Foo Fighters

irishwpo · February 2008

When did they become a better band then Pearl Jam. Hate to say it but based on their last album and the Skin and bones album/tour before that they may just have surpassed PJ. The fact that they don't sweat playing the Grammy's, doing press, and making videos is also refreshing.

Am I alone here?

DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn · February 2008

they are a good band in my opinion! Better than PJ that's your opinion!

MisterE · February 2008

irishwpo wrote:

When did they become a better band then Pearl Jam. Hate to say it but based on their last album and the Skin and bones album/tour before that they may just have surpassed PJ. The fact that they don't sweat playing the Grammy's, doing press, and making videos is also refreshing.

Am I alone here?

Playing the Grammys is refreshing? Yeah, you're definitely alone here.

halv · February 2008

Sorry man...I have to disagree. I find them so incredibly boring now...and Grohl's pandering to the media borders on nauseating lately. I keep waiting for them to play Fashion Rocks or co-host American Idol. To think this guy was in Nirvana.
That being said, when he plays with other bands or projects it's always great! QOTSA, Probot, Killing Joke. Just something about the Foos annoys me so much.
Trust me...I'm in the minority in my group of friends. Most people I know love them more than ever.

red mos · February 2008

irishwpo wrote:

When did they become a better band then Pearl Jam. Hate to say it but based on their last album and the Skin and bones album/tour before that they may just have surpassed PJ. The fact that they don't sweat playing the Grammy's, doing press, and making videos is also refreshing.

Am I alone here?

Foo fighters are a great live band that's for sure. I like some of their albums on the whole more than others. Concert wise they are up there with PJ though, and also the Foos at least tour here, and don't give a rats ass about how full the arena is, so they get an A+ for at least allowing me to see them twice in the last two years.

intodeep · February 2008

You stand alone.

Dr. Delight · February 2008

Todays Foo Fighters are not as good as yesteryears!

Skin/Bones is a very boring album. I'll take Nothing Left to Lose any day over it.
Grohl is a little too available nowadays for my liking. It was much better during their first couple albums when they just released it, made a video and thats it. The music was darker and better.

FnCircus · February 2008

at least the Foo's have a Seattle date on their calendar.

Evolution6579 · February 2008

Did you hear the new album? It SUCKS! I heard Helen Keller liked it, though. He should go back to drumming for a while and take a break from songwriting cause he temporarily lost it.

Sexy2aFault · February 2008

I like the Foo Fighers as a live band. They really bring it. However, I have not enjoyed an album of theirs since their under-rated 'There is Nothing Left to Lose'. Every album since then has been touted as a "return to the rock" and every time it is bland, midtempo songs with average melodies. Of course there are excpetions to that general rule, "Times Like These" was a great midtempo rocker, but the rest of that album from that song forward lacked.
The double album was good, I will give them that at least. Not great though.
There was atime when I eagerly awaited a Foo release as much as PJ, that time has past.

HermanBloom · February 2008

They are entertaining live, but not the best. I agree that most of their music is repetitive and boring. Dave was the worst member of Nirvana; his drumming is very so-so.

Sexy2aFault · February 2008

Well it seems my post is derivative. The people have spoken in unison.

hopethatuchoke · February 2008

I'm not sure if any of you caught the concert of Fuse the other night but their stage setup is awesome. There is a catwalk that goes half-way out into the GA floor then midway through the show, a stage is added to the back of the floor and they play an acoustic set of 5 or so songs on this small stage for everyone in the back. Not bad for $45.

angryyoungman · February 2008

i just saw them tue. night (the show that was on fuse). . .i didnt care for the acoustic set they played in the middle i thought it kinda dragged other than my hero i thought it was kinda dull. . . i like the foos but lets get real here, they arent anywhere near as good as pj. . .and i agree with the person who said who cares about them doing the grammys and all that other shit that is lame. . .so basically yeah, your alone on this one. . .but your thought process is probably obstructed by the fact you havent seen pj play in a while and forget how great they are. . .

p.s.- enough with the campy videos too. . .everlong was great, big me was kinda funny, but enough already. . .pretty soon people start to not take you seriously when you do too many of them

driventotears · February 2008

Although I don't post often, I am a huge PJ Fan -Fan club member since almost the start...and I went to the Foo Fighters Show in AC last year ( not really by my own choice and with much hesitation...)

I did find the show entertaining but I would never ever put them in the same class as Pearl Jam. Yes, they do put on a good show as far as entertainment, and they seem to enjoy putting on a show, but they lack substance, passion and every other good quality Pearl Jam brings to the stage....every time, without question. In my opinion, if you even compare the two you are totally missing out on what the PJ experiance really is....

this is not for you · February 2008

the foos are awesome, and live they are amazing, but i did find that they tend to do exactly the same thing each time like the way they will play/ go into songs you sorta know exactly what there gonna do....and ive only seen them twice whereas pearl jam concerts....i mean there just fuckin special.
i dunno, i do really like the foos but theyve got nothing on pearl jam

ps for fuck sake, i am SICK of hearing/seeing the video to long road to ruin!!!!!

duggro · February 2008

the foo fighters are a christmas jumper

dependable, comfortable, but not exciting and not all that cool.

Gmoney · February 2008

damn you i had the best lunch today and you just made me throw it up... better than pj????? the foo fighters are one of the worst bands ever. dave is drummer, not a singer. every song sounds just like the last.

hopethatuchoke · February 2008

angryyoungman wrote:

p.s.- enough with the campy videos too. . .everlong was great, big me was kinda funny, but enough already. . .pretty soon people start to not take you seriously when you do too many of them

Have you seen the video for Life Wasted?

hopethatuchoke · February 2008

Gmoney wrote:

damn you i had the best lunch today and you just made me throw it up... better than pj????? the foo fighters are one of the worst bands ever. dave is drummer, not a singer. every song sounds just like the last.

You are totally right. The whole acoustic disc of In Your Honor sounds just like everything on Color and the Shape.

Evolution6579 · February 2008

What's wrong with the video for Life Wasted?

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