Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways

Isn't this the band with the guy from nirvana or something?

I love how Grohl is always looking for new things to do. The track is great, and it also seems like they are getting better and better at giving each of the 3 guitars a voice. Looking forward to the rest of the documentary.

I can't be the only one who thought they were emulating part of Holy Diver like the entire song, am I? My brain kept adding in the other notes all the time. Great stuff, just disconcerting for me personally.

Rezz_sl said:

I can't be the only one who thought they were emulating part of Holy Diver like the entire song, am I? My brain kept adding in the other notes all the time. Great stuff, just disconcerting for me personally.

Click to expand...

Nope it's the exact same riff up until it breaks up and starts over, good stuff though.

lot of respect to steve albini, they recorded the song in his studio, plus his most recent current band shellac kicks some major ass

Porkchop_sl said:

Listened to this a couple of times today, not Dave's best work IMO. The music is solid but Dave just doesn't sound like he has the same energy as usual. And only 8 tracks? I thought most bands these days were recording 20 or so and then slimming that down to 12-15. Having only 8 makes it seem like they only spend 2-3 days in a studio and said "Fuck it, were good. Send it out."

Click to expand...

They recorded each track in a different studio in a different city with a 1 week timetable for each. So yeah, it was rushed. I think 3-4 of the songs are decent, and the last few just seem too 'feely' for a good Foo song. There were also times where the actual instrumentals are ramping up to something awesome and then there's just a bit of a letdown, like Zack Brown's playing in Congregation at 3:30ish mark, but it never leads to anything big.

Definitely not nearly as good as Wasting Light, but that album was very Dave and very rad.