Foo Fighters "Sonic Highway" documentary series on HBO

watched the Austin one and fatigue w this series is starting to set in - I like seeing the guests/interviews and some of the clips involved but p much everything else is annoying

half-decent doc footage, but the spectre of their next lyric video hangs over it all.

it's like the candyman. someone says a phrase three times in the interviews and you know dave will yell that phrase at the end

WELL THE SAINTS ARE LIVING REBIRTH GUMBO RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

is the reason they're not going to haight asbury is that starship got there first

the spectre of their next lyric video hangs over it all

Yeah, that time comes around and I remember this is all just one big commercial for an album that, based on what I've heard so far, is the worst one they've ever made.

someone says a phrase three times in the interviews and you know dave will yell that phrase at the end

haha yeah this is so annoying

seattle one is either going to be the most affecting or the most infuriating, maybe both. great opportunity for soul-searching or going full david crosby.

"can't believe this is the *actual* shotgun Kurt used to blow his head off. Lotta ghosts, man, lotta ghosts."

guessing there will be some great interviews with some great people, then dave steps to the mic and goes ABERDEEN SURVIVOR TEARS CORPORATE MAGAZINES STILL SUCK BUT ROCK STILL LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVES

Yep. Grohl seems like a truly inquisitive and interested and motivationally pure guy, but has a difficult time channeling what he's learned into his own songs/writings/interviews.

he does appear to have a bottomless well of self-help platitudes

keep hoping someone other than dave in the band is going to get to express an emotion other than "i dunno much about this shit, but this place was pretty cool"

remembered while watching the nashville one some spin article years ago where the rest of the band admitted they didn't know the words to "monkeywrench"

On the plus side: Pat's one line per ep.
On the negative side: Taylor's two-lines and slo-mo soul-search walk per ep.

Foo Fighters should collectively move to a new city each year and record one song after 12 months of residency. Then release their next album in 12 years. I give them permission to film themselves as a "Real World" styled show in each town as long as they stick to the schedule.

can we get just one "some kind of monster" breakdown where nate mendel throws down his bass and says I DO NOT GIVE A FUCK ABOUT NEW ORLEANS

i mean probably not, these guys seem like the chillest bros, but i can dream

this is definitely the worst show i love

Dave wrote "Monkeywrench" after he saw a movie where a MONKEY tried to WRENCH the door off of its cage.

In the DC one, where they shoot out a list of the bands influenced by the local scene there, and the first three that come to mind are Jane's Addiction, Beastie Boys, Green Day, I almost barfed.

Alternate sequel album: the band breaks up, and each member records a 5 songs in 5 different states, then they put all the EPs together as one album called "United States of Foo Fighters," and also it takes a decade to make, too. Vig produces.

I think if there was going to be anything like that, it would've happened 15 years ago. At this point, they're only a "band" in theory. In reality, they're friends that Dave Grohl gives checks to for helping him play his songs.

yeah i realize this line-up achieved "five guys who can stand dave grohl and like money" about a decade ago

this show is definitely forcing me to address all my own hypocritical bullshit vanity re pop/rock/indie/authenticity etc - can i really say i'm keeping the dream alive when i'm making spotify playlists of AM Gold?

are they going to L.A...? I kinda assumed so when Joan Jett's involvement was noted. at which point maybe Pat will get more than one line to talk about the Germs.

5 	"Los Angeles" 	November 14, 2014
6 	"New Orleans" 	November 21, 2014
7 	"Seattle" 	November 28, 2014
8 	"New York" 	December 5, 2014

they are! yeah that's promising...though i bet there's going to be some impressive waffling between which hair metal bands suck and which were cool

like how the band chicago was included in the "great bands of chicago" montage and then there was some random styx diss later in the episode

I've got no argument with the cities they're choosing—all of them are essential American music hubs—but no Detroit? C'mon.

xp I love Chicago and hate Styx, so I get that.

"well, iggy told me to go fuck myself, and bob seger wants to get paid...kid rock...fuck it, i can't"

maybe they're saving the shaggy 2 dope and wayne kramer interviews for the second season

a monkeywrench is an actual tool, right? kinda like ppl who hate on Dave Grohl for 500 posts.

I liked that early song about all the cows

i'm sorry, morbz. please ignore me.

austin is kinda weird just because it's not really that significant historically compared to the other cities

That show wasn't really about the city. It was about the show originating in that city that brought live music around the whole country like it had never been broadcast previously. And also Townes Van Zandt.

(And Roky Erickson.)

i'm behind, just weird that they didn't do memphis or (as mentioned) detroit

There are definitely enough cities left over for a second series to take place, but is there any talk about that happening? The album's done and out now.

ha weird I totally assumed they were going to Detroit

there is no way that New Orleans episode won't be an embarassment

then again maybe it will be all Master P/Li'l Wayne/Curren$y lol

Will laugh my ass off if they interview anyone from Dash Rip Rock or Better Than Ezra.

*writes in notebook* "the hustle...can't knock the hustle...soldiers and saints...Mannie Fresh plays the mamba..."

lol

"I can't believe I'm riding in Master P's actual tank! Lotta ghosts, man, lotta ghosts"

Who will he talk to in New York?

Lou Reed's corpse

new orleans will all be preservation hall jazz band adulation, i'm guessing

Dr. John typically gets trotted out for these things. one of the Neville bros too probably.

it will literally just be an episode of Treme with Grohl dropped into the Steve Zahn role

^^^^^^^^^SO FUCKING OTM, also the main reason why i could not abide an entire episode of treme ever

Im surprised at no Minneapolis