Jones raised Ronson from the age of 7, providing a rich musical environment that led to his success. Their oldest child is the successful producer Mark Ronson, the man behind Amy Winehouse's Back to Black album. Ann Dexter-Jones had previously been married to Laurence Ronson, a music publisher who discovered the British group Bucks Fizz. Jones' relationship that sparked the song was with his then future wife Ann Dexter-Jones. You're just putting it down on paper, or coming up with a melody that will bring the meaning of the song out, bring the emotion out in the song." Sometimes, you feel like you had nothing to do with it, really. And you know, realized suddenly that I'd written almost a spiritual song, almost a gospel song. I adjusted that during the recording of it, and ended up putting a gospel choir on it. And that sort of took a life of its own as well. I'd been through a lot of relationships that eventually failed, and still searching for something that could really endure. In a Songfacts interview, he said: "'I Want To Know What Love Is' started off on more of a personal level. It was a real different feeling and a challenge, so we came back and decided to record it.Foreigner guitarist Mick Jones wrote this song. We've never really done that, kind of laying yourself out naked, without lights and amps or anything. It was kind of shocking and surprising, and also something that was really new for us. Kelly Hansen say of Acoustique: "We were doing these live acoustic shows that were being broadcast," he recalls, "and we got a huge response. It’s been an eye opener how stripping the songs bare brings fresh meaning and emotion out of them." “The first time we approached these songs this way I was flabbergasted about how well they adapted back to their nucleus. Catch Foreigner on the road now with JOURNEY and NIGHT RANGER (tour dates below).įounder Mick Jones says of Acoustique: “My feeling over the years is that if you can write a song on an acoustic instrument, and it sounds good, you know you have a good song,” Mick explains. The concert will air on PBS through August and into the fall as part of the Public Television Rocks! series. It also features behind the scenes footage and bonus acoustic versions of some of the band’s classic hits. The 80 minute DVD features the band’s greatest hits in pristine high definition from their recent Chicago concert. The set also includes a brand new song, 'Save Me', which was co-written with Mick Jones’ step-daughter and well-known DJ & musician, Samantha Ronson.Ĭheck out the new digital recording of 'Juke Box Hero' below: This collection of Foreigner’s greatest hits was digitally recorded this year by mastermind, composer and producer Mick Jones, sensational lead singer Kelly Hansen, bassist Jeff Pilson, multi-instrumentalist Tom Gimbel, keyboardist Michael Bluestein and drummer Mark Schulman. Mick won the prestigious English Ivor Novello songwriting award for this song.ĭisc Two: Juke Box Heroes: Brand New Digital Recordings of Foreigner’s Greatest Hits
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A high point on the Acoustique disc is the never released song, 'The Flame Still Burns', which was co-written by Mick Jones for 1998 cult rock movie Still Crazy, where it was performed by Jimmy Nail. This unplugged set of studio recordings of Foreigner’s classic hits features Mick Jones, Kelly Hansen, Jeff Pilson and Tom Gimbel, and also pays tribute to Elvis Presley with a blistering version of 'That’s All Right'. The three disc set is available exclusively at all Walmart stores, with additional various digital configurations available on digital service providers (iTunes, Amazon, etc.).ĭisc One: Acoustique: The Classics Unplugged New Digital Recording Of 'Juke Box Hero' The set includes two audio discs - CD One: Acoustique: The Classics Unplugged and CD Two: Juke Box Heroes: Brand New Digital Recordings of Foreigner’s Greatest Hits and one live concert DVD: Live in Chicago (full track lists available below).
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Read the full interview at this location.įoreigner released a new three disc set, Feels Like The First Time, on September 20th through Razor & Tie. That's just the way I work, philosophically. I sing them on stage as they were recorded. And, if I try to do too much more than that, then it's just me messing up something that was really good.
These songs are so popular, because they were great songs with great melodies. I've been to far too many concerts where people decide that, because they're bored or want to show how good they are, they don't play anything that's even close to the originals.' And that bums me out. "When I go to concerts, I always want to listen to the music the way I learned to love it on the radio.
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