The Sonic Highways, composed by the FOO Fighters band can be reckoned with great reference to its big achievements in the Rock music industry. The Feast and Famine is one of the eight songs on the album, Sonic Highways. The episode, the Feast and Famine, was recorded in northern Virginia and meant to capture the eight weeks that the writers were had visited. It defines details of the people they met and the interviews conducted. This paper seeks to explain the responses to the specific episode Feast and Famine.
The episode had more than one hundred views as it channels a punk rock feeling of the 80’s and 90’s in the previous music experience in the rock industry. The episode tracks a movement in which the lead singer and guitarist participated and in which the drumming began and was followed by screaming. The three guitar dynamics is considered perfect and while the rhythm section remains high. In comparison to the previous episodes released by the same band, the Feast and Famine exhibit its uniqueness. It starts with sort of hard rock and then ends up smooth.
The lyrics, on the other hand, are quite complex and with no direct understanding at first. The episode chorus is simple and understandable. It captures some styles from their earlier single, Something to Nothing. The style only differs with the star, in which only drums beat, followed by a three-guitar play and finally backing vocals. Some parts capture the city structure such as where is the monument, we need a monument. Different societal groups are also captured in the context since the title Feast and Famine captures two sides of the same coin. It can be interpreted as the poor and the rich, and their common relations.
The episode also has a set up a spin for the group, and it arouses the interest of the listeners. It establishes a difference from then their previous neutral production pace. The flow of the beats at first is slow. In this specific episode, the foo fighter’s band begins with a slow play which is set by drumming. They then get into rock part where they play a hardcore. This acceleration indicates a change in style, as well as the flow creating higher interests.
The FOO fighter’s band in the Feast and Famine highly exhibits eclecticism and stylistic diversity in the rock music. The music is self –indulgent and highly captures chanting. In this episode, guitar breaks are common after some moment, and in its lyrics, high contrast is shown. The band creates a punk rock environment. Apart from this, the band has punk wear, like that of 1980’s to 1990’s. The common punk rock wear is a t-shirt, jacket, and jeans assembled to portray the punk look. In this episode, the diversity in the dressing suits the punk wear style.
The band has punk style also shown in the punk posture in the stage as per the video. The Feast and Famine explain the puts to life the 80’s and 90’s punk rock which demonstrates a flashback. The video features different people in the society, in such a way that the old is brought to life through electric feel from the song.
The feast and the famine being a major hit from the FOO fighters remains one of their best tracks, since it indicates change of style, acceleration of their music and its content complexity. The episode has a high number of views and it is written and played in Washington DC. The writers have the intent of capturing the stories of the different people they met in Virginia, and it is discrete.