Foo Fighters

Furious-Red · 29-10-2014 9:48pm

Have to say both songs have grown on me and i think after watching the first 2 episodes of Sonic Highways helped me like them more

Furious-Red · 30-10-2014 12:03pm

Foo Fighters and Rise Against to tour Australia and New Zealand

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Feb. 18 -- Christchurch, AMI Stadium
Feb. 21 -- Auckland, Mt. Smart Stadium
Feb. 24 -- Brisbane, Suncorp Stadium
Feb. 26 -- Sydney, ANZ Stadium
Feb. 28 -- Melbourne | Etihad Stadium
March 2 -- Hobart, Derwent Entertainment Centre
March 4 -- Adelaide, Coopers Stadium
March 7 -- Perth, nib Stadium

Lithium93_ · 31-10-2014 2:16am

Dave Grohl's already looking ahead to the Sonic Highways follow up
http://loudwire.com/foo-fighters-dave-grohl-sonic-highways-follow-up/

Wait until you see what we’re doing for the next record That’s some ****ed up ****t. I already know what we’re doing for that, and it makes this look like ****ing kindergarten.

Also a 31 second preview of Congregation

Sinister Kid · 31-10-2014 9:51am

I was expecting so much more but I found with some of their songs over the years that they are growers... There is a few I wouldn't have been crazy on at first but now I love....

Lithium93_ · 31-10-2014 12:57pm

3rd song released from Sonic Highways

Mushy · 31-10-2014 1:31pm

Better than the last effort, tis alright!

Lithium93_ · 31-10-2014 5:58pm

The Foo's Invictus Games closing set

All My Life
Times Like These
The Pretender
Learn To Fly
My Hero
Dave Addresses The Crowd/White Limo
Arlandria
Dave Introduces The Band
Cold Day In The Sun
Walk
Dave Being Dave, Telling Stories, Taking T Shirts etc.
Best Of You
Saying Goodbye, Thanking Everyone
Everlong

colmufc · 31-10-2014 6:11pm

Lithium93_ wrote: »

The Foo's Invictus Games closing set

All My Life
Times Like These
The Pretender
Learn To Fly
My Hero
Dave Addresses The Crowd/White Limo
Arlandria
Dave Introduces The Band
Cold Day In The Sun
Walk
Dave Being Dave, Telling Stories, Taking T Shirts etc.
Best Of You
Saying Goodbye, Thanking Everyone
Everlong

completely forgot about that show looks good

jack presley · 01-11-2014 4:06pm

Lithium93_ wrote: »

3rd song released from Sonic Highways

Probably the best of the 3 so far but still no White Limo.

jack presley · 02-11-2014 6:13pm

Episode 3 up on BBC iPlayer. It does require a VPN to watch.

MadYaker · 03-11-2014 3:52pm

Those 2 songs sound exactly like every other Foo Fighters song I've ever heard.

RayCon · 04-11-2014 1:25pm

that 3rd song , Congregation, has a slight Thin Lizzy feel on the chorus. Not bad ..... it's harmless.

AllGunsBlazing · 04-11-2014 7:13pm

RayCon wrote: »

that 3rd song , Congregation, has a slight Thin Lizzy feel on the chorus. Not bad ..... it's harmless.

That pretty much sums up the Foos nowadays.

Between this documentary and the recent 'Sound City', it seems like Grohl is desperately searching for a spark of inspiration and decided it may be found in his own past. If these three songs are anything to go by, he's running on empty.

Mushy · 04-11-2014 9:48pm

Playing a big show on July 4th in washington DC, so expect the European run to be pre-July, what with German shows announced.

Furious-Red · 06-11-2014 7:41pm

Dave Grohl has said that he is open to the idea of Foo Fighters headlining Glastonbury 2015 – and Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis says the band are "overdue" an appearance.

Speaking to NME for a major feature in this week's issue, which is on newsstands and available digitally now, Grohl is asked if he is keen to headline the Worthy Farm festival for the first time.

"I mean, it's an iconic festival," the frontman replies. "I just tell everyone if they need a band, we're pretty good. They should give us a call. See what happens."

Asked to respond to the quotes Emily Eavis told NME: "We'd love to have the Foo Fighters back at Glastonbury and they haven't played since 1998 so its well overdue! We'll have to see..."

At the moment Foo Fighters are one of the bookmakers favourites to headline the festival. Other rumoured names for 2015 have included Fleetwood Mac, Muse and AC/DC.

Earlier this week it was reported that Grohl does not approve of bands revisiting old albums on their anniversary and admitted that he considered re-recording Foo Fighters' debut album to "piss people off".

Foo Fighters' eighth album, 'Sonic Highways', will be released on November 10. As previously revealed to NME, Eagles' Joe Walsh, Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard and Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen are among the guests who feature on the record.

Sonic Highways, the documentary which takes viewers behind the scenes as Foo Fighters record their new album in different studios around America, began airing in the UK on October 26. The eight-episode series is being split between BBC Four and BBC iPlayer, with episodes three to six available exclusively online. The final two episodes will be shown on BBC Four.

Meanwhile, drummer Taylor Hawkins has revealed that he thinks new album 'Sonic Highways' is as close to being perfect as the band could have possibly made it.

Speaking to NME about the album, which is released on November 10, in the video below, Hawkins says: "We like the way our band sounds, naturally. I want drums to sound like drums, as opposed to a drum machine. We kept it as humanly perfect as possible but nothing more. It's as perfect as we can be, which is not perfect."

Read more at http://www.nme.com/news/foo-fighters/80908#uBhEAl2wO1W26GqV.99

Wrongway1985 · 06-11-2014 9:09pm

Mushy wrote: »

Playing a big show on July 4th in washington DC, so expect the European run to be pre-July, what with German shows announced.

The usual weekend of Rock Werchter which moved playing that I imagine for sure.

jack presley · 07-11-2014 12:50am

Really enjoyed that Nashville episode. Maybe it's old age kicking in but I find myself listening to more country and folky kind of stuff these days and there was some great stuff in this.

jack presley · 07-11-2014 2:02pm

Fourth song ain't too good either unfortunately

Mushy · 07-11-2014 4:50pm

Big steaming pile of meh!

Lithium93_ · 07-11-2014 5:05pm

Foo Fighters should've have followed Machine Head's lead, by putting the whole album up on their YOUTUBE channel, instead of releasing the songs online one by one.

jack presley · 07-11-2014 5:17pm

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Foo Fighters should've have followed Machine Head's lead, by putting the whole album up on their YOUTUBE channel, instead of releasing the songs online one by one.

I'd love to have the will power to avoid listening to songs bands stream on their website or put up on youtube prior to an album's release. Remember the excitement of putting on a CD (or tape/vinyl if we go back far enough!) and listening an album in full for the first time after rushing home from the shop?

Mushy · 07-11-2014 5:22pm

jack presley wrote: »

I'd love to have the will power to avoid listening to songs bands stream on their website or put up on youtube prior to an album's release. Remember the excitement of putting on a CD (or tape/vinyl if we go back far enough!) and listening an album in full for the first time after rushing home from the shop?

Then you're in a St Anger situation where its so bad you never want to play it again.

jack presley · 07-11-2014 5:23pm

Mushy wrote: »

Then you're in a St Anger situation where its so bad you never want to play it again.

True. The excitement would still be there though but I remember on that occasion, my feelings turning to shock, disappointment and frustration.

Lithium93_ · 07-11-2014 5:27pm

There's nothing more exciting than buying & then rushing home to listen to a new album without checking it out on YOUTUBE or Spotify first, that kinda spoils the experience of buying music (yes i still buy music), I remember the first time i heard *GN'R's Appetite For Destruction on tape*, words alone couldn't describe that experience - It's an experience that has stuck with me to this day.

*yes i am old enough to remember the pains of music on tape

TL;DR I'll always buy my music as long as cd's are still around.

jack presley · 07-11-2014 5:30pm

Lithium93_ wrote: »

There's nothing more exciting than buying & then rushing home to listen to a new album without checking it out on YOUTUBE or Spotify first, that kinda spoils the experience of buying music (yes i still buy music), I remember the first time i heard *GN'R's Appetite For Destruction on tape*, words alone couldn't describe that experience - It's an experience that has stuck with me to this day.

*yes i am old enough to remember the pains of music on tape

TL;DR I'll always buy my music as long as cd's are still around.

Don't want to sidetrack a FF thread and go way off point here but I'm from that generation too and the worst kind of albums on tape were the ones where side 1 was considerably different in length than side 2 so you couldn't just flip over the tape and start the other side immediately. Iron Maiden's SSoaSS was terrible for this.

Lithium93_ · 07-11-2014 6:47pm

jack presley wrote: »

Fourth song ain't too good either unfortunately

Am i the only one hearing a nod to Lynyrd Skynyrd's Sweet Home Alabama 42 seconds in

seachto7 · 07-11-2014 7:04pm

Seems like the Foo Fighters want to sound like Tom Petty or the Black Crowes now.

Penfailed · 07-11-2014 10:01pm

Got the new album today

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jack presley · 07-11-2014 10:10pm

Are songs 5-8 any improvement on 1-4?

Penfailed · 07-11-2014 10:13pm

jack presley wrote: »

Are songs 5-8 any improvement on 1-4?

I need to give it a few more listens. It's a bit 'paint-by-numbers' Foos to me so far...

colmufc · 07-11-2014 11:52pm

So is it out in ireland today then I know the release date is Tuesday but we always get albums on the Friday , just wondering if it's for sale Il be getting it tomorrow

Furious-Red · 07-11-2014 11:55pm

I pre-ordered mine so prob wont get it till next week :mad:

Wrongway1985 · 08-11-2014 12:15am

Furious-Red wrote: »

I pre-ordered mine so prob wont get it till next week :mad:

Amazon? Thats what I did anyway

Furious-Red · 08-11-2014 2:04am

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

Amazon? Thats what I did anyway

I ordered it of the Foo's site

Penfailed · 08-11-2014 2:26am

colmufc wrote: »

So is it out in ireland today then I know the release date is Tuesday but we always get albums on the Friday , just wondering if it's for sale Il be getting it tomorrow

The release date is Monday. I called in at my local music shop. They get their new releases delivered on a Friday and put them straight on the shelves

colmufc · 08-11-2014 10:39am

Penfailed wrote: »

The release date is Monday. I called in at my local music shop. They get their new releases delivered on a Friday and put them straight on the shelves

well that's the thing I'm wondering according to hmv.ie it's Monday yyet albums are released here on Friday England on Monday and in the states on tuTuesday , so I don't really want to make a 50min round trip just to find out its not there

colmufc · 08-11-2014 1:43pm

colmufc wrote: »

well that's the thing I'm wondering according to hmv.ie it's Monday yyet albums are released here on Friday England on Monday and in the states on tuTuesday , so I don't really want to make a 50min round trip just to find out its not there

just found out its not available in hmv until Monday , thank god I'm off get some xmas shopping done and get the new record

Lithium93_ · 08-11-2014 1:48pm

Forgot to confirm my pre-order for Sonic Highways bundle on the Foo's website, looks like i'm gonna have to pick up Sonic Highways on Monday when i venture up to dublin.

Lithium93_ · 08-11-2014 5:34pm

Sonic Highways being streamed by The Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/11/07/foo-fighters-dave-grohl-album-stream-sonic-highways_n_6123984.html?1415436159

Royale with Cheese · 08-11-2014 7:14pm

Listened to all 4 there. Kinda like the first one, accusations of plagiarism aside. They get progressively worse from there. The fourth can only be described as ****ing brutal tripe.

Went back and listened to one by one there. I was a huge fan around the time that came out and remember being fairly disappointed by it in the end. But judging now its ten times better than this stuff. Wasting Light I thought actually had its moments but the latest stuff sounds pretty poor.

Wrongway1985 · 10-11-2014 1:45am

Hmmmmmm how do I describe this; think I'll make it clear that I am a fan first off in case people think I'm slating the band for the sake of it.

Heard an interview recently about Dave Grohl not liking the idea of bands playing albums in full now I'm not keen on it either there can be exceptions to a certain extent obviously.

That got me thinking I have an idea why he'd think this, some might disagree obvs but the band actually doesn't have a classic album really you know an album you'd love to hear the lesser played tracks played too I think Colour and the shape comes close and IMO Wasting Light I'd go for. Foos thrive on a spread from their catalog which can be a good thing I guess.

I don't usually have expectations when a band is around as long as the Foo's but off the strength of the last album unfortunately I did, all I can say is having listened a few times tis borderline scutter, heard good things about the TV show but the stuff here elements of decent stuff but pure bland overall.Think its lucky in some ways twas only 8 tracks long which from the offset looked a bad thing.

Having said that this blip we'll call it won't put me off going to see them since I never have.

Penfailed · 10-11-2014 9:44pm

Here's all 147 official Foo Fighters tunes ranked -

http://www.spin.com/articles/foo-fighters-every-song-ranked-sonic-highways/?utm_source=spinfacebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=spinfacebook

Only two tunes from the new album make the top 50. I know lists like this are only opinion...I'd change a few around...but only a few positions either way.

seamus · 11-11-2014 10:46am

Good list alright. I'd probably put February Stars in at number two, and New Way Home in at 3, but it's all personal preference innit. TCATS was an epic album.

It does say a lot about their consistency when you see how many of the top 20/25 come from their last two albums before Sonic Highways.

jack presley · 11-11-2014 7:23pm

Penfailed wrote: »

Here's all 147 official Foo Fighters tunes ranked -

http://www.spin.com/articles/foo-fighters-every-song-ranked-sonic-highways/?utm_source=spinfacebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=spinfacebook

Only two tunes from the new album make the top 50. I know lists like this are only opinion...I change a few around...but only a few positions either way.

You're right about it being only opinion as my list would look nothing like that. How is Baker Street not last? I also really love Spill yet he has it at 140. And Wattershed only 139?

Wrongway1985 · 12-11-2014 5:19pm

Confirmed by Dave Grohl on 2fm, Slane May 30th

colmufc · 12-11-2014 5:22pm

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

Confirmed by Dave Grohl on 2fm, Slane May 30th[/

yayayayayayayayayayayayayayaya

Reiketsu · 12-11-2014 5:27pm

Ahhhh class

Zwillinge · 12-11-2014 5:44pm

That'll be a fun Saturday

:D

Dermighty · 12-11-2014 5:53pm

"What did I do?" is terrible!!!!!!!

I think the modern Foo Fighters sound a lot like Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.

Welsh Megaman · 12-11-2014 8:01pm

Dave Grohl on 'The One Show' right now!

Foo Fighters

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