Foo Fighters: In Your Honor
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The latest from the Foo Fighters rocks out…half of the time. With the dual disc push of late, they provide a rocking first disc and a pseudo-acoustic second to make up the complete album, In Your Honor.
Humans have a desire to be known (as I mentioned in my review of Coldplay's X&Y), and Dave Grohl screams “ Mine is yours and yours is mine/There is no divide/In your honor, I would die tonight…I will sacrifice. For you to feel alive.� This anthem serves as a bond between lovers, best friends, and offers up more than just a bond, it offers sacrificial love (also a personal favorite of mine.) The closing line is “ Deliver me into the other side� and with that plus the sacrificial love, an understanding of Jesus’ death and resurrection is hinted at in my estimation.
Questions rise up in “No Way Back,� as Grohl’s head is the only part of him left alive. “ I’m dying for truth/Make me/Believe,� he sings, abolishing left and right as well, so that he might only walk straight. Doubting prayer, Grohl seems saddened and hopeless, but he still seeks truth and outside help to understand. To another, he questions their situation, asking if another has taken their faith, in “Best of you,� but with the questions, he also provides the permission for them to survive their pain. Some of the songs that follow also seek freedom from pain/problems [“Hell,� “Free Me�].
In “End Over End,� Grohl seems to be presenting reincarnation, where he’s seen and done it all before. “ Maybe I feel too much…The good in everyone/The ties we’ve left undone/The heart that moves your blood/All the things that bring me right back here.� Where is Grohl? The Foo Fighters aren’t really letting on, but it seems that we could learn from our mistakes and not repeat the past.
“What If I Do?� presents Grohl awake at night and questioning the Lord for purpose, recognizing that he’d have to give everything up (sacrifice) to know the Other. In a challenge that sparks [no pun intended] of the three men thrown into the fire, he sings, “ It’s my turn, this soul wont burn/So throw me in the fire.� Healing that only the Other can provide is brought forth in “On the Mend,� as if Grohl makes a conscious choice to be healed but can’t do it without help. “Cold Day in the Sun� is old experience speaking to another’s hurt—rather than feeling sorry for oneself, Grohl wants the other to move past the brokenness of their heart to something better.
Finally, in “Miracle,� the Foo Fighters close out the album with an understanding that peace of mind and healing have come this time as a “ blessing in disguise.� Grohl sings, [I’ve] “ Got no vision/I’ve been blind/Searching everywhere/You’re right there in my sight.� A rock album and a mellowed, contemplative one….all for the price of one CD. And one that doesn’t short the listener for sound or for experiences that everyone can relate to at one time or another. Foo Fighters have pulled off a summertime blockbuster for the ear, and found healing in community with others. Listening in your car, I hope you feel alive as well.
--HJ Overview
— Music Review Index
— Music Review Index
The latest from the Foo Fighters rocks out…half of the time. With the dual disc push of late, they provide a rocking first disc and a pseudo-acoustic second to make up the complete album, In Your Honor.
Humans have a desire to be known (as I mentioned in my review of Coldplay's X&Y), and Dave Grohl screams “ Mine is yours and yours is mine/There is no divide/In your honor, I would die tonight…I will sacrifice. For you to feel alive.� This anthem serves as a bond between lovers, best friends, and offers up more than just a bond, it offers sacrificial love (also a personal favorite of mine.) The closing line is “ Deliver me into the other side� and with that plus the sacrificial love, an understanding of Jesus’ death and resurrection is hinted at in my estimation.Questions rise up in “No Way Back,� as Grohl’s head is the only part of him left alive. “ I’m dying for truth/Make me/Believe,� he sings, abolishing left and right as well, so that he might only walk straight. Doubting prayer, Grohl seems saddened and hopeless, but he still seeks truth and outside help to understand. To another, he questions their situation, asking if another has taken their faith, in “Best of you,� but with the questions, he also provides the permission for them to survive their pain. Some of the songs that follow also seek freedom from pain/problems [“Hell,� “Free Me�].
In “End Over End,� Grohl seems to be presenting reincarnation, where he’s seen and done it all before. “ Maybe I feel too much…The good in everyone/The ties we’ve left undone/The heart that moves your blood/All the things that bring me right back here.� Where is Grohl? The Foo Fighters aren’t really letting on, but it seems that we could learn from our mistakes and not repeat the past.“What If I Do?� presents Grohl awake at night and questioning the Lord for purpose, recognizing that he’d have to give everything up (sacrifice) to know the Other. In a challenge that sparks [no pun intended] of the three men thrown into the fire, he sings, “ It’s my turn, this soul wont burn/So throw me in the fire.� Healing that only the Other can provide is brought forth in “On the Mend,� as if Grohl makes a conscious choice to be healed but can’t do it without help. “Cold Day in the Sun� is old experience speaking to another’s hurt—rather than feeling sorry for oneself, Grohl wants the other to move past the brokenness of their heart to something better.
Finally, in “Miracle,� the Foo Fighters close out the album with an understanding that peace of mind and healing have come this time as a “ blessing in disguise.� Grohl sings, [I’ve] “ Got no vision/I’ve been blind/Searching everywhere/You’re right there in my sight.� A rock album and a mellowed, contemplative one….all for the price of one CD. And one that doesn’t short the listener for sound or for experiences that everyone can relate to at one time or another. Foo Fighters have pulled off a summertime blockbuster for the ear, and found healing in community with others. Listening in your car, I hope you feel alive as well.--HJ Overview
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