Foo Fighters - Nissan Live Set

This Foo Fighters set is airing regularly on the MHD channel on TV, so I finally grabbed the audio. As is usually the case with shows that air on TV, the complete show didn't make the broadcast. So I had to capture a stream off the net to fill in the remaining tracks from the set. The audio quality isn't on par with the digital TV grab, but having the whole set makes it worthwhile. The set-closing rendition of "Home" off Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace is stellar.

Foo Fighters
Nissan Live Set

The Pretender
Long Road To Ruin
My Hero
Cheer Up Boys...
Skin And Bones
All My Life
Everlong
Home

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B-Side Of The Week: Foo Fighters

This week's b-side takes us back to the mid-90's, when Dave Grohl released his first Foo Fighters record. He played all the instruments on the album, and though he wrote many of the tunes long before Kurt Cobain's suicide, there was much speculation in the press as to whether songs like "I'll Stick Around", with it's chorus of "I don't owe you anything!" repeated over and over, was meant for the singer of Grohl's former band. In any event, there were a couple of solid b-sides from the sessions for Foo Fighters, and I find this one to be the most interesting. It starts out quiet and slow, so you might be tempted to turn up the volume when listening. But watch out, because at about 2:45 the rock kicks in big time.

Foo Fighters - "How I Miss You"

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Check out the archived B-Side Of The Week posts by clicking the label "B-Side Of The Week" below. Previous b-sides were from artists such as Radiohead, The Black Crowes, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Ryan Adams, Jeff Buckley, Oasis, Catherine Wheel, Juliana Hatfield, and many more.

Monday Morning Live: Foo Fighters

Your weekly dose of high quality live recordings (no audience boots here!).

This week we've got some Foo Fighters for you. This track was the opening song on their third LP, There Is Nothing Left To Lose, and they really stretch it out live into a 10+ minute epic with a rocking jam in the middle.

Foo Fighters - "Stacked Actors (live)"

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Previous Monday Morning Live Tracks:

Alice In Chains - "Love, Hate, Love"
K's Choice - "Believe"
Soundgarden - "Beyond The Wheel"
Lucinda Williams - "Which Will"
Doves - "WWCF --> Pounding"
U2 - "Staring At The Sun"
Damien Rice - "9 Crimes"
A Perfect Circle - "Brena (acoustic)"
Juliana Hatfield - "Nirvana"
Ryan Adams - "New York, New York"
Tool - "Intolerance"
Idlewild - "Love Steals Us From Loneliness"
Josh Ritter - "Thin Blue Flame"
Radiohead - "Creep" + bonus tracks
QOTSA - "A Song For The Dead"
Son Volt - "Bandages And Scars"
Coldplay - "Everything's Not Lost"
Sheryl Crow - "No One Said It Would Be Easy"
Muse - "Stockholm Syndrome"
Steve Earle - "Hard Core Troubadour"
Neko Case - "Hold On, Hold On"
Avril Lavigne - "Girlfriend"

B-Side Of The Week: Foo Fighters

I'd almost forgotten how much I like this week's b-side. I hadn't listened to this track in ages b/c it's buried on the soundtrack for the film Godzilla (the tragically bad one starring Matthew Broderick). It's a typical Foo Fighters song in many ways, starting out mellow and poppy and then taking a turn towards the rawk in the second half of the song with a chunging rock riff, elevated by swelling strings and pounding drums.

Foo Fighters - "A320"

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Previous B-Sides Of the Week:

Centro-Matic - "Not Like Anyone Would Mind"
Nirvana - "Even In His Youth"
Radiohead - "Bishop's Robes"
Catherine Wheel - "Capacity To Change"
The Black Crowes - "Waitin' Guilty"
Jeff Buckley - "Thousand Fold"
Idlewild - "Good Times Wasted"
Foo Fighters - "Baker Street"
Muse - "Fury"
Screaming Trees - "Silver Tongue"
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Loaded Gun"
Stereophonics - "Carrot Cake And Wine"
Oasis - "Let's All Make Believe"
Guns N' Roses - "Shadow Of Your Love"
Ryan Adams - "What Sin Replaces Love"
Chris Cornell - "Sunshower"
Feeder - "Bruised"
Snow Patrol - "Post Punk Progression"
Jeff Buckley - "Strawberry Street"
Rainer Maria - "Automatic"
Radiohead - "Coke Babies"
Gomez - "Shot Shot (Folk Shot)"

B-Side Of The Week: Foo Fighters

This week's b-side comes from Foo Fighters' early work. "Baker Street" is a rocking cover of the old Gerry Rafferty tune (remember the saxophone solo anyone?) that appeared on some of the "My Hero" singles from 1997's stellar The Colour And The Shape. As is the case with many non-album tracks, "Baker Street" also appeared on different compilations and EPs. My copy of it came from a 4-track bonus EP included with the German version of The Colour And The Shape.

Foo Fighters - "Baker Street"

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Previous B-Sides Of the Week:

Centro-Matic - "Not Like Anyone Would Mind"
Nirvana - "Even In His Youth"
Radiohead - "Bishop's Robes"
Catherine Wheel - "Capacity To Change"
The Black Crowes - "Waitin' Guilty"
Jeff Buckley - "Thousand Fold"
Idlewild - "Good Times Wasted"

Foo Fighters: 11-15-1995 Brixton Academy

If memory serves, this show aired on MTV during the Foo Fighters' rapid rise to fame while touring on their debut album. Highlights include set opener "Enough Space", which would later appear on their sophomore effort, the outstanding The Colour And The Shape, and two b-sides. It's a rocking performance, and it's no surprise that they quickly took off commercially. Dave Grohl's post as drummer in Nirvana obviously meant that the media would pay close attention to his first record, but the quality of his songs and the energy of his band's live performances are why Foo Fighters remain so hugely successful today.

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Foo Fighters: 11-15-1995
Brixton Academy, London

Enough Space
This Is A Call
Winnebago
Wattershed
For All The Cows
Weenie Beenie
Big Me
I'll Stick Around
Alone + Easy Target
Up In Arms
Gas Chamber
Exhausted

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