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Foo Fighters "Wasting Light"

mustangcy said:
I LOVE the Foo's first 3 records...LOVE them. But I have a hard time with the band today. It seems to me like Dave is just trying way to hard to rock. Way to hard. Every other song has him screaming, every other song has that same chugging muted guitar riff...the same riffs I loved the first I heard them...when Helmet played them.

Don't get me wrong, I still love Dave and the Foo's simply because how could you not. It's just been discouraging to see that they've lost that melodic quality mixed with some harder stuff that they were so good at.

I'll give the new album a shot tonight but those songs they did on SNL did very little for me.
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did you forget about disc 2 of In Your Honor and the Skin and Bones album? also, Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace had quite a few quite songs, specifically Home with Dave playing the piano.
 
Yeah, they really branched out w/Disc 2 of In Your Honor, Skin & Bones (one of my favorite live albums, period), and parts of ESP&G. Wasting Light seems like a refocusing on "classic" Foo.
 
I love the FFs. Mark my words, Walk will be huge hit. Love that song. Bought the album (MP3) on Amazon last night for $9.99. Had been listening to it through their website for the week prior. Great album and look for to seeing them live in CB in May.
 
Bought the CD yesterday. I won't judge it completely until I've listened to it 3 times and I'm no there yet. An earlier poster shared my sentiments about Dave sometimes breaking into screams. I could live without that. Besides that, I've always liked the Foo sound. My favorite CD is There Is Nothing Left To Lose and my favorite song from all their albums is Aurora.
 
mustangcy said:
I LOVE the Foo's first 3 records...LOVE them. But I have a hard time with the band today. It seems to me like Dave is just trying way to hard to rock. Way to hard. Every other song has him screaming, every other song has that same chugging muted guitar riff...the same riffs I loved the first I heard them...when Helmet played them.

Don't get me wrong, I still love Dave and the Foo's simply because how could you not. It's just been discouraging to see that they've lost that melodic quality mixed with some harder stuff that they were so good at.

I'll give the new album a shot tonight but those songs they did on SNL did very little for me.
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See, and I think they've become a little formulaic. They're not pushing a ton of envelopes anymore - there are a mix of power ballads (that make them a ton of money) and then the screaming songs. I absolutely love Dave Grohl, but I don't think he's doing his best work with the Foo anymore.
 
Angie said:
See, and I think they've become a little formulaic. They're not pushing a ton of envelopes anymore - there are a mix of power ballads (that make them a ton of money) and then the screaming songs. I absolutely love Dave Grohl, but I don't think he's doing his best work with the Foo anymore.
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Okay

1. While they may be getting a little "same old same old" I do think this album has a little of everything that makes the Foo awesome. A little lighter on some, a little heavier on some (even with the screaming) and a nice switch up on some (like I Should Have Known with the strings and growling bass, which is my current fave).

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2. Get in line, sister, dirty Dave is mine. All mine.
 
MoreCowbell said:
Okay

1. While they may be getting a little "same old same old" I do think this album has a little of everything that makes the Foo awesome. A little lighter on some, a little heavier on some (even with the screaming) and a nice switch up on some (like I Should Have Known with the strings and growling bass, which is my current fave).

and
2. Get in line, sister, dirty Dave is mine. All mine.
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1. I'll have to give this album a listen. I'd been burnt out lately, so this should re-spark my interest. I always trust MoreCowbell! :wink:

2. I WILL WRESTLE YOU! :wink:
 
Something else I thought of while I was listening to the album again, while they may not be pushing things lyrically or musically like they have before, they pushed the envelope in other ways - like recording the album entirely on tape in Dave's garage.

And Dave's still all mine.
 
MoreCowbell said:
Something else I thought of while I was listening to the album again, while they may not be pushing things lyrically or musically like they have before, they pushed the envelope in other ways - like recording the album entirely on tape in Dave's garage.

And Dave's still all mine.
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I'm good with any innovation! For a while, I kind of felt like the Foo Fighters were the macaroni and cheese of Dave Grohl's music - good and safe, but not the best thing you could do with his noodle. (I'm not sure that analogy is entirely clean.)
 
Angie said:
I'm good with any innovation! For a while, I kind of felt like the Foo Fighters were the macaroni and cheese of Dave Grohl's music - good and safe, but not the best thing you could do with his noodle. (I'm not sure that analogy is entirely clean.)
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I don't think he would entirely disagree with you either. On the Back and Forth documentary, he even said there was a time where he wasn't feeling the creative outlet with FF as he was with other bands he was a part of (namely QOTSA).

(I was going to say something about how there are plenty of things I can think of to do with his noodle but that's not entirely appropriate for CF before 9am.)
 
MoreCowbell said:
I don't think he would entirely disagree with you either. On the Back and Forth documentary, he even said there was a time where he wasn't feeling the creative outlet with FF as he was with other bands he was a part of (namely QOTSA).

(I was going to say something about how there are plenty of things I can think of to do with his noodle but that's not entirely appropriate for CF before 9am.)
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My analogy definitely lends itself to a later-night crowd. :wink:

I didn't even know that he'd said that! Even with Tenacious D, etc., he's been a little zanier. I have to admit, I love him best on drums.
 
Dave Grohl is one of the best drummers around, IMO. Maybe not in terms of technical skill, but just in pure awesomeness. Behold:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrA2KLtAn1A&feature=related]YouTube - Queens of the Stone Age - A Song For The Dead (Album)[/ame]
 
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dmb341 said:
AOL Music
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I had no idea AOL was still around.

Bought the album last night from Amazon and got the free upgrade to 20GB in the Cloud Player. Pretty awesome deal. Uploading 20Gig of my music (not nearly all of it but it'll do for now). Now I can play most of my music anywhere I am from my phone or a browser. With that and Slacker I'll never be without music:)

As for Wasting Light: first time through, not that impressed. Second time, liking it more. On my third time now. We'll see.
 
1100011CS said:
I had no idea AOL was still around.

Bought the album last night from Amazon and got the free upgrade to 20GB in the Cloud Player. Pretty awesome deal. Uploading 20Gig of my music (not nearly all of it but it'll do for now). Now I can play most of my music anywhere I am from my phone or a browser. With that and Slacker I'll never be without music:)

As for Wasting Light: first time through, not that impressed. Second time, liking it more. On my third time now. We'll see.
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sounds like when i listened to it. First time i wasn't really that impressed. by the 3rd or 4th time i was rocking out at my desk lol.
 
I listened through it once and it didn't blow my mind. It was solid and there was a lot to like, I'm just not as impressed as I was with 90s Foo.

On the other hand, I think it is an improvement over some of their more recent albums.

I am trying to convince my wife that we should go to Council Bluffs for the concert on May 23rd. Unfortunately it's a Monday and we'd have to find someone to watch the kids.
 
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