Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with CHEAP TRICK!

Johnny's birthday weekend blowout continues with a band you'd love to play your birthday party. Funny side note, Johnny has spent so much time in his life listening to the Budokan album there is no better (and Johnny means this) air drummer to this album anywhere. Bun E. Carlos hit the skins for a reason. He's great. Don't give Johnny drumsticks to hit drums with, it'd be a red hot disaster. But if you or someone you know is in a Cheap Trick air cover band and your drummer quit because he got a life, you let Johnny know. 'Lookout' up next on the jukebox of life.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with CHEAP TRICK!

There are quite a few people who think the intro to this song, 'Ain't That a Shame' live at Budokan is one if not the best song intros ever. Johnny will admit he's so smitten with it he can hit every air drum that Bun E. Carlos hits in perfect time. Add that rolling Rick Nielsen guitar over great the percussion piece and you've got a song worthy of the Music Series.

Cheap Trick, Live at Budokan with 'Ain't That a Shame'

Saturday morning MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with CHEAP TRICK!

Anybody Johnny's age knows EXACTLY what you're talking about when you say 'Budokan', maybe the most famousest Japanese word in the states in the 70's. The Cheap Trick Live at Budokan album CONSUMED the radio airwaves in the late 70's kids. No less than 5 songs were in heavy rotation on Detroit radio. There are so many choices to use here but the song 'Come on, Come on' has long been one of Johnny's faves. The backing vocals by Rick Nielsen just weave so well with lead singer Robin Zander's vocals in the chorus which is so perfectly done, which is rare for a live cut, is what got this track picked this morning.

Nielsen: Come on, come on
Zander: Well I know you can do it
Nielsen: Come on, come on
Zander: Well there ain't nothing to it
Nielsen: Yeah yeah, yeah yeah
Zander: Well I know you believe me
Nielsen: Yeah yeah, yeah yeah
Zander: You can see the real me