This Classic 1977 DISS Song is COLD as HELL! | Professor of Rock
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I’m excited to bring you another episode from our series Revelations, where featured artists reveal rare stories about their biggest songs, along with fascinating insights about their careers. For today’s episode, we’re putting the spotlight on Foreigner, a band that since its inception has established itself as one of the top rock outfits of its time. In the US alone, Foreigner has sold in excess of 80 million albums and singles. Their first five albums all went Top 5 in America, including the #1 “4” in 1981. Their hit catalog includes iconic tracks such as Feels Like the First Time, Hot Blooded, Waiting For a Girl Like You, Juke Box Hero, I Want to Know What Love Is, and on and on.
But today we’re telling the story of their 1977 stone-cold classic ‘Cold as Ice.’ And giving us the inside scoop is not one, but two principle members of Foreigner, two greats, no question… Lou Gramm and Mick Jones. Also, I want to invite you to vote for the band for the rock and Roll Hall of Fame! They have been nominated for the first time so make sure to go to the link below to vote for them.
Foreigner got its start in early 1976 when guitarist and singer Mick Jones met multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald at a recording session for Ian Lloyd. Months later, Jones and McDonald formed the band when they connected with four then-unknowns… including Lou Gramm, the lead vocalist of the band Black Sheep. The other three members in that original lineup were bassist Ed Gagliardi, keyboardist Al Greenwood, and drummer Dennis Elliott.
The band derived its name from the fact that these original members were drawn from both sides of the Atlantic. Jones, McDonald, and Elliot all hailed from England, while Gramm, Gagliardi, and Greenwood all were US citizens. The six-piece set to work writing and...
All Comments (21)
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Poll: What is your pick for the GREATEST DISS Song of all time?
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I think lou gramm should go down as one of the greatest singers of all time
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As Sir Paul McCartney succinctly commented several weeks ago: “Foreigner? Not in the Hall of Fame? WTF?!” 😂
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Was on a construction site about 10 years ago. The radio announced that Foreigner was coming to town. I told the guy I was working with that I wanted to go. He scoffed and asked, "Why would you wanna see Foreigner? What do they sing?" After singing him a half dozen of their hits, he laughed and said, "I think I wanna go see Foreigner!"
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Foreigner is one of those bands you know who it is from the first note of the song!! Yes I did vote for them for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!!
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Foreigner, Double Vision and Head Games are three of my favorite rock albums. My sister and I listened to those records over and over. Just about wore that vinyl out!
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Every time you do one of these on Foreigner I'm reminded again of just how much they did.
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I’m from Chicago where we “vote early and vote often” and they do deserve it!
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Cold As Ice was, is, and will always be...🔥 fire🔥
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Back in the early 2000's my wife and I made "the pilgrimage" to the Hall of Fame. Have to say, it really made quite the impression on me...seeing Beatles memorabilia, clothes worn by Hendrix and Jagger, Blackie behind glass among other guitars, written lyrics to Enter Sandman...i was a teenager again! Not sure id ever want to go back considering who has since been inducted. But at the time, it was awesome! Foreigner deserves to be there more than a lot of others... just my opinion.
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I was in Washington DC one winter and it was so cold that I saw a lawyer with his hands in his own pockets. I should have written a song about it.
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This song defines 1977 for me. It was unique, direct, and rockin'!
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Foreigner= first class rock and roll with feeling🤘
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Don't forget Starrider, a hidden gem on their first album! It's an awesome prog rock space song with flutes and epic sweeping sound vistas. Sounds really good and also makes me chuckle 😂
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Foreigner needs to be in the Hall of fame!
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Some of the best rock music ever created! Legends! 🎸🎶
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Being born in 1972, I didn’t know about them until I got a cassette Walkman in’86 and I would listen to Foreigner’s greatest hits as I mowed our 3 acre yard on our lawn tractor every weekend.
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Love Foreigner! Lou Gramm has such an amazing voice.
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Ah, those harmonies... I'm glad they took that cold walk around the block... HOF worthy song, and long overdue HOF band!
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I remember this song right when it came out. I was in the front yard on a sunny day in Fresno, California, and my Uncle Sam (not the government, that was his name) was working on his Ford Fairlane when we both heard this song on the radio. It didn't feel like a pop song, it felt like a rocker to us! My Uncle is gone now, but this song is still with us.
