tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22651202688624541.post9035570032487615364..comments2023-11-02T09:20:32.024-04:00Comments on this is not pitchfork: 114. Cheap Trick - at Budokanmichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00164753172711417403noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22651202688624541.post-88089660726309404662008-12-06T16:45:00.000-05:002008-12-06T16:45:00.000-05:00I keep looking at this band and wondering if they ...I keep looking at this band and wondering if they weren't pushing some kind of performance art on us. Bun E. Carlos and Rick Nielson? WTF? And then the two pretty boys up front? And they were "big in Japan." And they caught lightning in a bottle at the Budokan. Rick Nielson's guitar pyrotechnics at the end of Ain't That a Shame always kill me. So he was more than just some proto geek gimmick. Funny, how he became the prototype of geeks everywhere. Funny to look at it but extremely proficient and sometimes even surprising. The more I think about this band, the more I think they were performance artists.Arjunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051966548813673687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22651202688624541.post-56572854044302902222008-12-06T11:38:00.000-05:002008-12-06T11:38:00.000-05:00To be honest, other than this album and Dream Poli...To be honest, other than this album and Dream Police (basically just the song, not the album), I wasn't a big fan, either. But how could a nerd like me ignore a band with guys who looked like Bun E. Carlos and Rick Nielsen in it?<BR/><BR/>The strangest live pairing I ever saw was the Ramones opening for Cheap Trick in Bangor, Maine.<BR/><BR/>Absolutely in total agreement on "Ain't That A Shame". I loves me some Fats Domino, but their version kicks his original to the curb.Solonor Rasrethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09138418082522051768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22651202688624541.post-81727236290743439682008-12-06T10:25:00.000-05:002008-12-06T10:25:00.000-05:00Can you imagine those kids, 30 years ago, most of ...Can you imagine those kids, 30 years ago, most of whom (at the time) probably spoke little if any English? <BR/><BR/>The band had a minor hit later on with <EM>The Flame</EM> which to me sounded too much like a <EM>Meat Loaf</EM> song.<BR/><BR/>But those three songs remain tops on my playlist (if I had one).Charlie on the PA Turnpikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17590500198993017999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22651202688624541.post-78628557982677159062008-12-06T10:02:00.000-05:002008-12-06T10:02:00.000-05:00I was totally remiss in not mentioning that song.A...I was totally remiss in not mentioning that song.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye4U7Qp5sNU" REL="nofollow">Ain't That A Shame</A>michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00164753172711417403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22651202688624541.post-88172349989248025242008-12-06T09:58:00.000-05:002008-12-06T09:58:00.000-05:00For me, the cover of Ain't That A Shame is reason ...For me, the cover of Ain't That A Shame is reason enough to hang onto the vinyl for (gulp) thirty years.Rod Knowltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12914460319025626027noreply@blogger.com