Songs I Like By- Artists I Don’t– “Urgent”- Foreigner. While I can’t say I hate Foreigner I can’t say I have ever liked them at all either- except for this gem- Urgent. In high school everyone it seemed like the same boring bands- The Eagles, Boston, Kansas, Foreigner- well a lot of people all over liked these bands and Foreigner sure did sell a lot of records and they had a lot of hits- but I always thought them to be part of the corporate rock scene. After all one of their champions was Rolling Stones founder Jann Wenner. Their music seemed to me to be background music. I’ve all the hits a million times how could you avoid them? At that time I was a big radio listener and they were on the pop and rock stations. Urgent though is great- maybe it’s the Junior Walker saxophone solo, the new producer they went to Mutt Lange and an unknown at the time Thomas Dolby on the synthesizer. The sound of this song is great. Urgent was on Foreigner’s 1981 album 4- and the song peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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I love this song too, but also love some of their other songs, especially “I Want to Know What Love Is” and “Cold As Ice”.
I love Foreigner. I’ve seen them in concert. Giuffria opened for them.
Lou Gramm had the *voice*. I don’t know if he still has it or not. He and Steve Perry were powerhouses for their time.
At least they aren’t pedestrian rock. 😉
Millions of people liked/ loved them.. I am just one of the few who didn’t.. No they aren’t pedestrian rock!
Speaking of millions liking, they are kinda low on the overall list but, how did Rihanna get so high up? If I have ever heard her music, I didn’t know it was her. W.T.F.?:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists
I am with you on that- If I have ever heard one of her songs I didn’t realize it… I question some of the totals they come up with. If someone offered me a million dollars to name one Rihanna song- I’d be out of luck!
Me, too.