Greta Van Fleet

Only 332 messages itt so far? Huh, I was expecting at least twice that amount.

The vocalist sucks, he should feel bad for singing, his vocal cords should be seized

Finally found the JPJ interview bit I keep referring to, at 18:38 here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI4tJlStEIg

Ophelias

Directly related:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh9cPAXyEVg

BTW, I also agree that GVF sound closer to early Rush than LZ, but given that I rarely listen to early Rush, and that Rush itself was often pretty much trying to ape Zeppelin ... yeah that's a hard pass on GVF. It's like something I don't want to hear, several times removed.

The vocalist sucks, he should feel bad for singing, his vocal cords should be seized

Yeah, a bunch of ppl in the YT comments saying he's a stronger singer than Geddy Lee was which I don't think I agree with - he sounds like he's doing an impression on this song but his voice sounds like it's got less behind it to me, as a relative non-singer. Could be something about the recording idk.

Again, I absolutely love Rush, but if I had to pick one thing to imitate, Geddy's vox would be last on the list.

Especially '70s Geddy.

Yes, the JPJ comment gets to one of the main problems of derivative bands - you have to retrace the influence of everything the players were listening to, not just the stuff they overtly covered. Breakthrough bands inherently have to have chops in genres other than the one they created.

Would be better and more impressive if this band aped Yes.

Yes, the JPJ comment gets to one of the main problems of derivative bands - you have to retrace the influence of everything the players were listening to, not just the stuff they overtly covered.

And believe me, this also explains a lot -- speaking of concurrent 70s obsessions -- of post-Tolkien fantasy. (Which post-GRRM fantasy is repeating in similar ways.)

What would you hope for from that? They certainly don't have Squire's or Howe's chops or versatility any more than than they have Zep's or Rush's.xp

There's a reason nobody rips off Yes, and it's not because musicians don't like Yes

I mean, there are a lot of neo-prog bands on one side, and Flaming Lips-y psychedelic indie bands on the other, but, no, no one recreates "Close to the Edge". That Lips side project actually left out all of the instrumental passages when they covered "Heart of the Sunrise" iirc.

Electric Würms, they were called: https://www.stereogum.com/1685826/electric-wurms-heart-of-the-sunrise-yes-cover/news/

"There's a reason nobody rips off Yes..."

...because Spock's Beard already demonstrated the results.

While I agree that post-Zep bands never achieved the same feel, I also don't really know what the point would be of four young musicians embarking on a deep study of Delta blues, English folk, Indian classical music, James Brown, etc., and then applying all of those influences to record new songs that sounded just like Led Zeppelin. It seems like it would if anything be more interesting to listen to Guns n Roses or Soundgarden. (I would listen to that other band's progressive folk-jazz project, though.)

Greta Van Fleet sounds like a competent high school band fronted by someone in the process of having his testicles pulled off by an octopus

Pretty much. Or an ejaculating hyena.

Of course these chumps can't play like Yes, they (try to) play like Zep (or early Rush) because it's easier! I just meant that it would be more fun if they *could* play like Yes instead of the umpteenth Less Zeppelin.

I just realized who else the GvF singer reminds me of: Noddy Holder! If GvF covered "Gudbuy T'Jane" I think it'd actually work.

so you think i got a shitty voice
it makes me money

sort of surprised to see this, re the new GVF album:

"The album was recorded with musical producer Greg Kurstin, who most recently worked with Foo Fighters on Concrete and Gold and Medicine at Midnight."

tarfumes otm about the drumming, this band's drummer totally sucks

I mean, there are a lot of neo-prog bands on one side, and Flaming Lips-y psychedelic indie bands on the other, but, no, no one recreates "Close to the Edge".

Beg to differ:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC5v7Xr0eAc

Anyway, back to the thread

hold up there are plenty of bands imitating Yes they just don't sell any records

unfortunately i'm not above listening to a mediocre-to-shitty rock record just bc greg kurstin worked on it

I love how many of the boomer Zep fans who basically are averse to new music for lacking creativity suddenly embraced Greta Von Fleet.

i definitely don't want to live in a world where it's 2053 and bands are still obsessed with sounding like a band that's 80+ years old

lol who am I kidding there won't be a 2053.

But will there be a 2112?

GVF should form a Rush cover band called 2113, because they sound like a bunch of 13-year olds trying to cover Rush.

Geddy Van Falen

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hahahahahaha fucking amazing

ahah. I would go to an Oasis reunion tour if they did stand up comedy instead of songs.

I always thought Noel was the better insult comedian, good on Liam.

Wibbling Rivalry was their best release

I think Liam being a lot cooler than Noel has really become apparent in the past decade

bahaha excellent

I think Liam being a lot cooler than Noel has really become apparent in the past decade

100%. Noel is an anti-masker still bothering us with new music, Liam just posts "I said maybeee" on twitter everyday.

I hadn't fully realized how mediocre they are, esp the guitar player
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcpFCZgTu7I

singer is deeply embarrassing

yeah they suck pretty badly

The drummer might be the best member of the band, but even still, that dead sound and that tired ass solo, man

randomly chose a spot, the singer was giving the crowd some sharp patter - "smoke 'em if you got 'em"

Might be a better line if anyone in the band didn't seem like they'd run screaming at the sight of weed... or a Juul.

I laughed out loud when he said that, and at several other moments

8:11

I wanna call it Spinal Tap-esque, but the Tap play a lot better.

this band is like kids who went to some "rock camp" and won the battle of the bands at the end of the week

More 'Spin Doctors-esque' I think

If you
Want to play the Zep
Make sure you're more adept