# Foo Fighters' All My Life...What's it about?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foo-fighters-all-my-life-whats-it-about/165464>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 31, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foo-fighters-all-my-life-whats-it-about/165464 "2003-03-31T16:06:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foo-fighters-all-my-life-whats-it-about/165464/1 "2003-03-31T16:06:29Z")

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I _love_ this song but I’ve been wondering for weeks what the hell it’s about. Any takers?

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**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foo-fighters-all-my-life-whats-it-about/165464/2 "2003-03-31T16:08:17Z")

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Are any of their songs ever about anything? They never seem to be.

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**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foo-fighters-all-my-life-whats-it-about/165464/3 "2003-04-01T06:42:55Z")

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Um, “Hey, Johnny Park!” was about Kurt Cobain. And “New Way Home” pretty much seems to be about nothing more than Dave Grohl driving around Seattle. Other than that, you know, I guess they aren’t about anything.

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**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foo-fighters-all-my-life-whats-it-about/165464/4 "2003-04-01T08:48:08Z")

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It would appear to be describing his quest for love. He finds someone and gives it a try and when it doesn’t work out he moves on to the next one. Quite possibly this being a self-destructive response to the death of a previous lover.

Actually, I believe he details how he prevents himself from reaching his goal because he seems to enjoy the looking and dreaming more than the possibility of achieving it.

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**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foo-fighters-all-my-life-whats-it-about/165464/5 "2003-04-01T13:56:58Z")

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_Hey don’t let it go to waste.  
I love it but I hate the taste.  
Weight keeping me down._

If someone could just tell me what _that_ means, I’ll be happy! If not, I’m just going to keep assuming he’s talking about light beer…

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**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foo-fighters-all-my-life-whats-it-about/165464/6 "2003-04-01T19:25:01Z")

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I’ll confess. It’s about me. Obviously, DG has been searching for me his whole life:D Right? RIGHT?!

Damn. Okay, maybe not.