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Posted by: Blister Feb 14 2012, 04:04 AM

Quick, to the point & excellent choice of words! Love this!

Posted by: maharzan Feb 14 2012, 04:21 AM

awesome!

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Feb 14 2012, 10:36 AM

He actually made me cry yes..I know...I am a girly man

Posted by: Blister Feb 14 2012, 11:57 AM

I should have added that this was the acceptance speech for the Foo Fighters "Wasting Light" album winning four Grammy's.

Where I found the original video: http://www.guitartv.com/dave-grohl-2012-grammy-acceptance-speech

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasting_Light; "As frontman Dave Grohl wanted a record that would capture the essence of the band's earlier work and lack the artificiality of digital recording, the group recorded in Grohl's garage in Encino, California with only analog equipment."

It's hard not to get misty-eyed from a speech like that!

Besides, I'm sick & tired of thanking "my agent, recording company, the maid, the guy who cuts my lawn, the dude who opened my limo door..."... gimme a break! Who wants to listen to all that? Just another reason I can't watch those shows anymore.

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Feb 14 2012, 05:23 PM

the same here...

Thanks for posting this video.. it made my day.
I'll share it in my facebook.

Posted by: Sinisa Cekic Feb 14 2012, 10:04 PM

Straight from the heart ! In fact, in about thirty seconds he explained meaning of creative power, since the beginning of time...

Posted by: thefireball Feb 15 2012, 02:03 AM

Don't feel bad. I say to myself, "I'm weird," for crying more than I used to when watching movies.

Posted by: Blister Feb 16 2012, 01:47 AM

The Grammy's deleted the video due to copyright. They may own the video but not the words. (Mods, I hope this is ok.)

Here is what he said:

“This is a great honor, because this record was a special record for our band. Rather than go to the best studio in the world down the street in Hollywood and rather than use all of the fanciest computers that money can buy, we made this one in my garage with some microphones and a tape machine…


“To me this award means a lot because it shows that the human element of music is what’s important. Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that’s the most important thing for people to do.


“It’s not about being perfect, it’s not about sounding absolutely correct, it’s not about what goes on in a computer. It’s about what goes on in here [your heart] and what goes on in here [your head].”


Great words. I just felt they needed to be heard & not taken away.

Posted by: Blister Feb 16 2012, 02:16 AM

The Grammy's deleted the video due to copyright. They may own the video but not the words. (Mods, I hope this is ok.)

Here is what he said:

“This is a great honor, because this record was a special record for our band. Rather than go to the best studio in the world down the street in Hollywood and rather than use all of the fanciest computers that money can buy, we made this one in my garage with some microphones and a tape machine…


“To me this award means a lot because it shows that the human element of music is what’s important. Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that’s the most important thing for people to do.


“It’s not about being perfect, it’s not about sounding absolutely correct, it’s not about what goes on in a computer. It’s about what goes on in here [your heart] and what goes on in here [your head].”


Great words. I just felt they needed to be heard & not taken away.

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Feb 16 2012, 08:39 AM

Thanks for thinking about it man!

Posted by: Gitarrero Feb 16 2012, 12:35 PM

Luckily I have seen this video before it was taken down...words of wisdom, and though it didn't make me cry, I was really moved and felt a nice chill all over my body.

I'm also really glad he didn't mention a whole bunch of people to thank...