very long time and have been very definitive in keeping the 90's alternative sound alive, but
they also enjoy creating the soft acoustic / piano / folk-ish (for lack of a better word) stuff... there were bits of it in "The Colour and the Shape", they filled a whole 2nd disc with it in "In Your Honor" and they did some in the new album "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace" as well. Recently, one track in particular stood out to me on this album...Foo Fighters | Home
A couple days ago, in the midst of procrastination, confusion and disappointment, I posted on the LJ about feeling really homesick for the first time and how I just longed for something familiar. Well, we went home this weekend... and just getting off I-57 and onto I90-94....we get this beautiful
view of the Chicago skyline with the backdrop of an amazing sunset. Just as we approach this view.... the shuffle on my ipod chooses to play this song.
The song itself is just singer Dave Grohl solo on the piano, with a cello, drums, bass and guitar to join him later on in the song. But in this song, two things are different and they create this emotional, fragile atmosphere. I've never heard Dave's this vulnerable and transparent before and I've also seen his lyrics so cut out simple before, and it makes this song so beautiful.
It's amazing how detached from yourself you can feel you're taken from the one place you can call home. I felt as vulnerable as Grohl sounds in this song... as unsure of myself as his lyrics portrayed. But as soon as I saw that skyline... I felt whole again. I could feel myself coming together and I had never felt so sure to where home was.
Echoes and Patience, Silence and Grace
All of these moments, I'll never replace
No fear of my heart, no absence of faith
And all I want.. Is to be home.
(photo by VersonPhoto via interfaceLIFT)
All of these moments, I'll never replace
No fear of my heart, no absence of faith
And all I want.. Is to be home.
2 comments:
Lovely photos. And awesome album. Thanks for your comment btw.
Beautiful photo. :)
I had to laugh about your comment on my blog. The Starting Line show was very good. Sometimes in the front I don't always hear the vocals as well as I'd like, but for the most part I could and they were good. :) Islands was amazing because everyone was so into it. The crowd was very enthusiastic. I really liked SteelTrain.
AS for Eisley & Vedera, you should check out The Myriad. I saw them in Boise a while back and was completely taken.
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