Born on the BayFOO! Katrina concert: Foo Fighters break it down for ya'll

[omega minimo]

Did you watch "Shelter From The Storm"? Many great performances, heartfelt pleas from the speakers... and why does it take death and destruction to wipe the bullshit off the TeeVee screen and have something resembling humanity and (dare i say it?) REALITY up there?

AND THEN CAME FOO.

Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters blew the lid off the jar. It was almost as exciting/mindblowing/revolutionary at the first listen to "Smells Like Teen Spirit" blowing the roof off corporate radio a million years ago in the 90's.

BORN IN THE BAYOU. Scruffy and hairy and raucous, Foo Fighters delivered a passionate, primal and perfect rendition of the Creedence Clearwater Revival classic.

CCR hailed from the landlocked San Joaquin Valley in the heart of California. They weren't "born in the bayou." And it DIDN'T BLOODY MATTER.

This was the human being, being. The passion of being alive and having something to say, a song to sing. All the blues/rocknroll/folk/grunge/classic rock dissolved into one blazing blur.

This was the American spirit. Passionate, playful and powerful. Indisputable, irrepressible and ever redeemable. This was American passion at its best: unpretentious and pure.

Grohl DELIVERED. He broke down all the walls, all the barriers, all the illusions that segregate the demographics: the ages, the styles, the cultures, the generations-- including the delusions that separate the comfortably numb from themselves.

Pure feeling, pure art, pure human language with all the bullshit blown away by the deep, honest American love for our place in the world, where we come from-- and our faith and hope in where we are going.

Thank you, Mr. Grohl. Should you decide to run for office, I will vote for you, whether it counts OR NOT!

:yourock:

[linazelle]

1. What network? When? I missed it. nt

[Starbucks Anarchist]

5. It was on every network last night.

[omega minimo]

6. ABC CBS NBC FOX PBS last night

HIghlights were U2, Neil Young, Paul Simon

[CascadeTide]

2. I thought it was superb also

I was just talking to my brother about what a great job they did on it.

[globalvillage]

3. I agree.

Grohl and the Foo Fighters rocked. Great tune. Awesome band.

[tridim]

4. Dave Grohl is just pure class, genuine to the core

The one silver lining of Nirvana disbanding is that Dave stepped out from behind the drums.

[cbear70]

7. Would love to have a video

I saw this wonderful performance but my hubby did not.. I wish they had this concert online.

[omega minimo]

8. I missed Dr. John!

[splat]

9. It's on Yahoo's homepage right now. "Concert Webcast" n/t

[omega minimo]

10. Way'at Swamp Rat?

B-) :hi:

[blonndee]

11. Listen, I'm an old time Nirvana fan and I LOVE Grohl....

Dave ROCKED, with or without "past" credentials.

[omega minimo]

12. That's it. Timeless. In the Moment. Pure energy. Passion. Rage. Love

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