Foo Fighters this morning, recorded at the Lollapalooza festival on March 20,2022.
A bitter-sweet concert to say the least. Non-stop energy and brilliance for over 2 hours – but the last concert with drummer Taylor Hawkins before his shocking and sudden death.
I hesitated putting this concert up the past few years because of the overwhelming sadness this performance was attached to – but it’s also a celebration of the sheer joy and energy that Taylor was so indelibly linked to – and The Foo Fighters; a band that just took everything a few notches higher.
So here we are today; a world engulfed in chaos and uncertainty – a world desperately in need of some shred of light, a few rays of promise that bad times don’t last and good times are always waiting. Reminders that we’re never far away from reassurance that the good always wins.
And to celebrate that, this concert – that audience – the vibe; they are coming in handy now – and what better way to get that rolling than to offer this performance as the stepping off place to the promise that good times are ahead.
Besides, it’s Thursday and we can use all the positive energy we can get to push us to the weekend.
And The Foo Fighters are the likely candidates.
Crank it up and adjust your attitude. Works wonders.
And now for some sincere groveling from the folks at Past Daily, who stick their necks out every day:
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