The Foo Fighters: Old School Alternative Rock

Now I know I have been writing a lot about Alternative and Indie Rock music lately, but this will be a little different because this band has been around for a lot longer than the newer Alternative Rock groups have been. The Foo Fighters are a very famous band that is actually a kind of a hybrid between classic rock music and Alternative music which is why I like them so much. Classic Rock and Alternative Rock are my top two favorite genres of music, so this band naturally became one of my favorite bands within this category.

The Foo Fighters is an American rock band that was formed in Seattle in 1994. It was actually founded by the former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the death of Kurt Cobain who was the lead singer of Nirvana. Funny tid-bit, Nirvana was actually another extremely famous band that was an old school hybrid of Classic Rock and Alternative Rock.

This band is another one of those bands that I could just sit back and listen to them for hours. Their lead singer has a very recognizable voice and just digs down into your heart when you hear it. It almost forces you into really listening to what he is saying instead of just listening to the song because its “popular”. One of my all-time favorite songs by them has to be “Best of you”. Here is a part of the song that really stands out to me-

“Has someone taken your faith?
Its real, the pain you feel
The life, the love
You die to heal
The hope that starts
The broken hearts”

I think this part of the song is just saying that you're not imagining things, that pain, those let downs, those situations where you've felt used and taken advantage of, where you put in more than you were supposed to get back, they're real, and the narrator of the song recognizes that you would die to heal those wounds, and be done with those pains. Here is another part that I really makes this song_

“Were you born to resist or be abused?
I swear I'll never give in
I refuse”
This part of the song is like that rebellious point. "Were you born to resist, or be abused?" is rhetorical. You have a choice; to give in to being let down, it's that "are you a man or a mouse" kind of thing. You can man up, or lay down, and one is easier than the other, but only one of them is an acceptable choice to make if you want anything good to happen. I think its saying instead of letting it hurt you, see it through. If it is going to get the best of you, then you should fight to get the best of it, too.

As you can clearly see, I really have a strong feeling towards this band, so I really hope you readers out there will take interest and check these guys out.