album is pretty tite. bob mould's backing vocalsonthat one song are a thrill too.
― I'd rather climb into the saddle of my Ford Mustang and sink spurs (stevie), Monday, 14 February 2011 08:13 (thirteen years ago) link
takes a while but the journey ref was worth it. and I totally approve of Dave Grohl hitting Danzig poses in front of the band instead of playing guitar.
― da croupier, Monday, 14 February 2011 15:42 (thirteen years ago) link
read something about a feature-film doc on the way
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Monday, 14 February 2011 15:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Foo Fighters: Never Say Over
― da croupier, Monday, 14 February 2011 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At3rZUgQsh8
more new stuffs. they sound like a completely different band. what the hell happened between that dud of a last record and this?
― borntohula, Thursday, 24 February 2011 02:09 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm also wondering who's playing the guitar solo because that sounds a bit beyond both dave and chris.
― borntohula, Thursday, 24 February 2011 02:10 (thirteen years ago) link
they recorded the whole album in Grohl's garage and did everything analog until the mastering process iirc
― some dude, Thursday, 24 February 2011 02:10 (thirteen years ago) link
hahah they paid all that money to build a fancy studio for them to record in and they end up recording in a garage? niiiiiice.
― borntohula, Thursday, 24 February 2011 02:12 (thirteen years ago) link
oh man "Rope" is fucking aces
― some dude, Thursday, 24 February 2011 02:25 (thirteen years ago) link
I have zero opinion on the Foo Fighters, but I think their attitude to Glee is great
Don’t count on hearing the Foo Fighters hit “Times Like These” on Glee anytime soon. Frontman Dave Grohl says he and his bandmates are squarely in the corner of Kings of Leon and Slash. As in, they want no part of the Ryan Murphy-helmed show.“It’s every band’s right, you shouldn’t have to do f---ing Glee,” Grohl told THR following the premiere of Foo Fighters: Back and Forth, the new Foo Fighters documentary which just made its South By Southwest debut. “And then the guy who created Glee is so offended that we’re not, like, begging to be on his f---ing show… f--- that guy for thinking anybody and everybody should want to do Glee.” You might be wondering, has Grohl ever actually watched the show? As it turns out, yes, he gave Glee a whirl. “I watched 10 minutes. It’s not my thing,” Grohl grizzled. But he doesn’t have as much of a problem with the series as he does with its creator. Recounting anti-Glee comments made by Slash earlier this year and subsequent retorts by Murphy, reported by THR, Grohl explained to drummer Taylor Hawkins: “The Glee guy, what a f---ing jerk. Slash was the first one. He wanted to do Guns ‘n’ Roses and Slash is like, ‘I hate f---ing musicals. It’s worse than Grease.’ Then [Murphy's] like, ‘Well, of course he’d say that, he’s a washed up ol’ rock star, that’s what they f---ing do.’ And then Kings of Leon say, ‘No, we don’t want to be on your show.’ And then he’s like, ‘Snotty little assholes…’ And it’s just like, Dude, maybe not everyone loves Glee. Me included.” Said Hawkins: “Yeah, f--- that shit.”
“It’s every band’s right, you shouldn’t have to do f---ing Glee,” Grohl told THR following the premiere of Foo Fighters: Back and Forth, the new Foo Fighters documentary which just made its South By Southwest debut. “And then the guy who created Glee is so offended that we’re not, like, begging to be on his f---ing show… f--- that guy for thinking anybody and everybody should want to do Glee.” You might be wondering, has Grohl ever actually watched the show? As it turns out, yes, he gave Glee a whirl. “I watched 10 minutes. It’s not my thing,” Grohl grizzled. But he doesn’t have as much of a problem with the series as he does with its creator. Recounting anti-Glee comments made by Slash earlier this year and subsequent retorts by Murphy, reported by THR, Grohl explained to drummer Taylor Hawkins: “The Glee guy, what a f---ing jerk. Slash was the first one. He wanted to do Guns ‘n’ Roses and Slash is like, ‘I hate f---ing musicals. It’s worse than Grease.’ Then [Murphy's] like, ‘Well, of course he’d say that, he’s a washed up ol’ rock star, that’s what they f---ing do.’ And then Kings of Leon say, ‘No, we don’t want to be on your show.’ And then he’s like, ‘Snotty little assholes…’ And it’s just like, Dude, maybe not everyone loves Glee. Me included.” Said Hawkins: “Yeah, f--- that shit.”
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:57 (thirteen years ago) link
http://wastinglight.heroku.com/
streaming! sounds good so far.
― borntohula, Friday, 1 April 2011 21:59 (thirteen years ago) link
there goes my heroku
― dayo technology (some dude), Friday, 1 April 2011 22:01 (thirteen years ago) link
New album is pretty great, imho, best thing they've done since The Colour and the Shape. I know these guys get a lot of backlash for being sorta formulaic and like too popular, but, man as far as over-hyped mega-selling mainstream rock bands go, they are so much better than the alternatives.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 14 April 2011 14:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Even when they're sucking, I still kind of like them because Grohl is an all-time cool duder.
― That's why they call me (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 14 April 2011 14:08 (thirteen years ago) link
That Financial Times piece on Grohl was pretty good (via Slate: http://www.slate.com/id/2290837/), but then tosses in this hyperbolic boner:
It's practically unheard of for a drummer to make it as a lead singer—perhaps the only other famous example is Phil Collins, who forged a solo career after his time in Genesis. Yet Collins is not playing stadium gigs 20 years on.
Anyway, that new Foo Fighters single sounds like Rush.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 14 April 2011 14:15 (thirteen years ago) link
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