Do you know any background info about this track? This particular LP was released with two different catalog numbers, The original released in 1975 was released as BR 6959. Awaiting Repress. Check out the tab » Fool For The City: Jam Along; Congrats on a WONDERFUL site!-Sue. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. I find it quite easy (so far!) $34.99. Fool for the City is the fifth studio album by English rock band Foghat, released on September 15, 1975. They yell out, "Hey! Fool for the City is the fifth studio album by English rock band Foghat, released on September 15, 1975. to navigate, and found the "where do I start" to be very helpful! Reviews There are no reviews yet. Although featured in the photograph on the back cover of the album, Jameson is not known to have toured with Foghat in support of the album. It was written by the band's frontman Dave Peverett, who also wrote their hit "Slow Ride" from the same album. I love New York's Finest. Boogie music-inspired hard rockers Foghat started off as an idea held by musicians Roger Earl and Lonesome Dave Peverett when they first toured America in the late-, Long, Long Way From Home (Single/LP Version), Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. This was their first platinum album and features, along with the title track, their signature song "Slow Ride". I LOVE the forum, too. The title track kicks things off in classic Lonesome Dave style, with a dopey, yet personable tale about a dude who prefers the action of the city to boring country life. They're looking at us and they wind the window down. I find it quite easy (so far!) Watch the video for Fool for the City from Foghat's Slow Ride and Other Hits for free, and … Anyway, we lift up the manhole cover and I'm sitting on a box. Almost immediately a couple of New York's Finest come by in their patrol car. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1975 Vinyl release of "Fool For The City" on Discogs. Fool For The City achievement in Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2: Completed "Operation Siberian Strike" - worth 10 Gamerscore. [E] Fool for the city [CCC] [A] Fool for the city [DDD] [E] Breathin' all the clean air [ EEE ] [ EEE ] Sittin' in the sun [ EEE ] [ EEE ] When I get my train fare [ EEE ] [ EEE ] I get up and run [ EEE ] [ EEE ] Start the wiki, Goin' to the city, got you on my mind,Country sure is pretty, I'll leave it all behind,This is my decision, I'm comin' home to stay this…. and then start laughing. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm. Listen free to Foghat – Fool for the City (Fool for the City, My Babe and more). Published: Apr. Mastered from the Original Tapes for Explosive Sound. Foghat's first platinum album, Fool For the City is classic meat-and-potatoes '70s rock with killer slide-guitar solos, crunchy leads, driving rhythms, and soaring vocals! We have an official Fool For The City tab made by UG professional guitarists. The back cover features skeptical bystanders observing Earl's unusual activity and the other members of the band either asking him what he is doing or trying to dissuade him from it. I'm getting there!! Foghat - Fool for the City 180g LP . Lyrics and music composed by David Peverett. Fool for the City is the fifth album by rock band Foghat. Some user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. Don't be the fool! 7 tracks (35:49). Congrats on a WONDERFUL site! I'm getting there!! Their first platinum album, Fool for the City, was released in 1975, producing. I've never been one to use forums, but the GT forum is full of great people and helpful information at ALL levels! In a 2014 interview, Earl explained how the picture was taken:[1]. Topics foghat live. Moderately Fast q = 140 Guitar & bass tablature PDF transcribed by Jeff Perrin. Fool for the City is a raunchy party album, to the extreme. fool for the city by gregory. This MoFi remaster of "Fool For the City" is an exception to the above. Fool For The City: Jam Along; Congrats on a WONDERFUL site!-Sue. A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. I LOVE the forum, too. Find guides to this achievement here. (KGNS) By Justin Reyes. It was written by the band's frontman Dave Peverett, who also wrote their hit "Slow Ride" from the same album.Peverett died of cancer in 2000 at age 56. Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile. You got a fishing license?" Dave Peverett - Knee Trembler Music - ascap / Goin' to the city, got you on Goin' to the city, got you on my mind, Country sure is pretty, I'll leave it all behind, This is my decision, I'm comin' home to stay this time. Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. The hit single turned the British band into stars over night and catapulted 1975's Fool for the City up the charts. ! It has been way overplayed on the radio and drags on for too long without doing anything interesting. So they come over and say, "What the fuck are you doing?" I've never been one to use forums, but the GT forum is full of great people and helpful information at ALL levels! comment. This was also the first album the band recorded after the departure of founding member, Tony Stevens, and featured producer Nick Jameson on bass and keyboards, who also co-wrote the album's closing track, "Take It or Leave It", with Dave Peverett. "Interview with Roger Earl from Foghat: Still A Fool For The City", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fool_for_the_City&oldid=1000425039, Short description is different from Wikidata, Album articles lacking alt text for covers, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz release group identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, "What a Shame" / "Hole to Hide In" (Jun 72), "Long Way to Go" / "Ride, Ride, Ride" (Feb 74), "That'll Be the Day" / "Wild Cherry" (May 74), "I Just Want to Make Love to You" (live) / "Fool for the City" (live) (Jan 78), "Third Time Lucky" (First Time I Was a Fool)" / "Love in Motion" (Nov 79), "Third Time Lucky" (First Time I Was a Fool)" / "Somebody's Been Sleepin' in My Bed" (Mar 80), "Stranger in My Home Town" / "Be My Woman" (Jul 80), "Live Now - Pay Later" / "Love Zone" (Aug 81), "Slipped, Tripped, Fell in Love" / "And I Do Just What I Want" (Oct 82), "Seven Day Weekend" / "That's What Love Can Do" (Jul 83), This page was last edited on 15 January 2021, at 01:43. They took some pictures with them handcuffing me. 1. Foghat - Fool for the City 180g LP . "Fool For The City" is the title track from the album of the same name released by Foghat in 1975. Peverett died of cancer in 2000 at age 56. to navigate, and found the "where do I start" to be very helpful! This was their first platinum album and features, along with the title track, their signature song "Slow Ride". This remaster is a little more laid back ("warm" sounding). Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Fool for the city Mother Nature ain’t fooling us with these cooler temperatures. "Fool For The City" is the title track from the album of the same name released by Foghat in 1975. Foghat recorded their first, self-titled album for Bearsville Records, with Todd Rundgren and Dave Edmunds each producing tracks. That give the guitars a little less "bite" or "edge" and pushes Dave's vocals slightly further back in the mix. Fool for the city bass by Foghat with chords drawings, easy version, 12 key variations and much more. Bassist Craig MacGregor was recruited shortly after the albums's release. $34.99. 524 Views . I'm a fool for the city, I'm a fool for the city I ain't no country boy, I'm just a homesick man I'm gonna hit the grit just as fast as I can I'll get off on Main Street, step into the crowd, Sidewalk under my feet, yeah, traffic's good and loud When I see my inner city child, I'll be walkin' on a cloud 'Cause I'm a fool for the city… Some songs are so ingrained in our consciousness that they are immediately identifiable upon hearing one or two notes. All issues from 1978 -1984 used this catalog number. This was also the first album the band recorded after the departure of founding member, Tony Stevens, and featured producer Nick Jameson on bass and keyboards, who also co-wrote the album's closing track, "Take It or Leave It", with Dave Peverett. It was a Sunday morning and I hadn't slept. ! Fool For The City is a song by Foghat from the album Fool For The City. Go directly to shout page. Sku: MFSL1-295. And the music feels like a bunch of loud, screeching hot rods on dark pavement, leaving tire tracks. Share. This 1970s rock album–related article is a stub. Quantity. Read or print original Fool For The City lyrics 2021 updated! Sku: MFSL1-295. Congrats on a WONDERFUL site! Although featured in the photograph on the back cover of the al… Be the first one to write a review. 'Cause I'm a fool for the city, I'm a fool for the city, We're like, "Oh shit." The album cover shows drummer Roger Earl sitting alone on a soap box fishing down a manhole in the middle of East 11th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenue) in New York City, near the address of Foghat's American office. foghat live Addeddate 2009-11-13 21:18:12 Identifier FoolForTheCity. plus-circle Add Review. [...] It was Nick Jameson's idea [...] since I have this penchant for fishing. 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