Post by xtrizeme on Jun 4, 2005 7:56:34 GMT
A lot of people might think I'm retarded(of which 100% are correct)but I've always been kind of pissed at the Foo Fighters for never giving the Canaries a chance to tour with them. Say what you will about Nirvana: they're melodramatic, retarded, whatever... but Kurt Cobain was great about loving music, being humble, and using his position to give exposure to bands that inspired him/bands he knew were better than his own. I can think of so many bands that he gave a direct amount of huge exposure to(Jesus Lizard, Urge Overkill, Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr, My Bloody Valentine)that fans probably went and saw and discovered other great bands just being on the same bill as the bands he mentioned, and I just think that kind of gets overlooked. He was the first real PUBLIC( capitalized only so people will read exactly what I'm saying)voice of underground music, and whatever you might think of Nirvana, he probably had as much to do with rock music growing out as anyone. I mean Siouxshee and the Banshees weren't going to catch you up on the history of Flipper, know what I mean? I can always tell a Foo Fighters song when I hear it on Lucy(the default XM selection of basically every kinda cool bar in America) even before I can recognize any voice. The drums hit, the riffage is sweet, the content is a little too contrived but is still better than everything else on the radio. I know through some friends that Grohl used to be a huge Don Caballero fan (circa For Respect), and I can't imagine that he's never heard the Canaries. And if he's ever heard the Canaries, which I'm sure he has, I can only assume that he's either extremely jealous of what they do, afraid of what they do, and/or both. I just think it's really lame that someone who grew up playing crazy shit, claims to be into crazy shit, and continues to pepetuate the image of a crazy shit rock guy, continues to tour with Three Doors Down. I guaran-fucking-t you that Dave Grohl owns the Last Type Story Long version. I guess it's not all that big of a deal. The Speaking Canaries might go down in history as one of the greatest bands of all time to not be listened to, and that will make them cooler for record store guys; and Damon is kind of a record store guy, so fuck him. But that shit's fucked up. Rock as a cultural force is fucking dead. In my town(Atlanta) a band called the Black Lips is huge because they get trashed when they play, and they're considered visceral or something, even though they're fucking awful. So whomever gets turned onto rock around here will associate rock with being anti-Ashton Kutcher, and there you go. Dude, rock is a family, and Dave Grohl, you've betrayed the fucking family. Seriously, how much money do you need, dude?
He's a greedy fucker.
He's a greedy fucker.
