Jeran Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5Avd3byiao&feature=youtu.be I know a lot of you are big fans of Lou Graham, and Foreigner is pretty much Fauxreigner, these days, but Kelly Hanson can wail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronws Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Depends on who you ask. I like the new singer but I think Bob still prefers Lou Gramm and finds that Lou was a bit "meatier." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeran Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 I'm not comparing the two, I just think the new guy's great. Obviously so was Graham, but I think they found a great replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Validar Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Kelly is great. I remember him from his days with Hurricane. I liked his voice, but didn't like the band's songs. However, I wanted NO part of him fronting Foreigner. I couldn't envision it "working" to save my life, and I was unwilling to give it a chance. Then one day about 2-3 years ago, I was standing in my kitchen and heard a promo for their "Rockin at the Ryman" concert special on HDNet. I heard "Hot Blooded" and assumed they were using old concert footage in the promo, but low and behold it was a clip from the Ryman show. It was Kelly singing. So, I decided I should give it a shot, and I was thoroughly impressed. Yes, there are subtle difference between him and Lou, and they became gradually more apparent throughout the show. But I know of a few casual fans who couldn't identify Lou by face who saw the concert, and assumed it was the singer they've always had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeran Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 Personally, if a band is going to replace their singer, I'd much rather the new guy have his own sound that works within the context of the band. I wouldn't want an exact sound-alike. They're already barely more than a tribute act, as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronws Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 And Jeran, you also make a good point. For example, when Queen brought in Paul Rogers, someone who's voice is so completely different than Freddie's, making a valid new musical statement, standing on it's own without denigrating or replacing the legacy of Freddie. Or, AC/DC, bringing in Brian Johnson, a different sound than Bon Scott and just as valid, for many a decade. In fact, Bon Scott had said, if anything every happened to him, that Brian Johnson should replace him. Truth is stranger than fiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeran Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 Freddie said the same thing about Paul Rodgers. If anything happened to him, he thought Paul would sound great in the band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Validar Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 You can't really blame big name acts for replacing a beloved singer with a sound-alike. Not every band is as lucky as AC/DC and Van Halen was. The vocals are often the most identifiable factor of a band, and making a drastic change is risky. The band Saliva, for example. Josey Scott is no longer in the band, and in my opinion, it was his voice that separated the band from all the other "nu-metal" acts that have taken off in the last ten years or so. Their new singer doesn't have a very distinct voice at all, in my opinion, and the band as a whole sounds very "cookie cutter" metal to me now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpall Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 The video has been removed. I highly suspect Bob as responsible for that. Just kidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VideoHere Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 lol!!!! lou is a hard act to follow. just trying to sing those songs helped me so much as a singer. yes, i admit i like having a little of his voice in mine.... there is still that punch and intensity that defines him. he has such a distinctiveness... i.m.o., he really made foreigner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronws Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 You can't really blame big name acts for replacing a beloved singer with a sound-alike. Not every band is as lucky as AC/DC and Van Halen was. The vocals are often the most identifiable factor of a band, and making a drastic change is risky. The band Saliva, for example. Josey Scott is no longer in the band, and in my opinion, it was his voice that separated the band from all the other "nu-metal" acts that have taken off in the last ten years or so. Their new singer doesn't have a very distinct voice at all, in my opinion, and the band as a whole sounds very "cookie cutter" metal to me now. I likes me some "click, click, boom." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Validar Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 ^ That's a great song to cover. Fun and wakes a crowd up. Their entire first album was chock full of songs similar to it, and a surprisingly deep and haunting song about Josie's father dying titled "My Goodbyes". http://mp3skull.com/mp3/saliva_my_goodbyes.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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