Friend of a Friend (song)
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| "Friend of a Friend" | ||
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| Song by Foo Fighters | ||
| Recorded | 1990/1997/2005 | |
| Length | 3:13 | |
| Label | RCA | |
"Friend of a Friend" is an acoustic song by the Foo Fighters, featured on their 2005 album In Your Honor. The song is performed by the Foo Fighters' guitarist/lead vocalist Dave Grohl alone.
An earlier version of this song was recorded in 1990, when Grohl had joined the grunge band Nirvana. Kurt Cobain's influence can be heard in the song which features simple acoustic power chords - much like Nirvana's "Polly" - and a fairly monotone melody, much like many of Cobain's own songs.
[edit] The song
The song was written by Grohl in 1990 (and recorded in secret the same year), and it was about his first impressions of new bandmates Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic. He first wrote it in Kurt's Seattle apartment when Grohl stumbled upon an acoustic guitar owned by Cobain. The recorded song was released in 1992 in a collection of songs (entitled Pocketwatch) under the pseudonym 'Late!'
On April 30, 1997, the song was recorded for a BBC Evening Session. In 2005, Grohl revisited the song, recording it again for the acoustic disc of the Foo Fighters' In Your Honor. The song was also included on the band's recent live album Skin and Bones.
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| Dave Grohl | Taylor Hawkins | Nate Mendel | Chris Shiflett | ||||
| William Goldsmith | Pat Smear | Franz Stahl | ||||
| Discography | ||||
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| Albums: Foo Fighters | The Colour and the Shape | There Is Nothing Left to Lose | One by One | In Your Honor | ||||
| Singles: "This Is a Call" | "I'll Stick Around" | "For All the Cows" | "Big Me" | "Monkey Wrench" | "Everlong" | "My Hero" | "Walking After You" | "Learn to Fly" | "Stacked Actors" | "Generator" | "Breakout" | "Next Year" | "The One" | "All My Life" | "Times Like These" | "Low" | "Have It All" | "Best of You" | "DOA" | "Resolve" | "No Way Back/Cold Day in the Sun" | ||||
| EPs: Five Songs and a Cover | ||||
| Live albums: Skin and Bones | ||||
| Live DVD's: Everywhere But Home | Skin and Bones | ||||
| Related Bands | ||||
| Nirvana | Sunny Day Real Estate | The Germs | Scream | Probot | Queens of the Stone Age | Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders | The Fire Theft | Tenacious D | Me First and the Gimme Gimmes | Late! | No Use for a Name | ||||
