Today is the 57th birthday of Dave Grohl, the frontman of my all-time favorite band, Foo Fighters, and one of my personal heroes. For tonight’s Song of the Moment, I almost chose a Nirvana, Foo Fighters, or even a Them Crooked Vultures track, but then I chose an underrated deep cut instead.
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Song of the Moment CVII: Foo Fighters’ “Asking for a Friend”
If you’re going to ask me what my favorite song of 2025 is, it’s definitely the second Foo Fighters song they released that year, “Asking for a Friend”. I love the music so much that I wrote a love letter about it, and I have heard it 700+ times as I type this entry. (Thank you for keeping track, Last.fm.) I also assigned it as one of my alarm clock tunes along with “Run” (my favorite track from the album Concrete and Gold) and “The Pretender” (my all-time favorite song). Those are good reasons already for it to be my Song of the Moment.
Song of the Moment CIII: Richard Sanderson’s “Reality”
Last Monday, while I was doing my Monday ritual at Satchmi, I heard this dreamy Beatles-like song. Because I was drained from all the writing/planning, and seeking temporary calm, I had to stop writing, stop drinking my favorite affogato, and then hear the lyrics.
Then, these words pull at my heartstrings because they remind me of a new friend:
Met you by surprise
I didn’t realize
That my life would change
Forever
At that moment, I had to pull out my phone, open the Shazam app, and place my phone near the cafe’s speaker like I was force-cloning a phone ala John Reese of Person of Interest.
After further research, I finally learned the title, the artist, and where the song was featured. It’s “Reality” by Richard Sanderson (which was composed by Vladimir Cosma for the 1980 French teenage romantic comedy film La Boum). Thanks to modern technology and to my favorite cafe for playing the song, I found a new favorite love song, a theme song about my new friend, and my Song of the Moment.
This deserves a special Listen post, but for now, let me listen to it on repeat and just dream.
See you in the next post.
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A part of 14 Days of The Deranged Writer (2025).
Header image: Dzenina Lukac of Pexels. Edited in Adobe Photoshop 2025.
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