The Pretender
The Pretender is the first single of the year 2007 published Foo Fighters album name Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace . It was first available from the iTunes Store on August 3, 2007 . On August 7, the single was played on the radio for the first time. In the US, the music video premiered on August 20 on MTV and MTV2. The video was shown for the first time in England three days later. The single was released on September 17, 2007 as a CD single, CD maxi single and 7 "vinyl. The song entered the UK Top 40 Singles Chart on August 19, 2007 at number 28.
“The Pretender” is one of the most successful Foo Fighters singles, only “ Learn to Fly ” and “ Best of You ” were featured in the Hot 100 for longer. Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace was the band's fourth album that featured a song in the Hot Modern Rock Tracks. So far, the first single on a Foo Fighters album has always been more successful on this hit list than the one on the previous album. In the case of “The Pretender” it was no different (“Learn to Fly” from “ There is Nothing Left to Lose ” - 1 week, “ All My Life ” from “ One by One ” - 10 weeks, “Best of You” "From" In Your Honor "- 13 weeks," The Pretender "- 15 weeks).
At the Grammy Awards 2008 the song was awarded in the category " Best Hard Rock Performance " and nominated for the category " Best Rock Song ".
Emergence
During an XFM interview in 2007, front man Dave Grohl mentioned that “The Pretender” was about political restlessness.
"That's the thing with lyrics, you never want to give away specifics, because it's nice for people to have their own idea or interpretation of the song. But, you know, everyone's been fucked over before and I think a lot of people feel fucked over right now and they're not getting what they were promised, and so something to do with that. "
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“The thing about lyrics is that you never want to say exactly because it's nice for everyone to have their own interpretation of the song. But, you know what, everyone has been cheated on before and I think that a lot of people feel cheated right now and don't get what they were promised and so, that's something to do with. "
Grohl also said that "The Pretender" wasn't originally planned for the album:
"That song didn't happen until later on in the session. We didn't go into making the record with that song and it happened after we recorded a lot of stuff. Up until that point, I didn't know if we had a good opening song or not. So after we recorded it, I thought, 'oh this is perfect, we have the song to open the record,' and it just became everybody's favorite song. ... It's the type of song that I look forward to opening shows with and it came together really easily. We put that song together in, I don't know, a day, whereas a lot of the other songs we worked on for weeks. "
about:
“The song came about later. We didn't approach the recording with the song, it only came in after we had recorded a lot of material. Up until that point, I wasn't sure if we had a good opening song or not. But after we recorded it I thought, 'oh this is perfect, we have the song to open the record' and it became everyone's favorite song. … It's that kind of song that I want to open our shows with in the future and it all came together very easily. We put the song together in one day, whereas for most of the others we worked for several weeks "
Video
The video was directed by Sam Brown.
In the video, the band plays the song in an airplane hangar with lots of lights on the ceiling. There is a red wall behind the band. Then a policeman appears with a plexiglass shield and baton. He stops at a black line about 10 m away from the tape. The number 21 is on his vest. As the video progresses, more and more police officers join them and line up to the left and right of the first. A tracking shot shows that the officers to his left have the numbers 20 - 01. There seem to be just as many police officers on the right. So you can calculate that there must be a total of 41 police officers.
During the quieter part towards the end of the song, the cops run towards the band. Just before they reach the band, the band plays the final chorus. Now the wall seems to explode (similar to the video for "American Idiot" by the American band Green Day ) and releases a large amount of red-colored liquid , which stops the police like a water cannon.
The song in other media
- The song belongs to the Tony Hawk's Proving Ground soundtrack.
- The song can be heard in the ending sequence of the first episode of the 6th CSI: Miami season.
- The song was used in a Sky One commercial for Prison Break .
- The song is available for download as additional content for Guitar Hero III
- A short excerpt from the video appears in an advertisement for the iPod nano .
- The song can be heard in the last scene and in the credits of the 9th episode Schnöder Mammon (season 1) of the series Californication .
- The song is featured in the Guitar Hero on Tour Decades game .
- The song is initially played as a CD by the Hamburg Tatort Commissioner Cenk Batu in the Tatort Auf der Sonnseite after he has removed a Chris de Burgh CD from his CD player.
Chart positions
| Chart (2007) | placement |
|---|---|
| German single charts | 72 |
| UK Singles Chart | 8th |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 37 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Pretender in the iTunes Store. Retrieved November 16, 2012
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- ↑ http://columbia.trinitystreetdirect.com/store/page4.asp?suptype=1&t=15&sub_type=15&prod_id=817&col=30 ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and still Not checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ "Foo Fighters On 'Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace'" . xfm.co.uk. 2007.
- ^ "Foo Fighters On 'Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace'" . xfm.co.uk. 2007.
- ↑ Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Foo Fighters Pack. On: playstation.com (English). Retrieved November 16, 2012
