Exploration Four: Johnny Pilutti

Music as a whole has gone through as big of a transformation and shift as many other parts of culture. To see this, you'll have to trace music to its basic roots. Rap, Rock, R&B, etc, all have their starts form basic music stemming from 1890-current time. This gradual change has music at the crossroads that it finds itself at currently. Rock has slowly died and turned more into metal and all of those off shutes. The best example you can find right now of an artist/rapper who exemplifies all of what's wrong with rap or music would simply be Chris Brown. As an artist, his lyrics are very disrespectful towards women. Leaving aside the fact that he has raised his hand to a woman, he raps or sings about things that aren't positive in any manner. He is2951n't the worst example but he's a prime one that most late teenagers, early 20 year old college students can hear at a party or through social media. Now that i just got done blasting Chris Brown, the music i enjoy. The Foo Fighters might be one of the last good rock bands still out there today. Their lead singer/guitarist Dave Groehl is a great musician who was also a member of a very important band, Nirvana. Nirvana was all important to the late 80's and early 90's before Kurt Cobain died. Groehl was the drummer and then became famous as such. He started the Foo Fighters in 1994, after the death of Kurt Cobain. Any band that lasts over 20 years must be doing something right. I personally saw the Foo Fighters live a few years back, when they were touring. The concert was four hours long and was crazy. They sold out Nationwide arena, so that lends perspective as to how good they can be. As a musician, Dave Groehl is very talented. He can play the drums, guitar, bass, etc. The most recent album the Foo Fighters released was entitled ''Sonic Highways". This album was one of the first of its kinds. 60 Minutes did an expose on it, as well as HBO made a mini-series following the band around as they were recording.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFCC2A_iGD0
(i apologize for the spanish subtitles, this was the only good link i could find)

What made "Sonic Highways" such a different album was how it was recorded. The band had this idea to go to the epicenters of rock, the cities where rock takes its form and write songs based around those themes. For instance, the band traveled to New Orleans to learn about the history of jazz down south and how it's transformed over the years. Foo Fighters did this for each major city that had music as a huge part of its culture. Chicago, St. Louis, etc. This album was the first of its kind and if you do enjoy rock, i would give it a listen to. Google won't let me post a picture, so i apologize :/ My favorite song by the Foo Fighters is by far Everlong. This song was off the album The Colour And Shape, which released in 1996. This is their biggest hit and most well known by everyone in the music community. I'll post two links, one of a live performance and one of their original music video. The reason i love this song so much is i find deeper meaning in the lyrics. The opening lyrics: "Hello, I've waited here for you, everlong". Then once the main chorus kicks in... "Could anything ever be this real forever, could anything ever be this good again, the only thing i'll ever ask of you, you gotta promise not to stop when i say when, she sang". In my very personal opinion, this is a love song with the deepest meaning. The lyrics stick out to me because that's exactly what i hear every time i listen to the song. Itunes told me at one point last year that i had listened to the song 2951 times. That's ridiculous and i know that number is even higher now. This first link will be their original music video for "Everlong":



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBG7P-K-r1Y