(To some dude's previous post) Right, and though I've known countless rock fans in my lifetime it's difficult to imagine any of them at any point saying, "Hey, let's go listen to some classic rock!" Unless they meant it as an ironic reference to the radio format. It's like when people say "Is that Freedom Rock?! Turn it up, man!" - they're jokingly referring to the old TV ad with no acknowledgement that they personally sort music into a Freedom Rock category, which they probably don't.
― Josefa, Sunday, 3 August 2014 22:45 (ten years ago) link
the consensus about any one of their singles is not as strong as "Believin'" is with Journey
Yeah, it actually feels like the late 70s/early 80s bands Foreigner gets lumped in with each have at least one consensus song, be it "Don't Stop Believing," "Dust in the Wind," or "Come Sail Away." I don't think Foreigner has an equivalent track in their catalogue.
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Sunday, 3 August 2014 23:48 (ten years ago) link
playlist data suggests that the top 3 is Cold As Ice / Juke Box Hero / Double Vision but they're all pretty close in spins and which gets the most varies from year to year.
― some dude, Sunday, 3 August 2014 23:53 (ten years ago) link
I used to be kind of meh about Foreigner but I could only stay immune to the power of Lou for so long. FEEEEELS LIIIIKE THE VEEEERRRY FIRST TIME
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 3 August 2014 23:58 (ten years ago) link
urgent! urgent! emergency!
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Monday, 4 August 2014 00:01 (ten years ago) link
urgent!urgent!urgent!eMERRRgency
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 4 August 2014 00:02 (ten years ago) link
that's the song that made me go wait a second, seriously foreigner? and then i thought about all their other songs and it all kinda made sense. they are gross and unimaginative when it comes to lyrics.
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Monday, 4 August 2014 00:03 (ten years ago) link
imoalthough cold as ice is ok
very proud of this thread: JUKEBOX HERO POLL
― some dude, Monday, 4 August 2014 00:04 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfzJtKZUCw8
― pplains, Monday, 4 August 2014 00:17 (ten years ago) link
"Hot Blooded" the best/worst Foreigner lyrics for sheer boneheadedness
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Monday, 4 August 2014 00:24 (ten years ago) link
Whenever I hear "Hot Blooded" on the radio, I respond literally. You have a fever of 103? You should really go to the emergency room immediately. Do I do more than dance? No, absolutely nothing; I have no other interests, nor am I capable of any movements that are not a direct response to whatever music may be playing at any given moment.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 4 August 2014 00:44 (ten years ago) link
You're not shy, you get aroundYou wanna fly, don't want your feet on the groundYou stay up, you won't come downYou wanna live, you wanna move to the sound
Got fire in your veinsBurnin' hot but you don't feel the painYour desire is insaneYou can't stop until you do it again
But sometimes I wonder as I look in your eyesMaybe you're thinking of some other guyBut I know, yes I know, how to treat you rightThat's why you call me in the middle of the night
You say it's urgentSo urgent, so oh oh urgentJust wait and seeHow urgent my love can beIt's urgent
You play tricks on my mindYou're everywhere but you're so hard to findYou're not warm or sentimentalYou're so extreme, you can be so temperamental
But I'm not looking for a love that will lastI know what I need and I need it fastYeah, there's one thing in common that we both shareThat's a need for for each other anytime, anywhere
It gets so urgentSo urgentYou know it's urgentI wanna tell you it's the same for meSo oh oh urgentJust you wait and seeHow urgent our love can beIt's urgent
You say it's urgentMake it fast, make it urgentDo it quick, do it urgentGotta rush, make it urgentWant it quickUrgent, urgent, emergencyUrgent, urgent, emergencyUrgent, urgent, emergencyUrgent, urgent, emergencySo urgent, emergencyEmer... emer... emer...It's urgent
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Monday, 4 August 2014 00:58 (ten years ago) link
i just feel like you could sub those words for much better words and it would be a better song
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Monday, 4 August 2014 01:04 (ten years ago) link
Foreigner have really started growing on me, if you tune out everything but the broadest gist of the lyrics and just let that singer and those hooks sell that affect to you they're pretty stirring. Plus they really love their synths way more than journey.
― before you die you see the rink (Jon Lewis), Monday, 4 August 2014 01:22 (ten years ago) link
i can't help it -- i fault them for lacking imagination!
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Monday, 4 August 2014 01:29 (ten years ago) link
yeah the lyrics are what turned me off about them for so long
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 4 August 2014 01:31 (ten years ago) link
just pretend they're actual foreigners and that their command of English is actually impressive given that it's not their native tongue
― some dude, Monday, 4 August 2014 01:36 (ten years ago) link
lol
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Monday, 4 August 2014 01:40 (ten years ago) link
given my line of work (ESL writing teacher) i'm gonna veto that idea but i get your point
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Monday, 4 August 2014 01:41 (ten years ago) link
All lyrics are stupid anyway. Words in the face of music are always a farce.
FEELS LIKE THE VERRY FIRST TIIIME
― before you die you see the rink (Jon Lewis), Monday, 4 August 2014 01:41 (ten years ago) link
if they are a farce, choose a more amusing farcical concept than URGENT URGENT EMERGENCY unless you're trying to teach ppl the difference between 911 and 311 and in that case carry on
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Monday, 4 August 2014 01:44 (ten years ago) link
i like how they kind of botched "Feels Like The First Time" by making it their actual first single.
― some dude, Monday, 4 August 2014 01:45 (ten years ago) link
The lessons I learned from that song have helped free up valuable emergency operator capacity!
― before you die you see the rink (Jon Lewis), Monday, 4 August 2014 01:45 (ten years ago) link
fervent ferventinsurgency
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Monday, 4 August 2014 01:48 (ten years ago) link
Tbrr, I basically wish Marc Bolan could have somehow written the lyrics for every song by every band ever. He knew how to own the innate stupidity of song lyrics.
― before you die you see the rink (Jon Lewis), Monday, 4 August 2014 01:49 (ten years ago) link
otm. It's not that Foreigner's lyrics are stupid, it's that they're just kind of boneheaded. There's nothing gloriously stupid about them, it's just some lunk singing cliches and awkward rhymes at you.
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Monday, 4 August 2014 01:54 (ten years ago) link
Classic example.
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Monday, 4 August 2014 01:55 (ten years ago) link
and i know it's the man in youthat brings out the woman in me
hee hee
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 4 August 2014 01:57 (ten years ago) link
agreeanyone who understands that the words just have to sound cool and not mean anything is oklou gramm didn't seem to get that so i feel that he lacks imagination
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Monday, 4 August 2014 01:58 (ten years ago) link
He's a dumb guy feeling big things, like those moments that used to happen in every Harvey kietel movie where he would be naked and just sort of moaning.
― before you die you see the rink (Jon Lewis), Monday, 4 August 2014 02:06 (ten years ago) link
lolpoor fella
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Monday, 4 August 2014 02:07 (ten years ago) link
you're everywhere
but you're so hard to find
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 4 August 2014 02:12 (ten years ago) link
would really love an AM Gold poll at some point
just walked out of "guardians of the galaxy," which is a very very AM-gold-friendly.
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Monday, 4 August 2014 02:19 (ten years ago) link
right!?
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 4 August 2014 02:22 (ten years ago) link
Thread just took any ugly turn while I was away.
I'll just be over here listening to Urgent by myself with the most kickass sax solo in all of classic rock.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 4 August 2014 02:44 (ten years ago) link
<3
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 4 August 2014 03:04 (ten years ago) link
tbh I did stick Double Vision near the bottom of my ballot because it felt weird to have a classic rock poll without putting some Foreigner on there, even if I hate them. So I just went with the most tolerable of their songs.
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Monday, 4 August 2014 04:31 (ten years ago) link
I just realized how much I like "Cold as Ice" sometime in the last year or so.
― timellison, Monday, 4 August 2014 04:39 (ten years ago) link
It's really virtuosic.
― timellison, Monday, 4 August 2014 04:40 (ten years ago) link
this should amuse y'all
literally an ad for "beer in cans"
http://youtu.be/8mFmP-78f1Q
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 4 August 2014 04:51 (ten years ago) link
lol at extended Foreigner diversion
my hatred of them has been well documented so I'll stay out of this
I was happy that they got shut out
― sleeve, Monday, 4 August 2014 06:17 (ten years ago) link
Lou Gramm's voice is what makes me be ok with a lot of Foreigner songs.If Midnight Blue had been eligible it would have been in my top ten.
― The Velvet Fog called me a motherfucker (Sandy), Monday, 4 August 2014 07:50 (ten years ago) link
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgzl1g6din1qc1snw.jpg
OMG, ILM HATES THESE FOREIGNER SONGS.
― pplains, Monday, 4 August 2014 13:52 (ten years ago) link
I like the dumbness of their premises but not the dumbness of the detailing - sorta like how Seger lets me down on ''Old Time Rock and Roll'' - just spend a little more time on these things, man. Foreigner's always give the sense of a rough draft, just teenage garage band stuff that fits the syllables and marks the time, but without wit or subtlety. Maybe that's what they mean by 'feels like the first time' (though actually I think that song totally works and had it in my ballot til maybe the third or fourth round of cuts). My complaints with UHRgent have been marked elsewhere - it's got some cool ideas sound-wise, just lacking IMO in songcraft, needed a strong producer to muscle the band and demand some changes in the arrangement or something. But since being forced to pay more attention to it I can say it's not the dullest thing in the world.
''I Want To Know What Love Is'' is another animal entirely but I excluded it as Not Classic Rock.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 4 August 2014 14:41 (ten years ago) link
Hey, here's an average AOR/Classic Rock song that's nothing much except for the BLISTERING RED HOT SAXOPHONE SOLO THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN AMBULANCE SIREN PERFORMED BY THE GUY WHO DID 'SHOTGUN', but yeah, I guess it's just some cold crap that doesn't come close to Boys of Summer.
― pplains, Monday, 4 August 2014 14:46 (ten years ago) link
It definitely rocks wayyyy more than Boys of Summer, which IMO had no business being here at all but whattayagonnado.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 4 August 2014 14:48 (ten years ago) link
thompeckham3 days ago Well, Neil Young sang, "...rock and roll will never die," but it appears it has. Today we have a house beat and undifferentiated warbling. Where is the inventiveness of America, the Doobies, Eagles, CSN, Bob Seger and dozens more ??Reply · 1
― Euler, Monday, 4 August 2014 14:53 (ten years ago) link
I like the dumbness of their premises but not the dumbness of the detailing - sorta like how Seger lets me down on ''Old Time Rock and Roll'' - just spend a little more time on these things, man. Foreigner's always give the sense of a rough draft, just teenage garage band stuff that fits the syllables and marks the time, but without wit or subtlety.like i said, they lack imagination! if you want to write a song about a sex-crazed woman who is so hungry for your lovin that she calls you in the middle of the night, that is a-ok but try to not be such a fucking dolt about it
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Monday, 4 August 2014 15:03 (ten years ago) link
ferventferventinsurgency
― lol on hoosly (crüt), Monday, 4 August 2014 15:26 (ten years ago) link