I was in college when this aired and I went "Man, that's such a cool band!" People were badmouthing Dave about making Nirvana style music but I welcomed it, in that same year boybands like Take That and Backstreet boys were also breaking through and when The Foo Fighters came out I breathed a sigh of relief, there still was quality rocking stuff there.
@@willfulton7950 fyi dave wrote this song when kurt was still alive, and kurt kisses dave after listening to the demo. it means that this song was about to be nirvana's next song.
dave...was nirvana style. the entirety of the last 3 albums was him beating the shit out of the drums so hard it gave poor drummers fits cause he probably broke heads constantly.
I love the story of this song. After Dave did the original recordings that would become Foo Fighters he played them to Kurt. Kurt loved Alone Easy Target and it almost became a Nirvana song. Almost. But we all know how that story ends.
@@nicholasramsey5331 You're like the epitomy of a nostalgic boomer who constantly complains about the youth and how everything was better in your time. Why not recognize all of the great shit we have today
They didn't go anywhere though, crowds are stilp exciting and fun. Maybe it's just the U.S. who has boring ones now, but Europe and South America can still sing loud
@@Astrophobia88 I agree both of those would be considered such but that was deff soundgardens transition album away from that sound in comparison to their early work still a great album tho
@@didybopintitys Aw yeah of course. It wasn't as heavy as earlier stuff, but I think i like "Down on the upside" just as much as Superunknown. All personal preference I guess. Feel like DOTU is slept on.
@@didybopintitys Aw yeah of course. It wasn't as heavy as earlier stuff, but I think i like "Down on the upside" just as much as Superunknown. All personal preference I guess. Feel like DOTU is slept on.
i don't see why people give him shit for sounding somewhat like Nirvana. I can only imagine it is hard to pull away from a style you have been familiar with and your mind goes to on impulse for music. It's the same thing with art, I went through a phase like that as a kid because I grew up simply mimicking others. It's takes a while to get out of
@@RobinCampbelldrummer93 I'm a drummer myself and i prefer Goldsmith just because he plays almost the same as Dave. Taylor is a great guy and all but i'm still waiting for Elon Musk to finally clone Dave so he can play drums and guitar at the same time, that's what i really want.
I think the Nirvana connection on this song comes up the quiet to loud dynamic. And also the jingly jangly minor funk chord sequence, similar to "Serve the Servants". Anyway, i didnt think grunge was popular in UK by mid 90s? I thought Brit Pop had become the big thing
Fyi for the people who feel this is too nirvana, Kurt literally kissed Dave when he heard this. this was going to be a nirvana song and Dave was glad Kurt wanted it to be. He was glad his best friend enjoyed something he wrote. Too bad we lost Kurt to see that happen :( There is a cover of this in Kurt’s voice though! This guy named bunkbed or something posted it on here, there’s also a mixed version of it with the studio recording :)
people say that the first album was super nirvana-y, maybe, but i honestly don't see much connection, dave composes his songs very differently than kurt, only similarity would be dynamics, screaming, and catchy melodies
prefer this version to any other. pat is perfect on backup vocals for this song and it's adorable how grungy they were trying to be back then :) i mean don't get me wrong.....they totally pulled it off......and i really miss those days
I know this is 10 years old but did you know Dave was nirvanas drummer back in the early 90s and that Kurt literally kissed him because of this song? XD
Right after kurt died and fyi this was Kurt's favorite song the Dave showed him.I personally think this would if been a nirvana song if kurt didn't go and kill his self
I dont mind the Foo Fighters in 95, cause back then they were Fighting Foo. Now? Not sure what to call that band now, cause the Foo stopped about 15 years ago and the marketing began.
The fuck? 95 was entirely dave, then writing became a collaboration with the entire band for the rest of their careers, not to mention changes in members, changes in style with age, the foos only got better, not worse. Everyone puts intense effort into what they play now, including adding instruments you never hear in a guitar/bass/drums band like 95
omg this song sound very similar to nirvana...i was a big fan of the band back then but i think dave grohl have found his own style with the time and this was for the better...not living in the shadow of his previous band...
I wouldn't say he was living in the shadow of Nirvana at that time, just merely his surroundings at the time influenced what he was writing. Wasn't this one and Exhausted being composed while Nirvana was still active? I'm not sure lol
simplesmente foda!! Adoro esse disco de estréia do Foo! Cá entre nós.. gosto mais do Dave Growl na bateria! rs, Enfim, ele terá o meu respeito.. fez um belo trabalho no Nirvana!
id say the drummer looks a little out of his depth, the drums are a wee bit quiet and looks like hes struggling to keep from collapsing.... hes not hitting them like taylor does...id say that he was a class drummer but not a foo fighter drummer...killer song
@@doSamoa Kurt Cobain wrote and recorded the song in its original form in 1991. Kurt played the demo of the song for Nirvana band-mate Dave Grohl in a break between touring for the album Nevermind. According to Kurt, "I'd told him I was recording and he said, 'Oh, I wanna hear it, bring it by.' He was sitting in the bath-tub with a walkman on, listening to the song, and when the tape ended, he took the headphones off and kissed me and said, 'Oh, finally, now I don't have to be the only songwriter in the band!' I said, 'No, no, no, I think we're doing just fine with your songs.'"[3] Nirvana would jam the song on soundchecks during the Europe 1991 tour.
@@MrStoudemire11 you have them backwards dave was the one who wrote the song and kurt was the one sitting in the bathtub and told dave that he wanted to hear it
He doesnt sound anything like Kurt. Nirvana was just a defining part of the grunge genre, so anything remotely grunge after 1991 was gonna sound like Nirvana
I was in college when this aired and I went "Man, that's such a cool band!"
People were badmouthing Dave about making Nirvana style music but I welcomed it, in that same year boybands like Take That and Backstreet boys were also breaking through and when The Foo Fighters came out I breathed a sigh of relief, there still was quality rocking stuff there.
idk why people said that, foo fighters sound nothing like nirvana
@@willfulton7950 fyi dave wrote this song when kurt was still alive, and kurt kisses dave after listening to the demo. it means that this song was about to be nirvana's next song.
Fukin loved it so much I still have the cassette tape
@@kelvinpanggabean2387 guaranteed nirvana song Dave was happy kurt liked it and wanted it to be a nirvana song
dave...was nirvana style. the entirety of the last 3 albums was him beating the shit out of the drums so hard it gave poor drummers fits cause he probably broke heads constantly.
I miss this ORIGINAL version of the band.
Old reply here, but Taylor is awesome no doubt.
Essa era do Foo Fighters é excelente! Bem rude,grunge puro.
@@constantine15 prefiro o William Goldsmith na bateria. O ex baterista do Sunny Day real Estate.
I like from Brasil. Tank U
I was just about to say that I love this album!
@@constantine15 sadly till today R.I.P
I love the story of this song. After Dave did the original recordings that would become Foo Fighters he played them to Kurt. Kurt loved Alone Easy Target and it almost became a Nirvana song. Almost. But we all know how that story ends.
Yeah Kurt literally kissed him he liked it that much :,)
I think kurt liked exhausted aswell
WHERE DID THESE EXCITING CROWDS GO? Today is just a bunch of people with their phones up...
Ri Zzzz true, so true.......
Had kids and did the whole mortgage thing.
we are all parents now...telling our kids how we used to enjoy concerts when we were young. BTW i don't have kids :P
@@nicholasramsey5331 You're like the epitomy of a nostalgic boomer who constantly complains about the youth and how everything was better in your time. Why not recognize all of the great shit we have today
They didn't go anywhere though, crowds are stilp exciting and fun. Maybe it's just the U.S. who has boring ones now, but Europe and South America can still sing loud
This album was one of the last real grunge records put out, an end of an era really but what a fucking way to do it
Alice in Chains Self Titled and Soundgarden "Down on the upside" came out after this man! They were both unreal albums. I hear ya though man
@@Astrophobia88 I agree both of those would be considered such but that was deff soundgardens transition album away from that sound in comparison to their early work still a great album tho
@@didybopintitys Aw yeah of course. It wasn't as heavy as earlier stuff, but I think i like "Down on the upside" just as much as Superunknown. All personal preference I guess. Feel like DOTU is slept on.
@@didybopintitys Aw yeah of course. It wasn't as heavy as earlier stuff, but I think i like "Down on the upside" just as much as Superunknown. All personal preference I guess. Feel like DOTU is slept on.
i don't see why people give him shit for sounding somewhat like Nirvana. I can only imagine it is hard to pull away from a style you have been familiar with and your mind goes to on impulse for music. It's the same thing with art, I went through a phase like that as a kid because I grew up simply mimicking others. It's takes a while to get out of
My favorite Foo Fighters songs:
1: Low
2: Alone + Easy Target
3: For All The Cows
4: Everlong
5: Exhausted
I'M TOTALLY MAD FOR X-STATIC..
For me, Low, White Limo, Free Me, Alone and Easy Target, All My Life, Best of You, Run, Times Like These, Stacked Actors and Everlong.
Stacked actors is incredible
@@hacksawhavoc7807 That is a good song, I should have put Headwires also, both are gems.
valid
Its so weird seeing young dave playing guitar.
ikr🤣
...and sings.
Definitely a fan of Goldsmith's drumming here.
Black Knight Taylor Hawkins and William Goldsmith are both equally awesome drummers
@@RobinCampbelldrummer93 I agree for sure. Taylor is my hero and the reason why I continued to get better at playing.
@@RobinCampbelldrummer93 I'm a drummer myself and i prefer Goldsmith just because he plays almost the same as Dave. Taylor is a great guy and all but i'm still waiting for Elon Musk to finally clone Dave so he can play drums and guitar at the same time, that's what i really want.
man look at those big ass 90's drums
Damn that guitar roar and raw and rock n roll!!!!
This is grunge rock,man,senseless but with heart
People in the crowd going insane
these are the FOO's I REALLY LIKE.
I love the old and the new Foo Fighters.
I always liked that drummer
Som poderoso! Essas guitarras e a bateria bem grunge e o ambiente sombrio ❤
I think the Nirvana connection on this song comes up the quiet to loud dynamic. And also the jingly jangly minor funk chord sequence, similar to "Serve the Servants". Anyway, i didnt think grunge was popular in UK by mid 90s? I thought Brit Pop had become the big thing
By minor i think you mean like maj7
THIS VIDEO IS A GEM
I remember recording this from MTV and tripping out years later when they thanked Built To Spill for playing with them while on this tour. 😦
Kurt would’ve been so fuckin proud!!!!
Damn you dont see crowds like that today :(
YOUNG AND LOUD!
11/15/95, Brixton Academy. Amazing show, especially I'll Stick Around
Liam Wynn I saw iron maiden there in 08. Would have preferred to see this, lol.
Classic Video, That's a Rock Crowd!
biggest celebrity crush: young Dave Grohl
Omg I love your Dave videos sooo much
@@jreamwilson97 no way! i'm glad you do! :)
Fyi for the people who feel this is too nirvana, Kurt literally kissed Dave when he heard this. this was going to be a nirvana song and Dave was glad Kurt wanted it to be. He was glad his best friend enjoyed something he wrote. Too bad we lost Kurt to see that happen :(
There is a cover of this in Kurt’s voice though! This guy named bunkbed or something posted it on here, there’s also a mixed version of it with the studio recording :)
They were NOT best friends.
First song out after it all. Respect to dave. Only talent and bottle could have created such a cool rock band. Seemed doomed from the start but nah.
people say that the first album was super nirvana-y, maybe, but i honestly don't see much connection, dave composes his songs very differently than kurt, only similarity would be dynamics, screaming, and catchy melodies
It was super nirvanaesque because Dave was still in nirvana when he wrote this xD
@@SuicideSeason4545 I just don't hear much similarities between the two artists
prefer this version to any other. pat is perfect on backup vocals for this song and it's adorable how grungy they were trying to be back then :) i mean don't get me wrong.....they totally pulled it off......and i really miss those days
I know this is 10 years old but did you know Dave was nirvanas drummer back in the early 90s and that Kurt literally kissed him because of this song? XD
2:53- 3:53 goosebumps
The crowd is amazing!!!
dear god I love this too much
Right after kurt died and fyi this was Kurt's favorite song the Dave showed him.I personally think this would if been a nirvana song if kurt didn't go and kill his self
btw goldsmith ruled while he was around but so did his original band sunny day
Looking back from 2021 end days
I dont mind the Foo Fighters in 95, cause back then they were Fighting Foo. Now? Not sure what to call that band now, cause the Foo stopped about 15 years ago and the marketing began.
The fuck? 95 was entirely dave, then writing became a collaboration with the entire band for the rest of their careers, not to mention changes in members, changes in style with age, the foos only got better, not worse. Everyone puts intense effort into what they play now, including adding instruments you never hear in a guitar/bass/drums band like 95
pat smear was kinda young...
Pat smear is everywhere
Sounds like a mix between Serve The Servants and Drain You
Total yes
Yeah, it almost looks like smear gives a shit..
Could just eat cutie Dave up LoL 🖤
Tremendamente NIRVANESCA esta canción!! me volo la cabeza
Crazy crowd.
lol Pat dancing
omg this song sound very similar to nirvana...i was a big fan of the band back then but i think dave grohl have found his own style with the time and this was for the better...not living in the shadow of his previous band...
I wouldn't say he was living in the shadow of Nirvana at that time, just merely his surroundings at the time influenced what he was writing. Wasn't this one and Exhausted being composed while Nirvana was still active? I'm not sure lol
yah, he played this song for Kurt. Kurt loved it.
Intro serve the servants Nirvana...
MK ULTRA reference here for sure!
His Hair At 0:23 *-*
Fucking awesome...
simplesmente foda!!
Adoro esse disco de estréia do Foo!
Cá entre nós.. gosto mais do Dave Growl na bateria! rs,
Enfim, ele terá o meu respeito.. fez um belo trabalho no Nirvana!
See you in January 23rd, 2015!! #foofightersnobrasil
I do like the FFs with a bit of angst, no?
wow! nice
hell yea man!
is that brixton academy?? damm i need that concert
FUCK YEAH
@TheLoungeRider - I think it's 95. not sure though...
Dave se ve sexy :3
id say the drummer looks a little out of his depth, the drums are a wee bit quiet and looks like hes struggling to keep from collapsing.... hes not hitting them like taylor does...id say that he was a class drummer but not a foo fighter drummer...killer song
we can say that foo fighters turned pop ??? idk...
yea kinda
wtf they didnt open up with exausted did they ? lol
In his heroin haze, Kurt probably has foreseen Dave’s future
Underrated theory
It doesn't have to
lol is Dave chewing gum? That dude is weird
Serve the servants -> Alone easy target
This song was written by Kurt
No written by dave
@@doSamoa Kurt Cobain wrote and recorded the song in its original form in 1991. Kurt played the demo of the song for Nirvana band-mate Dave Grohl in a break between touring for the album Nevermind. According to Kurt, "I'd told him I was recording and he said, 'Oh, I wanna hear it, bring it by.' He was sitting in the bath-tub with a walkman on, listening to the song, and when the tape ended, he took the headphones off and kissed me and said, 'Oh, finally, now I don't have to be the only songwriter in the band!' I said, 'No, no, no, I think we're doing just fine with your songs.'"[3] Nirvana would jam the song on soundchecks during the Europe 1991 tour.
@@MrStoudemire11 you have them backwards dave was the one who wrote the song and kurt was the one sitting in the bathtub and told dave that he wanted to hear it
@@MrStoudemire11edit this please. This is all convoluted and misleading
this makes no sense
He's trying to sing like Kurt
Tomas Toucha is he though
He doesnt sound anything like Kurt. Nirvana was just a defining part of the grunge genre, so anything remotely grunge after 1991 was gonna sound like Nirvana
@@AreMullets4AustraliansOnly he tried to channel anger like Kurt but he couldn't