1,000 Italian Foo Fighters fans request a gig and Grohl says, "yes"!
 

That is what I call "dedicated fans"! Italians do it better! :D

Diary:
http://www.rockin1000.com/diario.php


ELITE DAILY
1,000 Musicians Played A Foo Fighters Song At Once And It Was Insane (Video)
http://elitedaily.com/music/1000-mus...video/1155539/


Dave Grohl's message (video):
https://www.facebook.com/rockin1000

BBC: We've translated Dave Grohl's Italian message to fans in Cesena
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articl...fans-in-cesena


https://twitter.com/rockin_1000?lang=fr

I have always thought so - but I'm Italian :)

Seriously though, what a cool thing to do.

How do you get 1,000 singers, guitarists, bassists and drummers sounding that tight? The sound crew deserve a Nobel prize!

Dedication, passion, solidarity, fun and hard work. ;)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articl...ormed-in-italy

Most of all, how do you get 250 drummers, 150 bassists, 350 guitarists and 250 singers to play together in perfect harmony? :eek: All the drummers had headphones and a click to get them started (TU-PRA!) + visual aid with the conductor (a professional one) at the top of the steel "tower". Nonetheless it was a lot of hard work, I watched several videos of the rehearsals, instrument by instrument, and read what some of the musicians and staff wrote and... WOW! Yes, it's a huge miracle.

http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cps...284e6885b4.jpg


The video got 15 228 245 views in 3 days! re-WOW! *double thumbs up* :D

It's not the first time that such Guinness records events are organized, for example last year 1,000 musicians and singers from French Brittany tried it too (and failed because of a problem with the percentage of instruments required by Guinness) but I see a lot less enthusiasm and joy:
http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2014/06...n_5488716.html
And the cherry on the pie for the Italians is that they did it to get the FF play their town and they succeeded. :cool:

UPDATE: The town of Cesena sang it again on Nov 3
 

:cool: but I don't think it came out quite as good...


The original video now has 26,734,678 views -- this one has only 26,732,871 to go... http://rocktivity.com/Graphics/headbang.gif

My family & friends are responsible for a few dozens views! Now that we know the fans version, we don't like the original that much anymore... Never happened before with any song by any band.


Dave Grohl's TY speech video has 145 248 views so far, i.e. thousands more than their rendition of the song!

They're back! :D

http://teamrock.com/news/2016-08-03/...-1000-fan-army

and the Russians tried it too: IML
https://www.facebook.com/rocknmob/vi...9135241967626/

https://www.facebook.com/bonjovi.rus...9803679787151/

The White Stripes song is a disappointment -- should have pumped up the bass line.