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Friend of a Friend (Foo Fighters song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Friend of a Friend'" is an acoustic song by Foo Fighters, featured on their 2005 album 'In Your Honor'. The song is performed solely by Foo Fighters' guitarist/lead vocalist Dave Grohl.
An earlier version of this song was recorded in 1990, after Grohl had joined the band Nirvana.
Song history
"Friend of a Friend" was the first acoustic song Dave Grohl had ever written.
The song was written by Grohl in 1990 (and recorded in secret the same year), and it was about his first impressions of new Nirvana bandmates Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic.[http://www.fooarchive.com/gpb/qinterview05.htm] '"Everyone Has Their Dark Side"' - Dave Grohl interview with Q Magazine, 2005 He first wrote it in Kurt's Olympia apartment when Grohl stumbled upon an acoustic guitar owned by Cobain (referring to the lyrics '"It was his friend's guitar"'). 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 live album 'Skin and Bones'.
Reception
'Uncut' praises the song, calling it an "uncharacteristically spiked critique of slackerdom that bears an eerie Cobain influence".
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Category:Foo Fighters songs
Category:Songs written by Dave Grohl
Category:1992 songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Nick Raskulinecz
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