Xpost part of it is young Plant was just fuckin gorgeous too
― Greta Van Fleek (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, October 27, 2018 7:16 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
is this a commonly held opinion? i don't really feel this way
― budo jeru, Sunday, 28 October 2018 18:22 (five years ago) link
The musicologist Susan Fast actually mentioned her youthful attraction to Plant in her (v good) book In the Houses of the Holy.
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Sunday, 28 October 2018 18:38 (five years ago) link
I don't think I'd complain if I were six foot whatever and looked like this:http://www.ledzeppelin.com/sites/g/files/g2000006376/f/201807/rp-60-4.jpg
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Sunday, 28 October 2018 19:17 (five years ago) link
Good post btw, man alive.
I taped a lot of Howlin' Wolf off the radio and got Muddy Waters and Lightning Hopkins tapes for the same reason.
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Sunday, 28 October 2018 19:21 (five years ago) link
(I mean, "a lot" probably = one side of a C90. It seemed like a lot at the time.)
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Sunday, 28 October 2018 19:28 (five years ago) link
they're such an unambitious low bar
What a bunch of baloney. Have no idea what to attribute this to if it's not them being targeted because of their genre or the way they look or whatever. They're fairly ambitious for people of their age.
― timellison, Sunday, 28 October 2018 22:35 (five years ago) link
XXX was only 20
― 5th Ward Weeaboo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 28 October 2018 23:05 (five years ago) link
Lil Peep was only 21
― flappy bird, Sunday, 28 October 2018 23:10 (five years ago) link
The whole discussion about their age is kind of a non-starter. Like I grew up the 90s suburbs, which was like nearly 20 years removed from Led Zepplin and teens were still jamming Zep riffs, cf Wayne’s World “No Stairway” joke etc. It’s like the hands-down most basic “I like rock/I play guitar/I read Guitar World” kid music like 30 years running. There’s probably ... SOMETHING ... that made this set of kids connect with an actual audience and I don’t see anyone trying to really pinpoint it. Maybe the kid just has a good voice?
― 5th Ward Weeaboo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 28 October 2018 23:14 (five years ago) link
I think Tim and I were trying to do that, a bit.
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Sunday, 28 October 2018 23:27 (five years ago) link
Like I grew up the 90s suburbs, which was like nearly 20 years removed from Led Zepplin and teens were still jamming Zep riffs, cf Wayne’s World “No Stairway” joke etc. It’s like the hands-down most basic “I like rock/I play guitar/I read Guitar World” kid music like 30 years running.
What does all of this have to do with whether or not age is relevant to this discussion?
― timellison, Sunday, 28 October 2018 23:44 (five years ago) link
― 5th Ward Weeaboo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, October 28, 2018 6:05 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I think Greta Van Fleet should stay away from domestic violence
― Greta Van Fleek (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 29 October 2018 00:11 (five years ago) link
If you want your music to click with the teens of today (or critics in their late 30s desperate to stay relevant with the teens of today), pound on your girlfriend (especially if she's pregnant) and talk about suicide a lot.
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 29 October 2018 01:01 (five years ago) link
The GVF album is debuting at #3 on the next Billboard chart, behind the A Star Is Born soundtrack and the Future/Juice WRLD album, and just ahead of the new Disturbed. Disturbed's five previous albums all debuted at #1, now they've dropped to #4. It's a new world.
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 29 October 2018 01:35 (five years ago) link
I wish PFork had given them the 3.6 they deserve so we wouldn’t be having this conversation.
“Rock fans” are likely stanning for them simply to own the haters at this point.
― bumbling my way toward the light or wahtever (hardcore dilettante), Monday, 29 October 2018 04:52 (five years ago) link
― 5th Ward Weeaboo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 29 October 2018 05:37 (five years ago) link
late to the party on this but that's some vintage pitchfork there, i love it
― ciderpress, Monday, 29 October 2018 13:32 (five years ago) link
http://www.switchedonpop.com/97-greta-van-fleet/
this podcast episode has an interview with the Pitchfork writer, and then the hosts go through the GVF record and try to figure out which Zep songs are being aped.
― President Keyes, Friday, 2 November 2018 16:08 (five years ago) link
haha this is awesome, I love how surgical they get with it
― flappy bird, Friday, 2 November 2018 17:37 (five years ago) link
They're gonna be the musical guest on Saturday Night Live on January 19. Host is Rachel Brosnahan of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, which if you haven't watched it, sucks dog ass.
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 7 January 2019 19:57 (five years ago) link
TV Guide should hire Unperson for an ongoing newsfeed of programming notes, written in that trademark style!^^
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Monday, 7 January 2019 20:09 (five years ago) link
I made it through maybe 5 seconds of the band on SNL (well, on SNL on Youtube), and the singer reminded me of fat '80s jumpsuit Ozzy.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 20 January 2019 17:42 (five years ago) link
Ha, just read some commentary from Alex Lifeson, which can be read both as complementary but also kind of backhanded. He basically says, at first I thought they sounded like Led Zeppelin, but they are young and they are good musicians and maybe they will develop into something as they come into their own style. He conceded, justifiably, that Rush started out that way too, so who knows.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 20 January 2019 21:36 (five years ago) link
I mostly thought about how the drummer’s gonna get tendonitis in his right elbow real soon if he keeps that stiff all-forearm approach. He’s also going to need back surgery in a few years if he stays hunched over like that (like what happened to Larry Mullen).
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 20 January 2019 21:58 (five years ago) link
they are young and they are good musicians and maybe they will develop into something as they come into their own style
I can't even tell you how many jazz albums I hear where I can close my eyes and picture, for example, the saxophonist's record collection.
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 20 January 2019 22:02 (five years ago) link
I liked when the singers voice broke. I mean, he mostly seemed really nervous, but still.
― Frederik B, Sunday, 20 January 2019 22:11 (five years ago) link
I watched 25 seconds of the performance and I am convinced that this band does not exists and is a mass hallucination.
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 21 January 2019 19:21 (five years ago) link
double edged sword for a young band to get too much hype early.
I see them getting more proggy, if they have the song writing.
I don't know if they have enough muscle for the cock rock.
― nicky lo-fi, Monday, 21 January 2019 19:38 (five years ago) link
I'm sure they have a "Sex Farm" in them
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Monday, 21 January 2019 19:40 (five years ago) link
I haven't heard a note of this bands music, but there seems to be a lot of whinge about them being in thrall to Led Zeppelin. Without having to listen to a note of this bands music, all I want to know is do they do what they do badly (thus rendering them completely pointless) or do they do what they do well?
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 21 January 2019 19:45 (five years ago) link
I mean it's decent tributism but the vocalist really overdoes it and is probably gonna
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Monday, 21 January 2019 19:46 (five years ago) link
Wreck his voice.
No they don't sound like someone failing on Guitar Hero.
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Monday, 21 January 2019 19:47 (five years ago) link
would Jam Master Jay or Rick Rubin sample this band?
― billstevejim, Monday, 21 January 2019 20:03 (five years ago) link
Paul Barman might
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Monday, 21 January 2019 20:05 (five years ago) link
their drummer is horrible
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 21 January 2019 20:07 (five years ago) link
damn, i always thought boomers loved technical proficiency.
― billstevejim, Monday, 21 January 2019 20:34 (five years ago) link
Boomers just love their own Boomer-ness reflected back at them in a positive light, they don't really care about quality or skill
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 21 January 2019 20:41 (five years ago) link
I couldn't make it through either SNL song. Unoriginal is fine if it's not so damn boring, they could at least have a couple of sweet riffs.
― louise ck (milo z), Monday, 21 January 2019 20:44 (five years ago) link
What? Of course they do. Their only stated metric for the goodness of anything they like is:
"Now dat gai, he could really play! lemme tell ya"
and
"Those gais were legends ok? nuthin like the crap you hear on the radio today"
xp
― Evan, Monday, 21 January 2019 20:47 (five years ago) link
that's just what they've been fed to say to justify their preference for 60s/70s shit vs "today's music"
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 21 January 2019 21:02 (five years ago) link
Boomers secretly fear & despise the talent of youth that they know will eventually supplant them. I read about in the AARP magazine.
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 21 January 2019 21:09 (five years ago) link
I was going to quibble that a bunch of early 20s dudes sounding like a less-proficient Boomer-era band would seem to demonstrate the opposite point if anything. But then I looked at the comments on one of their live videos on Youtube and there's a hell of a lot of
It always amazes me that people complain about this band. I am 57 and grew up with some awesome bands I could care less who the sound like. People gotta stop living in the past be grateful some young kids even had the courage to do music that most thought was dead. To see a Marshall Stack or an Ampeg bass amp on a stage is amazing.
Do It for "old guys" like me! Rock on guys!
Turning sixty today! Woohoo. But these kids are the best thing to hit hit rock and roll in a long time.
I'm 54, and this band have something......I can't describe it.....but they have it....long may they reign...
I'm 61 years old, and their music takes me back to my younger years listening and jamming with my acoustic guitar with the same influences these cats grew up listening too
so yeah
― Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 03:15 (five years ago) link
People gotta stop living in the past
Lol
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 03:19 (five years ago) link
Greta Van Fleet: The Soundtrack for Midlife Crises
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 03:40 (five years ago) link
I'm nearly 62, and I'd rather rip my ears off than listen to Greta van Fleet.
― Bloody Snail, Tuesday, 22 January 2019 08:30 (five years ago) link
The reason Josh Kiszka looks a little stiff is that he's spent the last 45 years imprisoned in the logo of a Rams Head Muff.The rest of the guys look like they're getting the biggest break of their lives by warming up the stage for Collective Soul in 1992.
― peace, man, Tuesday, 22 January 2019 11:02 (five years ago) link
Close your eyes and they sound like the Spin Doctors with more distortion and a singer aiming for Geddy Lee and missing.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 22 January 2019 11:42 (five years ago) link
How come he's not wearin' a toque
― Sam Weller, Tuesday, 22 January 2019 12:17 (five years ago) link
Take off, you hoser.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 22 January 2019 12:44 (five years ago) link