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| From | Rick McCall <rickmccall77@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Cheap Trick |
| Date | Sun, 05 Jun 2016 14:06:58 -0500 |
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Couldn¹t agree more. I got their first album as a pre-release promo back
in the days of working in a record store and have followed them every step
since then. As Bill says, not perfect, but better than 98% of what is out
there.
Nielsen just has a singular talent for hooks that is very rare and keeps
the guitars crunchy in the process. Definitely several cuts that are on my
current mixtape and that will stand up with the best stuff in their
catalog.
If you watch Daryl Hall¹s 'Live From Daryl¹s House' (and if you don¹t, you
should), Cheap Trick are the guests on the current episode. No Dax and Tom
is definitely in the background, but it is fun seeing them play and
interact with Hall. TaxmanŠDaryl Hall loves that song and so I. They play
it together on this episode.
http://www.livefromdarylshouse.com/currentep.html?ep_id=90
On 6/5/16, 12:47 PM, "Holmes Online" <audities-owner@smoe.org on behalf of
bholmes_fm@msn.com> wrote:
>Saw them last night in Syracuse and they were on fire. Zander, at 62,
>still a vocal powerhouse and hitting the notes; Nielsen re-energized on
>guitar; Petersson solid as always. Miss the flair and fills of Bun on
>the kit but Daxx is solid. Set list was pretty routine - a couple from
>the new album, an choice Lou Reed cover and the hits you would expect to
>hear.
>
>After the Red Ant collapse killed their true "comeback" record in 1997,
>they did have a solid album in ROCKFORD and some nice moments on SPECIAL
>ONE and THE LATEST. But BANG ZOOM, the new album, is a stunner. There's
>a weak run of 3 songs in the middle but damned if there aren't seve
>songs that easily warrant airplay. I think their choice for first single
>("When I Wake Up Tomorrow") was okay but "Sing My Blues Away" and "No
>Direction Home" would have been much better. Something for everyone - a
>glammy Sweet-like track, a guitar jam, a hybrid Strangles/Iggy tune, an
>ELO-like song...great vocals throughout. Lyrically they never were and
>will never be Dylan, but if you can get past that (and mostly, I can)
>this is one of the best records I've heard all year.
>
>With the R&RHOF induction and milking every tour, TV show and interview
>opportunity, this is probably the best shot they've had in 20+ years.
>But if this winds up being the last record they ever made, they will
>have gone out on a high note.
>
>If you're skeptical after all the previous "return to form" publicity
>campaigns this band has had, I certainly understand; the abundance of
>"their best album EVER" posts make me cringe. But this album needs no
>apologists - if this was the work of a new artist we'd be tripping over
>ourselves talking about them. Trust me and at least give it a spin.
>
>b
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