Greta Van Fleet

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  • pjsteelerfan
    pjsteelerfan Maryland Posts: 9,905
    I think it would help if they dropped the 60's nostalgia look. that seems more forced than anything, and I've mostly enjoyed the music they have put out. 
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  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    And I thought that the kids with the guitar and bass were going to run into each other.  Not everyone has a great performance and perhaps it was an off night.  And who dressed that lead singer that night?  WTH was up with that shirt? :fearful:

    Sorry, but if they don't want to be compared to LZ, perhaps their sounds needs to evolve a bit.  I don't think that they are bad.  In fact, I wanted to go see them but was completely unwilling to pay the same to see them (a relatively new band) as I did to see The National in Detroit.  But, that's just a personal choice.  

    I think that if their sound doesn't shift a bit to something of their own, they will quickly fade into the background.  
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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,297
    deadendp said:
    And I thought that the kids with the guitar and bass were going to run into each other.  Not everyone has a great performance and perhaps it was an off night.  And who dressed that lead singer that night?  WTH was up with that shirt? :fearful:

    Sorry, but if they don't want to be compared to LZ, perhaps their sounds needs to evolve a bit.  I don't think that they are bad.  In fact, I wanted to go see them but was completely unwilling to pay the same to see them (a relatively new band) as I did to see The National in Detroit.  But, that's just a personal choice.  

    I think that if their sound doesn't shift a bit to something of their own, they will quickly fade into the background.  
    yeah they won't be around long if they don't write something unique
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,260
    I am not surprised they are brothers.  They sound to me like what a junior high band whose parents only had Led Zeppelin albums would sound like.
  • drakeheuer14
    drakeheuer14 Posts: 4,623
    They will be around for a while. The get off my lawn attitudes are rampant...
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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,297
    I'm pretty sure there was another guitar being played on the Black Smoke song they played on SNL.  If you watch the guitar player for the first 30 seconds or so you can clearly hear parts being played that he isn't strumming.
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  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,437
    Wow, that was bad. That's unfortunate that was their first big national exposure moment because they were not ready. 
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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,297
    I don't understand the people saying they were bad....I think they did fine.  They are pretty impressive actually.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,716
    I don't enjoy listening to this band, but I think the reason I have an actual dislike for them (almost against my will) is the comparisons to Led Zeppelin. As an LZ fan, I find that annoyingly insulting to Led Zeppelin.
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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,297
    PJ_Soul said:
    I don't enjoy listening to this band, but I think the reason I have an actual dislike for them (almost against my will) is the comparisons to Led Zeppelin. As an LZ fan, I find that annoyingly insulting to Led Zeppelin.
    I don't deny that they have the LZ sound, and they are talented for sure.  But sounding like LZ isn't going to get you there
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  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    I don't understand the people saying they were bad....I think they did fine.  They are pretty impressive actually.
    It seems from your responses that you are a fan, but annoyed by those who aren't. You found their performance to be impressive. Fantastic. I found it to be less than wonderful, but kind of figure that not everyone can have a great performance every time.  I appreciate a difference of opinion, but am not certain that you are so cool with it.  I wish them well and hope that they find continued success, but personally feel that if they don't pull around their own sound with LZ influence and not the other way around, I believe that they will fade.  :peace:
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,716
    edited January 2019
    PJ_Soul said:
    I don't enjoy listening to this band, but I think the reason I have an actual dislike for them (almost against my will) is the comparisons to Led Zeppelin. As an LZ fan, I find that annoyingly insulting to Led Zeppelin.
    I don't deny that they have the LZ sound, and they are talented for sure.  But sounding like LZ isn't going to get you there
    They don't sound like Led Zeppelin though, that's my point. I mean, not in an actual MEANINGFUL way, which would be sounding awesome. They do not sound awesome at all. They sound fairly shitty IMO, with only a pathetically lame similarity to LZ because of the vocals, which pale in comparison in any case (and frankly, his voice reminds me more of Geddy Lee than Robert Plant). I find them basically unlistenable. So just to have a band that I feel is unlistenable compared CONSTANTLY to the greatest band that ever existed just rubs me the wrong way, in a big way. :lol: So yeah, as a massive LZ fan, I fucking hate GVF!!! =) If people didn't make this ridiculous, offensive comparison, I would feel completely indifferent towards them.
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    My favourite Greta Van Fleet song is Stairway to Heaven.
    What is yours?
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,716
    My favourite Greta Van Fleet song is Stairway to Heaven.
    What is yours?
    GRAAAAAA!!!!! :lol:
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  • eeriepadave
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  • drakeheuer14
    drakeheuer14 Posts: 4,623
    edited January 2019
    People, man. There are only three things wrong with them imo. A. a really cheesy song I can’t think of atm B. the price of their tickets. C. The incredibly short setlists. Yes they jam, but actual songs you mght get 10 on average? 

    Besides that, I am a happy listener! 
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    The two bands are clearly on the same...Page.
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    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165

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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    (SNL performance) Why is he dressed like a hobbit that got kicked out of his home?