The Colour and the Shape

              “The Colour and the Shape” was an album released by the Foo Fighters in 1997, and it is the Foo Fighter’s second studio album. It contained four of the Foo Fighters singles, and multiple other well known songs of the Foo Fighters. It gained them recognition quickly, and has been the highest selling Foo Fighters album in the United States. The four singles that appeared in the album “The Colour and the Shape” were “Monkey Wrench”, “My Hero”, “Everlong”, and “Walking After You”. Some other well known songs that appeared on the album by the Foo Fighters were “Doll” and “Hey, Johnny Park!”

              “Monkey Wrench” was the first single from the album “The Colour and the Shape”. It tells the story of Dave Grohls four year disintegrating marriage. Dave Grohl is the frontman of the Foo Fighters, being the lead singer, as well as playing the guitar. “Monkey Wrench” is well known for its vocal bridge, which lasts a long time. The vocal bridge is performed by Dave Grohl himself, and he shouts the entire vocal bridge. It is a very impressive feat to accomplish, and he did exactly that on the recording by screaming the vocal bridge without a breathe, which lasts for about thirty seconds. He screams it at the top of his lungs. However, he does not normally do that feat anymore; when performing the song live, he usually lets the crowd attempt at screaming it all in one breath. However, it is still very impressive.

              The next single from the album “The Colour and the Shape” was “Everlong”. “Everlong” started as an electric guitar song, but at the Acoustic “Skin and Bones” concert Dave Grohl played the song acoustically, which caught on, becoming very popular. However, the single of “Everlong” from the album “The Colour and the Shape” was an acoustic song. It is a song reminiscing about Dave Grohl’s failed marriage, similar to Monkey Wrench, but instead of being sad or angry, it was just about their love. It has a satirical music video to accompany it. “Everlong” helped to mark the Foo Fighters return, showing that they would still be together, even after Dave Grohl’s divorce. Fans were worried, and the song about the failed marriage was not all that sad. The song is played in drop D tuning on the guitar, with a similar chord progression throughout the song.

              The next single from the album “The Colour and the Shape” was “My Hero”. “My Hero” was about how anyone can be a hero. Just any ordinary person can be anyone’s hero, do something amazing. The music video for “My Hero” depicts a fire in an apartment complex, and a stranger from the street runs to help with what he can. He runs into the apartments that are on fire to retrieve pets, such as carts, as well as children, or valuables that were trapped in the fire. The song “My Hero” is also present in the film “The Other Guys”. The original lyrics to the song are, “there goes my hero, watch him as he goes.” However, the film “The Other Guys” changed the lyrics to “There goes my hero, watch him as he falls.” This part of the song plays during the movie while, spoiler alert, two of the heros jump from the top of a building in order to try and keep pursuing the criminals. However, they hit the ground and die. The lyrics, as they fall down the side of the building, are “There goes my hero, watch him as he falls”, giving the movie a more satirical and comical effect.

              The next single from the album “The Colour and the Shape” was “Walking After You”.

              Two other popular songs from the album “The Colour and the Shape” are “Doll” and “Hey, Johnny Park!”. “Hey, Johnny Park!” is a song that Dave Grohl wrote about a childhood friend that he had lost contact with, presumably named Johnny Park, or something to that nature. The song was meant as a way to get back into contact with him.

              Therefore, the Foo Fighters album “The Colour and the Shape” is a great album, containing the singles “Monkey Wrench”, “Everlong”, “My Hero”, “Waling After You”, as well as containing the songs “Doll” and “Hey, Johnny Park!”.

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