As an early song, I feel like this was deliberately a departure from the "doom and gloom" Seattle sound and an effort to establish the band as something else. It also sounds like an introduction to the concept of "foo fighters" as UFOs with alien "visitors" that make observations about human activities. Dave Grohl may have also recalled memories of a gal who worked in a music venue that he may have been at who used to joke about looking for a "brother" amongst all the musicians (rather than a boyfriend).
As an early song, I feel like this was deliberately a departure from the "doom and gloom" Seattle sound and an effort to establish the band as something else. It also sounds like an introduction to the concept of "foo fighters" as UFOs with alien "visitors" that make observations about human activities. Dave Grohl may have also recalled memories of a gal who worked in a music venue that he may have been at who used to joke about looking for a "brother" amongst all the musicians (rather than a boyfriend).