Episode 87 - Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters (Part 1)

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[00:00:44] Speaker A: Would otherwise be infringing. [00:00:46] Speaker B: Now on to the Rock Roulette podcast. [00:01:14] Speaker C: Hey, everybody. Welcome back to another episode of Rock Roulette podcast. That's right, the Crazy Ass podcast that took over 1200 albums, stuck them in a list, stuck them in a wheel. And typically every week we spin the wheel, she picks an album for us and we go through a track by track and we rate it based on lyrics, music and production. Again, just a bunch of friends who love music and wanted to do a podcast. No professionals here, just. Just having fun, that's all. And again, we want to thank anybody who listens to us and spread the word. It's been somewhat consistent up and down, but I know sometimes we yabber on, so maybe just take everybody a while to listen, but carry on. And again, leave any comments, questions, whatever it is, if there's an album that you guys want us to listen to, please give us. We can do whatever we want to. So we really appreciate it. Tonight we have Mark. Oh, hi, Mark. [00:02:04] Speaker A: What's up, guys? [00:02:05] Speaker C: And I'm Sav. Ciao, buena, sir. So again, in her infinite wisdom, the wheel had picked good by June, and Mark and I had to look it up. I know, Mark, you put it on the list. You couldn't remember why you put it on the list. I didn't know who they were. And we. How do I say it? They were kind of AC DC ish, very much, let's say, for the first three songs of the first side. But I think overall, it kind of developed a little bit more. And I think last week when we finished the second side, I think we were a little bit happier than we were the first side, which again, we can probably count on one hand that that's happened, right? [00:02:50] Speaker A: Yeah, I put them on there, I think on purpose because I think I found them, you know, doing a search for, like, new music. And I figured I want to put new rock bands on there because, you know, we don't want to only listen to old stuff. You know, we can listen some new stuff, too. That would be good. [00:03:06] Speaker C: So, I mean, I like the second side. I thought it was, it was pretty good. I mean, listen, they, they can, they can write a damn good AC DC song. But I think that kind of once, obviously, we were both saying it once. They kind of stepped away. I mean, you heard the influences that they were talking about on the, on the Internet, like Kings of Leon, some zeppelin, AC DC, obviously. But, um, I know some pretty solid songs. I mean, I was, I was happy. And by the end of the first side, I'm like, you know, if these guys don't come up again, I'm okay with it. But then by the second side, I said, you know, what? If they come up again, I'm curious to see how they've played out their other stuff. So again, I'm curious to see who listens to this one and says, hey, no one's ever done these guys. So hopefully, hopefully goes over well. [00:03:57] Speaker A: Yeah, I didn't. I was getting a little pissed after the third song. I'm like, this can't continue like this because it just won't be good. I don't need, you know, just an AC DC cover band. But they did redeem themselves a little bit in the second one. [00:04:10] Speaker C: So I agree. I was always happy with the second thought. I haven't gone back to listen to, but I think I will want to say again, whenever I can tolerate all our yammering, I try to go back to listen to the podcast and listen to what I have to say, what you have to say and say to myself, you know what, listening to it again, do I agree with my comments? I mean, typically I do, but every once in a while, I'll either like something more than I heard it the first time, or maybe not like it as much, or kind of pick up on stuff where, oh, you know what, this kind of sounds like that, but I didn't mention it again. Sometimes you, in the moment, you hear things, and sometimes, you know, but that's part of the fun, part of the spontaneity, I say. So. [00:04:56] Speaker A: Yeah, well, because, you know, we don't have a lot of time to look this stuff up. We're kind of just, we're going with it. And last album, there wasn't a lot of information in general. [00:05:04] Speaker C: So, yeah, look, you found the lyrics. [00:05:08] Speaker A: Seriously, I'm surprised we found lyrics. [00:05:11] Speaker C: So we get to spin the wheel again today. Yes, and always, always exciting. I think she's been pretty good. She's very, very interesting. And I don't know. [00:05:26] Speaker A: Yeah. If anyone thinks this is not random, look at the albums that it's picking. [00:05:31] Speaker C: Yeah, absolutely. I promise. I don't think we would have picked the rock and roll up. I'm thinking nineties. All of a sudden, I had a nineties flash in my mind. [00:05:43] Speaker A: I've been saying. I've been saying that for a while, but it doesn't seem to listen to me. Maybe listen to you. I'm gonna abstain from picking anything this time, because every time I pick it, it decides to do something totally randomly, out of the blue, in a different genre from what I want. So maybe if I don't say anything, it'll get something else. [00:05:59] Speaker C: Yeah. Let's see. I'm ready to spin, so. [00:06:04] Speaker A: Me, too. So, do you see the wheel? [00:06:07] Speaker C: I see it. [00:06:09] Speaker A: All right, well, here we go. Wheel time. [00:06:29] Speaker C: Oh, look at that. [00:06:31] Speaker A: Oh, I called it for you. [00:06:33] Speaker C: I got it for you. [00:06:34] Speaker A: It's about time. [00:06:36] Speaker C: Foo fighters by. Wait, was it by. [00:06:39] Speaker A: No. Just kidding. [00:06:40] Speaker C: The Foo Fighters. So this is their debut album? Yeah. [00:06:43] Speaker A: Correct. Dave Grohl played everything. [00:06:46] Speaker C: Oh. [00:06:48] Speaker A: Oh. Everything was written by him. Everything was played by him. [00:06:52] Speaker C: I know. Big me. I don't know what else I know from this one, because I thought, hero? No. Monkey wrench. Actually, that's what I see. I remember monkey wrench being their debut single, me, personally. But they'd be like, no. And there's like, big me. Big me was a video with the. Was that the mentos one? [00:07:12] Speaker A: I believe so, yes. 100%. Yep. [00:07:17] Speaker C: Okay. [00:07:20] Speaker A: Yes. [00:07:21] Speaker C: Yeah, I'm curious. I don't know this record well. I know. I know the second one better. [00:07:27] Speaker A: So instead of being mentos, it's fudos with the fresh maker slogan saying, the fresh fighter, futile mementos. This is a big part. This is a funny video. [00:07:39] Speaker C: It's a good video. Yeah, that was a good. [00:07:43] Speaker A: I kind of missed videos being like that. Like, the videos were good back in the day. [00:07:47] Speaker C: Yeah. You had to do something to. You know, I got. I gotta tell you, I'm on. Honestly, I'm surprised when I see videos nowadays. I assume that people don't watch them anymore, but I actually watched the debut video from the new Taylor Swift album, because, again, my wife and daughter are big swifties now. So I actually got to see it as it clicked down on YouTube. [00:08:11] Speaker A: Really? [00:08:12] Speaker C: So. [00:08:13] Speaker A: And that was pretty good. [00:08:14] Speaker C: It's a post Malone video is pretty cool. It's kind of like a black and white, a little poor things kind of thing. [00:08:27] Speaker A: You know, there's a. There's a big extent expanded, expanded edition of this album. Actually, on. Somewhere on, there was a limited bonus pack. They do ozone from Ace. Really? [00:08:39] Speaker C: Oh, wow. [00:08:41] Speaker A: I don't know. I might have to play that. Even though it's not on this record. I don't think we have to rate it, but I might have to find. [00:08:46] Speaker C: That at the end of this, they'd be curious. [00:08:51] Speaker A: I'm psyched. I'm psyched that we got this. It's not really. [00:08:56] Speaker C: No, this is post. This came out in, what, 95? [00:09:03] Speaker A: Yeah, I believe so. 100%. Released on June 26, 1995. [00:09:16] Speaker C: Produced by David Grohl and Barrett Jones. [00:09:21] Speaker A: Yeah, he kind of, like, did this. I don't know if. I'm not sure if I can look through the thing here. When it was recorded, was recorded while he was in Nirvana or was it all after? I think it was all after. I think after, you know, Kirk and Bay committed suicide. I think kind of he didn't know if he wanted to do music anymore, and then he kind of, um. Oh, so the only. So he wrote all this stuff ahead of time. The only ones that were after Cobain's death were. This is a call I'll stick around. Ecstatic and watershed. So he must have been writing some of this stuff ahead of time. [00:09:58] Speaker C: Was he writing it for Nirvana, do you think? [00:10:01] Speaker A: No, he was just writing it for himself because, you know, he. I don't think he know. He always sees he's the funny guy because he's like, what's the last thing that the drummer says? Hey, look, I wrote a song. I got lyrics. He. I don't think he wanted to compete with that with. With Kurt Cobain stuff. I think he played him some stuff, but I. I think Kurt Cobain was, like, hesitant to, like, change the. Because he want to change the lyrics and stuff. So I don't think they ended up ever using. I know he heard something, but I don't think it was. I don't know how much he heard. As far as I know, it took. [00:10:38] Speaker C: A week to record the album. [00:10:40] Speaker A: I mean, he did this all by himself, man. [00:10:43] Speaker C: Nice. I can appreciate that. [00:10:47] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. I mean. I mean, listen, it's gotta be hard coming out of the biggest band in the world, right? [00:10:53] Speaker C: And it gets that point. Yeah. And. [00:10:55] Speaker A: Yeah, and it gets cut off and then what do you do? Like, he can't be the drummer. Like, he can't go on tour and he can't be the drummer because of Nirvana. So. [00:11:07] Speaker C: Well, I mean, technically, he could if he lets other people play, but, I mean, just the fact that he wrote all the songs, he probably would just want to play him anyway, right? Like, oh, this is. Let me just do it. And. [00:11:19] Speaker A: Yeah. He said he couldn't imagine playing in other bands, he said. Because it would remind me of speaking Nirvana every time it would sit down in the drum set, I would think of that. So that maybe he didn't want to do the drums, like, live, because he just didn't want, you know, he didn't want to be thinking about that. So that's probably how he ended up being a front person. That's got to be kind of tough, too, moving from the back to the front like that. [00:11:40] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. He's a good front man, though. I mean, obviously, the stuff that I seen live, he's very good at getting the crowd into it. And they get a lot of guest people, too, when they play live. [00:11:56] Speaker A: This one. Platinum. [00:11:58] Speaker C: Nice. [00:12:00] Speaker A: Yeah. I mean. I mean, listen, he went from the biggest band in the world to one of the biggest bands in the world. [00:12:06] Speaker C: Yeah. They're still kicking. [00:12:08] Speaker A: Yeah. 20 something years later. [00:12:09] Speaker C: Right. You gotta give him credit, man. He. [00:12:11] Speaker A: 30 years later. Almost. Almost 30 years at this point, right? [00:12:16] Speaker C: Yeah. So is that 29 years? [00:12:19] Speaker A: Yes. Crazy. It's kind of nuts. Well, they say 1.468 in North America, so that's probably what with them, Canada included, I guess, in 19, 1996. So it's cool. I'm glad we got this. I always wanted to get a food fighter's record because, I mean, like, again, like, we always say, I'm. I'm still hits guy when it comes to them. [00:12:46] Speaker C: Yeah, I am as well. I mean, I. Again, I thought I always say it. And someone, like, I said someone. Someone told me, like, no, McClellan wasn't the first one, but I wasn't a big fan of that song. But once everyone is what made me buy the second record. Like, I really liked everyone. [00:13:06] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:13:07] Speaker C: And, you know, some. We. We played it a lot, too. [00:13:10] Speaker A: Mm hmm. [00:13:11] Speaker C: So. [00:13:14] Speaker A: Yeah, I'm. I'm super psyched about this. This is. This is. This is good that now we went from. We had some weird stuff, and now we're. Now it, like, pulled us back into the. [00:13:23] Speaker C: Yeah. A little bit more familiar. [00:13:26] Speaker A: Yeah. Yeah, a little bit. So you ready to do this? [00:13:29] Speaker C: Yeah, let's do it. Foo fighters. All right. [00:13:32] Speaker A: So the. The first song is. This is a call. [00:13:35] Speaker C: I think I know. [00:13:36] Speaker A: I think I know this one, too. I'm pretty positive. Yeah. This. This was. This was a single, I think. Yeah, this was a single. This got to number where this get to number two, an alternative. Number 35 on ray on billboard radio songs, and number six on mainstream rocks. It's a big song. [00:13:56] Speaker C: Mm hmm. [00:13:58] Speaker A: Cool. All right, let's do it. Here we go, Foo Fighters. This is a call visiting is pretty. [00:14:07] Speaker B: Visiting is good? Seems that all they ever wanted was a brother this would be a secret, we can keep it good? Even all the evil one and had a problem? This is a car to all my? This is a cause you want fingernails, I pray fingernails are good? But all they ever wanted was a walk in? Never lose our plan big and say they should have won't fall on the ground call them magic? This is a car to all my? This is a car to all? This is a car to all my? [00:15:38] Speaker A: So what do you think of that? [00:15:40] Speaker C: I actually like it better now that I remember liking it. [00:15:45] Speaker A: Isn't that kind of funny? [00:15:46] Speaker C: Yeah, I mean, I think the lyrics are very. The melody is very beach boyish. It sounds like even the voice is the way it's blended and everything. [00:15:57] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. It's very, um. It's a good song. It's very strong. [00:16:03] Speaker C: Mm hmm. It's a good opener. [00:16:05] Speaker A: Yeah. Maybe just some lyrics. Visiting is pretty. Visiting is good seems that all they ever wanted was a brother this can be a secret, we can keep it good even all they ever wanted had a problem? This is a call to my past resignation? This is a call? Fingernails are pretty fingernails are good? Seems like all they ever wanted was a marking then. Balloons are pretty big. Are pretty big and they and they should ever fall to ground? Call the magic marker? This is a call to my? This is a call to all my past resignations? This is a call to all this is the call to all my past resignations? It's been too long. And that instrumental break, which I kind of like. I like the. I like the riff in there. It's pretty cool. [00:16:49] Speaker C: Yeah, that's good. It's strong, you know? Definitely avatar. [00:16:53] Speaker A: Mm hmm. [00:16:54] Speaker C: And better than I remember. [00:16:58] Speaker A: I'm just trying to see. Trying to see if there's anything here about the lyrics. So basically, the part. This is a call to all my past resignations. This is a call. It's like a wave to all the people I've ever played music with, the people I've been friends with, all my relationships, my family. It's like a low and a way to say thank you. [00:17:25] Speaker C: That's a nice, awesome. [00:17:27] Speaker A: Yeah. So, no, it's very strong. It's a strong chorus. It's a strong melody. You can see. You can see why this song did well, yeah. I like it so far. And obviously I know this song, so. [00:17:42] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. I didn't know. I think. I didn't remember the title of it, but I mean, as soon as it started. [00:17:48] Speaker A: Yeah. You're like, oh, yeah, I know that stuff. Yeah. Here we go. [00:18:06] Speaker B: Ritalin is good. Another one. Water down the daughter. This is a God to all my. This is a God this is a God who I. Fingernails are pretty. Fingernails are good seems that all they ever wanted was a marker never lose our free, biggest salvation. [00:19:16] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, this thing just continues to be very strong all the way through. [00:19:22] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:19:23] Speaker A: So as far as lyrics goes, as menacing is pretty. Medicine is good. Medicine is what? Is medicine like a drug or. [00:19:31] Speaker C: No, it's a. It's a medicine for infections, chlamydia, stuff like that. It does a bunch of things. It takes care of a few things. I'm wondering if it's like a road warrior medicine kind of thing, you know? [00:19:49] Speaker A: I don't know what even. All the cysts and mollusks tend to barter. What are they bartering? How is cysts and mollusks bartering? With who? With each other? With themselves. I'm confused. [00:20:01] Speaker C: Maybe to get some menacing because they got chlamydia. [00:20:04] Speaker A: Oh, maybe. And then Ritalin is easy. Ritalin is good. Even all the ones that watered down the daughter. So, I mean, I think it's just how that affects someone, you know? You mean the girl or person that riddlin. How that affects a person changes them, maybe. I don't know. And then, of course, it's kind of the same again. And then the break comes again, and then it comes back to that same second verse about the fingernails are pretty. Fingernails are good. Like the first one. So obviously some of these things are just obviously very specific to him and his situations or whatever it is. So it could probably mean. It could probably mean a lot of things. [00:20:45] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:20:46] Speaker A: Yeah. But overall, it's very strong song. Song. Strong melody. Strong, strong a lot. [00:20:52] Speaker C: Yeah, no, I like it. I mean, it's raw. Production is a little unclear to me, it seems. Again, I don't know if it's a little distortion. [00:21:01] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:21:04] Speaker C: But it's not bad. I mean, it's. What's wrong? [00:21:07] Speaker A: He recorded in a week. [00:21:08] Speaker C: What do you want doing everything? You gotta give him credit. So. [00:21:14] Speaker A: Yeah, it's good. All right, let's continue. Yeah, I liked it a lot. [00:22:09] Speaker C: Yeah. Good opener. [00:22:11] Speaker A: Yeah. Why don't you go first, since you haven't listened to this thing since the nineties? [00:22:19] Speaker C: Again, I probably don't understand everything that he's talking about. And if it's personal, obviously, then that's. That's what matters. But I'm gonna see a six on the lyrics. Yeah, I like the music. I'm gonna say seven on the music. Production's a little weird to me. Again, I don't know if it's just what I'm listening through, and I know. I mean, I hear the distortion, but it also seems a bit bassy overall. So I'm gonna say a six in the production, but it's a good song. I mean, it's. Now it is a song where if it's kind of playing, I'll probably listen to it. Whereas map of the day, I was like, I don't really remember this one. I may or may not listen to it. So it's a. It's a good opening. What do you think? [00:23:09] Speaker A: Uh, yeah, I'm gonna do six on the lyrics. Um, I think there are some things in there that are very, like, personal or cloaked a little bit, but, you know, they're not bad. I like the melody. The melody is very good. I really don't even care what the lyrics say. The melody is very strong musicianship. Seven, I think. I like. I like the. I like the riff. I got the little breakdown thing in the middle that's not very nirvana. Nirvana ish. The breakdown. But I can see why people would listen to this thing go, oh, you're just trying to copy Nirvana. I mean, I don't know what it's supposed to sound like. It's heavy rock from the time, so it's gonna sound. And he was in Nirvana, so. [00:23:56] Speaker C: And, I mean, if he was in songwriting before he met Kurt Cobain. Right. [00:24:00] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:24:01] Speaker C: I mean, who more of a bigger influence. If I like what he does 100%. [00:24:08] Speaker A: Yeah. And a production, I'm gonna do six. Like you said, it's a little bit of, like, some clipping, so I don't know, maybe it's just the way it was recorded. I mean, I don't know if I remember it like that, but obviously it was like that. But, yeah, I liked the song when it came out. And again, I'm like we said, I'm a hits guy. I think you're a hits guy for foo fighters, too, so. Yeah, you know, I think the first two or three songs, we're gonna know, and then it's gonna start to get a little, you know, you know, deep, deep cuts for us. So, yeah, this is a good song. [00:24:44] Speaker C: Pretty quickly. [00:24:46] Speaker A: It's a good song. Okay, let's go to the next one. Next one's. I'll stick around. This was a big song, too. I'll stick around was. What did it do? It did mainstream rock. Twelve alternative airplay, eight us radio songs, 51. So, you know, it's decent. So. And I. And I don't know if you remember this one, but I think once it comes on, you remember once you get. [00:25:12] Speaker C: Maybe the title, but I didn't. I don't remember this one by the title, either. Meanwhile. [00:25:18] Speaker A: That's funny. [00:25:19] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:25:20] Speaker A: All right, here we go. I'll stick around. [00:25:42] Speaker B: Father you every word I said was true that you will see I'm the only one who sees your one day at all that I show I don't know you anything I don't know you anything I don't know you anything I don't know you anything. [00:27:07] Speaker A: I know you forever so, obviously, from what I can gather, this is about Courtney Love. [00:27:17] Speaker C: Yeah, I definitely remember this song. [00:27:20] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:27:20] Speaker C: And. [00:27:20] Speaker A: And supposedly he, like, denied this was about Courtney Love for, like, a long time. This was written, like, on the eve of him recording the foo fighter stuff. So I guess. I guess there were some issues with the royalties and stuff from Nirvana. And, you know, she's not a very popular person for people. [00:27:39] Speaker C: No. [00:27:40] Speaker A: Wasn't there a song on the. On the Stone Temple pilots thing about her? Yeah, we did. [00:27:45] Speaker C: I mean, even though they came out in, uh, whatever. I mean, there's still big s. 90s band, so. [00:27:51] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:27:52] Speaker C: Well, she was big, right? I mean, she. She was a pretty big presence in the nineties. [00:27:59] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. And, you know, one day, maybe we'll talk to Steve about the whole thing, about whether that whole album. [00:28:06] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:28:08] Speaker A: Cobain lyrics, music. Who knows? It wouldn't be too far fetched. [00:28:14] Speaker C: We'll do, you know, the Paul McCartney really die and the Kirk will be pretty much. Look at the clues look at the. [00:28:22] Speaker A: Clues but I'll read some lyrics so I thought I knew it all I knew I thought I knew all it took to bother you every word I said was true and that you'll see how could it be? I'm the only one who sees your rehearsed insanity I still refuse all the methods you abuse it's all right if you're confused let me be I've been around all the pawns you've gagged and bound they'll come back and knock you down and I'll be free I've taken it all and I've endured one day it will fade and that part right there, there's pretty cool, like, jump break things in there, like, little jumpy parts, and then. I don't owe you anything. I don't owe you anything. And that's not about. Not about Kurt Cobain, but about her. So, supposedly. Yeah, I mean, I think this is pretty strong, too. [00:29:10] Speaker C: Yeah, it's a good song, too. [00:29:11] Speaker A: Yeah. It's so funny. Like, you hear these things and you didn't, you know, particularly know if you liked them back in the day. And then you listen to them now, you're like, oh, it's way better than I thought. [00:29:20] Speaker C: Yeah. I mean, I think I like this song back then, too, because, I mean, here in the chorus, I mean, I want. That riff reminds me of something I just don't remember. But it's funny. But I'm thinking the main riff reminds me of hole. But then when I hear the chorus, I'm like, maybe it is the chorus. You know what I mean? Because it does stick out to me. So maybe I remember the song more than I thought I had remembered. [00:29:44] Speaker A: It makes sense. Yeah. [00:29:47] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:29:48] Speaker A: All right, let's continue. [00:30:29] Speaker B: I don't know you anything I don't know you anything I don't know you anything I don't know you anything I don't know you anything I don't know you anything I don't know you anything I don't know you anything he likes. [00:30:58] Speaker A: Choruses, I think, that are just repeating. He does that in lots of stuff. Yeah, but the. But the riff behind that makes that chorus. [00:31:06] Speaker C: Yes. [00:31:08] Speaker A: It's a very good ref. [00:31:09] Speaker C: Yeah, it is. Drums are good. [00:31:12] Speaker A: And this is. This is kind of impressive for someone just, like, do it all himself. Super breath. [00:31:17] Speaker C: In a week. [00:31:18] Speaker A: In a week. Jesus Christ. What? Over a million? Four or in North America alone. [00:31:25] Speaker C: So nice. [00:31:26] Speaker A: It's good. It probably costs nothing. Yeah. Here's. Seriously, it's amazing when you can do that all by yourself. [00:31:33] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:31:35] Speaker A: All right, let's continue. [00:31:49] Speaker B: Came out. I think around. I think around me. I think around. I think around it. [00:32:30] Speaker A: There we go. And I do like the drum part in the chorus, too. I would just listen to that now. [00:32:36] Speaker C: Yeah. This hair sounds different than the first one, so I don't know if he's using a different snare, maybe. [00:32:44] Speaker A: I think production is a little bit better here, too, personally. [00:32:47] Speaker C: Yeah, I think so, too, actually. [00:32:49] Speaker A: Okay, so let's see. I think I'm gonna give it seven on the lyrics. I like the lyrics a little bit better. I like that it's focusing on her and. And how, you know, they didn't get along and how he feels that he's getting treated by her and what she's trying to do after he's after Kurt Cobain kills himself. How she's trying to assert, like, her control of the Nirvana catalog even though those two guys were there riding with him. Right. You know, the music, because I like the riff a lot of, like, the bass. I mean, the bass is okay, but the drums are good. I like. I like the patterns he's using in both of those little breakdown part and that pre chorus or whatever. And then in the chorus, I kind of like it. And the ending outro thing, I like that too. So we give that an eight. And I think production is a little bit better here. I don't hear as much like, you know, breaking up on the mic and stuff. So I'm gonna give that a seven. What do you think? [00:33:43] Speaker C: Um, yeah, I think the lyrics are better than the first one, even. Even if it wasn't directed at her. I like the. The lines that he uses. So I'm gonna say seven on the lyrics. I'm trying to think the music, if I like it better than. I would say seven to one. I mean, I think I like it as much as I like the first one. And, yeah, I think production is slightly better on this. So, yeah, I'm gonna give it triple sevens. [00:34:11] Speaker A: Triple sevens, triple sevens. Here we go. And the triple seven is. There we go. [00:34:16] Speaker B: It's Nikki Titty, baby. 777. [00:34:20] Speaker C: You bet. You have like a Courtney love triple seven. [00:34:22] Speaker A: Yeah, I should have. I should have that. [00:34:23] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:34:26] Speaker A: I don't. I don't know if I can make a, you know, shooting up heroin triple seven sound. No. Well, yeah. So right off the bat, two good songs. [00:34:38] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:34:42] Speaker A: Oh, and before I go. So the outro is I'll stick around. I'll stick around. Learn from all that came from it. So, you know, it's fairly obvious what this is about. [00:34:52] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:34:56] Speaker A: Okay, so the next one is the pretty much the biggest one on this album, which is big me. This is the one that has the photos. [00:35:07] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:35:08] Speaker A: I think this was a big crossover. I think if I look on this here. Let's see. I think it's what it end up being. Ended up being 18 on mainstream rock, top 40 at number eleven, top adult, top 40 23, alternative three, adult alternative nine, and then radio songs, billboard 13. So I'm sure that the video, you know, pushed this thing into the. To where it ended up. [00:35:43] Speaker C: I like the distinction between alternative and adult alternative. [00:35:46] Speaker A: Yeah, it's different. [00:35:47] Speaker C: I don't know. Like, when we listen to this, if you were considered adults at that point or just regular alternative? [00:35:55] Speaker A: Alternative. Yeah. This is a bit. This is a big departure from the first two songs. It's super popular. But the video is funny. This is when videos had to be, like, super creative. You know what I mean? [00:36:13] Speaker C: Yeah. Again, I get surprised when I see videos at this point. Like, are people still watching this? You know what I mean? [00:36:21] Speaker A: Yeah. Well, then they were 100%. [00:36:23] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. So videos were big, man. Videos were so big. [00:36:28] Speaker A: All right, so here we go. Big me. [00:36:45] Speaker B: When I talk about it, carries on reasons only. When I talk about it, aries are treason's already new. If we can get around it. I know that. [00:37:29] Speaker A: What do you think about that so far? [00:37:32] Speaker B: Um. [00:37:32] Speaker C: It's okay. I mean, honestly, I was never a massive fan of the song. I just kind of watched the video because I thought it was funny. It rhymes, actually. Slightly. Slightly. A little bit of credence. The beginning, almost. You know what I mean? [00:37:51] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:37:52] Speaker C: You know that band? [00:37:54] Speaker A: Yeah. I mean, it's super. It's super duper cash. Even though there's really not. There's not a lot of rhymey stuff that goes. I mean, I guess there is, but I don't know, it's. It's not a. I just think maybe the video, for me makes it more standout ish. [00:38:09] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:38:10] Speaker A: Supposedly they stopped playing the song for, like, ten years because they kept getting pelted with mentos. Those fuckers must hurt. [00:38:21] Speaker C: Oh, hell, yeah. They got the shell, man. And they're bigger than Skittles. They should have written a song about Skittles. [00:38:30] Speaker A: Yeah, that would be better off in a while. I don't know if it would have been worse. It was just like a whole thing of Skittles. Here's a handful. Kinky. That's crazy. So the verses when I talk about it carries on reasons only new when I talk about it aries or treasons all renew big me to talk about it I can stand to prove if we can get around it I know that it's true well, I talked about it carried on reasons only knew but it's you I fell in love, too with so supposedly this is about his, uh, his wife at the time. [00:39:09] Speaker C: You know what I mean? [00:39:10] Speaker A: Yeah, it's so. It's so. It's so different than the first two songs, though. [00:39:14] Speaker C: Yeah, it's. [00:39:15] Speaker A: It's a super. This gotta be like a tongue. A tongue in cheek kind of song, though. [00:39:19] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:39:19] Speaker A: Super poppy. [00:39:20] Speaker C: Cutesy. That's the word I was. [00:39:21] Speaker A: It's cutesy. [00:39:22] Speaker C: Yeah. Like cutie cutesy. [00:39:27] Speaker A: Here we go. [00:39:28] Speaker B: I talked about it carried on reasons only when I talk about it aries oh treason's all renew beg me to talk about it I could stand proof we can get around it I know that's true well, I talked about it, put it on never was it true but it's you I fell into well, I talked about it, put it on never was, wasn't true but you I fell into. [00:40:42] Speaker A: Yeah, I like. I like the little baseball and. Yeah, and I like the chord he used, like, in that part where that goes. Uh, which one? Which part was it? Um, uh, I think it's the chorus of the chorus. Talk about it. I could not stand to prove they have that little, like. Yeah, 9th chord or whatever it is. [00:41:01] Speaker C: Yeah, that. [00:41:02] Speaker A: The end of that little verse part, that little spot. I guess I could stand to prove. I kind of like that. It's very. It's super catchy, like. And the mere fact that you remember this thing fucking 30 years later. [00:41:13] Speaker C: Yeah, well, I mean, this was. I mean, at that point we had MTV, so. Yeah, if you left that on, I mean, I think I was still kind of leaving tapes in the VCR and just kind of taping stuff to see what I would catch. [00:41:28] Speaker A: Oh, this probably played over and over. [00:41:29] Speaker C: And over and over. I mean, imagine like a six hour tape. I bet you caught this at least three times. [00:41:35] Speaker A: Oh, probably, yeah. I'll go first. I'm gonna do six on the lyrics. I like the lyrics to the prior song. I'll stick around a little bit better. I think the melody is a little bit better. As far as musicianship goes. I mean, I like it. I mean, it's not super complicated or anything, but, you know, it's super syrupy and super poppy and totally, you know, tongue in cheek. And I like the, you know, I like the chords and stuff. I think the last song is a little bit better. I don't know. Did I actually even give. I'm just thinking about this now. Did I ever give ratings the first time? The other thing, I don't know if I did. [00:42:20] Speaker C: Oh, you didn't give ratings? [00:42:21] Speaker A: I don't think so. But I'll give it to you now. So I'll stick around. Lyric seven, music eight, and production seven. I don't know if I did or not. If I didn't. [00:42:30] Speaker C: That's what you did, and now you change them, you know. [00:42:34] Speaker A: No, no, no. I have them written down, but I think I did them. I'm not sure if I did. I thought I did. I think I was taking notes as I was going along, so. [00:42:43] Speaker C: Yeah, because I remember the. I think the eight on the music, because I was kind of. [00:42:47] Speaker A: Yeah, I wasn't sure if I did it. [00:42:50] Speaker C: Read it twice. [00:42:51] Speaker A: So. Big meat production, I'm gonna give it a second. A seven. I think it's very. I think it's very good. I like the sound. I like the drum sound, the clean sound. You know, the clean sounds. Okay. But I think it's still better than the first song. So that's why I'm gonna give it seven. What do you think? [00:43:06] Speaker C: It's okay. I mean, like I said, I wasn't ever a massive fan of the song. It's. Again, it's not terrible. I'll say it's six on the lyrics. I'm gonna say six on the music because I gave the other one seven, and I definitely think the other ones are better. Production is good. I honestly. I think this is the best produced one. I'm not gonna go as far as to say an eight, but I will give it a seven. I mean, again, it's. It's okay. I can. I can tolerate. I don't sit here going, oh, my God, I hate this song. But, I mean, I definitely go to the first two. I think they're better. [00:43:42] Speaker A: Yeah. Well, now we get into songs that we probably don't know. Like I said, we're very, um, hit hits, foo Fighters fans. Now, this is a song I probably have never heard. So alone. An easy target, supposedly, about the, like, last months of Nirvana and Kurt not being satisfied with Dave's drumming anymore, even though, you know, from. He was the drummer that he wanted for nevermind because he loved the way he played. Who knows what weird things were going on, you know, at the end of that, maybe that. The heroin abuse. Yeah. The relationship with Courtney Love probably wasn't. I don't think anyone, you know, the rest of the band didn't particularly like her too much. So it's. It's. It's like the Yoko Omaha effect. Right. Unfortunately, for lack of a better, you know, thing to do. So this is a lone and easy target. I've never heard this, so I'm interested. [00:44:42] Speaker C: Here what it does, at least. Definitely not from the title. [00:44:46] Speaker A: Yeah, I don't think so I've ever heard it. All right, here we go. I gotta say, though, I like that riff a lot. [00:45:24] Speaker C: Yeah, it's a good riff. [00:45:26] Speaker A: Yep. [00:45:27] Speaker C: I like that riff, too. [00:45:28] Speaker A: I forgot to mention this before. I hear. I hear shades of mammoth. WVH in certain parts, the first song. Yeah, well, he's a big fan. Of this record. You know, he does all his stuff himself, too. [00:45:41] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:45:41] Speaker A: So I. [00:45:42] Speaker C: There. [00:45:42] Speaker A: There are definitely things in here. I see that he's kind of copped a little bit like that riff to me, like almost. There's something about that that you almost could hear on that other album, if we ever get it. And again, since I know he's a big fan of his, and, you know, he's a big fan of this record because he did. He did it all by himself, and he's done his thing all by himself, so it's very, you know, symbiotic kind of thing, but, yeah, I like the. I like the riff. [00:46:07] Speaker C: Yeah, I like that rift, too, actually. [00:46:10] Speaker A: And drum parts. Good again, as usual. [00:46:13] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah. He's a powerful. [00:46:15] Speaker A: Seems to be. He's good at it. Go ahead. [00:46:18] Speaker C: Oh, no, I was gonna say would. He lacks a finesse. He makes up in power, which is cool. [00:46:23] Speaker A: Mm hmm. And he seems to accentuate. I know you like these accentuation of things. [00:46:28] Speaker C: Yeah, I like that, too. Yep. With the riffs. [00:46:31] Speaker A: I bet I backed it up a little bit. Let's try it now. See where we're at. [00:46:52] Speaker B: Spell puzzle. Start laughing. My face turns win I want out I'm alone I want out I'm alone. [00:47:22] Speaker A: So they're interesting lyrics. They knew all along. They're not dumb. They were so wrong. She's not always fun. The she is not courtly in love. It's when supposedly, it's like, you ever seen nirvana? I mean, Kurt cobain that had. When he was dressing with a. What, a dress on? [00:47:42] Speaker C: Dress? [00:47:43] Speaker A: Yeah. So maybe, you know, that's when he was a little fucked up, maybe. And obviously when he did that, he wasn't a fun person to be around. Maybe hate it now. Call when I'm done. Is that. Does that refer to, like, call when I'm done meeting once I'm done recording my parts. I don't know, they're not there. Maybe pieces fell in place. Puzzles suck. Laugh in my face turn and swing the pace I give this keep the good waste I don't know what that means. Head is on I want out I'm alone I'm an easy target. I think the I'm alone part, meaning that, you know, Chris Nova, Shelley Novoselic, and Kirk Obeyn are very close because they've been, you know, in this band together since, you know, mid eighties or whatever it is, whenever that started. And there was been like, what, four drummers? Three drummers at this point over there. See, I didn't, I don't know, at least. At least two prior. I don't know if there was two or three. I don't know enough. [00:48:40] Speaker C: Yeah, I don't think he was the drummer on bleach, so. No, no, I think I knew that part. [00:48:47] Speaker A: He wasn't even the drummer when they started demoing these things. There's certain parts in there that were. I think Chad Channing was a drummer prior to this, and some of those parts that were already, like, kind of a little bit mapped out before Dave Grohl came in. And so the next part is metronome. I want out. Meaning what? They wanted to be a metronome. I don't know. He doesn't. But he doesn't want to play like that. They want him to play to a metronome. He doesn't want to do that. I know. We talked. He's talked about that. He hated playing the metro clicks. And then I'm alone and I'm an easy target. So I don't think this is strongest lit, his strongest melody, or his strongest vocal. I still think he's trying to figure out his vocal thing here. I think the first. [00:49:31] Speaker C: Yeah, he's very. [00:49:33] Speaker A: Yeah. Who knows if this was, like, earlier recording and those other ones were maybe later on when he felt a little more comfortable. He feels like he's a little hesitant about this. [00:49:44] Speaker C: I mean, especially when you consider, like, the strength of some of the stuff he's done after. I mean, even, like, in the next, like, ever long and monkey wrench. Yeah, he ventures. He ventures out. And even best of you, I mean, that's a really strong vocal performance by him. [00:50:02] Speaker A: And this chorus, for what it is, sounds a little nirvana ish. I just think maybe the chords he's using in the progression, the way it goes, to me, it sounds like that. [00:50:09] Speaker C: Yeah, I can hear some of that for sure. [00:50:12] Speaker A: Yeah. But I think the other songs are. [00:50:13] Speaker C: Stronger than this, personally, but, yeah, that's. I mean, it's a great riff. I think the melody. Yeah, that's. If the melody was just a little bit stronger, I guess, could be my favorite. It's on. [00:50:26] Speaker A: Fuck, yeah. No, it's. It's actually pretty good anyway. But, I mean, I think the melody is not as good. 100%. All right, here we go. [00:50:51] Speaker B: True. Not what it seems he don't feel so good don't feel bad not that he should I don't feel so good don't feel bad not that I should alone and I'm gonna leave me talking everywhere get out, get out, get out, get out, get out, get out get out, get out, get out, get out, get out. [00:52:25] Speaker A: Yeah, I like the. That little bridge. Did you ever listen? Did you ever listen? Get out, get out, get out? I like that. [00:52:33] Speaker C: Yeah, like that. [00:52:34] Speaker A: I still don't think it's. That's probably the best part. I also don't think it's that strong. [00:52:38] Speaker C: Yeah. Vocally, and again, the chorus is right. I mean, other than, well, big me, obviously, in general, is repetitive, but he does seem to kind of have one line choruses that he repeats over and over. Mm hmm. [00:52:52] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:52:53] Speaker C: But I feel that they work better before than they do in this one. [00:52:59] Speaker A: Yeah, I think those strong. Those are songs. Stronger songs, I think. [00:53:02] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:53:04] Speaker A: So verse two is crazy. Tv dreams might be true not what it seems food in cavities chewing words tear at the seams he don't feel so good, don't feel bad, not that he should I don't feel so good, don't feel bad not that I should so, basically saying when Kurt had the stomach problem, supposedly, like, he shouldn't feel bad, even though their performances may not have been as good, but he's as saying that Kurt should feel. Shouldn't feel bad if, you know, Dave Grohl's having a hard time or whatever is going on. [00:53:36] Speaker C: The blame, too, though, right? It feels like. [00:53:38] Speaker A: Yeah. Yeah. It's a very personal song, I think. [00:53:42] Speaker C: Yeah. I mean, it gives you insight, right? [00:53:45] Speaker A: Mm hmm. Yeah. All right, let's continue. [00:54:17] Speaker B: Can't you ever inside. [00:54:40] Speaker A: You go. Get out, get out. I'm curious. I'm curious to know what you think about that. That. [00:54:49] Speaker C: See, it's hard because I really like the riff, but I just find the melody kind of boring. I'm gonna say seven on the lyrics. I mean, just for him to kind of come out and, I mean, you can understand what's going on, even though he doesn't specifically say, you know what I mean? It's not very black and white, but you can. Can understand the sentiment, so I can appreciate that music. I'll say seven. I mean, again, I think with a better melody, I probably would have done eight, because I really like that riff on it. I can't go to eight because, especially to the chorus repeating it. Like, I don't really like the chorus. The riff behind the chorus is cool, but that's really, to me, it suffers even more than the verse. Just like, get out, get out over and over. I'm gonna say six on the production. I don't think this one was as clear. And there were times where I think the levels were a little off. I mean, it's disappointing because I ultimately. I do think, riff wise, this is probably my favorite riff so far. What do you think? [00:56:03] Speaker A: Yeah, I'm gonna give seven lyrics. I kind of like the lyrics. I like to hear. I always like insights, some things that I didn't know about. So, you know, this should just show that, you know, there's. There's some strife going on in the band that you didn't really know what was happening unless you not put it down on tape. You know what I mean? Just kind of, like, talking, even though it's a little masked. Yeah, I like the riff a lot. I wish the singing melod. The singing was a little bit more strong. It was a little stronger, and that the melody goes stronger, but I'm gonna give a seven on that. And I don't think the production was that bad. Um, I think it was better than some of the other ones that were there. So I'm gonna give that a seven. Triple sevens. Nice. And it's time for the triple seven again. Which one do I pick this time? Here we go. That's right. Stewie, baby. 777. So, it's interesting. Like, I have no. I have no idea about that song. I was. It's. This is, like. This is a new. This is a new discovery for me. [00:57:03] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:57:06] Speaker A: All right. [00:57:07] Speaker C: I mean, again, I always mentioned that's one of the good things about doing the podcast, right, is discovering rediscovery. So. [00:57:13] Speaker A: Yeah. All right, so this is. Good grief. Let's see. Not like the Charlie Brown thing. [00:57:23] Speaker C: Yeah. Oh, good grief. [00:57:25] Speaker A: Oh, good grief. Here we go. You know, again, I like that riff. [00:57:51] Speaker C: That's a really good ref, actually. I like it better than the last one, I think. [00:57:55] Speaker A: And I like the little. The way the drums come in and then. And then the riff. The drum sounds pretty good, too. Do you like the snare sound on this? [00:58:04] Speaker C: I do, yeah. I mean, overall, I like the sound of the drums. They're raw. I mean, again, I think the production isn't about the stuff. Not. I think it's just an overall. It just sounds a little bit muddy to me, but it's raw. I mean, that's cool. I can appreciate that. And, yeah, the drums definitely sound pretty cool, so. [00:58:24] Speaker A: Yeah, I didn't know if you. You liked his drum sound in general. [00:58:28] Speaker C: Yeah, I mean, even. Even in the Nirvana stuff, I do like the way the drums are produced. You know, they're produced strong. Strong. [00:58:39] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. I think. I think. I think he's a good drummer. He, you know, not, you know, is he. Is he Neil Peart? No, but I think he's a very strong drummer. He puts in the right places. Yeah. All right, here we go. [00:59:16] Speaker B: Thought I'd be in house and go. When I think about it hate him, hate him, hate him, hate him, hate him, hate him. Yeah. [00:59:46] Speaker A: It's interesting, the, um. He likes to do that one thing. Hated, hated, hated, hate it. Yeah, he likes to do that in the chorus. [00:59:54] Speaker C: Yep. So, I mean, I think, um. It's. It's strong. Yeah, the melody is better in this one, too. I mean, again, I'm not crazy about the choruses kind of all being that one line and whatever, but I think in general, the. The riff is really good and the melody is better. There's a little bit more going on with what he's doing. [01:00:17] Speaker A: Yeah, he's pounded it in your head. [01:00:21] Speaker C: Yes, he hates it. [01:00:24] Speaker A: And the verse is. Since I'm putting down all of the tricks true things around but I like it. Handed down my crown given the jewels and the answers of May the thought of being ousted comes and goes comes and goes when I think about it the wind blows hate it, hate it, hate it, hate it, hate it, hate it, hate it the part I thought the thought of being ousted. I wonder if that ties into the last song about, you know, him, you know, having problems with her getting kicked out, maybe getting kicked out of Nirvana. Yes, I wonder. [01:00:57] Speaker C: Yeah, I mean, they definitely sound related. And handed down my crown. I don't know if that's a reflection on them, you know what I mean? Because again, they were kind of the kings of this era. So if that's, um, him saying, all right, this is going to be over soon. So. You know what I mean? Like, onto the next one. [01:01:16] Speaker A: Gotcha. Yeah, I agree. All right, here we go. [01:01:50] Speaker B: Just got all the bounds always losing it's all about now chills and many bananas wrapped around. [01:03:14] Speaker A: Let me read the lyrics to the next verse. Run me out of town. I wonder if that had something to do with Nirvana. Somewhere a move might intended a gown at. I don't know what that means. Pissed at all the bowels always the blues and a delicate smile missed all of the sideways Gullan noun gull and now chosen petty band aids wrapped around. I'm sure that has something to do with the situation. [01:03:41] Speaker C: Yeah, I mean, it sounds like he's. He's making it very. I mean, unless there's something we're just not understanding, it seems like it sounds related to the last song and it sounds that he's doing it in a way where it makes sense to him, and it may or may not make sense to other people, but it doesn't matter because it's very personal to him. [01:04:04] Speaker A: Yep. So, yeah, I think the. I think the melody and the sing and the. And the vocals a little bit better in this one, I think. [01:04:12] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:04:14] Speaker A: All right, let's continue. Good. [01:04:15] Speaker C: Deep cut. [01:04:16] Speaker A: It's definitely deep. Yes. It's a definitely deep cut from. For us anyway. [01:04:20] Speaker C: I think so. Yeah. [01:04:21] Speaker A: Yeah, for us. For us, yes. [01:04:25] Speaker B: Since I put them down, all the truth is about your life. Handed down the crown, even jewels and. Outstanding. Go. When I think about it. [01:05:19] Speaker C: Bit of a weird ending. [01:05:21] Speaker A: Yeah. Isn't that many fades in this record. It looks like they will stop. So, so far. Yeah. All right, why don't you go first? Let me. Tell me what you think about this. [01:05:31] Speaker C: Um. I liked it. I'm gonna say seven on the lyrics. I mean, again, I think he's expressing something that was going on at the time. I mean, that's my interpretation. Seems closely related to the one before it. So I like, even if it doesn't all make sense to me, I can appreciate the fact of you, him making something, you know, it's personal to him, so it makes sense to him, but you kind of get the gist of what he's talking about. I gotta say an eight on the music. I mean, I really like the riff. Again, the chorus could be a little bit whatever, but it's fine. It doesn't ruin the song for me. And I'm gonna say seven on production again, it still sounds a bit muffled to me, but I feel like I pick up a little bit more on the dynamics here, so. And the riff isn't just chords. Right. It's got some no cities doing in there. Yeah, that's pretty good. [01:06:26] Speaker A: You gave a triple seven. [01:06:27] Speaker C: No, no. 787787. [01:06:31] Speaker A: Okay. [01:06:32] Speaker C: Seven, eight, seven. [01:06:33] Speaker A: I didn't hear the music part. Yeah, I think I'm gonna copy that. I'd like the lyrics. I think the melody is a little bit better this time. I'm not too sure if I like the repeating of the choruses. I mean, one thing it does. Bang it through your head. [01:06:48] Speaker C: Yes. [01:06:49] Speaker A: I mean. I mean, you're not trying to figure out. It would be nicer maybe, if you change somewhere in the middle of that. But, you know, I guess that's nitpicky. I like the drumming in the song a lot. I like. I like the riff. [01:07:04] Speaker C: I. [01:07:04] Speaker A: You know, I do hear a little bit of punkiness in this, too. And a little bit of you know, a little bit of nirvana in this, I think, too. Not as much as the last, but a little bit. And, yeah, I'm gonna give it seven on the production, I think. I think it's gotten a little bit better. Anyway, again, it's not gonna be perfect because this thing is recorded so quickly, so they're gonna be things you don't like, but it is very raw, which is part of the charm, I think. [01:07:31] Speaker C: Absolutely. [01:07:33] Speaker A: All right, so we're getting to the end of the first side here, and this is a song called Floaty. I don't know what the fuck this is going to be about. Here we go. [01:08:26] Speaker B: No way. On the ground all of my crown sheep comes back down. [01:09:37] Speaker C: All right, what do you think? I think you're muted. There you go. [01:09:48] Speaker A: I'm not. I like the acoustic intro. I don't know. [01:09:54] Speaker C: I like the chords. It reminds me of sponge a bit. Something that would have been on the sponge record. [01:10:02] Speaker A: Mm hmm. [01:10:06] Speaker C: I don't know, it's. I don't think it's bad, but it's not kind of pulling me in either. It's. It's. I'm kind of wavering on the outside. I feel like I could like it, but it just hasn't grabbed me. [01:10:23] Speaker A: Yeah, I'm not sure yet. Um, I'm gonna read. It's interesting what he does with the lyrics. So it goes, he floats, floats away on the ground, he comes back down, then it goes, they float, float away on the ground, they come back down, and then she floats, floats away on the ground, she comes back down, and then we float, float away on the ground, we come back down. That's not as big as what's flown around here. He just repeats that. That's not as big of what's flown around here. He's doing the repeat thing in the chorus again. [01:10:56] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:10:57] Speaker A: I'm not sure what this is about. [01:10:59] Speaker C: So one thing I see here is David girl said that he once had a dream that you, UFO's had come to come to the earth and a new age of man was beginning and inspired one of the songs on the album. While he didn't say which one, he did say that the lyrics were very spacey in general, which indicates it could be floaty. It says, grohl was insecure about his nasally singing. He added effects to his voice on the song and tried to enhance the performance through a double track. He told Melody Maker, I think Michael Stockwood said that his sinuses were a God given gift and that's why his voice is so nasally and bizarre. To me, it's more of a curse. I'd rather have them repaired so I can sing like Luciano Pavaro. [01:11:46] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:11:46] Speaker A: I have to listen for the double track now. I heard the phaser or whatever it is that he put on the voice, though, so I'm gonna have to pay a little more attention now about that. Yeah, I mean. I mean, it's a different song. I'm going to hold my judgment off until I hear a little bit more. [01:12:01] Speaker C: Yeah, me too. [01:12:03] Speaker A: Here we go. I mean, I like his drumming on the break. [01:13:24] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:13:25] Speaker A: But it's a little bit repetitive. [01:13:27] Speaker C: Yeah. So you may laugh at this. I almost. There's some parts actually rhyme your ace fairly a little bit in this. [01:13:35] Speaker A: Really? [01:13:36] Speaker C: Yeah. Maybe just some of the melody. [01:13:41] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. [01:13:42] Speaker C: It's kind of like Freddy meets sponge. [01:13:47] Speaker A: I don't. I don't really hear the double track in the vocal, but I hear the effect. And as far as lyrics goes, what he does this time, instead of doing the four things in a row, he just puts the chorus a break and then the other two. So I'm not going to read that again because it's basically the same stuff. [01:14:03] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah. I think this is a song that I have to listen to again, straight through. You know what I mean? Like, I'll. Obviously, I'll give ratings hearing it here, but there's part of me that says, in a different situation, maybe hearing it straight through, I may like it better. [01:14:26] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:14:27] Speaker C: Or I may not. [01:14:28] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:14:30] Speaker C: I mean, it's not terrible. I mean, it's. [01:14:32] Speaker A: No, it's not terrible. [01:14:34] Speaker C: I think there's some good stuff going on. [01:14:36] Speaker A: Yeah. It's just not as catchy as some of the earlier stuff, that's all. [01:14:40] Speaker C: Yeah, it's a little bit. It's a little bit different, but I do like the chords and. You know what I mean? Like, I know we talked about some of the chords that, like, King's x was using some of those cool, like, half nineties chords. I kind of. Not that it sounds like them, but, you know, these chords, I think, are a little bit different than some of the other stuff that he was doing, which I think is cool. [01:14:58] Speaker A: Yeah, no, no, it definitely has its own, like, vibe, this song. [01:15:03] Speaker C: Yeah, it's got its own charm. [01:15:05] Speaker A: Yeah. All right, let's continue. [01:15:24] Speaker B: Way on the ground. We're going around here. That's not a big. [01:16:30] Speaker A: Hmm. I'm gonna push it over to you. Tell me what you think. [01:16:38] Speaker C: I mean, lyrics. I'm gonna say a five. I can appreciate the sentiment if it is like UFO's, you know, like, I'm always cool with stuff like that, Sci-Fi and everything, but obviously just. It's really the same thing over and over. I do appreciate that's not as big as what's flown around here. And if he is talking about, let's say it was a UFO, people saying, no, it's like a military plane or some weather balloon, you know, I mean, like all that talk that always goes back and forth. So him kind of justifying music. I'm gonna say a six for now. I was gonna say seven, but I'm gonna say six, but I think I wanna come back around to the song and kind of listen to it straight through. Because, again, I do like some of the chords that he's using and some of the melody. I think his voice is even here a little. Like, it's repetitive, but a little bit better than some of the other stuff. I like the production. I'm gonna say seven on production, so I think it's good. It just. You know what I mean? It's one of those songs you're like, I want to like it more, but I may like it more. Just not right at this. So, what do you think? [01:17:57] Speaker A: Yeah, I think I'm gonna. I think I'm gonna echo what you did. Fire under lyrics. There's a lot of repetition. I mean, it's interesting. When he puts the. The parts that say, she floats, he floats, they flow, we float. So that's kind of interesting. But, you know, it's not the. It's a lot of repetition. So on that fact alone, I'm probably at five. Yeah. Music, you know, I like the riff. I don't know. Don't think it's as strong as some of the other stuff. So I'm gonna give it a six. And then production, I think. I don't think it was horrible. I think it's kind of run right in the middle, you know, I mean, for me. So I'm gonna give it a seven. But, you know, I definitely can say that this is a front loaded side as far as, like, catchy, super catchy, memorable things. I think the first three songs are really what it is. I'm gonna be curious to see next week with the second side of the does and see if it changes. [01:18:56] Speaker C: Yeah, I'm listening. Like, we don't know. We know, but we do. [01:19:01] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. Who knows? I might know. I think I may know one song on the other side, so I'm just curious to see how that works out. But, yeah, I'm glad we got this. This is a, you know, this is an album that, you know, I know is always there. I've heard lots about it. I've heard what he did and how he recorded this on his own and how he got his own deal and, you know, how much it sold comparative to, you know, what it costs to make. And, like, he did everything himself. Gotta give the guy credit. Came out of the biggest band in the world at that point. At this point, he could have just basically said, fuck it, I'm not doing anything. [01:19:34] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:19:35] Speaker A: And how he didn't want anyone to know it was him because he didn't want the Nirvana thing to kind of, you know, influence what people do. [01:19:43] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:19:43] Speaker A: Even though that was going to happen no matter what, you know, once everyone found out who it was, I'm sure there's a lot of people that said, hey, what. What are you fucking doing up there? You're the german nirvana. What do you think you can do that? Yeah, it's gonna be hard for him. [01:19:57] Speaker C: I mean, like I said, I do give him credit because, again, they're still around, they're still making music. Right. I mean, they're there. I assume they're a massive headlining act. [01:20:09] Speaker A: Oh, they're master. [01:20:10] Speaker C: Still selling. Yeah. So, yeah. Especially in an era where I'm sure they're not getting played on any radio station, at least I don't think. Because I don't listen to the radio, so somebody knows differently. Please tell me I'm not. And I'm not talking about serious. Right. Where, you know, you know, I mean, you can flip to the alternative stations or whatever and you'll hear them. I'm just talking about mainstream radio. [01:20:35] Speaker A: Yeah, I don't think that's happening for anybody. [01:20:38] Speaker C: Yeah. They've always been a band that wanted to because I don't necessarily always like all the hits either, but, you know, he seems like a nice guy. He's. I mean, he's known to be a nice guy. And again, you. You can always appreciate even whether or not you like the music, just the fact that people have lasted this long and are still making music, they're still touring, and a band that you pretty much grew up with. Right. You saw the beginnings of them. So. [01:21:11] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:21:12] Speaker C: Yeah. I mean, not bad. I mean, honestly, big me is probably my least favorite song on that first night. That's fine, even if the votes didn't. But if I had to pick a song to skip, I'd probably skip it even. Even if I hadn't heard it so many times, you know, what? I mean, I just. I like the rock stuff better. I think there's some. Some pretty strong riffs in there. The melodies are okay. I mean, they're not all bad, you know, and obviously some of this stuff is a little bit repetitive, especially the choruses. But, I mean, there's just good, simple songs. [01:21:48] Speaker A: I think he's not very, like, confident yet in all his vocals. I don't think. Yeah, he's trying to put that together, that's all, you know, and. And big me is really. It stands out as being not the same as the rest of the album. Yeah, but you can. [01:22:03] Speaker C: Is fun. [01:22:04] Speaker A: Yeah, well, it's fine. Yeah, well, you're allowed to do. I mean, if you can do that and not be locked into a certain thing, you do whatever you want. And again, I think the video made that thing way big, so. [01:22:14] Speaker C: And I, you know, I don't think he was going for, oh, you know what I'm gonna make? There's twelve songs in here. I'm gonna make eleven rock songs, and I'm gonna put this little sugary thing, and that's gonna be my hit. I think he just, again, he wrote what he could, and I could appreciate him, you know, being a drummer because. And again, not to say, you know, like, Charlie Bonante writes a bunch of, a bunch of music, too, so. But I can appreciate where it's like, oh, the drummer was writing songs and cool and, you know, so. [01:22:46] Speaker A: Oh, yeah, 100%. Yeah, that doesn't happen all the time. All right, well, it's been good so far. I like it. I'm glad we got it. Why don't you do it once you do your thing? [01:22:55] Speaker C: Yeah. So we are part of the Deep Dive podcast network. Again, great bunch of guys took us in right away. And if you want individualized podcasts about certain bands, like Rush, like our boys at Rush, Rush, Judas Priest, who gave us a shout out. So again, a shout out back to them. Drew's priest cast. And I mean, Tom Petty, Uriah heap, Van Halen made. And you named the band. It's probably there. So check them out. And Mark, where can they find us? On the interwebs. [01:23:25] Speaker A: On the interwebs, as usual. Rock roulette pod rock roulettepodcast.com please give us ratings on the podcast app. Five star ratings help us out a lot. Move us up in the rankings. You set it. Set the auto download for your podcast app so you get every new episode. And. Yeah. Oh, and general, I forget to tell us, remember we have Spotify playlists. Go listen to there and, you know, listen to our playlist for every episode, which gives our ranked songs. They get over a seven, they generally get on the list. So, yeah, those things happen every time we finish, we finish an album, so. Which is like 46 or 47 albums at this point. It's a lot of albums. [01:24:11] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:24:12] Speaker A: It's so funny. Some of the bigger bands, some of the bigger bands that aren't, they have not come up yet, which is funny. Yeah, this is one of them. It just came up, so. [01:24:21] Speaker C: Yeah. You wanted nineties, right? [01:24:25] Speaker A: No, I got nineties. Yeah. No, I'm glad. I'm glad we got this. I. Again, I never really sat down to listen to this album through, so I'm glad. I don't know why, but I'm. But I'm glad we got to do this this way. So this is definitely a discovery. It's not even a rediscovery because I know three songs out of the album, so I don't know most of the album pretty much, so. [01:24:44] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:24:47] Speaker A: But it's something I've always heard about, you know what I mean? But I never just, like, sat down to listen to. It's just funny. Anyway. All right, guys, well, I guess we will see you next week and we'll finish this up. [01:24:58] Speaker C: Yeah. Show later.