Foo Fighting At Work

I was sitting at my desk the other day with my Directv playing across from me randomly surfing for some background noise to fill my otherwise stone quiet cubicle. I happened across a recording of a Foo Fighters concert on channel 101. I’ve never been a big fan of the Foo Fighters. It’s not that their music isn’t catchy (sometimes) or they seem to be giant dicks. I think it’s because I never really liked Nirvana and since Dave was from that band it was guilt by association kind of thing.

What a great show they put on! Their drummer wears me out just watching him. I’d forgotten how much I enjoyed seeing bands perform live. You see that’s my dilemma. I love to see band play live, I just hate going to concerts to see them. I’m not one of those dance in the aisles, pump your fist in the air kind of guys. I prefer just to sit back and take it all in. At a live venue you look like your either a. bored or b. rude if you’re not joining in the fray. That’s why I’ve always preferred to just watch a taped or live to tape show on TV or DVD. The view is always better, no one is blowing smoke in your face or puking next to you and best of all I can crank up my home theater to a level that shakes the walls but doesn’t leave me deaf the next day. I should start seeing more of these shows. If anyone has a suggestion, I’d take it. I’m hoping that there’s more content available in HD now. The last show I sat and watched all the way through was the Tribute to Freddy Mercury about 10 years ago. I have a new respect for Foo Fighters now. I’m probably not going to run out and buy their album now or anything, but at least I won’t quickly change the channel when their songs come up on the satellite radio!