Fuck this stupid fucking band
I like the fact people were complaining of his guesting with other bands as far back as 2003 (not sure why im surprised but whatever)
― Master of Treacle, Thursday, 6 November 2014 18:41 (nine years ago) link
he played with tom petty on snl in 1994, i'm sure pockets of the net would have WTF'd if it'd existed then
― da croupier, Thursday, 6 November 2014 19:25 (nine years ago) link
new album is good. though i don't think he's done anything great since the third album, which to me sounds like the best Posies album the Posies never made.
― stevie, Thursday, 6 November 2014 19:28 (nine years ago) link
I think if the FF had the personality of Stringfellow/Auer I'd appreciate them more.
― Master of Treacle, Friday, 7 November 2014 01:31 (nine years ago) link
he definitely can't shine their shoes, singing-wise or songwriting-wise. but yeah There Is Nothing had a nice power pop sheen to it.
― some dude, Friday, 7 November 2014 03:03 (nine years ago) link
i went to see if the song from this week's episode of the show was online yet and the fake song on YouTube is pretty hilarious
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HGO6-QUGhg
― some dude, Friday, 7 November 2014 03:09 (nine years ago) link
yep - i hasten to add that all the albums the posies HAVE recorded are better posies albums than There Is Nothing Left To Lose. But Aurora and Generator are wonderfully sugary rushes.
― stevie, Friday, 7 November 2014 10:38 (nine years ago) link
"Fuck this stupid fucking band"
― Master of Treacle, Thursday, November 6, 2014 6:41 PM (Yesterday)
Basically this.
Their first album was way better than I expected (for a drummer transitioning to frontman anyway) but everything else is mega-dud trad-rock ludditery.
That documentary where he buys the mixing board from Sound City Studios and then starts a phcking SUPERGROUP seals the deal. Progress hating rose-tinted-glasses ubiquitous establishment rockist dinosaur with increasingly patchy output. And HIV<>AIDS denier which is pretty sketchy but thats besides the point.
Their only non dud move in the last decade was cover of 2112 Overture on Rush's R&R Hall of Fame gig tbh
― Willl, Friday, 7 November 2014 10:59 (nine years ago) link
The guy seems like a super-nice bloke (courtney to the contrary, but hey), he gets a massive pass from those close to him, he has redefined crporate rock in his image, even Kurt would have sat back and applauded.
It's a laff: The BBC "Rock Show" sunday night always seems to start with the Foos, before getting into the proper stuff, a bit like the show that followed John Peel on the Radio 2 FM would pick something a little left field like Queen or BTO before getting back to the nice stuff...
Yeah, the first album, and yeah I was at that Reading tent when the crush happened. I don't need them tbqh, he's not totally embarrasing, so hey live and let live.
― Mark G, Friday, 7 November 2014 11:27 (nine years ago) link
tbh am suspicious of grohl-haters who pillory him as "Progress hating rose-tinted-glasses ubiquitous establishment rockist dinosaur" and then celebrate him for covering a rush song?
― stevie, Friday, 7 November 2014 11:40 (nine years ago) link
yeah I was at that Reading tent when the crush happened
me too! my friend got concussed and had to be carried to first aid.
I have been otm in this thread.
― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Friday, 7 November 2014 11:51 (nine years ago) link
We were at a safe distance.
― Mark G, Friday, 7 November 2014 12:09 (nine years ago) link
― stevie, Friday, November 7, 2014 11:40 AM (20 minutes ago)
In the context of being "a Progress hating rose-tinted-glasses ubiquitous establishment rockist dinosaurs" I thought the 2112 cover was absolutely perfect - I mean at the time of that gig he'd just bought an actual 70's style studio, and he's on stage at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, covering fcking RUSH of all people, infront of a peer group of ageing rockers.
Its kind of so far into rockist self-parody I though it was amazing. If he could stick to that and never release any more FF tracks I'd be fine.
― Willl, Friday, 7 November 2014 12:15 (nine years ago) link
the thing about this band isn't even that the music is bad. it's just milquetoasty and boring. the dumb rockist bullshit attitude is corny verging on truly unpleasant, but i imagine the critical listening public would give it more of a pass if the music was better, as many people do with solo jack white and previously the white stripes
if you're gonna make meat and potatoes rock, it needs to be a few tiers above what the foos can do in terms of songwriting, riffs, melodies, etc. to get over the fact that there's nothing innovative whatsoever about it. and pretty much since the first couple of albums, it's been blatantly "just ok" at best and sometimes outright bad.
― ichabron crames (slothroprhymes), Friday, 7 November 2014 16:19 (nine years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/general/2015/07/02/why-were-not-photographing-the-foo-fighters/
― curmudgeon, Monday, 6 July 2015 15:12 (eight years ago) link
If we signed it, we would have agreed to: the band approving the photos which run in the City Paper; only running the photos once and with only one article; and all copyrights would transfer to the band. Then, here's the fun part, the band would have "the right to exploit all or a part of the Photos in any and all media, now known or hereafter devised, throughout the universe, in perpetuity, in all configurations" without any approval or payment or consideration for the photographer.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 6 July 2015 15:23 (eight years ago) link
a lot of my photographer friends have been posting about this on facebook. these bullshit contracts are becoming more and more common, any pushback on it is very welcome.
― you throw darts like a lesser man and owe me cash (stevie), Monday, 6 July 2015 15:26 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JozAmXo2bDE
http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/07/foo-fighters-to-visit-cesena-italy/
nice
― nostormo, Saturday, 1 August 2015 11:09 (eight years ago) link
Meh - none of them broke their leg as a tribute?
― StanM, Saturday, 1 August 2015 16:11 (eight years ago) link
Looking forward to seeing that at the Barbican next summer
― lilcraigyboi (Craigo Boingo), Sunday, 2 August 2015 11:25 (eight years ago) link
http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/news/a42610/foo-fighters-breakup/
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 18:44 (eight years ago) link
*yawning_chasm.jpg*
― The Dave Grohl of ILX (Turrican), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 19:03 (eight years ago) link
slightly misleading URL there from esquire, but please for the love of god, break up and stop occasionally appearing on awards shows
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 19:53 (eight years ago) link
i can't believe grohl was on the oscars playing the in memoriam song
― nomar, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 19:55 (eight years ago) link
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― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 20:03 (eight years ago) link
Foos breaking up on my bday as a gift to me but also to hit home that no trace of my youth remains.
― dc, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 20:11 (eight years ago) link
I can only really name 2 Foo Fighters songs released in the last 11 years, and nothing since 2007 or thereabouts.
― // C U R I O S I T Y K I L L E D T H E C A T // LOVE (Turrican), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 20:20 (eight years ago) link
i can name a few
You Don't Have AnythingSong For A ManAdventure #11GratefulAll Are ContentBlister and RageDo Not FollowSearching For RealForce EmergeMain Disconnect
― nomar, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 20:29 (eight years ago) link
well fuck
http://pitchfork.com/news/63909-foo-fighters-mock-breakup-rumors-with-hilarious-video-and-nick-lachey/
admittedly the video is kinda funny at points
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 3 March 2016 04:36 (eight years ago) link
Nick Lachey vocals an improvement
― Toof Seteltha (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 3 March 2016 05:01 (eight years ago) link
the possibility of them ever breaking up being raised is the biggest improvement
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 3 March 2016 05:06 (eight years ago) link
but it doesn't matter cos you know it will just be Dave Grohl documentaries 24/7 on Netflix in 2020
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 3 March 2016 05:07 (eight years ago) link
more like foo farters
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 3 March 2016 05:07 (eight years ago) link
more like poo parters
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 3 March 2016 05:22 (eight years ago) link
i can name a fewYou Don't Have AnythingSong For A ManAdventure #11GratefulAll Are ContentBlister and RageDo Not FollowSearching For RealForce EmergeMain Disconnect
You made those up!
(didn't you?)
― Mark G, Thursday, 3 March 2016 11:25 (eight years ago) link
Well, he's done, done and he's onto the next one. (you see what I did there? Forgot to repeat that line 17/5 times, that's what)
― Mark G, Thursday, 3 March 2016 11:28 (eight years ago) link
17.5 but nm
― Mark G, Thursday, 3 March 2016 11:29 (eight years ago) link
what a bummer
― flappy bird, Thursday, 3 March 2016 20:14 (eight years ago) link
their joke video only made me wish nick lachey were the frontman of the foo fighters
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 3 March 2016 20:16 (eight years ago) link
me too. he's good!
― flappy bird, Thursday, 3 March 2016 20:51 (eight years ago) link
i heard a song on the radio while going to walmart the other day. it had this grownup sadman chorus part and the guitars got all chunky for a minute at the end. i went home and sang it to my cat who said it was foos. then i listened to it a couple more times on youtube. it's okay. foo fighters!
― leet gentlemen's club (contenderizer), Thursday, 3 March 2016 20:58 (eight years ago) link
[saint cecilia]
― leet gentlemen's club (contenderizer), Thursday, 3 March 2016 21:00 (eight years ago) link
I GOT ANOTHA CONFESSION TO MAAAAAAAAAYKE
― Cornelius Pardew (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 3 March 2016 21:11 (eight years ago) link
"bands you were surprised to learn had not broken up yet"
― lute bro (brimstead), Friday, 4 March 2016 01:47 (eight years ago) link
― leet gentlemen's club (contenderizer), Thursday, March 3, 2016 3:58 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah "Saint Cecilia" is nice. i find it funny that they went across the country recording their last full-length in 8 different studios and painstakingly documenting the process and wound up with probably their worst album, and then during the tour they knocked out an EP recorded on buses and hotel rooms that's a bit lighter on its feet.
― some dude, Friday, 4 March 2016 02:16 (eight years ago) link
first album is sick
― billstevejim, Friday, 4 March 2016 05:53 (eight years ago) link
I love the third one. A great power-pop album.
― pantsuit aficionado (stevie), Friday, 4 March 2016 08:55 (eight years ago) link
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― yolo mostly (sleepingbag), Sunday, 24 July 2016 06:02 (seven years ago) link
it's tiiiiiimes like theeeese you learn to love agaaaaaaaain!!!!!!!!! whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Sunday, 24 July 2016 06:03 (seven years ago) link
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― yolo mostly (sleepingbag), Sunday, 24 July 2016 06:06 (seven years ago) link