in the 70s , Heres some Proof