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Rating: Answer this simple question: What do you think is the greatest catastrophe that humanity has ever faced?
A- The barbarian invasions
B- The Black Plague
C- World War II
The correct answer is..... NONE OF THESE!!!
In fact, the most terrible disaster that the earth's population has ever faced (and unfortunately is not yet overcome) is having to listen to the singing performances of Dave Grohl. This young fellow, after an anonymous youth as "the long-haired drummer" of Nirvana, saw his quiet world collapse with the untimely departure of the late Cobain, and struck by divine (or perhaps "alcohol-induced"?) light, decided to form a band, a band that would conquer the world (but I say... the universe!!!) on the wings of his music, with him finally elevated to the primary role of Singer-Guitarist.
The lad with his super-mega-ultra band (The "Foo Fighters"... aaah what a powerful name!!!) churns out album after album, which reach my own ears only through the singles that every year flooded the radio; songs like "Everlong", "Monkey Wrench", "Learning To Fly"... etc., all quite enjoyable stuff but none that drove me to shell out cash to purchase the various "Works" of this new Mozart.
And here we are at the annus Horribilis: 2002. From the radios spread across the plains, a cry of fear: "The new Foo Fighters album is coming...." The undersigned is not too bothered, but hearing the first single, "All My Life", thinks: "Wow, look at the long-haired guy... he's managed to pull off something decent", and such reflection turns to astonishment when the second single, "Times like These", also earns my appreciation, which in turn becomes dismay when the third single (Wow!! three singles that I like!!!, by Dave Grohl; the OUTCAST!!!), "Low", is released. At that point, the lazy listener conjures a thought: "Damn, what if this is the good Foo Fighters album?... Everyone deserves a chance..." IDIOT.
I eagerly pop in the cd and what do I discover? THAT THIS "ALBUM" IS THE USUAL FOO FIGHTERS CRAP!!! After "All My Life" and "Low" (the only two songs that deviate a bit from Grohl's classic cliché, especially "Low", which however is greatly influenced by his experience with QOTSA; probably the only good thing he did in his mediocre life after '94), we already fall into oblivion with the insipid "Have it All", followed closely by "Times Like These" (which by then I was already starting to get sick of) and by the classic Grohlerian alternation of "Moaning with guitar background" and "Repeated chorus screamed to death with a soundtrack suitable for an American teen TV series", the only exception being the sufficiently interesting (but nothing transcendental) "Lonely As You". You cannot deny the guy is also charming (but if he wants, there are many jobs for charming people, e.g., The Clown) and that he puts his heart on stage every time, but that doesn't mean I have to suffer through his displays of incompetence.
It is clear that the subject suffers irreparably from some sort of "Hunger for Fame" (Seeing as he practically never stands still, with his fingers in half the rock world's pie; Probot, QOTSA and lately even NIN), which is detrimental to humanity as a whole since everything he touches withers away (Damn!!! Try listening to "Getting Smaller" on With Teeth by NIN; Trent Reznor already ran out of creative juice, add an idiot next to him...).
If he really wants to make history, let him kill a U.S. president (perhaps the current one) or become a Serial Killer... I don't know... as long as he doesn't bother us!!!, because for now what he's left inside of us can be summed up in a Statement-Quote: "Nothing grows from Foo Fighters, from manure grows Dave Grohl... "
PS: I don't care if someone might be offended by what I've written, because for me (And I repeat "for me") the only being that comes close to Dave Grohl is the vulture, as both derive sustenance from rotting carcasses (Whether it's a dead gazelle or the remains of Lemmy from Motorhead makes no difference), and not content, he continues to churn out his own stuff like the "wonderful" "In your Honor", or it would be better to say "In your ANUS".....
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 All My Life (04:23)
All my life I've been searching for somethin'
Somethin' never comes, never leads to nothin'
Nothin' satisfies, but I'm getting close
Closer to the prize at the end of the rope
All night long I dream of the day,
When it comes around, and it's taken away
Leaves me with the feelin' that I feel the most
I feel it come to life when I see your ghost
Come down don't you resist
You have such a delicate wrist
And if I give it a twist
Something to hold when I lose my grip
Will I find something in that
So give me just what I need
Another reason to bleed
One by one hidden up my sleeve, one by one hidden up my sleeve
Hey, don't let it go to waste
I love it but I hate that taste
Weight keeping me down
Hey, don't let it go to waste
I love it but I hate that taste
Weight keeping me down
Will I find the believer?
Another one who believes
Another one to deceive
Over and over down on my knees
If I get any closer
And if you open up wide
And if you let me inside
On and on I got nothing to hide, on and on I got nothing to hide
Hey, don't let it go to waste
I love it but I hate that taste
Weight keeping me down
Hey, don't let it go to waste
I love it but I hate that taste
Weight keeping me down
All my life I've been searching for somethin'
Somethin' never comes, never leads to nothin'
Nothin' satisfies, but I'm getting close
Closer to the prize at the end of the rope
All night long I dream of the day
When it comes around and it's taken away
Leaves me with the feelin' that I feel the most
Feel it come to life when I see your ghost
And I'm done, done onto the next one
Done, done and I'm onto the next one
Done, done and I'm onto the next one
Done, done and I'm onto the next one
Done, done and I'm onto the next one
Done, done and I'm onto the next one
Done, done and I'm onto the next one
Done, I'm done and I'm onto the next
Done, done onto the next one!
Done, I'm done and I'm on to the next one!
Done, done onto the next one!
Done, I'm done and I'm on to the next one!
Hey, don't let it go to waste
I love it but I hate that taste
Weight keeping me down
Hey, don't let it go to waste
I love it but I hate that taste
Weight keeping me down
Done, done onto the next one!
Done, I'm done and I'm on to the next one!
02 Low (04:28)
Hey you, are you in there
I'm stuck outside you
We can use, one another
Another like you
(Chorus)
You be my passer by
I'll be your new, one that passed through
Screws inside, turned so tight
Turning on you, I'm hanging on you
Baby Blue (baby blue)
Don't go nowhere (don't go nowhere)
I'm right beside you
Me and you (me and you)
Going nowhere (going nowhere)
I'm right beside you
(Chorus)
Taking you as low as you go
As low as you go
Taking you as low as you go
As low as you go
(Chorus)
Taking you as low as you go (low as you go)
As low as you go (low as you go)
Taking you as low as you go (low as you go)
As low as you go (as low as you go)
(low as you go, as low as you go)x2
(low as you go)
Taking you as low as you go
As low as you go
Taking you as low as you go
As low as you go
Taking you as low as you go (low as you go)
As low as you go (low as you go)
Taking you as low as you go (low as you go)
As low as you go (as low as you go)
04 Times Like These (04:26)
I, I'm a one-way motorway
I'm a road that drives away and follows you back home
I, I'm a streetlight shining
I'm a white light blinding bright, burning off and on
It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these, time and time again
I, I'm a new day rising
I'm a brand new sky to hang the stars upon tonight
But I, I'm a little divided
Do I stay or run away and leave it all behind
It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these, time and time again
It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these, time and time again
It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these, time and time again
It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these, time and time again
05 Disenchanted Lullaby (04:33)
Disenchanted lullabies
Sing me yours, I'll sing you mine
Sing with me now what's a boy to do?
What's a boy to do?
Sing along for yesterday
Sing along my soul to take
Sing along another song for you
What's a boy to do?
I may be scattered
A little shattered
What does it matter?
No one has a fit like I do
I may be scattered
A little shattered
What does it matter?
No one has a fit like I do
I'm the only one that fits you
Whisper with me pass the time
Whisper for the days gone by
Whisper with the voice inside of you
With this ring you will be mine
With this ring I'll multiply
With this ring surrendering to you
What's a boy to do?
06 Tired of You (05:11)
I can be your liar
I can be your bearer of bad news
Sick and uninspired by
The diamonds in your fire
Burning like a flame inside of you
But is this just desire or the truth?
So shame on me for the ruse
Shame on me for the blues
Another one returned that I'll never use
But I won't go getting tired of you
I won't go getting tired of you
I'm not getting tired
I won't go getting tired of you
I won't go getting tired of you
I'm not getting tired
Hanging on this wire
Waiting for the day I have to choose
Cursed by love so dire
One more boy for hire
One more boy to lend a hand to you
Is this just desire or the truth?
So shame on me for the ruse
Shame on me for the blues
Another one returned that I'll never use
But I won't go getting tired of you
I won't go getting tired of you
I'm not getting tired
I won't go getting tired of you
I won't go getting tired of you
I'm not getting tired
Of you
You
I can be your liar
I can be your bearer of bad news
Sick and uninspired by
The diamonds in your fire
Burning like a flame inside of you
Is this just desire or the truth?
So shame on me for the ruse
Shame on me for the blues
Another one returned that I'll never use
But I won't go getting tired of you
I won't go getting tired of you
I'm not getting tired
I won't go getting tired of you
I won't go getting tired of you
I'm not getting tired
Of you
07 Halo (05:06)
Good and bad, I swear I've had the both they're overrated
But isn't it fun, when you get hold of one
Some go bad and some come back, the good ones all get taken
I'm calling a bluff, you ain't strong enough
Wait and pray you'll pick on me,
The day I raise my hand
Guess that I've been blessed, but I'll be damned
Halo
God only knows
Right behind me everywhere I go
Halo
God only knows
Right behind me everywhere I go
Say your prayers when you get scared,
pray you're gonna make it
and then we're done, you keep fucking up
One day soon I'll disappear and if you'll come I'll take you
Somewhere go, to keep from growing old
Wait and pray you'll pick on me,
The day I raise my hand
Guess that I've been blessed, but I'll be damned
Halo
God only knows
Right behind me everywhere I go
Halo
God only knows
Right behind me everywhere I go
Oh......
Oh......
Oh......
Disappear the light is fading
Disappear outside their rage
Disappear I'm tired of waiting
Disappear before we fade away
Halo
God only knows
Right behind me everywhere I go
Halo
God only knows
Right behind me everywhere I go
08 Lonely as You (04:37)
What would I do, lonely as you
Pleasure or pain I can't choose
What would I do, lonely as you
Pleasure or pain I can't choose
Wake up your dreaming, I can't stand your screaming
Drowning out these prayers, just some words without meaning
Spare all the preaching, my secret's worth keeping
No one understands like I do
Keep out of reach I'm your leading deletion
Hide behind these masks though they still see right through them
(chorus)
Every now and then, you're down and out my friend
Down and out again x3
But I'm down with you
One more time for the last time
One more time for release
One more time for the last time
Everyone wants to believe)
Blame it on youth all these years I've been losing
Blame it on the past it's the last place I knew you
Blame all the children, they're raging and ruined
Blame it on the black and the blue
(chorus)x2
One more time for the last time
One more time for release
One more time for the last time
Everyone wants to believe
One more time for the last time
One more time for release
One more time for the very last time
Everyone wants to believe alright
09 Overdrive (04:30)
Coming down, I'm coming 'round
This time I think I'm waking up
Give me loud to drown it out
Before the world starts breaking up
You change and then, you change again
Turning like a wheel inside your head
Yours and mine and left and right
There's still two sides to everyone
You and I get on with life
And pray we'll find a better one
You change and then, you change again
Turning like a wheel inside your head
(chorus
Overdrive, we're going life or death x3
Two strangers on the mend
Overdrive, we're going life or death x2)
Hurry now we're getting out
This time there's nothing stopping us
Leave behind this vacant town
Tonight, and let it turn to rust
You change and then, you change again
Turning like a wheel inside your head
Overdrive, we're going life or death x3
Two strangers, no relation, on the mend
You change and then, you change again
Turning like a wheel inside your head
Coming down, I'm coming 'round
This time I think I'm waking up
Give me loud to drown it out
Before the world starts breaking up
You change and then, you change again
Turning like a wheel inside your head
(chorus)
Overdrive, we're going life or death x3
Two strangers on the...
Overdrive, we're going life or death x5
Two strangers, no relation x2
On the mend
10 Burn Away (04:58)
I have spent a lifetime
Waiting for the chance
Save you my confession
Save me your last dance
The same old superstition
Haunt us now and then
I'm begging for ignition
To start it all again
(chorus)
We'll burn away, burn away, burn away my pride x2
We'll burn away from all the other flames that burn tonight
We'll burn away, burn away, burn away my pride
Breath for me from now on
Breath for me when I'm gone
Burn out beyond, out beyond the sun)
Will you still remember
There behind the skies
Walking on the embers
Standing in their light
The hardest part is knowing
Everything must die
The hardest part is waiting here
Ready to collide
(chorus)
Burn out, burn on, high into you x2
Burn out, burn
I'll never burn again
Never burn again x3
We'll never burn again
Never burn again
11 Come Back (07:58)
Ohh. Ohh
Moving, again
Comfort of the chase
Now and again
This my saving grace
(chorus)
Dead on the inside I've got nothing to prove
Keep me alive and give me something to lose
Goodbye, this time
Leaving you
I've been gone so long, so, gone so long
But I will come back
I will come back x7
For you)
Changes, changing
Back and forth again
Trading faces
Strangers in the end
(chorus)
For you x2)
I will come back x8
For you
I will come back x5
12 Danny Says (02:58)
Danny says
We gotta go
Gotta go to Idaho
But we can't go surfin'
'Cause it's 20 below
Sound check's at 5: 02
Record stores and interviews
Oh, but I can't wait to be with you tomorrow
Baby
Oho-ho-ho, we got nowhere to go and it may sound Funny
But's true
Hangin' out in 100 B
Watching Get Smart on TV
Thinkin' about You and me
And you and me
Hangin' out in L. A
And there's nowhere to go
It ain't Christmas if there ain't no snow
Listening to Sheena on the radio
Oh-ho oh-ho
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