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Double Vision - Hockey
Topic Started: Apr 6 2006, 01:39 PM (108 Views)
smittyrules31
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Repeat a lie frequently enough....
Fascinating story...I never knew this. I was never a big fan of Foreigner anyway, but I'm not sure if this makes me like the song more or not.


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“A LOOK BACK …”
‘JD’ INSPIRES A ROCK SONG
by John Halligan


It was 12 months before the Rangers’ magical mystery ride through the 1979 playoffs, a spin that would take them to the Stanley Cup finals for only the third time in 30 years. Maybe it was a ‘vision’ of things to come the following year.
The month was April … the year was 1978 … the Rangers’ opponent was the Buffalo Sabres in the preliminary round of the playoffs.

Goaltender John Davidson was between the pipes for the Blueshirts as they hosted the Sabres at Madison Square Garden, down 1-0 in the best-of-three game series. It was during this second game – on April 13 – that Davidson, through no true actions of his own, inspired a rock song, “Double Vision,” by the group Foreigner – one of the hottest rock bands of that era. Coincidentally, some of the band’s members were also avid hockey fans … Sabres loyalists to boot.


During the action, Davidson was the recipient of a hard shot off his goalie mask by a Buffalo player, which shook the tall netminder for a few moments.
“To this day, I don’t even know who took the shot, but I had my bell rung pretty good, I can tell you that,” recalls JD.

Describing the action on television that night were Jim Gordon and Bill Chadwick, two of the most popular broadcasters in Rangers history. They talked about Davidson probably suffering from “double vision” after absorbing such a heavy blow. They probably even over-used the phrase. Some of the members of Foreigner, including frontman Lou Graham, were watching the game that night and, presto, they had a name for a song they were working on, “Double Vision.” It became one of the group’s biggest hits.


Foreigner released “Double Vision” a few months later, on June 20, 1978. The record was an instant hit with fans and ultimately reached multi-platinum status with six million albums sold.
In the end, the Rangers won Game Two (4-3 in overtime) but fell in the deciding third game in Buffalo. They did make hockey history that season, but the Blueshirts – namely Davidson – were certainly instrumental in shaping the history of rock-n-roll in 1978.


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