So, I went to the Foo Fighters gig on the weekend. It was their second show in a row at the same venue.
I am only a very casual fan at best (a fan of going to gigs more, really) so was not very familiar with any of their material, outside of their obvious big hits.
The day started off well enough...with a beer in the sun. We then made our way to the venue.
A quick opinion of the venue...this is only the second time I've been to the MK Bowl. The first time was last year for a Pearl Jam gig (which was phenomenal, by the way). I found, at the PJ gig, that it was a brilliant venue. Great food, plenty of space and a nice grass embankment to give you a good view of what was going on. I was expecting the same this year. Only I forgot that the Foo's are most likely more popular than PJ and therefore there were a few more people at this gig than at the PJ gig. A few too many for my liking. Still though, its a great venue.
The support...was not too my liking either. Some 'group' called Royal Blood (which consisted of a guitarist and drummer and thats all) came on made noise which I can only describe as being the same as a lawnmower or weed eater. So yeah, they were shit.
The other support though...IGGY POP! (amen) (good for you if you get that reference) was great. He did Lust for Life, Passenger and some other song that I didn't know I knew. Didn't know anything else but he was fun to watch.
After the support, we were left to wait and watch the sun go down while waiting for the Foo's. As soon as the sun went down, the temperature dropped...along with my enthusiasm for being outdoors with loads of people, expensive drinks and loud music. But I preserved. The stage had a massive Foo Fighters canvas covering the stage. The Foo's opened up with All My Life while still behind the curtain thingy. I do like this little gimmick...it helps build the anticipation and when they finally drop it it is quite a thrill. Beyonce did this at her gig I saw last year as well.
I digress, they opened with All My Life, then moved into Times Like These...then into Learn To Fly. That's about 3 of the 6 (?) songs of theirs I knew. At this rate I could leave before the halfway mark, get home get warm and have a cup of tea!
But then they started playing the stuff I don't know and, quite frankly, all sounded the same (I'll admit, that can be said for nearly every one). Anyway, the only song I really wanted to hear was My Hero....which, of course, they sang...when I decided to go get a cup of tea...so that was well timed on my part.
They played Best Of You at the very end, which I liked. It is a good song. Reading this, it sounds all very ho-hum its shit. That's not at all how it was though...it just wasn't as great as I was expecting but thats not just down to my lack of knowledge when it comes to their music catalogue but also the external factors of the sub zero temperature, expensive drinks (and maybe the fact that I wasn't drinking) all add to it. Also, saw AC/DC at wembley and, I'm sorry, but NO rock concert can compare to that. THAT was brilliant...but that's another blog to post in a years time.
