Learn To Fly (3:53)
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Learn To Fly” is the first single from the Foo Fighters’ third album There Is Nothing Left to Lose. It was released on two different singles in the UK in 1999. “Learn to Fly” is one of the band’s most successful singles, including a #19 peak on the Billboard Hot 100 and a #1 peak on Modern Rock Tracks.
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The music video for the song takes place on an airplane, parodying the movie Airplane!. Two airline mechanics (played by Tenacious D) hide what appears to be drugs in the coffee-maker (it is revealed in the band’s official website that the package is actually labelled “World Domination brand ‘Erotic’ Sleeping Powder”), which ends up incapacitating everyone who drinks the coffee. The band, having avoided the coffee, finds themselves forced to land the plane. For the video, each band member (Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel and Taylor Hawkins) portrays himself as well as several other roles.
Accompanying the opening and closing scenes of the film clip is a muzak version of “Everlong”. The video was filmed in London, England in a cabin crew training airplane. The video won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video.
Characters Dave Grohl portrays
* Himself
* The Pilot
* A flamboyant flight attendant
* A teenage girl who is a big fan of the band
* One of the overweight ladies
* An FBI agent
Characters Nate Mendel portrays
* Himself
* One of the co-pilots of the plane
Learn To Fly” is the first single from the Foo Fighters’ third album There Is Nothing Left to Lose. It was released on two different singles in the UK in 1999. “Learn to Fly” is one of the band’s most successful singles, including a #19 peak on the Billboard Hot 100 and a #1 peak on Modern Rock Tracks.MUSIC VIDEO
The music video for the song takes place on an airplane, parodying the movie Airplane!. Two airline mechanics (played by Tenacious D) hide what appears to be drugs in the coffee-maker (it is revealed in the band’s official website that the package is actually labelled “World Domination brand ‘Erotic’ Sleeping Powder”), which ends up incapacitating everyone who drinks the coffee. The band, having avoided the coffee, finds themselves forced to land the plane. For the video, each band member (Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel and Taylor Hawkins) portrays himself as well as several other roles.
Accompanying the opening and closing scenes of the film clip is a muzak version of “
Everlong”. The video was filmed in London, England in a cabin crew training airplane. The video won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video.Characters Dave Grohl portrays
* Himself
* The Pilot
* A flamboyant flight attendant
* A teenage girl who is a big fan of the band
* One of the overweight ladies
* An FBI agent
Characters Nate Mendel portrays
* Himself
* One of the co-pilots of the plane
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Fuckafoe wrote:
gr8!
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aarghapanda wrote:
Great song, legendary video.
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horsemadlover wrote:
the only problem with this : its hard 2 play air guitar while doin geog course work uther dan dat amazin x
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PCF-B4print wrote:
Sweet!
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hollowaxis wrote:
I need to see these guys live somehow somewhere :/ Neeed
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anca2004 wrote:
: )
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ant0n111 wrote:
the song is amazing the video funny love it and its got tenacious d in
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SASSYSTEPH09 wrote:
good fooage!
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Mouse916 wrote:
Great song, never fails
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supernenazombi wrote:
me encantaria verlos! cuenta pendiente
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TrueBlood4ever wrote:
Sehr geil!!!! :-)
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puddindeth wrote:
Very aesome song
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cutebunny77 wrote:
Awesome song to start the morning,I love you Dave
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brianm2 wrote:
Perfect this morning
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elyzip wrote:
Dave, I really love you!
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BulbCap wrote:
Yes.... I must learn to fly!!!!
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Ali_bongo16 wrote:
awsome song!!! love it!!
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ghostchild1979 wrote:
I'm down with the foo and with Dave Grohl, but these guys have just become too much of a pop cliche for me. They're just not original anymore.
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nightwolfen wrote:
Flllyyy alooong with meee I can't quite make it allooooone :D
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maire66 wrote:
Thank you Iama80srunner How could I have forgotten this one? Memories <3 <3 this one
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