CBS Sunday: The Remarkable Comeback of Foreigner's Mick Jones
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- Foreigner's Mick Jones sits down with Anthony Mason to discuss his illustrious career, featured on CBS Sunday Morning on Sunday, December 28th, 2014.
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when Mick starts giving Lou the credit he deserves (especially for 'i wanna know what love is') and admit how Foreigner was big because of Lou,,i'll give some real props
yup
I couldn't agree more! How do you not give credit to the person who fronted your band and wrote some of the biggest songs with you that were recorded.
He seems to forget that without Lou Gramm Foreigner would not have been the band that they were!😮...
Think he has regrets now listen to the interview
Yes, maybe he has, but that does not change the past. I wonder what things would be like now if he had acted differently back then.@@ojmccaf63
Agreed....but I doubt it happens, but you never know
Any descent guitarist can play Mick's parts. NOBODY will ever replace the sound of Lou Gramm's voice!
Absolutely.
Como assim? Ninguém é insubstituível , Lou Gramm fez sua escolha tentando carreira solo, Kelly Hansen o fez e faz mt bem. Tanto que até hj tá aí levando a arte do foreigner. Sem pretensão de substituir e sim cantar e encantar topppp
A decent guitarist could play Mick's part, but they couldn't write them. Mick is no EVH, but he is a hell of a songwriter and producer (and his son is no slouch either!) :) But yeah, Lou is absolutely amazing too...
@iracemadealmeida8579 That's not what happened (1) Lou Gramm made his solo albums READY OR NOT-LONG HARD LOOK because Mick rejected those tunes from being put on Foreigner albums. MIDNIGHT BLUE was trashed by Mick as "NOT a good song. Lou put it on his album it charted at #5 on Billboard and was the most listened to and requested song 🎵 on American radio in 1987. (2) Lou left in 2003 for good because of disagreements with Jones and mostly Jones alcoholism 🍸. Kelly Hansen had nothing to do with their issues. Hansen tried out for Foreigner in 1990 but the band chose JOHNNY EDWARDS (UNUSUAL HEAT 1991) over Hansen and Mark Free (KING KOBRA)
Now that's what I'm talking about... Mick Jones was session guitarist playing on other people's records before he formed Foreigner! And ask Lou Gramm to come down off a roof (Lou was working construction at the time) & be his lead singer, rumor has it that Lou said no several times he had a bad experience & didn't want to go back to music.
Foreigner would never have gotten where they are without Lou Gramm!
Mick Jones should give Lou Gramm his song credits on "Know What Love Is"
Absolutely.....it's a TRAVESTY that Mick ultimately gave Lou 0% credit for this song. He walked away with $Millions of dollars in song writing credit and Lou got NOTHING for his contribution. GREED is a horrible thing and Mick let it ruin a friendship and a song writing partnership. THAT is what Mick Jones will FOREVER be known for....that will be his LEGACY. PERIOD!
Watch this and think again: How Foreigner's Biggest Hit Tore The Band Apart - Lou Gramm Interview Rock History Music
@@ronedee obviously none of us will never know, we weren't there and part of it.... but I believe Lou Gramm's version of events (that Mick took 95% of songwriting credit for that song).
@@emhezmfe Yes, we only know what we are told! In most things in Life. Mick first offered 20%. And when Lou wanted 40%, and Mick felt insulted (I'm assuming) and came back with 5%. Lou told him to keep it all. This is the only song there was an issue with out of hundreds that they wrote. And if you listen to Lou in other videos, which I have heard/seen several he said Mick wrote many of the songs and Lou, "added to them". We don't know the dynamics of the situation, as you correctly pointed out. But, It doesn't take a Sherlock Holmes to put the bits & pieces together.
I went to see Foreigner because of Lou Gramm. He always sung down from his heart and with such energy which was unbelievable.
I went nuts when they played feels like the first time and head games.
Yes!!!
Hits after hit thanks to Lou!!thanks to Lous voice!!!
Yeah, Lou said Mick was a greedy a-hole who cut him out of royalties for "I wanna know what love is." That broke up the band.
@@StephenDoty84 Actually Lou didn't quit Foreigner until after the Inside Information tour . Lou was so fed up with Mick Jones' control that Lou not only hated "I don't want to live without you " he hated the album and refused to tour . Bud Prager had talked Lou into touring but in 1990 Lou got the hell out of Dodge. He left because even after his solo albums: READY OR NOT (1987) and LONG HARD LOOK (1989) were both successful , Mick Jones still refused to let Lou get his song ideas on even the next Foreigner album which they were planning. But Lou left and Johnny Edwards was brought in and the result was the album UNUSUAL HEAT , which failed because (1) In 1991, Album oriented Rock was no longer welcomed (2) The takeover of Grunge and Gansta RAP (3) Mick knew this but brought Lou back and "Mr.Moonlight (1994) did much worse than Unusual Heat. (5) Kelly Hansen has no hits either , just a tribute singer living off Lous legacy and work plus Hansen gets paid more than Lou ever did for performing the classic hits that Lou helped create.
@@waltersimmons946 = As for regards to (3), record sales count for "Jack" (fuck-all)
Crazy Frog held Coldplay's "Speed of Sound" off the top spot - Worse yet was the Joe Dolce Vita novelty song that kept Ultravox & Midge Ure off the No.1 slot in England - Yet both those novelty songs were $hit.
Plenty of GREAT tracks on the 1994 "Mr.Moonlight" album, at least FIVE tracks match their best.
I only stumbled onto that album purely by chance, when visiting the UK's largest stationers & bookstore.
Certainly was never given much (any?) publicity over here, although "White Lie" was played.
I'm a lifelong hardcore Foreigner fan & grew-up buying/listening/adoring their first four albums.
Even I thought they'd broken-up by 1994 - (Remember folks, no internet back then, as such, or barely)
Agreeing with ya as regards to (2)
Feel you're being VERY harsh as regards to (5) = I mean WTF is Kelly supposed to do ??????
He sings well (GREAT) - see below....
Let's face facts - Foreigner will NEVER recapture the glory days of 1978-1985 again, regardless.
Mick did what Brian did (with Queen) & kept HIS band going
I'd MUCH rather they all woulda "hung up their spurs", but they didn't - Their call
Lou was NEVER gonna match the dizzy heights of his best, esp' after his Brain tumour episode (etc)
Kelly DOES NOT deserve the (unnecessary) FLAK that he gets from so-called 'fans' (who aren't true)
Bands AGE & line-ups change, 'cest la vie
I thought Genesis turned $HIT when Peter Gabriel left & then Steve Hackett too
The 'cheese pop' synth era of Phil Collins sucked anus, big time, so I bailed on 'em
My only regret about Foreigner was, that "others" view "I Wanna Know" etc as their pinnacle
For me, I MUCH prefered the hard-hitting Foreigner of earlier years, esp' with Ian McDonald (RIP)
BTW = I absolutely LOVE Lou Gramm (platonically speaking), but he's past his prime, sadly (vocally)
@Hawny Fox I'm really not against Kelly Hansen, but as good a singer he's proven to be. He really should have had a few hits of his own. You mentioned Lou was past his prime? I agree, but Hansen came into the band almost near 45 years old (He was 44 in 2005) . The radio establishment stops playing or promoting bands like Styx, Boston , Foreigner, Journey, etc. Once the band members hit 40 yrs old. They're dismissed as relics and reduced to classic rock status played on classic rock stations. So I wasn't being hard on Kelly he came into Foreigner way past his prime, and now he's 61 and has admitted the Foreigner song catalog is harder to sing because of his age. I really respect his honesty, but he should've some had hits of his own. Jason Scheff, who replaced Peter Cetera came into Chicago's band at 23 yrs old and he actually had a few hits of his own but Jason was in his prime, though eventually Chicago also got older and was reduced to classic rock status. Mr. Moonlight, I knew when it came out it wasn't gonna go far because it didn't rock like Unusual Heat with Johnny Edwards, which charted even better than Mr. Moonlight. Also, Mr. Moonlight didn't have that fire like Foreigners' first four albums before "I want to know what love is " came out on their fifth album. Lou singing was great on "Moonlight," but the songwriting partnership of JONES/GRAMM died when Lou left Foreigner in 1990. Like fast food once it gets cold, you reheat it, but somehow it doesn't taste the same.
@@waltersimmons946 Think we (you & I), disagree on the "died in 1990" bit - (songwriting partnership)
I'm absolutely astonished that "Mr.Moonlight" contained as many 'Good/Strong/Fine' songs as it did
Sure there's a couple of turds on there (Big Dog anyone ?) & some mystifying 45rpm choices too.
"Hole In My Soul" alone is worth the admission price on it's own - Great track, soulful & powerful.
"I Keep Hoping" is both VERY emotional & powerful & sees Lou again at his finest.
I often wonder "if" that's the best track on a strong album (?) but there are at least SIX tracks I like.
Tracks 1,2,4,5,8,9 - Any one of those is as strong as their earlier stuff, albeit 1994
You mentioned "classic rock stations"
For ME they ARE the death knell of Rock Music - same $hit day-in, day-out
Only so many times you can hear "Won't Get Fooled Again" or the dreaded "Hotel California"
I believe radio listeners in the USA have FAR better tastes than the idiots over THIS side of the Atlantic
Yeah sure, we have Rock Music fans here too, but far too many are like sheep, staple diet, etc.
It actually grieves me that "Mr.Moonlight" went below the radar - (more like a submariner !!!)
Lastly, for me, Mick Jones' propensity for the sickly ballard was like taking Mogadon (listening to..)
That's as to 'why' Mr.Moonlight album pleased me so much, well-crafted songs again (but publicly ignored
Best track on "Inside Information" (for me) was the raunchy & superb track "The Beat of My Heart"
It restored my faith (1987) that Foreigner could still deliver the torpedoes to hit-hard-as-nails
(antidote to the lame & dreary "I Don't Wanna Live" - oh the irony of those first four-words !!!!)
But at least (here in London), Atlantic actually bothered promoting "Inside Information" (billposters)
That clearly didn't happen in the U.K for 1994's "Mr.Moonlight" & I'll assume the same for the U.S.A ??
Gramm claims Jones ripped him off out of millions from not giving him a songwriting credit on "I Want to Know What Love Is." I believe him. That's why Gramm split.
He also ripped Lou off on "URGENT " and "Waiting for a girl like you " song ratio on that one Mick 75% Lou 25%. Trouble began before "I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS" was a thought.
@@waltersimmons946 maybe his health problems now is karma?
@doninmichigan Well , I would be more blunt to say 👉 What's gone around, has come around. A situation Mick can't dodge or explain away.
@@doninmichigan Karma? The guy is 78. That's not karma, that's life expectancy.
Lou is a vocal legend!!!
I graduated high school in 1979. I own every Foreigner album from that time period. My father was born in 1939 and wasn't exactly a fan of my music although he was a big Elvis fan.
When I played for him "I want to know what love is " he cried. He said is was a beautiful song, I agree.
His other favorite song of my generation was Kansas's "Dust in the wind ". My father is 80 now and suffering from dementia for the past 8 years. I played for him " I want to know what love is" just last week, again. He cried once more...
I asked him if he knew what band that was and he thought about it for a minute, then said Foreigner? I cried.
Thank you Foreigner and Mr. Jones for your music and wonderful memories with my dad.
Ditto man, also 1979! What a strange trip it's been.
Robert,you should watch "Alive Inside" a documentary by Dan Cohen, founder of the nonprofit organization Music & Memory. You can find it on Amazon. It tells of how music brings people 'back' from dementia if only for a while. You will NOT be disappointed, I promise.
It's horrifying to think any should suffer from Alzheimer's but could a person bring that person back for at least the duration of a 80's or 90's song no, only the mid to late 70's songs were made to last.
Sweet!#
YOU MADE ME CRY READING THAT😥...GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FATHER..🙏❤🙏
Mick and Lou is Foreigner /. They belong in the rock & roll hall fame , put them in now 👍
Couldn't agree more..👍
Patricio Farez I agree ! r and r hall of fame is a joke .
@@GreggF65 Yes. Madonna? Really? For shame.
Jones had some falling out with one of the bogus R&R Hall of Fame principals/owners. "R&R Hall of Fame" started by some businessmen/investors. Credibility? Just a $TOURIST ATTRACTION.
@@briangordon2208 It became a sham when they inducted Madonna.
Man, when you hear classic Foreigner it takes you back. Back when bands was full of talent that entertained us all. Back when you rolled the window down on the Trans am, turned the volume to 10 and sang along. The 70's and 80's were full of many greats. Foreigner ranks at the top. Great video. Enjoyed!
Lou Graham is one of the sexiest voices in rock history. It hurt when I found out he was ill. I was lucky enough to see him in concert when he was first coming back (but he wasn't with foreigner), but all I saw on stage was the beautiful man of his heyday. He was extraordinary, and I'm so happy to see him getting back into form. He is still magnificent. Love him as much as I ever did...... maybe a bit more because of his strength of character.
There's a really cool interview on YT where he goes in-depth and describes everything he went through with his brain tumor and what he had to do to start singing again. what got me looking into Lou's condition was unfortunately I was diagnosed in May with a brain Tumor myself . I'm 43 and I would listen to Foreigner on the way to all my doctor appointments . So one day I went on CZcams being curious as to what the guys were up to recently , I found out the information about Lou. One of the things that I thought was very interesting as a believer and a Christian is that he shared his faith and explained how he turned his heart and life over to the Lord ( his exact words) and I thought that was pretty neat for a rock star to admit such a thing. It was cool and brave to see that he wasn't ashamed of King Jesus.
Here's the video.....czcams.com/video/p8OHnbKJeYE/video.html
Lou Gramm !
Lou Gramm's unbelievable vocal ability made Foreigner.
+VIDEOHEREBOB Kelly is fantastic, too.
+Terri Geer Kelly is a good vocalist, no question, but I'll bet he was told to nail Lou's phrasing because it is so legendary. Kelly sounds so much like Lou and I don't believe it is coincidental.
+VIDEOHEREBOB Hello (again) Bob on most vocal stuff i agree with you but not on this, Kelly doesn't sound anything like Lou. And he will never ''nail Lou's phrasing''.
+SecretYoungLink007 What song?
+VIDEOHEREBOB Any/all songs?
Good for Mick admitting his regrets... Lou is a humble gentle man, have spent some quiet time with him... he is not haughty at all.....
NO, HE IS BORN AGAIN AND KNOWS THE PEACE ONLY GOD CAN GIVE, I'm glad god gave him another chance,merciful father god
Yes, but not giving Lou Gramm his rightful credits is not fair, and he cheated Lou out of money. But, God also doesn't like a THIEF EITHER!
What a cool dude. Lou is one of the top 5, rock vocalists of all time, in my opinion. Very distinct and great range.
Not so cool. Do a little research and find out what he did to Lou Graham. He screwed the other band members out of millions. Took way more credit for songs that were not his. If I was in that band I would have smacked the greed out of him. What a selfish prick.
He didn't sing lead on his biggest hit, "I wanna know what love is." It was Lou Gramm. Mick was a greedy a-hole who cut Lou out of that song which broke up the band. F this guy.
Maybe you should look up a guy called LOU GRAMM.
70's man, it was raining great bands.
Thanks Mick and Lou my choir ( Anthony Morgan Inspirational Choir of Harlem AMICOH ) had a wonderful time on your reunion at the song writers Hall of Fame.
+Anthony Morgan You sang with Lou? Awesome! Did you rehearse with them too?
+SecretYoungLink007 yes we did
+Anthony Morgan Cool
+SecretYoungLink007 thanks ! Why did you ask? :-)
+Anthony Morgan Just a big fan of Lou and i like gospel choirs, as a musician myself i just wonder how such things go ;-)
According to Lou, his reason for leaving the band was because Mick had gotten too difficult to work with and now Mick has big regrets, but I'm glad he lived to play again, especially with his old buddy Lou. I loved everything they did until Lou left the band
Koto ? Lou , I thought had put all his grievances with Mick behind him , not so it seems. Since the 40th Reunion in 2017. Lous been doing interviews this year with John Beaudin "Rock History" which can be seen on CZcams. Lou is as bitter as ever about Mick Jones taking the whole 100% ratio writing credits for "I want to know what love is" he said he never got a penny for even singing that song . He was also unhappy with Kelly Hansen when they shared the stage , saying Hansen "Talked too much " by not letting Lou take any opportunity to speak to the fans and personally thanking them for coming to the reunion concert.
Money got in the way...
@@BeanieScooter
No.
"Money" is only The Symptom of The Real Problem: "A GREEDY, SELFISH HEART..."
Lou gramm is amazing....
Lou Graham was Band
One of the all time greatest bands ever.
Timeless production, writing, image and talent.
Completely agree!
Not so much the image part - lol
You could not have said it better
Lou Gramm made Foreigner famous, Mick Jones destroyed them. His greed and power tripping got the best of him. Us real Foreigner fans resent him.
One my all-time favorites of Foreigner is the "Classic Hits Live" album. That album shows Lou at his best. Every song just kills
There is always that one guy in the band who has the talent and creativity to carry the rest to great success and Mick Jones is that cornerstone in Foreigner. Thank you for all the wonderful songs Mick! They have an will always continue to bless many for years to come.
I played in a band that fronted for Foreigner in Elizabethtown, Kentucky before Mick's illness. I can tell you that the version of Foreigner that night was absolutely stunning. They were the real deal. The only regret I have is that I was in such awe of this band that I didn't have the nerve to approach Mick and introduce myself and meet the rest of the guys in the band. If you ever get to see them I can promise you won't be disappointed.
Cool. I wonder what medication he's talking about above. The interview didn't make it clear at all. Are we talking benzo's?
Si fuese subtitulado. Les agradeceria
Estela deCapital Argentina
That first record was something special.
"Feels like the first time" is still an all time classic rock song...
With just that song "I want to know what love is" alone, there's no other legendary rock band can leave a lifetime legacy in history of Rock and Roll as the Foreigner, these guys are truly one of the legends along with the other greats, such as Journey or Queen..!
3:50...I don't think Mick Jones realizes..had it not been for his great fortune of getting Lou Gramm as singer...that song and band he put together would have gone nowhere.
So true ! They needed each other like the flowers need rain
👍
@Farang Explorer Actually the Jones/ Gramm writing "partnership" started to fade when the band went from 6 to 4 people. According to Lou Gramm the writing credits ratio between the 2 (men) were mostly 50/50 up until the HEAD GAMES Album, remember original band members Ian McDonald and Al Greenwood were ousted because they really were trying to get more of their songs on the albums and Jones was already very controlling even back then. McDonald' and Greenwood were still members of the band when work started on the 4 album till their firings in September 1980. During the 4 album problems over songwriting ratios/ credit began actually over the song "URGENT" but manifest more with "I want to know what love is" Lou was offered only 5% and Mick gave himself 95% but Lou told Mick out of anger "Take it all you SOB, and Mick did, he took the whole 100% that lead to Lou's SOLO Albums and Solo career . "Midnight Blue" was offered to the band but Mick trashed and rejected the song Lou put the song out as a SOLO tune, it shot up the charts, to number#5 and was the most requsted/listen to song on American radio in 1987. Inside Information, Lou didnt like the album and never pulled his punches about, "I dont want to live without you" he hated the song and Farang , theres no live concerts or videos ever of Lou performing that tune. The reason why they couldnt come up with current catchy song it's because the magic they had to create had long faded and Lou said this when he quit Foreigner again in 2003 and also bands like Foreigner, Journey, Styx, Toto etc . By 1994 they were regulated to CLASSIC Rock stations so mainstream radio was under orders to play/promote new bands GRUNGE/GANSTA RAP so New songs by these CLASSIC bands didn't have a chance. So Kelly Hansen? God bless him but hes a karaoke tribute singer thats paid to sing live, they won't sell millions of albums anymore even with him up front.
Love Mick Jones and Lou! One of the best bands of all time!
I was a foreigner fan the minute I heard them. Biggest bands at that time for me were Foreigner, Boston, Journey, Eagles. So many hits and great music.
Awe Mick thank you for sharing this...tears. Such a wonderful testimony here and I can't wait to see Foreigner live this week. So excited and happy for your comeback! ❤
Can't believe I missed this! Have loved Foreigner for 40 years, saw them play in StL. I think it's awesome our generation has had some of the world's best musicians putting out the best music, Ever! Keep rocking, Mick! Thanks for the wonderful memories 😎
Thank You Jesus for Saving our Great musicians. Mick and Lou!
Lou was CORRECT!
You are also a fabulous talent beyond words, Mick.
God bless you both.
Mick…so happy for you return to health. God bless. Thanks for the great albums. Thanks for saying something positive about Lou….great lead for your group.
Lou and Mick and the others were special. Foreigner songs STILL sound fresh today.
Seeing this geezer on a one way ticket from Squaresville introduce a rock and roll guy is hilarious. And it is most remarkable to see Lou Gramm, in his later age, looking rather like Peter Ustinov, & then hearing the bloody pristine, pitch-perfect powerful voice that comes out of him .
thank you mr mick and mr lou and foreigner.many good things from your songs.first heard ya over the radio in 1978,first lp head games then all my 80s life in school and under 21 dances in the summer.thumbs up to all
Love that they worked out their differences & started talking in their old age. Love These Guys.
I was so mad at Mick for a long time but he turned it around and become a stand-up guy and included Lou gramm anyways. Lou gramm if people don't realize he was one of the greatest singers in the world until he had a brain tumor. And after that he struggled a determined Rock successful singer on stage never giving up. He fought and fought and fought to try to get that voice back. He never did get his voice back completely but at least Nick gave him a chance to be with the band until he retired. And I am very happy about that
I’m glad Mick is healthy. Great songs, great musicianship. I graduated high school in 1984. I had two older sisters…..I heard so many great songs. One of the best groups of seventies and eighties….with that being said…..A huge part of Foreigners success? That huge big lead vocals coming out of that radio and cassettes. Lou….was a top vocalist. When I say top vocalist…..one of the top ten vocalist in those two decades. That say,s a lot.
Mick is a legend. It's great that he's healthy again and back playing. I think Foreigner is one of the greatest bands ever.
Just watched for the first time. Mick, I knew you would never disappoint audience. Glad you and Lou mended fences. Very glad you are back to the stage. Stay healthy. Yours was my first rock band and will always be a favorite in any incarnation.
Mick, I'm SO GLAD you are still rockin' You guys have never been better!!
HELL TO THE YEAH! ! ! FOREIGNER WAS BAD ASS! ! ! 80 MILLION ALBUMS WORLDWIDE. THE ABSOLUTE SHIT! !
i love your band, until now i post your music in my fb. your music until now is new, i love your band.. im from Philippines.. God bless you..
I remember this interview. It hit me hard. I'm seeing the band in a few months. I'm so looking forward to it.
Thank you for the beautiful music that you sing as a soloist and as a peerless Kelly
Really enjoyed watching this. I have always been a fan of Foreigner, thank god these guys came together to make amazing, unforgettable music.
It's great to have you back! You inspired me for a lot songs in that style.....now that you back new ideas are swirling around. Hope you stay a long time....
Such talented men. Such great memories growing up and listening to them and now so glad my daughters got to watch them live. I never got to see them but due to my daughter I get to still listen to my records on a record player she bought me 😊
Gods Given talent Mick and Lou together made Foreigner
So nice to hear an update on you Mick. You overcame some challenges... as Lou did... and it's great to see you both of you making strides forward and maintaining your careers, enjoying your gifts as well as continuing to share them with us. Hoping one day to see you in person. Just viewed your 78 performance of Cal Jam 78. Wow, what an experience that must have been.
We Miss You Lou Gramm😥
Mick and Lou! Unbelievable writers...thank you!
Great interview, very thoughtful. Well done Mick Jones. As for his band and the amazing Lou Gramm. Foreigner. Iconic. Legendary. And inspirer of world peace and makeout sessions throughout the universe. There some babies whose names should be Foreigner.
Many people don't realize he produced Van Halen's, 5150 and Billy Joel's, Storm Front. He is pure class.
Has been VH OU812, not 5150, as far as I know.
@@Lotharou812 Mick definitley did 5150 with Donn Landee, then Donn did OU812 alone.
Lou did more than just sing in Foreigner. He's also the backing voice on Bryan Adam's song 🎵 CUTS LIKE A KNIFE , Lou refused to take any pay from helping out Adam's who was in a desperate situation to get his album done before the deadline because his studio singers got sick during the recording of his album.
Late to come to this, but so happy Mick came back, met him once in New York such a lovely guy and keep going you are a wonderful talent!
05 August 2016; He (Mick Jones} was here last night in Schwetzingen Germany and playinig like a Champ !
Mick is a great songwriter and has a great ear for pop hits as well but even he can hear that the new singer isn't Lou. Lou was a once in a generation singer with his own range and songwriting ability. It would be great to see them do a run of or series of 10 reunion concerts with the original lineup where they play the first album or all their hits. no one cars about lou's voice or micks playing they just want to see the real thing again one more time. My first rock concert was foreigner when they were at their peak and it ha a very real impact on me and my life. Thanks Mick and Lou for all the fun I've had listening to your music
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Mick Jones is a classic and his work with Foreigner was too. Glad he overcame his illness and is back to work, doing what he does best, playing the guitar
EVERYONE LOVES FOREIGNER!1 HOW COULD YOU NOT AMAZING BAND
Great musician and he has been well rewarded for his gift. It's basically a win win because we all still love to listen to Foreigner and that big Les Paul sound that Mick puts out. It's a classic.
I saw them live in chicago last night. Amazing show, the old dudes rocked out harder than bands my age (36) absolutely great live act.
Foreigner was IT for me during my high school days and I got to meet the band (twice). I had the biggest crush on Mick Jones and am lucky to say he was my first kiss.
We had a lot of slow dances to his big hit in the late 80s
My first 8 track tape. Man I loved this band.
Lou Gramm….! What a voice! Mick the dck should give props to the VOICE that made him famous and his contribution to Wanna Know What Love Is!!! And 2million in CASH…..MICK!! I have tickets to ur show next year but I may sell them for a profit! And send it to LG!
Incredible story.
The ballads Foreigner made are my favorite songs from them.
Mick’s laugh is so contagious 😂
It was not so much that Lou did not like the song that broke up Foreigner. It’s that Mick only wanted to offer Lou 5% writing credit for the song.
You are kickass Mick!!
GOD Bless him.and thank GOD for a such a brilliant musician.
He has talent that can't be described, but his ego killed a great band. Lou's voice was as much of Foreigner as Mick's writing/riffs.
Come back of Foreigner?? Without Lou there's no Foreigner!!!its Micks band!! Cover band
Lou gramm the voice made them along with Mick's Co writes
love u Mick, Lou and all z foreigners god bless you all :)
one of my favorite bands ever! So god to see Mick came back and is rocking again!
I saw Foreigner 2 weeks ago and Mick was absent again. Rumor is he had another health setback. Glad i saw him back in 1982.
His only health setback was laziness. Why show up when you can have your Foreigner cover band tour and make some money while you sit around at home?
Thank you for posting. We couldn't watch it in Australia since December. Great to watch it 'for the first time!'
I love Kelly Hanson
Grande Mick Jones, Lou Gramm, y Foreigner, clásicos para siempre, for always.
Lou was Amazing but Mick Jones was really the quiet genius behind most of Foreigner's success. Great to see him still rocking after all these yrs. Btw, Mick has produced some great albums over the yrs including - Van Halen's 5150 (1986) and Billy Joel's Storm Front (1989). Also found out that his stepson is Mark Ronson - the musician who wrote the recent hit "Uptown Funk" and which featured vocals from Bruno Mars.
KoolCat ! Without LOU Mick wouldn't of had any success
@@richardherzog5405
True. A great guitarist/songwriter needs a great singer in order to be successful (Mick/Keith/Brian Jones, Page/Plant and Townsend/Daltrey are the most famous examples of that), and vice versa.
@@richardherzog5405 Agreed!!!
These guys are legends
Went to see FOREIGNER, WhiteSnake and Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Evening last night (19 June 2018) at the Lakeside Amphitheater in Syracuse. Without Jason Bonham on the bill, I may have passed on this show. Glad he was there and that I didn't pass. AWESOME SHOW !!! If I didn't know Robert Plant's vocals, then the singer would have been plenty impressive. Whitesnake was filler for me .... Foreigner ROCKED THE HOUSE !! Had Bonham not been there and I knew the performance from FOREIGNER, I would surely have regretted missing this show !! Glad we went !! WORTH EVERY CENT and more !!
Saw the same show and feel so fortunate to see Mick on stage. I saw The original band at The Dome on the Foreigner 4 tour, one of the first concerts I had ever been to. Funny, thats my least favorite album as an adult, but man what a career Mick Jones has had.
Mick Jones would be no where with out Lou! Lou's voice made Foreigner period. No offense to the new guy because he is good too but no male vocalist in that time period compares to Lou. Lou had so much more solo range in all melodies than anyone else in that time period. There is nothing a band can do to silence a voice like Lou's. It lives forever in our souls.
Mick... Please release an LP of - Foreigner Live in Deer Creek 1993 - That The Best of Lou and No one can touch that!
I remember meeting him here in Auckland back in the '90s and he joked that he was playing a vintage '58 Les Paul on stage that evening.........it was a good looking LP for sure....he played it so well of course.
Lou's vocals made Foreigner who they were. Shame on you for fleecing Lou and basically forcing him out of the group. Your greed will be a part of your legacy forever.
Foreigner,brilliant writers of legendary music,i love to revisit such simple melodies that move u through reminiscent moments of your past.
genius guitarist,genius songwriter,him and lou incredible team
There are two sides to a story. He did admit he was a little too demanding. He did not admit to the 100% songwriters credit of the song I wanna know what love is. Sharing the credit for their combined success would have been the honorable decision.
It's pretty amazing what the wrong medication can do to a person. I'm glad he recovered.
I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE THE KEYBOARD TECH ON THE 4 TOUR, HIRED BY MICK ,AND TOLD BY HIM BECAUSE I HAD COLOR. WELL TO A TEXAS COUNTRY BOY I DIDN'T GET IT, BUT I WENT WITH IT ANYWAY. HE WAS THE CLASS ACT OF ROCK THAT I HAD NEVER MET BEFORE, OR AFTER AND THAT'S A FACT IT SHOULD BE KNOWN THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST REAL LEADERS, AND VISIONARY BAND MEMBERS, THAT WE NEVER SEE IN INTERVIEWS. HE WAS HUMBLE, KIND, CARING, AND A TRUE LEADER. I THANK HIM FOR ALL THE GROWTH HE INSPIRED IN ME, AND GIVING A GUY A CHANCE TO LIVE HIS DREAM. ALL RESPECT AND ADMIRATION TO YOU MR. JONES
Yes, but do you need to shout it?
+Will Law I LIKE TYPING IN CAPS
ZKRKATANAKID guess i never thought about caps Mick and Lou were really good men, seriously they showed so much time in songwriting to me, that was real joy to give away ,to a fellow player not just a roadie. I felt blessed to be the only musician crew member they had ever hired. Today press can be so cruel,these 2need to be rrespected for a collaborration
NOT A FIGHT, GREAT MUSIC WE THANK You Rock Egos not at all, GREAT,FUN,LIFE STORIES, AND GENUINE TOP LEVEL MUSIC PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP I HOPE BE THE END RESULT 4 ALL PS WILL GET A REAL JOB,QUIT YOU ARE IN THE FOREST,WATCH OUT FOR ALL THE TREES LLLOL
Their premier album was one that nearly everyone seemed to have back in the late 70's. They seemed to come out of nowhere and within a year or so released this monster of a premiere album that was quite a phenomenon in its own right in popular rock music.
I dunno. I'm a Lou Gramm fan. Lou has perfect pitch, a true rocker,THE most recognizable voice of the 70's, 80's 90's. Foreigner is nothing without Lou even though it was Mick's band to begin with. Mick refuses to give Lou the credit he deserves.
J’aime beaucoup Foreigner’s merci Mick Jones de la très belle et merveilleuse musiques 🌹🌹🌹💓💓💓💓🌹🌹🌹🌹👍👍👍👍💖💖💖💖😘😘😘😘
Gee, Lou tells a very different story and how Lou never mentions him wanting to be a different style band, rather that Mick took credit for 100% of I Want to know what love is> I tend to believe Lou since it seems that Lou got nothing as far as credits for the song. If Mick is telling the truth here, why would he NOT refute all of Lou's claims on this??? To me, that is very telling. If they did what Rush did, and split the music credits and MONEY even, every song, not matter who wrote it, they probably never would have broken up, sad that when on person gets too greedy, this happens.
I just saw Mick Jones and Foreigner tonight in St Louis. Amazing. He found another amazing vocal talent that belts out the tunes the way I remember them. Thanks for coming back Mick! I was honored to get to see you again!
mick was the "jimmy page" of foreigner
as far as being the master of production and putting all together.
admittedly he couldn't have done it without the spectacular vocals of Lou
I saw foreigner 8 times with Lou, and three times solo, him and Robert plant are amazing