St. Vincent Has High Praise for Dave Grohl Collaboration on New Album ‘All Born Screaming’

St. Vincent released her recent album All Born Screaming in April this year, and she included some high-profile collaborations. One of which was Dave Grohl, who played drums on two tracks—”Broken Man” and “Flea.”

Grohl is most known for being the frontman of the Foo Fighters, but he’s almost equally known for his legendary drum skills. He often gets behind a drum kit for collaborations, such as on Tenacious D’s three studio albums and with Zac Brown Band on their EP The Grohl Sessions. Now, he joined up with St. Vincent to provide some thunderous drums for her album.

“Dave Grohl is a buddy, and he’s, well, Dave Grohl,” said St. Vincent (born Annie Clark) in an interview with Rolling Stone Australia/New Zealand. “I thought, ‘What if f—ing Dave Grohl played on this song?’ Then I remembered, oh, I can hit him up, you know? He was totally down, so generous and cool, and just came over to my studio and killed it.”

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St. Vincent Has Full-Circle Moment With Dave Grohl on New Album

St. Vincent also shared that Dave Grol, Foo Fighters, and Nirvana are huge influences on her music and her creative life. With Grohl featuring on the album, it became a full-circle moment for her.

“He’s the best. I mean, he’s everything you want him to be,” she said of Grohl, adding, “I wouldn’t be playing if it wasn’t for the music of Dave Grohl and Nirvana, so it’s really full circle.”

While St. Vincent praises Dave Grohl’s work, she has some strong words for John Mayer’s song “Daughters.” In an interview with Kerrang from early August, St. Vincent condemned the song for being “hideously sexist” when asked to name the worst song ever written.

“It pretends to be a love song, but it’s really, really retrograde and really sexist,” she said in explanation. “And I hate it … It’s so deeply misogynistic, which would be fine if you owned that, but it pretends like it’s sweet.”

In St. Vincent’s opinion, “Daughters” decidedly did not age well. Whether it’s the product of good rhyming or of the general sentiments of the early 2000s, John Mayer probably should have workshopped that song a little more. Maybe asked a woman—any woman—her opinion on the lyrics.

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