To install click the Add extension button. That's it.

The source code for the WIKI 2 extension is being checked by specialists of the Mozilla Foundation, Google, and Apple. You could also do it yourself at any point in time.

How to transfigure the Wikipedia

Would you like Wikipedia to always look as professional and up-to-date? We have created a browser extension. It will enhance any encyclopedic page you visit with the magic of the WIKI 2 technology.

Try it — you can delete it anytime.

Install in 5 seconds
4,5
Kelly Slayton
Congratulations on this excellent venture… what a great idea!
Alexander Grigorievskiy
I use WIKI 2 every day and almost forgot how the original Wikipedia looks like.
Live Statistics
English Articles
Improved in 24 Hours
Added in 24 Hours
Languages
Recent
Show all languages
What we do. Every page goes through several hundred of perfecting techniques; in live mode. Quite the same Wikipedia. Just better.
Great Wikipedia has got greater.
.
Leo
Newton
Brights
Milds

Blue Morning, Blue Day

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Blue Morning, Blue Day"
Single by Foreigner
from the album Double Vision
B-side"I Have Waited So Long"
ReleasedDecember 1978 (1978-12) (US)
January 1979 (UK)[1]
Recorded1978
GenreHard rock
Length3:08
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Lou Gramm, Mick Jones
Producer(s)Keith Olsen, Mick Jones, Ian McDonald
Foreigner singles chronology
"Double Vision"
(1978) 		"Blue Morning, Blue Day"
(1978) 		"Love Has Taken Its Toll"
(1979)
Blue vinyl issue
Limited edition release
Music video
"Blue Morning, Blue Day" on YouTube

"Blue Morning, Blue Day" is a song written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones that was first released as the third single on Foreigner's second album, Double Vision, reaching #15 on the Hot 100, the band's sixth top 40 single in two years, and #45 in the U.K.[2][3] The song was backed with the Mick Jones song "I Have Waited So Long". "Blue Morning, Blue Day" is also available as downloadable content for the Rock Band series and was released on clear blue vinyl.

YouTube Encyclopedic

  • 1/5
    Views:
    1 261 387
    931 740
    862
    35 278
    231 617
  • Foreigner - Blue Morning, Blue Day (Official Music Video)
  • Blue Morning, Blue Day
  • Blue Morning Blue Day Foreigner Starflight Album 5
  • Foreigner - Blue Morning, Blue Day
  • Foreigner - Blue Morning Blue Day

Transcription

Background

Gramm said about the song, "It talks about a young musician that's burning the candle at both ends. He has a lot on his mind, and walks the street at night."[4] Classic Rock critic Malcolm Dome described the theme as a "tale of a musician who’s caught in a mental trap of his own making, and is desperate to break out of his misery."[5] Blue is used as a metaphor for misery. The color was later in a different context on Gramm's 1987 solo hit "Midnight Blue". Gramm also stated that the song "came about a little later in the sessions. It was a dark horse track and the mood of it was dark, but the story of the song was so cool that it ended up being the third single from the album. We still play it to this day, both my band and Mick and his band."[6]

St. Joseph News-Press critic Conrad Bibens described the lyrics as being "straight-forward reflections on love," as with many of the songs on Double Vision and in this case expressing "amazement that [things are] going awry."[7] Ultimate Classic Rock critic Matt Wardlaw describes the song as being about a "tangled relationship" reaching its breaking point and culminating with the singer telling his lover "Well, honey don't telephone / 'Cause I won't be alone / I need someone to make me feel better."[8] Jones has rated it one of his 11 favorite Foreigner songs, stating that it "signified the slightly dark and tense atmosphere that [Jones] felt was a very important part of our directions."[9] The Record critic Rick Atkinson claims that "Blue Morning, Blue Day" repeats the guitar and keyboard sound that made earlier Foreigner single "Cold as Ice" successful.[10] Rolling Stone critic Ken Tucker praised Gramm's vocal performance as a "charming" "McCartney-like coo."[11]

Reception

Billboard praised the "tasty guitar work," "punchy arrangement" and "strong vocals" on the song.[12] Cash Box said that it has "majestic guitar lines, piano insistence and slapping drum beat," as well as "a rising guitar solo and solid lead and backing vocals" and maracas.[13] Record World said that "Lou Gramm's vocals are penetrating."[14] Pittsburgh Press critic Pete Bishop cited "Blue Morning, Blue Day" as representing what's good about Foreigner by "[blending] hearty rock, strong melody and arty touches."[15]

Wardlaw rated "Blue Morning, Blue Day" as Foreigner's 9th greatest song.[8] Dome rated it as Foreigner's 5th most underrated song, praising the "claustrophobic atmosphere, the "slowly swelling rhythms," and Jones' lead guitar playing.[5] Stereo Review critic Joel Vance found it similar to the 1967 Lovin' Spoonful song "Six O'Clock.[16]

Personnel

Additional musicians

Chart performance

References

  1. ^ "The Great Rock Discography". p. 301.
  2. ^ a b "Foreigner Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  3. ^ a b "Foreigner singles". The Official Chart Company. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  4. ^ "Lou Gramm : Songwriter Interviews". Songfacts.com. 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
  5. ^ a b Dome, Malcolm. "The Top 10 Most Underrated Foreigner Songs". Classic Rock. Louder Sound. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  6. ^ Woods, James (July 16, 2018). "Interview: Lou Gramm discusses Foreigner reunion at Sturgis to celebrate 40th anniversary of 'Double Vision'". AXS. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  7. ^ Bibens, Conrad (July 8, 1978). "Foreigner's second not quite as good". St. Joseph News-Press. p. 12. Retrieved 2020-06-26 – via newspapers.com.
  8. ^ a b Wardlaw, Matt. "Top 10 Foreigner Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  9. ^ "Mick Jones' 11 Favourite Foreigner Songs". Classic Rock. Louder Sound. April 26, 2017. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  10. ^ Atkinson, Rick (July 23, 1978). "Cashing in on a musical formula". The Record. p. E-14. Retrieved 2020-06-26 – via newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Tucker, Ken (September 7, 1978). "Double Vision". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  12. ^ "Top Single Picks" (PDF). Billboard Magazine. December 16, 1978. p. 80. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  13. ^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. December 9, 1978. p. 22. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  14. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. December 9, 1978. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  15. ^ Bishop, Pete (October 17, 1979). "Foreigner Outstanding, but Audience Sparse". Pittsburgh Press. p. B-8. Retrieved 2022-06-21 – via newspapers.com.
  16. ^ Vance, Joel (October 1978). "Double Vision". Stereo Review. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  17. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-10-19. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
  18. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.

External links

This page was last edited on 23 May 2024, at 09:24
Basis of this page is in Wikipedia. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported License. Non-text media are available under their specified licenses. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. WIKI 2 is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wikimedia Foundation.
Contact WIKI 2
Introduction
Terms of Service
Privacy Policy