10 Most Underrated Foo Fighters Songs
5. Hey Johnny Park - The Colour and the Shape
If you wanted to pin down a classic record for the Foos, most people would point to the Colour and the Shape. Throughout history, this has been the one Foo Fighters album with the most sonic sheen, bringing such gems as Monkey Wrench and Everlong to the table. When you have an album with those bulletproof tracks on there, it's sometimes easy to miss the low lights.
Coming right after Monkey Wrench, Hey Johnny Park is one of those rare instances where we see Dave getting nostalgic about a friend that he used to have back in Virginia. Though they had parted ways after Dave left school, this was meant as a way to reconnect with his buddy after a long separation. It's not like it doesn't have that Foos muscle though, with the opening riff sounding like it could tear through walls from the moment you hear it.
If anything, this is the perfect example of how post grunge music was supposed to sound. Since Dave had already been engrained in the grunge scene for a while, this is the logical next step for where bands could go, with songs that had the same amount of intensity but with a much more optimistic attitude. Grunge may have ended on a sour note, but with songs like these after, it looked like things might actually be alright.