I mean they seem like nice enough guys and they are reasonably talented and I can't really hate them, but I kind of hate the musical zeitgeist that enables them to be a phenomenon rather than just a good bar band.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 19 April 2021 17:46 (three years ago) link
"Intro (Guitar Center Suite)"
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Monday, April 19, 2021 12:45 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink
hahaha nailed it
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 19 April 2021 17:47 (three years ago) link
i'm not sold on 'reasonably talented'. feel like they too will be embarrassed of this in 10 years. but they'll also have a real estate portfolio and no real job, so they definitely still win.
― microsloth fig stimulator (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 19 April 2021 17:51 (three years ago) link
yeah i mostly just kind of feel bad for the crowd going crazy eating it up, thinking they are seeing amazing face-melting rock, not realizing that they could be seeing a hundred versions of this band at their local bar or summertime beerfest in the park or whatever
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Monday, 19 April 2021 17:54 (three years ago) link
they cannot break into the foo fighters fan scene. need to buy early on greta van fleet.
― microsloth fig stimulator (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 19 April 2021 17:55 (three years ago) link
they feel less like a bar or beerfest band and more like a band that plays one song in a "Rock Through the Ages" type show that is free with park admission when you need to take a break from the roller coasters at Cedar Point.
― microsloth fig stimulator (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 19 April 2021 18:03 (three years ago) link
or maybe a similar show in an off strip vegas casino/hotel. someone comps you tickets at check-in because your room wasn't ready yet. you see them selling for $8 later that afternoon.
― microsloth fig stimulator (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 19 April 2021 18:06 (three years ago) link
yeah i mostly just kind of feel bad for the crowd going crazy eating it up, thinking they are seeing amazing face-melting rock
When the camera cuts to a guy in the crowd gleefully singing/rockin' along, it's a real eye-opener in terms of "even THIS is someone's favorite band"
― Yawnsomely Literal Cover Band (morrisp), Monday, 19 April 2021 18:08 (three years ago) link
I just think it's kind of funny that these kids playing classic rock cosplay get people so absolutely, frothing at the mouth furious in certain corners of the internet.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 19 April 2021 18:08 (three years ago) link
still watching this red rocks vid and gotta say i take major issue with them busting out the 4+ minute drum solo feature only 10 minutes into the set! a true asshole move
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Monday, 19 April 2021 18:10 (three years ago) link
it's more being frustrated that there's a non-quiet sect of people hearing them and going YES, REAL MUSIC IS BACK, as if rock in the 70s was the zenith and we must never move beyond that template ever again.
― P-Zunit (Neanderthal), Monday, 19 April 2021 18:10 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I mean the people praising them are just as hard to understand. I just find them too boring and, really, ultimately harmless, to get that angry about.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 19 April 2021 18:13 (three years ago) link
is the "it's rockist to hate this band for being derivative" take going spare or has it been done already
― Left, Monday, 19 April 2021 18:15 (three years ago) link
I guess this is classic rock's Renaissance Fair stage
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 19 April 2021 18:17 (three years ago) link
― microsloth fig stimulator (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, April 19, 2021 1:03 PM (thirty-one minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Yeah this is right, and also better captures the rated-PG feel of their classic rock pastiche
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 19 April 2021 18:37 (three years ago) link
― P-Zunit (Neanderthal), Monday, April 19, 2021 1:10 PM (twenty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
I don't even mind this as much as I mind that you could probably just take four random nashville studio guys and make a more convincing "classic rock is back" band than this with a week of rehearsal. It's like celebrating Bob Ross for reviving the technique of the old masters.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 19 April 2021 18:41 (three years ago) link
I heard these guys on the radio this weekend and was prepared to give them a shot. But when the singing started it was actually offensive.
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 00:51 (three years ago) link
They're a thought experiment: If Rush hadn't met Neil.
We already have an album of this!
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 01:13 (three years ago) link
I mean, lmk when GvF bassist plays something even on the level of "Working Man".
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 01:14 (three years ago) link
first Rush album is sweet
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 01:18 (three years ago) link
Totally! If they can give us anything as awesome as "Before and After"...Also, thanks for the Starcastle rec earlier in the thread!
― Bill Bruford's drumbeat for "South Side of the Sky": proto-dubstep? (Prefecture), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 03:05 (three years ago) link
Wait for it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPQO6J-EU08
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 03:31 (three years ago) link
This is like classic rock written by an AI.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 03:33 (three years ago) link
yeah, Al Roker
― If you value Vox, we have an axe (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 03:54 (three years ago) link
that is literally a c.2006 sketch show skit that is now a legitimate band in 2021. what a world.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 04:00 (three years ago) link
That is one of the funniest combinations of music and performance I have ever seen.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 04:20 (three years ago) link
I literally lolled when he started singing
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 04:47 (three years ago) link
Who Wore It Better: GVF Singer Dude, or Your Niece Madison at Homecoming.
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 04:51 (three years ago) link
Man the guitar player's acoustic fingerpicking sucks so bad, he can barely play in time.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 04:57 (three years ago) link
I will say it's nice that they can also rip off '70s Elton John in a way that reminds you just how good he was and they aren't.
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 04:59 (three years ago) link
omg, the drummer
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― Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL) stan (morrisp), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 05:02 (three years ago) link
Fuckin Edith Bunker on vocals
― Filibuster Poindexter (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 05:05 (three years ago) link
drummer def looks mad to be wearing that bird suit
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 05:07 (three years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Di-tvG5UUAA3fxt.jpg
She wore it better.
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 05:07 (three years ago) link
This is like November Rain if it had been commissioned by the Liberace estate, but on a tight budget
― Filibuster Poindexter (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 05:08 (three years ago) link
Btw that singer is going to sound like Tom Waits in 3 years
― Filibuster Poindexter (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 05:09 (three years ago) link
^^Just in time for their "4 Guys In A Room" Roots move.
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 05:10 (three years ago) link
This song is terrible but, I don’t know, I almost admire them for this staging? Like, fuck it, you’ve made a decent amount of cash, have an inexplicably sized and loyal fanbase but you are probably the most hated band since Nickelback? Lean into it, I guess, and embrace the Liberace inside.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 05:15 (three years ago) link
For sale - red dress, worn once and farted in
― Filibuster Poindexter (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 05:19 (three years ago) link
“Oh, he kinda sounds like Robert Plant.” “I dunno, I think he sounds like Geddy Lee.”Both wrong:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mteXQKejzoo
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 05:57 (three years ago) link
It November Rains In Hotel California
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 05:57 (three years ago) link
gotta say this song changed my perception of rock music, I think I’m a fan
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 06:04 (three years ago) link
possibly the first song ever where I didn’t register a single word of the lyrics. what a song to wake up with. this promises to be quite some day. what a world.
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 06:13 (three years ago) link
More like Tears IN Rain amirite
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 06:27 (three years ago) link
the Greta Van Fleet Experience diminishes by about 100% without accompanying video unfortunately. hubby, with impeccable timing, chose this moment to start his vacuuming session. guess it’s back to the Eurovision comfort zone for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P1ueI9j6gk
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 07:28 (three years ago) link
Worst mustache since Dennis DeYoung.
https://nostalgiacentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/styx876.jpg
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 09:34 (three years ago) link
look who’s sending Styx pix now
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 09:48 (three years ago) link
You know, I bet if Greta Van Fleet had clipped the first word off their band name and just been Van Fleet, they’d be in much better shape with critics right now. A band calling themselves “Van Fleet” and playing inept ‘70s rock pastiche could have been embraced as ironic, Tenacious D-esque japery. Weezer fans would ABSOLUTELY have bought that shit. But they decided to play it straight, and now they and their singer’s Dennis DeYoung mustache are rock’s laughingstocks. Bands need to recognize when their shittiness is their marketing hook, and lean into it.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 11:15 (three years ago) link
I don't see how their marketing has failed, unless you think they want the respect of Pitchfork and ILM more than they want sales, airplay, and awards.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 11:37 (three years ago) link
That sad, tentative little piano chord at the end sounds like he didn't know if the song was over.
― keto keto bonito v industry plant-based diet (PBKR), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 11:50 (three years ago) link