Went to see the Foo Fighters at Madison Square Garden last night. I found it...a confusing experience.
For starters, opening act The Struts...
...seemed to be channeling the first Queen tour from 1974. (Later in the evening, BTW, the Struts' singer joined the Foos onstage for a spirited rendition of "Under Pressure.")
All well and good, but I drew the line at the usually estimable Taylor Hawkins' lengthy drum solo, which reminded of nothing so much as this.
Dave Grohl's truncated version of Billy Joel's "You May Be Right" also left me scratching my head.
I dunno -- I've been referring to Grohl and company as the Keepers of the Flame for a while now, but last night's show was a little too retro even for me.
Drum solo? Really?
ReplyDeleteOn a drum riser that rose. I kid you not.
ReplyDeleteHow Carl Palmer of him!
ReplyDeleteI felt like they were pandering to their fans ... one rock & roll cliché after another.
ReplyDeleteI guess one man's cliche is another man's historical recreation.
ReplyDeleteYup.
ReplyDeleteThe video looks like they've been watching too many videos. I'm not a robot.
ReplyDeleteAnd this just got published: Foo Fighters Are Classic Rock Now
ReplyDeletehttp://www.vulture.com/2018/07/foo-fighters-are-classic-rock-now.html
Never much of a Foo Fighters fan myself, I like 3-4 songs at best.
ReplyDeleteThe Struts on the other hand are not bad, I like their song formula.
All that and no Cowbell???
ReplyDeleteDig that hair on James Mangrum! An exhausting two-minute search on Google Images reveals the same Mangrum today at 70.
ReplyDeleteFriends don't let friends endure drum solos. Not 10-minute ones, anyway. This is mucho preferablo:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea843FEdAIU