[kj] RE: Foos, Nirvana, whatever

[Rob Martin]

Leigh & Ade
Thanks for the replies.

Leigh
I can't argue with your expressed views. Each to their own and all that
stuff.
I confess here and now that I've only got into the Foos in the last year or
so - I'd been resisting, for some reason, for many years but finally caved
in to pressure.
I ignorantly just presumed they were some tin-pot American punk-wannabe
band.
Guess I got it very wrong and I'm now very pissed off with myself that I've
missed out on the first 9 years or so of Foos music.
I've quickly come to realise that it is exactly the kind of music I love
most - loud emotion-filled vocals, loads of drums, guitaring etc.
So for me it is all relatively new and fresh, whereas you have been able to
get bored with it and move on.
OK - I have to agree with Ade about 'Resolve' and 'Best of you' on the
latest album but the rest of Disk 1 is outstanding (IMHO).
Ade, there may be another option - maybe Dave G wrote those songs in a
love-fuelled haze and didn't write them in a cynical rock-cliche manner.
Whatever - I'm not going to let 2 songs put me off the rest of his output.
I love the album he made with QotSA too - Music for the deaf.


Regards
Rob Martin


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Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 01:03:03 -0800 (PST)
From: Leigh Newton <angrytomhanks at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [kj] RE: Foos, Nirvana, whatever
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Just seems like they were a lot higher profile back in
the day. Their last couple of albums came out to
little or no fanfare. I don't deny that they've got
loads of fans who'll come to their shows. But i think
they were definately more popular, as in being
ingrained into the collective unconscious of the
general public (Big Me and the Mentos video and all
that) and not just specifically Foo Fighters fans
circa their first 2 albums. It was more a sign of the
times than anything else. That kind of music is
nowhere near hip anymore. Anyways, that's got nothing
to do with the quality of the music. I think the first
album is pretty great, the 2nd one has a few great
moments, and it all sucks after that. There's a track
on the King Buzzo solo album (with the Kiss style
cover art) called Skeeter that's all Grohl, vocals and
instrumentation. It's pretty great. Pretty heavy.

Leigh

--- Rob Martin <robmartin at bluebottle.com> wrote:

> Leigh
> How can you say they were more popular then, when
> Dave Grohl admitted at
> Earls Court that they had to book such a venue
> because of the huge demand
> now?
> Admittedly there was a load of 14 year old girls
> there and I felt like a
> real old bloke for the first time at a gig.
> I went with my 17 year old son but wouldn't have
> looked out of place with my
> 13 year old daughter.
> There - that would possibly put even more people off
> them but I love his
> music and am not swayed by the fact it was not full
> of 30 - 40 year old
> punks, headbangers or whatever.
>
> Regards
>
> Rob Martin


Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 09:14:16 -0000
From: "Tim Bucknall" <tim.bucknall at btinternet.com>
Subject: Re: [kj] RE: Foos, Nirvana, whatever
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"
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rock cliche stuff- resolve, learn to fly, best of  you (imo)

btw, i like dave

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