Foo Fighters - Oh, George

[Manucartes]

Serve the servants ♫

[paaaytonnn]

so, this isnt just something Plinkett said?

[heyalz]

happy bday george!

[SANITYFADES79]

*too

[SANITYFADES79]

He's my favorite Beatle to Dave Lol

[instereovideos]

This is one of the most classic punk records ever made. Ever. And kids are still on here talking about Kurt Cobain. This record, people, this one.

[NatLeah]

My favourite song off the album and probably one of the best ever Foo Fighter's songs in my opinion.

[4evervids4u]

This is the only song on this album with a solo in it.

[howsaboutno]

@4evervids4u its like the only foo's song with a solo in it!

[BurialWarlock]

@howsaboutno umm No, there's loads of songs with solo's in them. especially when they play Live they add in solos to some songs

[cc4rtwright]

This is probably my favorite song from this album. I wish Kurt was still alive instead of the Foo Fighters though... He would flip shit if he knew Grohl was a pioneer of radio-friendly post-grunge.

[failingfighter]

@cc4rtwright I'm not so sure about that. It always seemed to me Kurt was making music to make music and cared less about whatever image he was creating; grunge or otherwise. As a friend I'm sure he'd be happy to see their success...permitting neither Dave or Kris got into polka or some shit.

[Supermario678]

@cc4rtwright son, I am disappoint.

[humanzeez4realz]

i wish this song was 3 hours and 10 minutes long

[mario1136]

This is pretty much the same as "big me" only with distorted guitars

[letsgoflyers48]

Dave hates this song. I can see why a little. Still my 2nd favorite album of all time

[MckyMseNTarotCrds]

@letsgoflyers48 He's said he hates it? Wow. I think it's probably one of my favorite songs ever.

[victorcd77]

Q RIKO PUNTEO DE GUITARRA!!!!

[Bagelbutcher]

We need more Dave Grohls in the world.

It would brighten up the sky and eliminate the heathens.

Long live Dave and the Foo Fighters.

[mexicalgarian1979]

In my opinion this song features the best guitar solo ever made by David Grohl...amazing, it sounds as if it comes really from the heart

[thegunclub123]

@skoi87-ooh could you post that link lol?

[topplayer100]

this is a weird comparison, but this song sounds alot like elliott smith if you took away all the distortion (and replaced the lyrics. smith didnt really write like this)

[coronetsrt]

Dave must have just got through listining to Squeeze, is that love when he wrote this one.

[MrMasterchief666]

i got this from wiki "In order to occupy himself during tours, he took a guitar with him and wrote songs. Grohl held back these songs from the band; he said in 1997, "I was in awe of frontman Kurt Cobain's songs. And intimidated. I thought it was best that I keep my songs to myself.""

[evilprincess4chase]

I wonder if this about george weasley :P

[Apemopo]

This is a whole lot older than that.. The first thing I thougt when I saw the title was the line "Oh George, not the lifestock." From Oh Brother Where Art Thou?

[tspencley3]

its about curious george

[hhhseanhbk]

One of their best songs.

[Shilo83]

Very catchy, looking forward to newbies playing this song at parties rather than their usual shit!

[blakedawg76]

Folks should be kind, it's cool enough to be discovering the Foo Fighters :-)

[JimMillerfan30]

Dave has said that this song is a tribute to George Harrison, not Kurt.

"I paid tribute to him on our first record with the song 'Oh, George', a reference to the slide lead. He was always my favorite....and always will be."

[stonescourt3]

and you can def hear that influence here, and also on "exhausted"...very simple 3 chord ballad. simple is better most of the time. :)

[NintendoCapriSun]

The drum fill-in at 2:32 is awesome. I've always liked it and still imitate it to this day when drumming along to other songs.

1-2-3-4-5, 1-2-3-4-5, BAM!

[blakedawg76]

Yeah, Grohl's fills rock.

[m14closerangeSniper]

this song sounds a lot like exhausted

[tspencley3]

kurt lied he said he didnt have a gun liar

[tspencley3]

best album by ff they slowly got worse

[n0rthav3n]

Which shows how amazing Dave Grohl is, since this album was recorded entirely himself.

[stonescourt3]

except for "x-static" which featured a lead riff by ex-afghan whigs front man greg dulli

[andnowurwatchingthis]

kurt cobain the singer of nirvana, dave used to play drums for nirvana until kurt's death

[hiitsmehi]

were you born in inghushetia or somethiing?

[Craiglovespepsi]

the song is basically long road to ruin and serve the servants. still good though, no doubt about that

[KRocK198901]

How is this like those songs?

[Camronaldoz]

Been a long time browser of youtube but never got round to making an account so I could comment but for this I have to so here goes.

Broclfist from everything I have read or seen mate the recording for the debut Foo Fighters album was done in less than 2 months, Dave wrote not only the lyrics but the music himself and I'm pretty sure if you have a good look on the net or some bios for Dave you will find that Oh George is a tribute to Kurt and that George was Dave's nickname for Kurt

[broclfist]

Lots of comments in this thread about Kurt influencing this album. All of these songs were written (not necessarily recorded) before Dave ever met Kurt. I'd say that the actual influence is minimal, but there will always be people who attempt to write off talent like Dave's by saying "Oh, he ripped off Cobain." Invalid criticism in the 90's, still invalid today.

[ubanare]

I did hear that Dave wrote a lot of songs whilst living with Kurt in Washington. He may or may not have been influenced by Kurt, but chances are they jammed a hell of a lot together.

[stettyswifey112707]

@ubanare they were in nirvana together, of course they jammed together..lol

[chessypooofs12]

heard that this song was about george harrison his favorite beatles member...

[nbglp]

it sounds like long road to ruin too

[X7NIRVANA7X]

kinda reminds me of serve the servants

[kaminalaa]

it's cool how much the album reminds of nirvana sometimes. guitar playing at the beginning is very similar to serve the servants, i think so, 2

[Dumpsterbaby1991]

Alone + Easy Target reminds me a lot of Serve the Servants.

[shiran865]

foo fighters are the best =>

[zatoichi2080]

Ahhhhh man this is so nasty to remind me of this album...

[stonescourt3]

this song reminds me of the democratic party

[GuitarScream94]

lmfao.... funny shit... y would any1 giv a thumb down 4 that.... dave would probably find it funny

[stonescourt3]

i think he would, too :p

[carsonwilder]

Yeah I was puzzled to why it received the sixunder, but realized that it was probably just a knee-jerk reaction to an emotional issue of the time and bereft of clarification to its ambiguity.

[rokwort]

i think i there is an influence of in utero on this album....but thats only my own opinion

[GuitarScream94]

yeah its sounds heaps of wot kurt would write.... especially in utero

[DeimosComaBlack]

"yeah its sounds heaps of wot kurt would write.... especially in utero "

Dave Grohl has said that Kurt Cobain was a major influence on his songwriting, especially in the early years, so it's no real surprise :P

[Rectanglectum]

@rokwort likely, since in utero was the album Nirvana was touring behind when Kurt took his own life, the Foo Fighters eponymous debut came out the next year....and Dave rocks a pretty groovy slide guitar solo too....I remember thinking "He can play guitar too?" turns out every sound on this album is Dave Grohl...he got the band together afterwards

[TrishtheDishNY]

@Rectanglectum except for a stint by greg dulli on "exhausted"

[zxcts]

@TrishtheDishNY

Stalk stalk +)

Still obzezzed with dave/john i Z aha

I also like him but mostly just 4 his music ±)

[TrishtheDishNY]

@zxcts na, now im just obsessed with his music. really. lol  :D

[talflick]

@rokwort duh. you play with a guy like Kurt, he rubs off on you. In Your Honor was the last thing that sounded like Nirvana... the whole album seems like it it's either about Kurt himself, or moving on from trying to be everything that Nirvana was.

[blah3189]

@rokwort

it's the drum sound, isn't it?

they're just so flipping huge and massive

brilliant!

[bfoot869007]

@rokwort thats because this album is only dave playing all instruments (except for one song forget which one) but it was basically things that he never showed to nirvana bc he didnt think it was good enough or just didnt think it would be something nirvana would play. love this album soooooo good

[Burgerflipp]

One of the first songs I learned to

play on the guitar.Great song!

Bought the cassette when it first

came out in '94...when I was 22.

Try finding it on tape today.

Good luck!

[LEVIDAVIS420]

dude i bought both this album and siverchairs and they were both ther debu almbums but on cd does that make me less cool plus i was 12

so kudos for me ^^ taste doesnt come for ery 1

[Burgerflipp]

Bro..doesn't make you less cool.Just

making a comment about how I bought

their debut on casette (and how hard

it would be to find it now)

Peace

[lollipopsical890]

dave wrote this about george because he was his favourite beatle. The intro to the song is based on "something" by george, his most successful and covered song!

[johnkiedis27]

great song, does any one think it sounds like 'long road to ruin' not the singing but the music?

Foo's rock the casbar

[stonescourt3]

yes, def...think the bass line is very similar

[thewarriors59]

Yes it sounds like long road to ruin

[gravey07]

who is george harrison? ever noticed its alot like exhausted at the start. the bedut album is awesome i wish theyd play more of that stuff apart from just all the cows.

[stonescourt3]

"who is george harrison?" surely you jest, man....

[stonescourt3]

best album by the foo

[Keebrin]

They never play this song live. :(

[blairjs]

Good song on one of the best albums ever..

[desertnerd]

this was always one of my favorite songs on my favorite foo fighters album. it's even cooler that it's about george harrison.

[0Whatsername0]

beautiful, george is my favourite beatle, too!

[coco311311]

This Album is So STonE !!!!!!!!

[natnatnat82]

wicket song!!!

[Goodgriefoo]

I love this song, its based on the Beatles "Something" which is the first riff Grohl ever learned to play. He wrote the song as a tribute to George his "favorite Beatle".

Foo's rawk!

[Foobaby]

I didn't know that. Thanks!

[leyo35]

The same for me! Thanks!

[coco311311]

My name is George , i took it , as a personal meaning ...

[paulrock80]

I also didn't know that. Thanks a lot!

[yoyoyospaghettio]

OMG I DIDNT KNOW THAT I WUV YOU

[HoneybirdHexicka]

@Goodgriefoo Babe, you are my hero (in word and song) Thanks for uploading!

[socoolchillin96]

gamato

[stonescourt3]

foo's new vid, long road to ruin, has the same base line as this song....