I was never a big Foo Fighter fan. I heard one or two of their songs and thought they were alright but I wasn't huge fan. But my husband was. He loved Nirvana and after the death of Kurt Cobain he followed the careers of the other members closely, so when Dave Grohl formed Foo Fighters in 1995 he knew these were going to be a great band.
We have all the Foo Fighters albums ("Foo Fighters" The colour and the shape" "There is nothing left to loose" "One by one" "In your honour" and "skin and bones") And even a few live DVD's but we had never seen them play live so when the 'In your honour' album came out and I knew they were touring, I thought tickets to see them would be the best Christmas present I could get my hubby, I wasn't so bothered about seeing them but knew he would want me to go too. but I didn't want to go and not know any of the songs so I started listening to the album straight away I loved it.
The CD has two discs one acoustic and one normal rock. Disc two isn't really my cup of tea but it's not bad, I prefer the rock stuff to the funeral music but that's just me. My hubby likes disc two more because it's different from the Foo fighter's usual stuff.
The cover shows blue velvet curtains with a golden Eagle and white flowers at the top of them a banner saying "Foo Fighters In
Your Honour" runs across the middle and what looks like a big bison is pictured alone at the top of the cover. In side are the lyrics to only one song 'In Your Honour'
Track listing 1. In Your Honour 2. No Way Back 3. Best Of You 4. DOA 5. Hell 6. Last Song 7. Free Me 8. Resolve 9. Deepest Blues Are Black 10. End Over End 11. Sign
1. Still 2. What If I Do 3. Miracle 4. Another Round 5. Friend Of A Friend 6. Over And Out 7. On The Mend 8. Virginia Moon 9. Cold Day In The Sun 10. Razor
Details Number of CDs: 2 Producer: Foo Fighters Recording type: Studio Distributor: Arvato Services
Line Up Dave Grohl- Guitar/Vocals Nate Mandel- Bass Taylor Hawkins- Drums Chris Shiflett- Guitar
I don't want o go on to long about individual songs because you need to listen to music your self and make your own interpretation, so I wont bore you with loads of info, what follows is only my opinion.
'In your honour' is one man offering his life to make some one feel alive. The lyrics aren't exactly inspirational but the vocals are amazing. It starts with Dave Grohl shouting "Can you hear me? Hear me screaming Breaking in the muted sky" and he is screaming but it sounds fantastic. This is my all time favourite Foo Fighters song.
'no way back' is a song with great Rhythm, the chorus and bridge flow really well, almost more like a pop song then a rock song but Grohl's Vocals remind you its pure rock.
'Best Of You' is similar to 'No way back in that it could be a pop song if not for Grohl's pure rock voice.
'DOA' (Dead on arrival) is about a couple who are splitting up its got great lyrics and is a great one to sing in the shower.
'Hell' is the worst song on the Album, its more like Foo Fighters early stuff but the lyrics aren't great "we'll gather round the fire and I will lead the choir" come on it's pretty poor.
'Last song' is another brilliant one, all the rock you need in one guitar fuelled, Smokey rough vocal filled, amazing song.
'free me' is a little softer but it in on the album quite well with lyrics like "All of the words that we dared never speak All of our ghosts and the secrets we keep, Gather them all and we'll bury them deep" the song is in keeping with the rest of the album
'Resolve' is again softer but in keeping, the feel is very pop-rock.
'Deepest blues are black' is another favourite of mine, I can't point out why, I just really like it, the lyrics are great the guitar and drums fit perfectly, I love it all.
'End over End' is all about life going around and around, the same thing over and over again "I'm circling end over end" again great lyrics and guitar.
'Sign' is the last song on the 1st disc and it makes the disc go out with a bang. A fantastic song to end the disc on.
I won't list all of disc two because it would make the review too long. It's nothing to write home about. The songs are listed above. It's all acoustic and vocals are superb but it's all a little slow. If disc 1 had been released on its own it would have been another great Foo Fighters album but the two discs are better separated, and I'm glad they aren't all squeezed on to one, they are just too different. After listening to disc one the last thing you want is to cool down with disc two, from super rock to ballads? Er...no... I don't think so.
It is a great album and im pleased to say I learned all the words so I could sing at the gig, which by the way was amazing. Best gig ever!! Live is the best way to hear FOO FIGHTERS.
This album is highly recommended. 10/10
This Cd cost me about £15 but can now be bought for £8.49 at amazon.co.uk
Lyrics can be found at http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk/songs/foo-fighters/in-your-honor/the-sign.ph p
More information can be found at, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo_fighter
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For your information: "FOO FIGHTERS is the name given to the general body of spherical, circular, disc-like,or wedged shaped "bogies," sometimes seeming to glow, shine, or reflect a high degree of illumination seen mostly by World War II pilots or flight crews. They usually paralleled or followed aircraft and were seen by aviators on all sides of the action, being reported by American, British, German and Japanese crews. No Foo Fighter was known or reported to have made or attempted any sort of contact, interaction or attack. They were known, however, for their high rate of speed and agility, being much faster than any known aircraft at the time as well as being extremely manuverable, often exhibiting highly unconventional abilities such as instantaneous acceleration and deacceleration, rapid climbing and descent, and hovering in place." (The above statement was taken from http://sped2work.tripod.com/foo_fighters.html)
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Advantages: Quite catchy tracks, something for everyone some good guitar riffs etc. Disadvantages: Some tracks not memorable, the mix of track types may make it seem like they lack real direction
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