October 1, 2009

New Foo Fighters Video - "Wheels"

This represents what should be the last stop on "Wheels"' launch cycle. A very typical launch cycle, which included a debut on the White House front lawn, inclusion on a Greatest Hits set, and full-on Tom Petty derivation. America. The song's clip set in a massive "Wheels" house doesn't do much to introduce you to elements of the Foos you didn't already know -- they like to rock, they can afford practice spaces the size of airport hangers (with better furnishing) and camera tricks that subtly incorporate outdoor imagery into indoor scenery -- so, basically: safe, comfy, sorta retrospective. But then a Greatest Hits bonus cut isn't meant to rattle any wheels.

Foo Fighters' Greatest Hits is out 11/2.

Posted at 9:47 AM by amrit in Video
Tags: Foo Fighters

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10 Comments

My dad is going to love this song!

Posted by: Brendan at 10/01/09 11:03 AM | Reply
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LOL!!!ROFL!!!HAHAHAHA!!! Great Joke!!!!

Posted by: Jesse in reply to Brendan's comment at 10/01/09 11:35 AM | Reply
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i know grohl wasn't on scoff, but its a shame what he's become. thank god he's back on the drumbs with the vultures

Posted by: matt at 10/01/09 11:41 AM | Reply
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Just watched the video this morning and wasn't particularly impressed. Yawn.

Posted by: Gene Parmesan

at 10/01/09 12:28 PM | Reply
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Um.. does anyone else realize how much it sounds like Freefallin by Tom Petty during the verse? And when did the Foo Fighters become the band we used to escape from by listening to the Foo Fighters?

Posted by: David at 10/01/09 2:48 PM | Reply
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I meant to say it sounds like "Learning to Fly" by Tom Petty :)

Posted by: David at 10/01/09 2:51 PM | Reply
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No matter the genre they play, I love what Grohl does to it: the twists and turns, the alternative routes. This is more interesting than anything Tom Petty has ever done. It's more distorted/feedback than that other nerd would ever do in a song.

Posted by: toto at 10/01/09 9:07 PM | Reply
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RE: "This is more interesting than anything Tom Petty has ever done."

Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Fukking wrong.

Posted by: Seamus at 10/02/09 2:36 AM | Reply
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RE: "But then a Greatest Hits bonus cut isn't meant to rattle any wheels."

That's not ALWAYS the case, people forget that "Bring On the Dancing Horses" was written as an addition for the "Songs to Learn & Sing" compilation.

Posted by: Seamus at 10/02/09 2:40 AM | Reply
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At first i thought it was one of those "meh", bland Foo Fighters songs but it's growing on me...

Posted by: Jim? at 10/05/09 5:59 PM | Reply
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