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Is there a more sterile, generic, non-threatening band than Foo Fighters?
Posted on 2/5/16 at 8:58 am
Posted on 2/5/16 at 8:58 am
The mainstream media and Middle America have anointed Foo Fighters as The Rock Band to represent the whole genre. The only problem is, they are a boring outfit led by one of the biggest egomaniacs in the business.
Sonic Highways was nothing more than a self-indulgent puff piece thought up by Grohl so he could try and show that he's gritty and into to the roots of music. So he co-opts the actual musical history of various cities as a vehicle to push his shite music. And OMG, did you hear he played shows with a broken leg? You don't have to ask him, he'll tell you all about it.
It's time people started standing up and saying no more Wal-Mart rock. No more generic, forgettable slog. No more riding the coattails of musicians with actual talent.
Sonic Highways was nothing more than a self-indulgent puff piece thought up by Grohl so he could try and show that he's gritty and into to the roots of music. So he co-opts the actual musical history of various cities as a vehicle to push his shite music. And OMG, did you hear he played shows with a broken leg? You don't have to ask him, he'll tell you all about it.
It's time people started standing up and saying no more Wal-Mart rock. No more generic, forgettable slog. No more riding the coattails of musicians with actual talent.
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Posted on 2/5/16 at 8:59 am to Rickety Cricket
0.5/10
Posted on 2/5/16 at 9:06 am to AlxTgr
Just because he doesn't like your bland garbage doesn't mean he's trolling.
I agree with OP. I'll never understand why people that fancy themselves music fans actually like that stuff. I can't think of a more generic, uninteresting rock band outside of Nickleback. At least I can laugh at them.
I agree with OP. I'll never understand why people that fancy themselves music fans actually like that stuff. I can't think of a more generic, uninteresting rock band outside of Nickleback. At least I can laugh at them.
Posted on 2/5/16 at 9:12 am to Rickety Cricket
TAUK
WSMFP
WSMFP
Posted on 2/5/16 at 9:19 am to lsu2006
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Just because he doesn't like your bland garbage doesn't mean he's trolling.
you start off by being the rational/logical/sensible one...
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I'll never understand why people that fancy themselves music fans actually like that stuff.
then are flabbergasted that somebody's OPINION of something as unbelievably subjective as music is different than your own.
Interesting.
Posted on 2/5/16 at 9:21 am to Rickety Cricket
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The mainstream media and Middle America have anointed Foo Fighters as The Rock Band to represent the whole genre. The only problem is, they are a boring outfit led by one of the biggest egomaniacs in the business.
He got old. The music he makes/made (he's near 50 the best is behind him) has been mimicked for 20+ years.
The fact that it WAS alternative and is NOW main stream is something that lends itself to mockery. Just make sure not to miss the irony as you mock. That is if you are old enough to remember SubPop music on a cassette tape. At the time it was that, or metal (GnR or Metallica), or Color Me Bad.
Posted on 2/5/16 at 9:23 am to LSU alum wannabe
Nate Mendel sold his soul after Sunny Day Real Estate
Posted on 2/5/16 at 9:23 am to Rickety Cricket
Wow, frick off.
Posted on 2/5/16 at 9:32 am to Rickety Cricket
The Color and the Shape is really good. As far as bland mainstream rock goes, they are certainly better than Coldplay or Nickelback.
Posted on 2/5/16 at 9:33 am to Rickety Cricket
Have to agree. Never saw the appeal of Foo Fighters.
Though I love their cover of Baker Street.
Though I love their cover of Baker Street.
Posted on 2/5/16 at 9:38 am to Rickety Cricket
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Sonic Highways was nothing more than a self-indulgent puff piece thought up by Grohl so he could try and show that he's gritty and into to the roots of music. So he co-opts the actual musical history of various cities as a vehicle to push his shite music.
I find it funny that other than a few horns at the end, there is no discernible trace of the native music Grohl claimed to be paying tribute to in that entire album
Posted on 2/5/16 at 9:44 am to WG_Dawg
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then are flabbergasted that somebody's OPINION of something as unbelievably subjective as music is different than your own.
All I'm saying is that when people that purport to be huge music fans like Foo Fighters it kind of blows my mind. It's objectively generic and unimaginative music.
Posted on 2/5/16 at 9:45 am to Brosef Stalin
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they are certainly better than Coldplay
Posted on 2/5/16 at 9:48 am to Rickety Cricket
I just never found them interesting.
Posted on 2/5/16 at 9:49 am to WG_Dawg
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then are flabbergasted that somebody's OPINION of something as unbelievably subjective as music is different than your own.
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“And I don’t believe all music is okay. I don’t believe all music is good. I believe some music is bad for people to listen to. I think it makes their taste worse, I think it makes their lives worse, I think it makes them worse people.
“Some things you have to refuse, not because of other people’s image of you but because it will gradually erode you until you are making music that’s not good for people and you’re not challenging listeners and you’re not challenging yourself,” he continues. “I believe that, and I will always believe that if I have my way.” --- Jason Isbell on the topic of bad music
i wont say the foo fighters are the worst, but they are about as vanilla as it comes and their status as being the pinnacle of real rock n roll in this day and age has not been a great thing for rock being an edgy/dangerous/pushing the boundaries/interesting type of genre. they are about as safe as safe could be.
This post was edited on 2/5/16 at 9:51 am
Posted on 2/5/16 at 9:57 am to Rickety Cricket
The Foo Fighters have aged over the course of 20+ years, same as any other band would. Honestly, I relegated them to a distanced status back around "Learn To Fly", but I don't know what other direction they could have gone in. It was obvious then that they were just going to keep on getting more and more accessible.
It can be argued that it would be just as much a disservice to purposely make dissonant, artistically challenging music just to appeal to a more haughty audience even if that's not what they are truly inspired to do. That's real pretentiousness of the worst kind IMO. (Ref: Pearl Jam circa Vitalogy)
I know that the two early shows I saw were a perfect balance of "indie" style grittiness and tuneful firepower, not completely unlike Nirvana in the best aspects of that comparison. If I had a band and could project that, I would feel pretty damn good about it.
It can be argued that it would be just as much a disservice to purposely make dissonant, artistically challenging music just to appeal to a more haughty audience even if that's not what they are truly inspired to do. That's real pretentiousness of the worst kind IMO. (Ref: Pearl Jam circa Vitalogy)
I know that the two early shows I saw were a perfect balance of "indie" style grittiness and tuneful firepower, not completely unlike Nirvana in the best aspects of that comparison. If I had a band and could project that, I would feel pretty damn good about it.
Posted on 2/5/16 at 10:06 am to Rickety Cricket
The musical equivalent of Mitt Romney; bland, boring, vanilla, soul-less, and safe milquetoast. Grohl should have been the Nirvana member to die.
Posted on 2/5/16 at 10:09 am to lsu2006
quote:Just because you can't recognize a troll, doesn't mean it isn't there.
Just because he doesn't like your bland garbage doesn't mean he's trolling.
quote:because you have terrible taste and often come off as a total douchebag.
I'll never understand why people that fancy themselves music fans actually like that stuff.
Posted on 2/5/16 at 10:09 am to Rickety Cricket
Yes: U2, Dire Straights, Tom Petty, Foreigner, Vampire Weekend, Kings of Leon, Sting, i could go on...
Posted on 2/5/16 at 10:16 am to AlxTgr
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Just because you can't recognize a troll, doesn't mean it isn't there.
What leads you to believe it's a troll? He made nothing but valid points. It's bland, unimaginative garbage and Grohl sniffs his own farts.
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because you have terrible taste
Says the Foo Fighters apologist
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and often come off as a total douchebag.
This post was edited on 2/5/16 at 10:17 am
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