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Gil Norton (born in Liverpool) is an English record producer known for his work with alternative rock bands such as Pixies, Echo & the Bunnymen, Foo Fighters, Tribe, Jimmy Eat World, Dashboard Confessional, Feeder, the Distillers, Maxïmo Park, Counting Crows, Terrorvision, the Triffids, Del Amitri, James, the Feelers, the Beekeepers, Twin Atlantic, General Fiasco, Span, Busted, Bayside, and ...
Apr 17, 2018 · The first new Pixies record since 2004, the Gil Norton-produced Indie Cindy, landed in 2014. As if to bring a sense of circular narrative to their return, the lyrics of the song were partly written in exactly the same Starbucks outlet (Harvard Square in Cambridge) as those of 1988’s Break My Body a quarter-century earlier.
Aug 18, 2021 · He reconvened with the album’s producer Gil Norton at Grandmaster Recorders, a former silent movie theatre, in January 1997. Grohl played him ‘Everlong’, and Norton was convinced it should make it onto the album. So much so, he thought it “brought the whole album together.” The band then got to work recording their signature opus.
Gil Norton recalled. “It made the album whole. It was the catalyst that brought it all together.” How Monkey Wrench brought Foo Fighters a whole new audience; Pixies talk rehab, songs about seedy sex and filling Kim Deal's shoes; The 10 best Foo Fighters songs tucked away on b-sides; Read Classic Rock, Metal Hammer & Prog for free with ...
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- When Was “Everlong” released?
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- Success of “Everlong”
- More Interesting Facts About “Everlong”!
The above noted, perhaps the most interesting part of this piece, as in the only segment that kinda deviates from the traditional love song formula, is the chorus. It is therein where the vocalist, in a roundabout way, implies that he had given up on romance. Well, that is until he fell head over heels for the addressee. And he also seems to acknow...
This song dates back to “The Colour and the Shape”, i.e. the Foo Fighters’ second album. It is also the second single from the project and was made public as such, by Roswell Records and Capitol Records, on 18 August 1997.
Everlong was written exclusively by Dave Grohl, with its producer being a semi-regular Foo Fighters’ collaborator named Gil Norton. The music video to this track, as assembled by director Michel Gondry, featured the late Taylor Hawkins (1972-2022) playing the drums. However, for the record, on the actual track Grohl served as both vocalist and drum...
“Everlong” proved to be one of the Foo Fighters’ biggest hits. This song has thus far achieved double-platinum status in the US and Mexico, in addition to going platinum in the UK and Italy. Moreover, it made it onto the top 10 of a couple of US Billboard charts (Alternative Airplay and Mainstream Rock) and the UK Rock & Metal Chart. This is on top...
To note “Everlong” was also featured, in instrumental form, on a 2001 episode of Friends, “The One with Monica & Chandler’s Wedding, Part 2”. Other pop media in which this song has been utilized, in one form or another, include the following: soap opera “All My Children” (1998), the Adam Sandler film “Little Nicky” (2000) and Leonardo DiCaprio’s “T...
Dec 1, 2014 · published 1 December 2014. "For me, it comes down to 'Does the song work on an acoustic guitar?'". Production legend Gil Norton on 16 career-defining records. In a career spanning four decades, Gil Norton's recordings have captured the zeitgeist of alternative rock and post-punk sensibilities.
As a highly respected and influential record producer, Gil Norton has worked with some of the biggest names in rock. A large list of Internationally acclaimed artists trust Gil at the controls. These have included Foo Fighters, Counting Crows, Echo &The Bunnymen, Feeder, Pixies, Marmozets, Band Of Skulls, JOANovARC and Jimmy Eat World, to name but a few. He takes up the story…“I distinctly ...
