![]() And that was an incredible part of everything. Bonus features: songs from Foreigner's first televised acoustic performance at HR1, Schlosshotel Kronberg, Frankfurt on March 7th, 2010 Released in digipak &2011 Trigger Productions, inc. heavenly gates were sighted at last Em C Em C (chorus) Em Starrider, rider, rider C take me to the stars Em Starrider. Compatible mobile, dfilement automatique, et dautres outils uniques. Leader Mick Jones told us that in addition to Lou Gramm's songwriting abilities, Foreigner was lucky to have his soaring vocals setting them apart from its competition: “The time that we had in the beginning of the band through the '80s was great, y'know? And I just feel like it was such a gift to have a voice like Lou singing these songs. Paroles, accords, partitions de Starrider par Foreigner. and in the l C ight of my ye Am ars shown the r Em est of my d D ays. ![]() B And ever on I sailed Em celestials ways. and as o C ld stars would Am die, some Em new ones were b D orn Em D. How could you call 'Dirty White Boy' corporate?” I stole a ride on a passing star Not knowing where I was going How near or how far Through years of light. B Northern light flashed by and t Em hen they were gone. But a corporate band? I don't think the music was corporate. Watch the video for Starrider (Live) from Foreigner's No End In Sight: The Very Best Of Foreigner for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. We had auditions just like every other band - and people who quit and people who decided to stand. Listen to both songs on WhoSampled, the ultimate database of sampled. That a corporation picked the members of the band? That's the farthest thing from the truth. Majk Spirit sampled Foreigners Starrider. ![]() The album also included such AOR staples as “Headknocker” and “Starrider.”įrontman Lou Gramm told us that back in the day, he and Foreigner were always offended by the “corporate rock” tag the band got upon hitting the scene in the late-'70s: “I don't even know how that story got started. And ever on I sailed Celestial ways And in the light of my years Shone the rest of my days Speed increasing All control is in the hands of those who know Will they help us grow To one day be starriders Starrider, rider, rider Show me where you are Starrider, rider, rider Take me to the stars Speed increasing All control is in the hands of those who know Will they help us grow To one day be. The album featured the band's classic, original lineup of guitarist / songwriter/ producer Mick Jones, singer Lou Gramm, keyboardist Al Greenwood, bassist Ed Gagliardi, drummer Dennis Elliott, and the recently deceased multi-instrumentalist, Ian McDonald.įoreigner featured three hit singles, “Feels Like The First Time” (#4), “Cold As Ice” (#6), and “Long, Long Way From Home” (#20). Am Em F B Em Speed increasing, all control is in the hands of those who know D C D Em C Em C will they help us grow to one day be Starriders. Foreigner, which peaked at Number Four on the Billboard 200, spent 18 non-consecutive weeks in the magazine's Top 10. ![]() While classic rock staples like “Feels Like the First Time” and “Cold as Ice” anchored the band’s debut, “Starrider”, with its harpsichord, synths, spacey effects and flanger-tinged drum propulsion, is a detour of light years from their typically guitar-and-hormone fueled and decidedly earthbound template.It was 45 years ago today (March 8th, 1977) that Foreigner released its self-titled debut album. Provided to YouTube by Rhino Atlantic Starrider Foreigner Foreigner 1977 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International In. Having said that, “Starrider” isn’t a typical Foreigner tune. Starrider Lyrics: I stole a ride on a passing star / Not knowing where I was going / How near or how far / Through years of light, lands of future and past. “Corporate rock” took a contemporaneous critical beating, but its polish and professionalism were inarguable and the music continues to make new fans even today among kids who want an alternative to mumble rap, EDM and “bro country”. It was acts like Foreigner, Boston and Tom Petty that held the line for rock on the shifting musical landscape of the second half of the 70’s amid the raw, elemental anger of punk and the mostly vacuous lyrical thrust of disco. From Foreigner’s first, eponymous LP which, like that of Boston the previous year, helped well-crafted rock music–arena rock, if you will–stem the rising tide of punk and disco.
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