About to BREAK UP After Spending 1 Million on Record They HATED…Band Wrote an Opus-Professor of Rock
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- They spent roughly a million dollars making an album that should have been the biggest of its time. However, after the better part of a year, this band, Foo Fighters threw it all away… They completely scrapped the record. No one in the band liked the finished tracks, which Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins dubbed them the “Million Dollar Demos.” Even worse, all four band members were all at each others’ throats. In-fighting was on the verge of fist-fighting. Three albums into their career, they were done. Or so it seemed. With their frontman touring with another band, but somehow they found their mojo and recorded 14 new songs in a matter of days… Including today’s iconic ‘never say die” hit single, Times Like These...This song turned everything around for this band as they stared down the crossroads. It’s a story of near disaster and unexpected miracles…and how the song has a whole new meaning now… the story is NEXT on the Professor of Rock.
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So, it’s time for another edition of #1 in Our Hearts. This show honors songs that were so unbelievably great, they absolutely should've been #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. But for whatever reason, be it radio play, lack of marketing, changing musical tastes, or just sheer stupidity, the song came up short. On previous episodes we have covered Buddy Holly by Weezer, Zombie by The Cranberries, My Friends by The Red Hot Chili Peppers.
So today’s track’s chart position I’m chalking up to sheer stupidity. Let’s just say it didn’t even come close to #1. But that’s not at all on the band. Rather, it was just the state of popular music was at the time. Even so, this song, is a no-brainer #1… Since it’s inception, it has inspired listeners to fight through adversity and has instilled hope in all who hear it. . From one of the biggest rock bands still out there, and still going strong… It’s Times Like These by Foo Fighters. So after coming home from touring their third album There Is Nothing Left To Lose in early 2001, Foo Fighters were already looking ahead to their next record. For reference, at this time Foo Fighters consisted of multi-instrumentalist frontman Dave Grohl, bassist Nate Mendel, drummer Taylor Hawkins, and newcomer guitarist Chris Schiflett.
As the year progressed, the band made some headway on their fourth album, writing new music and recording demos… however, by late summer the Foos hit the skids when a catastrophic blow almost took out Hawkins. After playing the V Festival in the UK, the legendary drummer was hospitalized after an alleged heroin overdose. Taylor went comatose for two days. Said Hawkins, “I was partying in London one night, and I mistakenly did something and it changed everything… I just got out of control for a while and it almost got me.”
Poll: What is the greatest concert you've been to in your lifetime?
KISS at Louisville's YUM Center in 2019. 40 years of going to concerts, and it blew them all out of the water.
Bruce Springsteen Sheffield 1988
Lynyrd Skynyrd London 1992
Tom Petty Hyde Park 2017
Mandela Concert Wembley 1988
Knebworth 90
Garth Brook Croke Park Dublin 2022
Deacon Blue- various
Mike Peters of The Alarm- St Albans mid 1990s
Dexys Midnight Runners Liverpool 2003 and 2013
China Crisis-various
Kid Creole And The Coconuts Manchester
Bruce Springsteen December 1980. I sure picked a great one for my first rock concert !!!
Elton John 1995 Made In England tour. Tacoma Dome, Washington.
R.I.P. Taylor Hawkins 🕯🖤
😢
RIP...
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The best friend I never met
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I always appreciate how Dave Grohl is just a guy who gets to play music. He has no airs about him, he is friendly, emotional, and having fun.
I always think of someone taking a selfie with him in Michael’s craft store and he being willing to do that with his reading glasses hanging in the neck of his sweater. Just an awesome dude.
He's the man! Saving rock!
Doing the Lord’s work every day to keep the music alive.
Songs for the Deaf wasn't the Queens' debut. It was actually their third album.
Dave Grohl has single handedly kept rock and roll going thru all of the other musical changes, what's popular, what's top ten. No matter what, he's there chugging along and making everyone happy. He deserves every accolade that he gets.
He truly has! What's your favorite?
Foo Fighters charge ridiculous prices for their concerts...I have absolutely zero respect for this band, as professionals, but man, "The Colour And The Shape" is awesome...
@@stinkypinkeee5085 Concerts are the only way that bands can make money now. Record sales are non-existant with streaming services paying very little.
I like Grohl and the FF a lot... but no, he hasn't... at least not single handedly. He's certainly been the biggest mainstream artist to keep rock and roll alive, but it's always existed (and always will) in garages and dive bars, being played by bands who never "make it" because the US music industry is completely ignorant of what good music really is. They only recognise greatness when guys like Dave Grohl refuse to give up and and keep punching through to the point where record company and radio station executives can't ignore them anymore. Dave certainly deserves his due, but so do all the "little guys" that few people outside of their hometowns ever hear.
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"Song for the Deaf" is the third album from Queens of the Stone Age, not their first. It was, however, their big commercial break though. Their self titled debut was largely ignored outside of the stoner rock underground, while their second album had a minor radio hit with the song "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret."
There's a lot of mistakes like that on this channel.
Nostalgia is the best drug in the World. It makes you feel good and doesn't kill you.
So true. Especially this song. Good call!
Love that sentence. Currently, I am taking care of a 91-year-old woman and I have been taking her through a musical history of the 1940s and 50s and even with dementia, she remembers song lines. It is so fabulous.
It is one helluva drug. 😜
Dave also lost his mom just a few weeks before the tribute concert in London. I’ve seen them 3 times now. Twice with Taylor and once with Josh. It’s a different dynamic, but they never disappoint.
So great.
I cannot imagine. Poor Dave.
I didn’t know Dave lost his mom!😢
I could never get into Foo Fighters. I respect Dave Grohl for his music ability, the way he persevered for his fans when he broke his ankle at a concert caring for his fans and his other various musical activities but I could never get in the Foo Fighters as a band except for a few years ago when they did the Bee Gees covers. I keep wanting to like the band but to this day I have not found "the song" that makes me a fan. I have no problems with the music, it's just not for me.
Listen to Let It Die might change your mind
11:41
Same here. Radiohead too. But I respect the hell out of who they and what they do, but I find their work as annoying as pleasant. I tried.
Hey Adam, thank *you* for always sharing your connection to these songs and being unafraid to be vulnerable with all of us.
As much as we appreciate all the wonderful music stories you share, I think a lot of us appreciate you, too.
Excellent song, superb band, great analysis.
Taylor's death still feels so raw and fresh. Sometimes I think it was a bad practical joke being played on the world and Taylor will pop up with that goofy grin and scream "GOTCHA SUCKA!!!" His death was senseless. Nothing else describes it. Addiction is a curse that takes so many great artists.
Taylor's death is on par with the death of John Bonham of Led Zeppelin. It was monumental and just as huge as Taylor's death. And both meant the same to their respective bands.
That is way I was sure after Taylor's death it was over for Foo Fighters. It just felt the same with a band that was as bonded as Zep was with each other. Losing one was like losing a brother.
His life was tragically cut short. No wonder his passing is still raw in our eyes.
@@DianeLake-sw3ym I can't agree with that
Some manage to do their best under pressure, even creativity. I certainly remember staying up late to catch Wolfman Jack
Haven't thought of the Wolfman in a few decades.
Thank you for reminding me of my youth.
He was the best!
Love his voice.
@@ProfessorofRock He was one of a kind :)
Wolfman Jack was so legendary.
Dear Professor- This was a wonderful class among many wonderful classes. GOOD on you for sharing your personal story. Moving and appreciated because, you're right- There are times when we all must learn to live again...- Doc
I don't believe I've ever known a band to be bigger & more influential than the band that it came from, which was one of the biggest bands in recent history, a genre changing band in itself. I completely believe this is really due to Dave Grohl and the amazing band he put together. Honestly, I believed the loss of Taylor would end FF. His death was beyond shocking & heartbreaking. I'm so happy it did not but it's not the same.
Edit: I wrote my comment before watching the entire video. Your video of Dave singing 'Times Like These' now was soul crushing. I'm at work and your video made me mess up my eye makeup 😢😢😢
Great point! Ozzy came to mind, but I can't think of many others I'd feel confident mentioning.
(I got a bit misty-eyed at that part, too.)
Definitely not the same without Taylor.
I came back to Toronto in Nov 2002, heartbroken after a year and a half in NY with a girl I met from San Diego. Suffice it to say this song - and entire album - helped me through that painful experience. Perfectly timed release. The Taylor piece makes it all the more poignant these days.
"... doubles as a four and a half minute therapy session..." Yes! So well put! Thanks for both sharing your personal story and this one, Adam.
Hugs to you. Hope you’re in a better place now.
I love "Times Like These", it gives me hope during dark, uncertain times, which makes it appropriate that it was covered during the Pandemic.
The government conspiracy you mean.yeah that was government control at its worst
For sure. It's a therapy session!
Going through anxious times right now, and this song definitely helps.
See ProRo ,🤓 you are already in a new decade. You should've done Leo Sayers before you made that step. You don't need to interview him just do a song When I Need You. Would be grand.
Great song. Don't worry, tho. The show isn't in chronological order. He could still do it.
Why do you love him so much?
@@ProfessorofRock I heard the whole album this weekend Paul McCartney Elton John Lady Ga Ga and Stevie Wonder are on the album also
@@ProfessorofRock Do his song even if you don't interview him .When I need You. Would be great. Do you want me to do the episode? Because I can do it if you won't?
7:28 Now THAT is how Coachello used to be, until it was hijacked by I-Heart Radio corporate-type garbage. Look at that lineup: Siousxie & the Banshees, Prodigy, Paul Oakenfold, Tiesto, Groove Armada, Sasha & Digweed. . . great stuff!
No kidding. So sad what's happened to it. Have you ever been?
@@ProfessorofRock Nope. Never been west of Oklahoma.
Coachella is not worth it anymore.
There's really not a bad song from Foo Fighters. They were going to play at our place in Oregon but when Taylor Hawkins passed away it was canceled and rightly so 😢 IMO they're the last REAL rock band.
Did they reschedule?
Very cool! I take it you've been to a game?
@ProfessorofRock no they didn't. Hopefully they will.
@ProfessorofRock oh yeah. I've been to several Blazer games, went and saw the Seahawks once and I've been to a couple of Oregon State football games.
I hate that it happened to you!
I grew up on “lite rock” and have often gravitated toward more mellow styles of music, but I was working overnights and listening to the hard rock station to stay awake when this song was popular. It definitely was one of the more memorable songs that I associate with that period of my life, and one of the outstanding tracks that have been popular since the turn of the millennium. Really interesting song story.
Gotta love Dave Grohl for keeping rock alive and well through his music, tributes and documentaries
My favorite song by them is the Best of You!
SO GOOD!
@@ProfessorofRock That would have been a more entertaining episode 👏
Great song indeed!
Still can't hear that song without tears. Such an emotional song and Tyler's loss makes it an even harder hit to the heart. Grohl and Hawkins single-handedly brought rock back into my heart when I was giving up on the genre.
We cannot thank them enough.
The Washington Nationals radio broadcast plays "Times Like These" after a Nationals win.
Very cool!
As they should!
Born in the 70s, grew up in the 80s and burned like raging fire in the 90s and early 00s; Foo has been with me my entire adult life; an appendage, they are a fixture in the snapshot of my life.
Awesome
I absolutely love this album and didn't know the story behind it. Dave and Taylor together on stage were fantastic. I like the acoustic version even better than the single. We all miss Taylor and his electric drumming. Rest in Peace and thank you for your music. More Foo Fighters professor they kept on rocking us even as rap took over.
Thanks My Name! What other Foo track should we cover?
@@ProfessorofRock Sorry for crashing your conversation here but my suggestion would be " the Pretender".
And while you´re at it, maybe mention how they trolled the Westboro baptists and/or how the played with Rick Astley?
(How they RicRolled the WBC...😅😅)
@@ProfessorofRock my absolute favorite is My Hero
@@robertpettersen3577 great suggestion Robert! Fantastic song!
I wish I had seen them together.
I completely agree with you on the state of mainstream music today. It's just sad. What a great experience you had at that concert. Thanks for sharing!
Don’t you think the lack of commercial success might also be contributed by the blowing up at that time of pirating and limewire being huge? Napster was basically gone but IRC chat, limewire and others were huge in file sharing. This album launched before the ITunes Store to legally download the mp3s had opened too. It was a Wild West time of music, and I think a lot of bands didn’t see their music properly tracked because so many people got their music by elicit means
True.
Digitization was taking over!
One of my favorite episodes ever Adam. I was anxious to get to the end only so I could tell you Times Like These was a game changer the first time I heard it, I never thought they would top Everlong and I'll Stick Around. TLT made me a genuine fan, just amazing, I crank this in the car all the time.
Thank you for sharing!
Definitely a masterpiece.
For me, 9-11 had just happened, and I remember driving to work on the 101 and FF came on the radio. Times Like These will always remind me of the people we lost that day.
One of their best, easily! I love belting this one out when we have RockBand parties. Taylor is missed, love that the band continues on.
It’s a great one.
The best song from David is "From Can to Can't " with Corey Taylor. I can listen to that song over and over.
Amen! Good call. Should we cover it?
Same! I love that song so much!
@@ProfessorofRock yes, definitely
I will check it out! Thanks.
@ProfessorofRock if you are going to start down the Corey Taylor road, you need to do songs like "Through Glass", "Gone Sovereign/Absolute Zero", "Song #3", and something from Slipknot (pick your favorite). His new solo album has some great songs as well.
Foo Fighters got me through the utmost hardest time of my life…Thank God for their music. Music has gotten me through tough times and amazing joyful moments. I saw the Foo this year and it was life changing…I finally felt like my old self again. Empowered, hopeful and finally happy. I’ve been following Dave since Nirvana… when I was a teenager. One of the most talented musicians of my lifetime, if not the most talented. His lyrics speak from true emotion. Loved this episode ❤
They've certainly gotten me through. I saw them in Buffalo in 2011. It was a couple of months after my father spent a week or so in the Buffalo VA for pneumonia, and he would pass on Valentine's Day 2012. So things were in a state of flux. That night spent at Dave's feet remains the best night of my life. He was so gracious. Krist Novoselic sat in on Skin and Bones. And Taylor. They opened the set with Bridge Burning, and things got real when Taylor kicked in on the drums. 🖤
Top 5 Foo Fighters:
1. Everlong
2. This is a Call
3. Times like These
4. I'll Stick Around
5. I Should have Known
Albums:
Wasting Light
The Colour and the Shape
The Foo Fighters (debut)
It's a lovely coincidence that you did this one today. It's mom's birthday, as well as the anniversary of her death. I kind of needed it today.
Peace to you!
Hugs. 💕
One nitpick @ProfessorofRock…QOTSA’s Songs for the Deaf was not their debut. It was album #3 from Homme & Co. Otherwise, another great Prof. of Rock installment!
"Desert Moon" was a great nostalgic song. I agree with what Dennis DeYoung once said that the song would have been a top 5 hit, if it was a Styx song. But I get the feeling that Tommy Shaw and JY would not have wanted to record it.
As far as music goes, 1980 is my favorite year. 1983 and 1984 would be my next two favorite years.
Great video as always.
Side note…”Songs For The Deaf” was QOTSA THIRD album…not their debut.
An absolute BEAST of an album though!
Sorry, I'm not a fan of anyone who was a part of the 90's Seattle Grunge scene (especially Nirvana). The Foo Fighters were a post-Grunge continuation of that genre. The rock that I enjoyed was already dead.
This song fittingly brought tears to Dave Grohl (as well as many of us fans) when sung during the Taylor Hawkins Tribute shows. Having lost many in my life... I find it a song that breaks me down and then brings me back up.
Unpopular opinions perhaps:
- Foo Fighters really are overrated.
- Dave Grohl was first and foremost Nirvana's (amazing) drummer.
Slight correction: Songs for the Deaf was not QOTSA’s debut. It was their third (and best) album and Dave had a big part of why that album was so great. That aside, very well made video as always!
It seems to me in America certain bands such as the foo's come across more passionate than certain bands in the UK more hardworking when the chip's are down they are scared of failure and don't want to throw the towel in .I think it's an American cultural thing of we stick together and I'm glad because in 2015 I got to see them at Milton Keynes bowel with Dave in a chair ,it was incredible the best rock concert I've ever seen. They never say die. Some British bands just argue and sue and and only get back together for money. I think the foo's get stronger through adversaty the only British bands .R.I.P TAYLOR HAWKINS
Friendships can go very far!
I didn’t even know the Foo Fighters did this song, I just know I couldn’t stand it. Nothing is worse than songs that refer to ‘times’ and then dont tell you what times they are talking out. unlistenable
I know a lot of people are obsessed with Everlong, but Times Like These is their greatest song. I will cheerfully die on this hill.
I got to see Foo Fighters in concert this summer for the first time. They put on such an amazing show, it was absolutely one of my favorite concerts. I read Dave Grohl’s book shortly after and I was so impressed with his tenacity and humor. They are a bright spot in modern mainstream music. You’re absolutely right we do need a major shakeup ASAP!
Times Like These was our high school graduation class song. I performed the acoustic version with a friend at graduation. Good memories with this song.
Edit: Glad you said mainstream. There’s still AMAZING music out there, you just have to find it.
Songs for the deaf was QOTSA's third album, not the debut.
I just saw the Foos this past weekend at the Sea Hear Now Festival in Asbury Park, NJ. It was my daughter (23 years old) to see them, and they were great as usual, never heard any reports of them taking a night off when they do a show.
The most emotional version I have seen was when they opened their show at Madison Square Garden on Father's Day 2021. It was the first concert at MSG in over two years, and it was just Dave and Rami. Dave broke down twice during the song, but once the rest of the band came in you knew that everything was going to be ok, and that we would put the pandemic behind us and to start to live again.
Also a great cover was during the pandemic by the Live Lounge Allstars on BBC Radio, that included Dave and Taylor.
I've fought alongside the Foo twice. Once being when Dave's foot was broken and he sat upon his Throne of Rock. I'd have to say Foo Fighters and Queen with Adam Lambert were the best all-around shows.
I wish Dave would do a Ringo type band with 80s & 90s people.
The idea of Foo breaking up isn’t reality. Foo isn’t, and has never been a band. It will go on for how long Dave wants it to. It can’t be a band when one “member” has absolute power. Can you see them break up and the bass player start up his own version and call it Foo like Ratt or Great White 😂. It’s still good music and a fun “band” to watch, but it’s the Dave Grohl project.
Thank you for covering this song and the Foo. Nothing I can say will be new or better than what you've outlined in this amazing video. Seriously awesome, beautiful and true. All the ❤ 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻
***PROF. GOES ROCKIN' IN THE '00's', w/ THE FOOS, DURING "TIMES LIKE THESE"...*** ...well, I'm out....I only had a "Greatest Hits" from the Foos (that had a DVD, as an extra), and I gave it to me Best Bud last Year (after I forgot his Birthday), so I have NO idea how the Song sounds! ...ha-HAAA!! ..you mad at me, Prof.!??😢 ...lemme make it up to ya....(cont.)
*MAINSTREAM ROCK, APRIL 2003:*
10. Down - Social Burn
9. Always - Saliva
8. Fine Again - Seether
7. When I'm Gone - 3 Door Down
6. Remember - Disturbed
5. ***Times Like These*** - Foo Fighters
4. Headstrong - Trapt
3. Straight Out Of Line - Godsmack
2. Like A Stone - Audioslave
1. Somewhere I Belong - Linkin Park
...whew, I hope you appreciate this Prof., 'cause my 00's Billboards (2001-2005) were B-U-R-I-E-D away, I knocked over me Ironing Board to GET 'em! ...ha-HAAA!! ...anything for YOU, Prof, keep FOO-in'!! ; )
As long as the ironing board didn't hit you on the head...
@@Whisper_292 ....TOO LATE! ...ha-HAAA!! ((🤕 ))
It was precisely the acoustic version of Times Like These that made me fall in love with the Foo Fighters music. Just Dave and his guitar, his voice and all the raw emotion. Got me through a couple very dark chapters in my life and opened a whole new world of great music to me. Thanks, Dave! Thanks, Foo!!
Love the Foo's bought their first CD back in 1995..." I'll stick around, I'll stick around, and learn from all that came from it." Anybody remember that one? Times like these reminds me of 911 but I love it . DG legend ✨
It’s a great line.
Honestly - A VERY OVERATED band
Imagine losing Kurt, then Taylor. Dave is stronger than i am
This album got me back into playing guitar & bass after a 10-year hiatus. I didn't look at the written music and learned the entire album by ear. I've bumped into Dave here in Seattle a few times and once got to tell him my story. We cried a little and laughed a lot.
My brother is a professional guitarist and has been a paid, gigging musician for decades. He has been playing with a Tongan American bass player for decades and when he does gigs with him, they are known as The Afu Fighters because the bassist's name is AfU. So funny but effective.
Thanks for sharing!
Somehow my brain reads it as “a f**** u”…😬
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 😁🤣
I LOVE the Foos. I've seen them twice in concert and listen to them daily. Their song 'Resolve' has gotten me through some pretty hard times. Hawkins' death broke me, I still tear up when I think about it. Dave and the Foos are definitely keeping rock alive and bless them for it. Times Like These was also covered by Glen Campbell in 2008 and it's surprisingly soulful.
Don’t forget about the emotional cover sang on the BBC by Dave and band with the Live Lounge All Stars during the beginning of Covid lockdown.
Good call.
We really needed that one.
I like Walk far more, but this is a great one.
For sure!
Hey, what's the album in the upper left hand corner? The one next to Jethro Tull?
It's the Beach Boys "Made in the U.S.A." album. Hope that helps
I love your way of storytelling about the songs and the backgrounds of the bands. I also went through a break up when the song first came out. I remember playing this album over and over in my car on CD. I also remember the siding one day I was going to give the album to my brother, so I could ween myself off of all the emotions. I think I’m ready for the album again. Ty so much for covering this amazing band!
Is there any band that came from the '90s scene that's bigger or more influential than FF? Creativity involves a lot of friction and then flow, but even from a group w/"fighters" in the name, I hope it wouldn't come to that. How could DG leave the band that's all his, a lot of fate at play here. Nevermind charts, great bands and music are timeless, "TLT" indeed (RIP, TH).
💕🎤🎸🥁⏳😉
Love it!
They fight instead for the right to great rock music!
Times Like These is the best underrated song I have ever heard! Hands down! That it wasn't acknowledged is the sad part, it was beautiful and yet it was overpowered by crap! I don't see a song like this coming across again, it may be the last of its kind. It was that good!
FINALLY!! A Foo Fighters entry! This band has such a long and interesting history that there should be no shortage of stories!
Plus, their catalog covers everything from Disco to Death Metal--and a whole lot in between!
To answer your question ProRo 🤓Well I have seen many great artist in my lifetime roughly 550 concerts not including when I was in a band. My favorite concert was Vanity 6 The Time and Prince and the Revolution! Pants 👖 down the best.
Not my favorite song by the Foos at all but they definitely are a large part of the soundtrack to my life. The Foo Fighters were a MUCH different band than Nirvana, and now that Taylor is gone, I know that era of the band is gone too. Still, Dave is a survivor, a storyteller, a brilliant songwriter, and a phenomenal musician. All of us are blessed to have him be a part of our lives. I hope that he never retires because as I continue to grow older, it's comforting to know that there is a constant anchor to my childhood and early adulthood through Dave and his musical ventures. As someone else said, Dave is deserving of every accolade and praise he receives.
Truthfully, I'm a bigger fan of the Foo Fighters' music that came before this album. I don't think any of the songs on this album can hold a candle to the songs on The Colour and the Shape.
Wow... Too many great ones to think of...
Def Leppard, In-the-round (Later 80s)
The Cranberries (Early 90s)
Queensryche (Late 80s)
Laura Pausini (Early 2000s)
Andrea Bocelli (Early 2000s)
No Doubt (Early 2000s)
Garbage (Early 2000s)
Mana (Late 2000s)
The Eagles (Hell Freezes Over tour)
Pink Floyd (Same year as Hell Freezes Over Tour)
Seen Foo Fighters live twice, once with Taylor and once without 😔. Singing Times Like These with 50000 other people is an amazing experience
Foo Fighters are certainly one of the most important bands of all time, and I meant that with a grand sense. So timeless, still going strong today! They have certainly faced tragedy in ways more than one, and the music that is provided is an absolute reflection of that!
I agree. They are truly timeless and have made music that will last forever! What other songs by them should we cover?
@@ProfessorofRock They is quite a lot choose from! Everlong and My Hero come to mind quite quickly. So true about their prowess!
Absolutely.
@@ProfessorofRock As much as stories from their first 3 albums would be a great watch, I think something from Wasting Light would be great! Walk, Bridge Burning or Rope. The band was in a renaissance of sorts-with deciding to eschew all of the digital recording tools and go back to analog tape. This album sounds amazing from beginning to end, and the Back and Forth documentary from this album is a MUST SEE.
Speaking of this album, did you and Butch Vig ever discuss his production of the album?
They have overcome a lot while working hard to keep the music alive!
3rd qotsa album
Songs for the deaf wasn't their debut album , I believe there was 1 before it and I can't recall the title,sidenote: Josh Homme's other band KYUSS is AMAZING!!
Songs for the deaf was the 3rd album, Queens of the stonage and my fave rated R came before.
@@jawaka1000 I've heard rated R,that's the album I was thinking of, don't remember what was before that,time to do some homework lol
@@jawaka1000 I just realized you said the name of the first, reading is fundamental 🤦🙄lol
I was walking the Camino de Santiago and was hitting a wall on about day 19 or 20. In the middle of an open plain called La Meseta, I broke my own rule of no music on the Camino (I wanted to be present with the experience), I decided to pull out my iPod and put it on shuffle. The first two songs were "Waiting On a War" and "Times Like These" by the Foos, and they gave me the strength to press on. Buen Camino, peregrino...
Hey man I kind of like your channel , I'd say I'm more tolerant of you. (80s Music is just not my thing) just to try to glean some knowledge... my turn: as a Queens of the Stone age fan since Rated-R, when I saw them on tour in 1999 promoting it - live at tramps when I saw them open for the smashing pumpkins on the arising! tour I can tell you for a fact that "songs from the deaf" is not their debut album! not even their "major label debut" its in Fact their third LP. having josh homme come from the ashes of stoner metal proteges Kyuss, of course
At 52, my new Nirvana, is Sturgill, Tyler, Chris, Cody, and Jason. I'm leaning into Bluegrass and such.
Stripped down. Talent with something to sing about. Stories.
Don't get me wrong. Tool, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Foos and the like, are still in HEAVY rotation.
Dave and Eddie are my guys. Dads that still rock.
"In my experience, all bands are on the verge of a break up at all times." - Timothy B Schmidt (The Eagles Documentary)
Journey in the early 80's & Harry Chapin plus one outdoor concert that included all the bands The Rockets, Blue Oyster Cult, Loverboy, Ted Nugent & Heart / 20 bucks a ticket.
Dave Grohl is the most prominent ROCK GOD still performing at a high level.
Yeah, I know McCartney, & Jagger, & Ozzy etc… are all still alive. But Dave is truly the savior of Rock n Roll for the last 20 years.
God bless him.
And RIP Taylor Hawkins .
No one but me can identify The Knack within the Professors studio.
You a fan?
And me! Bottom right. One of my fave albums.
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All the albums in today's collection is easy to identify. The Knack are on the far right, barely making it on screen with just the word GET from their "Get the Knack" album.
Was well on the way to making a Get The Knack pun but your post stopped that. Would listen to The Knack before Foo Fighters any time.
RIP Taylor.
Great episode Professor!! I saw the Foo Fighters last weekend (Asbury Park), my second time!! I truly thought I'd be a puddle the whole time because I cry when I hear this song, along with Everlong & Rescued BUT Dave was so happy & smiling the whole time it was infectious. No tears here, I screamed & sang along!!!
I have been saying for years that Dave Grohl is one of the few guys who legitimately saved Rock and Roll in the United States, and carried it from the 90's into the 00's and from the 00's into the 10's. In the early 2000s the genre was not really saying anything. Dave Grohl carried rock into the new millennium like few others did. Corey Taylor also comes to mind but not many others.
Love these guys and hope they can keep going for a long time. I listened to my brother's metal bands in the 80s, but when grunge hit the mainstream in the early 90s, I felt more of a connection. Kurt Cobain dying, when I was in 7th grade, was like MY Hendrix moment. We've lost so many amazingly talented guys from the genre: from Kurt to Lane Staley, Scott Wieland, Shannon Hoon, Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell... then Taylor. If Grohl leaves us, I dunno what I'll do. ❤
OK, probably the most bizarre bunch of coincidences ever if this was unintentional, but In Utero with Dave Grohl at drums was recorded 30 years ago today in Cannon Falls, Minnesota at Pachyderm Studios and Times Like These has a Hüsker Dü reference, which is mentioned in this video (a Minnesota band). Also, both bands have deceased drummers - RIP Taylor Hawkins and Grant Hart.
Amazing episode! Thanks Prof. One thing though, Songs For The Deaf was QOTSA's 3rd album, not debut. I'd always wondered how Dave had so much time to work with them. Now I know. I knew about Taylor's H scare but I didn't know it was at that exact time.
Songs for the Deaf is the 3rd album though. Interesting video though. Queens of the Stone Age deserve their own video. One of the most unique and consistent rock bands of the last 25 years!
In an era where so much auto-tuned nonsense is being played, Foo Fighters keep rock music alive. I love it. They are among a few legends, such as Audioslave, Pearl Jam and Linkin Park, who made terrific music over and over again.
You're spoiling us, Adam. Van Halen, Foo Fighters, Zeppelin...nice work. Keep the big acts coming!
I've saved a number of Foo Fighters songs across my RUclips playlists, Everlong, All My Life, Making a Fire, My Hero, Run ... This is my first time hearing Times Like These, but I've got a playlist it belongs on.
Songs for the Deaf? Queens of the Stone Age's DEBUT album? That's their 3rd album.
I'm one year older than Dave grohl and was there at the beginning of all this... I stopped listening to music in 1994 and ended up moving to Europe in 98 and lived in Belgium until 2011....i played in bands etc. but I didn't listen to anything except for local music... Yet every song that I was drawn to, that I heard on the radio, turns out it was a Foo fighters song.... And almost every time I listen to a Foo fighters song or an album, the lyrics, the music al became an emotional experience describing exactly what was happening my my life....freaked me out. Inspired me...made me rage with tears of joy..... I Haven't seen my son for over a decade, he's eighteen now and a drummer and we've bonded over the Foo fighters... it's kept our relationship ALIVE.... Also... I would literally not be alive today if it wasn't for Dave grohl and the foo.... I spent so much time watching RUclips videos in The last 5 years 90% of which was Dave & Taylor .... I felt they were friends..... I'm still not over Taylor no longer being here.... And there's no way I could ever say thank you to Dave enough..... And to you sir for your channel here..... I've been listening for a long time and the education I've received here is unlike anything I could ever have dreamed of having,... I am grateful and I'm a loyal subscriber.. and fan ....thank you sir for this form and for this particular video.... Keep them coming,... Thank you.. Rock on....- Corky
I'm a few days late to this video. I love the Foo Fighters. They are a serious band who never took themselves too seriously (see their videos for "Big Me" and "Learn to Fly").
But my main comment regards you moving into 2000s rock. How about a series on bands that have kept rock alive over the past 25 years? I'm thinking Linkin Park, Disturbed, Shinedown, Stone Sour to name a few. While they don't get the crossover that rock bands used to, if you are paying attention, there is still great rock music being made.
When my best friend passed away, the acoustic version of "Times Like These" was one of the songs played at his memorial service. His brother, his wife, and I selected it not only to be played at his service, but also as the lead song of a memorial CD which was compiled by the three of us. I always think of him when I hear this song. Thanks POR , love your channel!
I've seen the Foo three times live. The Broken Leg tour, Sonic Highways tour, and the Disco tour. By far and away my favorite band ever. The Foo have helped me thru SO many tough days in my life. Dave's book is such a good read too.
God bless Dave Grohl & the guys. RIP Taylor.
My first. REO Speedwagon opened for TheDoobie Brothers (What were once Vices are now Habits tour)1974😉 Both brought the house down!🎶🎶👌😃
The thing that always impresses me about Dave Grohl is the depth and complexity of his lyrics. His musical wordplay is suprassed only by "Love to Love You Baby," from the '70's.
Love this song only bettered by Learning To Fly, especially when it made 1000 Italian singers and musicians famous
Please elaborate.
The idea came about when 1000 musicians gathered in a park in Cesena to record Learning To Fly in the hope of getting the band to play at their local stadium. It went viral and, yes FF did play there. Since then Rockin 1000 has played stadium concerts all over Europe
@ProfessorofRock is wrong about one thing...
Dave Grohl played drums for Tom Petty on Saturday Night Live before he fully went in on Foo Fighters in 1994. This was way before the Queens of the Stone Age gig. Dave was then offered to be Tom Petty's drummer and he was at a cross roads as to either go with a known artist or go with his "side project" Foo Fighters.
He opted to gamble on himself. The rest is history.
That's tough... The Foos shows I've seen have been epic. But I would have to say Van Halen 1979 at the San Diego Sports Aroma. Amazing.