Yeah, I think Grohl's everydude personality helps out a lot. If he was on some ego-fueled Stapp trip or something, it would make the ubiquity much less tolerable. The only thing that really makes squicky about this band is that Alive & Well bullshit, but I think that's more Nate Mendel's doing than Grohl, iirc.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 14 April 2011 14:32 (thirteen years ago) link
somehow i managed to get two instances of "white limo" going on that player at the same time, a 16th note apart. so i thought that there was this crazy slapback delay on the drums and that it suddenly sounded unimaginably heavy and evil. now i am very disappointed.
― adult music person (Jordan), Thursday, 14 April 2011 14:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Kind of cool that Bob Mould has a guest appearance on one of the tracks.
― Moodles, Thursday, 14 April 2011 14:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah I saw that, which explains why XRT has been playing the hell out of that track instead of any of the other singles.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 14 April 2011 14:40 (thirteen years ago) link
somehow i managed to get two instances of "white limo" going on that player at the same time, a 16th note apart. so i thought that there was this crazy slapback delay on the drums and that it suddenly sounded unimaginably heavy and evil.
I just tried to replicate this, but I don't know if it's exactly the same thing you heard. Mix I made sounds pretty badass, though.
http://www.box.net/shared/vahycs52oh
― That's why they call me (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 14 April 2011 14:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Awesome. I love the Foo Fighters when they're good. I have a playlist called "mediocre modern rock" and it is mostly just the FFs greatest hits 1995-2005.
― kkvgz, Thursday, 14 April 2011 14:57 (thirteen years ago) link
(and that playlist might be about to get longer? can't wait to listen)
i really love 'there is nothing left to lose' - its a great soppy power-pop album. new one's a cracker too.
― Republicans voiced concern about young pages hearing the word uterus (stevie), Thursday, 14 April 2011 18:08 (thirteen years ago) link
streaming link up thread still works, yay!I'm a huge Grohl fan but lost interest in the last couple of Foo albums...am LOVING this. Definitely will pick it up.
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 14 April 2011 21:28 (thirteen years ago) link
dave grohl really likes gum
― del griffith, Thursday, 14 April 2011 21:33 (thirteen years ago) link
ugh yes
it's the only caveat to an otherwise pretty perfecto rock dude
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 14 April 2011 21:35 (thirteen years ago) link
I was jealous of him not for being in Nirvana, not for being an awesome drummer, not for hanging out with Lemmy, but for those rumors of him hooking up with both of the Veruca Salt girls.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 14 April 2011 21:42 (thirteen years ago) link
i thought he just dated one of them for a while? or i guess there's a rumor in addition to that?
― some dude, Thursday, 14 April 2011 21:43 (thirteen years ago) link
I still love him for Probot...dude has an awesome black heart of metal
also: handsome :D
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 14 April 2011 21:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Well, maybe this has long since debunked, but there was a rumor at one point in the 1990s that he slept with one while or shortly after dating the other and caused some friction.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 14 April 2011 21:45 (thirteen years ago) link
man i tried to reproduce it but couldn't. it was an exact 16th note delay.
― adult music person (Jordan), Thursday, 14 April 2011 22:06 (thirteen years ago) link
i've got another confession, my friend . . . i'm no fool . . .
― markers, Thursday, 14 April 2011 22:54 (thirteen years ago) link
WERE YOU BORN TO RESSIIIIIIIIIST
the last track on this is really remarkable
― Republicans voiced concern about young pages hearing the word uterus (stevie), Friday, 15 April 2011 07:29 (thirteen years ago) link
^
― kgositsile project (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 15 April 2011 07:30 (thirteen years ago) link
This band is 30% Classic and 70% Dud. Could probably make a single CD of totally classic foo
i think the first and third are all-killer/no-filler tbh
― Republicans voiced concern about young pages hearing the word uterus (stevie), Friday, 15 April 2011 08:07 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.hulu.com/watch/126479/saturday-night-live-band-reunion-at-the-wedding
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 15 April 2011 09:49 (thirteen years ago) link
classic?? no!!dud? hell no. gigantic crock o'crappp, more like.
― t**t, Friday, 15 April 2011 10:04 (thirteen years ago) link
"Wheels" sounds like Gerry Rafferty.― Mark G, Tuesday, 4 January 2011 10:17 (3 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
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― Mark G, Friday, 15 April 2011 10:09 (thirteen years ago) link
They've covered Baker Street, that's probably entirely intentional.
― Matt DC, Friday, 15 April 2011 10:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Speak of adding insult to insult...
― t**t, Friday, 15 April 2011 10:22 (thirteen years ago) link
― kgositsile project (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, April 15, 2011 3:30 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark
by your math there's 112 minutes of classic Foo!
― some dude, Friday, 15 April 2011 10:46 (thirteen years ago) link
I should say that I was utterly ambivalent about the Foo Fighters until I saw them live, and then I actively disliked them. I've come around a tiny bit since then, but not much. It was like a Fisher Price My First Concert set, with all the attendant cliches, which gave the show such a smug feel. If they were joking, they were mocking the kids taking them seriously. If they were being serious, I couldn't take them seriously.
Is Foo Fighters one of the few contemporary rock groups, along with Radiohead, that Prince has been known to cover?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 15 April 2011 11:59 (thirteen years ago) link
the first half of this album is pretty strong, and then it's hit and miss. but i'd agree with those upthread who said that this is their strongest since the colour and the shape. i was always mad that grohl left the title track off of that album because it's so damn awesome, but they make up for that now with "white limo". better late than never?
i like that they're playing to their strengths, but it's still kindof sad that even on an album where they play to their strengths, they can't do it consistently.
was anyone else blown away by novoselic's bass part on the record? i forget what song it is, but it's hard to miss. it just comes through the mix so well, and makes me wish that nate mendell wasn't such a softy. why can't the foo fighters sound like that all the time?
― borntohula, Saturday, 16 April 2011 23:14 (thirteen years ago) link
I disagree on the 'hit and miss' 2nd half, I haven't found that at all. So far the only song I don't care for is 'These Days'...but everything else feels really strong, consistent and ridiculously hook-y. It's good enough for me to wish it had been the follow up to One By One, which is probably the last time they really had my interest (but even then it was starting to slip a little)
Find myself easily singing along to almost all of them after only a few listens. Which is nice after the one-listen-"meh" of the last two albums. I like to think it's Smear's return, but who knows
― VegemiteGrrl, Saturday, 16 April 2011 23:56 (thirteen years ago) link
imo the electric half of In Your Honor doesn't get enough props as one of their best albums, disc 1 is pretty strong front to back
― steendriving is very bad - but I got a fake ID though! (some dude), Sunday, 17 April 2011 00:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Dud
― Beggar On A Beach Of Shite. (PaulTMA), Sunday, 17 April 2011 00:52 (thirteen years ago) link
unlistenable.
― scott seward, Sunday, 17 April 2011 02:19 (thirteen years ago) link
;_;
― VegemiteGrrl, Sunday, 17 April 2011 02:31 (thirteen years ago) link
the last track on this is really remarkable― Republicans voiced concern about young pages hearing the word uterus (stevie), Friday, April 15, 2011 3:29 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink^― kgositsile project (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, April 15, 2011 3:30 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark
Is it called "Walk?" The intro sounds like Matchbox 20.
― billstevejim, Sunday, 17 April 2011 07:43 (thirteen years ago) link
its the one that ends with dave yelling "i never wanna die" over and over, but i'm not sure what its called and have never heard a matchbox 20 song
― Republicans voiced concern about young pages hearing the word uterus (stevie), Sunday, 17 April 2011 19:38 (thirteen years ago) link
then you have yet to experience true bliss, my friend
― das reboot (latebloomer), Monday, 18 April 2011 09:20 (thirteen years ago) link
They're both classic and dud at the same time. They seem to take their rockstar status with humor and I really appreciate when they do that. It feels to me the whole thing is a little tongue-in-cheek. As if they were conciously trying to be some sort of parody of the anthemic, stadium rock band while casually delivering the hits at the same time. This is why they're also dud, they're not really ambitious in musical terms. They found the formula for a rock anthem and they stick to it most of the time.
― Moka, Monday, 18 April 2011 09:50 (thirteen years ago) link
that doc that was just put out was really good.. I like seeing all the behind the scenes stuff, and I like nowing that Grohl can be a dick sometimes, but has a clear vision of what he wants the band to do...
― SeanWayne, Monday, 18 April 2011 23:46 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah the doc is pretty entertaining.
― some dude, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 01:14 (thirteen years ago) link
"Sonic Highways" might the stupidest album name ever.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 11 August 2014 17:46 (nine years ago) link
Haha, it is a classic "dad rock" title
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 11 August 2014 20:07 (nine years ago) link
it's funny because if it's themed around studios in different cities, "Sound City" would be a better/less awkward title, but that was what Grohl already used for his last passion project about old school recording studios
― some dude, Monday, 11 August 2014 20:09 (nine years ago) link
It's like they got it from a Neil Young album title generator on the internet
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 11 August 2014 20:13 (nine years ago) link
Yeah it does sound like a title of a classic rock band's album from 1998.
― Evan, Monday, 11 August 2014 20:17 (nine years ago) link
So... pretty fitting for Foo Fighters then.
― Bus Sex Teen Busted After Queef Beef (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 11 August 2014 20:20 (nine years ago) link
Cool album cover though:
http://www.sonicstadium.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Sonic-Generations-HD-Speed-Highway-screenshots-3-1024x576.jpg
― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 11 August 2014 20:33 (nine years ago) link
Radio 1 sorry for double F-word BBC Radio 1 has apologised for broadcasting a Foo Fighters track that contained two F-words twice in 12 hours. Newsbeat
How long is that Foo Fighters track then?
― Mark G, Thursday, 6 November 2014 12:38 (nine years ago) link
didn't know you weren't allowed to say 'foo fighters' on national radio
― joni mitchell jarre (dog latin), Thursday, 6 November 2014 12:47 (nine years ago) link