Greta Van Fleet

Age of Machine is a nearly seven-minute-long cosmic doozy

You know, if the band was called Cosmic Doozy, I think I would dislike them less.

Critics are hard to press, in particular to the Zeppelin reference, which we’re humbled by. We’re honored by that affiliation, but again there’s a point within factions of society that are drawn to ignorant criticism.

I, uh, can't say I noticed those blues influences in the guitar playing on GVF songs.

sure was a lot of Howlin' Wolf in that All in the Family theme redux that they did

It hit me that the main thing with this band is that they just don't have songs. Their songs are not memorable or good. Everything else is actually ok and would be just fine if they had good songs - yes the singer would still be absurd and yes the guitar player would be a sub-par imitation of a cliche, but the band plays well overall and the guy can, in some sense, sing. No songs man. To paraphrase something I heard a drunk music industry hasbeen say "They've got guns but no bullets."

Exactly, all technique and no substance - and even the technique is questionable.

every time somebody bumps this thread I am reminded that I totally forget this band exists until somebody bumps the thread.

greta van fleeting

https://guitar.com/news/music-news/greta-van-fleet-are-being-mocked-relentlessly-on-tiktok/

if any of those people make money off mocking gvf on tiktok, they are even worse

jealousy is unproductive, you could be working on monetizing this thread instead

lots and lots (and lots) of gvf tiktoks here. some of these are funny. he must burn through 12 different facial expressions in those five seconds, and some people capture them with devilish precision.

https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-6985074040071260933?traffic_type=google&referer_url=amp_seewherewevebeen&referer_video_id=6987786701598936325

this family singalong is too cute.

https://www.tiktok.com/@ddevlinjr/video/6986834018918599942

if any of those people make money off mocking gvf on tiktok, they are even worse

― "Rocky Top" and "Funky Bitch" are songs I never look forward to (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, July 23, 2021 10:36 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

Lol, give them a MacArthur grant and Presidential Medal of Freedom, imo.

The only problem with the TikTokers is that their mockery is "light-hearted."

GVF NFT, or GTFO!

head-drop-as-mic-drop is classic, even if light-hearted.

Yeah, this seems p affectionate tbh.

Let he who has not mimed along to a singer's weird tics and overexertions or sang a random song in the style of Tom Petty/Bob Dylan/Eddie Vedder cast the first stone.

https://www.billboard.com/culture/pride/greta-van-fleet-singer-josh-kiszka-comes-out-member-lgbtq-community-1235358577/

good on him, also a band that probably has more to lose than others

Yeah, for real, lotta respect for that guy.

lol I hate this band's music but I guess I'm Capn Save a Greta, saw this on Twitter today, crowd is very interesting, much younger and much more female than I would have expected

Thanks to all the @GretaVanFleet fans who came to the Starcatcher listening party this afternoon! Three lucky fans won the grand prizes. 🩶 Reserve the Starcatcher indie exclusive white/glitter vinyl now (out Fri). #GVFrecordstore https://t.co/s4dvLcLuJc pic.twitter.com/jG3fFhz36c

— Electric Fetus MPLS (@efetusmpls) July 19, 2023

Joe Bonamassa is somewhere crying on a pile of '58 Goldtops.

Yeah, they’re fun to make fun of, but seem to be okay people

more women under 30 than men over 40 is not something i would have guessed

XP The GVF guitar guy can be a bit insufferable in interviews

led zeppelin clone band: mr. yuk face
led zeppelin clone band but none of them are loathsome human beings like jimmy page: interested head tilt

I just visited JPC.de and was confronted with this publicity shot:

https://www.jpc.de/tools/cmsimage.php?id=1254278&size=w980ct

Guy on the left looks strikingly like the guy on the left from Army of Lovers:

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2F65%2Fe5%2Fc9%2F65e5c9b9f75d67654380a8b2502bec9a.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=c0113de63c7252a0131610c0a9df9422020e0d832f3c7bd9772970ce2abb807a&ipo=images

Love to play this game on the train where I guess what concert I’m the city are all these people going to. Should have got this one cuz they all look like they are in the band.

I really can't particularly hate or like these guys, it just feels like they're never quite sure why they're doing what they're doing - musically, performatively, and in that publicity shot. What are they going for? How does it fit into the band's ethos? Does the band have an ethos?

Like they have the received trappings of decadence, but they don't actually seem decadent? They're like an America's Got Talent act.

Yeah my impression of seeing a live video was 'sexless.' Led Zeppelin 1970 but all wearing purity rings.

Hopefully that means they’ll be less likely to reproduce.