All Fooed Up

Despite still feeling a bit under the weather (both of us), we ventured out to see the Foo Fighters at the Patriot Center last night.

What a show! :rockon:

It was totally awesome. The show opened with a fierce version of “All My Life” (which Monica called) and then went straight into my favorite song of theirs, “My Hero”. They played a good mix from all their albums including “Times Like These”, “This is a Call”, “Breakout”, and “Monkeywrench”, even changing some of them up a bit. To quote Dave Grohl, “Who wants to go see a band to watch them play the songs exactly like on the album?” My sentiments exactly.

It was a homecoming of sorts for him since he is from this area, and it was pretty funny hearing him cuss alot and talk about smoking pot and then introducing his mom and dad who were in attendance. During part of the show, he even ventured out into the crowd, making his way to the back of the arena to jam on his guitar (does he do this at all their shows?). During what was supposed to be the last song (before the obligatory encore), the PA system cut out so we couldn’t hear the band anymore. They seemed to be unaware as they finished the song as they normally would, but then they realized what had happened. Instead of rushing off the stage and waiting for the chants of “Encore! Encore!”, Dave chatted with the crowd and the whole band just seemed bewildered. We thought they were going to just end the show there, but after about fifteen minutes or so, the PA system finally started working again (kind of, still couldn’t hear the bass guitar), they played “Everlong” and “Learning to Fly” for their encore without ever leaving the stage.

All in all, an excellent show. We even scored a couple of cool T-shirts. The night ended with a twenty minute jaunt in the rain as we scoured the parking lot looking for my car. You see, it was our first time to George Mason and the parking lots all look the same. Luckily, my quick thinking and excellent navigational skills allowed us to find my car…just in time to sit another twenty minutes waiting for the parking lot traffic jam to clear out. Nothing like a good case of pnuemonia and ringing ears to make us feel sicker than we already do. 😉


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  1. Monica Avatar
    Monica

    I am not sure if you have EXCELLENT navigational skills. If you did, we would not have had to walk for 20 minutes in the rain to find the car in the first place. :laughing: