What if i said this list is not like the others?
What if I asked how the devil are you? How about we get on the list?
So I'm going to be listing my top 10 faves. I hope you like this list and the songs on them and if you have any other suggestions please comment or tag me on twitter @1stmetalgod.
10: Monkey Wrench
Grohl told Mojo magazine January 2010 this is about the disintegration of his marriage to photographer Jennifer Youngblood: "It's about living with someone and feeling like you're living in a fu--ing cell. And then I wound up getting a divorce," he said. Good entry to the top 10 is this fast energetic 1 in 10 song.
9: Arlandria
Arlandria is a town in Virginia where Dave said he lived when he moved back there, he also said Virginia is his mom's name so I think the "my sweet Virginia, I'm the same as I was in your arms" might be a double meaning. overall I think it's him kind of saying, I'm gonna be myself, if I'm not who you want me to be then back off. It hits hard and then slows but god is this a good one!
8: Times Like These
It's times like these I sit and think wow, Foo's have some class tracks haha. The lyrics discuss how Dave Grohl felt "like I wasn't entirely myself" during the three-month hiatus the Foo Fighters entered following the tense and unsatisfying first recording sessions for One by One, as well as his uncertainty about the future of the band. This one makes me feel nostalgic thinking of times with my friends.
7: Best Of You
I've got another confession to make this one is awesome. The song doesn't have to be confined to cliched songs about love and relationships, it's about "breaking free from things that confine you", as said by Dave Grohl. At the risk of sounding sentimental, it could be breaking free from the things in you that were holding you down, all the regrets, all the pain, that you may have felt, everything that which is holding down your full potential. Such an inspiring song, feels good man.
6: My Hero
Aim for the bushes because there goes my hero at number 6. Dave said "['My Hero' is] my way of saying that when I was young, I didn't have big rock heroes, I didn't want to grow up and be some big sporting hero. My heroes were ordinary people and the people that I have a lot of respect for are just solid everyday people - people you can rely on.". Honestly one of their best songs!
5: All My Life
Dave Grohl has said that this is about cunnilingus, which is the female equivalent of fellatio. Listen to the lyrics, and you'll hear the innuendoes: "I love it but I hate the taste," "Over and over down on my knees." "yeah this song is kinda dirty". Angsty tune for me love this makes me headbang and sing along as loud as i can cruising home.
4: Walk
I think it's about finally getting a shot at something and taking full advantage of it, living in the moment, embracing life, TRIUMPH! The best song from their hit album wasting light.
3: Everlong
Everlong was written against the background of the break-up of Dave Grohl's first marriage to photographer Jennifer Youngblood. Having returned home to Virginia for Christmas 1996, Grohl turned the initial riff into a complete song and wrote the lyrics after falling for a new woman, "That song's about a girl that I'd fallen in love with and it was basically about being connected to someone so much, that not only do you love them physically and spiritually, but when you sing along with them you harmonise perfectly." There was a girl I used to like and this song would make me cry a lot because I felt it was how my situation and feelings were for her.
2: The Pretender
Grohl revealed in an interview with the XFM Radio station that they put this song together in a day, while other tracks on the record took several weeks. In the same interview he alluded that the song referred to political unrest and people not getting what they're promised but would prefer people to have their own idea or interpretation. Such an anthem man, one of my all time faves.
1: Learn To Fly
My first time hearing Foo Fighters was with this song and it's one of my faves of theirs, comedic video and catchy great tune to boot. The music video for the song was directed by Jesse Peretz and won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video. The music video features the Foo and Tenacious D and it's a parody of Airplane basically so what could go wrong? First song and fave song from the Foo's for me.
Thanks for reading, that's my list, come back again for more blogs and top 10s and all other assorted bits and bobs to make you laugh and make you think.
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