Why is Dave Grohl so universally beloved?

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  1. Lawnole23

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    I saw them last year. I was not impressed at all. Generic rock with rehearsed jokes. Grohl is somewhat annoying live but he's still an awesome person.
     
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  2. ryno23

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    He seems like a nice dude. I think his music/stage personna is terrible/annoying.
     
  3. Lawnole23

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    The entire show he was doing the generic 1980s high pitched rocker voice "whose happy to be at a fucking rock show!!!!!!"
     
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  4. TC

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    Looks like the worm is turning!
     
  5. Arrec Bardwin

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    The Grohl prank calls are still some of the best content ever created.
     
  6. ashy larry

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  7. TC

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    Wow man. He is very hardcore and underground. He showed that poser
     
  8. LetItSoak

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    Ryley seems like a little bitch which, to be fair, was written in stone the day his parents named him Ryley
     
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  9. ashy larry

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    i did like this response

     
  10. TC

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    Goddam, poor bastard lugging merch around Europe while I sold out my dreams and work on a computer
     
  11. bryix

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    seems like a cool guy. not a big Foo Fighters fan at all, but that first album was great. ray gun much better than colour and the shape.
     
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  12. SC

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    Grohl’s interview on Bill Simmons’ pod the other day was really good.
     
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  13. theriner69er

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    I kinda think that's just him being him.

    I've only seen them live once, but it looks to me like most of their shows from the past 10 years or so are very similar. I suppose it's hard to add variety when everyone wants to hear the same 10 songs every show though. I could do without Hawkins doing Queen covers.
     
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  14. repoocs

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    Fuck the hate. Saw them as a big Nirvana fan at 21 years old at a small club venue in Cincinnati called Bogart's. Went with my then girlfriend, now wife of 20 years. We've been fans since, but didn't see them again until they returned to Cincy for the first time in 17. It was worth the wait. Then again last year at Bourbon and Beyond in Louisville - after which we promised our teenage boys (15 and 13) that one day they'd see them. Today we bought the tickets to keep our promise. They're pumped and I can't fucking wait. 20200218_180050.jpg
     
  15. repoocs

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    Outside of festivals, they play three hours and actually go pretty deep beyond the hits.
     
  16. TC

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    That’s bc Kurt wrote all the songs.

    (Jk that was Hole’s first album)
     
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  17. wes tegg

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    I like Foo Fighters and Dave Grohl, but that Ryley Walker tweet is hilarious.
     
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  18. Daniel Ocean

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    Can you tell what dictionary you’re using that defines that as hilarious. TIA
     
  19. wes tegg

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    I meant the mom joke reply.
     
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  20. wes tegg

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  21. Redav

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    Second album (Colour and the Shape) was better. Do not at me. Respect my decision
     
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  22. BP

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    My Hero and Everlong
    :ded:
     
  23. IHHH

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    Because he is really really good and has been for a long time. And he has tons of fans and he sells a lot of records
     
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  24. IHHH

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    I am not even a foo fighters fan and can see this is a genius song

     
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  25. Fusiontegra

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    jfc
    Hawkins quotes Roger Taylor as one of his earliest and largest influences. Heaven forbid he pay homage during live shows occasionally.
     
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  26. Joe_Pesci

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    not familiar with all of their music videos but they did one where they had a girl with a huge ass twerk during the huge guitar solo

     
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  27. repoocs

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  28. HotMic

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    1. The Colour and the Shape
    2. Foo Fighters
    3. There is Nothing Left to Lose
    4. Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
    5. One by One
    6. In Your Honor
    7. Wasting Light
    8. Sonic Highways
    9. Concrete and Gold

    The last two albums have been pretty bad. Hopefully this new album goes back to some of their older stylings. There’s been some great unreleased stuff/covers on the 4-5 song EP’s they’ve been releasing.
     
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  29. theriner69er

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    to be specific I wish he'd at least mix it up a bit. I feel like he's been doing the same exact thing for 10 years.

    daaaaay-o!
    eh oh!
    day dum!
    da da da da da da doh!
    led-oh!
    led-oh!
    leeeeeeed oh!
    Daaaave Grohl!
    Dave Grohl!

    He hates when I do that!!! Followed by Under Pressure. Surly as a big Roger Taylor fan, Queen has a few other songs he could do.

    I say this all as a big Foo Fighters fan
     
  30. TC

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    I know a kid that got to get on stage with them and perform "Under Pressure" on drums.

    He never shut the fuck about it.
     
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  31. theriner69er

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    As a whole those last 2 albums aren't great, but still have a couple good songs on them.

    what have they recently released? Just 01999925?
     
  32. BP

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    Didn't like Sonic highways but the 2 singles off C&G were good.
     
  33. HotMic

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    Last EP was January, I believe that was the number.
     
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  34. ButchCassidy

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    Saw them twice in 2 years. Nearly the same show but thought they killed it. Non stop rocking.
     
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  35. Redav

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    Wasting Light is v underated and might be #3 for me
     
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  36. HotMic

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    I just revised the track listing and kind of feel like I should have ranked it above In Your Honor. Maybe even One by One.
     
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  37. rickyrubio4life

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    *Hole’s second album
     
  38. BP

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    Just posting this since Dave is boring, rehearsed and generic.

     
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  39. spagett

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    Band deserves a lot of credit, too
     
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  40. skiedfrillet

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    i was at that concert and he killed it
     
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  41. TC

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    He sucks as a bandmate. Can you be our drummer?
     
  42. skiedfrillet

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    that would require me moving back to columbia

    gross
     
  43. TC

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    Offer was noncommitable fwiw
     
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  44. repoocs

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    Twitter rumors have the first single off the new album dropping tomorrow.
     
  45. IHHH

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    Dave grohl is anything but a fake

     
  46. BP

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  47. Fusiontegra

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    FUCK. I've got tickets for the OKC one but probably won't be with my current client in December - was really going to enjoy them footing the travel bill.
     
  48. Doc Louis

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    Well now we know he's lying because Europeans don't wear XXL t shirts.
     
  49. Fusiontegra

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  50. repoocs

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    Too alarmin' now to talk about
    Take your pictures down and shake it out
    Truth or consequence, say it aloud
    Use that evidence, race it around
    There goes my hero
    Watch him as he goes
    There goes my hero
    He's ordinary
    Don't the best of them bleed it out
    While the rest of them peter out?
    Truth or consequence, say it aloud
    Use that evidence, race it around
    There goes my hero
    Watch him as he goes
    There goes my hero
    He's ordinary
    Kudos, my hero, leavin' all the mess
    You know my hero, the one that's on
    There goes my hero
    Watch him as he goes
    There goes my hero
    He's ordinary
    There goes my hero
    Watch him as he goes
    There goes my hero
    He's ordinary

    He couldn't have played anything else during the iheart radio show tonight.