 Foo Fighters and Weezer a Hot mix
Sometimes combining two things just makes sense: chocolate and peanut butter, Bogey and Bacall, Ren and Stimpy.
Add Weezer and Foo Fighters to that list of classic duos as the heavy rocking quartets proved to be two great tastes that tasted great together Saturday night at the DCU Center in Worcester.
And that's because Foo frontman Dave Grohl and Weezer main man Rivers Cuomo, while exceedingly different personality-wise, are incredibly simpatico when it comes to making music. Basically they're guys who write indelible pop melodies and then crank everything else up to 11 with delightful, eminently singable and head bangable results.
After a set by the quirky Hot Hot Heat, Weezer, augmented by a touring keyboardist/guitarist, romped through a spiky 70-minute set that was heavy on hooks and good cheer.
The set list hopscotched through its five records, making stops at the sharp angles of ``El Scorcho,'' a sweet acoustic rendition of ``Island in the Sun'' – which a good-tempered Cuomo performed solo on a stage at the back of the arena – and the heavy-metal swagger of ``Hash Pipe.'' A fan named Billy was hauled off the floor to play credible acoustic guitar – which the band then gave him – on ``Undone (The Sweater Song).''
On a coolly minimalist stage littered with ancient amp art and flanked by nifty geometrically shaped video screens, the Foo Fighters came out swinging and likewise plowed through the greatest hits of its decadelong career. Highs included sweet and sour rockers ``My Hero,'' ``Learn to Fly'' and the dynamic ``Stacked Actors.'' Grohl was his typical disarming self, charming the capacity crowd of 12,000 – from teens to 50-somethings – with his manic stage banter and shredding vocals, and dedicating songs to local heroes Dropkick Murphys and boxer Mickey Ward. The band wound things up with the one-two wallop of ``This is a Call'' and ``Monkeywrench.'' |
