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Foo Fighters? Crap not crap

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  • Crap

    Votes: 49 37.7%

  • Not Crap

    Votes: 47 36.2%

  • Ok

    Votes: 31 23.8%

  • who?

    Votes: 3 2.3%
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    130
coming from behind the drum riser of 'that band' would always take some doing. having come in late it is a credit to Grohl that he re invented himself so well.

their recorded stuff leaves me pretty cold to be honest

however, as a soul boy at heart they are as far as i go on the rock barometer.

they gave me one of the greatest live gigs of my life (and i was about 40 at this point) manchester apollo 2000 / 2001. they blew the roof off the place. i have seen them loads of times since and they rarely let me down.

he loves a stage that man. one of the few i have seen who have complete control and lack of intimidation by big spaces.

as a straight bloke, i have to admit he is very very cute.

the accoustic everlong is beautiful.

so they are not crap by a long chalk. good luck to them. they have more than many other pretenders.
 
Had never really listened to them before. Watched their set at Glastonbury last year (2017) and was impressed with their stage presence. Their work is fairly average tbf but Dave Grohl is an excellent front man and the rest of the band are really good.

Saw them tonight at London Stadium. Usually hate those sort of (Sheeran, Coldplay, McIntyre, etc) venues/gigs but hats off to them, it was a very very good set :thumbs:
 
I love the first album and really like the second one.

From there, there are bits I like and bits that I think need a bit of editing.
 
Phone video does not really do music justice but you get the idea. It was actually quite pleasing how few phones were being waved about :)

 
BBC Radio 6 Music - Steve Lamacq, Taylor Hawkins Drumming Masterclass
Steve Lamacq hosts a special Drumming Masterclass with Taylor Hawkins from Foo Fighters. Taylor talks Steve through his career as a drummer, culminating in a hands on lesson for Steve!

Taylor joined Foo Fighters in 1997. Prior to that he was the touring drummer for Alanis Morissette as well as the drummer in a progressive experimental band Sylvia.

Here, sat at a drum kit, he talks Steve through his life as a drummer, demonstrating various stages by playing the drums. We hear how he came to play the drums and he demonstrates the styles of some of his drumming heroes. He talks about his life in Foo Fighters and how the dynamic works in one of the biggest bands in the world. Steve then asks about his new solo album and gets him to demonstrate some of the drumming.
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We were in Hyde Park for the 2006 show. I remember Motörhead too.

edit. and sadly Taylor and May from Queen.
 
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Yeah, as someone said up thread, the first three albums were great, but honestly it was downhill after the first, which was pretty much a work of genius. More evidence, if it were needed, that troubles and conflict make for better music, the first being in the wake of Kurt's death and The Colour and The Shape fuelled by his divorce and some infighting in the newly formed band.

Now it's just stadium rock by numbers, with the odd single that cannot be denied.

In fact, looking back at the track listing (because I never listen to it now and seeing the listing reminds me why), the die was cast by Nothing Left to Lose, when every track becomes 4 to 5 minutes long and any residual weirdness left over from his time in Nirvana is squeezed out in favour of radio friendly aor. Learn to Fly is the final, massive, nail being hammered hard into grunge's coffin.

What a shame.
 
fucthest8 said:
Yeah, as someone said up thread, the first three albums were great, but honestly it was downhill after the first, which was pretty much a work of genius. More evidence, if it were needed, that troubles and conflict make for better music, the first being in the wake of Kurt's death and The Colour and The Shape fuelled by his divorce and some infighting in the newly formed band.

Now it's just stadium rock by numbers, with the odd single that cannot be denied.

In fact, looking back at the track listing (because I never listen to it now and seeing the listing reminds me why), the die was cast by Nothing Left to Lose, when every track becomes 4 to 5 minutes long and any residual weirdness left over from his time in Nirvana is squeezed out in favour of radio friendly aor. Learn to Fly is the final, massive, nail being hammered hard into grunge's coffin.

What a shame.
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I do like Nothing Left To Lose. Learn to Fly is a horrible song and even Grohl hates it, but much of the rest of the album is a lesson in how to do melodic modern rock music. It was when they tried to do do heavy stuff again afterwards they became completely pointless IMO.
 
Too middle of the road not enough edge. After Nirvana you would expect something better from Dave. However they have done a few good catchy tracks.
 
Tickets for their rather short 2022 UK tour go on sale in less than 10 minutes. Expecting them to be completely scalped and back on sale for hundreds of pounds shortly after. :mad:
 
I managed to get tickets for Manchester with a presales code. Have gone for standing/unreserved seating because they were pricey. Normal times I wouldn't have bothered but I've saved a bit of money through the pandemic and it's an excuse for me to have my kids with me for the day.
 
I liked the first album and even made a point of seeing them at V97.

These days it’s just dad rock, the people I know who like them don’t tend to like music much.
 
Saffy said:
I managed to get tickets for Manchester with a presales code. Have gone for standing/unreserved seating because they were pricey. Normal times I wouldn't have bothered but I've saved a bit of money through the pandemic and it's an excuse for me to have my kids with me for the day.
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I got tickets for the Thursday show in London - it was actually relatively painless, although the Sunday show had a 9k person queue as soon as they released. It will be my first time seeing them since their UK debut at Reading Festival back in 1995.
 
Buddy Bradley said:
I got tickets for the Thursday show in London - it was actually relatively painless, although the Sunday show had a 9k person queue as soon as they released. It will be my first time seeing them since their UK debut at Reading Festival back in 1995.
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Was really tempted but £85 a pop, plus train and drink and foods and maybe a line is a bit rich atm. Also I have seen them twice before.
 
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