Wednesday, July 18, 2018

What Year is This Anyway?

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.

12 comments:

buzzbabyjesus said...

Drum solo? Really?

steve simels said...

On a drum riser that rose. I kid you not.

Gummo said...

How Carl Palmer of him!

BG said...

I felt like they were pandering to their fans ... one rock & roll cliché after another.

pete said...

I guess one man's cliche is another man's historical recreation.

steve simels said...

Yup.

M_Sharp said...

The video looks like they've been watching too many videos. I'm not a robot.

Steve S. said...

And this just got published: Foo Fighters Are Classic Rock Now
http://www.vulture.com/2018/07/foo-fighters-are-classic-rock-now.html

FD13NYC said...

Never much of a Foo Fighters fan myself, I like 3-4 songs at best.
The Struts on the other hand are not bad, I like their song formula.

Frito Bandito said...

All that and no Cowbell???

Mark said...

Dig that hair on James Mangrum! An exhausting two-minute search on Google Images reveals the same Mangrum today at 70.

Alzo said...

Friends don't let friends endure drum solos. Not 10-minute ones, anyway. This is mucho preferablo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea843FEdAIU