The Foreigner Song Lou Gramm Doesn’t Want Played at the Rock Hall

According
to

Lou
Gramm,

Foreigner
will
only
have
time
to
play
one
song
during
their

Rock
and
Roll
Hall
of
Fame
induction
–
and
he
says
the
wrong
track
has
been
chosen.

What
Lou
Gramm
Thinks
Foreigner
Will
Play
at
Rock
Hall
Induction

During
a
new

Rolling
Stone
interview,
it
was
suggested
to
Gramm
that
bands
often
get
a
three-song
set
during
induction
into
the
Rock
Hall.
But
the
singer
revealed
that
the
time
allotment
will
likely
cut
down.

“Here’s
the
thing.
I
was
first
told
we
could
play
two.
I
was
told
we
had
12
minutes
to
play.
And
I
heard
there’s
going
to
be
a
segment
of
the
introduction
where
people
like
Pete
Frampton
and
a
number
of
other
people
will
say
why
they
think
we
should
have
been
in,
and
how
glad
they
are
that
we
are”
explained
the
singer. “That’ll
leave
us
with
about
six
minutes
left,
so
I
heard
we’re
going
to
play
one
song.”

The
singer
then
confirmed
that
the
ballad “I
Want
to
Know
What
Love
Is”
was
the
choice,
and
that
he
wasn’t
necessarily
happy
about
playing
it.

Elsewhere
in
the
interview,
Gramm
addressed
the
song
as
being
a
double-edged
sword
that
brought
them
great
success,
but
started
to
define
the
group
as
a
soft-rock
band. “I
love
the
song,
but
it
pigeon-holed
us
into
something
that
we
were
not.
I
knew
that
influenced

Mick
[Jones]
enough
that
you
could
find
a
soft,
smushy
ballad
on
every
album
after
that,”
said
Gramm.

He
went
on
to
say
that
the
song
is
not
necessarily
representative
of
what
the
band
is
about
and
didn’t
feel
it
was “suitable”
for
being
their
lone
representation
going
into
the
Rock
Hall.

Foreigner, “I
Want
to
Know
What
Love
Is”

What
Would
Lou
Gramm
Like
to
See
Foreigner
Play
at
the
Rock
Hall?

Should
the
band
figure
out
how
to
get
a
second
song
in
their
allotted
time,
Gramm
feels
that
track
should
be “Juke
Box
Hero,”
the
Foreigner

4
song
that
was
always
a
live
fan
favorite.

He
explains, “I
think
that
the

of
people
saying
nice
things
about
us
could
be
whittled
down
to
two
minutes,
thus
giving
us
eight
minutes.
Eight
minutes
would
be
substantial
to
do
two
songs.
And
then
we
can
do ‘I
Want
to
Know
What
Love
Is’
and ‘Juke
Box
Hero.’
That
makes
perfect
sense.”

He
continues, “As
a
matter
of
fact,
we
could
even
edit ‘I
Want
to
Know
What
Love
Is’
and
cut
out
some
of
the
choruses
that
keep
going
at
the
end,
just
have
it
fade
out,
and
then
go
into
the
beginning
of ‘Juke
Box
Hero.’
I’d
be
totally
cool
with
that.”

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Gonna
Be
It’

Toward
the
end
of
the
interview,
Gramm
circled
back
to
the
idea
of
adding “Juke
Box
Hero,”
stating, “My
next
call
after
we’re
done
here
is
to
Foreigner’s
manager.
I’m
going
to
tell
him
how
I
think
we
can
do
two
songs
if
we
cut
down
the
segment
a
little
bit.
It’ll
still
be
a
classic
ballad
and
then
we
can
end
with
our
best
rocker.”

Foreigner, “Juke
Box
Hero”

The
2024
Rock
and
Roll
Hall
of
Fame
Induction
Ceremony

Time
will
tell
which
songs
Foreigner
are
able
to
perform
at
the
ceremony.
There’s
time
for
the
logistics
to
be
worked
out
ahead
of
the
Oct.
19
ceremony
at
Cleveland’s
Rocket
Mortgage
Fieldhouse.

The
band
will
be
inducted
alongside
a
class
that
includes

Ozzy
Osbourne,

Peter
Frampton,

The
Dave
Matthews
Band,

Cher,

Kool
and
the
Gang,

Mary
J.
Blige
and

A
Tribe
Called
Quest.
There
will
also
be
special
inductions
of

Jimmy
Buffett,

MC5,
Dionne
Warwick
and
Norman
Whitfield
through
the
Musical
Excellence
Awards.

The
2024
ceremony
will
once
again
stream
live
on
Disney+
with
a
special
airing
on
ABC
at
a
later
date
and
available
on
Hulu
the
following
day.