That was actually Taylor Hawkins on the drums, who tragically passed away in March of 2022, Josh replaced him later in the year. I think you should check out Monkey Wrench next!
It is one of those weird twists of fate. On one hand, if Kurt had lived, would Nirvana have continued to thrive still? But in that scenario, we probably wouldn't have discovered how incredible Dave actually is in every way. We wouldn't have gotten Taylor Hawkins and Dave's amazing friendship and fun all these years either (Taylor could sing too btw... lots of concert footage). Just an abundance of talented people. But my heart breaks for Dave - as a drummer he lost his lead singer and friend then as a lead singer, he lost his drummer and friend.
3:58… that little “guitar stutter/drums pause” part in the bridge gets me every time… such a brilliant nuance to add when most people would’ve just played the riff and the drums straight through (which still would’ve sounded fine, but that little deviation from the expected takes it to another level for me)
As I sat on the edge of my bed in my hotel room watching this video on MTV for the first time at the Holiday Inn Express in Lawrenceville, Georgia, the morning of June 21, 2005, I became a lifelong Foo Fighters fan.
I will always remember the great Super Bowl halftime show by Prince in 2007. He picked up his guitar and started playing "All Along the Watchtower" and went straight into this song, "Best of You" before he brought down the house (in the rain) with his signature song, "Purple Rain."
It was so amazing. Dave has said that was his 'proudest musical achievment'. He was a huge Prince fan. He tells a great story about getting to play drums with Prince in an empty practice space/stage with no audience, hardly anyone saw & it blew his mind.
Dave is the man… besides being drummer for Nirvana; he can really blow it out! also, he’s the main founder, song-writer, often lead guitarist, plays rhythm, can, if necessary, play bass, but at a minimum, and don’t forget, he can always go back to the drums if necessary. so, he’s like, the main impetus behind this bands success. the “Foo Fighters” are a product of his mind, and talent, laid down on pure, unadulterated music. and yeah bother, some ppl don’t get it… they just don’t get it. but I believe they’ll always get that this man can sing, if they don’t get the songs msg. great vid, good reaction @Anthony!
That was Taylor Hawkins on drums. He passed in 2023. The first show foo fighters performed following Taylor’s death had his son Shane taking the drummer position.
Yay! My favorite Foo song! Some of my GFs and I have made inappropriate jokes about wanting to be that microphone. Haha OK, but then you had to go talk about Taylor Hawkins, the freaking amazing drummer. Not Josh, he's the new drummer. Taylor passed away almost two years ago after about 25 years with the Foos. I still get tears about it.
I saw in the last video you talked about H.E.R having a song with Foo Fighters. In fact, it's a recent version that they did live on some TV show of the song The Glass, it was really cool. The song in question is from the latest album "But Here We Are" marked by pure emotion after the deaths of Taylor Hawkins and Dave's mother. This particular song is about Dave's mother, Virginia. Even if you don't make a video reacting, you should listen to this version, it's really cool!
''Marigold" is an obscure Nirvana song that Dave Grohl wrote and sang lead on... Nirvana was Kurt Cobain's band, so he wrote most of the songs... Grohl did quite a bit of backing vocals while in Nirvana though... their producer Butch Vig who worked on their 'Nevermind' album admitted that he felt Dave Grohl could be a good lead singer. Taylor Hawkins (drums) played on this record in 2005... Sadly, Taylor Hawkins passed away in 2022 after he was found dead in a hotel in Colombia, S. America from an apparent OD on prescription drugs (R.I.P.) - he had joined as a touring drummer for Foo Fighters in 1997 and contributed drum tracks to Foo Fighters records (Dave Grohl did too) from 1999 until his death... Taylor Hawkins was a phenomenal drummer and was a huge fan of Neil Peart of Rush. Josh Freese (drums) joined Foo Fighters as a touring drummer (Dave Grohl played drums on the latest Foo Fighters album 'Bute here we are' in 2023) ... However, Josh Freese has been a high profile studio and live drummer since the 90's for his punk rock band The Vandals... Freese has played on (so many) major albums by Evanescence ('Fallen') ... Suicidal Tendencies ('The art of rebellion') ... Chris Cornell ('Euphoria morning')... 3 Doors Down ('Away from the Sun')... Seether ('Disclaimer') ... Static-X ('Shadow Zone') ... The Offspring ('Splinter') ...Nine Inch Nails ('The Slip') ... etc. etc.
I love watching Dave drumming like Animal from the Muppets on New Day Rising with Bob Mould (Hüsker Dü) [ruclips.net/video/XHjHBojMsRs/видео.html]. Hüsker Dü was a huge influence on many 90s bands, and Dave is a big fan, so it was cool to see them play a Hüsker song together. New Day Rising is a 2-minute banger that Hüsker Dü opened pretty much every concert with. Grohl also played guitar on this version of Ice Cold Ice (another HD song): ruclips.net/video/uoLW7g8pLaI/видео.html, which is even better.
Dave sang backing vocals on a few Nirvana songs (In Bloom, All Apologies, etc) but Marigold is the only one where he sings solo. Id recommend all these songs
Roswell is Dave Grohl's "label" and it exists so that the Foo Fighters can own their own music so the other labels just distribute their songs but don't own the recordings. Because Dave was established because of Nirvana, he was aboe to avoid the tyoe of industry deals that late the labels own the artists' music.
Dave went back to playn drums wit band. Queens of the stoneage ..while FF was on"hyates" i dont recall him doing lead vocals wit Nervana but he def did back up vocals
@@marniethedyslexic6445 No, Dee Gees is correct. The Foo Fighters released an album as the Dee Gees (Dave Grohls) covering Bee Gees hits. Just type it in the search bar, you will love it!
Unpopular opinion: I get almost no enjoyment whatsoever out of listening to Nirvana; but I could listen to the Foo Fighters every day. Nirvana is bleak and morose to me, but something about FF ... even this song, which is hardly sunny pop ... just makes me feel *happy*. It just blows my mind that I don't know of a single rock band today that has members younger than 35. Let's go, kids, plug in some fucking guitars already!!
Dave is my rock husband ❤. As a side note, the one time that I saw Nirvana, Kurt was messed up and Dave carried the next few songs. It was a sad time. Kurt was gone shortly after. This drummer was Taylor 😢
Essentially correct, but there's some other history there. Dave and the Foos were signed to Capitol Records at first, and they released the first 2 albums. During production the of the Foos 3rd album, the president of Capitol, Gary Gersch, was ousted. Dave knew Gersch from his Nirvana days, and made sure to include a "key man clause" in their contract with Capitol stating that the Foos could void their contract with Capitol if their key guy left. And they did... Capitol execs pulled a power play to get rid of a president they didn't like without realizing that they were going to lose one of their most profitable bands by doing so. Oops! 😂😂
Dave has said that he had his sister who was in an abusive relationship in mind when he wrote this. He was really frustrated she couldn't escape. Other people have already mentioned Taylor so I won't repeat other than to say RIP. Josh Freeze is an amazing drummer w/around 300 albums to his name. He was an original founding member of A Perfect Circle. They are another great band I recommend you react to. Their lead singer is the lead singer from Tool. The Outsider, Weak and Powerless, The Hollow, or Judith would all be good to start with. However, if you do Judith, I would recommend following it up with Tool's 10000 days and Wings for Marie (that's wings for Marie part 1 and 2 in order) off of the 10000 days album. All 3 were written about Maynard's mother and the illness she suffered for decades before passing, and his perspective at 2 different times in his life. Judith is much earlier, and Wings 1 and 2 are at the time of her passing. You are good about looking up details. So, if you decide to do those 3 in a row, please google the information so your listeners have that context as well. Great stuff man, keep up the good work.
With your "Everlong" reaction, I thought we got all the FF drumming research straight and out of the way, no? Save some praise for Taylor Hawkins! Sorry, Andrew, but I gotta roast you a bit for that, dude. Anyway, After playing several live gigs with the band after Hawkins' passing, Josh Freese was announced as the Fighters' permenant drummer in May of last year. Freese is mostly know for his session work as well as playing with bands like Guns 'N' Roses and one of Maynard Keenan's other bands, A Perfect Circle.
Dave Grohl: Excellent singer, excellent songwriter, excellent drummer, excellent human being.
That was actually Taylor Hawkins on the drums, who tragically passed away in March of 2022, Josh replaced him later in the year. I think you should check out Monkey Wrench next!
Yes, Monkey Wrench studio version. THEN, look up Foo Fighters Kiss Guy video. It is a live video and it is AWESOME lol.
@@GREENPUKE99 Kiss Guy kills it! I love that video
He does indeed kill it. And the best part is Dave's reaction to him killing it! Love the Foos, love Dave, miss Taylor, RIP my man.
Yes! Monkey Wrench was my first exposure to them. I was in 6th grade, I think. Walking After You is also one of my favorites.
Drummer on this album was Taylor Hawkins - look him up. Certified badass. RIP
The video for The Pretender is a MUST now.
It is one of those weird twists of fate. On one hand, if Kurt had lived, would Nirvana have continued to thrive still? But in that scenario, we probably wouldn't have discovered how incredible Dave actually is in every way. We wouldn't have gotten Taylor Hawkins and Dave's amazing friendship and fun all these years either (Taylor could sing too btw... lots of concert footage). Just an abundance of talented people. But my heart breaks for Dave - as a drummer he lost his lead singer and friend then as a lead singer, he lost his drummer and friend.
Musicians lose friends. Seems like it's in the contract with the universe. The best lose many, or themselves.
3:58… that little “guitar stutter/drums pause” part in the bridge gets me every time… such a brilliant nuance to add when most people would’ve just played the riff and the drums straight through (which still would’ve sounded fine, but that little deviation from the expected takes it to another level for me)
Yes, I was just thinking that, I love the stutter!
It’s my favorite part of my favorite Foo song
As I sat on the edge of my bed in my hotel room watching this video on MTV for the first time at the Holiday Inn Express in Lawrenceville, Georgia, the morning of June 21, 2005, I became a lifelong Foo Fighters fan.
I will always remember the great Super Bowl halftime show by Prince in 2007. He picked up his guitar and started playing "All Along the Watchtower" and went straight into this song, "Best of You" before he brought down the house (in the rain) with his signature song, "Purple Rain."
It was so amazing. Dave has said that was his 'proudest musical achievment'. He was a huge Prince fan. He tells a great story about getting to play drums with Prince in an empty practice space/stage with no audience, hardly anyone saw & it blew his mind.
Dave is the man…
besides being drummer for Nirvana; he can really blow it out! also, he’s the main founder, song-writer, often lead guitarist, plays rhythm, can, if necessary, play bass, but at a minimum, and don’t forget, he can always go back to the drums if necessary.
so, he’s like, the main impetus behind this bands success. the “Foo Fighters” are a product of his mind, and talent, laid down on pure, unadulterated music. and yeah bother, some ppl don’t get it… they just don’t get it.
but I believe they’ll always get that this man can sing, if they don’t get the songs msg.
great vid, good reaction @Anthony!
This song live at Wembley Stadium is a must watch
You should watch something live as well. I was never the biggest fan but all the live concert footage I’ve seen has been amazing. So much energy
Recommend Everlong Live from Wembley in 2008
Best live band I've ever seen.... by a mile.
That was Taylor Hawkins on drums. He passed in 2023. The first show foo fighters performed following Taylor’s death had his son Shane taking the drummer position.
Keep going with the Foos baby! Please do The Pretender by them. It will rock your world, I promise.
Yay! My favorite Foo song! Some of my GFs and I have made inappropriate jokes about wanting to be that microphone. Haha OK, but then you had to go talk about Taylor Hawkins, the freaking amazing drummer. Not Josh, he's the new drummer. Taylor passed away almost two years ago after about 25 years with the Foos. I still get tears about it.
So many FF bangers. Dave also plays drums for some other groups, like “no one knows” from Queens of the Stoneage. Phenomenal.
Foo Fighters are fantastic. You can’t go wrong with them. Check out The Pretender next!
My Hero by the Foo Fighters is one of my favorite songs. You should do a reaction on that one, you won’t regret it😊
I saw in the last video you talked about H.E.R having a song with Foo Fighters. In fact, it's a recent version that they did live on some TV show of the song The Glass, it was really cool. The song in question is from the latest album "But Here We Are" marked by pure emotion after the deaths of Taylor Hawkins and Dave's mother. This particular song is about Dave's mother, Virginia. Even if you don't make a video reacting, you should listen to this version, it's really cool!
''Marigold" is an obscure Nirvana song that Dave Grohl wrote and sang lead on... Nirvana was Kurt Cobain's band, so he wrote most of the songs... Grohl did quite a bit of backing vocals while in Nirvana though... their producer Butch Vig who worked on their 'Nevermind' album admitted that he felt Dave Grohl could be a good lead singer.
Taylor Hawkins (drums) played on this record in 2005... Sadly, Taylor Hawkins passed away in 2022 after he was found dead in a hotel in Colombia, S. America from an apparent OD on prescription drugs (R.I.P.) - he had joined as a touring drummer for Foo Fighters in 1997 and contributed drum tracks to Foo Fighters records (Dave Grohl did too) from 1999 until his death... Taylor Hawkins was a phenomenal drummer and was a huge fan of Neil Peart of Rush.
Josh Freese (drums) joined Foo Fighters as a touring drummer (Dave Grohl played drums on the latest Foo Fighters album 'Bute here we are' in 2023) ... However, Josh Freese has been a high profile studio and live drummer since the 90's for his punk rock band The Vandals... Freese has played on (so many) major albums by Evanescence ('Fallen') ... Suicidal Tendencies ('The art of rebellion') ... Chris Cornell ('Euphoria morning')... 3 Doors Down ('Away from the Sun')... Seether ('Disclaimer') ... Static-X ('Shadow Zone') ... The Offspring ('Splinter') ...Nine Inch Nails ('The Slip') ... etc. etc.
Foo Fighters
My Hero
Definitely do more Nirvana reactions. Their catalog has a lot to offer.
You gotta do The Pretender by them. Would LOVE to see that one.
This is the original drummer Taylor Hawkings of the Foo Fighters who sadly past away in 2022 RIP ❤
Truthfully, there was a FF drummer before Taylor.
That was Taylor Hawkins on the drums! Rip!
If you want to see dave kill it on drums try queens of the stone age-no one knows.offical video.
I love watching Dave drumming like Animal from the Muppets on New Day Rising with Bob Mould (Hüsker Dü) [ruclips.net/video/XHjHBojMsRs/видео.html]. Hüsker Dü was a huge influence on many 90s bands, and Dave is a big fan, so it was cool to see them play a Hüsker song together. New Day Rising is a 2-minute banger that Hüsker Dü opened pretty much every concert with. Grohl also played guitar on this version of Ice Cold Ice (another HD song): ruclips.net/video/uoLW7g8pLaI/видео.html, which is even better.
I also love watching Dave drum vs Animal
ruclips.net/video/3AZz9TSjZCM/видео.htmlsi=cYEkOeya46JAi2eR
Dave sang backing vocals on a few Nirvana songs (In Bloom, All Apologies, etc) but Marigold is the only one where he sings solo. Id recommend all these songs
And while I like Nirvana's Marigold, I prefer Dave's demo from "Late!"
Roswell is Dave Grohl's "label" and it exists so that the Foo Fighters can own their own music so the other labels just distribute their songs but don't own the recordings. Because Dave was established because of Nirvana, he was aboe to avoid the tyoe of industry deals that late the labels own the artists' music.
For Foo Fighters sings. I'd say "The Pretender" should be next, followed by "My Hero" and "One by One"
Yes Dave sang Marigold for Nirvana.
You've got to react to Foo Fighters "The Pretender"
Dave went back to playn drums wit band. Queens of the stoneage ..while FF was on"hyates" i dont recall him doing lead vocals wit Nervana but he def did back up vocals
Read Dave’s book. I read it in two days. He’s a special human being.
Shave Hawkins, his barely TEENAGE son, playing in his fathers place on
“My Hero”
Live
Is E P I C
I'm going to keep commenting this until you do it: Dee Gees - You Should Be Dancing. You will appreciate Dave Grohl's voice singing Barry Gibbs' part.
Marcyw I love that song in your comment you wrote Dee Gees Instead of the Bee Gees. just so you know you can edit it. Great request it’s awesome.❤️✌️🌼
@@marniethedyslexic6445 No, Dee Gees is correct. The Foo Fighters released an album as the Dee Gees (Dave Grohls) covering Bee Gees hits. Just type it in the search bar, you will love it!
Unpopular opinion: I get almost no enjoyment whatsoever out of listening to Nirvana; but I could listen to the Foo Fighters every day. Nirvana is bleak and morose to me, but something about FF ... even this song, which is hardly sunny pop ... just makes me feel *happy*. It just blows my mind that I don't know of a single rock band today that has members younger than 35. Let's go, kids, plug in some fucking guitars already!!
Dave is my rock husband ❤. As a side note, the one time that I saw Nirvana, Kurt was messed up and Dave carried the next few songs. It was a sad time. Kurt was gone shortly after. This drummer was Taylor 😢
Essentially correct, but there's some other history there. Dave and the Foos were signed to Capitol Records at first, and they released the first 2 albums. During production the of the Foos 3rd album, the president of Capitol, Gary Gersch, was ousted. Dave knew Gersch from his Nirvana days, and made sure to include a "key man clause" in their contract with Capitol stating that the Foos could void their contract with Capitol if their key guy left. And they did...
Capitol execs pulled a power play to get rid of a president they didn't like without realizing that they were going to lose one of their most profitable bands by doing so. Oops! 😂😂
Recommend Pretender Next!!!!
Dave has said that he had his sister who was in an abusive relationship in mind when he wrote this. He was really frustrated she couldn't escape. Other people have already mentioned Taylor so I won't repeat other than to say RIP. Josh Freeze is an amazing drummer w/around 300 albums to his name. He was an original founding member of A Perfect Circle. They are another great band I recommend you react to. Their lead singer is the lead singer from Tool. The Outsider, Weak and Powerless, The Hollow, or Judith would all be good to start with.
However, if you do Judith, I would recommend following it up with Tool's 10000 days and Wings for Marie (that's wings for Marie part 1 and 2 in order) off of the 10000 days album. All 3 were written about Maynard's mother and the illness she suffered for decades before passing, and his perspective at 2 different times in his life. Judith is much earlier, and Wings 1 and 2 are at the time of her passing. You are good about looking up details. So, if you decide to do those 3 in a row, please google the information so your listeners have that context as well. Great stuff man, keep up the good work.
Taylor Hawkins was the drummer...RIP.
Kurt Cobain controlled Nirvana. He was only singer and only song writer. Dave Grohl first album was a lot of material he wrote while in Nirvana
I got you buddy do school by Nirvana live version I'll link if need be
With your "Everlong" reaction, I thought we got all the FF drumming research straight and out of the way, no? Save some praise for Taylor Hawkins! Sorry, Andrew, but I gotta roast you a bit for that, dude. Anyway, After playing several live gigs with the band after Hawkins' passing, Josh Freese was announced as the Fighters' permenant drummer in May of last year. Freese is mostly know for his session work as well as playing with bands like Guns 'N' Roses and one of Maynard Keenan's other bands, A Perfect Circle.
Taylor Hawkins
Sorry its a thumbs 👎down for me, cant have you getting Taylor wrong