The Pretender - Muziek
The Pretender by Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
Biografie van de kunstenaar Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters Is An American Rock Band Formed In Seattle In 1994. Foo Fighters Was Initially Formed As A One-Man Project By Former Nirvana Drummer Dave Grohl. Following The Success Of The Eponymous Debut Album Grohl Lead Vocals Guitar Recruited A Band Consisting Of Nate Mendel Bass Guitar William Goldsmith Drums And Pat Smear Guitar . After A Succession Of Lineup Changes Including The Departures Of Goldsmith And Smear The Band Formed Its Core Lineup In 1999 Consisting Of Grohl Mendel Chris Shiflett Guitar And Taylor Hawkins Drums . In 2005 Smear Returned To The Band And In 2017 Rami Jaffee Joined The Band Performing The Keyboards And Piano. Prior To The Release Of Foo Fighters' 1995 Debut Album Foo Fighters Which Featured Grohl As The Only Official Member Grohl Recruited Bassist Nate Mendel And Drummer William Goldsmith Both Formerly Of Sunny Day Real Estate As Well As Nirvana Touring Guitarist Pat Smear. The Band Began With Performances In Portland Oregon. Goldsmith Quit During The Recording Of Their Second Album The Colour And The Shape 1997 Most Of The Drum Parts Were Re-Recorded By Grohl. Smear Departed Soon Afterward But Appeared As A Guest With The Band Frequently From 2005 He Rejoined In 2010. Smear And Goldsmith Were Replaced By Franz Stahl And Taylor Hawkins Stahl Was Fired Before The Recording Of The Group's Third Album There Is Nothing Left To Lose 1999 . The Band Briefly Continued As A Trio Until Chris Shiflett Joined On Guitar After The Completion Of There Is Nothing Left To Lose. Foo Fighters Released Their Fourth Album One By One In 2002. It Was Followed With The Two-Disc In Your Honor 2005 Which Was Split Between Acoustic Songs And Heavier Material. Foo Fighters Released Their Sixth Album Echoes Silence Patience & Grace In 2007. For Foo Fighters' Seventh Studio Album Wasting Light 2011 Produced By Butch Vig Smear Returned As A Full Member. Sonic Highways 2014 Was Released As The Soundtrack To The Television Miniseries Directed By Grohl. Concrete And Gold 2017 Was The Second Foo Fighters Album To Reach Number One In The United States And Their First Studio Album To Feature Longtime Session And Touring Keyboardist Rami Jaffee As A Full Member. The Band's Tenth Album Medicine At Midnight 2021 Was The Last To Feature Hawkins Who Died In March 2022. Produced By Greg Kurstin And Foo Fighters "But Here We Are" The Band's 11th Would Release On June 2nd 2023. On May 21 2023 Some Days Before The Album's Release Foo Fighters Would Officially Announce That Josh Freese Would Be The New Drummer. Over The Course Of Their Career Foo Fighters Have Won 15 Grammy Awards Including Best Rock Album Five Times Making Them Among The Most Successful Rock Acts In Grammy History. In 2021 The Band Was Announced As Recipients Of The First-Ever "Global Icon" Award At The 2021 MTV Video Music Awards. They Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2021 Their First Year Of Eligibility. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Foo_Fighters Studio Albums
Foo Fighters 1995 The Colour And The Shape 1997 There Is Nothing Left To Lose 1999 One By One 2002 In Your Honor 2005 Echoes Silence Patience & Grace 2007 Wasting Light 2011 Sonic Highways 2014 Concrete And Gold 2017 Medicine At Midnight 2021 But Here We Are 2023
Frogtoon Muziek - Nummerinformatie: The Pretender
Foo-Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
"The Pretender" Is The First Single From The Foo Fighters' 2007 Album Echoes Silence Patience & Grace. In A 2007 Interview With XFM Frontman Dave Grohl Stopped Short Of Explaining The Meaning Behind "The Pretender " But Alluded Its Roots Go To Current Political Unrest. Grohl Noted That's The Thing With Lyrics You Never Want To Give Away Specifics Because It's Nice For People To Have Their Own Idea Or Interpretation Of The Song. But You Know Everyone's Been Fucked Over Before And I Think A Lot Of People Feel Fucked Over Right Now And They're Not Getting What They Were Promised And So Something To Do With That. Grohl Also Told XFM "The Pretender" Wasn't Initially Planned For The Album And Happened Really Quickly. That Song Didn't Happen Until Later On In The Session. We Didn't Go Into Making The Record With That Song And It Happened After We Recorded A Lot Of Stuff. Up Until That Point I Didn't Know If We Had A Good Opening Song Or Not. So After We Recorded It I Thought 'oh This Is Perfect We Have The Song To Open The Record ' And It Just Became Everybody's Favorite Song. ... It's The Type Of Song That I Look Forward To Opening Shows With And It Came Together Really Easily. We Put That Song Together In I Don't Know A Day Whereas A Lot Of The Other Songs We Worked On For Weeks." MUSIC VIDEO
The Video Was Directed By Sam Brown. It Is Presented In Letterbox Format And Heavily Employs Pans Zooms And Tracking Shots. It Consists Of The Band Performing The Song In An Airplane Hangar With Many Strip Lights On The Ceiling. Behind The Band Is A Large Red Screen Which Is Thick And Solid. The Band Is Then Faced By What Appears To Be A Riot Police Officer Who Stands Behind A Black Line On The Floor Around 30 Feet Or So From The Band. He Has The Number 21 On His Bullet-Proof Vest. As The Song Progresses He Is Joined By More Riot Police Officers And A Panning Shot Shows Us That To His Left The Numbers On The Officers' Vests Descend All The Way To "01". Assuming That There Are The Same Number Of Officers On The Man's Right Side It Can Be Gathered That There Are 41 Officers Overall. As The Quieter Bridge Begins The Video Slows Down As The Officers Charge At The Band. Just As The Band Repeats The Song's Louder Chorus The Screen Suddenly Explodes And A Red Liquid Erupts From The Red Screen Overwhelming The Police Officers But Affecting The Band To A Lesser Extent. At The End Of The Video Dave Grohl Is Shown Slamming His Guitar On The Floor As He Falls To His Knees. RECEPTION
This Song Was #47 On Rolling Stone's List Of The 100 Best Songs Of 2007. 3 The Song Was A 2008 Grammy Award Nominee For Best Rock Song. It Won The Grammy For Best Hard Rock Performance The Same Year. This Song Was Also #94 On MTV Asia's List Of Top 100 Hits Of 2007. This Album Was The Fourth Consecutive Foo Fighters Album To Have A Song Reach The Top Of The U.S. Hot Modern Rock Tracks. "The Pretender" Is One Of Foo Fighters' Most Successful Songs Only "Learn To Fly" And "Best Of You" Beat Its Position On The U.S. Billboard Hot 100. "The Pretender" Was The Most Densely Played Alternative Rock Song Of 2007. It Holds The Record For Longest Running #1 In The Modern Rock Tracks' History With 18 Weeks At #1 5 . It Also Spent 6 Weeks At #1 On The Mainstream Rock Tracks. It Made The Triple J's Hottest 100 In Australia Placing In At Number 6. MEDIA
*The Song Was Used For The Opening Of TBS's Broadcast Of The 2007 NLCS And Possibly The 2007 ALCS.
*The Song Was Used In The Ending Sequence Of "Filthy Lucre" The 9th Episode Of The Showtime Show Californication.
*The Song Was Featured In Tony Hawk's Proving Ground.
*The Song Was Used In The Ending Sequence For The Sixth Season Premiere Of CSI Miami.
*The Song Was Used In A Sky One Advert For Prison Break.
*The Song Was Included As Downloadable Content In Guitar Hero III.
*A Short Clip Of The Video Was Used In A Commercial For The IPod Touch.
*Foo Fighters Performed The Song Live Along With Learn To Fly At The Spike Video Game Awards 2007.
*The Song Was Used Frequently By Channel Nine During The 07-08 ODI Cricket Season.
*The Song Was Used For The Advert Of The New Series Of Primeval On ITV1.
*The Beginning Of The Song Is Featured In The TV Series Medium.
*The Song Was Used In The FIA Gala Video To Sum Up The Formula 1 World Championship Of 2007
*The Song Was Played At The 2007 MTV Video Music Awards.
*At The 2008 Grammy Awards A Version Of The Song Was Played With The My Grammy Moment Orchestra Conducted & Arranged By Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones . The Winner Of The My Grammy Moment Competition Was Ann Marie Calhoun Who Played A Violin Solo.
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Biography - Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters Is An American Rock Band Formed In Seattle In 1994. Foo Fighters Was Initially Formed As A One-Man Project By Former Nirvana Drummer Dave Grohl. Following The Success Of The Eponymous Debut Album Grohl Lead Vocals Guitar Recruited A Band Consisting Of Nate Mendel Bass Guitar William Goldsmith Drums And Pat Smear Guitar . After A Succession Of Lineup Changes Including The Departures Of Goldsmith And Smear The Band Formed Its Core Lineup In 1999 Consisting Of Grohl Mendel Chris Shiflett Guitar And Taylor Hawkins Drums . In 2005 Smear Returned To The Band And In 2017 Rami Jaffee Joined The Band Performing The Keyboards And Piano. Prior To The Release Of Foo Fighters' 1995 Debut Album Foo Fighters Which Featured Grohl As The Only Official Member Grohl Recruited Bassist Nate Mendel And Drummer William Goldsmith Both Formerly Of Sunny Day Real Estate As Well As Nirvana Touring Guitarist Pat Smear. The Band Began With Performances In Portland Oregon. Goldsmith Quit During The Recording Of Their Second Album The Colour And The Shape 1997 Most Of The Drum Parts Were Re-Recorded By Grohl. Smear Departed Soon Afterward But Appeared As A Guest With The Band Frequently From 2005 He Rejoined In 2010. Smear And Goldsmith Were Replaced By Franz Stahl And Taylor Hawkins Stahl Was Fired Before The Recording Of The Group's Third Album There Is Nothing Left To Lose 1999 . The Band Briefly Continued As A Trio Until Chris Shiflett Joined On Guitar After The Completion Of There Is Nothing Left To Lose. Foo Fighters Released Their Fourth Album One By One In 2002. It Was Followed With The Two-Disc In Your Honor 2005 Which Was Split Between Acoustic Songs And Heavier Material. Foo Fighters Released Their Sixth Album Echoes Silence Patience & Grace In 2007. For Foo Fighters' Seventh Studio Album Wasting Light 2011 Produced By Butch Vig Smear Returned As A Full Member. Sonic Highways 2014 Was Released As The Soundtrack To The Television Miniseries Directed By Grohl. Concrete And Gold 2017 Was The Second Foo Fighters Album To Reach Number One In The United States And Their First Studio Album To Feature Longtime Session And Touring Keyboardist Rami Jaffee As A Full Member. The Band's Tenth Album Medicine At Midnight 2021 Was The Last To Feature Hawkins Who Died In March 2022. Produced By Greg Kurstin And Foo Fighters "But Here We Are" The Band's 11th Would Release On June 2nd 2023. On May 21 2023 Some Days Before The Album's Release Foo Fighters Would Officially Announce That Josh Freese Would Be The New Drummer. Over The Course Of Their Career Foo Fighters Have Won 15 Grammy Awards Including Best Rock Album Five Times Making Them Among The Most Successful Rock Acts In Grammy History. In 2021 The Band Was Announced As Recipients Of The First-Ever "Global Icon" Award At The 2021 MTV Video Music Awards. They Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2021 Their First Year Of Eligibility. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Foo_Fighters Studio Albums
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"The Pretender" is the first single from the Foo Fighters' 2007 album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace.
In a 2007 interview with XFM, frontman Dave Grohl stopped short of explaining the meaning behind "The Pretender," but alluded its roots go to current political unrest. Grohl noted:
That's the thing with lyrics, you never want to give away specifics, because it's nice for people to have their own idea or interpretation of the song. But, you know, everyone's been fucked over before and I think a lot of people feel fucked over right now and they're not getting what they were promised, and so something to do with that.
Grohl also told XFM "The Pretender" wasn't initially planned for the album and happened really quickly.
That song didn't happen until later on in the session. We didn't go into making the record with that song and it happened after we recorded a lot of stuff. Up until that point, I didn't know if we had a good opening song or not. So after we recorded it, I thought, 'oh this is perfect, we have the song to open the record,' and it just became everybody's favorite song. ... It's the type of song that I look forward to opening shows with and it came together really easily. We put that song together in, I don't know, a day, whereas a lot of the other songs we worked on for weeks."
MUSIC VIDEO
The video was directed by Sam Brown. It is presented in letterbox format and heavily employs pans, zooms, and tracking shots. It consists of the band performing the song in an airplane hangar with many strip lights on the ceiling. Behind the band is a large red screen, which is thick and solid. The band is then faced by what appears to be a riot police officer, who stands behind a black line on the floor, around 30 feet or so from the band. He has the number 21 on his bullet-proof vest. As the song progresses, he is joined by more riot police officers, and a panning shot shows us that to his left, the numbers on the officers' vests descend all the way to "01". Assuming that there are the same number of officers on the man's right side, it can be gathered that there are 41 officers overall. As the quieter bridge begins, the video slows down as the officers charge at the band. Just as the band repeats the song's louder chorus, the screen suddenly explodes and a red liquid erupts from the red screen overwhelming the police officers but affecting the band to a lesser extent. At the end of the video, Dave Grohl is shown slamming his guitar on the floor as he falls to his knees.
RECEPTION
This song was #47 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.[3]The song was a 2008 Grammy Award nominee for Best Rock Song. It won the Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance the same year. This song was also #94 on MTV Asia's list of Top 100 Hits of 2007.
This album was the fourth consecutive Foo Fighters album to have a song reach the top of the U.S. Hot Modern Rock Tracks. "The Pretender" is one of Foo Fighters' most successful songs; only "Learn to Fly" and "Best of You" beat its position on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. "The Pretender" was the most densely played alternative rock song of 2007. It holds the record for longest running #1 in the Modern Rock Tracks' history, with 18 weeks at #1[5]. It also spent 6 weeks at #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks. It made the Triple J's Hottest 100 in Australia placing in at number 6.
MEDIA
*The song was used for the opening of TBS's broadcast of the 2007 NLCS and possibly the 2007 ALCS.
*The song was used in the ending sequence of "Filthy Lucre", the 9th episode of the Showtime show Californication.
*The song was featured in Tony Hawk's Proving Ground.
*The song was used in the ending sequence for the sixth season premiere of CSI: Miami.
*The song was used in a Sky One advert for Prison Break.
*The song was included as downloadable content in Guitar Hero III.
*A short clip of the video was used in a commercial for the iPod Touch.
*Foo Fighters performed the song live, along with Learn to Fly, at the Spike Video Game Awards 2007.
*The song was used frequently by Channel Nine during the 07-08 ODI Cricket season.
*The song was used for the advert of the new series of Primeval on ITV1.
*The beginning of the song is featured in the TV series Medium.
*The song was used in the FIA Gala video to sum up the Formula 1 World Championship of 2007
*The song was played at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards.
*At the 2008 Grammy Awards a version of the song was played with the My Grammy Moment orchestra (conducted & arranged by Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones). The winner of the My Grammy Moment competition was Ann Marie Calhoun, who played a violin solo. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.