Ray played that song in Belfast in January. He sai…

Ray played that song in Belfast in January. He said it was called “You are the best thing that ever happened to me”

Heather,I have seen a million shows, and I rocked …

Heather,

I have seen a million shows, and I rocked em all. From Pearl Jam to Pink Floyd, NONE have compared to seeing the Foo Fighters at the intimate settings of the House Of Blues in Anaheim CA. The benefit show for Musicians Assistance Program (MAP), held in between album releases and major arena tours was a virtual greatest hits barrage that left their audience exhausted and truly rocked upon completion. I swear, there is a part of me that doesn’t even want to see the Foos live again for fear that it would spoil the memory of that night.

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I’m not a Bee Gees fan but I have to agree with yo…

I’m not a Bee Gees fan but I have to agree with you: they never sounded this good.

I remember when I was 14 and Vedder jumped on stage with me and my band, too. No, wait.

From Page Six, NY Post
March 13, 2007 — When your parents are Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins, you get first dibs on the jam sessions with Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam. Saturday night, the celeb couple’s son, Miles Robbins, 14, played with his band, The Tangents, at Bar East, on First Avenue and 90th Street. Vedder came as a guest of Sarandon and Robbins, and “Eddie jumped onstage and joined the band for a couple of songs, including a hot cover of ‘Watchtower,’ ” said our spy. “Tim was directing traffic, and the place was full of teenagers who were invited by the Robbins family.”

In all, Vedder provided vocals for three songs: Blitzkreig Bop (Ramones), Rockin In The Free World (Neil Young) and All Along The Watchtower (Dylan). And the band themselves, The Tangents, are pretty good — check the MySpace link above. Frickin how do you top an experience like that at 14? That never happened in my freshman-year world. Unfortunately.

Heather, I’m sure you’ve heard Pete Yorn do the fu…

Heather,

I’m sure you’ve heard Pete Yorn do the full cover of Dancing in the Dark. When you hear it played in a tempo that matches the mood of the lyrics, stripped of synth, you realize that it is actually an amazing song, and ranks right up there with some of the best of his canon.

The same goes for his acoustic demo for Born in the USA recorded during the Nebraska sessions. The album Born in the USA with a few notable exceptions is just as dark lyrically as Nebraska, and I think that’s what makes it brilliant. That juxtaposition of desperation in the words against feelings of hope in the lyrics. It completely captured the spirit of the mid 80s.

ha, peer pressure at its finest: “doooooo it…”ju…

ha, peer pressure at its finest: “doooooo it…”

just kidding, but the 30-sec itunes snippet made me want it so much more.

Thank you for the Foo Fighters, as well as all the…

Thank you for the Foo Fighters, as well as all the other great stuff you post on here.

much love to you for uploading these great songs!!…

much love to you for uploading these great songs!!!

The Foo Fighters are one of those bands blessed wi…

The Foo Fighters are one of those bands blessed with the ability to rock one of those soulless arena venues to their very foundations, as they did when I saw them at the SECC a couple of years ago. They’ve just announced a date at Edinburgh’s Meadowbank Stadium in August, and I’d be there in a shot if I could affourd eighty quid for a pair of tickets right now!!

I smiled at that too cos I knew what you meant…….

I smiled at that too cos I knew what you meant….Broken Radio, fantastic song. YEP it comes out today, the record release show was last night at the Bowery (how was it anyone?) and I am tempted to post that song but not sure if I should.