Foo Fighters are an American rock band formed by musician Dave Grohl in 1995. The group is named after the World War II term "foo fighter", used to refer to mysterious aerial phenomena. "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace" is the sixth album by the Foo Fighters, set for release on September 25, 2007. "The Pretender" is the first single released from the record and the expansive video is playing around the world as we speak.
The song starts with a mellow guitar intro but after about 30 seconds, it kicks into high gear and becomes a Foo Fighters classic. The sound is a mix of old and new, rocking as ever a lead single should be, its still not quite a creation from the "Colour and the Shape" years.
The video was directed by Sam Brown. It consists of the band performing the song in a large aircraft hanger, with a white floor and many halogen strip lights on the ceiling. Behind the band is a large red screen, which is thick and solid. The band is then faced by what appears to be a riot police officer, who stands behind a black line on the floor, around 30 feet or so from the band. As the song progresses, he is joined by more riot police officers, and a panning shot shows us that to his left, the numbers on the officers' vests descend all the way to "01".
During a quiet part late in the song, the video slows down as the officers charge at the band. Just as the band repeats the song's louder chorus, the view suddenly erupts in a torrent of red liquid, as the large red screen behind the band explodes, flushing away the enforcers.
Why am I posting this? yeh im a huge fan of the "Foos" but this song screams "Protest". Its almost as if, after hearing that their music was used without their consent during pro Republican / Bush rallies of the 2004 election year, Dave Grohl has woken up to the power the band holds and what difference they can make. being a huge supporter of Gore, his ethics and concerns, Dave is finally pissed off enough to make music reflecting this need to stand up against the system, and to get things back on track, environmentally, politically, and socially. The lyrics speak for themselves.
FOO FIGHTERS: THE PRETENDER
Keep you in the dark
You know they all pretend
Keep you in the dark
And so it all began
Send in your skeletons
Sing as their bones go marching in... Again
The need you buried deep
The secrets that you keep are ever ready
Are you ready?
I'm finished making sense
Done pleading ignorance
That whole defense
What if I say I'm not like the others?
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
You're the pretender
What if I say I will never surrender?
I'm the voice inside your head
You refuse to hear
I'm the face that you have to face
Mirrored in your stare
I'm what's left, I'm what's right
I'm the enemy
I'm the hand that will take you down
Bring you to your knees
So who are you?
Yeah, who are you?
Yeah, who are you?
FOO FIGHTERS: background
FOO'S BILLBOARD ARTICLE: new album talk
WHATS A FOO FIGHTERS?
INVISIBLE CREATURE: agency designing the artwork for the album and singles
SAM BROWN: music video director
FULL LYRICS
psst. Foo Fighters are scheduled to return to Australia in DEC. mmm BDO? or will that be left to Rage Against The Machine? who knows, but with TOOL returning as well its gonna be a big summer. ahhhh back to work. Miguel, book me a room.
FULL VIDEO: click to watch.
3 comments:
Woo Foo!!
hehe killer band. good effort of a song too! they dont seem to make crappy songs.
as for RATM i wonder if theyre coming to perth!? and tool would be great to go and see. ive not seen them yet! for one reason or another ive managed not be able to make it to their shows =\
perhaps this year will be different?
they are basically the only 2 bands of my list that ive not seen live before!
cant wait!
D
Yup i think RATM and the Smashing Pumpkins ver 2.38 will headline the BDO this year. ... you heard it here first lol.
as for Tool, well i see a DEC tour, maybe end of NOV, with only BRIS, SYD, MELB shows unless they play some shitty Perth venue or Burswood. cant see that happening...
so as usual, im seeing them over East. wish they would announce the tour so i could by cheap airline tickets NOW :) .... am i insane? life is short.
S.
PS. i love watching the quicktime clip of the pretender and going slow mo thru the frames to watch the CG in place. short but effective. ... should be loud speakered over the APEC summit in Sydney.
mmm RATM BDO :D
sounds simply great! i will go just for that i think.
if tool do come i will go. only because i havent ever seen them aaaand i dont exactly have the funds to go over east to see them... i just bought a house! hehe crazyiness i tell you!
and im sure a show in perth cant be that bad. just not as good perhaps?! hehe
D
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