Foo Fighters : Cover Songs & Music Videos Category

  • The Laptop Sessions: “Hey, Johnny Park!” (Foo Fighters Acoustic Rock Cover Song)

    Saturday, June 21st, 2008

    By Chris Moore:

    Hello and welcome to this weekend edition of the Laptop Sessions video blog! Today’s acoustic cover song is from the Foo Fighters, a band that my fellow songwriter Jeff Copperthite has covered several times before. I’ve only gotten into this music within the past few months, after a faithful YouTube viewer and fan of the Laptop Sessions requested that I cover the Foo Fighters song “Everlong.” I went out to the store, bought the album The Colour and the Shape, and immediately got into it. For those of you who don’t know me, you need to understand that I’m a big fan of well-packaged CD’s, and this was the 10th anniversary remix with a nice, lengthy booklet and a shiny cover. Now, this may have coloured (pun intended) my perception of it, but what I really liked about the album was its overall progression. It begins with an electric guitar and Dave Grohl’s subdued vocals on “Doll,” a song that gradually builds up and suddenly ends after about a minute and a half. The next song, “Monkey Wrench,” is pure energy and rock’n'roll. The album continues to rev up and slow down and vary as it goes. Previously to this, I had only heard their In Your Honor album. I love the concept — one disc of electric songs, one of acoustic music — but I found it unremarkable.

    I haven’t quite perfected my version of “Everlong,” but this is another great track from the album to tide you over while I practice that one. “Hey, Johnny Park!” is a title that I have yet to understand — Foo Fighters fans please help by commenting here!! — and it certainly made me stretch my range a bit, but I love the guitar intro/riff and it really translated pretty well as an acoustic cover song, as the other Foo Fighters covers by Jeff did.

    Without further ado, here’s your official Saturday Laptop Session — don’t forget to check back tomorrow for another quality Copperthite cover…

    See you next session!

     



  • The Laptop Sessions: “Times Like These” (Foo Fighters Acoustic Rock Cover Song)

    Thursday, April 17th, 2008

    By Jeff Copperthite:

    Welcome to your Thumpin’ Thursday edition of The Laptop Sessions. Today I bring you a song by request. It’s one of the Foo Fighters most well known songs, and most agree that the acoustic version of this song is better than the original, full-band version.

    Well, the song is “Times Like These”, of which there is a terrific video of Dave Grohl playing the song on the acoustic, with piano and string accompaniment on Youtube.

    I had just purchased new guitar strings and this is the 2nd video I recorded with them. I had recorded this song in the same session as my previous video, but the new strings make this song sound a heck of a lot better, so I did it again.

    The song is off their great album “One By One”. I’ve always been a Foo Fighters fan since their original self-titled release.

    I hope this translates well to the acoustic version, although you may notice that I do not do the “screaming” chorus, because my voice…well, it just isn’t suited for screaming.

    I hope you enjoy today’s edition, and keep checking http://www.laptopsessions.com for more from FMP, and for pictures/video from our live performances!

     



  • The Laptop Sessions: “Walking After You” (Acoustic Rock Cover Song - Foo Fighters)

    Friday, January 18th, 2008

    By Jeff Copperthite:

    Welcome to Friday’s edition of The Laptop Sessions. It’s Jeff tonight bringing you another new band to the sessions.

    Foo Fighters are more known for fast grunge rock, but i’ve always been a fan of Dave Grohl’s writing. The song I chose is from their 2nd album “The Colour and the Shape” called Walking After You. It is a calm song and easy to listen too.

    It only took me 2 takes this time, and that beats the previous 2 songs by about 8. I think i’m back into the swing of things finally. Also, I have finally mastered the new camera.

    Stay tuned for more sessions tomorrow, as Jim wows us with yet another installment of The Laptop Sessions. Brought to you by Fusco-Moore.com!

     



Foo Fighters Acoustic Cover Songs

When Dave Grohl left his previous band Nirvana, he had much new music that he had spent a good deal of time with in the songwriting phase. Anxious to begin recording it, he did just that. While he was initially the only member of the band, when he went out on the road to perform his alternative music, he then assembled the members that are known today as the Foo Fighters. The band has released a good deal of new rock music, putting out six albums in less than thirteen years. Although Grohl composes original material for his albums, the band has released cover songs – one of their covers is of Pink Floyd’s “Have a Cigar” and was released on the Mission Impossible soundtrack. Several Foo Fighters tracks have already been recorded and released as free videos in the Laptop Sessions series; Grohl’s predilection for loud, electric songs with screaming vocals notwithstanding, there is a current of acoustic music throughout the Foo Fighters catalog that makes them excellent candidates for covers on the video blog.