Patrick's father was offended by this line, but Patrick explained to his father that each time he sings the line it has a different meaning because Patrick changes the tone in which he delivers the line each time it's sung. I'm thinking, "Oh my God, what is my dad gonna think of this shit?" Y'know, "Dad, what do you think about your son now?" So, the song is this amazing thing for me to look back on now." Weeks later, I had another drunken experience – being on a plane and being blacked out and not feeling good and taking my shirt off, half in and out of consciousness – and I'm in the back of a paddy wagon. Do you remember that?" And I said, "Good lord, could you take my picture, 'cuz I won't remember." And that line just kinda stuck. "When I wrote the chorus to "Take a Picture" it was just after my friend was like, "Do you remember anything you did last night?" And I was like, "What are you talking about?" She said, "My God, you were throwing beer bottles out of a cab window at a cop car. Patrick expanded in greater detail in a 2008 retrospective interview: It also became a top-10 hit in New Zealand, peaking at number eight on the RIANZ Singles Chart.įilter frontman and founding member Richard Patrick has said that the song is about him getting drunk on an airplane and taking off all of his clothes. The song became a hit at the start of 2000 following its January 18 retail release, peaking at number 12 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number three in Canada. As a result the sound is both fresh and familiar when compared to what’s out there right now." Take a Picture" is a song by American rock band Filter, released to radio in September 1999 as the second single from their second studio album, Title of Record (1999). The band knows what it does well and sticks to the established formula. The Sun Comes Out Tonight is well-executed and Filter manages to not fall into the trap of adapting its sound to the current time. I didn’t know I was missing the hard rock of my adolescence until I listened to this album. The rest of the album leans on the hard side and doesn’t rock the boat when changing up the sound. “Watch The Sun Come Out Tonight” manages to blend the two dichotomies into a whole that makes sense. “First You Break It” and “Surprise” stand out and show that Patrick and present company can still craft hooks. Of course Filter does some hard rock ballads as well. Does it remind me of “Hey Man Nice Shot?” No comment. Of the hard songs on The Sun Comes Out Tonight this is the best. The following track and lead single “What Do You Say” keeps up the intensity without the empty posturing. The track does set the tone for the album though: We are Filter and we’re bringing the noise.
The Sun Comes Out Tonight starts out with a slight misfire in “”We Hate It When You Get What You Want.” The song wants to be angsty and angry but doesn’t quite get there, in spite of m-–f-– being tossed around like a live grenade. The sound is a blend of industrial and hard rock, influenced by Nine Inch Nails (Patrick has toured with NIN in the past). However, I was surprised to find that The Sun Comes Out Tonight is a strong album that stands up to any of Filter’s previous work.įor those not familiar with Filter, its principal is Richard Patrick and has had band members come and go over the years. Long-time fans of Filter will no doubt be offended by such talk, but I’m guessing most of you are with me on this one. This is all to say that I was surprised that Filter was still around (there was a four-year hiatus that started ten years ago) and pretty much dismissed this album before giving it a listen. Fire Note Says: With feet firmly planted in the 1990s, Filter makes a fresh, nostalgic album.Īlbum Review: It’s safe to say Filter commercially peaked on their first two albums, which produced the singles “Hey Man Nice Shot” and “Take a Picture.” I can still see Richard Patrick sitting on the roof of a submerged house while screaming at his dad.
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