I've been toying around with the idea for an exhibition based on songs...more on the later. Tonight Rage programed Everlong by the Foo Fighters and it reminded me of the time I saw the Foo Fighters in Sydney, many years ago. The band left the stage and Dave Grohl played Everlong, an acoustic version. It was so beautiful I cried.
It is probably most uncool to like the Foo Fighters, but I love their earlier albums. I think Dave Grohl often writes beautiful lyrics, and they are songs I'm prone to play over and over. I haven't really listened to any of their new stuff, except for that terrible double album with the Best of You on it. Now there is one Foo Fighters song I just can't listen to anymore. The song is great, and I watched that video and played that song over and over again during a particularly difficult time in my life. It has such a strong association with that period that I'll do everything I can to avoid that song.
I just tested that, and got to about 30 seconds of the video clip. Maybe one day?
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I like the early albums too---anything before their "AIDS isn't real" advocacy.
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I didn't realise that was their views....really? Dang.
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