Author Topic: The Foo Fighters Thread (Read 83470 times)

EPICVIEW · « **Reply #140 on:** May 23, 2011, 09:03:49 AM »

This CD is so strong. This is quality stuff

lucky7 · « **Reply #141 on:** May 23, 2011, 03:17:17 PM »

Great CD it is truly the album of the year for me at the moment, although I tend to skip White Limo maybe not as easy listening as the rest.

I saw the documentary at the movies the other week, the 3D studio run through was great, a couple of times I actually felt as if I was standing two feet from the band watching on.

It was on television the other night, without the bonus at the end I figure it will be included on the dvd release.

Dave Grohl really needs to write a book, I don't know about you guys but he could talk all day long and I would listen.

Hopefully they are back in Australia later this year.

Zydar · « **Reply #142 on:** May 24, 2011, 12:41:19 AM »

Quote from: lucky7 on May 23, 2011, 03:17:17 PM

Great CD it is truly the album of the year for me at the moment, although I tend to skip White Limo maybe not as easy listening as the rest.

I agree with this. Album of the year so far, and White Limo is the only "weak" track for me.

I haven't seen the documentary yet though.

fadetoblackdude7 · « **Reply #143 on:** May 24, 2011, 01:17:58 AM »

Quote from: Zydar on May 24, 2011, 12:41:19 AM

Quote from: lucky7 on May 23, 2011, 03:17:17 PM
Great CD it is truly the album of the year for me at the moment, although I tend to skip White Limo maybe not as easy listening as the rest.

I agree with this. Album of the year so far, and White Limo is the only "weak" track for me.

I haven't seen the documentary yet though.

The documentary is truly awesome, it starts at the end of the Nirvana days all the way to the recording of Wasting Light. Comes out on dvd on June 14th I believe.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #144 on:** May 24, 2011, 07:26:11 AM »

Quote from: Zydar on May 24, 2011, 12:41:19 AM

Quote from: lucky7 on May 23, 2011, 03:17:17 PM
Great CD it is truly the album of the year for me at the moment, although I tend to skip White Limo maybe not as easy listening as the rest.

I agree with this. Album of the year so far, and White Limo is the only "weak" track for me.

I haven't seen the documentary yet though.

Zy. It's a must. Saw it on VH1 Classic here in the states. Rent it if you can.

LTE3 · « **Reply #145 on:** May 24, 2011, 11:54:19 AM »

This is the first FF album I have ever purchased, and I am blown away. I am so impressed that even deep into the CD like songs 9,10, and 11 are so killer.

This sounds like a classic already.

contest_sanity · « **Reply #146 on:** June 18, 2011, 08:44:46 AM »

Finally got this the other day, and I am really enjoying it so far.

KevShmev · « **Reply #147 on:** June 18, 2011, 12:14:50 PM »

Yep, it is rock solid from start to finish. Hard to pick absolute favorites, but right now I'd go with Bridge Burning, These Days, Back & Forth and I Should Have Known.

Scard · « **Reply #148 on:** July 11, 2011, 01:38:48 PM »

Live show streaming on itunes in about 20 minutes if anyone is interested. (4PM EST)

antigoon · « **Reply #149 on:** July 11, 2011, 04:02:44 PM »

Late to the party but this record is a lot of fun. Bridge Burning

j · « **Reply #150 on:** July 11, 2011, 04:07:44 PM »

Watched the documentary the other day. Awesome.

-J

Scard · « **Reply #151 on:** July 11, 2011, 05:07:34 PM »

Called Lemmy out for a song, then Roger Taylor and Brian May from Queen all in one show! 3 hour set!

cyberdrummer · « **Reply #152 on:** July 13, 2011, 05:08:56 AM »

https://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2011/dave-grohl-throws-fan-out-of-foo-fighters-show

zerogravityfat · « **Reply #153 on:** July 13, 2011, 07:18:40 AM »

looks weirdly staged.

Zantera · « **Reply #154 on:** August 17, 2011, 05:50:33 AM »

Finally got around to hearing the new album.
It was a good and solid album, but nowhere near the quality of Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, which I don't think they'll ever be able to top. :/

wolfking · « **Reply #155 on:** August 17, 2011, 06:01:35 AM »

Quote from: Zantera on August 17, 2011, 05:50:33 AM

Finally got around to hearing the new album.
It was a good and solid album, but nowhere near the quality of Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, which I don't think they'll ever be able to top. :/

IMO, that's by far their worst album. Wasting Light is a huge step up.

Zantera · « **Reply #156 on:** August 17, 2011, 06:05:03 AM »

Yeah, I know I'm in the minority of loving ESPG as much as I do, but it has so many interesting songs.
Wasting Light was full of rockers, but not many memorable songs compared to earlier Foo Fighters-albums IMO, the only song that really peaked my interest was "I Should Have Known", because it had some interesting arrangements.
To me the album felt more like a "crank up the volume in mah car"-type of album, but not much more then that.

ESPG however has fantastic songs like The Pretender, Let It Die, Erase/Replace, Come Alive, and one of my favorites by the band - Summer's End.

Zydar · « **Reply #157 on:** August 17, 2011, 06:15:00 AM »

Wasting Light is probably their best one, IMHO. Walk, Rope, Arlandria, These Days, and Back & Forth are among their very best ever (especially Walk). The only weak track for me is White Limo.

Best album of 2011 so far, until September comes.

ariich · « **Reply #158 on:** August 17, 2011, 06:34:42 AM »

Wasting Light is probably my favourite Foos album, though maybe tied with Colour and the Shape.

RuRoRul · « **Reply #159 on:** August 17, 2011, 09:05:27 AM »

I also really loved Echoes Silence Patience & Grace. But I think Wasting Light is amazing, not sure if it's better or not, but I've been listening to it a lot recently. Walk, Bridge Burning, Dear Rosemary and Arlandria are my favourites. But The Pretender, Let It Die, Come Alive and others from the album before were brilliant too. Either way, probably the last two albums have been my favourite Foo Fighters ones, although I do really like The Colour And The Shape.

black_biff_stadler · « **Reply #160 on:** August 17, 2011, 09:19:07 AM »

Just stoppin by to say Exhausted is an excellent song to go to sleep to or to just enjoy in general.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #161 on:** August 17, 2011, 11:45:05 AM »

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

That's my current ranking.

TL · « **Reply #162 on:** August 17, 2011, 12:43:21 PM »

ESP&G was okay, but it's definitely at the bottom of my list for their albums. Wasting Light by contrast is definitely one of their stronger releases.

If I had to rank them right now, it would probably be;

The Color and the Shape / One By One
Wasting Light
Foo Fighters

In Your Honor

There Is Nothing Left To Lose/Echoes, Silence, Patience, and Grace

KevShmev · « **Reply #163 on:** August 17, 2011, 12:45:44 PM »

The last two and The Colour and the Shape are easily the best three, IMO. All of the others only have a few select tracks from each that I dig, but those best three are all consistently very good.

Scard · « **Reply #164 on:** August 17, 2011, 01:06:15 PM »

The Colour and the Shape
Wasting Light
Echoes Silence Patience and Grace
Foo Fighters
One by One
In Your Honor
There's Nothing Left to Love

ariich · « **Reply #165 on:** August 20, 2011, 03:43:20 AM »

1. Wasting Light/
1. The Color and the Shape
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3. There is Nothing Left to Lose
4. One By One
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5. Echoes Silence Patience and Grace
6. In Your Honor
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7. Foo Fighters

Zantera · « **Reply #166 on:** August 20, 2011, 03:57:05 AM »

I Haven't heard all, but I would rank the ones I know something like this:

1. Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace
--
2. The Color and the Shape
3. In Your Honor
--
4. Wasting Light

black_biff_stadler · « **Reply #167 on:** August 23, 2011, 05:56:56 PM »

Does anyone know why Wattershed (track 11 from the self-titled debut) is spelled with two "T"s. Strangely enough Foo Fighters toured with Mike Watt around this time so I wonder if the "Watt" part of the title is a sly nod to him.

Oh yeah, in a weird twist the Foo Fighters' website now has it spelled the proper way with just one "T".

KevShmev · « **Reply #168 on:** September 18, 2011, 09:21:35 AM »

Good concert last night. Just good.

The good:

-Great set list. Over half of the new album. and then the biggies from pretty much all of the other albums. I was happy, in particular, that they played I Should Have Known from the new record.
-As usual, Dave Grohl was entertaining as hell, as way Taylor Hawkins. Those guys bring as much energy to a rock show as anyone you will ever see.
-They played for three hours. For a show that long, you get your money's worth.

The bad:

-It was way too loud. That was easily one of the three loudest concerts I've ever been to. Even the opening acts were deafeningly loud. My ears are still ringing like crazy.
-Too many jams in too many songs, and always with the same format: stretch a well-written 4-minute song into a 8-minute concert one, by jamming on the main riff for extra few minutes, singing the chorus one extra time, teasing the crowd that the song is over, and then ending it with the main theme again. It was almost comical that they kept using that same formula in so many songs. It got a bit tedious after a while.
-They played for three hours. Considering many of their songs are pretty much the same type of song, they all started running together, especially given the above-mentioned jam format they kept using. Concerts that long usually only work if the band has a wide variety of types of songs that they play.

Overall, like I said, good show.

chknptpie · « **Reply #169 on:** October 17, 2011, 12:25:57 PM »

Quote from: KevShmev on September 18, 2011, 09:21:35 AM

Good concert last night. Just good.

The good:

-Great set list. Over half of the new album. and then the biggies from pretty much all of the other albums. I was happy, in particular, that they played I Should Have Known from the new record.
-As usual, Dave Grohl was entertaining as hell, as way Taylor Hawkins. Those guys bring as much energy to a rock show as anyone you will ever see.
-They played for three hours. For a show that long, you get your money's worth.

The bad:

-It was way too loud. That was easily one of the three loudest concerts I've ever been to. Even the opening acts were deafeningly loud. My ears are still ringing like crazy.
-Too many jams in too many songs, and always with the same format: stretch a well-written 4-minute song into a 8-minute concert one, by jamming on the main riff for extra few minutes, singing the chorus one extra time, teasing the crowd that the song is over, and then ending it with the main theme again. It was almost comical that they kept using that same formula in so many songs. It got a bit tedious after a while.
-They played for three hours. Considering many of their songs are pretty much the same type of song, they all started running together, especially given the above-mentioned jam format they kept using. Concerts that long usually only work if the band has a wide variety of types of songs that they play.

Overall, like I said, good show.

Last nights show can be summed by the post above. Excellent review!

Fantastic show, great selection of songs, Dave is such an amazing performer.

Definitely too loud, all 3 bands. Could have been the location of my seat, but sometimes it was hard to hear the vocals over the music.

antigoon · « **Reply #170 on:** October 17, 2011, 12:29:31 PM »

I really like the Foos, but I couldn't imagine a 3 hour show.

chknptpie · « **Reply #171 on:** October 17, 2011, 12:32:15 PM »

Surprisingly, it wasn't bad for 3 hours! They mixed it up pretty good, but could have had more songs with less "jams".

SPOILER BELOW... set list

Bridge Burning
Rope
The Pretender
My Hero
Learn to Fly
White Limo
Arlandria
Breakout
Cold Day in the Sun
Stacked Actors
Walk
Monkey Wrench
Let It Die
These Days
This is a Call
In the Flesh? (Pink Floyd cover)
All My Life

Encore:
Wheels (Dave Grohl acoustic solo)
Best of You (Dave Grohl acoustic solo)
Times Like These
Dear Rosemary
Breakdown (Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers cover)
Everlong

Zydar · « **Reply #172 on:** October 17, 2011, 12:33:37 PM »

Looks like a killer setlist!

chknptpie · « **Reply #173 on:** October 17, 2011, 12:39:06 PM »

Quote from: Zydar on October 17, 2011, 12:33:37 PM

Looks like a killer setlist!

Totally

Here is a really accurate review (set list also listed here)- https://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun/2011/10/foo_fighters_at_us_airways_cen.php

I really am surprised at how much energy the dude has. Truly a great concert experience.

antigoon · « **Reply #174 on:** October 17, 2011, 12:59:32 PM »

OK...that is a pretty sweet set.

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