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submitted by Nick Sep 24th 2009 03:01 pm (stereogum.com)
You guys had a lot of good suggestions for bands deserving a greatest hits package, a conversation started when news broke that Foo Fighters were finally getting theirs. It's overdue for the Foos, a band that's consistently churned out tracks that were relative bright spots on otherwise-vacuous modern-rock radio playlists. ("Radio" was a thing people used to hear new music before the internet.) Dave Grohl's said his group is taking a break (ostensibly so his supergroup can break), but no Greatest Hits set is worth its weight in promotional value without a new bonus track or two. The Foos set will offer a pair: the yet-unheard "Word Forward" and "Wheels," an all-American rocker which got its all-American debut on the Obama family front yard. It still sounds like it was written for a Greatest Hits package, which is to say it still sounds like Tom Petty, but then Dave's never shared his previous band's reticence to dominate the airwaves. There isn't a bar that goes by that doesn't feel calculated for effect and purpose. But then, there aren't many bands at their stage better at calculating. Learn to fly: Continue reading New Foo Fighters - "Wheels"...
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