http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0TrqXHoL10
Who’s in?
I’m kinda bummed that Philly / Sigma Sound didn’t make the cut; especially since this is where Young Americans was recorded, but in my mind Dave Grohl can do no wrong = there must have been a reason; probably nothing more than logistics
My wife is a long time Foo Fighter fanatic and was joking that she would have to go stand on a street corner with a sign that said something like will ‘Will work for Foo’ because we don’t have HBO! Fortunately I was able to upgrade online and take advantage of AT&T Uverse’s ‘X-months with 3-months free’ specials - just need to remember to cancel before the 90-day free preview period expires.
On a side note, I had an interesting conversation with a friend recently and we determined that the Foo Fighters are the last modern classic rock band.
By that I mean you can kind of trace the roots of classic rock from The Beatles through The Stones, ACDC, Guns and Roses, the whole grunge era, and to The Foo Fighters. Almost anything else that’s relevant today is largely punk based music (Green Day, Rise Against, etc.) or more artsy/electronic/Euro-rock sounding (Imagine Dragons, Muse, etc.).
I’m listening to the post-show concert from the Cubby Bear right now. I’m right there with you in thinking Dave Grohl can do no wrong. I think originally they had planned on doing more cities than the eight they ended up doing, but it became too hard logistically. I don’t see it as a snub. They didn’t do San Francisco or Boston either.
I’d argue Metallica are still around and are musically relevant. And they started way before the Foo Fighters.
Kind of ignoring the punk influence on grunge, eh?
Also ignoring lots and lots of other music being produced today, which I guess is pretty obvious. Black Keys, etc etc etc.
Well, starting before makes them an earlier band, not a later band, and metallica hasn’t ut out a “rock” album since 1997.
Don’t get me wrong, I love Metallica and agree that they are still relevant, but I would consider them to be a metal band. But if you want to count them, too, sure….ok. I think the point is there’s not a whole lot left. =)
Kind of ignoring the punk influence on grunge, eh?
Well, certainly on Dave
… get it?
Kind of ignoring the punk influence on grunge, eh?
Also ignoring lots and lots of other music being produced today, which I guess is pretty obvious. Black Keys, etc etc etc.
Scary thing is the Black Keys formed 13 years ago. Name a decent successful rock band (actual rock band along the lines of Foos, GNR, etc.) that started in the past 5 years and you might come up empty. I can’t think of any.
Kind of ignoring the punk influence on grunge, eh?
Yeah, I thought of that when I typed it. I always thought of grunge as a rock-punk hybrid. I think of the foo fighters as on the rock side of punk.
Also ignoring lots and lots of other music being produced today, which I guess is pretty obvious. Black Keys, etc etc etc.
You have a point, but I wouldn’t say “lots and lots,” but whatever……I just got out of a thread where we split hairs for days over who counted for what musically. I’m sure I can define the statement narrowly enough to make the foo fighters the only possible answer = )
“So who is the most foo fighterish band today? I say its the foo fighters!”
You have a point, but I wouldn’t say “lots and lots,” but whatever……I just got out of a thread where we split hairs for days over who counted for what musically. I’m sure I can define the statement narrowly enough to make the foo fighters the only possible answer = )
True. I think a lot of it has to do with how you defined classic rock as being traceable, ultimately, back to the Beatles. I don’t think about classic rock that way at all- I think if it as being traceable back to folk, and possibly blues.
I’m not much of a Beatles fan, so I’m not really up to date on rock acts today that count the Fab Four as progenitors. But Oasis? Coldplay?
Name a decent successful rock band (actual rock band along the lines of Foos, GNR, etc.) that started in the past 5 years and you might come up empty. I can’t think of any.
It’s like a faraway star … sometimes it takes the light a few years to reach us, before we know it’s there
The NEXT BIG THING could be gigging around right now, tolling around in a shitty van, 5 years after they got together, and we don’t know it yet
THIS IS WEIRD: I was skimming Wikipedia for bands formed in 2009
Out of OZ we have Yolanda Be Cool
From Canukistan we have Zed’s Dead
Hmmmm
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I’m not much of a Beatles fan, so I’m not really up to date on rock acts today that count the Fab Four as progenitors. But Oasis? Coldplay?
I think Pop bands today owe more to The Monkees than The Beatles
NTTAWWT
I consider ColdPlay still relevant and certainly traceable back to The Beatles, but not quite “rock” in the modern sense. More like Adult Contemporary (again, not meaning to split hairs….its just how I think of them).
Oasis? Are they still relevant?
Don’t get me wrong, I love Metallica and agree that they are still relevant
Metallica are sort of a cautionary tale now; that’s their relevance
http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/how-did-metallica-ever-survive-some-kind-of-monster-1603222314
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I consider ColdPlay still relevant and certainly traceable back to The Beatles, but not quite “rock” in the modern sense. More like Adult Contemporary (again, not meaning to split hairs….its just how I think of them).
Oasis? Are they still relevant?
Man, I appreciate your running knowledge and all, and you probably know a thing or two about drumming, but your musical ontologies are completely whack. Adult Contemporary? WTF is that supposed to mean? I mean, what band is sitting in their rehearsal space going “I think our next record should have a more Adult Contemporary feel”. No.
Adult Contemporary is a marketing term. Has got nothing to do with were bands trace their inspiration from.
I consider ColdPlay still relevant and certainly traceable back to The Beatles, but not quite “rock” in the modern sense. More like Adult Contemporary (again, not meaning to split hairs….its just how I think of them).
Coldplay traces back to more AOR acts like Chicago or America, maybe even The Eagles, where all the songs sound kinda the same, but with different words
Not a whole lot of challenge going on there; just do what works
I consider ColdPlay still relevant and certainly traceable back to The Beatles, but not quite “rock” in the modern sense. More like Adult Contemporary (again, not meaning to split hairs….its just how I think of them).
Oasis? Are they still relevant?
Man, I appreciate your running knowledge and all, and you probably know a thing or two about drumming, but your musical ontologies are completely whack. Adult Contemporary? WTF is that supposed to mean? I mean, what band is sitting in their rehearsal space going “I think our next record should have a more Adult Contemporary feel”. No.
Adult Contemporary is a marketing term. Has got nothing to do with were bands trace their inspiration from.
http://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary
Shake It Off - Taylor Swift
Shake It Off
Taylor Swift first gained recognition as a Country Pop supporting act for The Jonas Brothers; not bad for a chick from the suburbs of Philly
Maps - Maroon 5
Map
Maroon 5 used to be a Jamband http://archive.org/details/Maroon5
Story Of My Life - One Direction
Story of My Life
Yes, I had hoped this was a cover of SocialD by OneD but … They’re the newest Monkees
Not A Bad Thing- Justin Timberlake
The 20/20 Experience - 2 of 2
JT actually has some cred in our house
I consider ColdPlay still relevant and certainly traceable back to The Beatles, but not quite “rock” in the modern sense. More like Adult Contemporary
I hear you on that, but we the Beatles ever really “rock” in that sense?