Ya, adding to what James water said.
youtube.com/watch
^^If you check this out, it's an interview on "the Hour" in which Dave and Taylor talk about some of the meanings of the songs off of the "Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace", especially talking about Kurt and the start of the Foo Fighters careers. "For the longest time I wouldn't write lyrics that would be associated to something like that," refering to the death of Kurt. But he later goes in to explaining that now he isn't afraid to talk about it and write about it.
But now about the Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners...
The song is about a group of miners who were in a mine collapse in Tazmania, in a town called Beaconsfield. When rescuers reached them with a drill, they could only give them small items. One of the miners (Brant Webb) asked for a I-pod with the Foo Fighters latest record on it (which was In Your Honor). Dave Grohl heard this story later and was playing in the area, so he invited the miner to come see the show and have a couple beers with the band afterwards. Well during the concert he played a little acoustic piece, which happened to be "The Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners". Well, after the show, Dave had "a few to many beers" and promised to put it on the record, so he put it on the record. This is the true story, Dave said it himself.
Watch the video, it probably explains it better than I did, and it's an intresting video to any Foo Fighters fan.
TASMANIA. and well look at the name of the album? do you know how long they were trapped? there were only two miners, their mate and colleague had been killed by the same rock fall that had them trapped. ECHOES, SILENCE, PATIENCE AND GRACE.
TASMANIA. and well look at the name of the album? do you know how long they were trapped? there were only two miners, their mate and colleague had been killed by the same rock fall that had them trapped. ECHOES, SILENCE, PATIENCE AND GRACE.
Ya, adding to what James water said. youtube.com/watch ^^If you check this out, it's an interview on "the Hour" in which Dave and Taylor talk about some of the meanings of the songs off of the "Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace", especially talking about Kurt and the start of the Foo Fighters careers. "For the longest time I wouldn't write lyrics that would be associated to something like that," refering to the death of Kurt. But he later goes in to explaining that now he isn't afraid to talk about it and write about it.
But now about the Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners...
The song is about a group of miners who were in a mine collapse in Tazmania, in a town called Beaconsfield. When rescuers reached them with a drill, they could only give them small items. One of the miners (Brant Webb) asked for a I-pod with the Foo Fighters latest record on it (which was In Your Honor). Dave Grohl heard this story later and was playing in the area, so he invited the miner to come see the show and have a couple beers with the band afterwards. Well during the concert he played a little acoustic piece, which happened to be "The Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners". Well, after the show, Dave had "a few to many beers" and promised to put it on the record, so he put it on the record. This is the true story, Dave said it himself.
Watch the video, it probably explains it better than I did, and it's an intresting video to any Foo Fighters fan.
TASMANIA. and well look at the name of the album? do you know how long they were trapped? there were only two miners, their mate and colleague had been killed by the same rock fall that had them trapped. ECHOES, SILENCE, PATIENCE AND GRACE.
TASMANIA. and well look at the name of the album? do you know how long they were trapped? there were only two miners, their mate and colleague had been killed by the same rock fall that had them trapped. ECHOES, SILENCE, PATIENCE AND GRACE.
buried for 14 nights with nothing but water and FOO
buried for 14 nights with nothing but water and FOO