How is he doing this?! First-time reaction to the band Triumph performing Fight the Good Fight LIVE

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  • Today we're listening to another phenomenal band from Canada. Here is a live performance of Triumph performing Fight the Good Fight.
    Watch the original video uninterrupted: • Triumph - Fight The Go...
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  • @tatumparrish5933
    @tatumparrish5933 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +147

    Van Halen received a million dollars to preform a the US Festival, but it was Triumph that gave a million dollar performance.

    • @TheYobo1016
      @TheYobo1016 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      🤣 Perfect!

    • @silvertuna6270
      @silvertuna6270 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Videos of this live US Festival performance have been put up and taken down on TH-cam a few times over the years. The original version from years ago did have a lot of views (millions).

    • @ChrisCrites-yz2iw
      @ChrisCrites-yz2iw หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      AGREED!

    • @lrh411
      @lrh411 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yep, VH blew. Triumph and the Scorpions stole that day.

    • @gfgranja
      @gfgranja 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@lrh411 Judas Priest was amazing too

  • @99sheepy
    @99sheepy 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1419

    Criminally underrated band. Have been a Triumph fan for decades. Rik Emmett is amazing, the singing is incredible, the guitar playing is incredible. Also, the drummer Gil Moore sings lead on several of their hit songs, as well as great harmonies, which were not present in this song. They have a live album called Stages, which I wore my cassette out.

    • @RobinC63
      @RobinC63 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

      You’re right. Triumph is often overlooked on YT from other bands of this era.

    • @shasta810
      @shasta810 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

      No auto tune or pitch correct!

    • @neverforget6063
      @neverforget6063 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Totally agree !

    • @hansenlavhansenlavanderiae8498
      @hansenlavhansenlavanderiae8498 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      I agree.

    • @63mckenzie
      @63mckenzie 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      Who would win a high note battle between Rick and Geddy? Hide the wine glasses!

  • @bruce5168
    @bruce5168 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +300

    Let's not forget that it's straight on playing and singing. NO auto tune, NO ear monitors, NO tricks. Just unbelievable talent. Triumph was and still is truly special.

    • @jeffcrane4547
      @jeffcrane4547 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      The most underrated guitarist/vocalist in history of the sport IMO.

    • @RR-lq3ef
      @RR-lq3ef 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Yup, rock at it's best

    • @jimmydean7729
      @jimmydean7729 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      But i do agree ... Pure talent in them days!!!

    • @rickhines8642
      @rickhines8642 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Triumph and VH were the best bands at the US Festival

    • @bruce5168
      @bruce5168 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rickhines8642 DAMN STRAIGHT AGREED!!

  • @eschdaddy
    @eschdaddy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +244

    I’m so glad you’re giving Rick Emmet the love he deserves. Triumph is SOOooo underrated!

    • @MrGuhtar
      @MrGuhtar 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Second best band to ever come out of Canada!

    • @eschdaddy
      @eschdaddy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@MrGuhtar yes, yes it is.

    • @sleeplessingc
      @sleeplessingc 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      me too man....

  • @Jp421JP
    @Jp421JP 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +370

    Triumph was huge in the 80’s. Huge. Along with Rush, Triumph were my musical saviors. Their lyrics were so impactful and the music is legend.

    • @wordragon
      @wordragon 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Triumph was huge in the late 70s and early 80s, then had a modest resurgence in the late 80s with the Sport of Kings album. The one thing Triumph could always do was fill seats at a concert because they were really amazing live.

    • @merrillundgren1790
      @merrillundgren1790 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Rik is awesome!!!! ❤️❤️

    • @OTCRock4one
      @OTCRock4one 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Don't forget this Canadian band: th-cam.com/video/usWQOPTORn8/w-d-xo.html

    • @rickrack4812
      @rickrack4812 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      70s

    • @Jp421JP
      @Jp421JP 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@rickrack4812 You're right and the 70's!

  • @marknoriz5703
    @marknoriz5703 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +359

    OMG, I was a young teen when I went to the US fest and saw this Triumph performance. Now 40 years later I am a music producer in Nashville, thank you Triumph and Rik Emmett for the inspiration. I still have the magic power of music in me.

    • @martymcpeak4748
      @martymcpeak4748 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      everyone said Triumph stole the show and I believe it. Cheers

    • @Megadeth1921
      @Megadeth1921 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Just turned 17 the week before this show

    • @markvanderstelt8999
      @markvanderstelt8999 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      i remember seeing you there.

    • @marknoriz5703
      @marknoriz5703 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      @@markvanderstelt8999 Yah I was that guy, no shirt, hot, sweaty, dirty, yelling, screaming, singing. Nice to catch up with you again!

    • @specialkonacid6574
      @specialkonacid6574 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Very cool ❤

  • @lrpelkey
    @lrpelkey 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +99

    i'm old enough that i'm actually blown away when anyone hasn't already had their mind blown by Rik Emmett. very few people are as good a guitarist, as good a singer, OR as good a songwriter, let alone 2 out of 3, let alone all 3. won't see another like him in my lifetime.

    • @AndersonHatfield-hk9qi
      @AndersonHatfield-hk9qi 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Rik was in the photo of being the GOAT.

    • @thomasyoung1588
      @thomasyoung1588 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Stuart Adamson was one (Big Country)

  • @mfsmfs63
    @mfsmfs63 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

    It took me a long time to realize the genius of Triumph. And to see this woman's face light up the first time she hears them is so worth it. She exemplifies most peoples response to hearing Rik's voice. The genuine smile and overwhelming dismay at what comes out of his mouth is Incredible!

    • @christopherw6309
      @christopherw6309 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah I never payed attention to Triumph. They are incredible.

  • @lesgregory4469
    @lesgregory4469 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +295

    You should really watch them doing “Lay it on the line “ if you want to be totally blown away with his vocals

    • @kayagon
      @kayagon 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Definitely!!

    • @timothydillow3160
      @timothydillow3160 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      "The truth will do just fine." 🎯

    • @vallaindigital
      @vallaindigital 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@firstbassmusic You misheard a lyric there 😉

    • @ricktrapp482
      @ricktrapp482 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      His vocals have never been matched ! I get tired of hearing how Freddie Mercury was the best vocalist ever, I don't think he could ever hit the highs and the sustain that Rick Emmett could!

    • @keithmills778
      @keithmills778 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I second that motion! The “official” video of “Lay It On The Line” is great, but the live video from the US Festival is better. You know he’s doing it live, rather than lip-syncing to a studio recording, like most music vids are.
      About a year and a half ago, Air Canada had a Triumph documentary as part of the in-flight entertainment (along with an Oscar Peterson doc and “Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World”).

  • @rhondacombs3032
    @rhondacombs3032 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +224

    Rick Emmett is one of my favorite singers. Triumph is so underrated. Such talent

    • @Azznbad
      @Azznbad 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      They weren't under rated in the day, but as time passes you get set aside unless you continue to perform. Emmitt decided to do other things so those who continued to perform moved ahead of them in the minds of fans. Use it or loose it applies here. If you want to be remembered and highly thought of you need to be dead or still performing with your band. Grand Funk owned the world and took a few years off and were done when they tried to get it going again.
      Triumph could have been touring with the classic rockers if their era up until today, but Emmitt gave his rights away and never seemed interested in doing more than playing clubs with his solo stuff. He played in front of three or four hundred in Dallas about 20 years ago and it was ok but he had lost the falsetto and appeared to perform to make a few bucks.

    • @oasis5827
      @oasis5827 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Totally Agree!

    • @StuTube55
      @StuTube55 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Never underrated here in Canada

    • @coleely9307
      @coleely9307 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      One of the few bands with the talent to to prog who chose to play straightforward music instead

    • @georgearensman6868
      @georgearensman6868 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      These three musicians are so very talented it is a shame that I can't find the words to truly describe them.

  • @peterkossits4794
    @peterkossits4794 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +64

    They came to kick butt that day. All the other groups showed up wearing black - they were the good guys in white playing right at sunset. They asked the organizer if he had introduced any other bands so far. When he said no, they said "Well come up on stage and you can introduce us." Total class. I love this concert.

    • @kanadianbacon7733
      @kanadianbacon7733 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      *"WoW"*

    • @jethro1963
      @jethro1963 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      That "organizer" was Apple's Steve Wozniak.

    • @thelastperfectman4139
      @thelastperfectman4139 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Triumph really was one of the absolute highlights of the US Festival.

    • @Howie412
      @Howie412 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Canada's Rock and roll machine

  • @jayco1270
    @jayco1270 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    Rik Emmett wrote this song for his aunt, who was dying of cancer. As a person fighting cancer myself, this song touches me in a new way from when I saw them in concert back in the early 80s. Love this band! Thanks for putting this up.

    • @jeffrue9865
      @jeffrue9865 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Hoping all will turn out best in your battle.

  • @JamesPetroff
    @JamesPetroff 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +181

    Apart from mind blowing vocals and totally virtuoso guitar playing, Triumph have really uplifting lyrics too. Instead of singing about dark emotions (like every single rock band), there is alot of pure joy in their music. And that is another reason to love them.

    • @nickculbertson3502
      @nickculbertson3502 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Agree 💯, my favorite aspect to Triumph is their lyrics

    • @Polytrout
      @Polytrout 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Rik Emmett is a good ol Mississauga boy. Proud to say that he's from my hometown.

    • @patriciahils1961
      @patriciahils1961 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Whenever I feel down, I always listen to Magic Power! My favorite song and it always lifts my spirits 😊

    • @Polytrout
      @Polytrout 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @patriciahils1961 a local musician in Mississauga, Ontario claims to have written a song "Look at You, Look at Me" and sang it to his wife at their wedding. An employee of Metalworks Studios is said to have stolen the demo. The alleged author claims that the only things that changed were the lyrics.

    • @michaelzilkowsky2936
      @michaelzilkowsky2936 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "Triumph have really uplifting lyrics too."
      written with all the refinement of a cinder block.
      "Days grow shorter and the nights are getting long
      Feels like we're running out of time"
      No truck stop diner napkin should endure the indignity of having that tripe scribbled upon it. But, hey, you like it; it must speak to your inner emptiness.

  • @dlplus4
    @dlplus4 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +140

    it's always cool when someone hears them for the first time and are blown away by Rik's vocals... one of my favorite bands

    • @gto1607
      @gto1607 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Gil is a good singer too.

  • @joshuaspop8865
    @joshuaspop8865 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    Triumph and Queensryche = greatest bands most have never heard of.

    • @deadguyale6665
      @deadguyale6665 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I agree with Triumph but Queensryche? not so much

    • @dickhickey909
      @dickhickey909 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Queensryche was great, then DeGarmo left...

    • @Jero-P
      @Jero-P 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I wrote a paper about Queensrhyche lyrics in 7th grade i think 🤣 i really was an old man

  • @playbassken
    @playbassken 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +348

    Yes! You finally dove into the Triumph rabbit hole and I couldn't be happier! These guys are absolutely incredible live and I was so lucky to see them many times over the years. Rick Emmett has a phenomenal voice. Thanks for doing this and don't stop here. They have so many more such as 'Magic Power', 'Lay It On The Line' and 'Follow Your Heart". Enjoy!

    • @riverlove6820
      @riverlove6820 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Yes, listen in this order.

    • @the-dave-house-project
      @the-dave-house-project 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      @@riverlove6820 Oh, just listen to all their albums. :P

    • @timhendrix6867
      @timhendrix6867 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      The heavy metal day had a lot of heavy hitters at the 83 US festival. Consensus is they stole the show that day by many accounts. The reason it doesn't have a lot of views is because it's been taken down many many times over the years due to copyright because this is a for purchase video.

    • @trmn8r677
      @trmn8r677 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      What he said! 👍🤙

    • @williamclarke2020
      @williamclarke2020 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Amen, my brother! As a Canuck, I can tell you they still are my favourite Canadian band. Rick is my guitar hero. I spent many a night in the Army working out to Triumph. Both he and Gil Moore are great vocalists. What a drummer. And Mike Levine is a fantastic bassist/keyboardist. He is great at crowd interactions. He was the hype man in his day.

  • @ChristopherRobertHills
    @ChristopherRobertHills 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +138

    Lay It on the Line is another one of their great songs, they are such a talented and very under appreciated band by mainstream standards, Rik is also a classically trained guitarist, loved this reaction!

    • @MrAitraining
      @MrAitraining 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Yes and the live version from this show is the best. Triumph was always better live. I found their studio stuff too polished and subdued. They sound better live. Saw them twice. Just great

    • @markvanderstelt8999
      @markvanderstelt8999 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Great song

    • @wordragon
      @wordragon 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@MrAitraining-I think it actually tops this performance which is in itself surprising.

    • @johnswanson858
      @johnswanson858 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I didn't know he was classically trained until his strumming at the end and your mention

    • @crusheverything4449
      @crusheverything4449 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Look at the way he holds his guitar - very high for a rock player - classical style!

  • @bruins1itall
    @bruins1itall 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Love this woman, she nows her stuff and is so beautiful!❤

    • @b17fan52
      @b17fan52 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      She's got that sexy Jenny Agutter vibe for sure.

    • @everettdunphy7987
      @everettdunphy7987 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Love her facial expressions ❤

  • @ericdm2970
    @ericdm2970 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    And remember he’s playing all of these great guitar lines while singing these amazing vocal lines

    • @michaelzilkowsky2936
      @michaelzilkowsky2936 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      now do Geddy Lee

    • @chucky2569
      @chucky2569 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Geddy Lee is great, but he didn't play lead guitar while singing at the same time he played bass.

    • @michaelzilkowsky2936
      @michaelzilkowsky2936 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@chucky2569 Emmett didn't sing and play leads at the same time. You are a typical Triumph fan; you know nothing.

    • @JohnWahlers
      @JohnWahlers 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@michaelzilkowsky2936 Yeah but his ryhthm playing is a far cry from just basic chords and simplistic riffs and a challenge to play by themselves. I love Rush and Geddy is a monster musician but acting like Emmett isnt is totally asinine

  • @nicefish10
    @nicefish10 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +198

    What’s incredible is that as a professional Sound Engineer for 35 years I remember watching this concert when I was in high school and being blown away. So much so that about 10 years ago I went looking to see if I can find it on DVD and I found it. It was as amazing on rediscovering as I thought it was when I saw it happen, live in 1983. This performance was a motivator for me to be the connection between a band and their audience. So here I am today some 35 years after I started working professionally in the music industry, reflecting on the impact this performance had on me. I’ve traveled to 39 countries working with very famous artists, my whole adult life. And it makes me very happy to see the Internet suddenly starting to rediscover this performance. You’re starting to see more and more of these vocal coaches reacting to this performance. Try to find it and enjoy it without any interruptions from someone making commentary on it. No massive affects. No autotune. Just three guys crushing it on borrowed equipment.! This is EPIC. THANK YOU Triumph. Your music impacted me and many others. While I can’t speak for them, I can tell you that your music truly changed me and helped me find my path in life. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

    • @gregsandifer2398
      @gregsandifer2398 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Awsome brother!

    • @distantstranger8003
      @distantstranger8003 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Always and forever my brother

    • @CyRanger
      @CyRanger 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Right on!
      Peace

    • @marlahart2060
      @marlahart2060 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      🎸🙋‍♀️Wow love your story! I’ve played music all my life starting with my parent’s band as a toddler. I still love & play covers from my 80s metal bands, Triumph being among my favorites vocally & guitar wise. Rik is incredible!🤩 Fight The Good Fight is absolutely my favorite ‘high’ song to sing. Lol I LOVE Rik’s lyrics too. I also enjoy singing lower male songs that people don’t expect a female to cover. Haha Anyway I agree with you & I’m glad to see the internet rediscovering Triumph. Hopefully they’ll get how these 3 guys crushed it on borrowed equipment! You’re very wise & I couldn’t have said it better. Thx to Triumph & to you for acknowledging their brilliance!😊

    • @buzzquimby8240
      @buzzquimby8240 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I was there at the US festival and they had an incredible stereo sound system! I thought that this was the best performance by any band there and one if the very best that I had ever seen anywhere! That still holds true 30 years later!

  • @thegorn68
    @thegorn68 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +75

    Rik is such a guitar wizard that you forget what a great singing voice he had back in his prime. If you really want to hear his voice in it's prime, check out the studio version of Lay It On The Line.

    • @ananominity
      @ananominity 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Love the Gorn profile photo.
      I play guitar and sing like Rick but I'm an old Trekkie first and foremost.

    • @flurng
      @flurng 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah, that piece is flawless! Just perfection!

  • @BriceVorderbrug
    @BriceVorderbrug 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Watch the whole concert, Rik absolutely makes it look effortless and the energy he puts into the whole show is unbelievable, he even does a long guitar solo so the other guys can take a break.

  • @LoriGraceAz
    @LoriGraceAz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I LOVE LOVE Triiumph. Always feel so positive listening to the great lyrics. But Rik Emmet's voice is unparalled. No autotune and he's so perfect, incredible.

  • @046keeper
    @046keeper 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +116

    This is from the US Festival Memorial Day weekend 1983, Devore, CA. Somewhere around 375,000 of "us" in the crowd that day! I was 30' from the stage. Triumph played an absolutely amazing set. They were an extremely underrated act on the bill that day, but man they stole the show imo.

    • @brianotten2237
      @brianotten2237 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      And around 100 degrees F.

    • @dianarodriguez1900
      @dianarodriguez1900 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      US Festival Heavy Metal Day was my first concert at the young age of 15! I loved Triumph! Rik Emmett’s voice is magical and brings back all of the emotions that we’re going on in my life !Now I am 54 and love watching these videos and going back in time so to speak. Where has the gone?

    • @batman1169
      @batman1169 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Agree! Much better then Van Halen and make up dolls Motley Crue who both were just hammered! Way to go Rik and the boys! Everyone needs to watch the documentary a few years ago, awesome well done!!

    • @williamreiser3118
      @williamreiser3118 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Lucky would've loved to be there unfortunately never saw them live but all ways loved group

    • @jethro1963
      @jethro1963 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@batman1169 Not sure if it is in the documentary you watched but they were accompanied by Toronto VJ JD Roberts now better known as John Roberts from Fox News. IIRC they ran into festival sponsor/organizer Steve Wozniak and on the spot asked him to introduce them, he was thrilled.

  • @merrillundgren1790
    @merrillundgren1790 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    Triumph’s performance on Heavy Metal Day at the US Festival was considered to be the best performance!

    • @johndef5075
      @johndef5075 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Judas Priest had a nice set too

    • @TreatzTMA
      @TreatzTMA 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Loved both bands, but Triumph was always closer to my heart. Kinda weird to think of them “winning” metal day cuz you think of them more as rock, not really metal

  • @stevensantiago8978
    @stevensantiago8978 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    How cool is this? My first view of your channel and I was actually at this performance! This is day two of the US Festival in Southern California, 1983. The entire lineup that day was fun, Quiet Riot, Motley Crue, Triumph, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Scorpions and Van Halen (again, Day Two) ..... I'd purchased the LP "Allied Forces" by Triumph but had no idea of what to expect seeing them live. They really did deliver! I was recording for Motown records at the time and my manager handed me tickets to see this show so a free show like this made for a great weekend

  • @paulatacheny1353
    @paulatacheny1353 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    You just witnessed pure talent! They are an amazing band with simplicity. Have loved them since 1980 💜🎶💜

  • @robysuscosas
    @robysuscosas 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +62

    Their music is sooo positive...and Rik had the perfect voice for it. Very underrrated band.

    • @waynek805
      @waynek805 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      It's true they specifically wrote lyrics that are uplifting. It's almost like Christian rock but with no mention of actual God or religion.

  • @bubhub64
    @bubhub64 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

    I was at this show 40 years ago as a 19 year old. Triumph hit the stage as the sun started to set which gave off a golden ambiance to the whole incredible performance. You can't tell by the video, but the temperature was about 110 degrees. It was incredibily hot that day. Triumph arguably out of all the bands that day were the best of them all. Thanks for the reaction.

    • @Megadeth1921
      @Megadeth1921 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I was 17 at this show. 6 car caravan up the 210 from the SFV.

    • @Chris4Liberty
      @Chris4Liberty 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I was there too! Triumph (and Scorpions) blew everyone else off the stage that day (including Van Halen, although that was due to a drunk David Lee Roth).

    • @merrillundgren1790
      @merrillundgren1790 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I was 15 and too young (per my mom😂) but lived in the area. Listened to it live

    • @RobertMichaelStewart
      @RobertMichaelStewart 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      They really were the best that day.... Epic!

    • @raidrfrk
      @raidrfrk 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I heard the same thing
      They stoled the show

  • @MadAnthonyI
    @MadAnthonyI 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I first saw this band in Erie while home on leave in 79. When I returned to my base in California I turned my friends on to it. It became our new favorite. Another Canadian favorite is April Wine; awesome.

  • @panthersoul
    @panthersoul 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    It is the emotion he puts into the words. He paints the sunset with his voice and you see the night coming on. His voice is a bit melancholy… then he rocks out. Think Styx Rush and Yes and so many 70s and 80s bands. So much emotion… so much soul… they are genuinely feeling their music.

  • @rythmnman1
    @rythmnman1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +74

    Best quote I’ve heard to describe Triumph. “They were the nice guys in an era meant for the dirt bag.” All of their songs have an uplifting message to them. I’ve seen them live a few times back in the day. Always left the show feeling like the world just became a better place. I’ll always hold Triumph in the highest regard just behind RUSH as the greatest Canadian band ever and simply one of the best rios and bands ever.

    • @davidw7
      @davidw7 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Never saw a concert.... still the 80s were overall UPLIFTING. I can get clean no drugs type of band that guess is meant? Still in music..... the songs were uplifting even if the groups were bad a*s types of bands and were seen as party bad. Guess Canadians always see themselves as ..... even today .... will leave it there. I do like the group and yes underrated. Great lead singer voice that does still stand out.

    • @jim6025
      @jim6025 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Very well put. I totally agree. I am from Canada 🇨🇦

    • @StuTube55
      @StuTube55 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      April Wine

    • @Snarkyone1965
      @Snarkyone1965 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@StuTube55 I was going to post the same. A criminally underrated band.

    • @Miadolph427
      @Miadolph427 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Nice!! You saw the Documentary, great work by Bangor. I was in it at the very end when the curtain dropped. Amazing!

  • @jeffhalverson5012
    @jeffhalverson5012 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +100

    This was easily the best performance of the entire festival.

    • @scootterpootter
      @scootterpootter 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      They were the only band during the entire festival that secured rights to their performance. This why they have the only "official" US Festival performance DVD on the market. I bought it the day that is was released, well worth the money spent. 🙂

    • @johnwiker9
      @johnwiker9 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      A lot better than Van Halen that night.

    • @danielfox3003
      @danielfox3003 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah, Van Halen was drunk but the scorpions were awesome.

    • @menippean1
      @menippean1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Absolutely. Totally stole the show. Hands down.

    • @ugaais
      @ugaais 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Judas Priest

  • @RockNbaybee
    @RockNbaybee 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Totally agree about them being underrated! I've been a fan since I was 17, and I'm now 61. Not only is the talent & skill, over the top, but I will go watch triumph videos whenever I'm in a bad mood, because the amount of happy energy that Rik Emmett exudes when he's on stage, is contagious, and you can't help but get happy , too
    I've seen a lot of bands in all my years (probably been to at least 600 or more concerts) but I've never seen anyone who is Happier to be up there playing then Rik Emmett!!

  • @RMInt-qp8mq
    @RMInt-qp8mq 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Credit to the sound department as well. That mix is perfect.

  • @CaptainTurdherder
    @CaptainTurdherder 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +128

    Criminally underrated. Written off as the "Canadian Journey" and drew a lot of unfair comparisons to Rush simply because they were a Canadian trio. They were my first arena show ever back in the day and their live performances were absolutely amazing.

    • @crusheverything4449
      @crusheverything4449 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      Steve Perry and Neal Schon get all the love, but Rik is as good of a singer as Steve and as good of a guitarist as Neal and he’s only one guy!!!

    • @pete4531
      @pete4531 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      You beat me to it. Maybe even better than Steve Perry and Neil Schon. There I said it.

    • @michaelkeudel8770
      @michaelkeudel8770 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Try Mystery, another hidden gem from Canada, 1st 2 albums give you some Journey vibe, along with some Rush, Styx, Genesis, Floyd vibe. 8 Great albums, like this new song : th-cam.com/video/4BxjSlW0kkY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=lbIjgdHKsOAZv6yS

    • @MrJSpicoli
      @MrJSpicoli 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Mine too! Day on The Green 1980 Oakland, CA

    • @crusheverything4449
      @crusheverything4449 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@pete4531 - I prefer Rik’s music to Journey by miles!

  • @bradpriebe9218
    @bradpriebe9218 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +78

    Outside of Canada, Triumph really didn't get the recognition they deserve. Incredible vocals and terribly underappreciated musicians.

    • @Barefoot433
      @Barefoot433 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Had a lot of rockers in SoCal wearing their concert shirts, and their music was known on the radio, but yeah, could've easily been bigger.

    • @dillonoickle5841
      @dillonoickle5841 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Barefoot433 i mean alot of bands bigger then them have only one or 2 giant hits and then an ok catalog they have 3 or 4 songs worthy of being large hits and then the ok back catalogue. and who knows what would of happened if they were big enough they apparently had alot of trouble getting albums made.

    • @VangeliRock
      @VangeliRock 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      dude..they were huge in the States.

    • @aaronst.pierre3080
      @aaronst.pierre3080 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@VangeliRock Ya they used to sell out massive venues in Detroit, Chicago and other cities. I just think their reign was rather short and they didn't get the air time they deserved.

    • @Mister_Samsonite
      @Mister_Samsonite 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      They actually did have a pretty good run of big years here in the states (maybe 1978-1983), but I agree they should have been bigger.

  • @gggoldman1
    @gggoldman1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Never heard them before! I am hooked. This is what i love about reaction channels. Finding so many good forgotten music. Respect

    • @jeffwarren4938
      @jeffwarren4938 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you found them...saw them for the first time in '78 in Evansville, IN....great band a huge stage show....saw them three more time. They were really popular at our high school '77 to '81 in southwest Indiana.

  • @rafaelmendez5758
    @rafaelmendez5758 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It’s a very simple formula… An unbelievably tight and talented band with one of the greatest singer/guitarists to ever set foot on a stage! Criminally underestimated unfortunately…

  • @franksullivan1873
    @franksullivan1873 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    Their drummer is a great singer in his own right too.

    • @UrsaMajorPrime
      @UrsaMajorPrime 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Everyone forgets about Gil 😢

    • @buzzedalldrink9131
      @buzzedalldrink9131 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      bad wig though You would think with his money he could get a transplant instead of wearing that pathetic thing

  • @ruelsmith
    @ruelsmith 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +64

    Rik Emmett was nothing short of incredible. Great guitar player, great vocals, unique, identifiable sound...just incredible! Check out more of their stuff. Magic Power, World of Fantasy, and especially, Lay It On The Line.

    • @gto1607
      @gto1607 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Rocky mountain way.

    • @leonalm7510
      @leonalm7510 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Don't forget the drummer. Tears in the rain

  • @jonniekellogg3407
    @jonniekellogg3407 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Correct me if I’m wrong. All this great sound from a three-piece band. Lead, bass and drums. Phenomenal.!!

  • @72911RS
    @72911RS 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    That is so great that you reacted that way you did. They were a local band from the Toronto area when I was a kid and just starting to play guitar. They were the next best thing to Rush at the time. I wasn’t a huge fan until I saw this concert live in TV. I think this was the biggest gig they had had to that point. Besides his guitar playing and his incredible voice, the prowess with which they commanded that stage was just phenomenal. They had a decent following and much of the appeal was the more straight ahead rock thing of the day but Rick was just in a whole other level. He wrote a column for one of the major guitar magazines for a while as well. I know someone who met him once. I can’t remember why this friend was at his home but it was nothing to do with music but my friend asked him if he’d play something and he graciously did. He is apparently super nice guy.

    • @TreatzTMA
      @TreatzTMA 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He’s as genuine as they come. And I think we can say at this point-a genius though he’d hate to hear him called that

  • @echotaatohce5974
    @echotaatohce5974 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My favorite since I was a little kid. I wish I would have been old enough to have been at this concert. One of the few bands that always sounded just as good live and often even better than in studio. Three people making this powerful of a sound! And yes- they were underrated- I remember calling radio stations and requesting Triumph and either the DJs said they did not know who Triumph was or they scoffed and would not take the request. I hear Triumph more often, now, on the Classic Rock station, than I did on the rock stations back in the day when Triumph was putting out new albums.

  • @sawgie1430
    @sawgie1430 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +69

    Rik Emmett is the reason I play guitar. Vocals on Thunder Seven album are incredible.

    • @BillKurn
      @BillKurn 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What guitar is Rik playing here? Body looks LP-ish but headstock looks like Yamaha? That tone is effing amazing. 👍edit: Framus Akkerman!

    • @greg2976
      @greg2976 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      This is one of the best live guitar solos of all time for me!!!!!! Fellow guitarist here!!!!!

    • @machupikachu1085
      @machupikachu1085 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Rik Emmett is the reason I picked up the bass. 😜

    • @gto1607
      @gto1607 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      First song i played on guitar was rocky mountain way.

    • @greg2976
      @greg2976 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@gto1607 👍💯

  • @bermripper
    @bermripper 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    This song still gives me chills...... all these years later!

  • @kenhogle7333
    @kenhogle7333 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Triumph fan before MTV ever existed... raised in a troubled home and this song was my go to to find strength. Rik Emmett has such a amazing voice it is priceless and in my opinion the best guitarist EVER !!! Every morning I have a ritual. Coffee a small fast bite and then I crank up Triumphs .. Fight the good fight , Never surrender and Van Halens ( Van Hagars ) song Right now. Triumph broke up because Rik Emmett wouldn't change his songwriting to a heavy metal program. The breakup ended the bands relationships. Triumph was actually a Christian band believe it or not. Rik Emmett was never as financially blessed as his band members ended up. Rik Emmett is worth less than 5 million where his old band members are valued over 25 million. Rik Emmett moved on to teaching and playing with very small bands in Canada. Rik Emmett married later than earlier in life. He rubs elbows with his humble neighbors and coaches for free in his towns kids sports league which his young sons are involved. The man stuck to his principles and in my option wealthier than his old bands mates are with there 20+ more millions in there bank accounts.

    • @TreatzTMA
      @TreatzTMA 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Very interesting. Was lucky enough to meet him when I took guitar at Humber College (and why do you think I went there? 🤔😂). He is very much a pure musician-that’s what he believes in. I think he still chases that to this day

  • @CLIFFLIX
    @CLIFFLIX 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    WOW,...I know this song and I know Triumph but I have never seen "this" live video of it! Holy shipensburg...that was REALLY darn groovy. Rick just sings soooo high and effortlessly! I love your reactions to these videos! You have a kajillion billion dollar smile and I love how animated your expressions are! So much fun to watch! Love your channel!

  • @raythackston1960
    @raythackston1960 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

    Rik Emmett sang in full voice...his range huge and clear. Whole band is so underrated.

  • @marcbondi8462
    @marcbondi8462 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    The most under appreciated rock band of the era. These men are so talented and uplift the audience like no other.

    • @michaelbell75
      @michaelbell75 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There was only room for one power trio from Canada! 😃

    • @chumleychumchizer9035
      @chumleychumchizer9035 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Their message was always of hope and positivity. I don't think they signed the Bob Dylan contract.

  • @franciscod.irlandamendez6727
    @franciscod.irlandamendez6727 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    One of the best pure live acts ever! Triumph us the real deal! Love them..lucky to watch them in Puerto Rico in 1988, before their break up.

  • @RonniePeterson
    @RonniePeterson 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Rush get all the plaudits and I'm not saying they don't deserve them. But Triumph deserve so much more recognition as more than just another Canadian Rock trio. Great band. You and your reactions are still just the best!

  • @LesKrupa
    @LesKrupa 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +66

    Thank you for covering this highly under-appreciated band. For us high school hard rockers in the early 80s, the lyrics and power behind them grounded some of the suburban teenaged angst

    • @robinaltena6046
      @robinaltena6046 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      So true--Magic Power spoke directly to me, I turned my little radio on and the rotten day floated away. Their lyrics hit home every time. I could never stop listening to their albums!

  • @ik2476
    @ik2476 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    They remind me a lot of Rush, and I remember them always on the radio when I was a kid. Great memories.

  • @pcgkjrn
    @pcgkjrn 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love watching this lady’s expressions.

  • @timhays2086
    @timhays2086 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    When it comes to Triumph, you not only have the talent but also listen to the lyrics. When I was a kid and first heard Magic Power, I learned two things. 1) There is someone singing about my love for music. 2) I am not alone! Those were the first time I felt that way and that song cemented a place in my personality. It is OK to love music to the point that you can let yourself go in it. The lyrics of all the Triumph songs always seem positive, uplifting and instructive on how to live life right. Fight the good fight every moment of every day.

    • @mountainousterrain1704
      @mountainousterrain1704 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Well said. I feel the same about Magic Power. One of the best songs ever. Another example of powerful lyrics about music: I still believe in the power of truth, That the fire of freedom can burn in the heart of a song (Never Say Never).

    • @TreatzTMA
      @TreatzTMA 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Agreed. Their lyrics, especially Rik’s, helped expand my pre teen mind. Songs like FTGF and, for me, Ordinary Man, actually made me think! “Yeah watchdog of justice, who DOES keep their eye on you?” A bit deeper than typical rock lyrics

  • @seangould1012
    @seangould1012 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    I am so glad people are going back and discovering Triumph and Rik Emmett. Such an amazing guitar player and singer. He was on par with the 'guitar gods' of the day and then his singing was incredible.
    Thanks for watching this and breaking it down. Love Never Surrender too (either the studio or the US Festival Version).

  • @ws9691
    @ws9691 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Amazing!! Fight the Good Fight - Love Triumph, your facial expressions were fun to watch 🙏💙

  • @susangallagher1863
    @susangallagher1863 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I am from Michigan but saw this performance and I will never forget it - they were so very talented and criminally under-rated. To top it all off, to their credit, their lyrics are always positive and uplifting, which is incredibly unique and beautiful

  • @OpenRoader
    @OpenRoader 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    I was at the US Festival and saw this performance in person. Rick Emmett is an incredible vocalist/guitarist and Triumph was a very talented band.

    • @TreatzTMA
      @TreatzTMA 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You are lucky!!! What a day that must’ve been

    • @ericdubeau9802
      @ericdubeau9802 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I heard they outdid everyone at the US Festival

  • @Tigger4066
    @Tigger4066 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    Triumph is one of my all-time favorite bands. Rik's vocals and guitar playing are top-notch and he makes it look so easy. He also had the face of an angel. Definitely the whole package and then some as far as front men go.

  • @Mr_tp78
    @Mr_tp78 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Have watched your reaction video for this performance several times, just enjoy watching people hear and appreciate the music I grew up with. Saw a lot of great acts come through Memphis in the day, live in Nashville now. Have to say I took it for granted, that there would always be bands and performances such as this, 70's and 80's had some great stuff! Get a real kick watching people like you enjoy and appreciate these talented performers!

  • @montanaguy51
    @montanaguy51 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    One of my all time favorite bands. And let’s not forget that they are a trio! And they make all that noise with only 3 of them! Rik Emmit is one of the all time greatest guitarists ever! And that drummer, don’t get me started…

  • @ritchmoore1442
    @ritchmoore1442 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Love that you reacted to Triumph! ❤ From the same concert, US Festival 1983, I would highly recommend "Lay it on the Line", for his vocals as well.

  • @rbilleaud
    @rbilleaud 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    It's good to hear a positive song come out of a relatable struggle. This song was inspired by Rik Emmett's aunt who was fighting cancer at the time. Inspirational.

    • @scottschrecengost7451
      @scottschrecengost7451 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I did not know that. Thanks.

    • @TreatzTMA
      @TreatzTMA 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I did not know that either

  • @justsomedudeyouknow8372
    @justsomedudeyouknow8372 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The great thing about triumphs vocals is that its high but never obnoxiously so, not overbearing or too much. It flows with the music and explores it at the same time. I know what she means by an orb. He covers so many ranges in just one line. And its really genuine. Incredible band!

  • @iamozzman990
    @iamozzman990 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I was backstage for this concert. They kicked ass on a Metal Day! The crowd loved it, great performance.
    Definitely a highlight of the day.

  • @intercommerce
    @intercommerce 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Living in Toronto, I first saw them at a High School performance in the auditorium, just after their first album was released. When that album came out, they were unknown, but it was so good we didn't take it off the turntable for three months, when the grooves were worn out. Somehow, I KNEW they were going to make it big! Rick's voice is angelic and note-perfect. I've listened in amazement watching them live, knowing there's a high note coming and wondering if he'll hit it, or sing around it. He didn't hit it, he took it higher...goosebumps!
    As amazing a singer as he is, he's every bit as good as a guitarist, Canada's version of Eddy Van Halen, Rick was also a great lyricist & song-writer...a quadruple talent who's band propelled them right to the top! Ace up their sleeve: their fantastic drummer is ALSO an amazing singer, lyricist, and song-writer! How many three-man band have TWO great singers? I don't agree they were under-rated , after numerous albums, videos & radio hits, they broke up while still on top, just as popular musical tastes were starting to change from arena rock towards the crap that rules now, and they just sort of were 'forgotten' except for their top hits which still get played on Classic Rock FM.

    • @Miadolph427
      @Miadolph427 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Simco high school

  • @The4thDensity
    @The4thDensity 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    My wait is over...Triumph, probably one of the best rock bands to have ever graced our ears. Thank you Beth, made my day.

  • @johnnyhunt9447
    @johnnyhunt9447 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I had so much Fun watching Your Reaction to Triumph and Especially Rik Emmett last time I Loved watching again seeing Your Excitement and You being a Professional Singer as Well reminds me I know why they are one of my Very Favorite Bands and seeing them 9 times live Rik Emmett never had a bad Performance and less than 2 weeks after this Performance I saw them first time outdoors at a football stadium and they were Neatly Perfect I think I said I have gotten to see about 700 concerts and I once thought about if I was to make a Top Ten Performances Rik Emmett has 3 of those 10 Best Performances Getting so fortunate to grow up in a time of Classic Rock Bands and the Singers Wow I Miss that So Much it was So Crazy I so many Amazing Musicians then and alot of theses Bands were not getting the attention because Disco Ouch I didn’t like Disco! But I Enjoyed watching again Thank You for confirming I was Right about Triumph

  • @mmessmer12
    @mmessmer12 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is at the end of the concert too and he sounds that smooth!

  • @richardbeaune9158
    @richardbeaune9158 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    A deeper dive into Triumph will not disappoint. So much beauty and so much range.

  • @kolbee911
    @kolbee911 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    You need to hear more from them. They were known for incredible shows with lighting and everything. Rick Emmett also plays the double stack guitar. Their songs are so uplifting lyrically and musically.

  • @jimssouthwestfloridachanne8349
    @jimssouthwestfloridachanne8349 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    M105 was an AOR station in Cleveland in the late 70's, early 80's. Many beautiful moments falling asleep to great music as a young teen. But the first time I heard "Magic Power" was just transcendental.

  • @pacificnwse9613
    @pacificnwse9613 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This ‘83 US Festival performance is right up there with- think Queen Live Aid

  • @Bongogod
    @Bongogod 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    THANK YOU! Triumph was SO underrated as a band. I love watching this, because I (with the rest of the fans here) - we KNOW what's coming. We know you're not only going to be amazed, but Triumph is going to make a lasting impression on you. Thank you for being a champion of great vocalists/bands. The world needs more of this.

    • @kims2963
      @kims2963 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, they were underrated. So ridiculous. What? Because they have positive lyrics? God forbid! Haha.
      I remember my boyfriend, when this song came out, would try to make fun of me appreciating Rik's voice. My boyfriend, named Rick, (weird huh)🤔😄 would try to sing Rik's highest power voice part and his voice would start cracking and just plain went out. Made me laugh. I was so proud of Rik E.! Never enough credit but we who knew better, enjoyed!

  • @davidsmith8997
    @davidsmith8997 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    I heard Rick play an acoustic set not too many years ago. He was still killing the vocals as effortlessly as in this video- amazing!

  • @roberta7727
    @roberta7727 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I've been a Triumph fan for I can't even remember how long when they first came out and I'm 59 years old and I love magic power you should play that song and hear that you will love that thanks for being on😅 you're the best I think you're the sweetest lady and go girl

  • @LaszloBagi
    @LaszloBagi 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Triumph.... the #1 most underrated EVER! I've seen them a dozen times in concert and I've seen Rik Emmett and Dave Dunlap and small venues a half dozen times.

  • @kentk2215
    @kentk2215 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    Love seeing you listen to this band, one of my very favorites from the 80s, saw them live 3 times. The good guys of hard rock at the time, always spreading a positive message. Rik is an incredible guitarist and vocalist. Thanks for this reaction, Bethany!

    • @xxticxxtocxx7909
      @xxticxxtocxx7909 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Never got to see them live, I really wish I had.

    • @robster7316
      @robster7316 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Agree, and a helluva nice guy, too!

    • @markwilliams6394
      @markwilliams6394 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I've been lucky to see them about 6 times, starting with the Just a Game tour when I was 14. They never disappoint.

  • @joelhammond4162
    @joelhammond4162 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +68

    The drummer Gil Moore is also a terrific vocalist. Some songs feature him on lead, but either way they always have stellar vocals including backup and harmonies! This is a criminally underrated band outside of Canada, except by those in the know who became diehard fans and supporters, because this band and their music is phenomenal. Please do more: Lay it on the Line, Hold On, Magic Power, Allied Forces, Rock n' roll Machine, Ordinary Man, Spellbound, Follow Your Heart, Never Surrender, World of Fantasy, When the lights go down, Tears in the Rain, Somebody's Out There.

    • @joelhammond4162
      @joelhammond4162 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      This got me in the mood for listening to more Triumph and one of the songs Killing Time stood out vocally as it features Gil and Rik singing together in some sections then trading lines in others with some harmony lines as well. Not the most impressive song from them vocally, but a lot of variety and combinations in one track.

    • @spacecowboy_1962
      @spacecowboy_1962 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Gil Moore has a great voice. Young Enough To Cry, from their, Just a Game album, is an absolute KILLER of a song, that features Gil More singing

    • @100hooker
      @100hooker 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      American Girls is my favorite Gil song

    • @MusicMan1965
      @MusicMan1965 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Tears in the Rain. Oh my goodness! Outstanding on so many levels.

    • @tauseefhassan7796
      @tauseefhassan7796 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Rocky Mountain Way, can’t forget that one!

  • @mjury67
    @mjury67 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You reminded me of this day back in 1983. So many good bands at the US Festival, but Triumph was one of the best. Thanks for highlighting how awesome the band is.

  • @michaelwest5824
    @michaelwest5824 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Loved watching your reactions, and your comments were so insightful! Triumph was an amazing band no doubt! Let's take a moment to appreciate Rik Emmett...how often in any band do you have a virtuoso guitarist (he only scratches the surface of his abilities at the US Festival), a virtuoso singer, and top tier song writer in the same band let alone the same person! Rik never ceases to amaze me with his abilities....Truly a once in a lifetime musician and a hell of a nice guy! Thanks to Rik for sharing his gifts with us all these years!

  • @AndrewJones-cx6kl
    @AndrewJones-cx6kl 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    He sounds even better now. He does an acoustic version in an incredible small intimate club. I think the song is magic. It will blow your mind.

  • @daryls212
    @daryls212 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    It's more than obvious that it rendered you speechless at points in trying to describe just how amazing this Canadian trio is.
    Lay It On the Line, hooked me when I first heard it.

    • @woodymeadows9363
      @woodymeadows9363 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That whole album is excellent. One of my first cassette tapes bought back then.

  • @buixrule
    @buixrule 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I saw them on their Thunder 7 tour back in NJ in like 83. Love them. As someone else mentioned, criminally underrated.

  • @studmuffin31563
    @studmuffin31563 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One of the best 70’s /80’s rock trio from Canada 🇨🇦

  • @toddg4385
    @toddg4385 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    You should listen to Magic Power. They have really awesome songs. They sing about positive stuff that's real.

    • @rickmartin2168
      @rickmartin2168 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Good choice

    • @Helen247
      @Helen247 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Exactly!!!! That's the one I picked as well! ❤

    • @joedecker3900
      @joedecker3900 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think this tune is even better in my opinion, heavier and darker.

  • @roblaw4554
    @roblaw4554 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    The 2nd best Canadian power trio. Ever!
    So much talent and technique. Happy to see you've found these guys.
    Fun fact - spent an evening with these guys, in the 70s, on their bus parked at a gas station in Chicago...more fun than is actually legal in, almost anywhere..!
    Keep 'em coming kiddo, I love this trajectory.
    rl
    🤘👹🤘

    • @davidbordonaro1631
      @davidbordonaro1631 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm jealous ! must be a hell of a story

  • @larrydrozd2740
    @larrydrozd2740 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    He's singing this WHILE playing a spectacular guitar part at the same time.

  • @markpowers7823
    @markpowers7823 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I was fortunate enough to see Triumph in the late 70s
    They never seemed to get the recognition they deserved. Always a great live show, wonderful sound from all the instruments, and the vocals.
    Just great rock and roll!
    Lyrics were fantastic, Riks voice was incredible.
    This music never gets old.

  • @DiverBand
    @DiverBand 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    I think that it’s wonderfully refreshing that a younger person such as yourself is discovering this phenomenal music. It’s important to note that this performance was from 40 years ago this past summer. Yes you heard that right this was the summer of 1983. Rick Emmett is one of the most talented, singer guitarist ever in rock music history. He eventually became a music professor at a college and it’s gotten heavily into jazz and jazz fusion music throughout the years incredibly humble, incredibly well spoken and talent off the charts. Phenomenal guitarist an equally phenomenal vocalist.

    • @Polytrout
      @Polytrout 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Rik Emmett is the Rock n roll pride of Mississauga. When living homesick far away from my beloved town of Mississauga, I would hear a Triumph song and I'd feel all better. During the AIDS scare, many rock stars were interviewed and either said "practice safe sex" or "we take our chances". Rik Emmett said that he has always been monogamous... upon reading this, far from home, I was beaming with pride and told my friends in Quebec City, the closest translation was "a good ol' Mississauga boy". Sadly, I learned that "Magic Power" was stolen from a local musician when an employee of Metalworks Studios lifted the musician's demo.

    • @I_need_an_oil_change
      @I_need_an_oil_change 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s completely untrue and you know it.

    • @Polytrout
      @Polytrout 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @daveburns9462 If you are referring to me saying that "Magic Power" was stolen, it may be untrue, but I don't know for sure.
      I was giving a co-worker a lift from work. He had a gig and needed to replace some guitar strings. We stopped at a music store that Rik Emmett was said to frequent. I asked him if he ever saw Rik there. He answered "NOPE...ASS HOLE...HE STOLE MY SONG". I was crestfallen hearing that my teenage hood idol did such a thing. Currently, Rik Emmett teaches MUSIC business at either Humber or Seneca College in Toronto (or maybe Etobicoke). That kind of adds to the suspicion; Rik Emmett knows the ins and outs of the music industry.
      If he did steal the song, what makes it even worse is that he's talented enough that he doesn't have to steal from ANYONE - especially a much lesser musician than himself.

    • @I_need_an_oil_change
      @I_need_an_oil_change 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Polytrout a former coworker of mine told me he flew the space shuttle but he was working at mcdonald's. Get a life.
      He wrote Magic power about himself being the girl because he wanted to get more girls to the concerts. BTW.... Thats from Riks mouth.

    • @crusheverything4449
      @crusheverything4449 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Polytrout - You said it yourself - Rik doesn’t need to steal songs from anyone. Magic Power is Rik Emmett through and through, from the chord progression to the rhyming couplets to the general positivity of the lyrics.

  • @roughnec12
    @roughnec12 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I worked their last concert. Stage crew and security. Such a cool moment.

  • @FrankJames-vk1fy
    @FrankJames-vk1fy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I saw Triumph in concert. A few minutes into the entro song, the eletricity went out for everyone except the lead singer and his guitar.
    He played by himself for 20 minutes or so...maybe longer.
    No one was disappointed, he is an AMAZING TALENT all on his own.

  • @thedale2112
    @thedale2112 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    There were only a handful of bands that I felt the need to obtain all of their records to hear their development throughout the years. RUSH and TRIUMPH broke down the barriers entirely for me and millions more like me. Both of these Canuck bands were all I needed to get me through to the next level of my own musical development as a drumming singer. Gil Moore was great. Powerful to say the least. Try Magic Power next from the same recording. It's truly magical...

  • @woodymeadows9363
    @woodymeadows9363 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    One of the few bands from back in the day that had a positive message to many of their songs.

  • @jaystalrit8241
    @jaystalrit8241 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks for showing Triumph some love! Granted Rik was pretty young here, but he did (and arguably still does 40 years later) have an amazing voice. I'm surprised though that you didn't pick the performance of "Lay it on the Line" from this same US '83 concert. Fabulous strong high notes in that one!

  • @jonathanjacques7250
    @jonathanjacques7250 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Saw Triumph in the late 70's . Amazing show, still gives me chills when I hear them live.

    • @TheYobo1016
      @TheYobo1016 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That is exactly what music is about. Love it.

  • @ChristianAndrew1.4
    @ChristianAndrew1.4 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Emmett is an absolute legend, on guitar and vocally. Lay it on the line will knock you over..

  • @vincentcornejo4239
    @vincentcornejo4239 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Excellent! "Never Surrender" from this same concert is also an amazing performance and features the back-up vocals of the drummer Gil Moore.