{"id":576677,"date":"2026-05-10T16:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T16:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/576677\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T16:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T16:37:13","slug":"the-one-frontman-dave-grohl-described-as-his-polar-opposite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/576677\/","title":{"rendered":"The one frontman Dave Grohl described as his polar opposite"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dave<\/p>\n

Credit: YouTube Still<\/p>\n

Sun 10 May 2026 12:30, UK <\/p>\n

I\u2019m not the songwriter of one of Britain\u2019s best bands, nor do I have a thick, confident Mancunian accent. I don\u2019t even wear sunglasses indoors, and so I don\u2019t feel as though I can confidently say this forthcoming phrase with my own voice. But, this is a quote that I wholeheartedly agree with and think summarises exactly the differences between art<\/a> and commercialism.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe consumer didn\u2019t fucking want Jimi Hendrix, but they got him, and it changed the world, and the consumer didn\u2019t want Sgt Pepper\u2019s, but they got it, and they didn\u2019t want the Sex Pistols. The customer doesn\u2019t know what he wants, you fucking give it to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

That wasn\u2019t Aristotle or Socrates but Noel Gallagher who said it, the man who proudly possesses all three traits that I so clearly outlined, I will never possess. The point is, I could never say it with that gusto, despite feeling the meaning of it with the same passion as Gallagher himself<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Because it\u2019s true they aren\u2019t supposed to be fed like hungry customers at a fast food restaurant, baselessly picking items in a need for short-term satisfaction<\/a>. Their music should guide us into a state of unfamiliarity, leading us into the trends we don\u2019t yet realise exist. <\/p>\n

Well, that\u2019s what great artists do, as Gallagher points out. Dave Grohl would stand right beside him in that camp also, a purist of rock and roll who has learned that authenticity exists in a feeling, not a product. <\/p>\n

So it made him equally as bemused as Gallagher, albeit a lot politer, when Weezer\u2019s Dave Cuomo came to him asking about how he wrote his greatest hits. Grohl recalled, \u201c[Cuomo] goes, \u2018Hey, so when you write songs, how do you do it?\u2019 I started explaining how we do it, which is pretty simple. I make some demos. I show them to the guys. And then we get together and play them. He says, \u2018Do you listen to top 40 radio?\u2019 I said, \u2018Now? Not really. I mean, unless I\u2019m in the car with my kids, I guess.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n

The inquiry into Grohl\u2019s radio listening habits wasn\u2019t small talk so much as a chance to gauge how relative his music is to chart success. Because after learning that Grohl listens to pop music<\/a> flippantly, Cuomo began to wonder exactly where he got his inspiration from. <\/p>\n

Further reading: From The Vault<\/p>\n

Grohl continued, \u201cHe said, \u2018So you don\u2019t write songs to try to get on top 40 radio?\u2019 And I said, \u2018No. I don\u2019t think we\u2019re allowed there!\u2019 Do I expect to knock Cardi B off the fucking charts? Absolutely not. I said, \u2018No, I kind of write songs for the stage or a setlist, and I write them for Foo Fighters fans\u2019. And he said, \u2018Wow. So you write for the show?\u2019 And I said, \u2018Yeah, don\u2019t you?\u2019 And I don\u2019t think that he does. I think that we\u2019re sort of on opposite ends of that spectrum. Which is funny.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s lucky Cuomo didn\u2019t say that to Grohl\u2019s British mate, for he would have received an appropriately scathing response. But surely a chin scratch from Grohl would have been enough to make him realise that he is entirely missing the point when it comes to songwriting, for chasing the tail of commercial earworms is by no means the way to finding artistic innovation. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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