Top 50 Dave Grohl Songs (voting starts now!)

[StevieFan13]

I'm postponing the Damon Albarn list until after the rest of the new Gorillaz album is released so voters can add songs from it if need be. In the meantime, let's take a look at one of the greatest drummers (and nicest guys) of all time: Dave Grohl!

For this list, any song with Grohl involved in any capacity (singing, guitar, and, more often than not, drums) counts, so you can include Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures, Tenacious D, whatever. Same rules about scoring and amount of songs you can list apply from the other top 50s. Voting ends this Sunday. Have fun!

[StevieFan13]

1) Foo Fighters - Everlong
2) Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
3) Foo Fighters - Learn to Fly
4) Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows
5) Foo Fighters - This is a Call
6) Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box
7) Foo Fighters - The Pretender
8) Them Crooked Vultures - New Fang
9) Nirvana - All Apologies
10) Cat Power - Speak for Me
11) Foo Fighters - My Hero
12) Nirvana - Lithium
13) Tenacious D - Beelzeboss
14) Foo Fighters - Times Like These
15) Nirvana - In Bloom
16) Foo Fighters - All My Life
17) Foo Fighters - Best of You
18) Puff Daddy - It's All About the Benjamins (Rock Remix)
19) Queens of the Stone Age - My God is the Sun
20) Nirvana - Come As You Are
21) Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench
22) Nirvana - Rape Me
23) Foo Fighters - Long Road to Ruin
24) Foo Fighters - D.O.A.
25) Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World (Live)

[StevieFan13]

I'm postponing the Damon Albarn list until after the rest of the new Gorillaz album is released so voters can add songs from it if need be.

Well, I'll be damned.
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[Nick]

Foo Fighters may not have a whole lot of songs that can go toe to toe with the best of Nirvana, but they do have a surprisingly solid discography.

1. Nirvana- Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. Nirvana- Heart-Shaped Box
3. Nirvana- All Apologies
4. Nirvana- Come As You Are
5. Foo Fighters- Everlong
6. Queens of the Stone Age- No One Knows
7. Nirvana- In Bloom
8. Nirvana- Lithium
9. Foo Fighters- Monkey Wrench
10. Nirvana- About a Girl
11. Foo Fighters- Learn to Fly
12. Foo Fighters- The Pretender
13. Foo Fighters- All My Life
14. Foo Fighters- My Hero
15. Nirvana- Drain You
16. Nirvana- Scentless Apprentice
17. Nirvana- Rape Me
18. Nirvana- The Man Who Sold the World
19. Nirvana- On a Plain
20. Queens of the Stone Age- First It Giveth
21. Foo Fighters- This Is a Call
22. Foo Fighters- I'll Stick Around
23. Foo Fighters- Best of You
24. Foo Fighters- D.O.A.
25. Foo Fighters- Big Me

[Nassim]

24) Queens of the Stone Age - Go with the Flow

That's one of the 2 songs from Songs for the Deaf where Gene Trautmann was on drums.

[Nassim]

Songs for the Deaf is still my favorite rock album of all time, so unsurprisingly it dominates here, but my music education started with the Foos more than Nirvana, so I probably end up with more of them than most people will.
Not judging the songs on Dave Grohl’s performance only, or Mosquito Song wouldn’t be there and Scentless Apprentice, with one of the most memorable drum patterns ever, would be top 5. (and A Song for the Dead would be #1)

1) Queens of the Stone Age - A Song for the Deaf
2) Foo Fighters - Hey Johnny Park
3) Queens of the Stone Age - A Song for the Dead
4) Foo Fighters - Good Grief
5) Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows
6) Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
7) Foo Fighters - Everlong
8) Tenacious D - Tribute
9) Queens of the Stone Age - Fairweather Friends
10) Nirvana - Aneurysm
11) Queens of the Stone Age - Mosquito Song
12) Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night
13) Foo Fighters - Low
14) Nirvana - Scentless Apprentice
15) Foo Fighters - My Hero
16) Cat Power - He War
17) Nirvana - In Bloom
18) Queens of the Stone Age - I Appear Missing
19) Probot - Shake Your Blood (for “some reason”, the video was one of my favorite back then. I’ve grown up since.)
20) Them Crooked Vultures - No One Loves Me & Neither Do I
21) Foo Fighters - All My Life
22) Nirvana - Breed
23) Nirvana - Something in the Way (Unplugged)
24) Queens of the Stone Age - Six Shooters
25) Foo Fighters - The Pretender

[StevieFan13]

24) Queens of the Stone Age - Go with the Flow

That's one of the 2 songs from Songs for the Deaf where Gene Trautmann was on drums.

Whoops! I'll switch it out with D.O.A.

[Duncan Thaw]

I'd always previously thought of Grohl as a nice guy, but wasn't too impressed at a festival in 2011 when he took verbal swipes at a few of the other headline acts for using computers too much - he relies on technology as well - and did exaggerated guitar moves in front of one of the security staff who then had no option but to stare straight ahead and look silly.

[StevieFan13]

I'd always previously thought of Grohl as a nice guy, but wasn't too impressed at a festival in 2011 when he took verbal swipes at a few of the other headline acts for using computers too much - he relies on technology as well - and did exaggerated guitar moves in front of one of the security staff who then had no option but to stare straight ahead and look silly.

He gets stupid sometimes, but by and large he seems like a decent guy. I mean, look, he's doing a series of interviews with his mom. You can't be cynical about that.

[Duncan Thaw]

I can be cynical about most things, but I'll try not to take the thread any further off topic for the time being.

[andyd1010]

These are all the songs I like that I'm pretty sure have Dave Grohl in them. Let me know if any of them don't.

1 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | Nirvana
2 | Times Like These | Foo Fighters
3 | Everlong | Foo Fighters
4 | Walk | Foo Fighters
5 | All Apologies | Nirvana
6 | Monkey Wrench | Foo Fighters
7 | Lithium | Nirvana
8 | Best of You | Foo Fighters
9 | All My Life | Foo Fighters
10 | Heart-Shaped Box | Nirvana
11 | My Hero | Foo Fighters
12 | Hey, Johnny Park! | Foo Fighters
13 | No One Knows | Queens of the Stone Age
14 | Let It Die | Foo Fighters
15 | Drain You | Nirvana
16 | In Bloom | Nirvana
17 | Learn to Fly | Foo Fighters
18 | Bridge Burning | Foo Fighters
19 | About a Girl | Nirvana
20 | Wheels | Foo Fighters
21 | Breakout | Foo Fighters
22 | Come as You Are | Nirvana
23 | The Pretender | Foo Fighters
24 | This Is a Call | Foo Fighters
25 | Come Alive | Foo Fighters
26 | Arlandria | Foo Fighters
27 | Outside | Foo Fighters
28 | Better Off | Foo Fighters
29 | Stranger Things Have Happened | Foo Fighters
30 | Dear Rosemary | Foo Fighters
31 | The Man Who Sold the World | Nirvana
32 | Where Did You Sleep Last Night | Nirvana
33 | My God Is the Sun | Queens of the Stone Age
34 | Breed | Nirvana
35 | Long Road to Ruin | Foo Fighters
36 | Tribute | Tenacious D
37 | Polly | Nirvana
38 | Wonderboy | Tenacious D
39 | Something from Nothing | Foo Fighters
40 | These Days | Foo Fighters
41 | The Metal | Tenacious D
42 | Big Me | Foo Fighters
43 | Rape Me | Nirvana
44 | Walking After You | Foo Fighters
45 | Sliver | Nirvana
46 | I'll Stick Around | Foo Fighters
47 | DOA | Foo Fighters
48 | Everybody's Gonna Be Happy | Queens of the Stone Age
49 | Burn Away | Foo Fighters
50 | Aneurysm | Nirvana
51 | A Song for the Deaf | Queens of the Stone Age
52 | Overdrive | Foo Fighters

[Nick]

In light of "Go With the Flow" not being eligible, I've replaced that song with Foo Fighter's "Big Me".

[Nassim]

19 | About a Girl | Nirvana

Album version no, Unplugged in MTV yes

51 | In the Fade | Queens of the Stone Age

Nope. Wonderful song though.

[bonnielaurel]

1. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box
3. Nirvana - Come As You Are
4. Nirvana - Polly
5. Nirvana - All Apologies
6. Nirvana - About a Girl
7. Nirvana - Lithium
8. Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
9. Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World
10. Foo Fighters - Learn to Fly

[andyd1010]

19 | About a Girl | Nirvana

Album version no, Unplugged in MTV yes

It's similar enough, so I'll keep it there.

51 | In the Fade | Queens of the Stone Age

Nope. Wonderful song though.

Lost it. Thanks.

[Henry]

1. Foo Fighters - Everlong (all time ranking=162)
2. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (281)
3. Foo Fighters - Learn to Fly (524)
4. Foo Fighters - Breakout (685)
5. Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench (775)
6. Foo Fighters - Best of You (885)
7. Foo Fighters - Generator (1627)
8. Foo Fighters - Next Year (1637)
9. Foo Fighters - Resolve (1647)
10. Foo Fighters - Ain't It the Life (1657)
11. Foo Fighters - New Way Home (1667)
12. Nirvana - All Apologies (1902)
13. Foo Fighters - Walking After You (2330)
14. Foo Fighters - Hey, Johnny Park! (2373)
15. Foo Fighters - My Poor Brain (2419)
16. Foo Fighters - Aurora (2658)
17. Foo Fighters - M.I.A. (2682)
18. Nirvana - On a Plain (2807)
19. Foo Fighters - End Over End (2907)
20. Nirvana - Come As You Are (3506)
21. Foo Fighters - This Is A Call (3686)
22. Foo Fighters - My Hero (3772)
23. Foo Fighters - Miracle (3776)
24. Foo Fighters - The Last Song (3781)
25. Foo Fighters - DOA (3906)

26. Foo Fighters - Times Like These (3911)
27. Foo Fighters - No Way Back (3927)
28. Foo Fighters - Headwire (3975)
29. Foo Fighters - Wheels (4191)
30. Queens of the Stone Age - Little Sister (4198)
31. Foo Fighters - Up In Arms (4232)
32. Foo Fighters - Big Me (4237)
33. Foo Fighters - The Deepest Blues Are Black (4239)
34. Foo Fighters - Floaty (4380)
35. Foo Fighters - See You (4390)
36. Foo Fighters - For All the Cows (4431)
37. Queens of the Stone Age - Go With the Flow (4688)
38. Nirvana - Dumb (5256)
39. Foo Fighters - Long Road to Ruin (5276)
40. Foo Fighters - Summer's End (5296)
41. Foo Fighters - The Pretender (5316)
42. Foo Fighters - Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners (5336)
43. Foo Fighters - Stranger Things Have Happened (5356)
44. Foo Fighters - Statues (5376)
45. Foo Fighters - But, Honestly (5396)
46. Foo Fighters - Let It Die (5416)
47. Foo Fighters - On the Mend (5436)
48. Foo Fighters - The Last Song (5456)
49. Foo Fighters - All My Life (5476)
50. Foo Fighters - Have It All (5506)

51. Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World (6079)
52. Foo Fighters - Rope (6119)
53. Foo Fighters - A Matter of Time (6159)
54. Foo Fighters - Miss the Misery (6199)
55. Nirvana - Love Buzz (6139)
56. Foo Fighters - I Should Have Known (6179)
57. Nirvana - Oh, Me (6229)
58. Foo Fighters - Walk (6279)
59. Nirvana - Been a Son (6443)
60. Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box (6579)

[slick]

1. Foo Fighters | Everlong
2. Nirvana | Where Did You Sleep Last Night
3. Foo Fighters F/Gary Clark Jr. | What Did I Do/God As My Witness?
4. Nirvana | Anuerysm
5. Foo Fighters | Long Road To Ruin
6. Foo Fighters | Times Like These
7. McCartney, Grohl, Novoselic, Smear | Cut Me Some Slack
8. Nirvana | The Man Who Sold The World
9. Nirvana | Sappy
10. Queens Of The Stone Age | No One Knows

11. Nirvana | Drain You
12. Mike Watt F/Eddie Vedder & Dave Grohl | Against The 70's
13. Foo Fighters | Best Of You
14. Nirvana | Serve The Servents
15. Nine Inch Nails | All The Love In The World
16. Foo Fighters F/Rick Nielsen | Something From Nothing
17. Foo Fighters | These Days
18. Foo Fighters F/Zac Brown | Congregation
19. Queens Of The Stone Age | Go With The Flow
20. Nirvana | Breed

21. Foo Fighters | Big Me
22. Nirvana | Lithium
23. Foo Fighters | Miss The Misery
24. Nirvana | Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam
25. Queens Of The Stone Age | Do It Again
26. Nirvana | In Bloom
27. Foo Fighters | Low
28. Foo Fighters | The One
29. Nirvana | Something In The Way
30. Foo Fighters | Alone + Easy Target

31. Nirvana | Pennyroyal Tea
32. Them Crooked Vultures | New Fang
33. Foo Fighters F/Ben Gibbard | Subterranean
34. Foo Fighters | Learn To Fly
35. Foo Fighters | My Hero
36. Nirvana | Dumb
37. Nirvana | Heart Shaped Box
38. Nirvana | On A Plain
39. Foo Fighters | Walk
40. Foo Fighters | The Pretender

41. Nirvana | Come As You Are
42. Foo Fighters | Resolve
43. Foo Fighters | Next Year
44. Nirvana | Smells Like Teen Spirit
45. Queens Of The Stone Age | The Vampyre Of Time And Memory
46. Them Crooked Vultures | Mind Eraser, No Chaser
47. Foo Fighters | This Is A Call
48. Queens Of The Stone Age | I Sat By The Ocean
49. Nirvana | You Know You're Right
50. Foo Fighters | Rope

[Krurze]

A bit late to the party, but here we go:

1. Foo Fighters - Big Me
2. Foo Fighters - Everlong
3. Nirvana - Come As You Are
4. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
5. Nirvana - All Apologies (Unplugged)
6. Nirvana - Rape Me
7. Nirvana - Breed
8. Nirvana - Plateau (Unplugged)
9. Nirvana - Lake of Fire (Unplugged)
10. Queens Of The Stone Age - A Song For The Deaf
11. Nirvana - Aneurysm
12. Foo Fighters - Times Like These
13. Nirvana - In Bloom
14. Nirvana - Lithium
15. Queens Of The Stone Age - Gonna Leave You
16. Queens Of The Stone Age - Mosquito Song
17. Queens Of The Stone Age - If I Had A Tail
18. Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Unplugged)
19. Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World (Unplugged)
20. Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box
21. Queens Of The Stone Age - A Song For The Dead
22. Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows
23. Them Crooked Vultures - Dead End Friends
24. Queens Of The Stone Age - First It Giveth
25. Foo Fighters - Wheels

[Live in Phoenix]

Did this wrap up?

[PlasticRam]

My read is that it's so much work for StevieFan to tally these that he doesn't wanna do it atm. So this is kinda hanging and it's fine, whatever Stevie wants to do.

[StevieFan13]

My read is that it's so much work for StevieFan to tally these that he doesn't wanna do it atm. So this is kinda hanging and it's fine, whatever Stevie wants to do.

Ding-ding-ding. Technically, this and the Damon Albarn poll both wrapped up, but I've had so much work lately that it's been impossible to tally the results. Sorry to keep you fine folks waiting! I promise I'll get back to work on polls here when my schedule clears up. Could someone tabulate the last two polls, though?