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How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

2. "I'll Stick Around" (1995)

1 votes

1. "This Is a Call" (1995)

2 votes

3. "Big Me" (1996)

3 votes

4. "Monkey Wrench" (1997)

1 votes

5. "Everlong" (1997)

3 votes

6. "My Hero" (1998)

1 votes

7. "Walking After You" (1998)

1 votes

8. Other (sticking to their first two albums and any loose singles from the pre-[i:2vp3nzv0]Nothing Left[/i:2vp3nzv0] period)

1 votes

Edgy MD Jul 15 2015 11:34 AM

You're on a desert island. You have provisions and shelter, but the place is literally crawling with Foo. Pick one of these early Foo Fighters tracks (1995–1998) to help keep you safe. 1. "This Is a Call" (1995) [youtube]pYb5WQAiOqc[/youtube] 2. "I'll Stick Around" (1995) [youtube]X_rTTsZZ9KE[/youtube] 3. "Big Me" (1996) [youtube]pLdJQFTnZfA[/youtube] 4. "Monkey Wrench" (1997) [youtube]4BvlB_LrfkI[/youtube] 5. "Everlong" (1997) [youtube]eBG7P-K-r1Y[/youtube] 6. "My Hero" (1998) [youtube]EqWRaAF6_WY[/youtube] 7. "Walking After You" (1998) [youtube]TNwkN9vrUYY[/youtube] 8. Other (pre-There Is Nothing Left to Lose)

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 15 2015 12:13 PM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

It's between "Call" and "Everlong" for me. Anyone who votes "Hero" deserves a punch in the junk.

TransMonk Jul 15 2015 12:18 PM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: It's between "Call" and "Everlong" for me. Anyone who votes "Hero" deserves a punch in the junk. This. Exactly. Landed on "Call" as the final answer.

Edgy MD Jul 15 2015 12:22 PM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

I have a problem, and that problem is stupid post-sixties, sixties-referencing jangle pop. I can go 18 months without hearing "Big Me," and then I hear it once and I'm singing it for two weeks. It's got harmonies, it's got that jangle, and it could be the Jayhawks or the Gin Blossoms, only it's not as sad. So I voted "Big Me." The thing about "Hero" is, well, anybody who resents the Foos for not taking up the Nirvana mantle in earnest, this is what they sound like when they try and make a Nirvana song — a bar band overwroughtly messing up "In Bloom."

d'Kong76 Jul 15 2015 12:32 PM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

I having forum vuja de, love Everlong.

Ashie62 Jul 15 2015 03:48 PM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

None. I cannot separate Grohl from Cobain.

Edgy MD Jul 15 2015 04:31 PM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

Three votes is terrible. Terrible.

d'Kong76 Jul 15 2015 04:42 PM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

Maybe everyone is at a giant CPFoo tailgate at Citi and we weren't invited!

TransMonk Jul 15 2015 05:18 PM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

I'm not a HUGE Foo Fighters fan, but IMO, Grohl is the best ambassador of rock there has been in the post grunge era. It's not just his songs (which I won't turn off once their on, but I typically won't turn up either), but also his attitude and enthusiasm towards bringing music to his fans. He makes documentaries showing the historical relevance of obsolete recording studios, he plays in side projects, he still pays homage to his punk days and - while I don't go gaga over the Foo's songs - I'm sure they put on a stellar show every night. I mean, the dude could have postponed these tour dates while mending his broken leg, but he's playing the gigs instead. That's rock 'n' roll to me. I guess I'm the opposite of Ashie...I have to really think about it before I remember that he was the drummer in Nirvana.

d'Kong76 Jul 15 2015 05:36 PM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

I'm not an avid follower of much more than the Mets and certainly not the Foos, but I think they're pretty cool. I saw two things recently on that music station on the TV with Grohl and they were both a lot of fun. One was a mostly slowed down vocally version of Everlong with him alone and then joining the band for a crescendoesque-hit-ya-over-the head ending. The other, might have been the same show, the band was joined by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant and he got behind the drum set and they did Rock 'n Roll. He was like a kid in a candy store and afterwards when they were taking a bow he told the audience, "welcome to the best day of my life!" Seemed like he was sincere. I think he's one of the good guys. Kurt Cobain was kind of a dick. Really don't get Ashie's take.

Ashie62 Jul 15 2015 06:30 PM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

TransMonk wrote: I'm not a HUGE Foo Fighters fan, but IMO, Grohl is the best ambassador of rock there has been in the post grunge era. It's not just his songs (which I won't turn off once their on, but I typically won't turn up either), but also his attitude and enthusiasm towards bringing music to his fans. He makes documentaries showing the historical relevance of obsolete recording studios, he plays in side projects, he still pays homage to his punk days and - while I don't go gaga over the Foo's songs - I'm sure they put on a stellar show every night. I mean, the dude could have postponed these tour dates while mending his broken leg, but he's playing the gigs instead. That's rock 'n' roll to me. I guess I'm the opposite of Ashie...I have to really think about it before I remember that he was the drummer in Nirvana. Monk, I agree with all of the above. I loved him in Nirvana, Kinda like I love Bob Mould but my thoughts of him instantly goe to Husker Du as opposed to Sugar or Mould solo. I have little doubt the Grohl will the keeper of thr R&R Hall of Fame after Macca gives up the throne.

TransMonk Jul 15 2015 07:18 PM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

Ashie62 wrote: I loved him in Nirvana, Kinda like I love Bob Mould but my thoughts of him instantly goe to Husker Du as opposed to Sugar or Mould solo. I understand how you feel.

Edgy MD Jul 15 2015 07:41 PM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

I loved Hüsker Dü. Still dü, mostly, but in 1989, Bob Mould released Workbook and Grant Hart released Intolerance, and I cherish them each more than the whole Hüsker catalog. The world keeps turning, no matter how hard we try and stop it. My God, these are two staggering collections. Heartbroken and confessional and tormented and yearning for redemption, both of them. Who knew they had to split up to get the best of themselves out? [fimg=300]http://test.bobmould.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/bobmould-workbook-cover.jpeg[/fimg] [fimg=300]http://eil.com/images/main/Grant-Hart-Intolerance-466227.jpg[/fimg]

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 15 2015 08:37 PM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

Edgy MD wrote: Three votes is terrible. Terrible. I was deliberating. Plus, 4 votes in a DIMT is a lot these days.

Zvon Jul 15 2015 08:41 PM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

If I was going to play some Foo for a stranger as a prime example of their music I'd pick Everlong. But for this I'm going with Walking After You because I've performed & recorded that song.

Gwreck Jul 15 2015 09:27 PM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

Voted Monkey Wrench due to performance of it tonight. ("My Hero" was the crowd favorite.)

Frayed Knot Jul 15 2015 09:53 PM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 16 2015 06:40 AM

Ashie62 wrote: I have little doubt the Grohl will the keeper of thr R&R Hall of Fame after Macca gives up the throne. Who or what is 'Macca'? (not a wise ass question, am actually serious on this one) I've made some jokes here about Grohl recently being seemingly as camera hungry as either a Kardashian or NY Sen Chuck Schumer - but that's not necessarily a bad thing in his business. He's absolutely been a top-notch ambassador for R&R and there's nothing wrong with that even if he winds up looking self-promoting at the same time. He seems to love playing with and/or promoting everyone elsehe can as well -- When the fuck does RUSH get to be cool? he said upon their R&R HoF induction -- as opposed to being a snob for and/or against a particular style of rock. All that said, I agree with Monk/Kase on this. Grohl was a NIRVANA drummer (and only one of several in fact) who has made his biggest impact on music through his own band in the post-Nirvana world. I'm not up on the FF'ers but I certainly don't think he contributions ended with the death of Cobain.

TransMonk Jul 16 2015 06:30 AM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

Frayed Knot wrote: Who or what is 'Macca'? (not a wise ass question, am actually serious on this one)

seawolf17 Jul 16 2015 08:00 AM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

Frayed Knot wrote: He's absolutely been a top-notch ambassador for R&R and there's nothing wrong with that even if he winds up looking self-promoting at the same time. He seems to love playing with and/or promoting everyone elsehe can as well -- When the fuck does RUSH get to be cool? he said upon their R&R HoF induction -- as opposed to being a snob for and/or against a particular style of rock. All that said, I agree with Monk/Kase on this. Grohl was a NIRVANA drummer (and only one of several in fact) who has made his biggest impact on music through his own band in the post-Nirvana world. I'm not up on the FF'ers but I certainly don't think he contributions ended with the death of Cobain. Nirvana gave him his start, but he is, in my mind, the biggest rock star in America right now, and that has everything do with what he's done post-Cobain.

d'Kong76 Jul 16 2015 08:11 AM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

Something I didn't know until 2015: Wiki: Macca is a common nickname in some English speaking countries of Anglo-Saxon heritage (less commonly in Canada and the United States, where "Mac" is used) for somebody whose surname begins with the Gaelic prefix Mac or Mc (meaning "son of"). People frequently referred to as Macca include: Sir Paul McCartney, musician Chris McCormack (triathlete), professional triathlete, two time ironman world champion Amy Macdonald, singer Andrew McLeod, Australian rules footballer and two-time Norm Smith Medallist Steve McManaman, footballer sometimes also called 'El Macca' Stephen McPhail, footballer Gary McAllister, former footballer and manager Macbeth of Scotland, former Scottish king and Shakespearean tragic hero[dubious – discuss] Gary McSheffery, footballer Chris McCormack, Australian triathlete Michael "Macca" MacKenzie, a fictional recurring character on the Australian soap opera Home and Away Steve McMahon, former footballer Bruce McAvaney, Australian Sports Media Broadcaster Neil McKenzie, South African Cricketer Paul McNamee, Former Australian Tennis Player, now Sports Administrator Steve McNamara, British rugby league coach and former player Ian McNamara, Australian radio presenter, who hosts the ABC Local Radio program "Australia All Over" Lady Macca may refer to: Heather Mills, Sir Paul McCartney's second wife, (see, for example, Private Eye, 25 May 2006; London Evening Standard, 8 August 2006 - "Lady Macca's battle royal"), who was also referred to as Mucca (Sunday Times, 13 August 2006 - "Macca v Mucca: the hidden agenda"; London Lite, 25 January 2007 - "Lady Mucca meets Princess Michael) Lady Macbeth, the wife of Macbeth in Shakespeare's play[dubious – discuss]

Edgy MD Jul 16 2015 09:00 AM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

Macca was a name used for him in the post-Beatle years by the British press. It was used (mumbled) once or twice in Give My Regards to Broad Street, but as hard as that movie was to get through, the name certainly didn't catch on from there. But it gained an odd currency beyond page six in later years. Sort of like "Jacko" did for Michael Jackson. It kind of became a name used by people to look like they are in the know, which immediately and embarrassing revealed how not-in-the-know they are. But such people and this odd meant-for-British-tabloids usage became so ubiquitous, people who were in the know, and actually liked the Beatles, and were as puzzled as FK is when they first heard the name, found themselves begrudgingly using it, finding themselves outnumbered and outnumbed.

Mets – Willets Point Jul 16 2015 09:18 AM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

I'm not judging anyone's musical tastes, but this sounds like generic 90s background music to me. I went with "I'll Stick Around" because it has some bite.

Edgy MD Jul 16 2015 09:38 AM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

I've come to realize that I appreciate grunge-pop crossover more than grunge, and that the So, I Married an Axe Murderer soundtrack is more defective listening in most social (and indeed, a lot of private!) situations than In Utero. God bless you sellouts!

Mets – Willets Point Jul 16 2015 09:45 AM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

Edgy MD wrote: I've come to realize that I appreciate grunge-pop crossover more than grunge, and that the So, I Married an Axe Murderer soundtrack is more defective listening in most social (and indeed, a lot of private!) situations than In Utero. God bless you sellouts! Defective? Typo? Freudian slip?

Edgy MD Jul 16 2015 09:53 AM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

"Effective." Mistyped while foolishly typing and talking to my wife about a difficult subject at the same time (I have the day off) and hilariously corrected by my MacBook Idiot.

Mets – Willets Point Jul 16 2015 09:55 AM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

It was the 90's after all. If there wasn't something wrong with you, there was something wrong with you, so "defective" works.

cooby Jul 16 2015 09:59 AM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

I like jangly guitar too. But I must admit I am not at all familiar with Foo Fighters, mostly I suppose because my 90's era teenage kids were not into them (Niverna, yes) I kinda like this stuff though. I'm not not voting; it wouldn't be fair.

Frayed Knot Jul 16 2015 10:01 AM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

Never heard of the nickname Macca either generically or in relation to Sir Paul specifically.

Edgy MD Jul 16 2015 10:09 AM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

cooby wrote: I like jangly guitar too. But I must admit I am not at all familiar with Foo Fighters, mostly I suppose because my 90's era teenage kids were not into them (Niverna, yes) I kinda like this stuff though. I'm not not voting; it wouldn't be fair. The poll needs votes. Day trippers are welcome. I'm one myself. And the "Big Me" video is pretty durn funny.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 16 2015 10:09 AM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

cooby wrote: I like jangly guitar too. But I must admit I am not at all familiar with Foo Fighters, mostly I suppose because my 90's era teenage kids were not into them (Niverna, yes) I kinda like this stuff though. I'm not not voting; it wouldn't be fair. DIMT is not really a contest, all songs that get votes are winners (you get that song on your desert island walkman)

cooby Jul 16 2015 10:13 AM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

Oh yeah, that's right! Then I will! BTW Edgy, I misread your mistyped in previous comment as Misty ped. Couldn't figure that out

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 17 2015 09:17 AM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

TransMonk wrote: Ashie62 wrote: I loved him in Nirvana, Kinda like I love Bob Mould but my thoughts of him instantly goe to Husker Du as opposed to Sugar or Mould solo. I understand how you feel. I understand. But, yeah, Mould's a solo artist in my head. And, yeah, that's partly a function of my age when I first heard him, but even after examining the (excellent) Du catalog, it stands. Mould in Sugar/as a solo artist-- the Mould of "Poison Years" and "The Act We Act"-- is the path he chose/carved for himself once granted sufficient time/agency. Du was fiery, vivid... and formative, not formed. Similarly, Nirvana-- for which Grohl was essentially a teenage hired hand (albeit one who ended up contributing something unexpectedly essential to their sound)-- was more of a professional crucible for the guy than a finished output (hell, Probot is more reflective of his ethos, really). Blahblahblah. "Call" is cool, but "Everlong" is bursting with yearning, and wonder, and passion; sonically, it epitomizes the formula that feels a touch over-polished in later echoes like "Hero" and the like. It's beautiful as originally, album-release-constructed... and even more so deconstructed. Great Gondry video, too.

Edgy MD Jul 17 2015 03:21 PM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

Good points all around, especially with regards to Hüsker Dü.

Zvon Jul 17 2015 06:14 PM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Blahblahblah. "Call" is cool, but "Everlong" is bursting with yearning, and wonder, and passion; sonically, it epitomizes the formula that feels a touch over-polished in later echoes like "Hero" and the like. It's beautiful as originally, album-release-constructed... and even more so deconstructed. Great Gondry video, too. Extreeeeeeeeeeemely well said. On a side note I would have preferred all the studio versions of these songs. The Letterman performances are great, but have a different energy than the studio versions.

Edgy MD Jul 17 2015 07:30 PM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

That's a good point. But I trust the electorate to seek out the original if they're seriously considering a song but aren't sure. The other FF polls are mostly studioriffic.

TransMonk Jul 31 2015 01:30 PM Re: How Do You Fight Your Foo? PART I

How do Italians fight foo? http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/100 ... l-accepts/ [youtube:1359ta9q]JozAmXo2bDE[/youtube:1359ta9q] Pretty fuckin' cool.