Classic or Dud - "Everlong" by the Foo Fighters

as for the best video of the 90's,

Buddy Holly - Weezer - Spike Jonze (By the way, besides Eternal sunshine being better than Being John Malkovich or Adaptation Spike Jonze is the better director)

I read this as "who was in the Foo Fighters," which seems reasonable enough.

"Everlong" kicks ass, although of course it no longer feels like the most dramatic, brilliant forward step rock has ever taken like it did when I was 16 (Note: "Superman's Dead" was in close competition for the title). The album is full of great stuff if you can stand the shoutiness and the shininess (better title)... "My Poor Brain," "My Hero," and most importantly the closer, "New Way Home," which is the best buildup-and-release that alt-rock EVER pulled off. Period, flat-out.

-- Yanc3y (ystrickle...), November 11th, 2004.

This is one of the funnier comments on ILM I've read in a long time. Saved me the trouble of calling Everlong a DUD.

We also do "What If I Do".

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A+, still.

If I could turn back the hands of time I would have made sure Pat Smear never left the Foos.

ok that sounds like I had a say in the matter anyway, but you know what I mean.

Yes, you never should have let him leave!

He never played on any albums, did he? I have only heard the first two albums anyway, and they are the only ones I plan to hear.

I'm pretty sure he played on the second, along with that Sunny Day bassist. The drums were redone by Grohl though when the Sunny Day drummer quit, I think.

There are some decent tunes on later albums, but after Pat left the mood got way more macho.

Oh, why did I tell him that House Of Style would make him a millionaire.

from wikipedia!

On Sunday, September 9th 2007, Smear joined the Foo Fighters for their MTV Music Video Awards party room show. Smear has been added to the band as a touring guitarist for their upcoming tour to support the album Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace Smear also is credited with playing guitar on the song "Let It Die" off the same album.

Well, well!

holy shit!

David Letterman has named "Everlong" to be his favorite song. It was performed by the Foo Fighters on the 21 February 2000 episode of The Late Show with David Letterman, his first since returning from heart surgery. Letterman introduced them as "my favorite band, playing my favorite song." He had been impressed with their first performance of the song on his show in 1997, which coincided with its initial release as a single. The song was performed again for the comeback episode at the personal request of Letterman, who also promoted the band's current album at the time, There Is Nothing Left to Lose. "Everlong" itself is not featured on the album.

how fucking emo is that

Cute!

This is the best Foo Fighters song.

That is incorrect.

here is pat smear and taylor from the foos accosting me
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/chakisaki/smallpat1.jpg

jealous!

Still a damn good song.

Best Foo Fighters song by a mile.

I adore "Everlong"!!!

Only song of theirs I ever liked is the one that sounds like the theme from "Welcome Back, Kotter."

Definitely one of the only (if not THE only) mid-90s alt-rock songs I'd still feel comfortable putting on a regular mixtape in 2008, not just some mix that's heavy on nostalgia. It's perfect in just about every way (including the video).

http://youtube.com/watch?v=I2GX0JUnLXE

Excellent idea, bad execution.

I didn't hate that even half as much as I thought I might.

I've heard the studio version, it's a bit rub.

wtf is "alt" about this?

It's no "Learn to Fly".

wtf is "alt" about this?

^ OTM

beating arcade fire at a game they're not even bold enough etc.

lol @ chaki looking like perez hilton upthread

Man, this song slays.

I wouldn't put this as either 'classic' or 'dud'. I mean, it's okay. It's not shit, but it doesn't blow my mind. There are Foo Fighters tracks that I like more, and all of them are on the first two albums.

just watched the video for the first time in like 10 years and that extra chorus at the end is just perfect

classique

One of my favorite radio hits of the '90s.