Fun fact - This is the song David Letterman asked to close his final show to. He also asked for this song to be played on his first show back from his open heart surgery

@car_tag

2 жыл бұрын

@@curmudgeonaf So you're saying they made it ever....long?

@SillyGoose2024

2 жыл бұрын

We all already knew this

@Craven01

2 жыл бұрын

@@SillyGoose2024 Well I am from Greece so I did not know about this, so what do you mean by "all"? You know that youtube exists in other countries besides yours, right?

@user-dc1sk5to3m

2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: this song is about Dave Grohl's former girlfriend from Veruca Salt

@HRodz-eipx

2 жыл бұрын

@@car_tag Nice

Almost 25 years later... and the riff smashing in at the beginning still gives me almost everytime goosebumps :)

@BossDM-2

2 жыл бұрын

Me too, and my band covers the song.

@bradprice8040

2 жыл бұрын

I love that pause and then.... Everlong

@ktmjet

2 жыл бұрын

Also I reckon its one of the best drum tracks

@bradprice8040

2 жыл бұрын

@@ktmjet I think Queens of the Stone Age no one knows might be one of the best songs ever

@traviscue2099

2 жыл бұрын

That SUS2 chord will always be powerful. If you love the sound, you would love Devin Townsend.. I'd argue that it's "His" chord, in the way he uses it.

This song was really an anthem for a lot of us that went to high school in the late 90's. Really captured the feel of that era for us.

@ryanw3658

2 жыл бұрын

and the earlies aughts like my c/o 2004 ass is

@TedBrogan

2 жыл бұрын

Early 00s here. This song was my soundtrack. I asked out SO MANY girls I would never have tried for because of this song.

@jacksmith4460

2 жыл бұрын

Mid 90's here and it was a great tune, but Nirvana AiC Soundgarden and the like were the anthems for me, first Foo Fighters album I adored though, and this was also a good album and a great song, reminds me of chilling at my Cousins house circe 98/99/00

@dustinpatton576

2 жыл бұрын

Bought this CD when I was on jr prom committee. Still have the original. Probably the album I have the most memories with.

@gage9171

2 жыл бұрын

It's funny because I grew up in the 2000s as my high school years and I definitely paid homage to the classics as I journeyed thru my alt-rock experience

“I feel like the song is serious but the video is goofy”... welcome to the Foo Fighters experience!

@19spearking93

Жыл бұрын

Case in point with “Learn to Fly”😂😂long live the Foos

@gangr3l

11 ай бұрын

That about sums them up, yeah :D

@ariqsyafwan4987

7 ай бұрын

​@@19spearking93 Another (in my opinion, an even stronger) case? "Long Road to Ruin" lol

@19spearking93

7 ай бұрын

@@ariqsyafwan4987 yep, and “Love Dies Young” and “Big Me” among others. In the music video for “Low” Dave and Jack Black play cross dressing rednecks

@jeremyschulthess63

4 ай бұрын

@@ariqsyafwan4987 Don't forget about "Walk." That is another goofy music video of theirs.

Acoustic version of this song makes me cry every time. The lyrics hit so hard, I'd recommend checking it out.

@rickmolmen178

2 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure the acoustic version is from a Howard Stern episode.

@Trip.L.L.L

2 жыл бұрын

@@rickmolmen178 he has performed the acoustic version a lot and many places….I know Howard and Dave say he did it for the first time on his show but you can find a few videos of him doing it acoustic before he did it on the stern show…so I don’t know why he always says that

@tatereno

Жыл бұрын

Check out the 2 meter sessions one. Probably their best version period. So many great elements to it. Bump it up to 1.25x speed and if balances it out a bit. Or just leave it and take it all in. It's magic. kzread.info/dash/bejne/maeGrLqbebfRhtI.html

A story that's out there about this song is that Dave Grohl still didn't know how he felt about himself as a songwriter, and about playing music in general, post Nirvana until Bob Dylan approached him one time and said, "What's that song you have?....'The only thing I ever ask of you'?....I should really learn that song sometime." And having a legend say that about one of his songs gave him the validation and confidence he felt he lacked with Foo Fighters.

@Noahdaking2

4 ай бұрын

He’s actually supposed to be Sid vicious in the vid

@mercurydylan899

2 ай бұрын

@@Noahdaking2brilliantly disrelated comment there!

This is David Letterman's favorite band and they played this live his final show. When he had his heart issues he said this band helped him heal. This song is an all time favorite of mine.

@TedBrogan

2 жыл бұрын

Oh damn, I remember that!

@Kaddywompous

2 жыл бұрын

He introduced them once as “Keeping the world safe from foo, here are the Foo Fighters.”

@TheMisfits7783

2 жыл бұрын

Cause Dave is the best

This whole album is a classic: The Colour & The Shape. It has so many great songs like Monkey Wrench, Hey Johnny Park, My Hero, Up In Arms, February Stars, and many more. It's a must-listen.

@goldenageofdinosaurs7192

2 жыл бұрын

Love that album!

These guys are just great people. Dave Grohl had a drum battle with a little girl Nandi Bushnell. She played this song at a concert and NAILED IT! She is 11. Video of that concert itself is worth a watch. That little girl is amazing.

@paulb4604

2 жыл бұрын

I think Nandi may have more natural talent than Taylor or even Dave. She plays multiple instruments. She's just amazing! Sub to her YT channel if you haven't already.

@patrickdaughdrill9326

2 жыл бұрын

I think they have to start at the beginning of that epic rock off! They need to hear Nandi say, "Mr. Grohl!" I'm sorry lol that little girl got me through the pandemic.

@patrickwouters6568

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/nKd4ydSElMbgcag.html

Dave Grohl is one of those musical geniuses that when they're asked how did you come up with that idea, they're like... "well, I didn't know you weren't allowed to do that." Srsly, when he was asked about how he came up with the guitar part for this, he said that, being a drummer, he just played it like the drums. (according to Rick Beato)

Yes....great song!!! "Monkey Wrench" next please!!!!

@transponderful

2 жыл бұрын

I always follow this with Puddle of Mudd "Nobody Told me"

@TedBrogan

2 жыл бұрын

Love Monkey Wrench!

Rest in peace Taylor... most badass drummer in my life... I've been crying since Friday when you left for your final destination 😥💔🤘🤘

@davidstephan5116

Жыл бұрын

But he wasn’t on this song. Taylor joined the FF two years after this, but yeah I agree, he was a badass drummer

@toragic3432

Жыл бұрын

dave played the drums here iirc

This is my favorite song, It's a complete masterpiece!

@nikaltesla9400

2 жыл бұрын

Mine too

Their videos tend to be weird. They have great senses of humor. The song is great. When I saw them concert the audience pulsed with the beat. Incredible!

@antoniomaraspin

2 жыл бұрын

At that time Foo Fighters was the moniker of Dave Grohl lonely. The session band with him will be Foo Fighters, so THEY weren’t... yet!

I like when you do lyric videos. I always feel when reviewers watch the "official" video they are concentrating on the video instead of the nuances of the music, especially Everlong.

@007nikster2

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's really annoying when they choose to react to music videos instead of the music itself

@pastorofmuppets13

2 жыл бұрын

The constant confusion of these two is starting to get on my nerves lol. It isn't rocket science... but it seems like every song throws them off.

@samgunston8769

2 жыл бұрын

This and when they listen to live performances especially when the band either are not playing that well or you can barley hear them over the crowd

@krectus

2 жыл бұрын

yeah, but even lyrics videos aren't great. They get too distracted and hung-up on reading the lyrics and over-analyze them too often.

@007nikster2

2 жыл бұрын

@@krectus That's just Brad. Guy doesn't know how to listen to music.

This is one of the best videos ever made. It’s genius. It’s silly, but very artistic. They’re both dreaming. He needs to save her in his dream. The bad guys, after he kills them, go to her dreams. So… he made his dreams better, but that made her dreams worse. So, now he needs to help her. If he would’ve just had a bad dream hers would’ve been nice. The brick wall signifying no way out, the big phone that can’t be answered, how she called him in his dreams (also in real life) from her dream. Then he had to dream himself into her dream. The only other video that was as accurate about dreams was Kid Cudi - The Pursuit of Happiness (Megaforce version). It’s artistically amazing. The lyrics are okay. The song is great.

@wilhelmfink7633

2 жыл бұрын

Great interpretation man.

@LastTorgoInParis

2 жыл бұрын

plus evil dead is awesome

@Nickel138

2 жыл бұрын

@Brian Johnson It’s just my opinion. To me, yes, it really spoke to me.

"ALL MY LIFE" is one of my favorite Foo Fighters songs/videos. It's just them on stage playing balls out, rockin that alternative sound.

"Breathe out, so I can breathe you in" gets me every time

Dave Grohl is one of the most humble people, and so welcoming and appreciative of his fans. Dude goes above and beyond for them again and again. #legendstatus

Try the acoustic version, gives a whole different vibe to the song… makes you really feel the lyrics if YKWIM

@rickmolmen178

2 жыл бұрын

I cannot agree with this more!!!!!!

Perfect song to listen to if you are chilling alone, trying to unwind, maybe a drink in one hand, smoke in the other, lights turned out, single candle making shadows dance, and the stereo turned up nice and loud. All the day's stress just melts away!

@2:25 that's called off beat drumming. I love the variety of stuff you guys react to, new sub :-)

@princeofpcos9804

2 жыл бұрын

This song makes it easy to see they are huge Rush fans

One of my absolute favourite songs, ever since I heard it the first time on MTV in 1997, as an 11 year old. And it doesn't take long at all to find someone else who feels exactly the same about this song.

People will be listening to this song 100 years from now! Its an absolute modern classic!

All my Life by them is pretty badass

Great tune! "Gotta promise not to stop when I say when" may be my favorite line in any song.

Dave is just so ridiculously talented! Can play every instrument AND sing?! I'd hate him if I didn't love him so much 😂

The live version of Everlong from their concert at Wimbley in London....beautiful slow version that kills at the end!!

I love how lex describes the drumming lol 😂

RIP Taylor, my first favorite drummer, all because of the bed/drumming scene lol

Lex, you’re spot on with your comment on the truncated drum fills. I really like that as well! Great reaction guys! 😄

One of my favorite songs ever by one of my favorite bands ever. Y’all cannot go wrong with Foo Fighters. A lot of their videos are pretty silly, yes. These guys definitely can be serious, but they also have a great sense of humor. The video for Learn To Fly is a great example. And then there’s the really serious ones, like The Pretender.

the acoustic version back in 2000 on radio 1 in the UK was amazing

This is my favorite song by far. Including the very rare studio acoustic. He does something with the guitar in the studio acoustic version that seems to replicate some of the electric sound, you don't hear it ever again in live performances of the acoustic. Hard to explain. I've listened to this song 100,000 times over the last 25+ years.

One of my favorite songs and bands of all time. The way the video speaks to me goes like this. He is over his head and so into this girl that it feels like a dream, which is why I think the video has the dreaming aspect to it. Also he says in the chorus that he wonders if it could ever feel this real or be this good again. Great reaction guys!

Nandi Bushnell rocks this song. She's amazing! Check her out. Can't wait till the FF come back to Detroit. Saw them in 2019(?) I think lol.

love this song “Everlong” was inspired by Dave Grohl’s relationship with Louise Post Veruca Salt vocalist at the time

Please keep the Foo Fighters going, I love this band. Dave is a genius for sure.

This is a great song! I love 90’s alternative.

I love this song, but I always felt like the weirdness of the video doesn't do justice to the song on its own. It's a really heartfelt and meaningful song, and to me it's one of the most well-written alternative rock hits of its time.

@domdadomdom_2733

2 жыл бұрын

I came on to say something very similar, and you said it, as interesting as the video is it distracts from how good a song this is

D Grohl sings this alone with a guitar, and that version is often noticed more frequently ( it is certainly beautiful). But I’ve always loved the studio version. Hearing it in the car turned all the way up is always a feast!

you gotta remember, post-nirvana, dg had to be/become his own thing. the song is actually kinda sad and reflective, despite its energic, anthemic groove. the video becomes its own thing too, almost detached from the song. whether one likes it or not, that's a classic.

@The_Kiosk

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of his songs are like that.

Saw foo fighters live in Philly. They did half of the show as a total rock show, took like a 5 min break and a round stage dropped from the ceiling with all of their instruments for an acoustic set - 45 MINS!!! They do Everlong acoustic and halfway through they all run back to the main stage and finish the song full electric, then did another 30 mins and an encore. Honestly best thing I’ve ever seen live. Can’t explain how awesome in words.

You guys really need to dive into more Foo Fighters! They're an amazing band! They're what you'd call 100 % American rock n roll! "Learn to Fly" and "Times Like These " are also amazing songs of theirs!! They never miss, ever song is always amazing!!! Please do more Foo Fighters!! BTW, Dave Grohl said "When it comes to our music, we are serious as hell, but videos, nah, we think they're dumb so we just do whatever goofy stuff we can think up when making them"

I dig the song and love the video. It's homage to the Evil Dead is spot on. You should check out their song Run. Great song and the video fits perfectly.

@werdcrime

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more, the video is awesome. One of the few that got better each time I watched it.

They love weird videos! The song is the best. When I saw them in concert, the audience pulsed with the bear. Amazing!!!

Yes ! Great song , legendary band

I would straight come back to see ya do the lyric video, I hope I'll find support on this end of the Couch Gang!

Lex has a great feeling for music. She can definitely notice the details and subtleties of songs and artists she is introduced to.

So many good memories from this song, one of the all time greats. The best performance will always be Letterman's final ever show

This song gives me chills hearing after not hearing it for at least a decade. Brings back so many childhood memories.

One of my favorites :) Can't wait to get home to watch ❤️

love the foo fighters.. great band.,

One of the songs from my teenage years. Music is the only way you can capture a feeling and come back to it years later. You can't quite feel it again but you can come close.

Great song. When you have chance, check out Nandi Bushell drumming with them. She’s amazing.

This is a banger… always was one of my psych up songs.

Great tune! Very emotional and insanely good lyrics. We used to cover this song and I LOVED playing it on drums. Weird video. I think the video distracts from what is a pretty subtly cool tune here.

That’s the epic drum fill in the chorus you’re talking about Lex. My fav song ever.

IMO this whole album is one of the greatest of all time.

FOO FIGHTERS were inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame this year! Well deserved!

One of my favorite Foo Fighter songs for sure!

Love this song. Definitely the song that put them on the map. Yes, this is what you would consider alternative rock. I think they are just more rock now, but this song was definitely in the alternative category when it was released. Other really good bands in this genre to check out : Three Days Grace Songs : I Hate Everything About You, Break, Chalk Outline, Never Too Late, The Good Life. Seether: Songs: Broken, Fine Again, Fake It, Breakdown

Yeah the drumming in this song is special.

Not sure if it's been said already, but the Foos also close out almost every show with a version of this song. They do it up big at the end and the energy with the crowd is so so incredible!

My absolute favorite Foo song

An 11 year old girl subbed in for their drummer at a concert for this song this year. She played it perfect. Before that she had been doing a drum battle challenge back and forth over youtube with the Dave Grohl who plays drums as well. Good videos of all of it. The girl was Nandi Bushell.

@brianherrington7226

2 жыл бұрын

I can’t stop watching them. Nadi shined brightly

Dave Grohl wrote 'Everlong' about his then-gf Louise Post of the band Veruca Salt... Grohl just got divorced, so it was a heartfelt song in 1997. They did break up... but Grohl did marry again after 2000 and has kids now...

@criticus100

2 жыл бұрын

Louise did the backing vocals (the dududududu). She sang them over a telephoneline for at that time she was in England with Veruca Salt. Also Louise wrote some great songs about their break-up.

Love you two!! My favorite reactors! 🔥🔥I’m a lot Lex and a little Brad!!

Probably my favorite Foo Fighters song. It's sneaky-good. The acoustic version is also worth checking out.

This drummer is amazing!!

Love your channel! It makes me go back a revisit songs and albums I haven't listened to in a while The punk rock reactions were great. You should check out Sick of it All, Injustice System. Short tune, great groove , great message.

They were just inducted this year into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Foo Fighters are like the best band to listen too when ur doing specific things like... i always listen to them when im doing work. literally spend hours singing along and vibing its not something i listen to while just sitting around ya know what i'm saying? amazing, gives me some kind of positive energy

Those drums are sick af.

Great song, and great reaction, as usual. I've commented on other reviewers' who have said the same thing you did about the video, itself: Best to listen to this for the first time without the video playing, because the visuals are so distracting. :) Take care, be safe, best of luck!

The drumming is awesome in this and makes this song

Just a guy who loved music! Spending his life finding his way from scream to nirvana to the fooo. Just a rocker who loves it all.

Foo Fighters are great musicians that have a great sense of humor. They take their music seriously, but they don't seem to take themselves seriously, and I really love that about this band.

I just watched a live video of a FF Concert in which an 11 year old girl sat in playing the drums on this song.It has to be one of my favorite vids of all time!!

One of my favourite songs of all time

My favorite song by Foo Fighters!

I love the leather jacket with the big “M” on it. I believe it’s a tribute to a venue in Chicago called Cabaret Metro, which is up the street from where Dave saw his first punk show (The Cubby Bear across the street from Wrigley Field in Chicago)

The Colour and The Shape might be the most memorable album of my high school years. And I was in HS in the 90s, so that is saying a lot. Dave is in HOF with both Nirvana and FF.

One of the best drum songs ever!

@zzz7zzz9

2 жыл бұрын

yer kidding right?

This song represent a dream Nightmare probabily, nice choice Cool video, hugs from Brazil, My favortite song and video of Foo Fighters

Heard Letterman say he listened to this in hospital after his heart surgery and it hugely impacted him. So emotional.

Best intro ever! like 2 seconds and into the video, +1 sub

That was awesome. Still love the video, after all these years.

Fun fact: the first FF album was all Dave Grohl on all instruments. The second album from which this song came, had Will Goldsmith of legendary Seattle indie band Sunny Day Real Estate on drums until Dave decided the style wasn't what he wanted and rerecorded all but two songs with himself on drums. The drummer in the video is Taylor Hawkins who is the drummer for the band after Goldsmith left. Also, the bassist is Nate Mendel also of Sunny Day Real Estate, and the other guitarist in this video is Pat Smear who was in an OG punk band called Germs. Their singer killed himself to enshrine the band and there are unsubstantiated rumors that if it wasn't Courtney that killed Kurt Cobain, it may have been for band immortality or something. Nowadays the band also has a third guitarist, now their lead guitar, Chris Shiflett, who used to play in a punk rock band called No Use For A Name. And Taylor got his big break playing drums for Alanis Morissette. So Foo Fighters are technically a supergroup as well.

You guys are right about videos; they're hit or miss and can add, but most often detract from the song. I love these guys, but their videos are often pretty goofy and intentionally cheesy. I would go with lyric videos in general for them. Great band and SUPERB live. David Grohl has warrior energy onstage. I saw him perform once with a broken leg sitting on a FF throne and he absolutely killed it ✌

@michaelw8262

2 жыл бұрын

I've always felt the same way as Brad: this should have been the video of a different song.

Brad & Lex - Foo totally different vibes than what you've heard so far & these videos are AMAZING! 🌟Learn To Fly 🌟My Hero 🌟Times Like These 🌟Walk

One of my favorite songs of all time

Lex when the drum track has that sudden quick change up, those are reffered to as drum fills.

Classic of classics

This is the greatest song ever written and performed. Masterpiece

The video is directed by Michel Gondry, who is one of the most talented directors of his generation alongside Spike Jonze. Try Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and you will understand the spirit of this video, nominated for the Best Rock Video at the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards. As usual, brad´s logical thinking feels alienated for the surreal and oneiric stuff.

@babaoriley1

2 жыл бұрын

I'm picking up some "Evil Dead" vibes from those scenes in the cabin. Excellent song and crazy video.

The drums Dave plays on this track are :chef-kiss:

One of my favorite songs

Oh man, this song is a freakin' time machine for me. Whoosh, right back into the old days lol. When I hear this song, I then have to pull up Eve 6 "Inside Out", don't ask me why lmao.

The drums are fantastic in this song