Dave Grohl vs Taylor Swift
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Anonymous
She's in her mid-30s.... But also, Dave talks A LOT during his concerts. This had more of an off-the-cuff cracking an inside joke vibe than anything actually malicious. More like a "isn't rock n roll so much better than pop?!!?" type of rhetorical question The funniest part is the Swifties out there saying that he'd be nothing with Kurt and that Kurt would be a TS fan. Obviously knowing absolutely nothing about Kurt Cobain |
Anonymous
This. Weird for a rock musician to go after a pop princess. I mean, pop stars typically stage concerts with big dance numbers and elaborate costume changes. It’s more about the show than the live singing. Newsflash, Dave: Madonna lip syncs too. Ditto for Beyoncé and anyone else who dances in a sequined leotard on stage. #Duh |
Anonymous
Yeah, and grungy, greasy garage rock bands have been poking fun at those concerts for decades. This is just the first time that a pop queen has had an army of angry internet trolls out there mobilized to attack in response. The others just ignore it |
Anonymous
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My understanding is her fans came after his teenage daughter in their typically toxic way after the daughter criticized Taylor’s private plane use, advocating that she be killed, SA’d, etc. I don’t think that sat well.
For context, Grohl has a pretty hilarious video from years ago talking about being high at Paul McCartney’s and his gratitude for Taylor saving him with an impromptu “Best of You” riff on the piano. |
Anonymous
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Basically Grohl tried to make a joke about all the errors they had at his concert due to "being live" but he tried to make it a play on word because of Taylor's "eras" tour.
He said "at least we are live" since Taylor has a track played behind her non-acoustic/non-piano music. I think it was a joke that landed badly. Taylor the next night said she wanted to thank her band for playing live for 3 1/2 hours, which is very impressive but the Foo fighters do play close to 3 hours. It falls into the "it's not that deep" territory. |
Anonymous
Swift is 34. That's middle aged, in my country. Dave Grohl lived next door to my husband. Went to school together. Dave's a cool guy. |
Anonymous
I find it odd because a friend knows him and only has nice things to say and he and Taylor have had a good relationship over the years. Her fans were absolutely wrong for the attacks on his daughter. However, his daughter is quite the hypocrite since her family has used private jets to get places her whole life. It’s not like Dave flew to London on a commercial flight either. It also was interesting timing since his lead guitarist was sitting in the VIP tent at Wembley literally the night before as an invited guest of Taylor and having a great time. |
Anonymous
A young woman performer? She is in her mid-30s and one of the most famous people in the world. She can deal. Your attitude toward her, while on its face supportive, is actually really gross. |
Anonymous
middle age is 45-65 |
Anonymous
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Taylor's tour has already been called the "Errors Tour" by her fans because of the funny bloopers and mess-ups, so that is nothing new.
It was weird of him to imply her band is not playing live. |
Anonymous
I will say it's rather out of character for Dave Grohl to have behaved this way at all, however. |
Anonymous
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As a Foo Fighters fan and a huge Dave Grohl fan, it seems super uncharacteristic of him. This has nothing to do with Taylor Swift.
He randomly took a swipe and someone who has done nothing to him, it's was like blindsiding someone. I think why this blew up is because it's super disappointing when a good hearted person does something like this. But people are not perfect so DG is not perfect. |
Anonymous
I think that is the biggest take away. |
Anonymous
| There's more to it... they were both performing in London the same weekend. He has praised her in the past. She sold out Wembley and he had a half full stadium. In the middle of his show, he very clearly insinuated that she doesn't perform a live show, which made people wrong assume that she lip synchs. He called his show the "errors tour" because they are live and make errors. Why would he do that? |
Anonymous
Yes- many of us 40 something swiftie foo fighter fans are very confused and disappointed. |