Although punk rock's furious revolution threatened to overthrow ock's old guard in 1977, bands like Foreigner came along and proved that there was plenty of room in the marketplace for both the violent, upstart minimalism of punk and the airbrushed slickness of what would be called "arena rock." Along with Boston, Journey, Heart, and others, Foreigner celebrated professionalism over raw emotion. And, looking back, it's easy to see why they sold millions; not everyone in the world was pissed off, dissatisfied with the economy, or even necessarily looking for a change. In fact, for most suburban American teens, Foreigner's immaculate ock sound was the perfect soundtrack for cruising through well-manicured neighborhoods in their Chevy Novas. The album spawned some of the biggest FM hits of 1977, including the anthemic "Feels Like the First Time" and "Cold as Ice," both of which were anchored -- like most of Foreigner's songs -- by the muscular but traditional riffing of guitarist Mick Jones, the soaring vocals of Lou Gramm, and the state-of-the-art ock production values of the day, which allowed the band to sound hard but polished. As pure ock craftsmanship goes, Foreigner was as good as it got in the late '70s.
I just got in from a gnarly 10 hour flying journey from the capital City, Albany, NY to Austin. As you know, we reached a code red this morning on the alert for terrorist activity. The weather also was UN cooperative. Fastball opened up for none other than Lou Grammatico, legendary vocalist of dominant Rock band Foreigner. We played a strong set, I think, of 70 minutes and despite a bumble...
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Hey, we had the name first! :) Seriously. Gary,Ryan and I are all music freeks. In addition, we have a littel music, gaming and culture podcast called "Massively Online Gamer" a.k.a. MOG. Check us out over at mogarmy.com. We wondered why mog.com was taken. :)
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Foreigner's self-titled debut was issued in 1977 and here is my story of how I came to own it. I happened to go to a local record store where they had a new release bin. Every time I'd go in I'd start there to see what I might find. That day as I browsed I came across Foreigner, it's cover caught my eye so I picked it up for further inspection. They had the band members names and instruments li...
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I just got in from a gnarly 10 hour flying journey from the capital City, Albany, NY to Austin. As you know, we reached a code red this morning on the alert for terrorist activity. The weather also was UN cooperative. Fastball opened up for none other than Lou Grammatico, legendary vocalist of dominant Rock band Foreigner. We played a strong set, I think, of 70 minutes and despite a bumble...
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Hey, we had the name first! :) Seriously. Gary,Ryan and I are all music freeks. In addition, we have a littel music, gaming and culture podcast called "Massively Online Gamer" a.k.a. MOG. Check us out over at mogarmy.com. We wondered why mog.com was taken. :)
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| Title | Lyrics | Buy |
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| 1 Feels Like the First Time |
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| 2 Cold as Ice |
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| 3 Starrider |
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| 4 Headknocker |
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| 5 The Damage Is Done |
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| 6 Long, Long Way From Home |
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| 7 Woman Oh Woman |
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| 8 At War With the World |
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| 9 Fool for You Anyway |
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| 10 I Need You |
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