The Metallica livestream ended about an hour before this one started, which means I had a good little buzz going by the start. Compared to some of the other livestreams I recently watched this one was very no-frills and more like an actual concert. They walked out, Dave said “Ladies and Gentlemen…The Foo Fighters” and then just got right into the rocking. At this point I started thinking about how ironic it was that there was a chat feature. Bands are usually against people being on their phones at actual concerts since it is distracting and I do not see how the chat feature is any different. Speaking of distracting I love Vans Old Skool shoes so it is worth noting that Dave’s red Old Skool’s caught my eye right away as did Pat’s constant guitar changing throughout.
Foo Fighters shows are always energetic with lots of good natured banter/joking going on so I figured the band might interact directly with the camera a little but no dice. It was almost like watching a concert that was filmed without the intent of livestreaming. That being said they still had some tricks up their sleeve: during “The Sky is a Neighborhood” they brought out a live choir of four younger looking people; “Times Like These” was sped up, which gave it a completely different feel; they unveiled the first live showing of their new song “Shame Shame” and “My Hero” turned into a sing along with the road and camera crew with a freak-out ending.
At one point when it seemed like the band was done Dave quipped, “You all are in the band and you didn’t know it wasn’t over yet?” A little later they tacked “Lump” by The Presidents of the United States of America onto the end of “Learn to Fly.” Being a fan of all the Foo material it is nice to hear something other than “the hits” so “This Is a Call” was a very welcomed addition to the setlist as was the super groovy “Make It Right.”
SETLIST: All My Life, The Pretender, The Sky is a Neighborhood, Times Like These, Shame, Shame, My Hero, These Days, Learn to Fly, This is a Call, Make It Right, Best of You, Everlong
