Foo Fighter's concert!!

This was my second time seeing The Foo Fighters, the first time was in Tampa, Florida on their very first tour back in about 1996. Terry and I totally rocked out during that show and I think in fact I almost strangled him right during the concert I was so excited and he so as well that he didn’t care I was doing it! The Foo Fighters took the stage promptly at 7pm at the Nihon Budokan, a venue of great renound, perhaps most famous for being the first place The Beatles played in Japan way back in 1966-ish. It’s kind of nice to attend a rock concert by first walking through old temple gates, a rather Japanese-ish experience. … I was happy to pay it as the concert from up above in the calm seats would have been a very dissatisfying experience.

I filed into the Budokan slightly nervous that the ticket I swapped for might not be legit, but no troubles at all. My ticket was for the “C” section of the floor, which was in front of the stage off to the right. … So as the lights dimmed around 7:03pm, boom, Dave comes out dressed all in black with trademark black sweatband on his right wrist, ratty mop hair, and raspy full beard. … Dave offered various witticisms throughout saying how this was the largest headlining tour of Japan ever for the band and they were glad to be able to do it. Then later on was a very personal story about the last time they toured Japan in 1998 (although they have played Fuji Rock since then) when Dave was feeling pretty sick. He said how after about 5 songs the sickness was too much and he had to go offstage right to the bathroom, and was unable to come back out.

…After this they went into the best part of the whole set, a trio of songs beginning with the best song by any band I’ve heard this year “DOA,” the only song to my knowledge they played off their latest album (glad of that actually), then “Generator” and finishing with “The One.” … Up to then, I realized and remembered that things in Japan are not the same as their equivalents in the U.S.

…So Dave goes on with things like, “I have a lot of love….and most of it is for Taylor.” It was pretty funny stuff, and seemed somewhat spontaneous as I doubt Taylor is that good of an actor to fake his reactions. … Finally, and only toward the very end of the show did Dave acknowledge bassist Nate Mendel, calling him the perfect bassist because he doesn’t jump around, just “holds down the fort.”

…They played a respectable 1 hour 45 minute set, but the only song they played from their first and best album was “Big Me.”

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