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[Guest swan]

WTF??

 

http://www.blistering.com/news/newsdet.php3?ID=2935

[Guest goodhelmet]

That's gotta be a joke. When I see it in the Star or Globe THEN I'll take it seriously

[Guest]

What's wrong? He just wants her latina cooch. And they said Britney and Justin broke up?!?!?!?!?!?!

[Guest starvenger]

No biggie - it's a showbiz relationship, and I'll be surprised if it lasts very long.

[Guest El Satanico]

Hmmm...that IS a rather odd combo.

[Guest Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye]

not really a big story...2 superstars hook up...huzzah for them...

[Guest Kinetic]

Bear in mind that Dave Grohl is no longer a rock drummer, but an adult contemporary superstar.  This isn't surprising to me at all, really.  I've got ethics and morals and I oppose bad radio pop and everything, but if Christina Aguilera wanted me...I believe I'd have no choice but to say yes.

[Guest goodhelmet]

I agree with kinetic. IF Aguilera was throwing it out to me, I'd be all over it. But it makes Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovett seem like the Waltons in comparison

[Guest evenflowDDT]

Even though I personally don't find Christina Aguilera that attractive (I'd rather a girl be "normal" weight to 10 lbs overweight than a 90 lb stickling, but that's just me) I think someone on the message board from that other site said it best: "wtf? he's hittin a prime piece of ass and there's a problem with that?...more power to ya Dave"

 

Of course star's relationships have never meant anything to me anyway, and really, should they? Not to mention some random website is hardly a reliable source, even as tabloid gossip media goes

[Guest evenflowDDT]

Bear in mind that Dave Grohl is no longer a rock drummer, but an adult contemporary superstar.

Eh? What do you mean by this remark Kinetic... is there something I missed? I thought it was cute when he played "Baby Hold Onto Me" on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn last year... the mockery of "Stairway to Heaven" is a slightly different story, although I admit when he didn't have an electric guitar so he whined out the solo with his voice was pretty funny the first couple times I heard it, especially since I hadn't heard the real song in a while, now I have to listen to the real song a ton more times to get the "feel" of a "real" guitar solo back into the song, heh.

[Guest Kinetic]

Bear in mind that Dave Grohl is no longer a rock drummer, but an adult contemporary superstar.

Eh? What do you mean by this remark Kinetic... is there something I missed?

You must have missed "Learn to Fly" and the VH1-ization of the Foo Fighters.  My opinion on that band, as far as it goes, is "great first album, but it's all downhill from there."  They still have rock songs and everything, but their music just sounds forced and contrived to me.  I'd say they're like a modern day Cheap Trick.  And no, that isn't a compliment.

[Guest Mystery Eskimo]

Their new single is the worst thing they've ever done.

[Guest dreamer420]

Christina Aguilera is so overrated as a singer, and for her looks as well.  Dave Grohl rules though so the couple has my blessing.

[Guest evenflowDDT]

You must have missed "Learn to Fly" and the VH1-ization of the Foo Fighters.  My opinion on that band, as far as it goes, is "great first album, but it's all downhill from there."  They still have rock songs and everything, but their music just sounds forced and contrived to me.  I'd say they're like a modern day Cheap Trick.  And no, that isn't a compliment.

You DON'T like Cheap Trick?! hahaha j/k

 

I should have known that's what you meant, given your strong musical views toward that sort of thing.  For some reason I wasn't thinking and thought you meant that Dave Grohl had started singing in lounge bars accompanied by a piano and sitar.  Granted, There is Nothing Left to Lose is by no means a great album, with only one or two really good songs on it (haven't listened to it in months) but it's nowhere near as terrible as you make it out to be, it still stays within the same basic vein of Foo Fighters music.  Actually, when the record first hit, I was the only person I knew who actually liked "Learn to Fly".  Guess I'm still the only one...

 

As for the first album, I actually liked The Colour and the Shape a LOT better.  I consider that record one of the true classics of the '90s, and I'm actually surprised I forgot to add it to my response to the "last 'truly great album' thread" (though for that I was trying to illustrate really great albums from the past couple years).

[Guest Mystery Eskimo]

I liked Learn to fly too. Great video.

 

Color and shape was a damn good record. I think they went off in the wrong direction from there though...

[Guest Kinetic]

On the contrary, g00d sirz, The Colour and the Shape had "Everlong," the best song the Foo Fighters will ever record, and then a bunch of other garbage.  It just appealed to me on no level, as most of it seemed to be filler that couldn't even properly approximate a pop song.  Their first album is great, though.  The production had not yet been sullied by major label studio hands, which is almost always the death knell of any good rock band.  I haven't bothered to listen to their third album, frankly, so I'm going on hearsay.  But my hearsay is pretty reliable.

[Guest evenflowDDT]

Their first album is great, though.  The production had not yet been sullied by major label studio hands, which is almost always the death knell of any good rock band.

Not to sound like an idiot, but I don't notice production in rock albums because it's not as obvious as in hip-hop or rock.  How can production make or break a rock album, and can you give some examples of each?

[Guest Kinetic]

An example of bad production undoing decent songs is the most recent Weezer album.  While they were never what you'd consider lo-fi by any means, their last album was just too polished.  The music just doesn't sound authentic, which is key for a rock band like Weezer.  An example of a good rock producer is Steve Albini.  He takes a definite "less is more" approach to production, so the music sounds loud, brash, and scathing--which is exactly how harder rock music should sound.  As a general rule, less is almost always more in production.  Radiohead and recent Flaming Lips albums are just a few exceptions to this rule, but that only works because the production sounds somewhat off-kilter and peculiar, as opposed to extremely clean and sterile.

 

Just think Def Leppard if you want an example of overproduced rock music.

[Guest Wonderboy]

Dave Grohl is God.

[Guest Mystery Eskimo]

On the contrary, g00d sirz, The Colour and the Shape had "Everlong," the best song the Foo Fighters will ever record, and then a bunch of other garbage.  

You're spot on about "Everlong", but I think there are some other decent tracks on TCATS. Monkey Wrench is fun, for one.

[Guest Wonderboy]

I also agree about "Everlong", hell, that's my favorite song ever, but I think all their albums were good. They all sounded different.

 

The first one had more of a grunge sound. Plus, Grohl made the whole thing(besides 1 song) by himself, because again, he is God. One of my favorites ever.

 

The Colour And The Shape had more of a pop-punkish type feel to it. "Everlong", "My Hero", "Monkey Wrench", "Walking After You", and "Hey, Johnny Park!" were all good/great songs in my opinion, and the rest weren't bad either.

 

TNLTL was more softer and popish, but I thought this was a GREAT album. It's overlooked cause it's not hard, and it's radio friendly, but I've not gotten tired of this one since I bought it. And the songwriting is good. Grohl is one of the best songwriters around as far as I'm concerned.

 

Main reason I like them is because they are original, don't try to fit in to whatever is "hot", and they just do their own thing, which is more than I can say for most bands today. No right or wrong on it though, it's just a matter of taste and what you like.

 

And personally I think Agulelrauleralaeualgula is hideous, and needs a steak or eight, but anytime a 30+ year old guy can get a girl in her early 20s, then more power to him.

[Guest mesepher]

Dave Grohl... the drummer of Nirvana

 

too bad that's all he'll ever be