Video: Foo Fighters-Word Forward GREATEST HITS ALBUM-NEW SONG 2009

The new Foo Fighters greatest hits package is out this coming Tuesday, and we now have the other new song from the package, "Word Forward." Unlike the last Tom Petty soundalike "Wheels," this isn't nearly as good. This sounds like...

Initially upon hearing that the Foo Fighters were releasing a greatest hits compilation , two things came to mind: "Why bother?" and "What's going to be the pusher single?". After cribbing The Offspring's practice space idea from "Can't Repeat" , dressing it up in tokens of expensive memorabilia, and delivering the nostalgia-riddled "Wheels" - the Foo Fighters have gone the extra mile and given us a second new track titled "Word Forward". The song that is meant to be commentary on the might of a pen winds up short on ink about [...]

Um den Flow vom vorigen Creed-Bashing gleich aufzunehmen, auch die Foo Fighters geben ein Comeback, ein Quasi-Comeback. Major-like tun sie dies mit einem Greatest Hits-Album und den obligaten zwei neuen Songs. Greatest Hits-Alben sind ja so 'ne Sache. In erster Linie werden sie dann veröffentlicht, wenn das Label den Backkatalog einer Band ausschlachten möchte, oder die [...]

There's no doubt that, of the bands who hadn't yet had a greatest hits release, Foo Fighters' was among the more overdue . They've constantly cranked out awesome modern rock songs and topped the radio charts! Even back when people knew what a radio was! There are myriad reasons for this sort of package: to celebrate the hits, to reframe an artist's catalog for critical reevaluation, to make all the money. As for adding new bonus tracks? At their best, they're incentive to completists to shell out the cash again. In the case of " Wheels ," maybe to [...]