Foreigner- Long long Way from Home- Live (1981)

[@gpmac-rq4lt]

I worked out in the same gym as Lou Gramm in Henrietta, NY. I recognized him and left him to work out in peace - he approached me and said hello with the sweetest and kindest smile. Thats how we do it in Roch- cha-cha. They deserve their privacy too.

[@frankcaballero5023]

I saw them in 1978 in san Antonio TEXAS, cheap trick opened. Wat a show

[@VIDEOHEREBOB]

Lou Gramm should teach vocals. What skill and strength he has in the head voice.

[@carljohnson7]

I wish Lou still had that voice!He still is the best voice ever in rock

[@failingup4907]

Steve Perry ----> Lou Gramm then everyone else!

[@JESUS-SAVES_1975.]

Brad Delp

[@zentatonic]

Steve Perry, Lou Graham, Brad Delp, so many top tier singers in the 70's and 80's. He can stand toe to toe with any of them.

[@re8746]

I was 11 years old listening to this on the ghetto blaster as we went to school and as we were coming home from school on the bus.

[@paulkeyton2870]

This is what greatness is all about🎸😁🎸

[@tryithere]

This song is his. It's about his coming to New York from Rochester to audition for Foreigner which was then called Trigger.

[@Survivor87]

The keyboard space effect is pure gold here. Almost overwhelming.

[@larrysnipes7113]

yeah that Moog or ARP synth is bad ass

[@darintroutman]

they play Oklahoma City, sold out the first show in minutes,they played back to back nights at the Myriad, The Juke Box Hero Tour. Incredible!!!!

[@TheLexicon1000]

People, this is a LIVE version!! This song is energetic!! Not too fast at all. Great live performance!!

[@allsbrook1]

Way too fast, original version BETTER

[@re8746]

Probably high on blow...

[@mathewlee5712]

way too fast.

[@ghendar]

Agreed. Way, wayyyyy too fast. Why?

[@gardnerberry113]

@@ghendar A bit of toot-sweet up the nose before the show, I'd imagine. (It WAS the 80's, you know!)

[@frankibelt8447]

he sure sang this fast. i'm impressed he sang so well at such speed

[@TheRippper]

yeah this is fast..

[@re8746]

Its fast........probably on blow

[@gregmichael9925]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug

[@hcoach1A]

All jacked up on Coke...lol

[@mariejohansson4127]

Hard Rock from Start...Whit Lou ❤and his Band Foreigner Great ❤

[@ST-cy6we]

What a tempo

[@johnrusso9246]

A classic ..At an up tempo ..

[@camillebecker2960]

I remember this tour in 1981 Philadelphia Spectrum!!

[@bruisemeister]

Makes me yearn for the concerts of my youth.

[@boatbound3300]

Mark is a beast on the sax

[@robertobhro]

Love this fast version!

[@MattJarz]

That was incredible

[@keithiejoy]

When veteran British guitarist and songwriter Mick Jones found himself stranded in New York after the collapse of the Leslie West Band in 1976, he decided to try and get another band together there. He got together with New York keyboardist Al Greenwood, and hooked up with transplanted Englishman and ex-King Crimson member Ian McDonald and another fellow Brit in drummer Dennis Elliott. Backtrack about a year or so, and Jones was in Rochester performing with the band Spooky Tooth, when a young Lou Gramm had given Jones a copy of his band Black Sheep's first album when they met backstage. Jones happened to pull out the album, listened to Gramm’s vocals, and promptly recruited him as his new band’s lead singer, sending him a plane ticket to New York City. Brooklyn bass player Ed Gagliardi was the final piece of the puzzle. A band name, "Trigger", was tentatively agreed to and was the name that appeared on their demo tape, but it was passed on by all the record companies it was delivered to… They soon ditched the Trigger name, and Jones came up with “Foreigner” because no matter what country they were in, three would be foreigners, because he, McDonald and Elliott were English, while Gramm, Greenwood and Gagliardi were American. In November 1976, after six months of rehearsals, the newly named Foreigner started recording this excellent debut album. The LP has the hit “Cold as Ice”, and other hard core Foreigner fan favorites like "Long, Long Way from Home," "The Damage Is Done" “Starrider”, “Headknocker”, "Feels Like the First Time", and "Fool for You Anyway". The album peaked at #4 in the US, and #9 in Canada and Australia.

[@erikakathleen509]

Happy Birthday LOU! LOVE THIS TUNE FOR LIFE! Hot fav 4 life. Erika NYC

[@Userilovemilla]

My first concert in my life. Saratoga Springs NY. I was young. Fucking awesome

[@gideondingle1235]

In the summer of 1981 I went to the Summer Strut concert at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim California and I saw the Scorpions and Iron Maiden open up for Loverboy and Foreigner.if you can believe that.This is my favorite song of theirs.I also saw them at the LA Forum on the Head games tour.

[@2explore1]

I see myself in this song. Fresh out of High School I moved 3,000.00 miles away from home only to struggle in Long Beach California on a Poor Boys Budget. Living the dream..I was living a life of decay. Building, buildings and every one in a hurry.

[@mistreated]

Awesome! I was there too. Got there late and missed Maiden, saw Scorpions. My older cousin, who drove me there, lost his weed, got angry so we left. I missed Loverboy and Foreigner. I'm still PISSED.

[@artbeau]

you remember the food fight I'm sure!!!

[@loagtr]

I didn't know Foreigner did speed metal versions of their songs..LOL!

[@JosephWilkovich-g8p]

CONGRATS ON YOUR ELECTION TO THE HALL OF FAME!!!! WELL DESERVED!!!!

[@TheDoug2103]

what is it with east coast bands that absolutely had to have a sax ???? love forigner, just something i notice alot...

[@Morash10]

This is real rock and roll not like what it's play today

[@gideondingle9363]

I saw 4 in R twice.The first time was on the 4 in R 4 tour in 1981 at Summer Strut at Anaheim Stadium where the Scorpions and Iron Maiden opened up 4 Lover boy and 4 in R and the 2nd time was at the LA Forum in the Head Games tour about a year or 2 later.I still have my concert tour shirts from both of those concerts.

[@kenwink6353]

Saw them with a group i really got turned on to they opened they were called April wine anyway it was 1981 and the tickets were 10 bucks weres a time machine!!

[@MichaelMosesHammer]

Lou Gramm. What a voice! Try to sing that song live at that Tempo lol.

[@BenDover-ku1yj]

only other one i know is paul stanley...

[@FrostedSeagull]

In 1979KIS were also singing at double time for the same reason .... coke, Drummer Peter Criss and lead guitarist Ace Frehley were often wacked out. The '79 KISS tour after about September was a disaster with cancelled shows and poor performances with Peter Criss either too high on coke or drunk.

[@unbelievable4007]

He's as good as they come

[@VIDEOHEREBOB]

As a gigging singer I can tell you sometimes the song is actually easier to sing when it's played faster.

[@jrod75237]

Saw this show in New Orleans 1981

[@DaveWollenberg]

Hit #20 in Billboard. God bless!

[@johncurcio3621]

Oh the good old blow days.

[@madjik2517]

I like it this fast

[@markdavis5970]

I heard that Ted Nugent said he would give his left nut to be able to sing like Lou Graham.Not sure If this was a fact or not but Lou has a voice just made for rocking roll..The Best

[@MikeFSr58]

I want to be buried with this song on continuous play!!! Lou Gramm RULES!!!

[@stephenmr2]

Loved "I want to be buried with this song on continuous play"

[@robf6105]

This performance reminds me of the scene in "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story" when Dewey tries cocaine for the first time.

[@liamaria2741]

Banda e vocalista maravilhoso!!!

[@schwoissfuass]

This is ZDF Rockpop in Concert recorded 19th December 1981 in Dortmund, Westfalenhalle.

[@willgillespie9241]

this concert was exactly 9 months before i was born. i'm just saying.

[@1049sergio]

Will Gillespie ahhsome.

[@1049sergio]

Will Gillespie ahhsome.

[@johnunderwood3132]

I was 12

[@NotACrat]

That's how I remember it, Disco Ball Lights in a Smoke Filler Room

[@frankmacri2358]

Rough and raw good version

[@TrueDarkLink]

Rock on!!

[@MsMcmoe]

Went to see them back in their heyday, & they were so Loud we had to walk out during performance to the promenade area to give our ears a rest- :(

[@FrostedSeagull]

I take it your not Deep Purple fans. They hold a record for the loudest band in the 70's.

[@MarinaSilviaOdriozolaPuente]

AMAZING

[@cocoparis2010]

❤️❤️❤️this song!,

[@tommybehnke3968]

They should've used this faster version on the album. Whenever I play this song I try finding this version.

[@mlavfv]

COOL, GROOVY, RIGHT ON, FAR OUT

[@image30p]

There's a lot of energy in this performance for some reason

[@MarkusChristopher]

awesome

[@alexxj462]

dude...the guns on Lou. Man was built.

[@ffejbboc]

give me this song and "Blue Collar Man" by Styx all day long and I'll be a happy boy!

[@plexilespaul]

killer show... post the whole show

[@jamiedangelo5242]

Epic!

[@gnisnot]

Holy shit....warp 9 version but then again, cocaine was crazy cheap and potent in 1981...

[@musavanin]

Меня потрясает эта самоотдача

[@galilgalil9747]

Is that an opening number or what? Damn

[@TheRippper]

Lou rules

[@dougjacobson8135]

it is speedy, but the actual song on the record is only 2:55, so subtract the 1:04 introduction on this video and it leaves 2:50 total and they basically end the song at 3:40, so they did it 20 seconds faster than the LP original.

[@2011rube]

It is way too fast. Maybe they were trying to get through the performance, and get out of town. Maybe they were intoxicated by adrenaline. Great band, irregardless, and great song.

[@robertusher4202]

No that’s cocain

[@johnunderwood3132]

Too fast for me! I like the regular speed

[@seansherrod8725]

I’m with ya, it’s missing all of the “funk groove” which made it such a bad ass song!!!

[@jasonpoland5507]

I like this speed. Kick ass speed

[@gregcarson8422]

Agree, studio speed much better

[@clarkhswinney]

They called it “coke”😂

[@brianmccord7387]

Lou Gramm fronting a hardcore band unbeknownst to his bandmates

[@annep5861]

Possibly cocaine-fueled, yet the fast tempo gets to an almost UFO sound. The band, UFO, not something else!

[@waltersimmons946]

Not cocaine just hot adrenaline.

[@StarCityFAME]

If ABBA were drunk Irishmen with a Black sax player.

[@waltersimmons946]

Speed ? This is live, the regular speed on songs live would sound like their dragging.

[@BackyardRambo]

Wheres the fire?

[@erikakathleen509]

Hahaha!😂🤣

[@randyovercash8234]

This good drymmmin

[@NotACrat]

Sounfs like their on SPEED?

[@lisalindsay]

Just saw Styx in NJ... OMG they were GREAT!! They opened with Blue Collar Man :)

[@myepictw]

That had to be hard for him my goodness to fast

[@televisiondevil5235]

What a chaotic version of that song, not sure if I liked it or not. 🤷‍♂️

[@pearldrummer7217]

In a hurry to get to the next song ?

[@tomdulle1707]

Cocaine's a helluva drug!😎

[@waltersimmons946]

How do you know its cocaine ? They couldve drank spiked Kool-aid for all we know.

[@tomdulle1707]

@@waltersimmons946 alcohol is a depressant which slows you down and your lead singer would be slurring. It's also the 80's. Cocaine-the breakfast of champions for rock stars.

[@waltersimmons946]

@@tomdulle1707 Lou Gramm wasn't "slurring" on none the songs on that particular concert or doing anything unusual. It seems your hearing went to HELL from all that snorting. Cops 👮‍♂️ don't need a dog with you around.

[@tomdulle1707]

@@waltersimmons946 genius if he was drinking he’d be slurring. That’s my point smart guy. Back then rock bands routinely did blow which resulted in performances uptempo, hence point I made that alcohol is a depressant. Vocals would be slurred and their tempo slower if they were drunk

[@waltersimmons946]

@@tomdulle1707 You're still judging without evidence "smart guy" , I'm aware they had parties after the concerts and did things on their own time. But here's what you missed, FOREIGNER is a band not known for glamorous fashion or big scandals in the fake news tabloids, so your opinion is just that an opinion. Whether it was cocaine or Kool-aid, who cares ?, They always delivered on concert night thats what counts. Don't get mad, get glad. Lol, by the way if you haven't you should read Lou Gramms book, JUKE BOX HERO MY 5 DECADES IN ROCK N ROLL . He talked about the drugs and alcohol and when he returned to Foreigner in 1992, he told Mick jones, after his rehab stint at Hazeldon in Minnesota that he turned his life over to Jesus Christ and would not be part of that scene anymore, Lous been sober for 31 years now and Tom, he left Foreigner in 2003 because of Micks alcoholism and old wounds that caused Lous first departure in 1990. That's right Lou changed, it was Jones who could not relinquish those nasty habits as a result , IN 2011 Mick had a heart attack, a heart valve problem, a throat tumor and medication he was taking brought him to a nervous breakdown where he couldn't play the guitar for a while, now Foreigner performs a lot with NO original members.

[@burnindownthehouse]

This is one of my favorite Foreigner songs but i've never heard this song played so fast before. I think the drummer might be the problem. He appears to speed it up on this song for some reason. He did this on another youtube clip on the same song at another live Foreigner show, too. He's a good drummer but he gets a bit too busy back there during live shows. He tries to do a bit too much. It's as if he is a progressive rock drummer who happens to be in the wrong band or something.

[@poppyhimbo]

toyt, yes toyt like a tiger

[@zwalker4146]

This is when they first discovered cocaine.

[@michaels2boys]

Adrenaline, ist song of the show and cocaine= super fast tempo!!!

[@leftystevenson2436]

Alex Lifelong on guitar

[@MopvyzoUSA1]

Foreigner was great with Lou on vocals, but without Mick there would be no Foreigner. He makes it what it is.

[@dickdastardly2560]

Amazing what a few 8 Balls of Coke will do to your playing!!!

[@happyplace9419]

Brought to you by cocaine!

[@CrToloss]

Maybe if they played it backwards it would had sounded better...

[@ChuckLaka-m2j]

This is foringer no fucking Bull

[@randyovercash8234]

It was better off the cell. He can beat the drums gotta hear the lp

[@GenkiSugiru]

I'm a big fan, but this is much too fas. This version has no soulfulness due to its speed. It's like the Ramones covering Foreigner.

[@frankcaballero5023]

Live is not like studio unless you want them to lip sync

[@johnburgess6572]

too fast

[@pauldirac6243]

Coked up version

[@markworden9169]

Fast

[@marijanbrkic4875]

Sounds like Lou was in a hurry to go to the toilet 😅

[@ricklarmer461]

Yes, way too up tempo. Probably some good blow.

[@geoffsullivan7902]

Why are they hauling ass thru this song......good grief already

[@erikakathleen509]

Lol😂🤣 you're funny.

[@markalan2752]

they had to be seriously coke'd up here......

[@DaveMcBlues]

Live, these guys are about as tight as a stretched out cotton ball.

[@slotwinski1414]

I love this song, but never when they do it live, because he always sings those few lines wayyy too fast for the rest of the band

[@tbnterprises]

LOL

[@RickStamler]

I know….PLAY FASTER!! Jesus metronome anyone ever heard of it? Coke much? Haha

[@tbnterprises]

Is it just me, or does Lou Gramm ALWAYS seem like he is rushing through this song? Hid Delivery just always seems so manic, as if he is thinking,"God! I want to get this song over with ASAP!"

[@allsbrook1]

Their jacked...too fast

[@Kedbuka]

A bit fast, probably a bit amped. Love this song but would've liked it better with Ian McDonald here.

[@2explore1]

Agree. This performance sounded a little to fast.

[@rickstamler5931]

Cocaine alive and well!! Lol