Greta Van Fleet

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.

They're a thought experiment: If Rush hadn't met Neil.

We already have an album of this!

I mean, lmk when GvF bassist plays something even on the level of "Working Man".

first Rush album is sweet

Totally! If they can give us anything as awesome as "Before and After"...
Also, thanks for the Starcastle rec earlier in the thread!

Wait for it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPQO6J-EU08

This is like classic rock written by an AI.

yeah, Al Roker

that is literally a c.2006 sketch show skit that is now a legitimate band in 2021. what a world.

That is one of the funniest combinations of music and performance I have ever seen.

I literally lolled when he started singing

Who Wore It Better: GVF Singer Dude, or Your Niece Madison at Homecoming.

Man the guitar player's acoustic fingerpicking sucks so bad, he can barely play in time.

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.

omg, the drummer

https://decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/seinfeld-jerry-puffy.jpg?quality=80&strip=all

Fuckin Edith Bunker on vocals

drummer def looks mad to be wearing that bird suit

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Di-tvG5UUAA3fxt.jpg

She wore it better.

This is like November Rain if it had been commissioned by the Liberace estate, but on a tight budget

Btw that singer is going to sound like Tom Waits in 3 years

^^Just in time for their "4 Guys In A Room" Roots move.

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.

For sale - red dress, worn once and farted in

“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

It November Rains In Hotel California

gotta say this song changed my perception of rock music, I think I’m a fan

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.

More like Tears IN Rain amirite

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

Worst mustache since Dennis DeYoung.

https://nostalgiacentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/styx876.jpg

look who’s sending Styx pix now

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.

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.

That sad, tentative little piano chord at the end sounds like he didn't know if the song was over.

Btw that singer is going to sound like Tom Waits in 3 years

The reverse Alex Chilton!

"Tears of Rain" is a really funny title for a dumb rock ballad. "the loneliness of solitude" b/w "the smiles of happiness"

Or, like one song from the Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe album:

"Tears of Rain"
i. "The Loneliness of Solitude"
ii. "The Smiles of Happiness"
iii. "The Castrati Incident"
iv. "The Sour Scent of Sweet Relief"

”Tears of Rain" (from the Candelabra Sessions) to boot

ahah this is incredible. between snl, spinal tap and black adder.

Stairway to Tears of Rain in Heaven

1. Growlin' Dog
2. Rockin' Rock
3. The Eternity of Always
4. Stairway to Tears of Rain in Heaven
5. Hallucination Mountain
6. Drummin' Sticks
7. Headed for a Location
8. When the Water Floods

jeez I was expecting a way bigger train wreck given the comments here, disappointed

Even their ability to disappoint is disappointing.

its kind of just all about the comedic timing of the moment when it cuts to the singer

Fred Armisen is getting a little too on the nose with his bits

i would love to hear how this singer sings the Diarrhea song

I think you just did

DJP can you record a barbershop version of this pls

My throat say "what, no"

"I'd listen to them sing the Diarrhea song" is highest praise