i think cheap trick is one of those bands that everyone has to.....

[Ava]

admit they actually like... even us youngins. and it's hard - especially because of the hair. :rofl:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD8ymBR2Ufo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sCOf6MsH0o

[WCGreen]

1. The Dream Police....

I love that song...

[mulsh]

2. "we're big in Japan"

They got that line from the Runaways but it was true.

[Danger Mouse]

3. i don't actually like them.

so there.

[Ava]

4. something is wrong with you!

:P

or maybe something is wrong with me :rofl:

[Danger Mouse]

5. considering the fact that i am awesome, i'm leaning towards it being something about you.

:hi:

[Ava]

6. oh no!

i'm going to go cry myself to sleep now :P :rofl:

:hi: what's up?

[Danger Mouse]

7. Do not cry. Consider it an opportunity to change your life for the better.

You can learn a lot from how fantastic i am.
What's up? Not much. Where'd the weekend go? It's gone already! :cry:
How you doin? :hi:

[Ava]

11. but what about my rad taste in music?

do i have to change that too? :P

i'm doing good.. just trying to chill out today since it's the last day of the weekend.

[Danger Mouse]

18. depends on what you like besides cheap trick.

let me know and i will ajudge the overall value in your taste in music. from that analysis, i wil determine if you are a good person or not.

[Ava]

20. my favorite music list.. via my facebook

The Who, The Kinks, The Clash, Blondie, Franz Ferdinand, Strokes, the Hives, the Libertines, CCR, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Queen, the Cranberries, Greenday, Weezer, the Killers, Coldplay, the Dave Matthews Band, The Sex Pistols, The Offspring, the Bravery, Oasis, Johnny Cash, Moby, the Wallflowers, RX, Radiohead, Beastie Boys, NIN, RATM, Nirvana, the Wallflowers, B. B. King, the Cure, Jimi Hendrix, Three Dog Night, Bob Marley, The Nightwatchman, Mindless Self Indulgence

of course there are others, but i had to cut myself off at some point. :P

[Danger Mouse]

29. Hmm...okay, the official EH analysis...

Fantastic Chocies: The Who, The Kinks, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Queen, Radiohead, NIN

Good Choices: The Clash, Blondie, Cranberries, B.B. King, the Cure (have to say this or risk death by kagehime)

Mediocre Choices: Green Day, Offspring (they used to be GREAT, now they just suck), Wallflowers, Beastie Boys, Nirvana

FRIGGIN LOUSY: Dave Matthews Band, Weezer.

The rest I have little to no opinion on.

Your taste in music isn't half bad for a young'in. :P

[Ava]

32. pffft i love weezer

and dave matthews band is good chill music plus he has an awesome voice. ever heard him live?

i agree about the offspring, their old music is awesome but their newer stuff isn't so great. imo the same can be said for green day - although i love the message of their newer stuff i still prefer the older stuff when it comes to the music. ;)

[Danger Mouse]

36. no, i haven't, nor would i care to.

here's my personal list, in no particular order...

sage francis, buck 65, buddy wakefield, the new pornographers, neko case, emily haines, portishead, massive attack, mandalay, smog, radiohead, pink floyd, the who, the beatles, the kinks, bob dylan, belle and sebastian, rilo kiley, leonard cohen, nellie mckay, DJ shadow, dream theater, el producto, aesop rock, the white stripes, NIN...that's not all of it, either. :)

I love music. It is of utmost importance to me.
Anyway, I STRONGLY recommend that you check out any of the artists in my list that you've not heard of. Sounds like my tastes aren't TOO far off from yours.
A lot of them are newer acts, too. Good to see some excellent musical artists out there.
:hi:

[Ava]

37. i actually know most of those on your list

you are one of those artsy indie types arent you? :P ;)

i'd like to think i am too. :rofl:

[Danger Mouse]

40. most of the indie stuff i am into now is because of an awesome coworker

who shared his vast collection of music with me.
my listening experience has not been the same since.

[Ava]

42. awesome

:hi:

[Danger Mouse]

43. incidentally, have you heard the new radiohead album?

[Ava]

46. not yet, i will when i can though

:hi:

[Danger Mouse]

51. it is AWESOME.

check it out soon. you can pay as much or as little as you want. even nothing.

[Ava]

55. yeah someone told me that today

i was like "whaa??" :P

[Danger Mouse]

63. it's an awesome strategy.

anyway, check it out!

[Ava]

64. i will, thanks

:P

[Danger Mouse]

65. btw, ava, do you know 'the power of nightmares'?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2055752&mesg_id=2055752

[Ava]

69. have not seen it although i've read quite a bit about it

i'll have to check it out

[Danger Mouse]

72. definitely do so.

and if you've got any friends that are into the movement, pass it along to them as well.
this is the kind of stuff every american should know. at the very least, every duer.

[Ava]

74. unforutnately i live in fairly rural alabama

so i have very very few friends that are into the movement ;)

[Danger Mouse]

77. i live in VERY rural new york...

you'd be surprised at how few people are into the movement round these parts.
point taken.
:P

[Ava]

78. well i guess i figure a bigger city equals more diversity

and i'm sure even a very small percentage of people in NY that may be into the movement is a bigger amount than the amount of people around these here parts. :P

[Danger Mouse]

79. let me guess.

you are the movement.

[Ava]

80. bwa ha ha ha ha

me and a handful of other people.. although many people around here are not bush fans anymore.. still though they aren't in "the movement"

[Danger Mouse]

81. i don't think at this point many people ARE bush fans...

even in the deep south.

[Ava]

82. true dat

:P

[mvd]

66. Even though we disagree on quite a few (including Cheap Trick,)

I give you props for including The New Pornographers, Neko Case, Emily Haines (I like her in Metric more than solo,) Radiohead, The Who, The Beatles, Kinks, Dylan, Belle And Sebastian, Rilo Kiley, The White Stripes..

I'm not posting my favorites list, as you have seen it. :-)

[Danger Mouse]

76. If you like THOSE acts, then i guess you're not all bad

;)
I want to hear the New Pornographers' new album...guess i'll have to plunk down the money for it at some point...
oh and Belle and Sebastian's song 'Step Into My Office, Baby' is for some reason the coolest song ever. Don't ask me why, because I don't know.

[KamaAina]

57. Do you really like the Wallflowers *that much*?

...the Wallflowers, RX, Radiohead, Beastie Boys, NIN, RATM, Nirvana, the Wallflowers,...

Overall, not a shabby list at all. Only a few clunkers. But no one else made it twice! :P

[Ava]

60. that was an accident

:rofl:

thanks for pointing it out

and i may not love the wallflowers that much but i do love jacob dylan that much

his eyes are like HEAVEN



:loveya:

[mvd]

67. I'm with you on The Wallflowers

:hi:

[Ava]

68. and jakob dylan?

:P ;)

[mvd]

70. LOL

No, I'm more about Andrea Corr and Alison Sudol..

[Ava]

71. hey, fine with me

leaves him for me! :rofl: :P

[mvd]

73. LOL - you are making me laugh tonight

:rofl:

Have a great night!

[Ava]

75. thanks, you too

:P

when i get bored(and sleepy) i get silly. perhaps that's why when my friends are over they love to keep me up late.. i get really entertaining :rofl:

[SPKrazy]

8. mother told me yes she told me

i'd meet girls like you

she also told me stay away you never know what you'll catch


:rofl:

:hi:

[Ava]

26. hey you

what's up? :hi:

[SPKrazy]

39. nuttin'

just stirring the pot

:rofl:

[Ava]

41. what about the kettle?

:P :hi:

[JVS]

9. they suck

[Ava]

13. glad to see i'm not the only one that likes them

:rofl:

[skygazer]

10. No. No, I don't have to admit that at all.

:scared:

[Ava]

12. see, most people i know like them

but won't admit it because they are afraid of ridicule. :rofl:

[skygazer]

14. If I was afraid of ridicule, I wouldn't be here

:rofl:

:hi:

[Ava]

15. true dat

:P :hi:

[Jeanette in FL]

16. Because of you

I just downloaded the best of Cheap Trick.

Loving it

[Ava]

17. lol, first time i've heard of me having that effect on someone!

:rofl:

;) :hi:

[Jeanette in FL]

23. Imagine that, dear Ava

A little old lady in Florahome Florida

Love you more than you can imagine.

[Ava]

25. lol, thanks

cheap trick is pretty awesome imo :hi:

i dont care if my fellow youngins tease me about it ;)

[begin_within]

19. I saw them in concert in 1979

in Phoenix, Arizona, when they were at the peak of their popularity (the Live at Budokan album was selling like hotcakes, and the Dream Police album was waiting to be released). They were a fun concert. I still have several of their albums, but I never listen to them. "Big Eyes" and "Surrender" are their 2 best songs, in my opinion.

[Ava]

22. i bet they were a good show

they seem like they were a good live band

[begin_within]

44. Yes, they were non-stop energy in those days.

They hardly stopped to take a breath between songs. I can't remember too much else about it because those were my pot-smoking days and of course we were passing around joints. I just remember they went through all their songs one by one, with hardly any "down time" at all between songs.

[TK421]

21. I love Cheap Trick ...especially this song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xp_KrbN60I

[Ava]

24. i love rick nielsen in that vid

he always looked so dorky! :rofl:
i love it!

[TK421]

31. yeah...he was kind of freaky lookin

have you ever seen the movie "Over the Edge"? that song plays in the beginning...but there are some other songs from Cheap Trick and Van Halen in there.




this movie is a CLASSIC

[Ava]

34. i've never seen it but i have heard of it

maybe i'll give it a chance. i'm just usually not a teen angst movie fan. ;)

[TK421]

35. It's a very well-made movie about teen angst...although it is quite different

or...should I say, different from any other teen angst movie you have viewed? Consider the period of time in which this took place ( but it was late 70's early 80's influence )

Do check it out, though

[Ava]

38. i'll look for it next time i go to the movie rental place

thanks for the suggestion! :hi:

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

87. Just bought the rerelease on DVD.

It's even better than you remember.

[Maestro]

27. Saw them in concert in '84 I think.

It was at a Six Flag park in the Dallas area. Robin Zander was drunk or something because he got mad about 3 songs into the concert. He just walked off the stage. End of the concert, period. I still like the music but that left a bad taste in my mouth.

[Ava]

28. that does suck

:(

[Bluzmann57]

30. I partied with one of them

several years ago. I was hanging around with another band from the Northern Illinois/Southern Wisconsin area and they all just met and jammed. Ah...those were the days. I'd rather not say his name here. He really liked to party though.

[Ava]

33. cool

:hi:

[Skittles]

45. saw 'em in a bar in Illinois the night before my Air Force duty started

back in 1975 - yes INDEED!

[Ava]

47. cool.. not many people can say that!

:hi:

[Redneck Socialist]

48. First concert I ever saw

Though I have to admit I was there for Ratt, Twisted Sister and Lita Ford. I still wonder who thought Cheap Trick headlining that bill was a good idea.

Lita Ford made quite an impression on my young, impressionable, male, teenaged mind. :evilgrin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sa-4A7RrP8

That being said I still like the hell out of "I want you to want me." Great tune.

[Ava]

49. it is a good tune

:hi:

[carly denise pt deux]

50. I LOVE cheap trick

I listen to their greatest hits at least once a week. My favorite song by them is "voices" I also love "reach out", but that song is exclusive to the "heavy Metal" soundtrack and not on any other of their albums.

Carly

[ghostsofgiants]

52. I am completely indifferent to them.

[mvd]

53. I love Cheap Trick

Great power pop band. They influenced modern favs of mine like Jimmy Eat World, Green Day, The Dollyrots, Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer, Fountains Of Wayne..

[SoxFan]

54. I caught one of RIck's guitar picks

Kingston Fairgrounds, Kingston, NH, 1984. They shared a bill with Twisted Sister, Ratt, Lita Ford, and the Lines (a local power-pop act).

[LostInAnomie]

56. Naw, they suck.

Their corny lameness actually gives me a headache.

[mvd]

58. They give you a headache, but me a thrill!

So there. :P

[LostInAnomie]

59. You know what gives me a thrill...

... porno.


Didn't see that one coming, did ya' !!

[mvd]

61. Not my thing

We're really disagreeing tonight - lol.

[DarkTirade]

62. Meh.

[Captain Angry]

83. I admit it openly.

A fun band, with some great musicians. Not enough of them around these days.

[Mike Daniels]

84. From most reviews they blew away most of the bigger "cooler" bands at this year's Virgin Festival

in the DC area.

They are well past their peak but they never give the impression that they're having anything less than a good time when they're on stage.

[Forkboy]

85. Still love them, and my musical tastes are DRASTICALLY different then they were back then.

But as my buddy says, "We don't stray far from the teats we were weaned on." :)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

86. I don't know - my brother loved em but I never really got into em

So nope