Cheap Trick Live Saratoga, CA
Cheap Trick
October 8, 2010
Mountain Winery, Saratoga, CA
Setlist:
Way of the World
California Man
Clock Strikes Ten
I Want You to Want Me
These Days
Borderline
I Can’t Take It
On Top of the World
Happy Birthday to John Lennon
Day Tripper
Don’t Be Cruel
That 70s Song
Ballad of TV Violence
Baby Loves to Rock
Sick Man of Europe
Closer – The Ballad of Burt and Linda
Surrender
Encores:
The Flame
Dream Police
Gonna Raise Hell
Goodnight
Yes this was the best Cheap Trick show I have seen and my first of countless shows was the Dream Police tour.
First let me start off saying the the Mountain Winery might just be the most ideal place for a concert. It is a beautiful outdoor venue up in hills outside San Jose, within a beautiful winery. Venue capacity is proably around 3-5000. Not a bad seat anywhere. The stage is situated directly at the foot of a 1852 stone church. Prior to the show we had a nice three course diner with wine on a balcony overlooking silicon valley and the surrounding hills.
Onto Cheap Trick… Bun E Carlos is no longer touring with the band, Rick’s son Daxx is playing the drums. Daxx replacing Bun E. is to Eric Singer replacing Peter Criss in KISS. A world of difference in the band. I love Bun E., but the show was simply explosive with Daxx on the kit.
Just look at the setlist for the show! I really can’t remember when I last saw the band play a set like this. First of all they were headlining, but still. Some key points for me:
- On Top of the World sounded monstrous!
- Singing Happy Birthday to John Lennon, followed by Daytripper was a great surprise.
- Ballad of TV Violence – they really punched this one up, deep and heavy sounding
- Gonna Raise Hell – one of my all time favorite songs by any artist. Holy crap did it sound amazing last night! The guitar solo, bass solo and drum solo really kicked ass. Daxx on the drums was the real treat, damn can he play.
I felt like I saw a band with new energy and drive… nobody was going through the motions. Everyone on stage was pushing a bit harder than I can recall seeing at past shows. Every song just seemed harder, heavier and more solid. I left the show so recharged and committed that Cheap Trick are the best effing rock band.
I told you that they were great again.
I can’t wait to see what this energy does when they record a new album.
Why? The energy was there because Bun E. was gone. He will be there to record.
Maybe not. After getting a taste of what they can be like, maybe they won’t have him record.
Hello There!
Live show October 8th at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga, CA. Classic music of Cheap Trick. I’m fan number 1 in Brazil and I’ve been in Saratoga and saw the concert. Simply wonderful. I loved the entire show and finally realized the dream of seeing the band performing live for the first time (I know the band since 1.979). The best part of the show was the song “The ballad T.V. violence” (Robin Zander is just a great singer) e the second best part for me was “Baby Loves to Rock”. The interaction of Tom Petersson with Daxx Nielsen in “Gonna Raise Hell”, was very impressive, not mentioning the outstanding solos of Rick Nielsen. I really missed Bun E. Carlos, but Daxx Nielsen is an awesome drummer. Cheap Trick has the best of rock’n’roll in the entire world! Eu amo o Cheap Trick (I love Cheap Trick).
Visit YouTube: “Cheap Trick I Want you to want me live in Saratoga Oct/08/10”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPkkv3Ld7SY
Thanks!
Márcio Andrei Loiacono
Santos – São Paulo – Brazil.