Work mentioned by Foo Fighters leader helped artist in question as one of the largest popstars on the planet
Be it for your work in Nirvana, Foo Fighters or until the brief period in Queens of the Stone Age, Dave Grohl He was notable as a raw and relatively aggressive musician – especially battery. Interestingly, the inspiration comes from an unexpected source.
In a 2022 interview for the Youtube channel of the longing David Bowie (via Far Out Magazine), Grohl He reaffirmed his admiration for the singer and said his favorite album is precisely one of his most pop. Not only that: he was influenced to play battery because of this disk.
Dave he spoke:
Most purists of Bowie prefers the beginning of my career, but my favorite album is Let’s dance (1983). It is a masterpiece. As a drummer, it was one of the things that inspired me to play drums. He was special because he could constantly change gender and sound ”
Two musicians are credited with the battery of Let’s dance. One of them, Omar Hakimeven played with the Foo Fighters During the Show in Tribute to Taylor Hawkins. Also worked with Weather Report, Chic, Sting, Madonna, Direct Straits, Journey, Kate Bush, Miles Davisamong many others.
In turn, Tony Thompson was notable for the work with The Power Station and Chicin addition to Diana Ross, Distance, Sister sledge, Debbie Harry, Mick Jagger and more. As a curiosity, accompanied the LED ZEPPELIN and Phil Collins in the fateful performance of Live Aidin 1985.
It was not the first time that the leader of the Foo Fighters He cited this specific album as an influence. In an interview from 2020 to Radio Alt 98.7 FM on the recordings of Medicine at Midnight (2021) – Work with Hakim in the percussion of all tracks -, Grohl He compared the work to the album released in 1983 by the rock chameleon.
It’s full of rock hymns to sing along and it’s strange because it’s like… it’s almost a weird dance disk. Not like a modern EDM record, right? There’s a groove, man. Some songs, for me, is like [se fosse] our Let’s dancefrom David Bowie”.
Dave Grohl and contact with David Bowie
Dave Grohl and David Bowie They even exchanged emails for a while. The two had met at the 50th anniversary celebration of the singer in 1997: an event at Madison Square Garden in New York, in which they played some songs together.
Years later, Dave He was working on a soundtrack for a movie and had the idea of recruiting his idol to participate. He made the invitation through the producer Tony Visconti. The answer arrived via email.
The leader of Foo Fighters Wrote on Instagram (via website Igor Miranda):
I opened my email casually in the morning and literally felt panting when I saw his name. He had really heard the song! However, besides, David Bowie Write emails !!! LIKE THIS??? With the excitement of a hyperactive child on Christmas morning, he held breathing and opened the email hurryingly. ”
Unfortunately for Grohl, Bowie He refused the invitation because the film in question was not of a genre of his style. However, the offer of collaborating in something, someday, was made.
Dave He responded with a thanks for listening to the song and accepted the proposal to collaborate. To the American surprise, another English response arrived a minute later:
“Well, we have a deal. Now it falls out. ”
Grohl I didn’t know if Bowie I was playing or being Ranzinza, so I risked. He replied:
“I see you again here 17 years old.”
Rock Chameleon’s response arrived this time in seconds. Bowie wrote:
“Not if I come to you first.”
The climate still looked tense in the eyes of Grohlbut after some jokes about that show at Madison Square Garden and aging – “no further birthdays. I ended up with that, ”he said Bowie – It was clear that the legend of rock was just playing. The two exchanged farewells and stayed in it.
In 2016, David Bowie He died at age 69, a cancer victim. Two days earlier, he had released the album Blackstarinterpreted almost immediately as a farewell to the imminent threat of death.
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Collaborated: Pedro Hollanda.
Source: Rollingstone
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