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oddeye posted:Maybe they pass off the second season to a different band? I want a documentary where people follow Axl Rose around from city to city and you get to watch an insane person talk about music sometimes.
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# ? Dec 11, 2014 21:11 |
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# ? Apr 29, 2024 07:45 |
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Re: Sonic Highways, I wrote about some places where I think they should go next and am curious what ideas you guys have should there be a season 2.
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# ? Dec 11, 2014 21:15 |
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Good call on the Twin Cities. Hell, if Grohl turns down a second season, I'd love to see Craig Finn take the reins. How about St. Louis and Memphis. Portland? Kevyn fucked around with this message at 23:50 on Dec 11, 2014 |
# ? Dec 11, 2014 23:47 |
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Craig Finn doing a hybrid of this show and Insomniac would be amazing.
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# ? Dec 11, 2014 23:50 |
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Got three more episodes of this to watch but, after initially being sceptical of it being an exercise in self indulgence, I'm really into this show. It's excellent. I'm ignoring the songs at the end though. I'll listen to the finished album after I'm done with the show.
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# ? Dec 13, 2014 11:28 |
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ICHIBAHN posted:I'm ignoring the songs at the end though. I'll listen to the finished album after I'm done with the show.
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# ? Dec 13, 2014 17:59 |
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Because I refuse to let this thread die: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwoI2luPN1k
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# ? Feb 26, 2015 12:50 |
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BigFactory posted:I want a documentary where people follow Axl Rose around from city to city and you get to watch an insane person talk about music sometimes. Episode 1 is Axl Rose going to Jamaica and doing nothing but asking for reggae. Edit: WRT Sonic Highways, I'm not sure I'm down on the album past about the first 3 songs. The album seems to peter out for me after that. To be fair, I feel like I was going into this expecting Wasting Light 2 and building my expectations to unreasonable levels. I'm still in love with both Wasting Light and Them Crooked Vultures though so I can always just fall back on those. I also get way more glee out of that Fresh Pots video than is healthy. I love imagining Dave Grohl as some kind of hyperkinetic manchild that is perpetually on a caffeine rush. DeathSandwich fucked around with this message at 20:23 on Jun 3, 2015 |
# ? Jun 3, 2015 20:17 |
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everlong was good but im not sure he's ever been involved in anything else worthwhile. maybe nirvana i havent really listened to them seems like all hype though. still he's a nice guy if a bit dumb, hopefully he does something interesting at some point.
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# ? Jun 4, 2015 09:15 |
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Mr. Unlucky posted:everlong was good but im not sure he's ever been involved in anything else worthwhile. maybe nirvana i havent really listened to them seems like all hype though. It still blows my mind when people don't know nirvana's catalog front to back. The music was everywhere for so long, but that's 20 years ago now. Weird poo poo.
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# ? Jun 4, 2015 10:59 |
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Everyone probably knows at this point that Dave broke his leg at a show in Sweden then came back and finished it. The story got better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5qE9Tq0XJI
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# ? Jul 5, 2015 15:52 |
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Gonna be so glad that he's not going to cancel the concerts in America for us. He's earned that rock god throne.
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# ? Jul 5, 2015 16:06 |
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My first thought of someone touring on a loving rock and roll stage throne was man he's got some balls to do that. Second thought: You know what, he's going on tour with a loving broken leg which is something you don't very often. He's earned the hubris to do so from a throne. Motorize the fucker and give it fireworks launchers for the man willing to do a cross country tour while unable to walk. I've got tickets for them in September, wonder if he'll be sporting the Golden Rock n' Roll God Emperor of Mankind look by the time that comes around.
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# ? Jul 6, 2015 06:04 |
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So I saw Foo in Fenway on Saturday night. It was loving awesome of course (and that field is way bigger than it looks from the stands). Some things about the show I'll put in spoiler so that those going to the show can be surprised if it happens to them. A whole lot of Queen love. They covered Under Pressure! They also covered AC/DC's Let There Be Rock. The throne can move forwards/back! They played for 2.5 hours, and he said that they would just play through and not act like they were done early. I think this was because there was no easy way for Dave to leave/get back on the stage. During the solo for Outside, Dave played the guitar on his broken leg! So awesome.
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# ? Jul 20, 2015 16:22 |
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This is pretty cool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JozAmXo2bDE
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# ? Jul 31, 2015 16:14 |
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wandler20 posted:This is pretty cool: As if Dave would even want to turn that down: @foofighters: Ci vediamo a presto, Cesena.... xxx Davide https://t.co/o3ThIE4QYV @rockin_1000 (That means "Yes.")
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# ? Jul 31, 2015 17:30 |
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IUG posted:So I saw Foo in Fenway on Saturday night. It was loving awesome of course (and that field is way bigger than it looks from the stands). Hello fellow Boston goon! I was also at that show, I thought they were great! It was my second time seeing them (I saw them at the Garden during the Wasting Light tour in 2011), and I almost enjoyed this set more than the last one! The fact that they played "I'll Stick Around" off the first album was amazing
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# ? Aug 1, 2015 19:29 |
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wandler20 posted:This is pretty cool:
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# ? Aug 1, 2015 21:48 |
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Dave Grohl is a cool human being and I appreciate his attitude and his contributions to the pop landscape but for some reason I can't get into 'the Foo' at all. As far as hits go, I kinda liked "Times Like These" but I think my approach to the band may be entirely wrong. I've been able to tap into bands that I was sorta on the fence about in the past by listening to albums, or sides of albums rather than individual hits. Assuming I am decently versed in all the stuff that's already received a ton of radio play, where do I start?
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# ? Aug 2, 2015 18:50 |
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rest his guts posted:Dave Grohl is a cool human being and I appreciate his attitude and his contributions to the pop landscape but for some reason I can't get into 'the Foo' at all. As far as hits go, I kinda liked "Times Like These" but I think my approach to the band may be entirely wrong. I've been able to tap into bands that I was sorta on the fence about in the past by listening to albums, or sides of albums rather than individual hits. Assuming I am decently versed in all the stuff that's already received a ton of radio play, where do I start? Is your general feeling about the foo fighters that they're sorta milquetoast radio rock? Cause if that's your criticism with what you've heard so far, it just means you have a good ear.
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# ? Aug 2, 2015 20:39 |
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rest his guts posted:Dave Grohl is a cool human being and I appreciate his attitude and his contributions to the pop landscape but for some reason I can't get into 'the Foo' at all. As far as hits go, I kinda liked "Times Like These" but I think my approach to the band may be entirely wrong. I've been able to tap into bands that I was sorta on the fence about in the past by listening to albums, or sides of albums rather than individual hits. Assuming I am decently versed in all the stuff that's already received a ton of radio play, where do I start? The Colour and the Shape and There Is Nothing Left To Lose are both pretty much essential listening for anyone interested in the band. Most of their biggest hits are there, supported by solid deep cuts. (As amazing as "Everlong" is on its own, it's even better in the context of the full album.) These albums represent the two sides of the band's golden age; Colour & the Shape is still a nearly all-Grohl effort, while Nothing Left To Lose adds an actual band. (Not that you can really tell just by listening.) There are definitely many people who prefer the self-titled first album, but personally I find it a bit uneven -- or at least, not really an accurate representation of what the band is all about. After those, feel free to check out Wasting Light, which takes the "surprisingly good later album" spot. It's not as critically unassailable as the above, but most people agree it's still pretty damned good, and lacks most of the various pitfalls of their albums from the 2000s. (Although honestly, I think all of their albums are pretty easy to like.)
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# ? Aug 2, 2015 21:22 |
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rest his guts posted:Dave Grohl is a cool human being and I appreciate his attitude and his contributions to the pop landscape but for some reason I can't get into 'the Foo' at all. As far as hits go, I kinda liked "Times Like These" but I think my approach to the band may be entirely wrong. I've been able to tap into bands that I was sorta on the fence about in the past by listening to albums, or sides of albums rather than individual hits. Assuming I am decently versed in all the stuff that's already received a ton of radio play, where do I start? I like some of their big hits and Dave Grohl but I too just can't get into the band either because as mentioned above, its just radio rock and its kind of boring to me.
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# ? Aug 2, 2015 22:23 |
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Dave seems to be into playing to a certain comfort level for the past decade and it was exemplified by a scene from Sonic Highways. The band was in Nashville, Chris is working on a country-riff and Dave jokingly but seriously says that they can't do country music on a Foo Fighters album. I dislike modern country with a passion, but I'd rather see the Foo's take on it rather than the luke-warm dad-rock that made it to the album.
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# ? Aug 2, 2015 23:12 |
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Cheesus posted:Dave seems to be into playing to a certain comfort level for the past decade and it was exemplified by a scene from Sonic Highways. The band was in Nashville, Chris is working on a country-riff and Dave jokingly but seriously says that they can't do country music on a Foo Fighters album. Man, some of us just like dad rock, okay? Seriously, my music collection is basically a who's who (The Who) of classic rock. I do agree that they never seem to stray too far. After that Probot album and Wasting Light I thought it was time to get heavy for the band. Instead, God As My Witness.
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# ? Aug 2, 2015 23:49 |
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Pyroxene Stigma posted:Man, some of us just like dad rock, okay? I wouldn't diss classic rock from my glass house of Bowie.
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# ? Aug 3, 2015 00:29 |
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You're delusional if you don't think Rush is both dad rock and good I listened to some of these suggestions and I think it's just not for me. I don't find the music offensive or anything though and I'm glad he's getting people into music rest his guts fucked around with this message at 01:47 on Aug 3, 2015 |
# ? Aug 3, 2015 01:44 |
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Cheesus posted:Is "dad rock" the same as "classic rock"? I always thought it was a slur for self-catalog-derivative music. Like an X band who might one have been good to great but is currently making music that sounds like an X cover band who has only ever listened to X. Dad rock is often just a derogatory way of referring to classic rock, but it should refer to what you're talking about. Bachman-Turner Overdrive is dad rock. Led Zeppelin are classic rock.
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# ? Aug 3, 2015 14:30 |
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The REAL Goobusters posted:I like some of their big hits and Dave Grohl but I too just can't get into the band either because as mentioned above, its just radio rock and its kind of boring to me. Honestly, I consider myself a fan of the band for sure, but The Colour and the Shape and maybe Wasting Light are the only albums I put and play all the way through.
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# ? Aug 3, 2015 16:17 |
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The Million Dollar demos (original recordings of One By One tracks that ended up being re-recorded) leaked today! http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/08/the-entirety-of-foo-fighters-million-dollar-demos-tape-leaks-online/
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# ? Aug 6, 2015 02:50 |
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rest his guts posted:Dave Grohl is a cool human being and I appreciate his attitude and his contributions to the pop landscape but for some reason I can't get into 'the Foo' at all. As far as hits go, I kinda liked "Times Like These" but I think my approach to the band may be entirely wrong. I've been able to tap into bands that I was sorta on the fence about in the past by listening to albums, or sides of albums rather than individual hits. Assuming I am decently versed in all the stuff that's already received a ton of radio play, where do I start? If you want to hear Grohl play in something stranger and less radio friendly but still quite good, check out the collaboration album he did with Josh Homme and John Paul Jones called Them Crooked Vultures. Grohl does drums and backup vocals for it. It does sound kind of like Queens of the stone age (given the front man, obviously) but still winds up having its own style to it. I actually wind up listening to that and wasting light more than anything else Grohl has done.
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# ? Aug 7, 2015 19:15 |
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The Sound City documentary soundtrack would be a good example along those lines too. It's masterminded by Grohl about as much as Sonic Highways, but plays with a more diverse range of sounds and styles due to the various different guest players involved.
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# ? Aug 7, 2015 21:47 |
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Sound city is just a good movie.
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# ? Aug 8, 2015 02:02 |
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BigFactory posted:Sound city is just a good movie. I like the first two thirds of it but then it becomes a commercial for the soundtrack. Sonic Highways is the same to me as well, good stuff but then it becomes "BUY MY RECORD" I agree that he's a very likable guy but his music just sounds so bland that I can't get excited for it. There's nothing wrong with FF's music, but it's just sort of there. I found Them Crooked Vultures to be a huge letdown. It sounds like QotSA, which is fine for QotSA but god drat it, you've got the guy that wrote No Quarter in your band, LET HIM WRITE SOMETHING. That's like making Picasso paint your house white.
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# ? Aug 9, 2015 15:24 |
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Yeah that's probably right. The dave grohl angle of sound city was gas and away the least interesting part.
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# ? Aug 9, 2015 15:53 |
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My favourite part of Sound City was "Goddamn computers ruining music" - 15 people *cuts to one guy* - "On the other hand, computers are okay I guess* *cuts back to Neil Young bitching about computers*
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# ? Aug 10, 2015 05:47 |
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Went to see them last night. They had Gary Clark Jr opening for them, which I had not heard a lot of until now: I'm going to have to check him out. Dave has a smaller boot cast now and doesn't have to keep it elevated so he now looks more like the Rock and Roll God Emperor of Mankind now. He's able to stand up on the throne now, but still has to walk in crutches. Since this was in Wichita, they actually opened the set with Carry on my Wayward Son and tore it up. Dave even said at one point "We know about 35 seconds of all your classical hits" and that he would of played Dust in the Wind but he thought it would bring the mood down.
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# ? Oct 1, 2015 13:16 |
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Saw them at ACL last night and Gary Clark Jr. who is a local guy had played his own set at a different stage and then came and played in the song he did on the album with them. It was awesome, also listen to Gary Clark Jr. he is the bomb.
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# ? Oct 3, 2015 17:23 |
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http://lobby.foofighters.com/ So it looks like some announcement is coming up in 24 days from now. See you all on November 22nd!
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# ? Oct 29, 2015 17:54 |
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Sonic Highways 2?
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# ? Oct 29, 2015 18:26 |
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# ? Apr 29, 2024 07:45 |
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I heard it's that they're going to strip it down and make a really accessible arena rock album. Something true rock fans have been waiting a long time for. No bullsh*t, just some rock n roll.
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# ? Oct 29, 2015 18:44 |