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The Beat: Foo Fighters mock Westboro Baptist Church appropriately

Updated: 09/19/11 8:42pm

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Finally, a group of musicians handle the Westboro Baptist Church’s attempt to regress society’s mindset one ineffectual protest after another in a comical way that mocks their idiocy impeccably.

While I think giving Fred Phelps and Co. a millisecond of my time is as futile as say, the Iowa straw poll, the Foo Fighters managed to effectively turn the tables against the anti-homosexual group before their Kansas City stop of their ongoing tour.

Prior to the show, they set up shop and performed in the back of a touring vehicle and courted the protesters while draped in costumes from their recent video Hot Buns. Singer/guitarist Dave Grohl hilariously teases away with the line, “Driving all night got a hankering for something. Think I’m in the mood for some hot-man muffins. Mmmm, sounds so fine, yes indeed.”

Presumably that particular line lit the wick of Phelps’ moral candle and became the basis for their protest at the Foo’s show.

But, instead of writing on the Internet about it – what the WBC wants – they put together a bit worthy of Saturday Night Live’s 1990-95 era .

So, to anyone who’s attending the Foo Fighters show at the Palace of Auburn Hills tonight, enjoy the set and enjoy the fact that after 15 years, they’re still willing to stand for something other than a paycheck.

Published September 19, 2011 in A&E
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