When I was a kid I sneered at ABBA - I only listened to led Zep, etc. When I got to my 40s an ABBA song came on the radio one day (Mamma Mia) and I actually listened to it for the first time seriously, and holy hell, it was just an absolute masterpiece of songwriting, of performing, of production. I then went back and listened to the entire catalog.
The world is a little bit darker today. Taylor was such a bright, energetic, rockin drummer and an all around good guy. Rest In Peace. You will be missed.
My favourite Grohl story was when he met Elvis, as an 8 year old boy at one of his last concerts, and he was sitting front row with his mother, Elvis dropped his hanky and Grohl picked it up, and Elvis said ‘thank you very much’
"I wanted to be roger taylor and i wanted to be in queen and i wanted to play stadiums when i was 10 years old" thats exactly what i think of you taylor I'll appreciate you forever.
I’m 27 and when I listen to ABBA it makes me jealous of my grandparents for being about my age now in the 70’s.. wish I could jump in an ABBA video and stay lol
For me it was Metallica. I'm only a few years younger than Dave and thanks to my older brothers I grew up listening to an eclectic mix of rock, pop & other genres of music like jazz. When I got into my teens, Metallica was the blueprint, like the Beatles: four guys who played their own instruments and were in charge of their own thing-they wanted to conquer the world without compromising their music if possible. When Metallica hit it big it was validating for millions of fans of theirs-and music fans overall-worldwide. Then the Napster thing happened, haha… They've done a pretty good job of keeping it real over the years and acknowledging when they've gone wrong. That's one of the secrets to longevity in the music business.
Oops, no questions about Rush, probably these guys would have gone On and On about Rush that they decided to skip it..Can't forget Dave and Taylor inducting Rush into the RRHOF
I typed in Muse and other artists on youtube and this came up but there was no mention of Muse. I guess they are not old enough to be asked about but I'm curious what they think of them because I think they are an amazing live band and they covered Nirvana once.
SAME!!! Wtf I just want to hear somebody talk about Muse lol. I want to hear somebody mention How insane all 3 of them are at their respective instruments (especially Bellamy) it’s so weird for a band who was a global phenomenon from at least 2006-2010 barely get mentioned. Somehow they’re completely underrated and I don’t understand it.
Super bizarre. I typed in Muse Foo Fighters (because Muse once toured opening for them) and also landed here. Algorithm failure. Edit: This did turn out to be a neat snippet though, so there’s that.
Grohl is also a *huge* Queen fan, but if you got Taylor really going about them, Dave wouldn’t get a word in edgewise ! These guys inducted Queen into the RRHOF, and their intro speech was so fanboy-ish that it made me grin ear-to-ear. If you’ve never watched it, you should
The important thing about the Beatles was they wrote their own music. Now, some bands had written their own music before the Beatles, but few of them could write chart topping songs. Just like today, most every hit song is written by some middle aged Swedish dude. This is true. There are two Norwegian guys, who are middle aged and have written nearly every hit song that pop artists have had. The Beatles could cart with their song, so they smashed that myth. It was always believed by record companies that you needed writers, like this Scandinavian Fellows to make hits. The Beatles put that puppy down. They not only put it down, they passed a burial and went straight to cremation, because they Beatles could consistently put hit after hits the chart, often having the B side push the A side song off the top. Of course no one else would ever do what the Beatles did, but it did tell record companies they could sign new bands and take a chance they could write a hit song. Sure it wasn’t sure-fire, but us fans rejoiced because we still knew that records that didn’t top Billboard’s charts are still good songs. Do you know that Jimi Hendrix never had a number one hit record, but I say his music is just fine for me. Groups like Led Zeppelin and Nirvana never had a chance number 1. The closest Nirvana got was Smells Like Teen Spirit at number 6, but who really cares? Anyway, the Beatles made all this possible. Thanks to them, we have had bands like Zep and Nirvana and many, many more, especially during the 70s, 80s and 90s. The Beatles proved that a band could write their own music and succeed, something that was an experiment by the record Brass. Always scared to make a bad investment, they would prefer to stay with their formula that they know works. That is, hiring some Norwegian to write then hire the best studio musicians to record the song, then hire some seriously talented backup singers for the harmonies, then finally bring in some pop diva who is very popular to record the vocals. Boom! 💥 Instant 💥 number one hit and they sell millions of records, so they’re happy, even if a lot of that music leaves you cold. It’s inorganic and by the time it goes down the assembly line, it had lost all integrity and feeling many times. The Beatles music was very organic as is most band’s music. I always preferred listening to bands, though I worked in many studios and the musicians that do track for those diva songs are second to none. Hell, most of those guitarists, bassists and drummers were incredible. I always thought some were even better than many famous musicians at their instruments, but for one reason or another, just like me, they became a studio musician, just don’t dismiss these guys as the problem. Being part of a machine like that they can play well, but not really get the feeling the writer is going for, so it all sounds cold and mechanical in the end, but all pop music sounds that way to me.
Dave is just too nice to everyone, I don't think he has that attitude that made rockstars like Keith Richards, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Charlie Watts so badass. It's like he doesn't want to say anything offensive to anyone ever.
Paul McCartney is like that though. He is friends with seriously everyone. I would go as far as to say that Dave and Paul might be the nicest people in the music industry.
@@SoftTangerineDreams that is as of now, when he's gotten older. In the 70's he was viciously fighting the 3 people he should have been the closest to. Now he just tries to get along with everyone who's famous, and frankly, that has made me lose respect for him. John Lennon would never have made the shitty collaborations that Paul has put out.
@@frusciante3499 Paul has always been very sociable. He was very bossy in the Beatles because of his perfectionist nature, just like Dave Grohl is with Foo Fighters (which sparked bullying rumors in '97 when they replaced their drummer with Taylor Hawkins). But I do in no way believe Paul is a villain or a bad guy in any way. Does he suck up to people? Sure, probably. But he is naturally charming and extremely generous. He's not as real as John was, but not many people are.
@@SoftTangerineDreams he is certainly very sociable and charming. However, I wouldn't call him generous after what he did to Ginger Baker, the eccentric and groundbreaking drummer for Cream, in the 70's. He basically used his studio in Africa and then screwed him over. I like Paul, but he certainly has done some not so generous things to other people. As, for Dave, I haven't read much about him, as I regard him as a mediocre songwriter at best.
@@frusciante3499 I don't know that Ginger Baker story as I haven't listened to Cream yet. Might look into it. I am in no way condoning that kind of behaviour, but he's going on 60 years of being in the music industry with unfathomable reaches of fame, and I still think he's extremely down to earth for someone with such an extraordinary life as Paul. If he's fucked some people over on the way, I wouldn't be too surprised (it's the entertainment industry after all), but I don't support it. As for Dave, I'm a big fan of Nirvana and Dave was my favorite member. I'm a fan of Dave as a person, but not too into Foo Fighters music, it's not really my style. His songwriting is not bad in my opinion, but not the best. He has been dubbed the nicest guy in rock and keeps his feet on the ground. I admire how well rounded he is.
I was just about to bring them up. But you never me to it. Look dude I like the Foo fighters and I love Dave Grohl in Nirvana, but they absolutely cannot complete Tool. Maynard has a way better voice than Dave, Danny Carrey is a prog drummer wizard, Adam Jones has super hypnotic riffs, Justin's bass playing is amazing. Maybe that's why Dave never talks about tool😄
@@shawnbowers4836 They can still like and appreciate a band despite not being as complex as them. Not everyone is going to be prog metal and prog rock. Metallica is fanboying over Meshuggah all the time, and Lars wouldn't even last 10 seconds playing Bleed.
I mean can these TV hosts done some homworks about more music? When u ask "Hey, what do u think about Queen, Beatles, Prince blah blah blah" Of course, they will say these r incredible musicians, and they love these music. I guarantee that if u ask them some non-historical bands, u will get some more interesting answers
Prince was not a band he was a solo artist. like Michael Jackson. also they did not ask about him, but if they had, it would make this artists interprets and muscians
Prince had backing band though, with stable line up and big names in it. And in live environment they were billed as such too. Prince and the Revolution. Prince and the New Power Generation. Nameless transition phase between both at the end of the 80s. But I see what you're aiming at, since they had no real creative input. It's like Bruce Springsteen and his E-Street Band I guess. Far from hired guns, almost irreplacable musicians, but operating in the main guy's shadow.
@@lorddukfoxyzeppeli7921 Neil Young and Crazy Horse, dude. I think Bob Dylan never bothered naming his band, because of the backlash he received when he went electric haha.
Taylor Hawkins is spot on about ABBA, Pop perfection.
In my opinion The Winner Takes It All is the greatest song ever. Ever. And I’m a metal and hard rock fan in my fifties.
@@glenb1189 Does your mother know is the perfect after-ski song, just sayin
When I was a kid I sneered at ABBA - I only listened to led Zep, etc. When I got to my 40s an ABBA song came on the radio one day (Mamma Mia) and I actually listened to it for the first time seriously, and holy hell, it was just an absolute masterpiece of songwriting, of performing, of production. I then went back and listened to the entire catalog.
@@manningbartlett522 It is great to have an open mind, like what you like 🤘
It's the best band of all time,Not my best,Just the best
The world is a little bit darker today. Taylor was such a bright, energetic, rockin drummer and an all around good guy. Rest In Peace. You will be missed.
What's awesome is that these guys are still humbled by their stars, unknown they are on the same level as many of them.
there are 2 kinds of people in the world: people who love ABBA and people who haven't heard them yet
imagine sending your kid to school and casually meeting dave and paul everyday
Id be like "you should bring the everlong harmony back" and then hed never talk to me again
Must be some school, 45 min. Drive
I think its in Encino lol
Weird that they would have kids in the same school. Paul is probably twenty years older than Dave
@@noodlehat3250 Paul isnt shooting blanks huh. His member clearly still working like a champ
My old Hungarian neighbor who hardly liked any music liked ABBA. Loved that guy
If it wasn't for the Beatles I don't think we'd be here. Never a truer word spoken
Without the Beatles the Rock history wouldn't be the same. Greatest Band of All Times
What you think of the Stones?
@@gerhardjosef1941 rubbish
@@joostvermeer8667 rubbish
@@joostvermeer8667 the stones are great especially they’re 60s albums !!
Should’ve asked them about Rush.
We already know how they feel about RUSH.
@@the6ig6adwolf Ik but I love it when they talk about rush
@@aristotle5698 I love it extra hard when they talk Rush
@@c02615223 me too. I love it when Taylor talks about Rush...
No problem man, they love Rush 👍
My favourite Grohl story was when he met Elvis, as an 8 year old boy at one of his last concerts, and he was sitting front row with his mother, Elvis dropped his hanky and Grohl picked it up, and Elvis said ‘thank you very much’
Source?
Loved his comments on The Beatles
"How can you not love ABBA?" Yes the most appropriate answer.
Dave Grohl is a national treasure.
Since I was a child I've loved Kiss, Queen, and Abba, so this felt really good :D
I love how much Taylor loves queen
They will never say a bad thing about any artist. And Beatles music is timeless.
kiss sucks thats all i know
@@freebee8221 You don't know anything then.
ABBA is still in The top 10 Selling every year
"I wanted to be roger taylor and i wanted to be in queen and i wanted to play stadiums when i was 10 years old" thats exactly what i think of you taylor I'll appreciate you forever.
Should’ve asked Dave about Kyuss Anderson.
All I could think about was how I wish I had that many guitars
Those two are still having fun 25 year’s later. I hope to see them live soon
Damn...
😔
How can you not love Abba! Legends!!
I would enroll my daughter in that school just to meet them every day (regardless of the school’s quality)
based on their combined net worths I would venture to say the quality of the school is up to snuff lol
Watching this after learning about Taylor's death. RIP legend
Imagine if Björn and Benny from Abba would collaborate with Foo Fighters; it would be gold
Follow up to the Rick Astley thing?
It’s funny how they look like their brothers
Where can I find the full 60 minutes? (Mostly Dave and Taylor's part).
I was just thinking the same thing! Love them together! Best tales & you can tell their having fun!
Foo fighters loving Abba makes me love foo fighters more
0:30 Nice save.
Dave and Taylor could be brothers.
I’m 27 and when I listen to ABBA it makes me jealous of my grandparents for being about my age now in the 70’s.. wish I could jump in an ABBA video and stay lol
The Beatles and Prince - spot on
Dave didn't curse or swear once in this interview. Or maybe kudos to the editing team. 😂
Even when Dave drops f-bombs left and right it still comes across as wholesome
For me it was Metallica. I'm only a few years younger than Dave and thanks to my older brothers I grew up listening to an eclectic mix of rock, pop & other genres of music like jazz.
When I got into my teens, Metallica was the blueprint, like the Beatles: four guys who played their own instruments and were in charge of their own thing-they wanted to conquer the world without compromising their music if possible.
When Metallica hit it big it was validating for millions of fans of theirs-and music fans overall-worldwide. Then the Napster thing happened, haha…
They've done a pretty good job of keeping it real over the years and acknowledging when they've gone wrong. That's one of the secrets to longevity in the music business.
Watching this feels so different now RIP Taylor Hawkins
I loved guys toguether 🎶🔥💣💥
Oops, no questions about Rush, probably these guys would have gone On and On about Rush that they decided to skip it..Can't forget Dave and Taylor inducting Rush into the RRHOF
Lmao they totally dodged the KISS question....
MESHUGGAH!
RIP Taylor. We will literally never forget. Foo Fighters will go down in history and he will be in the books.
I'd like to hang out with Dave Grohl and Keanu Reeves for a day, the 2 nicest people on the planet! 😃
I typed in Muse and other artists on youtube and this came up but there was no mention of Muse. I guess they are not old enough to be asked about but I'm curious what they think of them because I think they are an amazing live band and they covered Nirvana once.
same dude. Seriously sameee.
SAME!!! Wtf I just want to hear somebody talk about Muse lol. I want to hear somebody mention How insane all 3 of them are at their respective instruments (especially Bellamy) it’s so weird for a band who was a global phenomenon from at least 2006-2010 barely get mentioned. Somehow they’re completely underrated and I don’t understand it.
@@Jake21128 Exactly! I don't get it either. They are amazing and people don't even think of them.
Super bizarre. I typed in Muse Foo Fighters (because Muse once toured opening for them) and also landed here. Algorithm failure.
Edit: This did turn out to be a neat snippet though, so there’s that.
Dave is spot on about The Beatles.
All artist admire ABBA.
Dave's hair is glorious
What a beautiful vid 🤩
Dave really is open to any kind of music. I'm trying to be more open of different genres as well just like him.
rip taylor
i miss taylor so much
Why the heck didn't he ask them about RUSH??
Well the answer to that is pretty obvious is it not? He only asked about bands that mattered.
@@ivanjulian2532 Why don't you ask Dave what bands influenced him? Dick...
@@timrs2001 #triggered LOL
@@ivanjulian2532 Nah. I'm not angry. Just passionate about things I like. :D
@@ivanjulian2532 what is you're purpose here
Queen: don't get him started! that's a whole other 60 - 600 minutes 🤩
What about Voivod.?
Wish you asked them about Ratt, Dokken or Quiet Riot. Just a curiosity, i love those bands.
No RUSH? They inducted the band to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for cryin’ out loud!
Who's rush?
@@russe19642 ruclips.net/video/VTz2TDr79eI/видео.html
i kinda wanna change schools now
If blondie wasn't around when Cooper asked what about queen, Dave would've said queen's of the stone age? Yes please!!
Grohl is also a *huge* Queen fan, but if you got Taylor really going about them, Dave wouldn’t get a word in edgewise !
These guys inducted Queen into the RRHOF, and their intro speech was so fanboy-ish that it made me grin ear-to-ear. If you’ve never watched it, you should
No mention of Rush
Dave Grohl is my hero
There goes your hero?
QUEEN best rock ever, ABBA best pop ever
Love ABBA
Acdc best rock ever
Not enough said about Sabbath. I was16 when they broke through. They changed everything.
The Hellacopters?!
Best living Rocknroll band PERIOD. Sweden walks circles around us in their sleep Rocknroll wise
Dave Grohl should have his own TV show where he just praises different things
U2 The Best Band Ever
R.I.P. Taylor Hawkins
Dave and Taylor seem like peas in same pod!!
I prefer the 40 minute video of Dave Grohl talking about his love for the Avante Garde Canadian Thrash band Voivod.
Forgot Rush!
No AC/DC ?!!! That’s Dave’s favourite band
I would like to hear Grohl's opinion on Silverchair now that he's older
The important thing about the Beatles was they wrote their own music. Now, some bands had written their own music before the Beatles, but few of them could write chart topping songs.
Just like today, most every hit song is written by some middle aged Swedish dude. This is true. There are two Norwegian guys, who are middle aged and have written nearly every hit song that pop artists have had.
The Beatles could cart with their song, so they smashed that myth. It was always believed by record companies that you needed writers, like this Scandinavian Fellows to make hits. The Beatles put that puppy down. They not only put it down, they passed a burial and went straight to cremation, because they Beatles could consistently put hit after hits the chart, often having the B side push the A side song off the top.
Of course no one else would ever do what the Beatles did, but it did tell record companies they could sign new bands and take a chance they could write a hit song. Sure it wasn’t sure-fire, but us fans rejoiced because we still knew that records that didn’t top Billboard’s charts are still good songs.
Do you know that Jimi Hendrix never had a number one hit record, but I say his music is just fine for me. Groups like Led Zeppelin and Nirvana never had a chance number 1.
The closest Nirvana got was Smells Like Teen Spirit at number 6, but who really cares? Anyway, the Beatles made all this possible. Thanks to them, we have had bands like Zep and Nirvana and many, many more, especially during the 70s, 80s and 90s.
The Beatles proved that a band could write their own music and succeed, something that was an experiment by the record Brass. Always scared to make a bad investment, they would prefer to stay with their formula that they know works.
That is, hiring some Norwegian to write then hire the best studio musicians to record the song, then hire some seriously talented backup singers for the harmonies, then finally bring in some pop diva who is very popular to record the vocals.
Boom! 💥 Instant 💥 number one hit and they sell millions of records, so they’re happy, even if a lot of that music leaves you cold. It’s inorganic and by the time it goes down the assembly line, it had lost all integrity and feeling many times.
The Beatles music was very organic as is most band’s music. I always preferred listening to bands, though I worked in many studios and the musicians that do track for those diva songs are second to none.
Hell, most of those guitarists, bassists and drummers were incredible. I always thought some were even better than many famous musicians at their instruments, but for one reason or another, just like me, they became a studio musician, just don’t dismiss these guys as the problem.
Being part of a machine like that they can play well, but not really get the feeling the writer is going for, so it all sounds cold and mechanical in the end, but all pop music sounds that way to me.
I wish they had held the camera on Dave and Taylor longer after the ugly cousin comment. Their laugh was so genuine.
Dave is just too nice to everyone, I don't think he has that attitude that made rockstars like Keith Richards, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Charlie Watts so badass. It's like he doesn't want to say anything offensive to anyone ever.
Paul McCartney is like that though. He is friends with seriously everyone. I would go as far as to say that Dave and Paul might be the nicest people in the music industry.
@@SoftTangerineDreams that is as of now, when he's gotten older. In the 70's he was viciously fighting the 3 people he should have been the closest to. Now he just tries to get along with everyone who's famous, and frankly, that has made me lose respect for him. John Lennon would never have made the shitty collaborations that Paul has put out.
@@frusciante3499 Paul has always been very sociable. He was very bossy in the Beatles because of his perfectionist nature, just like Dave Grohl is with Foo Fighters (which sparked bullying rumors in '97 when they replaced their drummer with Taylor Hawkins). But I do in no way believe Paul is a villain or a bad guy in any way. Does he suck up to people? Sure, probably. But he is naturally charming and extremely generous. He's not as real as John was, but not many people are.
@@SoftTangerineDreams he is certainly very sociable and charming. However, I wouldn't call him generous after what he did to Ginger Baker, the eccentric and groundbreaking drummer for Cream, in the 70's. He basically used his studio in Africa and then screwed him over. I like Paul, but he certainly has done some not so generous things to other people. As, for Dave, I haven't read much about him, as I regard him as a mediocre songwriter at best.
@@frusciante3499 I don't know that Ginger Baker story as I haven't listened to Cream yet. Might look into it. I am in no way condoning that kind of behaviour, but he's going on 60 years of being in the music industry with unfathomable reaches of fame, and I still think he's extremely down to earth for someone with such an extraordinary life as Paul. If he's fucked some people over on the way, I wouldn't be too surprised (it's the entertainment industry after all), but I don't support it.
As for Dave, I'm a big fan of Nirvana and Dave was my favorite member. I'm a fan of Dave as a person, but not too into Foo Fighters music, it's not really my style. His songwriting is not bad in my opinion, but not the best. He has been dubbed the nicest guy in rock and keeps his feet on the ground. I admire how well rounded he is.
when cool dad gives out a ride to the rock concert
What Sex Pistols and The Clash? Anyway great alt artists.
What about Deftones?
Did he really say Sabbath is Zeppelin's ugly brother?
Cousin
Need to ask ACDC and Rush!
Right? How could they not ask about Rush?
Now for your honest opinion.....
I always think they are brothers
They just like everything and everyone 😂
0:12 600 minutes 😂
Should have asked them about Rush, The Band, and Fleetwood Mac
Really Dave..the Stones...
the bands they talked about are all fucking rock stars. Respect to Prince tho!
Yeah, absolutely, ABBA is the best pop's band. But where's AC/DC?
No much to say about The Prince 🤴 only that the truth.
WTF - What about RUSH?
Should have asked about Nirvana
Anderson Cooper knows he was listening to Barbra Streisand as a kid 🤷🏼
Should've asked them about The Kinks. People harp on about The Beatles but The Kinks were the architects of that movement.
Best band ever
Led Zeppelin’s ugly cousin? Wtf dude? They fucking INVENTED metal
Tool?
I was just about to bring them up. But you never me to it. Look dude I like the Foo fighters and I love Dave Grohl in Nirvana, but they absolutely cannot complete Tool. Maynard has a way better voice than Dave, Danny Carrey is a prog drummer wizard, Adam Jones has super hypnotic riffs, Justin's bass playing is amazing. Maybe that's why Dave never talks about tool😄
Meant to say you beat me to it.
@@shawnbowers4836 They can still like and appreciate a band despite not being as complex as them. Not everyone is going to be prog metal and prog rock. Metallica is fanboying over Meshuggah all the time, and Lars wouldn't even last 10 seconds playing Bleed.
@@baverfjant true dude
What about led zeppelin
What do you think about Kiss? Taylor goes silent.
Black Sabbath is awesome
Anderson Cooper lobbing some softballs. What do you think of (this legendary group which has defined a genre)? "Uhhh... they're great."
I mean can these TV hosts done some homworks about more music? When u ask "Hey, what do u think about Queen, Beatles, Prince blah blah blah" Of course, they will say these r incredible musicians, and they love these music. I guarantee that if u ask them some non-historical bands, u will get some more interesting answers
ddjdd wfgggb ya dumb ass fuckers really like boring cliche
These shows aren't about potentially provoking and upsetting their audience. It's all smiles and laughs.
Prince was not a band he was a solo artist. like Michael Jackson.
also they did not ask about him, but if they had, it would make this artists interprets and muscians
Prince had backing band though, with stable line up and big names in it.
And in live environment they were billed as such too. Prince and the Revolution. Prince and the New Power Generation.
Nameless transition phase between both at the end of the 80s.
But I see what you're aiming at, since they had no real creative input.
It's like Bruce Springsteen and his E-Street Band I guess. Far from hired guns, almost irreplacable musicians, but operating in the main guy's shadow.
@@staalhard4044 Did Boby Dyan have a backing band? He was solo too I believe
@@staalhard4044 and Neil Young too I guess
@@lorddukfoxyzeppeli7921 Neil Young and Crazy Horse, dude. I think Bob Dylan never bothered naming his band, because of the backlash he received when he went electric haha.
Don't you disrespect Sabbath, Taylor!!
Foo ain't holy like Sabbath!!
p.d. It is a really funny comparasion though, hahah, and it does make sense 🤘🏼✌🏼😆
ABBA
Why is RUclips recommending me David Grohl, lol. I don't know one song.😂