Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
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Free Music Review: 'Foo'king fantastic, no 'Foo'ling
Hit: 5 Stars
I admit it, at one time I was one who thought of Dave Grohl as someone who rocked hard, too, hard for me personally.
Until I gave this album a chance.
Nice, real nice. Less of a head banger than what I had heard in prior years. I like the mellower side of Dave.
I think having a family and kids has sweetened him up a tad bit and I'm digging the change.
This CD will give you a nice combo of softer tunes mixed with a few more serious rockin songs reminiscent of past material one might expect from the Foo's..
Favorite Tracks: Home, Come Alive, Stranger Things have Happened, But, Honestly & Ballad of Beaconsfield a gorgeous song.
Free Music Review: "There's a world out there, don't you deny me"
Hit: 5 Stars
Bought this about a year ago when I first heard "The Pretender" on the radio. The CD was the best one I bought all year and I still play it often. Every track is awesome and there is a lot of depth and variety. There is nothing weak here. It was the first Foo Fighters CD I bought (I know, where have I been?). I knew some of their songs, of course, but never liked any enough to buy the albums until "The Pretender." Since then, I've bought "The Colour and the Shape" and "One By One." Both are great especially with the extra tracks (I'm a Gary Numan and Psychedelic Furs fan, so I was pleased to see them do covers by those artists), but "Echoes..." is still my favorite (the CD title reminds me of the Husker Du song "Charity, Chastity, Prudence, and Hope"). If you haven't bought this yet, what are you waiting for, extra tracks? This one is too good to wait.
"The Pretender"--The song that turned me into a Foo Fighters fan! Rocks and has a unique sound. The lyrics always makes me think of that Sesame Street tune "One of these things is not like the other..." I'm just cooky that way.
"Let It Die"--OK this is getting A LOT of play on the radio. Usually I get sick of songs that get so much play, but this one is so amazing I don't mind hearing it two or three times a day on the rock station. I really like the delicate guitar at the beginning, especially during the repeating "Why'd you have to go and let it die." Then, of course, it explodes! Vocals are excellent, too.
"Erase/Replace"--I like the whiny guitar opening and the high octane riff. Almost punk until it gets to the slower chorus.
"Long Road To Ruin"--Sounds a little more pop and mainstream. I thought it makes a good candidate for a single (which are not always the best songs on the albums, of course), and doing some research, discovered it was the second single. I haven't heard it on the radio which is a good thing because I could see myself getting sick of this one. Good song but probably my least favorite on the CD (besides the instrumental) because it lacks the edge of the other tracks.
"Come Alive"--Nice, relaxing, laid-back track that builds up tempo and explodes at the end. I really like this one.
"Stranger Things Have Happened"--Slow, acoustic number about loneliness.
"Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)"--Drums kick on this one. The beginning sounds like the song is about to explode but it settles down and turns into a very accessible track along the lines of "Long Road To Ruin" but with an edge.
"Summer's Edge"--This one has kind of a country rock sound: "Sweet Virginia countryside, I will meet you there, bloody lips and cherry wine, moonshine in your hair."
"Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners"--Very impressive guitar work on this instrumental.
"Statues"--Great track! I like the laid-back feel with the piano and the drums that beef up the sound as well as the lyrics: "We're just ordinary people you and me, time will turn us into statues eventually."
"But, Honestly"--Mostly just vocals and strumming guitar until the other instruments kick in to the repeating "Give it to you." I like the scale guitar solo. This one is not as memorable as the others, probably because it is near the end.
"Home"--Quiet, slow song with soft vocals and piano built up with drum and orchestra. Pleasant way to end an excellent album.
Free Music Review: It's like a vurp!
Hit: 2 Stars
Have you ever enjoyed a really good meal (e.g. lobster, prime rib and a good wine) and just at the end you have a "vurp" (that's a vomit burp, where that acid comes up and you have to quickly swallow it, leaving you with that nasty taste that completely ruins your dining experience)? Well, that's what this CD is like. Let me explain...
Track one rocks and gets you into a rocking mood. Track two follows it with an even more hard-hitting-turn-it-up-to-10 "Let it Die". But then track three comes on and it's the "vurp". Whoa! Just as I'm ready to tear it up and put the pedal to the metal, this horrible Erase/Replace comes on. Whoever arranged the songs on this CD should be slapped across the face with an adult soiled diaper. The rest of the album is mediocre at best and very mellow.
If you must own this CD, rip the tracks to .mp3 and then re-burn the cd in a different order. When I did, I didn't re-burn Erase/Replace because that song is so bad. Do yourself a favor and read the other two star reviews and you'll understand what I mean.
Or maybe it's so mellow because the ending of Let it Die destroyed Dave's vocal chords. Just look what happened to Tom Kiefer, and he didn't even scream like that.
Free Music Review: Happily Surpised
Hit: 4 Stars
Foo Fighters in my opinion took a nose dive previously on "In Your Honor". Skip two years to 07' and we have another Foo album to submerge ourselves into. Thankfully I managed to really take a liking to this one.
The variety of songs is much better then 'IYH', avoiding the categorizing process the last album strained and nit picked to the final bits (to the point you got dry hard rock, or dynamic free acoustic). Echoes eases up an intro, The Pretender, suitable to be "Stairway To Heavens" alternate take. Once you're comfortable with the chiming guitar, a wall of bricks is bound to hit you in the Foo's universe. Displaying such tight hard rock driven guitar, and overall fantastic musicianship, it could put a grin on ones face. My personal favorite track is "Ballad Of The Beaconsfield Miners". Interesting burrowing and bouncing up acoustic sounds, and a good story to mold it with. "Cheer Up Boys" seems like a strike to emos, but in all good humor. "Let It Die" has already made it to the radio, many believe it's about Kurt Cobain (singer of Grohl's past band Nirvana). Whatever it may be about no question about it being emotional, with a rather rewarding build up.
Overall Foo's have managed to progress and mature while taking steps in the right direction. Studio quality is always great, the music can be relentless, and better yet they trimmed the fat and avoided another mixed bag. Musically it echoes to a time when 90's alternative acts ruled the music terrain, seamlessly silenced the band communicates, two years of patients, and an album that wouldn't dare disgrace us again.
Free Music Review: Foo Fighters with their Come Back Album
Hit: 4 Stars
Foo Fighters made their big break in the 90's and disappeared for a while. The band resurfaced with some albums but now it seems to have matured a bit. Their songs have been polished and their tunes seem different and better. Some great songs are "Let It Die", "Long Run to Ruin", and "Stranger Things Have Happened" which have been played on the radio. All other songs will take some time to appreciate and later will be favorites.