Author Topic: The Foo Fighters Thread (Read 83463 times)

WindMaster · « **Reply #175 on:** November 04, 2011, 04:09:26 PM »

I think that Wasting Light should be called Greatest Hits: Vol. 2.

It's amazing.

KevShmev · « **Reply #176 on:** November 05, 2011, 09:21:45 AM »

Yeah, it is filled with songs with those big rock anthemic choruses. 20 years ago, it probably could have been one of those albums that had like five or six single and videos, all of which would have been pretty popular. But the landscape has changed, and I think the days of rock albums with more than a handful of big hits are probably over.

WindMaster · « **Reply #177 on:** November 05, 2011, 10:15:15 AM »

Unfortunately.

Phoenix87x · « **Reply #178 on:** February 09, 2012, 03:00:33 PM »

So I finally just got my first Foo Fighters album. Echoes, silence, patience and grace and I love it.

I've always loved My Hero and Everlong, but for some reason, never got around to getting any of the albums, so I am very glad I finally did.

WindMaster · « **Reply #179 on:** February 09, 2012, 03:44:08 PM »

BTW, the foos are playing at the grammys. Twice. That should be cool stuff.

PuffyPat · « **Reply #180 on:** February 09, 2012, 05:50:55 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix87x on February 09, 2012, 03:00:33 PM

So I finally just got my first Foo Fighters album. Echoes, silence, patience and grace and I love it.

I've always loved My Hero and Everlong, but for some reason, never got around to getting any of the albums, so I am very glad I finally did.

Definitely my favorite cover to cover.

LCArenas · « **Reply #181 on:** February 09, 2012, 11:13:38 PM »

Dave Grohl is paving all the way into becoming a Rock Legend IMO. In the current Hard Rock world I can't think of anyone else that's as "young" as him and as talented at the same time.

And Wasting Light is an amazing, solid album.

FlyingBIZKIT · « **Reply #182 on:** May 20, 2012, 08:27:42 PM »

Bump. In Your Honor is their best album

wolfking · « **Reply #183 on:** May 20, 2012, 08:38:05 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix87x on February 09, 2012, 03:00:33 PM

So I finally just got my first Foo Fighters album. Echoes, silence, patience and grace and I love it.

Weakest FF album IMO.

Quote from: FlyingBIZKIT on May 20, 2012, 08:27:42 PM

Bump. In Your Honor is their best album

Second weakest FF album IMO.

FlyingBIZKIT · « **Reply #184 on:** May 20, 2012, 08:39:30 PM »

How would you rank them?

Mosh · « **Reply #185 on:** May 20, 2012, 08:49:36 PM »

My rankings:

There is Nothing Left To Lose
The Colour and the Shape
Wasting Light

Echoes Silence Patience Grace
In Your Honor
Foo Fighters

One By One (still a pretty good album)

wolfking · « **Reply #186 on:** May 20, 2012, 08:57:11 PM »

The Color and the Shape
Foo Fighters

There Is Nothing Left to Lose
Wasting Light
One By One

In Your Honor
Echoes, Silence, Patience, Grace

KevShmev · « **Reply #187 on:** May 20, 2012, 09:26:58 PM »

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
The Colour and the Shape
Wasting Light

Everything else is fighting for 4th place.

ariich · « **Reply #188 on:** May 21, 2012, 12:03:43 AM »

Wasting Light
The Color and the Shape
There Is Nothing Left to Lose
One By One
In Your Honor
Echoes, Silence, Patience, Grace
Foo Fighters

Scard · « **Reply #189 on:** May 21, 2012, 07:26:16 AM »

Wasting Light
The Color and the Shape
Echoes, Silence, Patience, Grace
Foo Fighters
There Is Nothing Left to Lose
In Your Honor
One By One

Zantera · « **Reply #190 on:** May 21, 2012, 07:28:46 AM »

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace is their best by far IMO. The others are quite good as well, though none of them has clicked as much.

RuRoRul · « **Reply #191 on:** May 21, 2012, 11:39:50 AM »

Echoes, Silence, Patientce &Grace
Wasting Light
The Colour And The Shape
In Your Honour
One By One
There Is Nothing Left To Lose
Foo Fighters

Although I haven't listened to the lower two as much.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #192 on:** May 21, 2012, 08:46:30 PM »

The Colour & The Shape
Wasting Light
Foo Fighters
Echoes, Silence, Patience, Grace

Everything Else...

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #193 on:** February 09, 2013, 08:36:07 AM »

Dave Grohl's AMA on reddit is pretty funny!

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/185xdl/i_am_dave_grohl_ama/

Scard · « **Reply #194 on:** February 09, 2013, 01:16:40 PM »

I was following this yesterday. Was very amused!

Dark Castle · « **Reply #195 on:** February 09, 2013, 01:29:13 PM »

Quote from: Scard on May 21, 2012, 07:26:16 AM

Wasting Light
The Color and the Shape
Echoes, Silence, Patience, Grace
Foo Fighters
There Is Nothing Left to Lose
In Your Honor
One By One

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #196 on:** June 02, 2013, 05:55:24 PM »

Foo Fighters - Everlong (Live At Wembley Stadium)

Kotowboy · « **Reply #197 on:** June 02, 2013, 07:32:56 PM »

Dave is such a dude.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #198 on:** June 02, 2013, 07:36:22 PM »

My ranking after recently give TINLTL another spin and really enjoying it :

1.Foo Fighters
2.The Colour And The Shape
3.Wasting Light
4.There Is Nothing Left To Lose

5.Echoes, Silence, Patience, Grace
6.In Your Honour
7.One By One.

But seriously - The Top 3 albums are all so good that they're virtually interchangeable & TINLTL is a very close 4th.

ESP&G is a solid album but has some patchy moments. In Your Honour sounds like they were trying too hard and One By One is very patchy .

Mosh · « **Reply #199 on:** June 02, 2013, 07:56:07 PM »

That Wembley DVD is so awesome.

My rankings:

1: There Is Nothing Left To Lose
2: Colour And The Shape
3: Wasting Light
4: Foo Fighters
5: In Your Honor
6: Echoes
7: One By One

Love all of them though.

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #200 on:** June 03, 2013, 07:08:27 AM »

The Colour And The Shape have always been my favourite.

Zydar · « **Reply #201 on:** June 03, 2013, 07:25:17 AM »

Wasting Light is my favourite, while In Your Honor has climbed a few spots lately.

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #202 on:** June 03, 2013, 07:37:36 AM »

Quote from: Zydar on June 03, 2013, 07:25:17 AM

Wasting Light is my favourite, while In Your Honor has climbed a few spots lately.

I must say Wasting Light is pretty damn close, awesome album!

Goddamn Taylor Hawkins......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_vaarcXHHE

Kotowboy · « **Reply #203 on:** August 17, 2013, 07:13:24 AM »

Davy Grohl : " Next album will be made in a ground breaking way "...

I've been thinking about what it could be...

Maybe a tour to play all the new songs live and put out a CD of the best versions of the new songs live ?!

Maybe play completely live in a room and record it like a gig in the studio ?

A lot of times - when you know the songs inside out - you improvise a bit and go a bit crazy . . Maybe they could record the new album that way. .

. . then the new songs will be part written / part inspiration. .

If they played thru the entire new album a couple of times a day for like 2 weeks - and picked the versions with the best energy and off-the-cuff moments.

I'm not sure how else you could record an album in a totally new way...

Any thoughts ?

[INB4 - Yeh It Cud Be Gud 4 a Chnage ololol]

Anguyen92 · « **Reply #204 on:** August 17, 2013, 09:57:31 AM »

^^ Somehow, I don't like the sound of this when anyone mentions the word "Ground-breaking" in a rock world where there's not too much to break anymore.

But, at always, there's always a lot of good faith involve if Dave Grohl involve heavily in this thing and this Foo Fighters album should be another good one. Is it going to be as good as Wasting Light, Coleur and the Shape, There's Nothing Left to Lose and In Your Honor (the electric side of it is a very good sleeper and underrated if you ask me)? Who knows.

The thing to guarantee on this next album is that there will prob. be a huge world tour in support of it, the album will go gold by the end of the 1st year, and that it is going to be a great album and that everyone will think Dave Grohl is a rock god (I'm not in disagreement with them, but it can get tiring to say that Dave Grohl is a god or something like that).

Kotowboy · « **Reply #205 on:** August 17, 2013, 12:07:51 PM »

I just can't think of how you would record an album in a way that's not been done before.

Mindflux · « **Reply #206 on:** August 17, 2013, 04:49:00 PM »

Quote from: Kotowboy on August 17, 2013, 12:07:51 PM

I just can't think of how you would record an album in a way that's not been done before.

They play everything backwards when recording but then flip it forward before mixing/mastering.

pain of occupation · « **Reply #207 on:** August 17, 2013, 04:53:46 PM »

he probs bought the recording equipment of some classic album from the 60s and thinks using it is somehow groundbreaking.

actually, kotowboy might be onto something.

WebRaider · « **Reply #208 on:** August 17, 2013, 05:17:39 PM »

The Black Crowes created their album "Before the Frost...Until the Freeze" in a very similar way. They recorded performances over a series of five nights at Levon Helm Studios. The double cd, while a studio album was put together through recordings of those performances live in front of the band's fans. They choose the versions they liked the best and then compiled the recordings for the record.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Before_the_Frost...Until_the_Freeze

LCArenas · « **Reply #209 on:** August 17, 2013, 06:05:18 PM »

The Foos are definitely one of the best mainstream rock bands out there, and one of the few mainstream modern rock bands I listen to frequently.

News: Video of online chat between fans and members of Dream Theater: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx8cLlXnHpA&feature=youtu.be (*no chickens were harmed during the filming of this chat)

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