"Stacked Actors" i remember getting as a leaked mp3 a little before the album came out, my buddy and i were AMPED for what was clearly going to be the hardest-rocking thing ever made. at the time we were a little disappointed that the rest of the album was not really in that style but in hindsight i'm glad we got what we got instead. almost the exact opposite of our experience with the "Everlasting Gaze" MP3 (taken from some radio station preview including a DJ going "We're playin' it first.... AAAAAA-GAIN!") now that i think about it.re: the weird stuff being sanded off, now i want to go back through The Colour and the Shape and look for it. like there's that skronky opening bit on "My Poor Brain" which could come from the same mind as "Weenie Beenie" but is now more like a little special effect flourish.
― honk honk honkin' on Bobo's door (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 14:15 (three years ago) link
"alone + easy target" is the most nirvana-esque foos song, right? it would sounds excellent on incesticide
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 16:24 (three years ago) link
Dave played Kurt a demo of 'Alone + Easy Target' late in 1991, prompting Kurt to kiss him and say, "Now I don't have to be the only songwriter in the band"
― Ray Cooney as "Crotch" (stevie), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 16:42 (three years ago) link
Kurt also signalled an interest in recording Exhausted, though he wanted to rewrite the vocal
― Ray Cooney as "Crotch" (stevie), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 16:43 (three years ago) link
― Ray Cooney as "Crotch" (stevie), Wednesday, February 10, 2021 9:42 AM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
ugh lol
can i live in the alternate reality where there was a fourth nirvana album with grohl songs on it pls
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 16:48 (three years ago) link
FFs nommed for RRHOF btw
― Ray Cooney as "Crotch" (stevie), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 17:08 (three years ago) link
do they even have any albums in lists like ALBUMS U MUST HEAR BEFORE U DIE after like...the first two?
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 17:18 (three years ago) link
I'll say it again, the third album is excellent
― Ray Cooney as "Crotch" (stevie), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 17:42 (three years ago) link
this is true of a lot of inductees tbh
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 18:04 (three years ago) link
they'll pave the way for boston's induction
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 18:10 (three years ago) link
s/t > there is nothing left to lose > colour and the shape > wasting light > the rest
there is one bad song on "wasting light" and it's "these days," i have no idea why they wrote "walk" twice
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 18:11 (three years ago) link
they were just learning to "walk" again
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 18:20 (three years ago) link
just five guys in a room, repeatedly learning "Walk"
― honk honk honkin' on Bobo's door (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 18:43 (three years ago) link
they'll pave the way for boston's induction― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, February 10, 2021 12:10 PM (thirty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, February 10, 2021 12:10 PM (thirty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
BOSTON HAD AN ALBUM THREETHEY'LL BE AN INDUCTEE
AMANDA
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 18:51 (three years ago) link
lmao thank you
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 19:02 (three years ago) link
it never gets old
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 20:04 (three years ago) link
I listened to There Is Nothing Left to Lose last night it is still fucking great - not a bad song on there! All filler no killer as they say“Headwire” is my new rediscovered fave, totally forgot how much i love it
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 20:49 (three years ago) link
20 years ago, certainly in the NYC music media/major label ecosystem in which I resided, and no doubt in similar redoubts elsewhere, the foo fighters represented a kind of mainstream rock group populated by people that we, or more significantly I, recognized as guys I would like. And this band was contrasted with what at the time appeared to be the ascendant dominant rock music: nu- or rap-metal, or creed style butt rock. The Foo Fighters were respectable! and they did mainstream music that employees of major labels and hangers on like myself were not threatened by…
What really turned me against the guy was the HBO documentary. I really liked that "Rope" song, and I have mainstream radio-rock so deeply embedded in my being that I have no doubt that I would like many songs on their records, even this dopey new one (you can't do better than mentioning let's Dance or "Miss you?" Can't you have someone tell you to talk about Dua Lipa?) were I inclined to listen to it. But when he uses that doc to privilege his own experience coming up in music, through punk rock, clubs, guitars, etc etc and to in essence complain that if kids aren't doing it that way, they are doing it wrong? Fuck him with a hot poker. It is not up to him or Little Steven to dictate the proper ways for kids to experience music. Neither he or Little Steven would like it if some 50 year old told him that Mantovani or Glenn Miller done it this way…and indeed, most kids are experiencing music in their own image…as it should be!
― veronica moser, Thursday, 11 February 2021 18:06 (three years ago) link
yeah, I certainly encourage preservation/renewal of techniques, technologies, spaces, etc, but it can come off more offputtingly conservative or prescriptive than I think they meant to
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Thursday, 11 February 2021 18:24 (three years ago) link
realization, i think what happened to me in college was more or less that what i looked for in the foo fighters, i now found in the Guided By Voices best-of.
― honk honk honkin' on Bobo's door (Doctor Casino), Friday, 12 February 2021 19:20 (three years ago) link
it brings me no great pleasure to share this video, in which Dave Grohl is his usual charming self for 30 minutes - burping, cursing, telling stories and getting Hot Ones Sean drunk. sorry, but i love it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nutcZOBGhjs
― alpine static, Wednesday, 9 March 2022 07:41 (two years ago) link
thx for this -Dave is a good time imo!
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 9 March 2022 19:49 (two years ago) link
also Dave reminds me of my brother in law who i love to death. same age, same level gregariousness, same “fun hang” vibe. so for that i cannot help but enjoy him.
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 9 March 2022 19:57 (two years ago) link
Thought this bump was going to be about their stupid horror movie.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 9 March 2022 20:20 (two years ago) link
Came to post about their stupid horror movie...Was looking at the schedule for the rep theatre an hour away, and it's on there for next week. As a non-fan, it was like "Am I actually reading this?"
― clemenza, Friday, 11 March 2022 16:38 (two years ago) link
i want to see it. my friend loved it.
― i read to 69 position (Neanderthal), Friday, 11 March 2022 16:44 (two years ago) link
It's like their "Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park" or something, right?
In the end Grohl is kind of like the alt Phil Collins, an incredible drummer with his name on lots of good records who is best when he is playing drums and sort of hit or miss (no pun intended) when he's doing anything else, which averages out to a kind of default middle of the road reputation a little discordant (again, no pun intended) with his punk roots and love of Real Metal.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 11 March 2022 17:11 (two years ago) link
I've heard from a few horror loving friends that the gore and kills are great, but everything else is absolutely awful.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 11 March 2022 17:16 (two years ago) link
Grohl retorts "I DON'T OWE YOU ANYTHING"
― i read to 69 position (Neanderthal), Friday, 11 March 2022 17:17 (two years ago) link
When they make the documentary on the making of the stupid horror movie, that'll work out well, because Dave Grohl would have been in it anyway.
― clemenza, Friday, 11 March 2022 19:14 (two years ago) link
what the fuuuck
― frogbs, Saturday, 26 March 2022 03:16 (two years ago) link
seriously what the fuck. completely shocking.
rip taylor
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Saturday, 26 March 2022 03:20 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-0EGjHwSKE
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 26 March 2022 03:23 (two years ago) link
insanely awful news RIP
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 26 March 2022 03:26 (two years ago) link
this is very sad news, RIP Taylor
― Roz, Saturday, 26 March 2022 03:47 (two years ago) link
That's so sad to hear. They were on tour in South America. So far from home.
― peace, man, Saturday, 26 March 2022 05:05 (two years ago) link
oh no
― StanM, Saturday, 26 March 2022 05:16 (two years ago) link
never forget when he joined the band, i was like”…is he…dave’s cousin or something? he’s like a mini blond Dave!”cannot believe this news. so fucked. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQDbr_3di7shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMe05dO816k
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 26 March 2022 06:08 (two years ago) link
i support this truthbomb, he was v hot in drag
Taylor Hawkins was my adult version of "Bugs Bunny Dressed as a Fancy Lady." https://t.co/ahtn2tkIJ5— Merlin Mann (@hotdogsladies) March 26, 2022
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 26 March 2022 06:31 (two years ago) link
Bogotá: Festival Estereo Picnic's main stage (they were going to headline Friday evening)
El main stage de FEP en estos momentos. pic.twitter.com/uoxTK8ymj1— Pablo Acuña (@pabloacuna) March 26, 2022
― StanM, Saturday, 26 March 2022 08:23 (two years ago) link
got me a little choked up
◾ "Taylor Hawkins Por Siempre"Emotiva despedida de los fans de Foo Fighters en Colombia, cantando "My Hero".Vía @Antooferretti pic.twitter.com/W3OAW6QFzT— Pogopedia (@Pogopedia) March 26, 2022
― Roz, Saturday, 26 March 2022 09:06 (two years ago) link
That's a heartbreaker (though the pedant in me feels compelled to point out that track is pre-Taylor). I have to say, whatever people's reservations about the Foos, There's Nothing Left To Lose is an absolutely PERFECT album.
― politics is about vibes and the vibes are off (stevie), Saturday, 26 March 2022 09:55 (two years ago) link
Spotify might wanna take down the new releases section from their/my homepage that says Foo Fighters, "Demon Widow" :(
― Maresn3st, Saturday, 26 March 2022 12:13 (two years ago) link
Went to bed last night before the news and woke up to it this morning. My second thought, after immediately thinking WAAAAAT, was oh shit Dave Grohl has had to go through this twice now in very big, very public ways and if he comes out the other side ok then he's stronger than most.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 26 March 2022 12:34 (two years ago) link
this sucks ass
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Saturday, 26 March 2022 15:05 (two years ago) link
i put together a foo fighters set to learn on drums just in case my band ever plays a halloween show and all of the hawkins parts i learned ("generator," "aurora," "low," "white limo") are so tasty/tasteful and fun to play
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Saturday, 26 March 2022 15:09 (two years ago) link
That "demon widow" looks incongruous now, but I don't think it would be a good thing to withdraw it as such.
― Mark G, Saturday, 26 March 2022 15:33 (two years ago) link
i love that he was always grinning away like he got away with something, like he was Curious George & had snuck on stage or something.
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 26 March 2022 15:35 (two years ago) link
not a fan of this band but as an individual I liked this guy, so awful. feel terrible for the fans waiting at the show.
― akm, Saturday, 26 March 2022 15:37 (two years ago) link
Dave Grohl wrote about his special bond with Taylor Hawkins in his memoir. 🖤 pic.twitter.com/e9RXHVC9CG— Consequence (@consequence) March 26, 2022
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 26 March 2022 15:40 (two years ago) link