REVIEWS
On Friday, August 7th, the Foo Fighters and Green Day were the featured bands on the
weekly HBO concert show called REVERB. Until seeing them on Friday, I didn't know that
Franz got rid of his bleached hair! But anyway, Dave would be in the middle of a song and
during the pause, he'd say "Thanks dude" or "hey!" and people were
throwing shoes instead of the favorite mentos. So when the camera paned out, you could see
shoes covering the stage. At one point of their set, some dude threw a Frisbee at Franz
and he was right in the middle of playing. But he stopped, picked up the Frisbee and threw
it back into the crowd, and continued to play. Dave then said "This next song is
dedicated to everyone who made us big" and the Foos started playing This is a Call.
While they were playing either For All the Cows or Enough Space, Tre Cool of Green Day and
two other dudes came out with an ice cream cart and started throwing ice cream sandwiches
at the crowd. Then Tre went over to Taylor, told him something, and then wrote a message
on one of his drums. When they were all done, Taylor started throwing his drums and
stomping on them and then left the stage. During Green Day's set, Billie Joe asked the
people if anyone knew how to play the guitar. He then said, and I do quote, "Does
Dave Grohl knows how to, oh wait, he's a drummer!" and shrugged. But all in all the
whole concert was really good and I can't wait until the Foos come to LA.
Foo Fighters
Its all-in-all a good album, but the songs can be confusing. So instead of listening to
the lyrics, you find your self listening more to the music than the lyrics. And to make it
even more frustrating to those who like to sing along with the songs, there are no lyrics
printed in the booklet! But you have to remember that Dave Grohl had made up basically the
whole band, with Pat Smear, Nate Mendel, and William Goldsmith coming later. And for a
nearly solo effort, the first Foo Fighters CD is good, but not the best. And if you listen
closely, you can hear some bars from other songs borrowed. I do like it, but then again,
I'd love anything that the Foo Fighters do.
The Colour and the
Shape
I remember wanting this CD when I first heard Monkey Wrench. In short, this album is the
best!!! The songs are more lyrically friendly. On this album, Dave had alittle more help
and it was more of a group project, rather than a solo effort. But, Will Goldsmith (the
old drummer)left the band before the album was done, lending his drumming to Doll and the
slow part of Up in Arms. But that didn't keep them down. Dave sang, drummed, and played
the guitar(when he could). But through all this, they made it. And made a damn fine record
at the same time. So, basically, its an extremely good CD and one of four of the best CDs
that I own (the other three being Nimrod {Green Day}, The City of Angels sound track, and
the Godzilla sound track).
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