Best of Foo: A Foo Fighters Odyssey

Paul Carlin and Lorenzo Pacitti return for a special episode of the world's only podcast to take a deep dive into the latest Foo Fighters release, But Here We Are. After a couple of challenging years for the band, they're back with a brually honest collection of songs, tinged with sadness, grief and loss... but what do Paul and Lorenzo make of the album? It's a bumper episode for what may become one of the most significant Foo Fighters albums in the band's discography. Pour yourself a drink of something cold, hot or room temperatute and enjoy. @lorenzo__lp @thepaulcarlin Thanks for listening!

Paul and Lorenzo reconvene to discuss Foo Fighters' latest album, Medicine at Midnight. While it's great to be talking about Dave Grohl and the Foos again, this album is really pressing some painful bruises. What will they make of Dave's journey to Funkytown? Follow us and send us abuse on social media if you like: @thepaulcarlin and @lorenzo__lp Thanks for listening!

It's the final! We finally made it! Who thought we'd ever manage to see this through? In this bumper episode, Paul and Lorenzo are joined by the majority of past guests to vote on the final rankings - Eurovision-style - and decide which Foo Fighters song truly is Best of Foo. There's a lot to cover so pour yourself a number of hot or cold drinks, get comfortable and prepare for the last ride as we fall down a Foo Fighters-shaped rabbit hole. Huge thanks to this episode's guests: Ally McCrae, Duncan Robertson, Eddy Walsh, Martin Johnston, Philip Ivers, Ross Stewart and Tom Fraser. Plus our pals who couldn't make it: Amandah Wilkinson, Chris Gallagher, Marcus MacLeod and Stuart Dougan. Best of Foo will return for some one-off episodes down the line. Thanks for listening!

Suspend your disbelief; this is the semi final of Best of Foo. One more episode stands between you and the actual Best of Foo. In this dramatic semi final, Paul and Lorenzo shake down the final 16 tracks to leave eight. These eight will make up the final of this odyssey. Prepare to throw your smartphone or speaker out of the window in disgust because there are some HEFTY decisions getting made here. Follow us on Twitter: @thepaulcarlin @lorenzo__lp

It's the last of the quarter final episodes and we're within touching distance of the Best of Foo Final. Paul and Lorenzo are joined once again by multi-talented musician Martin Johnston to shake down the final eight Foo tunes in this round. There's plenty of time signature and guitar tuning chat; a first for Best of Foo... Plus, even more terrible decisions and opinions about your favourite band! This episodes matchups are: Enough Space vs Shape of You (by Ed Sheeran) // Live-In Skin vs Good Grief // White Limo vs Oh, George // Wind Up vs Times Like These. Thanks to @jartinmohnston from @americanclayhi for joining us and you can find Paul and Lorenzo on Twitter: @thepaulcarlin @lorenzo__lp

Best of Foo is now basically a drumming podcast. Hope you like flams. In this episode, Paul and Lorenzo are joined by talented guitarist and drummer-for-hire Martin Johnston (of the great Glasgow band American Clay) to deal with eight more songs in this third quarter final. Like the previous two episodes, there are some hefty decisions and nobody is pulling their punches when it comes to deciding which tunes deserve to make it through to the next round. Plus, most importantly, loads of chat about drumming and more football references than you're probably used to; deal with it. This episode's matchups are: A Matter of Time vs Hell // Hey, Johnny Park! vs Exhausted // DOA vs Everlong // Winnebago vs My Poor Brain. Love and thanks to @jartinmohnston of @americanclayhi for taking part in this episode. You can also hear Martin's talents on recent recordings by @vukoviband and @the_quilter.

In this episode, Paul and Lorenzo are once again joined by their buddy Ally McCrae to go through then next batch of songs in this second Quarter Final. For the second ep running, Ally provides some smoking hot opinions that leave Paul and Lorenzo speechless. It's exactly what our hosts need to shake up this podcast a bit... Plus, Ally tells the story of the time he ACTUALLY MET DAVE GROHL. This episode's matchups are: Rope vs The Colour And The Shape // Alone + Easy Target vs This Is A Call // The Line vs February Stars // My Hero vs Bridge Burning. Love and thanks to @allymccrae - you can download his podcast @managethatpod in all the usual places. Send hate mail to @thepaulcarlin and @lorenzo__lp

After a short break, Paul and Lorenzo reconvene to continue their Foo Fighters odyssey and, for the first quarter final episode, are joined by friend, podcaster and all round excellent dude, Ally McCrae. We're into the thick of it now so pretty much every song remaining is huuuuuuge so please enjoy this extremely controversial episode with some HEFTY hot takes, jaw-dropping decisions and some much deserved comeuppance for Lorenzo (depending on whether or not you think he deserves it.) This episode's matchups are: I'll Stick Around vs Resolve // Ain't It The Life vs No Way Back // Best of You vs Generator // Savior Breath vs Monkey Wrench. Love and thanks to @allymccrae whose podcast How Did You Manage That is well worth your time.

Here's a little stop gap episode that'll either make you breathe a sigh of relief or make your blood boil. Either way, this could be a key moment in the legacy of Best of Foo as Paul and Lorenzo open up the Second Chance Saloon. Each presenter is allowed to make two overrides, bringing back overlooked or unlucky songs from previous episodes to replace a track from the last 32... It's all done randomly and the stakes are high... listen to find out if any fallen heroes get a reprieve. After all, this is Best of Foo; not Meh of Foo. Follow us on Twitter: @lorenzo__lp and @thepaulcarlin

It's taken some time but the final Tie Rack of the podcast comes to its conclusion in this episode as Paul and Lorenzo discuss two more Foo matchups with guests Eddy Walsh, Ross Stewart and Duncan Robertson. The language is industrial at times and there are detours-a-plenty but, in amongst all that, decisions are made on the final two matchups in The Tie Rack: A Matter of Time vs Word Forward + New Way Home vs Hey, Johnny Park! Thanks for sticking with us - more episodes on the way!

It's the second instalment of our mammoth Tie Rack episode with friends of the pod Eddy Walsh (@eddy_walsh), Ross Stewart (@rausstewart) and Duncan Robertson (@knacknud) joining Paul and Lorenzo to make the final call on two more extremely difficult matchups. The Gang of Five discuss four Foo Fighters tracks in this episode (Lonely As You vs The Sign + My Poor Brain vs Learn to Fly) and end up in several rabbit holes... if anyone is genuinely interested in a David Bazan podcast, maybe that's something we could look at if we ever get to the end of this podcast! Thanks again for listening to this and if you have any comments, cyber-bully us on Twitter: @thepaulcarlin and @lorenzo__lp

In this episode, it's time for Paul and Lorenzo to make the final judgement on those matchups they could't quite agree on during the previous round... yes, it's the return of The Tie Rack. Of course, Paul and Lorenzo's opinions count for nothing so they have drafted in three of their friends to help make the call on what goes through. Eddy Walsh, Ross Stewart and Duncan Robertson join the podcast to help sort out these tricky matchups. This recording of Best of Foo lasted over four hours so it will be cut into three parts for easily-digestible chunks. In this first part, the matchups are: The Colour and the Shape vs The Last Song // All My Life vs I'll Stick Around // Walk vs Hell. Huge thanks and love to @eddy_walsh, @rausstewart and @knacknud for their sparkling chat and great opinions. More to come from those guys over the forthcoming two episodes.

The second qualifying round concludes with this episode! Another batch of Foo tunes go under the microscope in-between discussions about 10000 other topics. We were a little unfocused recording this but the episode is 100% good times. This episode's matchups are: New Way Home vs Hey, Johnny Park! // Gimme Stitches vs Everlong // In the Clear vs Bridge Burning // Summer's End vs February Stars. Follow us on Twitter if you like: @thepaulcarlin @lorenzo__lp

Here's a nice, uncomplicated, straightforward episode of your favourite Foo Fighters podcast. Paul and Lorenzo are all smiles and surprisingly civil towards one another as they discuss eight more Foos tracks. There are some difficult decisions to make here; some songs will prevail, some will fall. This is a Wheels-free zone. This episodes's matchups are: The Line vs Next Year // Halo vs Cheer Up, Boys (Your Makeup is Running) // Savior Breath vs Back and Forth // The Never-Ending Sigh vs Enough Space. Follow us on social media: @thepaulcarlin @lorenzo__lp

It's another ALL BUSINESS episode as Paul and Lorenzo approach the end of this second qualifying round. There's a little bit of shade but decisiveness wins as four more songs progress to the next stage of Best of Foo. We'll say goodbye to some big tracks here but the main question is WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH WHITE LIMO? This episode's matchups are: Something From Nothing vs Seda // White Limo vs Walking a Line // Stacked Actors vs Oh, George // Exhausted vs For All the Cows. Follow us: @thepaulcarlin @lorenzo__lp

This is a strange and great episode. Paul and Lorenzo are not happy about Krist Novoselic... who is? But this is a Foo Fighters podcast so in amongst discussing monkeys escaping from a lab, the utter pointlessness and futility of All Lives Matter people (have a word with yourselves) and suburban gardening, they do take the time to discuss eight FF songs with some big decisions to be made. This episode's matchups are: DOA vs Dear Rosemary // Arlandria vs Resolve // A Matter of Time vs Word Forward // Good Grief vs Burn Away. Follow us on Twitter: @thepaulcarlin @lorenzo__lp A reminder: Black Lives Matter. Black Trans Lives Matter.

After falling into several rabbit holes in the previous episodes, Paul and Lorenzo do their best to focus on the matter in hand: continuing their quest to find the best Foo Fighters tune... they kind of stick to the plan but it wouldn't be an episode of this podcast without a few detours and another Ace of Base reference. This episode's matchups: Best of You vs Arrows // Winnebago vs Congregation // My Hero vs The Pretender // Lonely As You vs The Sign. Follow us: @thepaulcarlin @lorenzo__lp

Okay this episode is kind of A LOT. Paul and Lorenzo discuss the universe and everything in this bumper edition of Best of Foo. Where else will you find a podcast that discusses the masons, David Gest and the crusade against anti-vaxxers all under the umbrella of Foo Fighters? This episode's matchups are: Alone + Easy Target vs Saint Cecilia // Walk vs Hell // Fraternity vs Ain't It The Life // Home vs This Is A Call. Follow us in the usual places: @thepaulcarlin and @lorenzo__lp And purchase Foo Fighters albums, especially some of those later ones you slept on.

Lorenzo's stupid japes have led to Ed Sheeran's hit single Shape of You entering the race. That's the episode description. This episode's matchups are: Headwires vs Times Like These // Floaty vs Low // Monkey Wrench vs No Way Back // Live In Skin vs Big Me. Follow us on social media: @thepaulcarlin and @edsheeran

It's the second qualifying round of Best of Foo and presenters Paul and Lorenzo are living life on the edge... yes, they're drawing the tracks live and reacting immediately... have they made the biggest mistake of their lives? This episode's matchups are: The Colour and the Shape vs The Last Song // Breakout vs Generator // All My Life vs I'll Stick Around // My Poor Brain vs Learn to Fly. Follow us on Twitter: @thepaulcarlin @lorenzo__lp