“Swifties” are the problem, not Taylor Swift.

First of all, mad respects for Dave for standing up for Violet. Second of all, I'm sure both him and TS are NOT taking this seriously, they are bigger than that.

That girls tee says it all! Clueless!😂😂😂

Knowing the context behind it, that's honestly kinda wholesome of him

I think some people overreacted a bit when Dave said that. In my eyes, he just said it as a joke not a personal jab at Taylor Swift.

But Tyler, you're injecting reason into what everyone wants to be a shallow and divisive situation. 😂

Taylor was playing at Wembley, Dave was playing at the Olympic Stadium the other side of London at the same time, both sold out with a similar crowd size. I think it was a mix of banter between musicians and deflection from the hate Violet was getting. Plus for them both to put on a minimum 3 hour performance of that quality should be appreciated and commended.

This is my Hero! WATCH HIM AS HE GOES!!!!

I knew it’s not just a shallow dig at Taylor. Dave isn’t like that. He was just trying to be a dad and make his daughter feel better after all those cheap shots were taken at her by fans online. Context is everything, folks! Thanks for trying to clear it up, Tyler!

6:11 Honestly that mistake only makes him more based lol

One of her multi-instrumentalists Mike Meadows is from my hometown, and I've had a few conversations with him. They absolutely play live, and the band is extremely talented. One thing to note about Taylor is from when she switched from Country to Pop music. She could've easily ditched her live band in favor of just tracks or cheap gun-for-hire's, but instead, she gave them the new record and said get to work on how to play these live. She's had essentially the same band throughout he whole career, and is extremely loyal to them.

I was at that gig and it was very clear he was saying stuff to wind up the Taylor Swift fans that had been attacking Violet and drawing the fire from her to him. He was being a good Dad. On the Tube on the way to the gig there were some girls going to Taylor Swift who had no idea who the Foo Fighters were and couldn’t understand why there were just as many people going to see them as there was Taylor Swift.

I doubt Taylor will be as popular in 60 years as the Beatles are now.

Fantano is so desperate to fit in the younger pop culture and be relevant as the "cool" guy that knows about music that he would call anybody a "grandpa".

Am I the only one who took this comment as a “we play live in general” vs “we play live and Taylor doesn’t”? Heard Dave talk very highly of Taylor in interviews, would not make sense for him to take a shot at her if that was his intention.

Call me a hater but Taylor's music 🤢🤢🤢

The girl in the Nirvana t-shirt may only be wearing it because it is fashionable. She may not even know any of their music.

Yeah if it was to deflect criticism from his daughter then as a dad I 100% support him and love it. I was so surprised to hear him stirring shit, but this makes sense. Wife loves T-Swift, got into her about 5-6 years ago. I enjoy most of her music now, too... Pop music is kind of like that, hear it enough and it just digs in there.

Not sure why anyone cares about this

As somebody who goes to a ton of concerts, and I do mean a ton. I can totally appreciate artists that actually play live. I want to see the improvised solos, I want to see the mistakes. I don't want to watch them dance around to a backing track. Recently saw Disturbed and falling in reverse in Knoxville Tennessee. I was on the side where I could see under the stage and falling in reverse had more people running computers making everything sound good than I'd ever seen in my life. Disturbed on the other hand, they actually played live. Can you imagine watching a blues artist faking an improvised guitar solo? That would be insane. Also saw Toto live fairly recently and it's amazing watching Steve Lukather improvising during every song.

The fact that Taylor Swift is so popular is more evidence of the moral decline of our society.

It’s much easier to be “as big as the Beatles” in today’s world. Meaning I don’t think it’s fair to compare any modern artists fame to the Beatles. The Beatles were HUGE before the internet, before all the technology that makes music easily accessible to all. That’s a higher achievement in my opinion.

This was a good ol' fashioned "Dad Joke" that was taken out of context. From Nirvana all the way through the Foo Fighters, Dave refuses to use a click track or backing track with queues. He'd rather smash it out old school and speed up and slow down when the song needs it... the band using audible and eyeball queues. I think most Taylor Swift fans don't realize that the majority of the songs have tracks with in-ear monitor queues... which is necessitated by the stage setup having half of the band on each side of the stage to allow for the aircraft hanger sized opening for dancers to come in and out, and also to keep Taylor singing with the band when she is half a football field away. It's also to keep all the video wall effects in sync with the performance. When she does the acoustic or piano songs (that she usually switches up from show to show) it's just her and the instrument live, and notably the video and lighting effects are minimal or simple washes. Both TS and DG are at the top of their class... they just are performing in two different physical layouts as he is the floor general in the middle of the stage with his bandmates circling him, and old school spotlights instead of video animations.

There’s few people I disrespect as much as Taylor Swift, but Fantano is a contender

Dave might be the celebrity I would most like to hang with. Him and Jack Black. Cool as shit.

He’s saying they make errors because they play live. Only thing having to do with Swift was the name of the tour joke.

Not gonna lie, i think taylor swift is probably the biggest "musician" of this generation but she never really does anything to stop her toxic fan base

She's as big as the Beatles? Really? 🙄

As a FOH engineer with a production company I can tell you there are more tracks and racks of shit to fix things than live musicians for sure. Music was better when they let ugly people make it.

Having a 10 year old daughter means the Eras concert is on in my house a LOT. I never really got Taylor, never really cared, always thought "that's for someone else, but it's not for me." Then I watched her performance of "Tolerate It" and I got it. I'll never categorize myself as a Swiftie, but I understand why a particular audience is rabid for that artist and she fills up stadiums. Her songs can be quiet and intimate and in a fans earbuds where they can dissect the lyrics, and then her show is a full on other-world immersive experience complete with blinky wristbands that flow with the concert.

Let's keep performances pure! That means live. No back tracks, cloaking or masking. You can or you can't! The issue is that most artists today don't sound the same as heavily produced. Performing live is bad for business.

Here in London we do it well! I saw them on Thursday night. Banging gig😊

I still couldn't tell you one song she sings.

“The queen of ‘mostly’-live-performances.” 😂😂😂😂

Grohl didn’t say Swift didn’t play live though. He made the “Eras” / “Errors” joke, and then said that they made errors because they actually play live. There may be an implied popat her I guess, but I took it as him having a dig at bands using backing tracks.

Freaking excellent video you are the man you know what's going on you got a brain keep up the good work love your content

They know each other so not sure how much of this is as serious a dig as people think. I’ve seen on sites that people who were there said the clip that’s floating around is somewhat out of context.

Props on having Jeff Beck's "There and Back" on the shelf in the background.

Thumbs up for the Celtics hat 👍 Also, I think this is the best analysis and commentary I've heard on this situation. Thumbs up for that too 👍

I was at the concert, I didn't know the context behind it till the next day, it was pretty much tongue in cheek. And, all the people saying sure the stadium was empty, I can assure ye, it was not, those seats weren't for sitting in, 0 view from them.

I think you are bang on with this video. Also I wish swifties could grasp that she is not a teenager. She's an adult. Whatever his intention, Dave was not picking on a little kid.

is that audioslave album on the shelf? Absolute banger of an album!

It was the BEST Roast, because people can only be mad if they believe Taylor Swift doesn't play live... Also, pretty sure Kurt would have hated everything about TSwift.

Thing is if just do simple internet search you will find videos of her miming live. So Dave comment is completely valid as it is the truth.

I seen on fb someone say the support paramore was awesome and they preferred them to Taylor (fair enough not everyone’s taste in music is the same) but some swifties where then posting pictures of those people’s families even young children saying they were going to do awful this to them. It’s disgusting

Dave has talked about people using tracks often. I think he was leveling a wisecrack at bands in general. Not just Taylor Swift.

Taylor Swift is a coorperation not a person. Fans are fans.

Ironically they're BOTH awesome human beings, and great role models.......fans need to chill TF out!

I think there's probably more to it than that. Maybe it had to do with Violet but I wonder if Dave reached out to Taylor and asked her to publicly ask her fans to call off the dogs but she didn't and that pissed Dave off.

Playing over backing tracks is not playing live it is KARAOKE. Stop deleting comments.

I don't know what's so different about Taylor Swift that makes her attract the most psychopathic and deranged fans, this needs to be studied

Honestly crazy anyone would attack someone else for a person who doesn’t know you exist. I get into my music as much as anyone but since when is it bad for people to have differing opinions? Swifties just don’t really have anyone else but themselves to blame for their bad rap. Its not all of them, but some people just need to chill out honestly.

Tyler, i’m thankful for social media because it allows me to see all kinds of people I would not know about ,like yourself. I hate the fact that social media gets used to attack people. In the words of Kevin Nealon’s character from happy Gilmore…… “ harness good… block bad”😂

I love a good stage show and smoke and mirrors are certainly part of it. That being said, it's gotten out of hand. Dave grohl was merely pointing out the truth. What I find particularly disturbing is how upset people get at that truth And how others have to bend over backwards to explain it.

The world is a stage, we are the suckers are suckers paying to watch and be decieved.

I was at the show, i didn't know all that about violet grohl and the swifties but the impression i got from everything he said is that dave was a bit salty that taylor swift was performing at wembley stadium and not the foo fighters. He mentioned several times about how their first big stadium show was at wembley and so on and did seem a little bitter about not performing there this time.

"out of character" LOL what are you talking about. Roasting people for fun is totally within character.

I fail to see how this is legitimate beef between two individuals and not just outraged fans blowing up on Twitter

1:31 Good one. Big as the Beatles.... That's the best joke I've heard all day.

The Swifties are just so sensitive. We all make fun of famous artists. The Swifties act like it's pure sacrilege to make a joke about Taylor. What Dave said was completely innocuous

I was at the show it was... out of pocket, but meant to take the piss and to address the whole violet threats thing

I was at that show, sat next to my sister in law who a few days before attended the Taylor.swift show and was wearing her bracelet 😅

Not the John Mayer G Shock while talking about the situation ( love the watch!)😂

Love the hat. True story. I once told Taylor Swift to get out of my way and she did.

I recently saw some clips of Paramore opening for TS in the UK. The shows are sold out but the seats were pretty empty when Paramore was playing. Paramore is a headline band with lots of great songs and a great singer. What does it say about the TS fans that hardly anyone was watching? Like the Beatles and Elvis, it is a mania. Could be decades before most people judge her based on the music and not the mania.

Yoooo I was there!!!

I think that as a person she seems smart, sweet, and genuine. But the music. Damn. It's just so lowest common denominator. Her real crime is making an entire generation think that that's what good music sounds like.

Well put. I agree.

When he added the "whaaaatt" at the end you can tell he was just poking fun and not being serious but fools without comprehension ability or Swifties (one in the same, usually) don't understand humor. Swift is an entertainer who uses very formulaic music and productions to entertain. You know what you're going to get and that's fine. Heck, a number of big artists had fantastic backing bands and weren't great musicians or sometimes singers themselves but put on a great show. Bon Jovi was a decent singer until his voice gave out but not a great musician but his band was tight. Jimmy Buffett was an average singer and guitar player but the Coral Reefers were truly top tier and Jimmy was a great story teller. While Garth Brooks is a far more talented singer and player than Swift and a lot of other people he still used a very tight production style similar to Swift to give audiences the most consistent experience. So Swift's style doesn't bother me. What has always puzzled me though is that she built such a fan base with a catalogue of five decent songs.

Taylor swift has recorded 274 songs. That's around 60,000 words. I'm amazed she doesn't screw up a lot. I need my iPad on my stand for Kid Charlemagne, and I've been singing it for decades:) Anyway, let's all stay away from mob mentality(although, as a father, I would probably say something stupid as well if you attacked my daughter). I can respect any performer that creates music, gets up on stage in front of people and sings and plays, and employs musicians. Way to go Taylor! Foo Fighters is one of my favorite bands of all time:)

Dave Grohl is 100% right Dave was in Nirvana he worked on tape not midi maps, no hate just reality she has a songwriting team.

Dude, great video, great youtube channel!

FANTANO MENTIONED RAHHH 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Uh, Dave did actually play with a track on Top of the Pops with Nirvana. It was the most hilarious Top of the Pops performance in history.

Your from Boston I’m guessing

People should not be subject to mass instant critique . It’s not healthy. Sadly we can’t uninvent the wheel.

Team Violet ! And..what a nice Dad.

Well said!

That Dave solo was something lmao

"Mostly live performances"? I've been listening to some of Taylor's Eras tour videos on youtube, and I'm under the serious impression that certain songs 50-80% if backtrack singing/mostly lip synching.

If you dont have an opinion then dont waste peoples time with clickbait . Look at you all calm and woke.

I can’t stand Taylor .. good for Dave

I personally don’t really have much against Taylor. The only thing I think she does wrong or really what she doesn’t do is control her fan base. When you’re an artist as big as her, you are kind of responsible for your fan base in a very small way. I guarantee you if Taylor said “my favorite animal is the albino deer”, all the swifties would say the same. So when they are giving death threats, all it takes is for Taylor to say knock it off, and most would stop. Either way, respect to Taylor, she’s accomplished a lot.

Dave has definitely been very complementary of Taylor in the past, so I definitely think this probably did have something to do with him being upset and defending his daughter since he mentioned her "wrath" before he even made the joke. That said, Dave is kind of old school about "live" playing though and has been very outspoken against any sort of use of backing tracks, studio tricks and really computers in music, in general. He's taken a lot of jabs at EDM over the years IIRC. So I also think he probably at least half-way meant what he said to be taken as an insult. I don't know, I see both sides of it all. Swifties are incredibly overreactive and overprotective about virtually any criticism which is the root of the problem. Attacking a girl for a minor criticism and then going crazy to defend the Eras Tour - a tour that has grossed over a BILLION dollars - doesn't seem like the best use of your time (I think Taylor is doing just fine). But on the other hand, criticizing Taylor for not "playing live" is a take I also don't agree with. Taylor DOES perform live to a good extent, and the parts that are backing tracks are more because the show is so much of a spectacle (tied to lights, visuals, stage theatrics, choreography) that it goes beyond just a "musical performance" IMO.

The swifties are going after Kurt now, Swifties better calm down before Frances and Courtney find out.

Phineas T. Barnum's quote comes to mind: “There’s no such thing as bad publicity." Dave is helping himself get some publicity as well as Swift. But i don't think that's why he said it either. I don't normally choose to listen to Taylor's music, but after seeing her ERA's movie, I was surprised at what a good performer she is. I didn't go see her downtown in the rain last time but everyone that I know said it was really good. Is it true that she allegedly doesn't play "totally" live? P.S. Love the preview of your new album. Fat sound all the way.

Taylor Swift is a sign of the times. Never have so many people that are so unqualified to be in the positions they are in. (Taylor Swift, Donald Trump, all the same). Taylor Swift (as big as Michael Jackson) is a sign that the human race is falling apart. It's tragic that we are even having a discussion about her.

I like both of em!

Swift is a billionaire. Every billionaire is the same. They didn't get that rich by giving everyone back what they put it. Nobody earns a billion dollars. It takes a pyramid scheme to get that rich. Swift could spend the rest of her life giving free concerts and still live like a god on Earth. Every billionaire (and every multi-millionaire too) has means beyond fathom which they neither need nor deserve. I don't care if anyone disagrees. These people are not admirable. For every Taylor Swift, there are thousands of unknown Joe's and Jane's who work much harder and make music that is just as good or even better. The rich and famous artists simply have a better marketing team and more wealthy investors.

Thankfully my daughter is one of the creative type swifties! She's been writing her own songs on guitar and piano for two years now, and we have recently been going into a legit studio and recording with real musos on real instruments...it's been fantastic! Great experience for a 16 yr old...the current one we're tracking has a friggin dulcimer and slide pedal steel guitar on it! Keep it real folks ❤

Knowing the context, Beck, Frampton and family on display in your bookcase . Yeah, Jeff Beck and Peter Frampton should be family LoL

100%

“The Queen of mostly live performances “ 😂😂😂

I dont know who tf Taylor Swift is, same as my surroundings, but all of my friends know who Kurt Cobain and Dave Grohl is, no one care about Taylor Swift, i dont know any song from her.

Sir did I see you playing live on TV for a CMT event?

Lol... the chick with Nirvana t shirt was classic. She probably couldn't name 3 Nirvana songs.

Dave Grohl: "We actually play live." Swift9000: "I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that."

Speaking as a somewhat Swiftie, some idiots on the internet are just dicks. Taylor isn't responsible for the haters. I feel bad for Dave's daughter, that is a horrible thing to have happen. Of course, Taylor could relate. She attracts more than her fair share of threats and hate too. Dave is a great dad and stand-up guy. Thank you for giving your thoughts on what may have been going on in his head. I'd like to think that if Dave and Taylor met they would be friendly and find common ground.

Dave grohl desveres more respect given his career and ill leave it at that

I once saw Rod Stewart. It took him 15 minutes to start off the song "Young Turks." Eventually, he had to get a lyrics sheet. Wow, performers are human.