The Colour and The Shape

It is really no secret that the Foo Fighters are my favorite band. There is no way I've listened to any other artist or band as much as these guys. I even know all the band member's names! Thats huge, I can do that with maybe other big bands like the Red Hot Chili Peppers or Velvet Revolver. Anyways, I just recently picked up the tenth anniversary reissue of the 2nd album from the Foo Fighters entitled "The Colour and the Shape." It is probably considered one of their best if not best albums as it contains a lot of their hits such as "My Hero", "Monkey Wrench", and "Everlong".

Apparently this album was partly meant as a "concept" album, meaning there was a theme going through the songs. The theme must have been something about relationships and breaking up (at the time Dave Grohl was going through a divource). I don't really know what "The Colour and the Shape" possibly refer to, maybe the character or substance of something... I also thought it was interesting that a lot of the lyrics in songs... don't make any sense. I've read that people thought the lyrics were just riddles or info about Nirvana, but Grohl has said that its really just nonsense. I tend to believe that some of the lyrics are like that because Cobain tended to write like that as well. Just look at "Smells Like Teen Spirit", the lyrics itself don't mean anything and the words were chosen for how they sound.

Anyways, these are some of the tracks that I really like...

Monkey Wrench - A rocker that immediately hits full speed at soon as you hit play. This song has probably one of the most intense bridges to shout along to.

Hey, Johnny Park! - This song should have been released as a single instead of "Walking After You", which was on the X-files soundtrack.

My Hero - Okay fine, this song about Kurt Cobain. Sort of. Clearly the song is about the ordinary people that are our heroes in our life (like good 'ole dad), but in the last verse the lyric goes "Kudo's my hero" and supposedly it doesn't refer to kudos to my hero, but of Nirvana lead singer KUrt DOnald Cobain.

February Stars - This song is a classic Foo Fighters ballad that starts off slow and smooth. Eventually it starts to climb and peaks with a big chorus for the finish.

Everlong - I don't know how I came upon these guys except that one day I heard "Everlong" and from the opening strums it hooked me. Everything about the song gets to me. The chords, the rhythm (took me forever to get), the timing, the melody, the lyrics, the drumming, and the guitar tones. This live version is probably one of my favorite versions (the bass is actually audible...). The neat thing about this song is how well it translates from a cranked rock song into an intimate acoustic piece...

Willie "Quick" Parker

Just a link blog post, but I was reading an ESPN article about football player Willie Parker and it is one of those athlete interest pieces. I really liked the last paragraph of the article, it was simple but uplifting message:

"Simmons says, "Sometimes we look at him and say, Where does this stuff come from?" Simple answer, really. It comes from the mind of a man who knows how to be happy even though he's never satisfied."

"You got the best of me... ohhh can't you see..."

This blog is brought to you by the fact that Chris can't seem to study... and has certain songs stuck in my head. Basically, the title is the chorus line from the Def Leppard song "Bringing on the Heartbreak" Ahh... I can't get it out of my head.. damn you Joe Elliot. Apparently Mariah Carey has done a cover of the song as well, but I'm not going to link it.

Another ridiculus song and video that was stuck in my head is George Harrison's "I got my mind set on you". I can't believe I watched the whole video, its just him playing a telecaster in a room that seems to be alive. The best part is when he does a flip and some dance moves... it seems so surreal...

If this post accomplishes anthing, its that I hope someone else gets this shit stuck in their head...