the foo

So...things are going well and I'm still learning a lot, but I am going to dedicate this post to the Foo Fighters. We went and saw them last night. They are doing an "Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace" Tour. Some crappy band and Jimmy Eat World opened up. Jimmy Eat World was good, the sound quality wasn't that great, but I liked their set and I like them. But, the Foo Fighters definitely stole the show (of course!)! Dave Grohl is freaking hilarious...even though he cusses a lot....he had the crowd rolling all night. Anyways, they came out and did a couple of new songs, a couple of old songs and then they lowered a smaller stage from the ceiling into the middle of the room and they came down a huge runway and did an accoustic set. Most of the time when bands do accoustic sets I get bored...but not with the foo. They are amazing at accoustic! There were 7 people on stage for that part, including a pianist, a violinist, a percussionist, a guy playing an acordian, Pat Smear on guitar (the origianl guitarist for foo fighters) plus the regular 4 members (Dave on vocals, Nate on bass, Chris on lead guitar and Taylor Hawkins on drums). Anyways, they did "My Hero" which I love in accoustic (and also rocking), but my favorite part was when they did "Everlong" because everyone else left the little stage and Dave Grohl did almost the entire song just him and his guitar...then at the very end he ran back to the big stage and the band rocked out the ending. I tried to video it on my phone for you guys, but the sound sucked! So...here is a real recording of pretty much exactly what we saw...except the stage was farther out and he ran back onto the big stage for the rock part...but the quality is way better! Enjoy!