Jeff R Posted March 14, 2006 Posted March 14, 2006 http://www.melodicrock.com/audio/CheapTric...ectStranger.mp3
Steve Haynie Posted March 14, 2006 Posted March 14, 2006 I listened to the song one time.Right away it tells me there is hope after the last album, but it does not come across as great Cheap Trick music.
princeofdarkness56 Posted March 14, 2006 Posted March 14, 2006 I liked it. Nice pop/rock song. I am just glad that a band that has been around as long as they have, still has the fire to put out new stuff and not just live of the past. Ditto for Deep Purple, Ted Nugent, Alice Cooper, ZZ Top and a few others.
tafkathundernotes Posted March 14, 2006 Posted March 14, 2006 Sounds vaguely like Jon Brandt era Cheap Trick. Standing on the Edge was one of my favorite albums.
Dry Posted March 14, 2006 Posted March 14, 2006 I like that one.Here is another one. I think it is sort of a new twist on "Hello There".http://cheaptrick.com/rockford_/welcometotheworld.wma
Jack C Posted March 14, 2006 Posted March 14, 2006 Wow - those songs suck! I love Trick, but those songs sound like the mid-'80s crap they were putting out. I agree with Thunderbutt - those sound like Brandt-era tunes. And that's not a good thing at all.
belikerick Posted March 14, 2006 Posted March 14, 2006 Wow - those songs suck! I love Trick, but those songs sound like the mid-'80s crap they were putting out. I agree with Thunderbutt - those sound like Brandt-era tunes. And that's not a good thing at all. +10!!
DavidE Posted March 14, 2006 Posted March 14, 2006 At least they don't sound like they're trying to cover The Who.
SirDouglas Posted March 14, 2006 Posted March 14, 2006 sadness... i love CT but damnit to hell the last 4 albums have just been lackluster.... what happened to the drive.. like the first 7 ... the drums are jsut outright lazy on this one... not much on anything really except the vocals... i need to "feel" the music... this just gives me feelings of depression .... but ill still buy it ... cause im a loyal fan... and hope some day someoen can boot kick em back into gear.... Randy
tafkathundernotes Posted March 15, 2006 Posted March 15, 2006 Wow - those songs suck! I love Trick, but those songs sound like the mid-'80s crap they were putting out. I agree with Thunderbutt - those sound like Brandt-era tunes. And that's not a good thing at all. Sorry Jack, I think you misunderstood - I liked that stuff. I don't mean the radio pablum tunes like "Tonight it's You" or "The Flame" There were some decent rockers on those albums. Mostly, I think Zander's voice was in its prime during those years. No, it wasn't as good as Dream Police or the older albums, but it was better than most of what I've heard since TP came back (Which isn't much) They don't get much airplay any more.
Jack C Posted March 15, 2006 Posted March 15, 2006 Yeah, after re-reading your initial post, I kind of figured you were saying you liked that stuff. There's definitely some good stuff from the middle years. Next Position Please, while one of the worst sounding records ever, actually has some good songs. But there are some just stupid songs from that period, too. One on One has some serious crap, like Saturday at Midnight. That's what these new songs remind me of.As for the later albums, the 1997 CD was awesome. Mostly good songs and really good production. It was raw sounding, too. I can't stand it when CT gets sorta techno-dorky.
David B Posted March 15, 2006 Posted March 15, 2006 OK songs - sounds like some of their movie soundtracks.
mario Posted March 15, 2006 Posted March 15, 2006 Suck-ola! Please stop this Cheap Trick love fest on this forum! Okay, they play Hamers', but they have not done anything worth remembering since the live album.
Hamerica Posted March 15, 2006 Posted March 15, 2006 Mario,Uh, no sir. Three words. Usually Rick says three chords - Cheap Trick 1997. If you don't own it or never listen to it, give it a spin. Highly crafted Power POP CD and even the critics admitted have to give it 5 stars. The bootleg from the Las Vegas Gig will blow your amps. Along with the bootleg of In Color. OMG. Why didn't that get released!!!! Yes, I know it almost 10 years ago but I can't name any band that has lasted as long as they have and performed as many nights without a hit record, get overall crappy airplay and still be around?!?! Love Fest?!?!? Thank God for the little band that could as Jol would say. Rick did more for Hamers singlehandedly than any other artist or did he? Might make a good poll.
Disturber Posted March 15, 2006 Posted March 15, 2006 Mario,Uh, no sir. Three words. Usually Rick says three chords - Cheap Trick 1997. That is a KILLLER album indeed.
David B Posted March 15, 2006 Posted March 15, 2006 Mario,Uh, no sir. Three words. Usually Rick says three chords - Cheap Trick 1997. That is a KILLLER album indeed. YES! ONE OF THE BEST!
tafkathundernotes Posted March 15, 2006 Posted March 15, 2006 Next Position Please, while one of the worst sounding records ever, actually has some good songs. Yeah - what the hell happened to the production on that one? Yuck! I hope Rundgren isn't running the show for the New Cars.
bruce919 Posted March 15, 2006 Posted March 15, 2006 Listen to "Woke up with a Monste" , it is one of my fav. CT albums. That ones a Rocker. Also check out CT 97 & the bootleg of In Color 98. To me thats what CT sounds like live Raw & rocking. As long as they do not go back to the "Doctor" era sound I will still be buying CT music.
Disturber Posted March 15, 2006 Posted March 15, 2006 Listen to "Woke up with a Monste" , it is one of my fav. CT albums. That ones a Rocker. Also check out CT 97 & the bootleg of In Color 98. To me thats what CT sounds like live Raw & rocking. As long as they do not go back to the "Doctor" era sound I will still be buying CT music. the bootleg of In Color 98Where can I find this one??? Anyone here care tosend a copy?
Steve Haynie Posted March 15, 2006 Posted March 15, 2006 I like the Welcome To The World track. It has more of a hook to it.Woke Up With A Monster was a great album. The guitar was more in your face than most of the previous albums.I wish Rick would come up with a few more riff oriented tunes.
Hamerica Posted March 15, 2006 Posted March 15, 2006 "Listen to "Woke up with a Monster" ... that ones a Rocker." Bruce919 is right. That is a rocker! How could I miss that album? (I hear Peter F. dialing Rick N's private number to tear up my membership card - again) There were several reasons this album rocks.New label - Warner Bros. had signed them for a few years. They had full touring, Motley Cure, Meat Loaf (very successful tour for Meat) and yada, yada, yada. Then wham, stepped on like a cockroach; Mo & Co are fired from Warner Music the rug is jerked out of CT & CO. New Producer - Ted Templeman, I always wondered how Ted felt about producing CT. He is the Tom Werman of Warner. New Chords - Rick had to play something besides E B A. New Writers - OK this one gets kinda dicey. Sometimes new song writing teams are good. Sometimes they are bad. Personally, I love the way Rick Neilsen writes a song. He is one of my favorite songwriters. But on this album and Cheap Trick 97 the band did have some outside influnces in the songs. This is a great example of what can happen to a band or act that is begged to come back and rock. I'm gonna pull this one out to night and give it a spin.
Dry Posted March 15, 2006 Posted March 15, 2006 Nuthern..http://cheaptrick.com/rockford_/comeoncomeon.wma
cmatthes Posted March 15, 2006 Posted March 15, 2006 "Next Position Please" just reminds me of the entire era of the Rockman. Scholz-type distorton and compression, glassy cleans and compression and compression and compression.That being said, I still like that album. They never got the original formula back once "All Shook Up" hit the shelves, although there has been plenty of recorded brilliant spots here and there since then.
MCChris Posted March 15, 2006 Posted March 15, 2006 sadness... i love CT but damnit to hell the last 4 albums have just been lackluster.... what happened to the drive.. like the first 7 ... the drums are jsut outright lazy on this one... not much on anything really except the vocals... i need to "feel" the music... this just gives me feelings of depression .... but ill still buy it ... cause im a loyal fan... and hope some day someoen can boot kick em back into gear.... Randy What happened to the drive? They're 90! Boot kick 'em into gear? With what? A defribulator?
Kilroy is all about... Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 cheaptrick.com has three new songs for listening pleasure or displeasure.loved mario's comments about not having a trick-luv-in-fest, but they're (cheap trick) are and have always been better players and composers than any random HFC poster, so they got that going for them.my opinions:1) welcome to the world...and, straight into the toilet with this one..a real soft stool;2) perfect stranger...loved the 'compressed' mix and quite entertaining for ear-phones and this song stayed on the repeat all afternoon;3) come on, come on....geez...rick lets attempt to deviate from either 'come on' or 'yeah, yeah' within a chorus...any cheap trick is better then no cheap trick and much better than blondie or the new cars, etc...kilroy posts...and goes back to listening to a randon cheaptrick bootleg...from '83...next producer please...
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