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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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agorapocalypse wrote:
sweet
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dresendiz95 wrote:
this song makes me go like "sigh" in a good way =)
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electropoof420 wrote:
This song has the best music video of all time.
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sdlierle wrote:
Awesome band Dave Grohl is one of the most talented person in the music industry today.
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Isab3lla wrote:
the video is awesome :D
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hanny1987 wrote:
Best video ever made? I think so!
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mbisthebest wrote:
Who could hate this? It's amazing!!!!!!! ;p
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marosh1 wrote:
this is one of my favourite songs 'cause this is supposedly "theme song of my life" (quiz result :D)
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gutequelle wrote:
huge
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brenton393 wrote:
love it
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ACE2112 wrote:
A FOO CLASSIC AND GREAT VID!!!<3
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TrueBlood4ever wrote:
One of my 1st favorites of the Foo's and I still love it!
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Mark_0ne wrote:
legend.
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GABLIVE wrote:
The video is one of the funiest I have ever seen
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cd4am wrote:
i like the beat that goes with it
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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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