8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
Their latest album is the best one since In Your Honor.
To bad they are the most boring festival-greatest-hit playing band in history. When they don't have to be.
The new album is good? The singles I've heard kinda stink.
Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; WF Center 10/21/13; WF Center 10/22/13; Baltimore 10/27/13; WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
Their latest album is the best one since In Your Honor.
To bad they are the most boring festival-greatest-hit playing band in history. When they don't have to be.
The new album is good? The singles I've heard kinda stink.
Depends who you ask. To me, not at all.
I think it's better than their past two albums.
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
New albums ok, it seemds to get better with more spins, but this is the hard part of getting older. Very few albums hit you from the get go. The once that hit you over the head on the first listen are few and far between, and when you find them, holy fuck. So many albums took many listens to really appreciate them. I find it harder and harder to find the time to spin records as much as I did in my youth, so if a record doesn't catch me on the first listen or 2, it tends to get put back on the shelf. It makes me wonder how many albums I've done that to, that with more listens might of become a favourite album.
Anyways, so far I sort of like the new FF album, seems to grow on me more when I give it another listen. The last record they had that got me from the first listen was Wasting Light. I love that record.
Their latest album is the best one since In Your Honor.
To bad they are the most boring festival-greatest-hit playing band in history. When they don't have to be.
I've had the same impression of the Foos for a long time. There is plenty to like about the band, but they seem to keep those things hidden.
I feel like a lot of their albums are filled with fill. Their lyrics can bounce from being pretty good, to being Sammy Hagar-cringe worthy. Their stage routine and antics remind me of Spinal Tap, and not for comedic reasons. Dave Grohl overuses the words "mother f****r" and "mother f*****s" and "mother f***ing" during their shows. It's gotten to the point where I can almost predict what he'll say next, based on how "mother f****r" or a variation will fit into the sentence. They also make bad artistic choices. For example, choosing to cover every possible overplayed classic rock song seems boring. Putting out a disco themed novelty record, which includes live versions of their own non-disco tracks seems... ???
I suppose it might sound like I'm trolling or something, but the Foos seem better than this. It's frustrating to see the product, knowing that they could, and have done far better.
dave is just at a point where he's having fun with what he does. at least that's my impression.
You might be right. I think about songs like "I'll Stick Around", and compare those to songs like "Walk". It makes me wonder if Dave & Co are uninterested. I remember when the Foos covered "Darling Nikki" and "Baker Street"... they made those songs their own! Now they cover "Jump", "Enter Sandman", and "Tom Sawyer" like a fanatical bar band trying to faithfully reproduce the originals, which we've all heard plenty o' times. It's just hard for me to understand how that would be fun for them. It seems like a formula... Certain greatest hits + new songs + the most popular classic rock songs + (mother f****r x 20) = Foo Fighters show
dave is just at a point where he's having fun with what he does. at least that's my impression.
You might be right. I think about songs like "I'll Stick Around", and compare those to songs like "Walk". It makes me wonder if Dave & Co are uninterested. I remember when the Foos covered "Darling Nikki" and "Baker Street"... they made those songs their own! Now they cover "Jump", "Enter Sandman", and "Tom Sawyer" like a fanatical bar band trying to faithfully reproduce the originals, which we've all heard plenty o' times. It's just hard for me to understand how that would be fun for them. It seems like a formula... Certain greatest hits + new songs + the most popular classic rock songs + (mother f****r x 20) = Foo Fighters show
honestly, I can't imagine how difficult it would be to be in a band that big. You want to play the full album, but 90% of the crowd would hate it. You want to play the covers YOU like, like Motorhead, but you instead play covers that you think the crowd knows and will respond to, like Metallica, and for the band, it's close enough to enjoy playing it. it's really gotta be awesome and kinda suck at the same time to play to 40,000 people, especially in a band like the Foo. I know they have their fanatics, but I don't think they even come close to having the same amount per show as PJ does, so it's less of a risk for PJ to play Hard To Imagine than it is for the Foo to play Podunk.
and most rock crowds respond to MOTHERF****** 20 times. especially a 75% guy crowd 8 beers in.
dave is just at a point where he's having fun with what he does. at least that's my impression.
You might be right. I think about songs like "I'll Stick Around", and compare those to songs like "Walk". It makes me wonder if Dave & Co are uninterested. I remember when the Foos covered "Darling Nikki" and "Baker Street"... they made those songs their own! Now they cover "Jump", "Enter Sandman", and "Tom Sawyer" like a fanatical bar band trying to faithfully reproduce the originals, which we've all heard plenty o' times. It's just hard for me to understand how that would be fun for them. It seems like a formula... Certain greatest hits + new songs + the most popular classic rock songs + (mother f****r x 20) = Foo Fighters show
honestly, I can't imagine how difficult it would be to be in a band that big. You want to play the full album, but 90% of the crowd would hate it. You want to play the covers YOU like, like Motorhead, but you instead play covers that you think the crowd knows and will respond to, like Metallica, and for the band, it's close enough to enjoy playing it. it's really gotta be awesome and kinda suck at the same time to play to 40,000 people, especially in a band like the Foo. I know they have their fanatics, but I don't think they even come close to having the same amount per show as PJ does, so it's less of a risk for PJ to play Hard To Imagine than it is for the Foo to play Podunk.
and most rock crowds respond to MOTHERF****** 20 times. especially a 75% guy crowd 8 beers in.
I agree that it's probably insanely difficult. Tom Petty fans used to bitch about his setlists being too similar with certain hits appearing tour after tour.
dave is just at a point where he's having fun with what he does. at least that's my impression.
You might be right. I think about songs like "I'll Stick Around", and compare those to songs like "Walk". It makes me wonder if Dave & Co are uninterested. I remember when the Foos covered "Darling Nikki" and "Baker Street"... they made those songs their own! Now they cover "Jump", "Enter Sandman", and "Tom Sawyer" like a fanatical bar band trying to faithfully reproduce the originals, which we've all heard plenty o' times. It's just hard for me to understand how that would be fun for them. It seems like a formula... Certain greatest hits + new songs + the most popular classic rock songs + (mother f****r x 20) = Foo Fighters show
That doesn't sounds like a terrible show, tbh.
(Full disclosure, I have never seen them live and like some of their greatest hits.)
dave is just at a point where he's having fun with what he does. at least that's my impression.
You might be right. I think about songs like "I'll Stick Around", and compare those to songs like "Walk". It makes me wonder if Dave & Co are uninterested. I remember when the Foos covered "Darling Nikki" and "Baker Street"... they made those songs their own! Now they cover "Jump", "Enter Sandman", and "Tom Sawyer" like a fanatical bar band trying to faithfully reproduce the originals, which we've all heard plenty o' times. It's just hard for me to understand how that would be fun for them. It seems like a formula... Certain greatest hits + new songs + the most popular classic rock songs + (mother f****r x 20) = Foo Fighters show
That doesn't sounds like a terrible show, tbh.
(Full disclosure, I have never seen them live and like some of their greatest hits.)
I also love Jump, Enter Sandman and what not, so maybe the foos do too. I think performing live is a lot about audience reaction. You're there to entertain, so if the crowd responds amazingly well you're having a good time.
dave is just at a point where he's having fun with what he does. at least that's my impression.
You might be right. I think about songs like "I'll Stick Around", and compare those to songs like "Walk". It makes me wonder if Dave & Co are uninterested. I remember when the Foos covered "Darling Nikki" and "Baker Street"... they made those songs their own! Now they cover "Jump", "Enter Sandman", and "Tom Sawyer" like a fanatical bar band trying to faithfully reproduce the originals, which we've all heard plenty o' times. It's just hard for me to understand how that would be fun for them. It seems like a formula... Certain greatest hits + new songs + the most popular classic rock songs + (mother f****r x 20) = Foo Fighters show
That doesn't sounds like a terrible show, tbh.
(Full disclosure, I have never seen them live and like some of their greatest hits.)
I also love Jump, Enter Sandman and what not, so maybe the foos do too. I think performing live is a lot about audience reaction. You're there to entertain, so if the crowd responds amazingly well you're having a good time.
I seen 'em (hi Philly!) 4 times but last time I think was 2007 or something. You'd get to hear a few deep tracks from the current album but then those would be shelved forever in subsequent tours.
Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; WF Center 10/21/13; WF Center 10/22/13; Baltimore 10/27/13; WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
I saw them live two times a few years back....this was like 6 months apart. Both shows were identical (+/- 1 or 2 songs) including in between song jokes and banter. It was odd.
They are a great band and there are a few songs that I think are stellar (White Limo, Stacked Actors) but I can't say I am anxious to see them again.
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1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago 2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy 2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE) 2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston 2020: Oakland, Oakland:2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana 2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville 2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana
I saw them live two times a few years back....this was like 6 months apart. Both shows were identical (+/- 1 or 2 songs) including in between song jokes and banter. It was odd.
They are a great band and there are a few songs that I think are stellar (White Limo, Stacked Actors) but I can't say I am anxious to see them again.
i've come to realize it's odd to us as PJ has spoiled us in that regard. only a small fraction of bands don't do this.
I saw them live two times a few years back....this was like 6 months apart. Both shows were identical (+/- 1 or 2 songs) including in between song jokes and banter. It was odd.
They are a great band and there are a few songs that I think are stellar (White Limo, Stacked Actors) but I can't say I am anxious to see them again.
i've come to realize it's odd to us as PJ has spoiled us in that regard. only a small fraction of bands don't do this.
true....it was the jokes that really got me for the most part.
And I do agree that the band seems a bit disconnected. It's almost like they are told to stand in place so that Dave gets free reign of the stage.
Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago 2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy 2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE) 2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston 2020: Oakland, Oakland:2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana 2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville 2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana
dave is just at a point where he's having fun with what he does. at least that's my impression.
You might be right. I think about songs like "I'll Stick Around", and compare those to songs like "Walk". It makes me wonder if Dave & Co are uninterested. I remember when the Foos covered "Darling Nikki" and "Baker Street"... they made those songs their own! Now they cover "Jump", "Enter Sandman", and "Tom Sawyer" like a fanatical bar band trying to faithfully reproduce the originals, which we've all heard plenty o' times. It's just hard for me to understand how that would be fun for them. It seems like a formula... Certain greatest hits + new songs + the most popular classic rock songs + (mother f****r x 20) = Foo Fighters show
That doesn't sounds like a terrible show, tbh.
(Full disclosure, I have never seen them live and like some of their greatest hits.)
Despite the gripes, I actually like them also. I'm trying to figure out what part of the Foos I really like. Foos of yesteryear? Certain Foo material? Studio Foos? I used to not have to distinguish. I saw them live once, and it was not a good show, but there were extenuating circumstances... It would not be fair to judge them based on that performance.
I saw them live two times a few years back....this was like 6 months apart. Both shows were identical (+/- 1 or 2 songs) including in between song jokes and banter. It was odd.
They are a great band and there are a few songs that I think are stellar (White Limo, Stacked Actors) but I can't say I am anxious to see them again.
i've come to realize it's odd to us as PJ has spoiled us in that regard. only a small fraction of bands don't do this.
true....it was the jokes that really got me for the most part.
And I do agree that the band seems a bit disconnected. It's almost like they are told to stand in place so that Dave gets free reign of the stage.
one of the hazards of seeing a band that isn't PJ more than once on the same tour or a short time frame.
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10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
To bad they are the most boring festival-greatest-hit playing band in history. When they don't have to be.
WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
Cincinnati 2014
Greenville 2016
(Raleigh 2016)
Columbia 2016
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
I feel like a lot of their albums are filled with fill. Their lyrics can bounce from being pretty good, to being Sammy Hagar-cringe worthy. Their stage routine and antics remind me of Spinal Tap, and not for comedic reasons. Dave Grohl overuses the words "mother f****r" and "mother f*****s" and "mother f***ing" during their shows. It's gotten to the point where I can almost predict what he'll say next, based on how "mother f****r" or a variation will fit into the sentence. They also make bad artistic choices. For example, choosing to cover every possible overplayed classic rock song seems boring. Putting out a disco themed novelty record, which includes live versions of their own non-disco tracks seems... ???
I suppose it might sound like I'm trolling or something, but the Foos seem better than this. It's frustrating to see the product, knowing that they could, and have done far better.
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and most rock crowds respond to MOTHERF****** 20 times. especially a 75% guy crowd 8 beers in.
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mayyybe except this guy: LOL
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I also love Jump, Enter Sandman and what not, so maybe the foos do too. I think performing live is a lot about audience reaction. You're there to entertain, so if the crowd responds amazingly well you're having a good time.
WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
They are a great band and there are a few songs that I think are stellar (White Limo, Stacked Actors) but I can't say I am anxious to see them again.
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
2020: Oakland, Oakland: 2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana
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And I do agree that the band seems a bit disconnected. It's almost like they are told to stand in place so that Dave gets free reign of the stage.
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
2020: Oakland, Oakland: 2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana
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