Foo Fighters @ Madison Square Garden, 11.13.2011

As a friend of mine once told me, which I have repeated ever since, "Some people are the pineapples, and some people are the Jello."  I'm a Jello.  My husband is a pineapple.  Spending eight years with a pineapple person has resulted in my views on certain things, mostly things on which I had no firm opinions in the first place, molding to conform to his.  It is hard to stand your ground when, (1) you don't really care in the first place and (2) you are faced with that much enthusiasm!

So, the Foo Fighters are John's favorite band, and through the years I have watched myself go from an apathetic observer to a full-blown fangirl (my policies toward the Yankees have evolved similarly).  He always wants to see the Foo Fighters' live shows when they come to town, and I'm so glad that I overcame my initial NO TOO LOUD TOO MUCH SCREAMING reaction and went along when we first went together a few years ago (Sunday's was the second show of theirs I've seen).  I'm a convert.  Now I would never miss a Foo Fighters tour.

The Foo Fighters are a great live rock band (no, not as good as Wilco), and Dave Grohl is incredible.  As Mike Ness of Social Distortion said during his band's opening set on Sunday, "Foo Fighters don't f*ck around."  They rocked for three hours, past midnight, and played all the old favorites, together with some of their newer stuff.  It was a late night, but the show was absolutely worth the residual exhaustion I've been dealing with all week.

Oh, and they brought out special guest Joan Jett (whoa!) for an amazing rendition of "Bad Reputation."



Here's a write-up and some fantastic concert photographs, from Brooklyn Vegan.

And here's a set list:

Bridge Burning
Rope
The Pretender
My Hero
Learn to Fly
White Limo
Arlandria
Breakout
Cold Day in the Sun
Stacked Actors
Walk
Monkey Wrench
Let It Die
These Days
This is a Call
In the Flesh (Pink Floyd cover)
All My Life

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Wheels (Dave Grohl acoustic)
Best of You (Dave Grohl acoustic)
Times Like These (Dave Grohl solo acoustic into full band)
Dear Rosemary (with Bob Mould)
Breakdown (Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers cover) (with Bob Mould)
Bad Reputation (Joan Jett cover) (with Joan Jett)
Everlong