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Generator (Foo Fighters song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Generator'" is a Foo Fighters song, released as a single in 2000 from their third album 'There Is Nothing Left to Lose'. The single was only released in Australia and also released as a limited edition single in Europe.
The song is particularly unique among the band's work because of Dave Grohl's implementation of the talk box in parts of the song. The usage of the device was partly inspired by Grohl's admiration of Peter Frampton and Joe Walsh, both of whom helped popularize it in the 1970s.
Track listing
Australian CD
(The EP also contains an enhanced segment containing exclusive documentary footage and photos)# "Generator"
# "Learn to Fly" (Live 24 January 2000 Sydney, Australia)
# "Stacked Actors" (Live 24 January 2000 Sydney, Australia)
# "Breakout" (Live 23 November 1999 Glasgow Barrowlands, Scotland)
European CD
(This version was available for only 1 week between March 6 and March 12, 2000, each CD was a limited, numbered edition and at the end of the week of release all remaining stock was deleted. As well as the music tracks it also included a multimedia 'enhanced' segment containing exclusive documentary footage and photos)# "Generator"
# "Ain't It the Life" (Live Acoustic at 2 Meter Session 22 Nov 1999)
# "Floaty" (Live Acoustic at 2 Meter Session 22 Nov 1999)
# "Fraternity"
# "Breakout" (Live 23 November 1999 Glasgow Barrowlands, Scotland)
7 inch
# "Generator"# "Fraternity"
Music video
No video was filmed for the single. Instead a live performance of the song recorded on February 1, 2000 at the Chapel Off Chapel in Melbourne, Australia was overdubbed with the studio version to promote the single and album. The performance was filmed and broadcast by Seven Network; Scott C. Wilson reedited the footage, using different camera angles, to make it. The music video for "Breakout" features the song "Generator" at the beginning on the video.
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References
Category:2000 singles
Category:Foo Fighters songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Adam Kasper
Category:Songs written by Dave Grohl
Category:Songs written by Nate Mendel
Category:1999 songs
Category:RCA Records singles
Category:Songs written by Taylor Hawkins
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