Weenie Beenie by Foo Fighters

Album: Foo Fighters (1995)

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Dave Grohl took some heat for the line in this song, "One shot nothing," which many people felt was a reference to his Nirvana band mate Kurt Cobain's 1994 suicide. Grohl actually wrote the song in 1991, long before Cobain's death. >>>
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Bert - Pueblo, NM

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Northern Virginia from Alexandria, VirginiaI have been a Grohl fan since I first heard “Nevermind” when I was stationed overseas with the military in 1991. Out of coincidence, I moved into an
Apartment complex in the Shirlington area a few years later - just down the road from the former Inner Ear recording studio where he had recorded early demos after Nirvana pre-Foos from what I understand and Weenie Beenie. I used to walk my dog by both locations daily and didn’t know either had a Grohl connection, as dated as it may be, until very recently. It has a semi-industrial area in the 1990s with warehouses and a local DMV office but has since become an upscale residential, hotel and restaurant area just miles away from downtown Washington, DC on 395
Luna Loud from Royal Woods, MichiganI thought he was talkin' about a condom, lolz!
Jd from Arlington, VaDave Grohl is from Northern Virginia. In Arlington, there is an old hotdog hang out that is well known to the locals and it is called Weenie Beenie. It's a day labor hangout now, but I drive past it everyday. I suspect that the title may have been inspired by Dave Grohl's roots here as a local.

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