Under The Covers 7-1-24
A weekly look into the world of cover songs.
Week 11
Everyone loves a bit of drama right? From squabbling with a rival musician to quarreling lovers to fighting band mates and even to battling brother, artists feuding has been a staple to music since before the invention of the radio. This past week may have bared witness to the beginning of a big feud when Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters called out Taylor Swift for not singing during her concerts. Even though he’s been given the moniker the “nicest guy in rock n’ roll”, Dave has never shied away from calling out other artists or bands from Courtney Love, to Axl Rose, To Lars Ulrich. Many of these spats died just as fast as they began and this latest one might just be a flash in time, well at least until Taylor writes a song about it. 😜
The Original
Coming off there 3rd studio album “There’s Nothing Left To Lose” was their first Billboard Hot 100 charted song “Learn To Fly” reaching number 19. Almost more famous than the song itself is the music video of it. Winning the 2001 “Best Short Form Music Video”, This video features the band playing multiple characters including Taylor Hawkins as a female flight attendant, Dave Grohl as a little pigtailed girl, and also a cameo from the band Tenacious D.
The Cover
Opposite of feuding would be people coming together and that is exactly what people did in 2015. In the small town of Cesena, Italy 1000 musicians assembled to pay tribute to the Foo Fighters and ask them to come play in their small town. A day later Dave responded in Italian thanking them and telling them they will come play. A few months after the Foo Fighters kicked off their European tour by playing in Cesena to a crowd of 3000 fans. Since then the Rockin 1000 has gone on to play many European cities and have embarked on a world tour as of 2023.
https://youtu.be/C5oeWHngDS4?si=XTK4Np84C9-II_Rx
That wasn’t 1000 musicians, just a man with the power of a 1000 singers. 😂
https://youtu.be/JozAmXo2bDE?si=FAiEA0obFY_gRWk-
And again in 2022 to pay tribute in to Taylor Hawkins after his death.
https://youtu.be/014D-qS0hrw?si=478MYknf7SGr85e6
And here is my favorite cover that the Foo Fighters have done.
https://youtu.be/8S2wveZTkBg?si=1f1cdJO09FDt0tMH
3 Facts
1. The Foo Fighters name comes from a term used by the US military in the 1940’s to describe UFOs.
2. The late drummer Taylor Hawkins was the tour drummer for Alanis Morissette from 1995-1997.
3. Dave Grohl had an alley named for him in his hometown of Warren, Ohio.
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