***OFFICIAL FOO FIGHTERS THREAD***

Loujoe

CROJAM95 said:

Such a fun show. Glad I went, work wasn’t fun yesterday but fuck it

Glad to see people rocking again.  It seems surreal. 

nicknyr15

nicknyr15

https://youtu.be/dmePe_tjW88

GlowGirl

nicknyr15 said:

https://youtu.be/dmePe_tjW88

Cool video. I am so glad I was there. 

eeriepadave

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4DeaXf1FzE

JOEJOEJOE

Seeing the Foos on Saturday in L.A!

iOnlyownMymind

Three shows just announced for Alaska in August. Crazy. 

Spiritual_Chaos

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.

Johnny Abruzzo

Spiritual_Chaos said:

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.

drakeheuer14

Johnny Abruzzo said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

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. 

eeriepadave

drakeheuer14 said:

Johnny Abruzzo said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

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.

Zod

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.

Bentleyspop

https://twitter.com/foofighters/status/1415461165631557632?s=19

3days

Spiritual_Chaos said:

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.

HughFreakingDillon

dave is just at a point where he's having fun with what he does. at least that's my impression. 

3days

HughFreakingDillon said:

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

HughFreakingDillon

3days said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

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. 

HughFreakingDillon

and I don't think they are uninterested at all. I think they all look like they are having the time of their lives. 

mayyybe except this guy: LOL

3days

HughFreakingDillon said:

3days said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

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.

F Me In The Brain

3days said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

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.)