OT - Gramm still has it

by **StoneCold** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:43 am

If you use Firefox (or ie7), play this link in a background tab. That way you only judge based on sound not vision. Gramm sounds awesome on it.

Live Lou Gramm 06/08
I Want To Know What Love Is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3PXGqvl4dI

Note to TNC, thanks for linking this in the Foreigner forum.

by **Johnny Mohawk** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:48 am

Any news on a release date for his new album?

by **StoneCold** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:52 am

Johnny Mohawk wrote:Any news on a release date for his new album?

*** CD RELEASE Saturday May 30 - Charlotte, NC ***

http://www.lougramm.com/

by **weatherman90** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:54 am

He sounded very good in that clip, better than other recordings I've heard. I would definitely go to a show if it was nearby.

by **JRNYFan** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:55 am

I personally have a hard time listening to him now. He doesn't sound anything close to Lou Gramm as we know it.

by **Jana** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:57 am

Glad to see he's doing so much better. His voice is sounding really great compared to the last clip I saw of him.

by **Don** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:58 am

StoneCold wrote:If you use Firefox (or ie7), play this link in a background tab. That way you only judge based on sound not vision. Gramm sounds awesome on it.

Live Lou Gramm 06/08
I Want To Know What Love Is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3PXGqvl4dI

Note to TNC, thanks for linking this in the Foreigner forum.

I know he's your boy and If Foreigner was doing a farewell tour I would like to see him with them as much as Perry with Journey if it was a one off to sail into the sunset, but he is just dying when i listen to this.

by **SusieP** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:00 am

Sounds better than the last clip we had on here - but I think he really should retire. I would rather remember his voice as it was.

I want to give him a hug though because I can understand why he doesn't want to hang up the mic.

God Bless you Lou.
xxx

by **JRNYFan** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:00 am

Gunbot wrote:
StoneCold wrote:If you use Firefox (or ie7), play this link in a background tab. That way you only judge based on sound not vision. Gramm sounds awesome on it.

Live Lou Gramm 06/08
I Want To Know What Love Is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3PXGqvl4dI

Note to TNC, thanks for linking this in the Foreigner forum.

I know he's your boy and If Foreigner was doing a farewell tour I would like to see him with them as much as Perry with Journey if it was a one off to sail into the sunset, but he is just dying when i listen to this.

Exactly. Whenever I hear a Gramm clip these days, I have to shut it off within a minute.

by **The_Noble_Cause** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:10 am

This whole show is actually a huge improvement over what Lou passes for singing these days.
Tho when placed head-to-head with vinatge Gramm it def. comes up short.
Apparently Lou thought this was a particularly strong night - as the person who uploaded the footage claims he was contacted by the band and instructed to mail the footage for future promotional use.

by **StoneCold** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:11 am

I know he's had a lot of difficulty since the surgery but in this clip, I hear shades of his former self. Sounds like an older aged Gramm.

Definitely don't think he should hang it up if he can sound at least like this consistently.

by **KenTheDude** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:20 am

Kinda sounds a little bit like the dude on Neal's Piranha Blues CD.

by **MidNightTrain** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:15 am

JRNYFan wrote:
Gunbot wrote:
StoneCold wrote:If you use Firefox (or ie7), play this link in a background tab. That way you only judge based on sound not vision. Gramm sounds awesome on it.

Live Lou Gramm 06/08
I Want To Know What Love Is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3PXGqvl4dI

Note to TNC, thanks for linking this in the Foreigner forum.

I know he's your boy and If Foreigner was doing a farewell tour I would like to see him with them as much as Perry with Journey if it was a one off to sail into the sunset, but he is just dying when i listen to this.

Exactly. Whenever I hear a Gramm clip these days, I have to shut it off within a minute.

I think it is sad, not the Lou Gramm that I want to remember. Perry and Gramm had the most powerful and soulful voices in their day. Perry is doing the right thing by staying away and hope that he will never be tempted to try.

by **NealIsGod** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:56 am

I saw Gramm back in August at a show called "Forty Years Ago Today". Lou Gramm, Todd Rundgren, Christopher Cross, Denny Lane and Bo Bice (ugh) performed the Sgt. Pepper album in its entirety. Plus they played 3 or 4 of their own songs. Gramm sounded horrible. I felt bad for the guy.

by **Peartree12249** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:08 am

I agree that Gramm sounds better than the last clip I saw. That being said, this was a good example of why I don't go to see rock bands from my youth. It makes me sad to see and hear how time has taken its toll as it does with all of us. As much as I'd love to hear Perry again, it would break my heart to see him as a shadow of his former self. If he's not at least as good as he was on FTLOSM and TBF I'd rather just watch the old videos and remember him as he was when he was great. IMO that's why he won't ever sing again.

by **Carla777** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:27 am

he seem to had a hard work for sing...definitly he don't have the beautiful voice anymore

..but he sound much better in this clip altough

by **Andrew** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:35 am

Awful. And I adore the guy...

by **G.I.Jim** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:45 am

Andrew wrote:Awful. And I adore the guy...

Have you heard any of his new tracks Andrew? I'm dying to hear them, because I know he's going to sound a LOT better in the studio than he does live.

by **finalfight** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:45 am

That started out really bad but got better as it went on.

Love Gramm's solo work and it's a shame to see him in a diminished capacity even if he is slowly improving.

by **Andrew** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:06 am

G.I.Jim wrote:
Andrew wrote:Awful. And I adore the guy...

Have you heard any of his new tracks Andrew? I'm dying to hear them, because I know he's going to sound a LOT better in the studio than he does live.

Last studio track I heard from Lou was 2006/7 and I didn't recognize the voice at all.

by **Michigan Girl** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:10 am

awwww, definitely struggling!! :cry:

by **StoneCold** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:18 am

Andrew wrote:Awful. And I adore the guy...

You're a hard marker. The only place I'd say "awful" is at 4:36 when he goes for the patented Gramm yell and there's just no gas in the tank.

As long as he doesn't try for the high notes, it seems pretty decent. His voice still has that warmth to it.

by **Andrew** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:23 am

Take a listen to the original or any live performance of it from the 80s....

by **StoneCold** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:26 am

Andrew wrote:Take a listen to the original or any live performance of it from the 80s....

IWTKWLI - Live at Deer Creek
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVjocvTg ... =1&index=3

by **Andrew** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:45 am

StoneCold wrote:
Andrew wrote:Take a listen to the original or any live performance of it from the 80s....

IWTKWLI - Live at Deer Creek
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVjocvTg ... =1&index=3

My point exactly. Warm sultry vocal...perfect Lou.

by **weatherman90** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:05 pm

StoneCold wrote:
Andrew wrote:Awful. And I adore the guy...

You're a hard marker. The only place I'd say "awful" is at 4:36 when he goes for the patented Gramm yell and there's just no gas in the tank.

As long as he doesn't try for the high notes, it seems pretty decent. His voice still has that warmth to it.

I give him credit for trying, not sure I would call it "awful". You're hard to please, Andrew!

by **Aaron** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:59 pm

Here is Lou at his best: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM1vZLh2RrQ

It's better than the Fab Four IMHO.

Lou sounds a lot better than a couple of years ago but still doesn't sound like his former self. :cry:

by **The_Noble_Cause** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:06 pm

Andrew wrote:Awful. And I adore the guy...

Only if you're measuring it to the impossible standard set by Lou himself - and even then, it's not total shit.
In fact, of all the recent performances floating out there, this is the best I've heard him.

by **G.I.Jim** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:09 pm

Check him out singing "Stairway To Heaven"! This is freaking incredible!!! Man I miss this voice.

I hope there's at least a passing resemblance to this when he comes out with his new album. I'll support him either way...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWKZekhh ... re=related

by **DracIsBack** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:16 pm

StoneCold wrote:If you use Firefox (or ie7), play this link in a background tab. That way you only judge based on sound not vision. Gramm sounds awesome on it.

Live Lou Gramm 06/08
I Want To Know What Love Is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3PXGqvl4dI

Note to TNC, thanks for linking this in the Foreigner forum.

He's really doing better at this than in other performances I've seen! Nice to see fighting his way back!

MR

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