Foo Fighters' Network TV Debut: "This Is A Call" | Letterman
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- The Foos make their network television debut with Dave.
(From "Late Show," air date: 8/14/95)
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Little known fact - when Pat joined Nirvana, Kurt bought a new amp rig identical to the one he had been using since just prior to recording Nevermind (Mesa Boogie Studio Preamp, Crown or Crest power amp), and gave his old rig to Pat. When Pat joined Foo Fighters, he continued using the rig. If you look closely, you'll notice that's a Studio Preamp in the top slot of Pat's rig. It's hard to tell what's below it but in all likelihood it's the Crown or Crest power amp Kurt also gave him. So Pat is most likely playing the rig that Kurt used to record Nevermind, as well as the entire Nevermind tour.
Fascinating man… Thanks for the info!
My fav comment just love details like this in all music film culinary art and other historic moments in their own right
Sweet comment.
🤘😠🤘
Yep and Pat also used that rig to record his parts on The Colour and the Shape album..
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Humanness is ❤
Crazy to think that Dave seems clearly nervous here for his first performance on Letterman (voice cracking), to being Letterman's pick for the last performance ever on the show. Pretty impressive.
I agree. I think its very symphatic that you can see all his development from 94 on openly. (Always a good musician and all but just still growing, trying new stuff, grow on and just do..).
Much respect to the sound mixer for turning the bass way up between the chorus and the subsequent verses. Its a sweet sound 👊
Letterman always had the best sound and the best bands.
Hell yeah!!!!!
This only happens when they’re a bass player also…
haha true! First thing i noticed! All the way from Australia!
Also sounds like they add in a phaser for the last couple of verses. Very cool
Alanis Morissette made her network television debut on Late Show that same week, 8/17/95 (I was there!), and her drummer at the time was Taylor Hawkins. It's amazing how closely these two performances aligned, and. how the acts would collide soon after.
Wow! it was all meant to be
Pero si no se hubieran conocido talvez seguiría vivo
This was my first Alt Rock cassette. Then I watched Taylor Hawkin's performed with Alanis, I was like. I liked the drummer. Then he joined FF and I was whoa! My friends & bandmates and mourned his death..
He'd still be alive if he stayed with Alanis.
@@Th3DarkCanuck He left to play with the Foos and follow his heart. He wanted to be in a Rock band that played heavier music. Alanis gave him her blessing. Besides, he died because of a long term substance abuse problem. It would have happened either way!
The bassist pulling the most 90's look ever
read my mind hahahha
@@sandinista138 ...aaaaand wearing Airwalks...
@@chrismason4224 It doesn’t get more 90s than Airwalks haha
The gap.
well it was 1995.
3:30 you can see Dave accidentally step on his pedal, then quickly getting back to it to get the ending little bit.
Pat Smear was & always will be the coolest Foo.
In interviews his enthusiasm is so contagious!
As Dave has said…. Pat is the “punkest motherf… ever”. Got to see Foo last month here in Arkansas and it was killer.
Yes!!!
He was so funny in the movie!
💯.
Dave chose to end his nightly career with Foo Fighters as his musical guest.
Yeah, nobodies perfect lol
I remember seeing this, how Dave was very nervous, cracking his voice at the beginning and throughout, accidentally stepping on the pedal near the end, and the drumming. I did not know the band was shown during the credits.
Hahah, I was already typing a comment about how Dave looked nervous, so I had to go back and look to see the pedal.
At least it happened at a near-perfect time. Or at least he _recovered_ at the perfect time.
If you're not watching, it sounds like it could be intentional. One final "low key" moment before the song rallies to an energetic climax. Four bars would've been better, but two bars is acceptable.
To think that Dave made the album and was able to rebound from Kurt's death 16 months after that happened is amazing.
lot of the songs already written before Kurt's death
The odds were against him statistically as a drummer from a huge band but he had talent and wanted to keep going and was incredibly successful. Nirvana was not going to last and he had a lot of songs and energy to generate from being behind that kit and watching everything implode in 3 short years. As we all can see, it's just something he has to keep doing/keep moving. These last 2 years have proven that. I'm wondering what that next record will sound like.
He had Kurt killed so he could become the face of radio rock for the next 30 years 💯
And recorded it BY HIMSELF.
Equally impressive is how he was offered multiple drummer gigs, for Pearl Jam, Tom Petty, and other major rock acts, but decided to instead just stay home with his mom and record a whole album himself.
Dave has come such a long way as a vocalist.
Not really. He sounds like ass live all the time
It couldn't get much worse than this performance...
@@gkniffenI say this as a die hard fan... not much has really changed 😂
And that's okay!
I think 1995 Dave's vocals were better than now!!! And music was awesome, not that dad rock that he plays now!
For sure. He was trashing his vocal chords here with his voice cracking multiple times. Way better later in his career as a LV
1:44 Pat trying to shake his sweater's sleeve getting in the way of his strumming looks so rock n roll. And then 2:44 casually rolling it up during the breakdown. What a stud.
Nice catch. Didn't notice. I bet they laughed about that later
And then it almost immediately slid back down.
This is so joyful and beautiful to watch. The sound mix is so perfect. Nate’s bass gets enhanced while he’s on camera 😎. The lighting and camera choreography are so cool. Thanks Dave and Dave’s-team for sharing this. Both Dave’s are national treasures.
Te faltó agregar que la banda tocó muy fuerte debido a que, literalmente, se morían de frío...
@@joezarate4566huh?
And notably Nate was the best technical performance of the night. Everyone had uncontrollable energy and it showed in the quality of the performance overall.
William murdered those drums.😂.
Ya right looks like a dork hittin them double shots on snare
This will always be my favorite incarnation of the band.
I kinda wished they'd call Goldsmith back..
@@reogh Especially when they got inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame.
I honestly just wish the band was smaller now. I don’t think they sound, or are bad, I just think there’s more magic to a smaller band.
@@reogh Goldsmith was adamant on not going back. He himself even said in an interview recently that he could never fill Taylor's spot and that Josh Freese is a better fit. He belongs and thrives in Sunny Day Real Estate.
William Goldsmith is still on the drums! Golden times for FF!!!
Yeah. I kinda see why he didn't last. Dave's style has always been on best and occasionally on the back of the beat. Goldsmith is driving it which seems the pink thing to do but not what Dave had been doing for the previous five years.
He looked almost relieved at the end of the song. He killed it though.
Why did he leave? He was amazing here.
@@alann5003 Dave didn't like his drumming on the album and recorded himself playing drums instead.
it's really cool to see him here, but he looks miserable. he's playing dave's parts, each fill is the exact same, he looks like a robot doing his job. compare this with any live SDRE video, you'll see a difference. you'll also notice how much he improvises and changes little details - that's just not grohl's thing, at least, they way will did it. he sounds great of course, but i feel like you can see how he feels about the situation.
Dave stepped on his pedal by accident turning off distortion then hits it at exactly the right moment for his solo guitar riff wow lucky
I watched (and taped) this on live TV, and rewatched it dozens and dozens of times after that, but the tape's long gone. Great to have a clean copy of it.
I saw this as a 17 year-old starting his senior year of high school. I started getting into their music about this time as this song was getting play on radio. My late father was a guitar player and seasoned musician and this was my way of connecting with him with our common love of David Letterman and music.
All I can remember after watching this is Dave Grohl can't sing live very well. I loved this album, one of my favorites of that era. I used to have a Foo Fighters shirt that had a glow-in-the-dark alien head on the front and the Roswell Records logo on the back. Great times!
One great thing about Letterman was that he is a boomer who played and had the interest of a gen x and early millennial.
Grohl's live vocals got a lot better over the years
@@Ariel_thenotsolittlemermaid And then got a lot worse, but we love him just the same haha
That little nervous sway Dave is doing early in the song 💜
Remember being a bit sceptic when I heard Grohl was going to do an album on his own... Little did I know as young boy than how important that guy was for the succes of Nirvana.. I was totally blown away by that album instantly... Still my favourite album of the Foo Fighters by far...
Yep it’s a true 10/10 album. Perfect.
Crazy to think that this was 28 years ago. Same amount of time from 1995 back to 1967.
Fuck.
Honestly this is the best Foo Fighters line up. The drummer is sick
It's funny because Dave didn't think he was up to snuff and axed him.....
@ShawnConrad-tw8du It's the guy from Sunny Day Real Estate right?
@@imalizard2113 Yes. Goldsmith was in the original version of the band back in like 92-93 and is with them now. Nate Mendel from FF was an original member, too. Bass player
@@ShawnConrad-tw8du Josh Freese is their current drummer.
@@imalizard2113 I meant to say that. Goldsmith drummed originally but is now back in Sunny Day Real Estate. Freese has been in a lot of bands over the yrs. Mostly punk rock. Which would seem a departure from what the Foos do. Even their first 3 truly great albums were quirky at times but would never be construed as Punk. Definitely isn't what they do now. Since Dave was in punk bands before Nirvana, I guess he knew what he was looking for. Plus the dude is around Dave's age, so I'm sure he's more than happy at that age to make some huge money. I'm sure bigger than anything else he's made. Foos rake it in
Foo Fighters make their Network debut with Letterman. Letterman finishes his tenure as a late night host with Foo Fighters.
Incredibly fitting.
Pearl Jam
@@cruefan410 No, it was Foo Fighters. They played Everlong as the last musical guests on Letterman's final show.
@@danman6669 I stand corrected 👍
@@danman6669 By Dave's request.
Seen Nirvana's 5th & 4th last shows in North America on January 3 & 4, 1994 in Vancouver Canada (Seattle shows on the 6, 7, 8th were the last gigs) I remember hearing Dave's backing vocals & thought "He can sing. I bet he'll do a side project"...Boom !
1:33 & 2:33 did they think that was a bass solo?? hahaha, love the focus on him and the bump up in the mix... NATE "THE NATE" MENDEL
More attention in those 20 seconds than in the next 20 years
This is the best version of the Foo Fighters to me. Vocals that might crack and get out of tune here and there, but are raw, powerful and have some really adorable extra-mellow parts. A drummer whose technique isn't perfect but pulls the drumsticks from his back to whip his gigantic kit and fits the band like a glove. Nonsense lyrics that end up meaning more than many overthought ones. A clear and unashamed Nirvana influence, that should have never been seen as a problem.
Back when Foo was a Nirvana/SDRE supergroup. Love it!
solo project turned supergroup, amazing
Correction: Nirvana/Germs/SDRE Supergroup
Solo/side project turned supergroup turned stadium conquering giants
Perspective
Sdre still underrated to this days
These guys hit you like a speeding freight train! 💥💥💥💥
Prime Foo Fighters right there, before becoming an arena anthem band.
I absolutely love the Foo Fighters this is brilliant.
William Goldsmith is pretty dang solid on drums here. Not sure why he was considered “sub par” by Dave Grohl, which led to Dave secretly re-recording Goldsmith’s drum parts himself on their follow-up album “The Colour and the Shape”.
That kinda always rubbed me the wrong way, but if you're used to hearing things a certain way in your head, and they don't come out as expected, I understand Dave's choice. And to be fair, William is missing a few hits on the fills on this.
Pretty dang solid =/= the kind of precision expected at that level, unfortunately. You basically can’t mess up even a little bit or you quickly become a liability. Nate has also said that he had to step it up immensely to avoid the same fate. Definitely leaves a bad taste but it’s the way things go sometimes.
The vocals kinda needed stepping up🤔
Triplet fills a bit off ?
I hate that thrash drumming style, gets tiresome quickly
Thanks.. was wondering who that was.
I was 15 when this single came out - I still remember hearing it on the radio for the first time while driving.
William Goldsmith is such an excellent and solid drummer. Totally underrated. Can't wait to see Sunny Day Real Estate if they ever get to the UK. ✌️
Pat Smear cutely, albeit methodically, rolling his sleeve up two-thirds through the song is Peak Smear.
Loved seeing this after all these years. Very Nirvana-esque, more so than I remember. Loved the last section of the song!
I thought the drummer was killing it, very entertaining. Really cool when a drummer just pounds away while almost gasping for air.
Pat Smear is so flamboyant, but in a good way. Love his playing, his attitude, his presence, and what his past brings to the band.
Nate was killing it too. Loved that the sound guy kept bringing the bass to the front of the mix. Nate has such an odd stage presence, but it's fun to watch.
I like the lyrics on this album... also Hawkins is HOF drummer, but this is such a solid lineup for a band.
Pat wearing no shoes 😂
They really threw themselves into their music, quite literally in this performance. The drummer caught my eye especially.
The f*cking bass line to this song is incredible , Nate’s an incredible bassist , I keep replaying this video because I love the bass line 🔥
Dave wrote and performed some really solid bass hooks on that album. The bass line that lays under the changing guitar chords during the verses on "I'll Stick Around" were purely genius for the genre.
I remember listening to this album straight through for the first time with my best friend who was also learning to play guitar at the time. We both looked at each other and said the same thing: "Wow. This is way more complicated than Nirvana." Lol
I remember listening to this song on radio and loving it, knew it was from foo fighters but had no idea who they were. It took me a long time to buy the CD and I knew no one that had the cd or tape for me to make a copy, and this song never played on radio. I remember my surprise when I will stick around received a video and entered high rotation on MTV and I realised who was the singer. Still could not listen to this is a call until I bought the CD. It is still my favourite song from them.
The 90s were so spectacular.
My fav foo song of all time.
This wass such a monumental peformance. Dave produced amd wrote this all himself, not long after losing Kurt and being in the biggest band on the planet at the time.
I also often forget how long Nate Mendel has been a part of the Foo's and how critically fundemental he always has been to their sound.
And then there is Pat Smear, a budding and constant friend of Daves and years on has his rightful place in the band.
you could tell dave was nervous as hell his voice cracked mutilple times
Love how Dave is almost strumming BELOW the bridge lol
I saw Nirvana twice when they came to Australia is 1992 - it was INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( I was 21 years old, ) my brother-in-law worked at the Phonecian Club downtown Sydney - he got me and 2 mates in for free, then a mate of mine in my Army Squadron had 2 tickets, but got effed over with Guard Duty - so I bought them off him, and me and my best mate went and saw them at their last show - was unbelievable..... truly crazy. Chris destroyed all the drums, and Kurt literally played "distortion" with his guitar into these massive amps, for like 20+ minutes......it was absolutely nuts!
Saw them at the Ogden in Denver when they were touring this same year. The nineties were fantastic!
Dynamite f'n debut performance!
🧨The Foo F'ers, keep on fightin'!!!!
🛸🔫!!!!
quick thing that happened just now: i was listening to this and i decided since i just got some drum sticks that i would jam to this song and i got so into it that i actually took my shirt and went full dave grohl style, it was awesome.
EDIT: I don't have any drums so I almost destroyed this random chair I found in my basement lmao
Dave Grohl, reminding everyone how pivotal his contribution was to Nirvana's sound. 🙏🥳 Yeah: pray, and party!!
Perfect Rock; Great Follow Up From Nirvana. Dave Is Great & Very Smart. Fabulous Album. Pat Is Hilarious W Out Even Trying. Foo Yeah!
Pat Smear is my favorite kind of rock star.
Never saw this before!!! How fitting they closed Dave’s last show with “this is a call” performance.
Nice! Thanks for the upload. Great energy
I thought they played Everlong on his last show. When they all dressed in tuxes.
It was Everlong.
They sound amazing here. And this was the coolest Dave ever looked.
Dave wore a t-shirt with the words 'Revenge For TR' written on the front. This was in reference to his then brother-in-law TR Youngblood, who had recently been mugged.
Thanks, I was super curious as to what that was about.
Wow! What a tv debut! Amazing! 🤘
Dave was heroic in having FF.
Pet smear always has that look on his face like he's watching the show too and enjoying it. And his fingers just do all the work automatically
I swear 0:18 I know that in the 90's he was still getting the hang of singing as he himself said, but it reminded me so much of my early band days xD #respect from here on now it was just EVOLUTION BABY.
Funny that Pat wasn’t wearing shoes 😂classic
The very best version of the band and my favorite album. Also, my reason for buying a ProCo Turbo Rat pedal.
My kind of comment!
Oh bless. His voice. Testipops my son used to call it when his voice was breaking lol
Where it all started. It's awesome to see the OG lineup in this one 🤘🤘🍻
Gosh I remember this like it was yesterday ...
3:55 What a story, Dave
i had no idea Foo Fighters started so soon after Kurt's death. Much respect. Still going.
The bass sits so well herr
Geez look how young he is, and think of where he is now.
That was so good. Thank you
Will G put on a great performance. I get why he's not there anymore but, he should be proud of this one..
Out there every day for you, for me, for America... fighting foo.
Ironically, that album is part of my Top 4 fav albums of the Foos 🚬😎👌
Aqui o Dave já mostra pra que veio 🎉🎉🎉
Amazing drummer
That might be the best I've heard them sound. Really good performance.
Wow, Dave looks _so nervous_ in this clip.
I can only imagine the pressure he must've felt at the time.
Nirvana had been at the center of a paradigm shift in rock music, and suddenly it was gone.
Now Dave needs to either hide forever or present the world with something which won't be panned as a desperate attempt to remain relevant in the colossal shadow of Kurt Cobain. In this moment, the weight of thousands of grieving Nirvana fans rests squarely on his shoulders.
Luckily for us, Dave Grohl is a talented writer and gifted performer. He overcame this stage fright and consistently reinforced his shows with solid material, quickly forging his own path to a well-earned spot as a songwriter and frontman.
While he's never disavowed his beginnings, he's no longer in anyone's shadow. Glad he chose not to hide.
And Dave is just the most humble and decent human being--this success couldn't have happened to/for a better guy.
Best FF era. Period.
The Colour and the Shape is peak FF
One of their best songs.
1:27 the drummer😂
nothing like the first ff record
It's so good they was there from the beginning to the end ❤
In perspective, this sounds 90% like a Sebadoh song. And that's a good thing.
It must have been tough for Dave to go through puberty on live TV.
Ok so Pat is just wearing socks; no shoes...ok.
Dave going through puberty throughout the song...happens, I get it
And Dave steps on his pedal and turns off his distortion at the jammiest part of the song....oh man I love every bit of this, but man have they come a long way! Never change boys!
i remember watching this when it aired here in aus.... i miss lettermans late show...
GOLD
Goldsmith got a bum deal. He’s killing it here.
He's a great drummer, but the poor guy would almost always drag some the snare fills that Dave wrote, or the other guys were speeding up while he was trying to anchor them.
Nate Mendel has the swing of a pole. It remains the same to this day. 😄🇧🇷
Can we talk about DL snubbing the magician? Best part of the vid
i was 14 at this time and this ment a lot.
Great sound mix with the bass!
Love how Dave can’t even finish the lyric before the epic riff
Goldsmith 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Nate looks like he's bunking off school! Even Pat looks young in this.
Two days off the anniversary of Dave's last show - May 20, 2015.
Dayum!
You can really tell how nervous Dave was
Hell Yeah!! 🤘
Ladies and Gentlemen: William Goldsmith
Surprising no one, there was never foo on the set of Late Show again. Well fought, boys, well fought.
this is why letterman invited them back often 🛸🛸