Foo Fighters cover 'Baker Street'.

ZakAttak

Apparently the Foo Fighters covered Gerry Rafferty's 'Baker Street'. But I can't find it anywhere, anyone know where I might be able to listen to it?

brown-dog

No way - im on the search now so if I find it I will post!

ZakAttak

I read this on wikipedia- so maybe its a wind-up, but its been covered by so many different people that it wouldn't totally suprise me if it was true.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axdBNCovYBc

It's a great cover,you'll find it on most torrent sites..If I remember correctly its on a bootleg b-sides and covers album

ZakAttak

Deadly! thanks- I'll have a listen at lunchtime.

Double C

It's a great cover, I heard it a few years ago. It came out on the deluxe version on The Color and The Shape last year IIRC.

Xavi6

Yeah it was recorded years back wasn't it? I remember hearing it and thinking "Ooooh that's cool".

ZakAttak

Yeah its good- it sounds a bit like a Nirvana song the way they played it. thanks again.

Mossy Monk

That's sounds good. Don't know how I haven't heard it till now.

ZakAttak

I challenge anyone to listen to the original and not be whistling that saxophone bit to themselves afterwards.

Tommy the Cat

Not a big fan of the Foo's but its a class cover..it fcuking rocks!

Dreaming-field

Yeah same - I don't know how I havent heard it until now. Really good though. I love the Foo's

120_Minutes

Dreaming-field wrote: »

Yeah same - I don't know how I havent heard it until now. Really good though. I love the Foo's

Its been around for years, its the b side to the my hero single. My band plays it at covers gigs and it always goes down well

ZakAttak

Do the Foo F.'s do any other covers like this?

seanironmaiden

yea, heard it a long time ago. one of my favourite covers. they have good versions of Down In The Park and Darling Nikki aswell

Sephiroth_dude

thats cool alrite,you cant beat the original though.

darkskol

Love the original but the foos did the song proud

bobtjustice

The song " color and the shape" is one you should check out, and "Iron and Wine" and A320.
Should be able to get em on you tube, or the torrent sites.

ZakAttak

I like the way in the original that the sax is allowed to take prominance. These days alot of bands bring in a horn just to play a few backing notes in the chorus- all so that they can say something like 'we're really experimental because we use saxaphones'. When really the song is just another indie bore.

I was trying to think of other songs that are similar to Baker St. and theres only one I can think of where an instrument is used like this- I must stress that I do not by any means think that the following song is better than baker st. but have you ever heard 'Young at heart' by 'The Bluebells'? Check out the cool fiddle riff- believe me, even if you can't stand the song, you're going to be whistling that bit to yourself for the rest of the day.

Earthhorse

Lily Was Here by Dave Stewart and Candy Dulfer features a lot of prominent sax. It's an instrumental though.