Foo Fighters were on David Letterman last night.  Again.  When I saw the tweets yesterday that they were playing last night with Joan Jett, my first thought was, "Awesome, I'll check that out tomorrow on the internet!"  That is way past my bedtime.  As always, Letterman had some very nice things to say:

"These people have affected my life in many delightful ways and I'll always be grateful for those lovely influences.  So my thanks to the Foo Fighters."

Who talks like that?

So here's a bit of trivia for you.  David Letterman had the Foo Fighters play his first show after having open heart surgery and if I remember correctly (Editor's note: due to budget cuts the fact-checkers for this website were recently laid off ) Letterman said, "It's my pleasure to have my favorite band, playing my favorite song. Ladies and gentlemen...Foo Fighters!"  Then they played a song. 

I now have a spur of the moment idea for a CONTEST.  Seriously, I did not think of this before writing this post.  Come to think of it, I didn't even think of writing this post before writing this post.  Living on the edge, baby.  Living on the edge.  Okay, back to that exciting contest I just thought of:

The first person who can name the song in the comments section below that the Foo Fighters played on Letterman's first show after open heart surgery will receive a digital copy of our new album that is coming out (soon, oh so soon). 

So here is the video from last night's Letterman show.   (If this video gets taken down, the whole episode can be found at http://www.cbs.com/late_night/late_show/video/?pid=rkBt_7d5XpIanQeen2XGGHOEvwSViOZy)

Welcome back.  Joan's voice is sounding great I thought.  I also got confused because when I heard that they were playing Bad Reputation, I was thinking they were doing their version of Bad Reputation by Thin Lizzy that's on their covers album.  But then I was like, oh yeah, Joan Jett wrote a song with the same title.  That makes more sense now.  Sometimes I am an idiot.

So the Foos can add yet another cover to their repertoire.  I read an interview recently and guitarist Pat Smear said that they are the only band he knows of who will learn a cover song and then play it in front of 55,000 people an hour later.  Or live on TV for millions of viewers. 

And still sound great.

I hate Dave Grohl.

Okay, when you find yourself talking to a reporter in front of a camera about someone and his secret project, and this someone happens to be a rather famous guy that people will probably be very interested in and said famous guy has not as of yet made any sort of announcement about anything whatsoever concerning said secret project, you might just want to just shut up.  Like right now.  Zip your lips.  Stop talking.  Quite simple really.  In the grand scheme of things.  (Editor's note: In his head, the author is sounding just like Ricky Gervais in those last two sentences).   See the video at 1:26 to see what I mean.

Unless.

Said famous guy has secretly told you to discreetly leak his said secret project to create extra media hype and public interest...

Of course!!!  Why didn't I think of that sooner?  Crafty devil, that Dave Grohl.  It took awhile for this cynical mind to arrive at the obvious conclusion, but now that I know the impossible-to-prove truth, it does nothing to distract me from the fact that Dave Grohl is working on becoming a filmmaker of all things.  As if he hasn't done enough already, being a rock star, rock n' roll hall of fame shoe-in, collaborator to everyone (and I do mean literally everyone), founder of supergroup that's super cool and not lame like every other supergroup and...shall I go on?  No, I will stop there. 

And zip. My.  Lips.

But why does he have to keep doing other cool things?  (Editor note: author has turned very whiny).  He keeps doing things that I'd...kind of...like...to do.  In my warm, fuzzy, secret heart.

I hate Dave Grohl.

If you are a Foo Fighters fan and a Pink Floyd fan, then this video will send you into Pink Foo heaven.  There is so much Dave Grohl in the news lately, that this is starting to be hard work!  And I was just starting to think maybe I didn't hate Dave Grohl so much any more.

So if you don't have access to SiriusXM Satellite Radio to hear the full interview, I found this two minute clip.  It was a  pretty cool interview and sounds like it would've been fun to hear the entire thing.  Some highlights from the Spin article:

According to Newsday, Vig said the incomplete "Song in D" came from the Nevermind recording sessions but never received lyrics. To which Grohl reportedly quipped, "Sounds like another box set!"

Grohl and Novoselic also recalled how Nevermind felt like a dream come true. "It didn't really seem like this would happen. It was almost like a scam." That might explain the band's frugal living conditions during the recording: Nirvana's members split a room in a $70-a-night hotel. Then again, rappers Kid 'n Play were fellow residents of the Oakwood Corporate Apartments, where Grohl apparently met them at the free breakfast buffet; also among the hotel's denizens were "The Final Countdown" rockers Europe.

The interview was held in a "town hall" style, where the live studio audience and callers at home could ask questions. Other topics discussed, according to Newsday, included the use of a click track (at Vig's request, Grohl used a metronome for his drumming on "Lithium" and "Something in the Way"), alternate producer choices (along with Vig, candidates included Neil Young producer David Briggs and R.E.M./Smithereens producer Don Dixon), and, of course, Kurt Cobain's absence. "I wish Kurt was here," Novoselic said. "There's a big hole here."

Here is the video:

Check it:  if the video doesn't play, try this link: http://teamcoco.com/video/foo-fighters-dear-rosemary

I ran across these videos this week that were especially fun for me as a songwriter and guitarist to get a glimpse of the process behind how Dave Grohl writes Foo Fighters songs.  Enjoy.

Part Two can be found here:

http://www.guitarworld.com/foo-fighters-pretender-and-rope-lesson

Foo Fighters start at 16:44.  For a great review of the show and first hand account of what it was like to be there, check out this post:  http://www.antiquiet.com/news/2011/08/foo-fighters-lollapalooza/

Hey, the Foo Fighters just released their film documenting the "Garage Tour" they did earlier this year.  Check it out.

So in my mind (where no one can see and I can prove nothing) I had an idea for a video for our song American Man inspired by and somewhat paying tribute to,  the movie Falling Down starring Michael Douglas.  A video where I would be dressed in a white, short sleeve button down shirt, black tie and horn rimmed glasses.  I hadn't fully fleshed this idea out in my mind, but it would also include driving an old, American car of some sort and end by playing in a rock and roll band. 

Then today I watched the new Foo Fighters video for the song Walk.  Watch it below.

I am actually somewhat wierded out by the whole thing.

My video will look like I am trying to copy the Foo Fighters. 

Now I really hate Dave Grohl.

Warning to my kids: this video would be rated R for language if the MPAA had anything to do with it.  Therefore, since we don't let you watch R rated movies at home, let's not watch R rated videos daddy posts on his website, okay?  We like Dave Grohl as a person, but we don't want to talk like him.

Okay, now that we've got that little bit of hypocrisy out of the way, let's get to it.  If you're at all interested in the behind-the-scenes stuff of Dave Grohl recording the new Foo Fighter's album, check this video out.  He gives a tour of his garage where they recorded the album (and sure enough it is a real garage - I especially like the pink little girls bike along the same wall rows of microphone and instrument cables are hung on) and talks about recording demos there and how they recorded using analog tape and how he didn't want to lose the "garagy" sound that he liked so much.  Oh, and he shows the "Foo Fighters Guitar" he's used on all the FF albums. 

All in all, Dave Grohl's garage sounds like a cool place to record an album.  My garage is freezing cold and has dirty slush all over the floor.  

I hate Dave Grohl.