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Day 3: Nothing Left to Lose by Foo Fighters

Went into this album under the impression that this album is a mellower and country-tinged Foos album. That’s pretty much what I got. From what I could tell, “Learn to Fly” and “Breakout” were the only tracks I’d heard before and I was happy to find that there are some gems on here. I really appreciated the album's pacing, effectively trading off between mellower songs and rockers. Unique guitar tones are spread throughout the album provide the songs with enough personality to avoid sounding too samey. This was released between two of my favorite FF releases and I’m sure if I heard this 15 years ago when I was first getting into them it would have gotten frequent play. Favorite tracks were “Stacked Actors”, “Aurora”, and “Headwires”.

 

Aurora's my favourite FF song.

 

"Aurora" is a perfect song.

 

Easily their best-ish album, maybe after The Colour And The Shape

 

St Anger is good

production good
snare good
songs good
vocals good
St Anger good

 

stacked actors and aurora confirmed top tier FF songs

 

Aw shucks.

Oh wait…the Foo Fighters. Got it.

 

You know I love the Hailey, It Happens song with that title, too.

 

What’s the best Foo Fighters song and why is it “Best of You”?

 

chris come on, even if we’re limiting it to singles, the best song is about as clear as it is for any band hahaha

february stars is actually their best song though

 

My go-to top three is usually some order of:
1. Everlong
2. Learn to Fly
3. Best of You

 

yes everlong is the song i meant

 

also i lied, exhausted is better than february stars

 

That’s the top 3 for sure. I stand by my #1 though.

 

Today was a really good one. I put asterisks next to the ones on my list that really resonate with me; Beverly Glenn-Copeland's Keyboard Fantasies is certainly one of them.

 

I don't want to detail the thread here, but I guess I've always been under the impression that most Foo Fighters fans don't like Best of You?

I kinda hate it tbh.

But yes, Aurora is incredible.

 

i certainly do not hate it

 

I feel like Best of You is a song that you get into Foo Fighters with, but then it gradually slides down your list once you explore their catalogue more. And yes, Everlong is undeniable. Was my ringtone in middle school.

 

I'm a big "Next Year" guy

 

All My Life for me.

 

Backstabbers by the O'Jays is good, as expected. "Time to Get Down" is a highlight

 

Day 4 was Electric Warriors by Winterhawk, a Native American hard rock / glam rock band from 1978. Had never heard of them before and there's an interesting article about them here, which I also enjoyed;

The Story of Native American Metal Band Winterhawk

The music itself is political, and pretty fun hard rock songs, with a bit of T-Rex and a bit of Thin Lizzy and a bit of Black Sabbath. It's not remarkable or revolutionary musically, it's familiar territory, but worthwhile listening to nonetheless, especially considering their background. Clearly an interesting band, and this is a good, solid album.

 

Checking out Saosin’s Along the Shadow today. Love everything Anthony Green does and older Saosin but completely missed this when it came out.

 

Blood, Sweat and Tears Child is Father to the Man for me today