Dave Grohl, veteran Foo Fighter (pictured here, presumably on the set of My Name is Earl), is an amazingly talented songwriter. He has managed to write the EXACT SAME song 80+ times (according to my Ipod), and he has done it extremely well. With the exception of the hits ("This is a Call", "MonkeyWrench", "My Hero", "Big Me" which stand apart primarily as a result of clever videos), I could not tell you which album any of the songs came from. They all blend together seemlessly to create a body of work that is as cool as kelvin, but very difficult to differentiate from one slow bulding screamer to the next. The live show rocks, he has a "fun" public persona, and the songs are all sort of... well... same-ish. But in a good way.
He can even Foo Fighterize the McCartney out of The Wings.
Foo Fighters-Band on the Run (from the Comp Radio 1 Est. 1967 available sometime after now)
In fact, Dave Grohl is number 3 on my list of people I wish had Jerry Springer/Oprah style talk shows. Right after OJ.
- Charles Manson
- OJ Simpson
- Dave Grohl
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