Monday, May 9, 2011

THE BEST SONG OF 2011...Walk-Foo Fighters

Wasted Light
So I'm coming to the Foo Fighters party a little late...


I have always had them on my radar somewhere though.  I definitely always thought it was awesome that Dave Grohl was from the Northern Virginia area (made me proud to be from the area, our own Springsteen).  So fast forward to a couple weeks ago and I finally buy my first two Foo Fighters albums, In Your Honor (the epic double album), and their newest Wasted Light (the hard rocking, heavy riff and melodically infused beast of an album).  Now I will probably discuss in more detail what made those two albums instant classic for me, but for now there was ONE track that completely blew me away.  The best song of 2011...

Walk (Studio Version)
Walk (SNL Performance)

I can only assume and relay what I read about Dave Grohl's writing process for this album and song.  I know that they recorded it in his garage and that probably led to a very creative and personally passionate working environment for him and the band.  Dave said in L.A. Weekly (source songfacts.com check it out, great website!) "You're surrounded by friends and family and nostalgia, and you're singing about the last 20 years of your life - that became a part of the process."  Once I read that, and started to project my own life on the album and what Dave was talking about I realized how amazing the arc of this album actually is, and especially the song Walk.  That you learn to become the person that you were meant to be.


A child's first steps are their most important...they stumble, fall and try again.  Dave seems to learning to walk again, his love for life, family and music seem to be oozing from the speakers.  He is so renewed and rejuvenated that he defies death.  He shouts to the heavens that he never wants to die.  We can only be so lucky that we reach a point in our life that we can scream at the top of our lungs that we never want to die.


Think of that.


To be so happy with where you are that you refuse to be content with the inevitable end.  Anyone who listens to this song should have a chord struck in them somewhere that they want to reach that state of happiness and renewal.  That they want to learn to love again, smile again, and walk again.


The following lyrics are a fucking motto to live by...


"Walk"

A million miles away
Your signal in the distance
To whom it may concern
I think I lost my way
Getting good at starting over
Every time that I return

I'm learning to walk again
I believe I've waited long enough
Where do I begin?
I'm learning to talk again
Can't you see I've waited long enough
Where do I begin?

Do you remember the days
We built these paper mountains
And sat and watched them burn
I think I found my place
Can't you feel it growing stronger
Little conqueror

I'm learning to walk again
I believe I've waited long enough
Where do I begin?
I'm learning to talk again
I believe I've waited long enough
Where do I begin?

Now
For the very first time
Don't you pay no mind
Set me free again
You keep alive a moment at a time
But still inside a whisper to a liar
To sacrifice but knowing to survive
The first to find another state of mind
I'm on my knees, I'm waiting for a sign
Forever, whenever
I never wanna die
I never wanna die
I never wanna die
I'm on my knees
I never wanna die
I'm dancing on my grave
I'm Running through the fire
Forever, whatever
I Never wanna die
I Never wanna leave
I'll Never say goodbye
Forever, whatever
Forever, Whatever

I'm learning to walk again
I believe I've waited long enough
Where do I begin?
I'm learning to talk again
Can't you see I've waited long enough
Where do I begin?

I'm learning to walk again
I believe I've waited long enough
I'm learning to talk again
Can't you see I've waited long enough 

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