But it’s a fun video of a huge number of Italians having a blast playing and singing along. And, look, do two hundred drummers playing at once lead to a track you’ll want to listen to often? Probably not.
Several years ago, a town in Italy tried to entice the Foo Fighters to play a concert there by filming a “Learn to Fly” cover with 1,000 – yes, you read that right, 1,000 – musicians. They released it on an album, but, as is often the case with bluegrass, it’s fun to watch ’em do it live. Best one I found was by Virginia quartet Deer Creek Boys. On a whim, I searched “Learn to Fly bluegrass.” Whaddya know, “Learn to Fly” must work well as bluegrass, because a bunch of people have tried it (wonder if they dress like this).
Oh, and did I mention they translated the entire thing into Spanish? Deer Creek Boys – Learn to Fly I was glad I looked close enough at the names in my Googling to realize Ituana and Inercia are two totally different artists who have covered “Learn to Fly.” Inercia is a rock band from the Argentinian city of Rosario, and their version, appropriately enough, rocks harder than any other on this list. This bossa nova group is semi-anonymous, but did score a genuine hit when their “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” cover was used in the Big Little Lies finale a couple years ago. It’s also Volume 13, which indicates they’ve been at this for a while. Ituana’s version comes off an album titled Vintage Café: Lounge & Jazz Blends, which should give you some idea what you’re in for. Unlike Hatfield’s version, it retains almost nothing from the original save the lyrics and – loosely – the melody. With more than a touch of The Weeknd, Los Angeles R&B singer Gallant’s “Learn to Fly” features thudding percussion, gospel builds, and stacks of gorgeous falsetto. Sounds more Lilith Fair than Lollapalooza, but without losing an ounce of the song’s energy or catchiness. She adds a little electronic crunch to a lilting folk-rock number. I’m assuming that’s true too on the covers record she titled simply Juliana Hatfield, mixing songs by Teenage Fanclub, Liz Phair, and, yes, the Foos. Her own tribute albums, full-album covers of The Police and Olivia Newton-John, she cares about very much (a teased R.E.M. To my surprise, in many cases she didn’t care all that much about the artists she was paying tribute to. I interviewed Juliana Hatfield for my book on tribute albums. Written underneath the video: “Uploaded five hours ago.” When I was researching this, I found a cool string-quartet cover on YouTube. And, twenty-plus years after the song’s release, the covers keep coming. At least two covers on the list below are absolute all-time classics, and the rest are no slouches themselves. But I’d maintain that, Prince aside, it might be their best-covered song. It’s not second or third, either (“Times Like These,” “Best of You”). It’s not the Foos’ most-covered song ( that would be “Everlong”). Hard to think of any other song that can compete for that level of play.īelieve it or, not everyone has listened to “Learn to Fly” quite as often as I have. That happened probably once or twice a day. For whatever reason, the first MP3 I ever downloaded was “Learn to Fly,” so every time I opened Winamp, the “Learn to Fly” riff would kick right in. And when you opened Winamp, it would start playing that playlist right from the top. When you added a song to Winamp, it simply appeared at the bottom of a single long playlist. In the early file sharing days, the days when it was high-speed if your 128kbps MP3 took “only” 20 minutes to download, Winamp was the digital music player of choice.
This isn’t because it’s my favorite song ever or anything.
So relax, relax a little.I sometimes wonder if I’ve heard “Learn to Fly” more times than any other song. "So tonight, we're going to play a lot of. Grohl said the Foo Fighters had actually played Cesena "long ago". it for U2, do it for Pearl Jam, do it for Soundgarden, do it for Rage Against the Machine, do it for all rock bands." We had to come, You tricked us, you trapped us. It's very simple and we write songs, and then we make the record and we don't really think about the rest of the world," he said. "Because, when we make music, we do it in our basement, or our studio. He said he looked at the video after receiving "100 texts", crying when he finally watched it. "My phone was like 'bling, bling, bling, bling, bling' from all my friends asking 'have you seen this on Youtube?'" he said. Grohl said he was on vacation when the video went viral. "What you guys did, the whole world saw what you did. "We have to say thank you to all the musicians who are here tonight.
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