History YMMV / FooFighters

** Dave Grohl. In fact, the first album was [[IAmTheBand made completely by him]], with only a few minor parts by other musicians.

* GrandTheftAutoEffect: "Everlong" is a great song, but some us who have played ''[[RockBand Rock Band 2]]'' may be sick of it, and think about how much we have played it.

* WinBACKTheCrowd: ''Wasting Light'' finished the winning back that ''Echoes'' started after the relatively poor ''One By One'' and ''In Your Honor'' releases had lost some of the fans.

* BrokenBase: After the band refused to let their songs be featured on ''{{Glee}}'', half of their fandom called it a CrowningMomentOfAwesome by sticking it to "that stupid show". The other half called them idiots for not seeing how much publicity they would gain. At least it spared us of cries of ItsPopularNowItSucks and RuinedFOREVER.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: [[AwesomeMusic/FooFighters All of it, really]].

* GrandTheftAutoEffect: "Everlong" is a great song, but some us who have played ''[[RockBand Rock Band 2]]'' may be sick of it, and think about how much we have played it.

* {{Mondegreen}}: Taylor Hawkins once admitted in an interview with MTV that he used to think the line "What do you do when all your enemies are friends?" from the song "Monkey Wrench" was actually "What do you do when all your enemies are French?"

* WinBACKTheCrowd

* CoveredUp: Arguably, the band's cover of Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street" early in their career. The original is iconic for its saxophone solo. The band simply converted the melody into guitar. The cover may not be known well enough to have completely replaced the original in people's minds. YourMileageMayVary.

* BrokenBase: After the band refused to let their songs be featured on ''{{Glee}}'', half of their fandom called it a CrowningMomentOfAwesome by sticking it to "that stupid show". The other half called them idiots for not seeing how much publicity they would gain.
** At least it spared us of cries of ItsPopularNowItSucks and RuinedFOREVER.

* FaceOfTheBand: Dave Grohl. In fact, the first album was [[IAmTheBand made completely by him]], with only a few minor parts by other musicians.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Whilst they sell many records and play arenas in their native US, their popularity there is nothing compared to that in the UK, where in recent years they have sold out massive outdoor shows in minutes, months in advance. By Dave's own admission, the UK treats them like they are "the biggest band in the world", and while he can walk around cities like Los Angeles largely unrecognized, he gets mobbed on the streets in the UK.

* {{Mondegreen}}: Taylor Hawkins once admitted in an interview with MTV that he used to think the line "What do you do when all your enemies are friends?" from the song "Monkey Wrench" was actually "What do you do when all your enemies are French?"

* GrandTheftAutoEffect: "Everlong" is a great song, but some us who have played ''[[RockBand Rock Band 2]]'' may be sick of it, and think about how much they played it.

* GrandTheftAutoEffect: "Everlong" is a great song, but some us who have played ''[[RockBand Rock Band 2]]'' may be sick of it.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome. "Everlong" is widely regarded as their most popular song.
** EpicRocking: The live version from the Skin And Bones album is also their longest song, at 6 minutes and 47 seconds.
** In 2000, on DavidLetterman's first ''Late Show'' back after open heart surgery, the band rescheduled a ''whole leg of their tour'' to perform the then 3-year old "Everlong" on the show. The resulting performance, in which Letterman introduces the band as "[[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming my favorite band, performing my favorite song]]" is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz_3G3sSufs nothing short of amazing]].

* {{Mondegreen}}: Taylor Hawkins once admitted in an interview with MTV that he used to think the line "What do you do when all your enemies are friends?" from the song "Monkey Wrench" was actually "What do you do when all your enemies are French?"
* TearJerker: "Friend of a Friend" - as well as "Walking After You", "Next Year", and "Best of You". "Let It Die" can also be this considering how desperate it sounds by the end, and the fact that Dave Grohl has never explicitly confirmed (but heavily implied) that the song is directed at CourtneyLove for her role in Kurt Cobain's death.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: "The Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners" is named after the two miners who survived a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaconsfield_Mine_collapse 2006 mine collapse in Tasmania]], who specifically requested the band's music (along with food, water and toothpaste) to be brought down to them while they waited to be rescued. Upon hearing this, Grohl personally wrote a fax to the miners to be brought down to them offering to share a beer with them when they were rescued.
** The performance of "Everlong" on DavidLetterman's return to the ''Late Show'' mentioned above.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph3A6HVlGp4 This cover of]] [[ThePolice "Next To You"]], with Taylor Hawkins [[StepUpToTheMic on vocals]] and Stewart Copeland - who Hawkins has cited as one of his chief influences - as guest drummer. At the end of the song, Hawkins [[{{Squee}} gets up and hugs Copeland]] before taking over again.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph3A6HVlGp4 This cover of]] [[ThePolice "Next To You"]], with Taylor Hawkins [[StepUpToTheMic on vocals]] and Stewart Copeland - who Hawkins has cited as one of his chief influences - as guest drummer. At the end of the song, Hawkins [[{{Squee}} gets up and hugs Copeland]] before sitting taking over again.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph3A6HVlGp4 This cover of]] [[ThePolice "Next To You"]], with Taylor Hawkins [[StepUpToTheMic on vocals]] and Stewart Copeland - who Hawkins has cited as one of his chief influences - as guest drummer. At the end of the song, Hawkins [[{{Squee}} gets up and hugs Copeland]] before sitting at his kit again.

* BrokenBase: After the band refused to let their songs be featured on ''{{Glee}}'', half of their fandom called it a CrowningMomentOfAwesome by sticking it to "that stupid show". The other half called them idiots for not seeing how much publicity they would gain for the potential MissedMomentOfAwesome.

* BrokenBase: After the band refused to let their songs be featured on ''{{Glee}}'', half of their fandom called it a CrowningMomentOfAwesome by sticking it to "that stupid show". The other half called them idiots for not seeing how much publicity they would gain, and have begun boycotting their albums.

* TearJerker: "Friend of a Friend" - as well as "Walking After You", "Next Year", and "Best of You". "Let It Die" can also be this considering how desperate it sounds by the end.

* TearJerker: "Friend of a Friend" - as well as "Walking After You", "Next Year", and "Best of You".

* BrokenBase: After the band refused to let their songs be featured on''{{Glee}}'', half of their fandom called it a CrowningMomentOfAwesome by sticking it to "that stupid show". The other half called them idiots for not seeing how much publicity they would gain, and have begun boycotting their albums.

** The performance of "Everlong'" on DavidLetterman's return to the ''Late Show mentioned above.

** The performance of ''Everlong'' on DavidLetterman's return to ''Late Night'' mentioned above.

* BrokenBase: AFter the band refused to let their songs be featured on''{{Glee}}'', half of their fandom called it a CrowningMomentOfAwesome by sticking it to "that stupid show". The other half called them idiots for not seeing how much publicity they would gain, and have begun boycotting their albums.