Thanks for posting. Everytime I hear Red Rider, I think of the glory days of MTV...coming home from high school, grabbing a glass of milk & turning on the MTV to see videos such as this. Long ago, but still close to memory in the brain. MTV was once great - now, a sham.
A Red Rider tune that often gets forgotten. I remember when they used to play this on the radio back in '83. Excellent song! Did the cameraman have a crush on the drummer? lol
I have never heard this song. It is great. I like it a lot! Thanks for putting this up here to be re-discovered and discovered for the first time but many like me.
WOW - WOW, Man that brings back memories. The energy that man (TOM) and that group (RED RIDER) could play, 18years ago WOW. AS Tom is a year or two older then me. I wish that we could re- catch the wind and go for the ride again. It's what I call good clean rock. Larry - Vancouver
i love the guitar playing in this tune by red rider and tom. Very powerful meaning lyrics and excellent playing. right on thanks foR adding this music vid. I'M ONLY 14 YEARS OLD AND MY DADDY TOLD ME THE BEST CAME FROM THE 80'S....
gaee 2000 you are so right, the 80,s was the last decade of great music. I believe you can tell a good decade of music by how many one hit wonders there are. And there has not been many one hit wonders since the 80's, just people taking the music and calling it their own.
EXCELLENT!!! This reminds me of the first weekend we had MTV!!! Love the eerie keyboard intro(Reminds me of Halloween!!)!! When Tom Cochrane had a hit with "Life Is A Highway" in 1992, it made reminisce for this and "Lunatic Fringe"!! Kurdtss, YOU ROCK!!!
Love that bass line, great use of a steel guitar( kenny was the best)..... I used to have this LP, and now I'm sorry I got rid of it...... can't find it anywhere now.
A masterpiece ! Ken Greer's guitar was what needed Cochrane to solify his ALL sens all azimut songs( By the way the lyrics can be everything...even a person that goes through hard tmes like heavy drug addiction and that say what he sees,feels and triumphs with an awarness that it has been a victory and that it is not over yet ! Few Lyrics...but Naild it ! Bravo !
Another Wicked tune and Vid Kurdst!! always amazes me when Life is a highway is labelled as a one hit wonder south of the border..lmao caught red rider at Humber College back in the day..great show.
tom cochrane...jesus how many perfect albums this guy have? /canadian LEGEND ...ive sen him well over a dozen times now ....lousy video for a album i will play forever
Extraordinary song !!!! First time I hear thr whole intro LOL. I wonder what they're doing now. Gotta find out right now.Anybody has a live version of HR?
As far as siam and Neruda kick fuckin ass. I wish these guys would have made more albums like that. These guys were severely overlooked. They could have been Pink Floyd big if they would have kept it up.
Well first of all, David Gilmour didn't play pedal steel. He played lap steel. There were lots of people who used pedal and lap steel in rock music back in the late 60's and 70's, such as Yes, The Grateful Dead, Blue Öyster Cult, and others. But at the age of 9, in 1982, I'd never heard any of those bands. Back then, steel was pretty much known to me only in country music. The idea of a rock group using steel seemed so unique. I didn't know at the time it was already pretty common.
I remember seeing this video and Lunatic Fringe on MTV back in the early 80's. First time I'd ever heard a pedal steel used in rock music. I like this song much better than Lunatic Fringe.
Wait...this isn't the video I remember... The one I saw was on an old Laserdisc called Picture Music...I was disappointed to see this version of the video instead when I searched for it years later. The drummer, for some reason, dominated the camera for most of the second half of the video. Weird.
@adkpeakboy How many MTV channels do you have in the states now? we have about 6 much music channels up here in canada, they are all garbage now too except much retro.
oh noooo not celine she ben in vegas long enuff u can have her..lol Well in a lot of respects Canada gets best of all worlds We get homegrown, picked up Rock Radio from buffalo or Detroit, and of course get the uk stuff as well.
One of the best tunes to come out of Canada in the 80s.
Red Rider one of the best kept secrets in the 80's. Their first two albums were bona fide.
One of the best songs of the 80s.
one of the most underrated bands and songs of the 80's.
Thanks for posting. Everytime I hear Red Rider, I think of the glory days of MTV...coming home from high school, grabbing a glass of milk & turning on the MTV to see videos such as this. Long ago, but still close to memory in the brain.
MTV was once great - now, a sham.
What a bass line at 1:44! :) I'm so proud of the musical talent in Canada!!!!
I miss MTV, when MTV was.. well....MTV.
A Red Rider tune that often gets forgotten. I remember when they used to play this on the radio back in '83. Excellent song!
Did the cameraman have a crush on the drummer? lol
I have never heard this song. It is great. I like it a lot! Thanks for putting this up here to be re-discovered and discovered for the first time but many like me.
WOW - WOW, Man that brings back memories. The energy that man (TOM) and that group (RED RIDER) could play, 18years ago WOW. AS Tom is a year or two older then me. I wish that we could re- catch the wind and go for the ride again. It's what I call good clean rock.
Larry - Vancouver
i love the guitar playing in this tune by red rider and tom.
Very powerful meaning lyrics and excellent playing.
right on thanks foR adding this music vid.
I'M ONLY 14 YEARS OLD AND MY DADDY TOLD ME THE BEST CAME FROM THE 80'S....
this is a great track that no one realy knows about these days...it's a goodie.
love that intro
I remember it too...real videos by ROCK & ROLL Bands, & not a felon in sight!
This is such a brilliant song from them! I saw them live just this February in Ottawa - BRILLIANT to see live! ♥
poetry put to music this song in particular helped me through an ugly ugly time
very poetic album...soulfull.. one of my all time favs
Love the bass line...
deep and rich.
This song is so badass, love it!
one of the best albums ever from a great performer
tom cochrane rules
Awesome song!!! One of the best Canadian songs ever, they still play it on 92 CITI and BOB999FM in Winnipeg, such memories
music flows through me,lyrics rush through my mind,gotta have this song in ya for the rest of your life.........peace.....
It's been seven years since I heard this song! This brings back some memories.
Unusual video. Everyone in the band gets featured. Very cool song and video. It's like finding an old friend.
Killer album from the good old days!Love that Spider and his Steinberger!
gaee 2000 you are so right, the 80,s was the last decade of great music. I believe you can tell a good decade of music by how many one hit wonders there are. And there has not been many one hit wonders since the 80's, just people taking the music and calling it their own.
"might be a brave new world but its really not my home"
Thanks for posting. I've been on the hunt for this video for awhile
Great Bass! Great Song!
brings back the good ole days!!!!!!!!!!
EXCELLENT!!! This reminds me of the first weekend we had MTV!!! Love the eerie keyboard intro(Reminds me of Halloween!!)!! When Tom Cochrane had a hit with "Life Is A Highway" in 1992, it made reminisce for this and "Lunatic Fringe"!! Kurdtss, YOU ROCK!!!
I saw TC and RR two Summers ago and they kicked butt.
excelent song !!
brings back great memories
I really love this song wish I could have seen them live.
Love that bass line, great use of a steel guitar( kenny was the best)..... I used to have this LP, and now I'm sorry I got rid of it...... can't find it anywhere now.
OMG!!! Now THIS takes me back!! Been looking for this for YEARS now! THanks for posting!
Gotta love Ken Greer - Canada's David Gilmour. That pedal steel stuff is just fantastic around 1:10.
Love that bass line.
Thanks,does bring back memories. A great Video and band. YOU ROCK RED RIDER.
A masterpiece ! Ken Greer's guitar was what needed Cochrane to solify his ALL sens all azimut songs( By the way the lyrics can be everything...even a person that goes through hard tmes like heavy drug addiction and that say what he sees,feels and triumphs with an awarness that it has been a victory and that it is not over yet ! Few Lyrics...but Naild it ! Bravo !
If you find it let me know, please. My favorite Canadian group/solo performer.
Awesome song
1 of there best songs
I agree .... I think this is my fav..... they were great live as well
Another Wicked tune and Vid Kurdst!! always amazes me when Life is a highway is labelled as a one hit wonder south of the border..lmao caught red rider at Humber College back in the day..great show.
wicked tune !
this song sums me up. i got knocked down but i got back up and got stronger
tom cochrane...jesus how many perfect albums this guy have? /canadian LEGEND ...ive sen him well over a dozen times now ....lousy video for a album i will play forever
Extraordinary song !!!! First time I hear thr whole intro LOL. I wonder what they're doing now. Gotta find out right now.Anybody has a live version of HR?
As far as siam and Neruda kick fuckin ass. I wish these guys would have made more albums like that. These guys were severely overlooked. They could have been Pink Floyd big if they would have kept it up.
@Killjoy3990 Yes it is. And the train pulls into Yorkdale.
Well first of all, David Gilmour didn't play pedal steel. He played lap steel.
There were lots of people who used pedal and lap steel in rock music back in the late 60's and 70's, such as Yes, The Grateful Dead, Blue Öyster Cult, and others.
But at the age of 9, in 1982, I'd never heard any of those bands. Back then, steel was pretty much known to me only in country music. The idea of a rock group using steel seemed so unique. I didn't know at the time it was already pretty common.
great song
@themadbea Considering the deluge of crap music being released right now that you hear on the radio, your dad is spot on.
I remember seeing this video and Lunatic Fringe on MTV back in the early 80's. First time I'd ever heard a pedal steel used in rock music. I like this song much better than Lunatic Fringe.
hey at 0:58 is that spadina station?
simple chords say so much
i call the 80s the BigBang theory...music developed after decades and ended in the 80s, thats it there is no more.
i have this on CD,but cant remember name of album,im not sure where the CD is
Wait...this isn't the video I remember...
The one I saw was on an old Laserdisc called Picture Music...I was disappointed to see this version of the video instead when I searched for it years later.
The drummer, for some reason, dominated the camera for most of the second half of the video. Weird.
wicked
@adkpeakboy I do agree, as was Much Music, the only good channel is Much Retro
@adkpeakboy How many MTV channels do you have in the states now? we have about 6 much music channels up here in canada, they are all garbage now too except much retro.
Thanks for the comparison to Pink Floyd. I was wondering if anyone else had picked up on it.
What city was this video filmed in?
@adkpeakboy You used to party with milk back in the 80s huh. Good times.
J/k, j/k, I completely agree with what you're saying.
Little less editing clips than the one they showed on MMM.
@WildBill6942 See that woman at 2:37...maybe she's a camerawoman?..lol
haha Tom Petty doesn't even touch Tom Cochrane
oh noooo not celine she ben in vegas long enuff u can have her..lol Well in a lot of respects Canada gets best of all worlds We get homegrown, picked up Rock Radio from buffalo or Detroit, and of course get the uk stuff as well.