Voices by Cheap Trick

Album: Dream Police (1979)

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Long before their earnest #1 hit "The Flame," Cheap Trick released another ballad: "Voices." It's a love song of sorts:

I fell in love with you again
Please, can I see you every day?

Except that it's coming from inside his own head. "You hear voices in your head or somebody's just messing with your brain and hears voices," the song's writer, guitarist Rick Nielsen, told The A/V Club. "You hear something, it's like you didn't know what you were listening for until you heard the voices. Somebody, your mind's eye, has some talking to do to you."
The "title track of the album," has a similar theme, with the singer dealing with someone else inside his head. Both songs also use a string section.
Arnold Levine directed the video for this song, which was done on the same shoot for the "Dream Police" clip.

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Daubs from Mequon, WiSteve Lukather plays uncredited on this track:

"I played all of the guitars on the song “Voices.” Rick didn’t need me. I guess they just wanted a different flavor. I mean, I love Rick — he’s a great guitar player, a great songwriter and a great guy. I think I was just brought in for yuks, you know? I don’t know whose idea it was, but we hit it off really well when we worked on the Alice Cooper record together and he was very gracious. He gave me a solid gold pick and a platinum record and said, “Sorry I didn’t put your name on the record, but you know…” [Laughs] I said, “It’s cool, man — I’ve done a couple of things on weird records that I’m not supposed to talk about.”

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Mo From Mesa from Mesa, ArizonaSaw Cheap Trick just the other night, opening for Rod Stewart. They were still killing it, not sure how many people knew who they were though...

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