Foo Fighters - Medicine at Midnight (February 5, 2021) Album • Page 9

I'm liking this album more and more. Its definitely a grower, but there are a ton cool things happening. Interesting beats, bass lines/guitar tones are on point, Dave's vocals are good, and the female/gospel-esque backing vocals are the shit.

It's an easy album to listen to and is probably my favorite album front to back since Wasting Light. My only problem with it is too much repetitiveness and not enough head banging jams for my liking.

The title track is probably the most interesting song they've ever written. I like it, but I definitely wouldn't want an entire album of it from the Foo Fighters haha.

 

How would you sequence it? I'll give it a try your way.

 

Interesting. For me, Wasting Light is still their last album that was consistent in quality from front to back, so I'm very curious to hear this new one now.

 

Heads up though. This new is one is very different from Wasting Light. This is one is groovy with some pop elements mixed with the Foo sound. BUT Holding Poison gives me a lot of Wasting Light vibes.

Edit: After listening again...The chorus and bridge of Cloudspotter also gives me Wasting Light vibes.

 

Marginally Foo Fighters related but I just listened to Nevermind in full for the first time in years and goddamn that's a good fucking album, I always assume it's slightly overrated in my head until I actually go back and listen to it again and realize it really isn't at all. I think Territorial Pissings might be my favorite Nirvana song

 

what the hell

 

Pretty much exactly how I feel whenever I re-listen. I’m a huge grunge fan so there’s probably a few albums from that era I could put above it, but that doesn’t change how phenomenal Nevermind still is.

 

For me, Nevermind is the standard.

 

I’ve always preferred In Utero.

 

it's the better album, nevermind is more fun

 

Yeah I give In Utero the edge but Nevermind is just unreal good

 

I back this

 

I went back and listened to that again too after I made that post and it's still amazing too. Really can't go wrong with either

 

I'm not sure which I prefer more between In Utero or Nevermind, but honestly it's been so long since I've listened to either.

 

Nevermind is better to me, but I do love Very Ape.

Medicine At Midnight has reallllllyyyy grown on me a lot. I love how concise it is, because I have always felt like their albums are 2-3 songs too long. This zips by and really is refreshing for them.

 

Foo Fighters Wanted to Rule Rock. 25 Years Later, They’re Still Roaring.

 

A Foo Fighters Super Bowl performance would be wild. I’d totally expect them to cover Prince if they did perform the SB.

 

I've been wanting that for years, but alas.

 

I feel like that could happen next year. I think they've been booking pop/R&B acts for awhile to get away from the dinosaur rock that plagued the show for a long time. Foo Fighters seem to be the obvious choice if they come back around to rock.

 

I haven't tried any alternate track listings, been going with it as-is to see if it grows on me, but a few of the transitions still feel a bit clunky.

 

Okay so I'm going through their whole discography for the first time in a few years (probably since C&G came out) and I think somehow all these years later There Is Nothing Left to Lose just passed TCATS for me. TCATS definitely has better highlights but I think TINLTL might be more consistently good

Also I really wanted to watch Sonic Highways again but for some reason it's not streaming or even available to rent anywhere so I just bought the Blu-Ray on a whim

 

I've been re-listening to TINLTL a lot recently, and I think at this point it just pips The Colour and the Shape.

 

It's the best. Such a pleasant Summer/Fall night listen.

 

I've always been more partial towards One By One.

I still want to rent a motel room with Dave and get hammered while dressing up in women's lingerie and rocking out to "Low" on repeat.