Foo Fighters - Best of You
**1/2 (of four)
The entire first minute of "Best of You" consists of a profile closeup of the lower half of Dave Grohl's face (and eventually the whole face) singing into a big electric shaver-looking silver microphone. He's also got about ten days of stubble on his face, and his teeth are nice and white. Except for the left front tooth, which is yellow. These are things you notice when you have to stare at the same shot of a face, stubble, teeth and a microphone for a minute straight.
"Best of You" eventually launches into a collection of outdoor performance footage of the Foo Fighters guys, camera occasionally shaking and calling to mind U2's "Beautiful Day" video. There are no airplanes flying over their heads, though, just a decent sunset and plenty of stock footage clips of images both comforting and disturbing. Little kids, cars crashing, a snake attacking a rodent teeth-first, a sign that says "Pain feels good," a flower in reverse bloom, and so on.
This is one of the band's better singles of the last few years, sing-along power pop/rock with throat-shredding vocals and a thundering finale. Will it be remembered in a year? Five? Ten? Not by many, is my guess. Does the video feature any of the comic antics that made "Big Me" and "Learn to Fly" such fun videos to watch (and re-watch, most importantly)? Absolutely not. It's merely passable and ultimately forgettable but pleasant enough while it lasts.
The entire first minute of "Best of You" consists of a profile closeup of the lower half of Dave Grohl's face (and eventually the whole face) singing into a big electric shaver-looking silver microphone. He's also got about ten days of stubble on his face, and his teeth are nice and white. Except for the left front tooth, which is yellow. These are things you notice when you have to stare at the same shot of a face, stubble, teeth and a microphone for a minute straight.
"Best of You" eventually launches into a collection of outdoor performance footage of the Foo Fighters guys, camera occasionally shaking and calling to mind U2's "Beautiful Day" video. There are no airplanes flying over their heads, though, just a decent sunset and plenty of stock footage clips of images both comforting and disturbing. Little kids, cars crashing, a snake attacking a rodent teeth-first, a sign that says "Pain feels good," a flower in reverse bloom, and so on.
This is one of the band's better singles of the last few years, sing-along power pop/rock with throat-shredding vocals and a thundering finale. Will it be remembered in a year? Five? Ten? Not by many, is my guess. Does the video feature any of the comic antics that made "Big Me" and "Learn to Fly" such fun videos to watch (and re-watch, most importantly)? Absolutely not. It's merely passable and ultimately forgettable but pleasant enough while it lasts.
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