Has anyone seen my balls?

Because I do believe they got rocked off last night.



I've been a fan of the Foo Fighters since they were just a twinkle in Dave Grohl's eye. Back when he was wailing away on the drums with red-tipped sticks in a little band called Nirvana.

Back when songs like "This Is a Call" and "Big Me" and "I'll Stick Around" weren't considered vintage, but novel. Before the violins and accordions and soul-shredding triangle solos.

Rooke, you might want to cover your ears because I am now going to talk about the awesomeness of last night's show.

Let's start with the set list:

breakout (my ears started bleeding)
let it die
pretender
times like these
cheer up, boys
ill stick around (always awesome)
learn to fly
the one
stacked actors (dave & chris guitar solo, one of the best versions of this song I've EVER heard and coincidentally my favorite foo song)
skin & bones (acoustic with extended band from skin & bones tour)
marigold (acoustic, Nirvana jam)
my hero (acoustic)
but honestly (acoustic, plaintive and captivating)
everlong (only dave for the first half of the song) into
monkeywrench (scorching)
long road to ruin

encore:
big me
all my life (this song exploded mid way through)

The Foo Fighters have more energy than Chernobyl and Three-Mile Island on their worst day. Nobody screams better or louder than Dave Grohl. He's insane. And insanely talented.

From moment one he engaged the crowd by playing a show that felt more like a tiny club than a 20,000 seat arena. The way he sprints from one outstretched arm of the stage to the other, taunting the crowds with devil's horns and headbanging that would make even Riki Rachtman blush. During song breaks it truly turns into the Dave Grohl show and let me tell you, he is FUN-NY. Like stand-up comedian type funny.

I don't know, there is also a genuine intimacy with the crowd that just comes naturally to Dave Grohl as a front man. I mean, he's fucking entertaining, but he does so on a level that makes you feel like it's over beers in a corner dive somewhere.

He alone is worth every penny and Ticketmaster surcharge I paid for those seats.

The Foo Fighters have always been a sure thing, they always put on a good show, sound great and are consistently enjoyable, and they do it with style and aplomb.

The thing is, they brought down the house last night. I've never seen them this good. They're veterans, but something about them sounds new each time.

Last night's version of Stacked Actors was probably one of the best, most compelling songs I've seen performed live in ten years. They left it all out on the table with that song.

I just can't say enough about live music. If you don't like live music, your ass done missed the boat. The whole boat. The fucking Titanic.

You deserve to be kicked in the head by a horse.

In a nutshell, my mind was blown. Aural orgasms were had and balls were rocked. Thank you Foo Fighters, for making arena rock seem new again.