This song is sadly overlooked in the discussion of the greatest cover songs ever made. FF stayed true to the original song but still managed to make it their own. It is easily recognizable as Baker Street, but also easily recognizable as a Foo Fighters song!
I remember the first time I heard it, I was eighteen driving up to Chicago with a dude I never should've dated. Heard it probably ten times over an 18 hour trip. I ditched the guy but kept the band!
Dave I can.t Thank You Enough for keeping me Off the Streets with MusiCares. You literally saved my Ass from 19 Months of Homelessness. I am a Drummer that lost everything, Wife, Home, my Family, my Car, my little home Studio, my favorite Drumset and the little money I worked so hard to save 20 years of manuel Labor. I had to retire from live shows also because of Health issues. Thanks Again, Jonathan
@@petebooth3375 Thanks Pete! Yeah I'm back with a new place to live, a New Studio and GMS SE Drumset. Thanks to my Producers I had the Oppertunity to Record w/ some People from The Who, TOTO, and a slew of others. Musicians from Hollywood, Nashville, NYC and England. Thanks to the Foo Fighters, Warren Huart and many others. GOD Bless and Take Care.🥁🎸🎧📻
fun fact... Gerry Rafferty originally intended for the sax part of the original to be played on a guitar, but he wasn't able to find a guitarist when they went to record. so i feel like this is faithful to the original vision while still adding a unique spin. bravo to Dave for knocking this out of the park!
It is amazing. I never knew he covered so many songs until the first "Dee Gees" song showed up in my suggestions a month ago. Now I have a whole playlist of Grohl/Foo Fighters covers 👍
Dave always says "I'm just a fan,too" ..& it's true 👍..he is a fan & it's awesome 👌 👏..when he did that documentary Sound city..awesome documentary..interviews with all the rock stars & jamming with them..
@@ernestocarbajal939 lol I'm sure Dave would laugh and have a beer with you then have a jam session with you afterward. Pretentious? C'mon. How many rockers watch others rockers and sit with the regular joe's in the audience?
I was in College when I saw Jerry Rafferty do this one and then 20 some years later the Foo Fighters picked it up and ran with it. BOTH versions are beautiful and powerful. I would NEVER dare to say that one is "better". It depends on my mood which version I feel like hearing. Art is in the eye (ear?) of the beholder. Rock On!!
Thank you to everyone saying that they like both versions, not bitching cause someone likes one over the other. I heard this one first (cause I'm a huge Foo fan) but then fell in love with the original.
Finally a positive comment. Foo Fighters aren't trying to school Rafferty by playing his song. They know what a legend Rafferty is and they actually like this song enough to cover it. Both versions are pretty cool. I personally like Rafferty's better. People shouldn't be upset just because a band liked a song and decided to cover it.
@@Fruit_Infiniti When I first heard it introduced on the radio station, I thought "Foo Fighters? Seriously?" Pat Smear took Raphael Ravenscroft's iconic sax solo and made it his own guitar solo...without disrespecting Ravenscroft in the slightest. I had to eat my words by the time the song was over.
I remember rolling around in my dad's station wagon and AM radio playing this. When I got older, I bought the CD. "City to City". I still own the very scratched version to this day. RIP Gerry Rafferty
I was in 2nd year of college when Rafferty did this. I freaking Loved it. I was out of the military, had a great job, 2 kids and a house when Foo Fighters did this, I freaking Loved it. One is NOT BETTER than the other. It is art and cannot be quantified in terms like "better". Knuckleheads...
I absolutely love the cover. And it made me interested to hear the original by Gerry Rafferty which now happens to be one of my favorite songs. Kudos to Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters for exposing me to the classic and giving it the modern day treatment.
GR's original is amazing and one of the best songs in rock. FF made a cover that to me is brilliant. It is completely original yet they play every note of the original. They learned the song note for note, nuance for nuance and then took it apart and put it back together as their own. I've read all the comments below. Why compare? They are both art; they both stand on their own; and they are both brilliant. I dare any band (including my own) to take an iconic song, and make it original yet keep every nuance. To the comment about DG's voice, he nailed GR's vibe. Amazing work, as we have come to expect. Thank you!
Oh Taylor ... Came here to listen to this because it reminds me of my mom who I lost 15 years ago and now there's an even harder reason to listen to it on top of it. Thank you Taylor so much
11 years ago? Where the hell have I been? Never knew the foos covered this song. Way different for sure but I'm digging it. A rare gem of an enjoyable cover.
First up, I am not a fan of most covers, especially by modern bands, secondly I LOVE the original so I came here with low hopes. But this does sound fucking incredible. Not better than the original but a worthy tribute and a great song. I also always thought that sax solo would make a great guitar solo and it does!
I love classic rock bands too,Gerry Rafferty is one of my favorite singers of all times! I also love Rush,Led Zeppelin,Cream,The Who,The Beatles,The Easybeats and many more! I do covers with my electric guitar but I also write songs...I love what I do and I love good old music cause it's the best,it has feeling,not like today's music
My sentiments exactly! Rafferty aired the Original when I was in my 3rd year of College and it took Balls to cover this one. (I think that's why it was a "B" side) but Dave friggin' Grohl is a genius in his own right and they made a beautiful cover, which is more like a tribute. Simply beautiful song...
David White ; You obviously are a young lad who enjoys Mumford and Daughters or maybe Imagine Tadpoles, but most likely a big fan of Trailer Swift. Hope you grow up soon.
I love this because Nate was my childhood friend and neighbor and I remember hearing the original with him in the 70's. The Foo's rock. Keep on Rockin' Foos! :P Matt
There's something about Gerry Rafferty's original that brings back my childhood. I distinctly remember hearing this song piped through my parents' stereo and thinking there was something so beautiful and soothing about the saxaphone and how the song came together. The Foo Fighters did a great job of modernizing it. A lot of covers fail to deliver the underlying "feel" of the song but FF did a great job of keeping it intact despite the sax being replaced by guitar. It flat out rocks.
Heard this on the radio by chance... absolutely blew me away. Original will always be the best, but the Foo absolutely knocked it out of the park with this cover.
This song always has a sad melancholy about it…Brings me back to the summer of 78, listening to this on the radio while playing outside. The FF do a great job with this 45-year old song…Can’t believe it’s been that long
Summer of ‘78…I had graduated from high school and had a place at the state university waiting on me. Idyllic momentary pause… this song was a great backdrop to that time.
It is nice to hear a cover of this without relying on the saxophone. A cover should add something to the track, not just replicate what we as an audience already know.
FF sure did, this cover is great. You should check out the Eleanor Rigby cover by Big Country. A great song but turned it into their own and something completely different than the original.
I just found this 5 mins ago and I love it! I was in my car, crying, listening to the original by Gerry Rafferty, thinking about old times....then I find FFs version...wow. What an amazing version & tribute to one of my favorite songs❤
Winding your way down on Baker Street Light in your head and dead on your feet Well, another crazy day You'll drink the night away And forget about everything This city desert makes you feel so cold It's got so many people, but it's got no soul And it's taken you so long To find out you were wrong When you thought it held everything You used to think that it was so easy You used to say that it was so easy But you're trying, you're trying now Another year and then you'd be happy Just one more year and then you'd be happy But you're crying, you're crying now Way down the street there's a light in his place He opens the door, he's got that look on his face And he asks you where you've been You tell him who you've seen And you talk about anything He's got this dream about buying some land He's gonna give up the booze and the one-night stands And then he'll settle down In some quiet little town And forget about everything But you know he'll always keep moving You know he's never gonna stop moving 'Cause he's rolling, he's the rolling stone And when you wake up, it's a new morning The sun is shining, it's a new morning And you're going, you're going home
The kind of thing that pops up at foo shows between their own great tunes. Always worth travelling to see them. Dave and company are beyond the norm. So much better than what we are inundated with music wise these days. Kudos brothers!!
Absolutely. You never know what cover they'll toss in, or who might hop on stage with them. A couple years ago, John Travolta walked out on stage and they did a song from Grease. 🤣
Monster hook. I feel Rafferty's lead guitarists at the extro is one of the tightest and finest lead I have ever heard. Thanks for keeping it true especially that lead
Love both versions. And I just wish you’d popped Dave’s vocals more on the FF version. The lyrics are so potent, everyone should be able to hear them clean and bright.❤️
Just discovered this, outstanding, love how the rocky chorus comes in after daves soft singing and yet the lead guitar is tempered as if its coming from down a long corridor , what a great mix
This blew me completely away. They took an already great song and made it their own. Awesome covers these guys do, such good taste Fantastic version in it's own right. I love this and I love the original. RIP Gerry
I used to listen to the Rafferty orig working construction for my dad when I was 14 and think, 'this song has a great sound, but it would be awsome if you rocked it out!' I am forever indebted to Mr. Grohl and friends for making this dream a reality!
Normally I say the original is the best version and all others try to come close at best. But this version of Baker Street was powerful and masterfully done. Even the guitar riff at ---> 4:00 was deep and with a haunting feel that goes to the core. Bravo Foo Fighters! This was a fantastic performance...
I love the Foos' and I never thought of them doing this Gerry Rafferty song, it's interestingly refreshing. I didn't think younger people really paid attention to music I grew up with. Pretty cool.😮, Vic.
Imagine they would have to pay to sing it. Maybe that's why. Or that they have a huge library of their own works to sign. But I agree I would like to hear it live.
This song takes me back to a specific memory when Napster first came available and a friend was trying find the original version to this song and tried to explain the guitar solo to us. Someone even called their uncle and he just asked us if we were high and why were calling him so late at night wondering about the name of a song (we probably were) Finally, I remembered the Foo Fighters cover after listening to it on a local rock station and blurted out" Backer Street" and he finally was able to find and download the song. Kids today have no idea about the luxury of listening to any song at any given time without worrying about "pirating music".
Dave Grohl seems like he relates to hearing this song while riding in the back seat of his mom's car in the 70s ...legs sticking to vinyl seats of her Ford LTD, getting bitched out for spilling his Slurpee and his "no good dad" forgetting to pay child support. Have no clue if this is remotely his childhood, but I feel he was one of "us"
My case it was dragging mom back from the bar and calling in to her work the next morning with her too hung over. She did love this song though, me too. We had the album.
This is a great cover. I want to get on the interstate and floor it because I know I need to be somewhere else. Percussion adds intensity to the drive. Can feel a storm approaching and looking forward to it
I was a freshman in '78' when this song came out and it seemed like it on the radio constantly and that was fine by me! Really takes me back to a great time in life... awesome 😎
Very brave to do a cover of one of the most perfect songs ever recorded AND you pulled it off - RESPECT!!! The original was better, but hey Gerry Rafferty was totally awesome, God bless his soul! You Guys are fantastic & nice people to boot! Props to ya....
I was already a fan of the original when I first heard this song when it came out. Fell in love immediately, and it became one of the first songs I ever learned to play all the way through on my guitar. Busting out the main riff always gets attention because most people know it. This and Metallica’s cover of Bob Seger’s “Turn the Page” released around the same time are two of the best covers of all time.
Despite the fact that I like the original more, I still say HATS OFF!!! This is a very original and daring endeavor that was well done. I'm not a big Foo fan but, this could change my mind. Well done Dave and co.
The most beautiful person to ever touch my soul was the one who played this version of this song for me and it is a wonderfully sad reminder of what was. Best cover of any song and so happy to have heard it when I did!
Instead of saying "this version is better, that version is better". Why don't you appreciate the fact that the band took a song, covered it, and made it their _own._ And that is the true meaning to covering a song. You have your own sound, and so did the original artist. So you've taken an original and made it sound like your own. Instead of someone hearing the song, and going "Oh, yeah! Gerry Rafferty! Fuck the WORLD!" When, really, it's not Gerry Rafferty, it's some other band sounding exactly like the original song. You don't know! You're fucked! But! When a band covers a song, and makes it their own. You know who covered it. You hear it, and think; "Oh, cool! Foo Fighters covering a song, but not sounding like the original. They made it their own! How fucking amazing is that?!"
***** Are you on something? You pointed out the fact that I said the same thing eight times in a row. Concerta? Adderall? Dexedrin? You really read into that didn't you? You sure focused hard on what I said, hm? You must be taking some kind of stimulant for ADHD then, right? What are you on?! I just smoke weed. And medicinally at that. I never point out the fact that people say the same thing a few times, nor do I ever ask if anyone is ever on anything. Grow the fuck up, kid. Really shows your age when you say shit like that.
You're right on. Cover it, but make it your own. I've been beating that into the heads of my bandmates. The audience will recognize the song, and either love or hate what you did with it. Be a musician, not a jukebox.
I had no idea this cover existed until 5-minutes ago.
It ... is ... glorious!!!
Ditto!
I had it on some old dodgy charity compilation
Down in the Park and Darling Nikki are legendary covers too.
I just learned about it that long too. Fell down a Jerry Rafferty rabbit hole.
one of the best covers, rip Dave Gholh.
This song is sadly overlooked in the discussion of the greatest cover songs ever made. FF stayed true to the original song but still managed to make it their own. It is easily recognizable as Baker Street, but also easily recognizable as a Foo Fighters song!
Probably cuz you can’t find it on most music streaming apps.
This one and "Saturday Nights All Right For Fighting" by Nickelback. Great stuff!
This guy discovered what "covers" are
It’s over looked because no one knows about it. I discovered it 2minutes ago.
This and Metallicas cover of Segars "turn the page" are fantastic.
The original was an iconic masterpiece but the Foos version is respectful and kicks ass at the same time. A masterpiece unto itself.
Exactly what my dad thinks 😂
Jamasaurus Rex. Not a foo fighters guy at all but they did my man gerry right
@@memeperson8629 Smart man 😀
Agree
Always loved this cover, too bad radio forgot it...well, we've forgotten about radio!
Miss you so so much Taylor... Thank you for being you and may your memory be a blessing.
This is the first "released" FF cut with Taylor Hawkins on the kit. Such a sad loss today.
Yes it definitely sucks he passed away
Are you kidding me? This was the first cut they did with him on the kit?
@@mstephens44 yep
I remember the first time I heard it, I was eighteen driving up to Chicago with a dude I never should've dated. Heard it probably ten times over an 18 hour trip. I ditched the guy but kept the band!
This is such a great cover 💔 I wish the last single that was released was great too RIP
Fantastic version in it's own right. I love this and I love the original. RIP Gerry
Solid
Best cover song...
EVER!!!!
Still crying 😢 Great song 🎵
@@jimrenshaw70 I heard pub bands , and this is iconic , cos he is the Narvana bloke .
just saying . it is better than I could do , but I am plumber.
And Taylor Hawkins RIP
Dave I can.t Thank You Enough for keeping me Off the Streets with MusiCares. You literally saved my Ass from 19 Months of Homelessness. I am a Drummer that lost everything, Wife, Home, my Family, my Car, my little home Studio, my favorite Drumset and the little money I worked so hard to save 20 years of manuel Labor. I had to retire from live shows also because of Health issues. Thanks Again, Jonathan
Get back there brother. You will.
You idiot💯My daughter is a drummer too, she not drinking much only smoking weed...
Hope you're back playing Jonathan!
@@petebooth3375 Thanks Pete! Yeah I'm back with a new place to live, a New Studio and GMS SE Drumset. Thanks to my Producers I had the Oppertunity to Record w/ some People from The Who, TOTO, and a slew of others. Musicians from Hollywood, Nashville, NYC and England. Thanks to the Foo Fighters, Warren Huart and many others. GOD Bless and Take Care.🥁🎸🎧📻
@@jonathanrichard6881 brilliant news, good to hear!
I never knew foos did a cover of this song! That’s was bloody awesome!!!
fun fact... Gerry Rafferty originally intended for the sax part of the original to be played on a guitar, but he wasn't able to find a guitarist when they went to record. so i feel like this is faithful to the original vision while still adding a unique spin. bravo to Dave for knocking this out of the park!
Am so happy that Dave Grohl respects his predecessors and covers their music. Amazing cover of a classic!
It is amazing. I never knew he covered so many songs until the first "Dee Gees" song showed up in my suggestions a month ago. Now I have a whole playlist of Grohl/Foo Fighters covers 👍
Dave always says "I'm just a fan,too" ..& it's true 👍..he is a fan & it's awesome 👌 👏..when he did that documentary Sound city..awesome documentary..interviews with all the rock stars & jamming with them..
very tough song to cover.....BRAVO for having the wisdom to choose it and the talent to give it a nice twist......
👍Right On 😎✌️
Hot mess of a song .. Goddamn Dave grohl just go away already ... pretentious piece of shit of a band ... horribly disjointed
@@ernestocarbajal939 Why are you here then? Go fuck yourself.
@@ernestocarbajal939 lol I'm sure Dave would laugh and have a beer with you then have a jam session with you afterward. Pretentious? C'mon. How many rockers watch others rockers and sit with the regular joe's in the audience?
@@ernestocarbajal939 haha you obviously watched the doco that was at the cinema
I was in College when I saw Jerry Rafferty do this one and then 20 some years later the Foo Fighters picked it up and ran with it. BOTH versions are beautiful and powerful. I would NEVER dare to say that one is "better". It depends on my mood which version I feel like hearing. Art is in the eye (ear?) of the beholder. Rock On!!
Gerry*
@@stevepotroast7825 leave your left wing Grammar police out of this asshole!!!
Anthony Roberts Proper Grammar matters. It shows you read books.
Anthony Roberts and the Foos are left wing
@@mattarmstrong2316 Artists need to be left wing, otherwise they don't have money for food and stuff.
Holy shit, I had no idea how much I needed this in my life.
Baker Street was one of my fav all-time songs, and I love the Foo Fighters, so this is the perfect blend to me!
It is November 1, 2019...and this one still ROCKS. Loved the original, loved this too! BOTH ARE GREAT!
Love this version
It will always be a classic
Im from the future (August 29, 2020) and I can confirm, it still slaps.
it is November 8th, 2021 covid19 around the world and this song helps to forget this hard times.
2021, still loving both.
THEY ROCKED THE HELL OUT OF THIS.
@Connor Klein yea i think I'll hear it twice
Indeed!
AND I love his voice on this.
They coverd a classic
Yeah they did
Thank you to everyone saying that they like both versions, not bitching cause someone likes one over the other. I heard this one first (cause I'm a huge Foo fan) but then fell in love with the original.
Finally a positive comment. Foo Fighters aren't trying to school Rafferty by playing his song. They know what a legend Rafferty is and they actually like this song enough to cover it. Both versions are pretty cool. I personally like Rafferty's better. People shouldn't be upset just because a band liked a song and decided to cover it.
@@Fruit_Infiniti Exactly ;)
I grew up with the original and love that version ... They made this song their own so I love this version as well ;)
@@Fruit_Infiniti When I first heard it introduced on the radio station, I thought "Foo Fighters? Seriously?"
Pat Smear took Raphael Ravenscroft's iconic sax solo and made it his own guitar solo...without disrespecting Ravenscroft in the slightest. I had to eat my words by the time the song was over.
It's such a beautiful song and as with everything when it comes to good music, the memories that we get to relive make these songs priceless.
Outstanding cover. So good it got radio play repeatedly on Chicago radio.
My youth brought back. Beautifully done. Thank you gentleman.
I remember rolling around in my dad's station wagon and AM radio playing this. When I got older, I bought the CD. "City to City". I still own the very scratched version to this day. RIP Gerry Rafferty
I hear this song and man…I’m taken back to the summer of 78, 4 years old. Man, makes me teary.
Dave G is possibly one of the coolest musicians of modern times.
+luckyvet He IS the coolest. He is legend status!
Tell that to William goldsmith
I would say one of the coolest of all time
Possibly?
Tool kicks ass as does slayer
Great interpretation of a classic. Gerry would be proud.
This was recorded in 1998 or so, and it’s quite likely Rafferty did hear it. It was on a compilation CD.
this is why I watch youtube
Dave G is possibly one of the coolest musicians of modern times.
Wow...I didn't know this existed until now...just popped in!! Awesome work Foos! ☺️💖
I was in 2nd year of college when Rafferty did this. I freaking Loved it. I was out of the military, had a great job, 2 kids and a house when Foo Fighters did this, I freaking Loved it. One is NOT BETTER than the other. It is art and cannot be quantified in terms like "better". Knuckleheads...
I never knew MY FAVORITE BAND COVERED ONE OF MY FAV SONGS
Those of you crying over this version, keep crying.
This is incredible.
Dave Grohl, is that you?
I’m loving it! 🔥 I’m a huge fan of the original but this one kicks ass🔥🎸🎤
Im still crying ass
I wasn't crying but this comment makes me feel like I should start
The best cover ever. This the soundtrack to my life right now.
Late Night Crack & The One Night Stands ....
I listen to this daily. The original was amazing, and love this just the same. Crazy thing, I'm 41 and this reminds me of playing GTA5 lol
Awesome
Find the Foo's cover of Have a Cigar featuring Brian May ... Wow
@@williamtripp15 right on. GTA V was my fav game in middle school
Das beste Cover was ich jemals gehört habe. Ich bekomme nicht genug davon.
Heard this song so many times as a kid and as a foos fan of many years this is a surprise gem. Goosebumps!
I absolutely love the cover. And it made me interested to hear the original by Gerry Rafferty which now happens to be one of my favorite songs. Kudos to Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters for exposing me to the classic and giving it the modern day treatment.
For me this cover is the perfect blend of keeping everything that made the original a great song and adding your own flavour to it
GR's original is amazing and one of the best songs in rock. FF made a cover that to me is brilliant. It is completely original yet they play every note of the original. They learned the song note for note, nuance for nuance and then took it apart and put it back together as their own. I've read all the comments below. Why compare? They are both art; they both stand on their own; and they are both brilliant. I dare any band (including my own) to take an iconic song, and make it original yet keep every nuance. To the comment about DG's voice, he nailed GR's vibe. Amazing work, as we have come to expect. Thank you!
A lot of people are just enjoying the music without realizing that this is a group who are reinventing the music for a new generation.
Oh Taylor ... Came here to listen to this because it reminds me of my mom who I lost 15 years ago and now there's an even harder reason to listen to it on top of it. Thank you Taylor so much
11 years ago? Where the hell have I been? Never knew the foos covered this song. Way different for sure but I'm digging it. A rare gem of an enjoyable cover.
It's even older than that. I remember hearing it in the car off my cousin's iPod in 08 or 09, and I'm sure it's even older than that
@@jimlthor It's a B-Side from their second album released in 1997, soo yeah ...
Check out their band on the run cover
Didn't think even the Grohlmeister would pull this off , but he really has done a great version of Baker St .
He is one hell of a musician.
First up, I am not a fan of most covers, especially by modern bands, secondly I LOVE the original so I came here with low hopes. But this does sound fucking incredible. Not better than the original but a worthy tribute and a great song. I also always thought that sax solo would make a great guitar solo and it does!
Grave Flower
Better imo but Ik most won't agree. For me this is actually one of my fav ff songs and I'm gutted as I can't find it on iTunes at all
I love classic rock bands too,Gerry Rafferty is one of my favorite singers of all times! I also love Rush,Led Zeppelin,Cream,The Who,The Beatles,The Easybeats and many more! I do covers with my electric guitar but I also write songs...I love what I do and I love good old music cause it's the best,it has feeling,not like today's music
Kamikaze GingerCat it was on the FF Colour & the Shape album. my favourite cover of all time I think.
The riff was actually originally written on guitar.
My sentiments exactly! Rafferty aired the Original when I was in my 3rd year of College and it took Balls to cover this one. (I think that's why it was a "B" side) but Dave friggin' Grohl is a genius in his own right and they made a beautiful cover, which is more like a tribute. Simply beautiful song...
Very interesting spin on a classic. I like it very much.
Great version!
And, most importantly , they nailed one of the most EPIC guitar solos in the history of music.
Well done !
"one of the most EPIC guitar solos in the history of music"....what the hell are you talking about? lol
David White ; You obviously are a young lad who enjoys Mumford and Daughters or maybe Imagine Tadpoles, but most likely a big fan of Trailer Swift.
Hope you grow up soon.
relpitstudios its a great guitar solo but sorry the original was all saxophone
that's not true xD there is a guitar solo in the end. and then it switches back to saxophone ;)
wow..and that matters how??
I love this because Nate was my childhood friend and neighbor and I remember hearing the original with him in the 70's. The Foo's rock. Keep on Rockin' Foos! :P Matt
I am jealous now
There's something about Gerry Rafferty's original that brings back my childhood. I distinctly remember hearing this song piped through my parents' stereo and thinking there was something so beautiful and soothing about the saxaphone and how the song came together. The Foo Fighters did a great job of modernizing it. A lot of covers fail to deliver the underlying "feel" of the song but FF did a great job of keeping it intact despite the sax being replaced by guitar. It flat out rocks.
Yes. I remember hearing this song on the radio, back in the summer of 78. I was four, but this song takes me back to the late 70s and my childhood
A true sign of talent is to recognize the talent of other artists.
Heard this on the radio by chance... absolutely blew me away. Original will always be the best, but the Foo absolutely knocked it out of the park with this cover.
This song always has a sad melancholy about it…Brings me back to the summer of 78, listening to this on the radio while playing outside. The FF do a great job with this 45-year old song…Can’t believe it’s been that long
Summer of ‘78…I had graduated from high school and had a place at the state university waiting on me.
Idyllic momentary pause… this song was a great backdrop to that time.
I wish they hadn't taken this off Spotify.
Amen! Just figured that out myself
It is nice to hear a cover of this without relying on the saxophone. A cover should add something to the track, not just replicate what we as an audience already know.
Adam Smailes Exactly 👌🏼
Well... there's no point trying to replicate that original sax session really... all are doomed to fail
Try the Waylon Jennings version
That's the difference between a "Cover" and a "Tribute". This is a Cover, while Weezer did a Tribute of "Africa".
Except the sax is what makes this song so great. They're missing the main ingredient. It's like the Foo without Dave.
A classic cover by any band pays tribute to the original while making the song their own. -The Foo Fighters do just that.
FF sure did, this cover is great. You should check out the Eleanor Rigby cover by Big Country. A great song but turned it into their own and something completely different than the original.
Love the fact that a band this successful pays homage too Jerry Rafferty.
Dave G is possibly one of the coolest musicians of modern times.
My youth brought back. Beautifully done. Thank you gentleman.
I just found this 5 mins ago and I love it! I was in my car, crying, listening to the original by Gerry Rafferty, thinking about old times....then I find FFs version...wow. What an amazing version & tribute to one of my favorite songs❤
Winding your way down on Baker Street
Light in your head and dead on your feet
Well, another crazy day
You'll drink the night away
And forget about everything
This city desert makes you feel so cold
It's got so many people, but it's got no soul
And it's taken you so long
To find out you were wrong
When you thought it held everything
You used to think that it was so easy
You used to say that it was so easy
But you're trying, you're trying now
Another year and then you'd be happy
Just one more year and then you'd be happy
But you're crying, you're crying now
Way down the street there's a light in his place
He opens the door, he's got that look on his face
And he asks you where you've been
You tell him who you've seen
And you talk about anything
He's got this dream about buying some land
He's gonna give up the booze and the one-night stands
And then he'll settle down
In some quiet little town
And forget about everything
But you know he'll always keep moving
You know he's never gonna stop moving
'Cause he's rolling, he's the rolling stone
And when you wake up, it's a new morning
The sun is shining, it's a new morning
And you're going, you're going home
Love the lyrics ;)
Alejandro Hernandez thanks chief you a real one
@@evanstrachan9996 I loved this song as a child and now hearing another version covered by a great band... a new favorite ;)
Chris K definitely a good one, and the foo fighters NAILED it, Dave has such an amazing voice it fits so well with this song
@@evanstrachan9996 yes he is so versatile ;)
The kind of thing that pops up at foo shows between their own great tunes. Always worth travelling to see them. Dave and company are beyond the norm. So much better than what we are inundated with music wise these days. Kudos brothers!!
Absolutely. You never know what cover they'll toss in, or who might hop on stage with them. A couple years ago, John Travolta walked out on stage and they did a song from Grease. 🤣
This is one of the hottest songs I have ever heard in my entire life.
The production value alone is phenomenal.They took a great song and added to it! It's great!!...Robby.
Man I fuckin' love this song!
Monster hook. I feel Rafferty's lead guitarists at the extro is one of the tightest and finest lead I have ever heard. Thanks for keeping it true especially that lead
Daaaaaavvvvve.
The date is December 2, 2021 and I am pleased to report that both versions of this song still sound amazing. That is all.
The date is November 27, 2023, and I am pleased to confirm that both versions still rock
I don't know how I am just now hearing about this version but I love it. This song is a great memory of my childhood and the summertime!!
Still one of my fav songs to this day, this remake is aweome , the style really suits foo fighters
Love both versions. And I just wish you’d popped Dave’s vocals more on the FF version. The lyrics are so potent, everyone should be able to hear them clean and bright.❤️
Yes totally agree, his voice is far too quiet.
Awesome covers these guys do, such good taste
Just discovered this, outstanding, love how the rocky chorus comes in after daves soft singing and yet the lead guitar is tempered as if its coming from down a long corridor , what a great mix
Just gutted, thank you Taylor for all the music
Great cover ! Foo Fighters Rule!! Still miss the..."Heavy Sax" though!👍🎸😎🎷
City To City is one of my fav albums. The Foos are, obviously, my fav band. This is f*cking brilliant 🤟🤟
This blew me completely away. They took an already great song and made it their own.
Awesome covers these guys do, such good taste
Fantastic version in it's own right. I love this and I love the original. RIP Gerry
This was one of my moms favorite songs. Since she passed I love listening to the FF version because they are my favorite band.
How have I been a foo fighters fan for like 23 years and never heard this
Because it’s not on Spotify! lol.
This blew me completely away. They took an already great song and made it their own.
also....great job
This is a great example of adding to an already perfect rock classic tune.Its brilliant and I love it!
I learned to play this when I was a young boy. Im a rhythm man and this is one of the few occasions I make it cry and weep!
I was half way through the sax solo before I realized it was a guitar.. Lol I love Gerry Rafferty and the Foo Fighters so, this was a treat! 😘🎸🤗🎵👍🎤😀
I used to listen to the Rafferty orig working construction for my dad when I was 14 and think, 'this song has a great sound, but it would be awsome if you rocked it out!' I am forever indebted to Mr. Grohl and friends for making this dream a reality!
Normally I say the original is the best version and all others try to come close at best. But this version of Baker Street was powerful and masterfully done. Even the guitar riff at ---> 4:00 was deep and with a haunting feel that goes to the core. Bravo Foo Fighters! This was a fantastic performance...
Just discovered this. Love at first hear!!!!
One of the best covers ever.
Period. .........
I love the Foos' and I never thought of them doing this Gerry Rafferty song, it's interestingly refreshing. I didn't think younger people really paid attention to music I grew up with. Pretty cool.😮, Vic.
I would die peacefully if I heard them play this live... Seen them 6 times and still no Baker Street
Imagine they would have to pay to sing it. Maybe that's why. Or that they have a huge library of their own works to sign. But I agree I would like to hear it live.
one of the best covers ever
Best cover song of any song by any band I’ve ever heard !!! Paying total respect to the original while putting their own stamp on it ! Awesome !
What a good re-interpretation of Rafferty's classic done in Foo Fighters' style.
Yeah. Tks for paying Homage to Baker Street. Amazing cover. Love you guys!!
This song takes me back to a specific memory when Napster first came available and a friend was trying find the original version to this song and tried to explain the guitar solo to us. Someone even called their uncle and he just asked us if we were high and why were calling him so late at night wondering about the name of a song (we probably were)
Finally, I remembered the Foo Fighters cover after listening to it on a local rock station and blurted out" Backer Street" and he finally was able to find and download the song.
Kids today have no idea about the luxury of listening to any song at any given time without worrying about "pirating music".
Dave Grohl seems like he relates to hearing this song while riding in the back seat of his mom's car in the 70s ...legs sticking to vinyl seats of her Ford LTD, getting bitched out for spilling his Slurpee and his "no good dad" forgetting to pay child support. Have no clue if this is remotely his childhood, but I feel he was one of "us"
love it I agree he's one of us
should have said sex stains,kid
Damn. You just narrated my early childhood, except the vehicle was a 71 Satellite
One of us
Glad we all made it
Lol there wasn't child support really at that time but this made me laugh
My case it was dragging mom back from the bar and calling in to her work the next morning with her too hung over. She did love this song though, me too. We had the album.
This is a great cover. I want to get on the interstate and floor it because I know I need to be somewhere else. Percussion adds intensity to the drive. Can feel a storm approaching and looking forward to it
I was a freshman in '78' when this song came out and it seemed like it on the radio constantly and that was fine by me! Really takes me back to a great time in life... awesome 😎
Thank you, Foo Fighters, for this fantastic cover.
Very brave to do a cover of one of the most perfect songs ever recorded AND you pulled it off - RESPECT!!! The original was better, but hey Gerry Rafferty was totally awesome, God bless his soul!
You Guys are fantastic & nice people to boot! Props to ya....
what a great cover !
I was already a fan of the original when I first heard this song when it came out. Fell in love immediately, and it became one of the first songs I ever learned to play all the way through on my guitar. Busting out the main riff always gets attention because most people know it. This and Metallica’s cover of Bob Seger’s “Turn the Page” released around the same time are two of the best covers of all time.
Heard it for 1st time a few weeks ago on the radio & was completely blown away. Very original & a kick ass cover!!!
This is so awesome! I love this song & I love the Foo Fighters for remembering it!
I love both versions. I am glad the Foo Fighters were true enough to the original to keep it melodic but original enough to do their own thing
God has this beautyful peace of heavenly music on his iPod ...
Despite the fact that I like the original more, I still say HATS OFF!!! This is a very original and daring endeavor that was well done. I'm not a big Foo fan but, this could change my mind. Well done Dave and co.
Superb..FF are one of the few bands I would pay to see.
The most beautiful person to ever touch my soul was the one who played this version of this song for me and it is a wonderfully sad reminder of what was. Best cover of any song and so happy to have heard it when I did!
Wow. You can't beat the original but this is great! Great job on a great song.
Instead of saying "this version is better, that version is better". Why don't you appreciate the fact that the band took a song, covered it, and made it their _own._ And that is the true meaning to covering a song. You have your own sound, and so did the original artist. So you've taken an original and made it sound like your own. Instead of someone hearing the song, and going "Oh, yeah! Gerry Rafferty! Fuck the WORLD!" When, really, it's not Gerry Rafferty, it's some other band sounding exactly like the original song. You don't know! You're fucked! But! When a band covers a song, and makes it their own. You know who covered it. You hear it, and think; "Oh, cool! Foo Fighters covering a song, but not sounding like the original. They made it their own! How fucking amazing is that?!"
***** Are you on something? You pointed out the fact that I said the same thing eight times in a row. Concerta? Adderall? Dexedrin? You really read into that didn't you? You sure focused hard on what I said, hm? You must be taking some kind of stimulant for ADHD then, right? What are you on?! I just smoke weed. And medicinally at that. I never point out the fact that people say the same thing a few times, nor do I ever ask if anyone is ever on anything. Grow the fuck up, kid. Really shows your age when you say shit like that.
Medicinal dose was not enough. Smoke more, both of you, by the power of Dave I command thee :-D I bet Rafferty smoked the fuck out of that shit.
Lookit these doctors with all this time to comment in a RUclips comment thread!
Gerry Rafferty rocks,so Foo Fighters too!!!
You're right on. Cover it, but make it your own. I've been beating that into the heads of my bandmates. The audience will recognize the song, and either love or hate what you did with it. Be a musician, not a jukebox.
Anyone notice how he said give up the crack instead of the booz like the original?