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The first album by the American band Foo Fighters, led by former Nirvana member Dave Grohl, who make their entrance into the music scene with this self-titled work.
Released in 1995, a year after Kurt Cobain's death, it showcases Dave Grohl's strength in creating another musical project shortly after the loss of a former bandmate and close friend, with whom he managed to create a genre and a lifestyle, "grunge".
It was not easy to pick up the instruments again so soon, but good old Dave did it (enlisting a drummer, a bassist, and a guitarist with him on vocals and lead guitar) by creating the Foo Fighters. The sound of this debut is quite hard, which is immediately evident from the first two tracks, "This is a call" and "I'll stick around", before breaking the rhythm with "Big me", a ballad just 2'12" long..."Floaty" was certainly the basis for the writing of "My Hero", which appears on the album "The colour and the shape". Traces of punk rock can be found in "Good grief" and "Wattershed", but on the whole, the album highlights that grunge imprint inherited from Nirvana, and it couldn't be otherwise...
What this CD definitely lacks are some memorable solos...the only one worth mentioning is in the final part of "Oh, George". However, the highest point for Dave & Co. is reached with the final track, "Exhausted", in my opinion, the best song among the 12 present.
It has long been said that in this album, all parts (bass, guitar, drums) were played by Dave Grohl, but I have yet to find reliable sources about this...
So far, this remains the best chapter in the history of the Foo Fighters, despite the massive commercial success coming only 4 years later, in 1999, with "There is nothing left to lose". Surely, this group hasn't invented anything new, but these 44 minutes are very worthwhile, listen to believe...
Tracklist and Lyrics
01 Winnebago (04:15)
able bodied, chew the word
cop to plenty, sell the tour
split the moment, seal the sheet
take the hemlock, beg to see
feed the lawn from the palms of their hands
never holding, to a pole
winnebago, we were one
hold in wonder, spoke and wheel
she divorces, party zeal
daddy loves little son, no demand
able bodied, chew the word
cop to plenty, sell the tour
split the moment, seal the sheet
take the hemlock, beg to see
crawl along, lookin'up 'til you stand
02 Podunk (03:06)
Power is as sacred to that they never even teach
only if it's black or white see the challenges
open eyes are broken if you'd just consider me
cut you loose, I feel like I gotta gotta go!..
find a(n) answer help yourself
find a(n) answer help yourself
whatever kind of phony body chewed it through the night
soda is left to block away the case of broken heart
spit out fast for fun for it's the only way to win
take my breathe come back inside, oh I gotta gotta go!
I got the answer help yourself
find any answer help yourself
help yourself, help yourself, help yourself...
03 How I Miss You (04:56)
How i miss you
How i miss you
How i miss you
I should never call
How i hope that you still miss me
Did I lose you?
Did I lose you?
Did I lose you?
Somewhere down the line
Hide and seek's alright if i find....
Do you miss me,
Like i miss you
If you miss me,
Never go away
Hopefully... you'll come stay someday
If you're leaving,
come back soon
Thats not easy to say
I will wait here,
and dream of you
all alone as i ache
Did I lose you?
Did I lose you?
Did I lose you?
Somewhere down the line
Hide and seek's alright if i find....
Do you miss me,
Like i miss you
If you miss me,
Never go away
Hopefully... you'll come stay someday
If you're leaving,
come back soon
Thats not easy to say
I will wait here,
and dream of you
all alone as i ache
How i miss you
How i miss you
How i miss you
I should never call
How i hope that you still miss me
04 Ozone (04:18)
I'm the kind of
guy who likes feelin'
high Feelin' high and dry,
and I really like to fly
I'm your kinda guy, girl
I'm not too shy
And I want you to fly,
so I think you oughta try
Ozone, ozone, ozone, ozone
I'm your kinda guy and
I'm not too shy
Feelin' high and
dry, and I want you to be mine
So I think it's time,
girl, to start feeling fine
Feeling good all the time,
so I think you oughta try
Ozone, ozone, ozone, ozone
Now I'm the kinda guy who
likes getting high
Getting high and dry, and
I do it all the time
If you think it's a crime and
you don't wanna try
Something that'll make you high,
then I think I'll say goodbye
'Cos I'm the kind of guy who likes
getting high
Getting high and dry, and
I do it all the time
Now I'm much too high, I am
high and dry
And I'm feelin' fine, I'm feelin'
good all of the time... (to fade)
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