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
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
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
I think Foreigner 4 is a classic rock titan and they got shafted!
What do fucking .38 Special have that Foreigner don't?
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Monday, 4 August 2014 15:37 (ten years ago) link
a 38 cent breakfast special
― Sufjan Grafton, Monday, 4 August 2014 15:38 (ten years ago) link
Lou Gramm is fantastic. "I Wanna Know What Love Is"! I want him to show me!
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Monday, 4 August 2014 15:39 (ten years ago) link
"Hold on Loosely"!? LOOSELY? what imagination! what an ear for the vital rhythms of the American vernacular!
dude, I'm slipping! grab my hand--no, not like that, a little more loosely.....
At least 2 good songs
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Monday, 4 August 2014 15:39 (ten years ago) link
.38 Special is a good case in point, in that they're mining similar territory. "Rocking into the Night" is exactly the type of gloriously dumb song that Foreigner doesn't pull off.
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Monday, 4 August 2014 15:40 (ten years ago) link
Three, even!
However, Foreigner has about 15 or 20 (and one REALLY terrible one called "Dirty White Boy").
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 4 August 2014 15:41 (ten years ago) link
If it weren't for "Hot Blooded," we'd have no "Funky Cold Medina".
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 4 August 2014 15:44 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LrHfxW4XOg
― lol on hoosly (crüt), Monday, 4 August 2014 15:46 (ten years ago) link
(and one REALLY terrible one called "Dirty White Boy").
Oh man, I'd forgotten about that one. Yeah, fuck Foreigner.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 4 August 2014 15:53 (ten years ago) link
At least 2 good songsThree, even!However, Foreigner has about 15 or 20
However, Foreigner has about 15 or 20
Must be deep cuts.
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Monday, 4 August 2014 15:57 (ten years ago) link
here's some more fun with stats
Artist Point Totals (and total songs voted for)
Led Zeppelin11602 points, 27 songs
Rolling Stones9850 points, 21 songs
Fleetwood Mac7995 points, 15 songs
The Who6975 points, 15 songs
Heart6402 points, 3 top 100
Tom Petty6138 points, 10 votes
Jimi Hendrix5784 points, 10 songs
Creedence Clearwater Revival5961 points, 11 songs
David Bowie5785 points, 12 songs
Queen5579 points, 9 songs
Boston5263 points, 8 votes songs
AC/DC5182 points, 10 songs
Van Halen5115 points, 15 songs
Blue Oyster Cult5092 points, 3 voted
Lynrd Skynyrd4964 points, 11 songs
The Cars4339 points, 8 songs
Aerosmith4034 points, 8 songs, 1 top 100
The Allman Brothers Band4003 points, 7 songs
Steely Dan3988 points, 7 songs
Pink Floyd3805 points, 12 songs
ZZ Top3739 points, 9 songs
Neil Young3673 points, 9 songs
Beatles3461 points, 13 songs, 0 top 100
The Doobie Brothers3350 points, 7 songs
Rod Stewart3289 points, 7 songs
Journey3232 points, 8 songs, 1 top 100
Electric Light Orchestra3182 points, 8 songs
Foreigner2702 points, 11 songs, 1 top 100
Thin Lizzy2678, 3 songs
Elton John2599 points, 7 songs
Eagles2595 points, 13 songs
John Mellencamp2549 points, 9 songs
Black Sabbath2538 points, 3 songs
Pretenders2459 points, 4 songs
Cheap Trick2341 points, 3 songs
.38 Special2307 points, 4 songs
Stevie Nicks2305 points, 3 songs
The Police2303 points, 9 songs
James Gang1957 points, 2 songs
Paul McCartney & Wings1699 points, 6 songs
Billy Squier1585 points, 5 songs
Bad Company1547 points, 6 songs
Alice Cooper1546 points, 3 songs
Don Henley1505 points, 3 songs
― some dude, Monday, 4 August 2014 16:01 (ten years ago) link
would have been great had Journey beaten Beatles
― Euler, Monday, 4 August 2014 16:08 (ten years ago) link
Hahaha awesome some dude. Now I kinda wanna divide point totals by the maximum *possible* points for an artist (given X ballots, Y songs in nom list, and possibility that all X ballots voted all Y songs as the top Y). James Gang's performance above strikes me as particularly notable: whatever it is they've got, ILX seems sure it's the stuff of a classic rock act because they managed to beat Bad Company with only two songs.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 4 August 2014 16:16 (ten years ago) link
BOC making 3 songs land like a tonna bricks too.
― before you die you see the rink (Jon Lewis), Monday, 4 August 2014 16:17 (ten years ago) link
"Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" has a particular statistical significance to the poll that I will explain later in the week...
― some dude, Monday, July 28, 2014 11:42 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this, by the way, was a reference to:
a) Stevie is the only person with 6 songs in the top 100 (4 Mac, 4 solo)b) Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers are one of a handful of acts with 4 songs in the top 100c) with the Heartbreakers tracks and "Boys of Summer," Mike Campbell is one of the only people with 5 songs in the top 100 (the others being Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, unless there's any other session guys I've overlooked)
― some dude, Monday, 4 August 2014 16:23 (ten years ago) link
My step-dad uses the phrase "grab loose" instead of "let go". He blames his Polish upbringing.
I always get Foreigner 4 and J. Geils Band's Freeze Frame mixed up, because those were the two cassette tapes my step-brother played so often. One of them had a song called "Piss on the Wall" and the other one didn't, that's how I keep it straight.
― pplains, Monday, 4 August 2014 16:23 (ten years ago) link