Friday Night Jukebox, Vol. CCCVII--Foo Fighters: Big Me

 This week's featured tune is brought to you by the caramel industry...because it's a gooey and sugary sweet slice of pop music.

The Foo Fighters began in 1994 when Dave Grohl of Nirvana fame went into the studio to record some of his own tunes as a way of reconciling with Kurt Cobain's suicide and the end of Nirvana.  Grohl recorded an album's worth of material, playing all of the instruments himself, and after the sessions, handed out cassette copies to friends and acquaintances to see what they thought of his solo project...and shortly thereafter got a record deal.  Grohl had to hire a band to tour, and the Foo Fighters have now been recording and touring for twenty-six years.  Impressively, four of the five band members have been in the group for twenty-three years or more, and the fifth has been an on again/off again member since the beginning.  Over their career, the Foo Fighters have released nine studio albums (with two of them reaching #1 on the album chart), and will be releasing a tenth next year.  They've also released 53 singles, with two of them hitting the top twenty.  The Foo Fighters have won 11 Grammys, and have also won an MTV Video Music Award.  Not a bad career for a one off project....

Fun Fact:  A foo fighter is what American World War II pilots called unidentified flying objects.  Dave Grohl later admitted that had he known he would have a career with the band he would have called it another name, saying that "...it's the stupidest fucking band name in the world." (Which is a rather dubious assertion, as it's really not such a bad name for a band)

"Big Me" was the fourth single from their above noted debut album, the oh, so cleverly titled Foo Fighters.  The single was released in 1996, but failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100.  The album is the second best selling of their career, and peaked at #23 on the Billboard 200.

"Big Me" was written as a love song for Dave Grohl's then wife (sadly, the song has far outlasted the marriage which ended after three years), and while lyrically it might not match "How Do I Love Thee," musically it's mind-blowing catchy.  Every time I hear it the song will stick in my head for days, but it's so melodically wonderful that I'll be bopping around the house singing it to my heart's content.  The instrumentation is as simple as it gets, guitars (at their jangly best), bass, and Grohl doing his usual drum driving beat.  Grohl's vocals are soothing soft, and accentuate the melody flawlessly.  This one isn't going to change the world, but it's a fine and dandy way to say "I love you."

Lyric Sheet:  Well I talked about it/Put it on/Never was it true/But it's you, I fell into..."

Enjoy:

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