“These Days” by Foo Fighters – The Song of the Week for 12/26/2011

“These Days” by Foo Fighters is the 3rd single from the Grammy award winning Wasting The Light, released April 12, 2011

Genre: Alternative Rock, Post-Grunge

If you don’t know who the Foo Fighters are, where the hell have you been for the past 17 years? They have compiled an amazing collection of work over the years and received many awards including Grammy nominations for every album they have released (with 3 winning Best Rock Album), nine #1 Singles, and four #1 Albums. It would be hard to argue that they are the gold standard in modern alternative/rock. Their newest album Wasting Light debut at #1 on the US Billboard 200 Chart and received 6 nominations for the upcoming Grammy Awards.

“These Days” is the official 3rd single from the album. 1st single “Rope” and 2nd single “Walk” both went to #1 on the Rock Charts, Mainstream Rock Charts, and the Alternative Rock Charts.

“One of these days, the clocks will stop
And time won’t mean a thing
One of these days, their bombs will drop
And silence everything

But it’s alright
Yeah, it’s alright
I said it’s alright”