fcgamer | 4,810 Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 So they've been around for about a decade now, I suppose. Ran into a guy over here in his fifties and we talked about the band some, and I thought his take was quite interesting. Anyways, Greta van Fleet, yay or nay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkchylde28 | 1,546 Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 I think a third option of "Who?" might be warranted, as I'd never heard of the band before your post, and I imagine I'm not alone. 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,810 Posted January 12, 2023 Author Share Posted January 12, 2023 8 minutes ago, darkchylde28 said: I think a third option of "Who?" might be warranted, as I'd never heard of the band before your post, and I imagine I'm not alone. I'm honestly shocked hearing this, as it seems as though there is a bit of a controversy behind the band, hence why I'm polling here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,684 Editorials Team · Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 Meh. I dig their first single Black Smoke Rising, and whatever song it was that was receiving radio play early in 2022 was decent. But overall I generally find myself avoiding them. And getting through a whole album proved impossible. And Highway Tune is so derivative it makes me cringe. I considered doing a debate thread for them several times, but I probably would have given them a 5. Oh, and I also hold a grudge that their first album won the rock Grammy. Prequelle was robbed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkchylde28 | 1,546 Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 26 minutes ago, fcgamer said: I'm honestly shocked hearing this, as it seems as though there is a bit of a controversy behind the band, hence why I'm polling here. I typically don't listen to the radio these days (in-car bluetooth FTW!), and I've never been "plugged in" as far as any music scene is concerned. Never even heard the name mentioned before, let alone as a band, or in regard to any sort of kerfluffle. I listened briefly at the first video of theirs that popped up when I Googled who they were and wasn't really impressed, but refuse to vote "yes" or "no" on a band solely on a single entry and wasn't impressed enough to want to go through their library to give them a fair shot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type | 2,673 Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 never heard of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,684 Editorials Team · Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 19 minutes ago, darkchylde28 said: typically don't listen to the radio these days (in-car bluetooth FTW!), and I've never been "plugged in" as far as any music scene is concerned. Never even heard the name mentioned before They shot to prominence in 2017 on the back of Highway Tune because it sounds exactly like Led Zeppelin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,868 Events Team · Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 Zeppelin ripoff which isn't necessarily bad but can't give them much more credit than a good cover tune bar band. Pretty meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor | 858 Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 i'm not really a big fan of theirs, but on a fail/pass question i would go 'yay'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doner24 | 1,204 Moderator · Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 6 hours ago, Reed Rothchild said: Meh. I dig their first single Black Smoke Rising, and whatever song it was that was receiving radio play early in 2022 was decent. But overall I generally find myself avoiding them. And getting through a whole album proved impossible. And Highway Tune is so derivative it makes me cringe. I considered doing a debate thread for them several times, but I probably would have given them a 5. Oh, and I also hold a grudge that their first album won the rock Grammy. Prequelle was robbed This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,810 Posted January 13, 2023 Author Share Posted January 13, 2023 Keep the opinions coming folks! I'll share my take likely later tonight, and then we can discuss that further if we desire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_wizard_666 | 1,329 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 8 hours ago, darkchylde28 said: I think a third option of "Who?" might be warranted, as I'd never heard of the band before your post, and I imagine I'm not alone. You are absolutely not alone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 12,004 Administrator · Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Never heard of em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkchylde28 | 1,546 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Come on, say it with me, folks! "Who? 2023!" "Who? 2023!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pendragonx | 117 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 I was blown away how much they reminded me of Led Zeppelin .. though my mom wasnt as convinced (and she had seen them live back in the day) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox | 1,708 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Major Zep vibes…but I was never much of a Led-head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerfestus | 3,978 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 I’m part of the never heard of her crowd. I’ve realized so out of touch with the young people and their music that they don’t even know the music that I’m too old to know any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.A. | 1,140 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 1 minute ago, Hammerfestus said: I’m part of the never heard of her crowd. I’ve realized so out of touch with the young people and their music that they don’t even know the music that I’m too old to know any more. That is a great van fleet! 10/10 I've never heard of her/him/them/they/she/he either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,810 Posted January 13, 2023 Author Share Posted January 13, 2023 Right, so the reason I started this thread was due to having discussions with three different people about the band. I wanted to hear everyone else's take, and perhaps we can discover some deeper meaning. Guy 1: Ashton is my age, mid thirties. He loves classic rock and grew up listening to Zeppelin and others, classmate and good friend of mine since we were kids. He introduced me to the band a few years ago (I'm out of touch with a lot of the new music too) and said he really enjoyed the band, but that he feared that their success would nosedive as they had been receiving a lot of hate / criticism in more recent times. Guy 2: Luke. He's in his early thirties, and from abroad, growing up in a non-English speaking country. He plays guitar and loves classic rock, hates the band. Didn't offer much of an explanation but I imagine it's for some of the reasons touched on by others in this thread, above. Guy 3: Sam. He's in his fifties, an expat from the midwest, a deadbeat dad who's lived in Taiwan for twenty or thirty years. He loves the music, as he's a big fan of Zeppelin and other classic rock, but he feels that the outfits they wear is taking things a bit too far. --- For me personally, I listening to one of their live performances (at the red rocks ampitheatre) and enjoyed it. For more context, while I like some Led Zeppelin, it's not something I'd generally listen to, though I do enjoy classic rock. I feel the band is in one of those weird situations, which actually can be somewhat applied to video games too. By being derivative / sounding like Led Zeppelin, it instantly attracts some people to like them, such as Ashton and Sam from above. It's a double-edged blade though, as people like Luke feel put off and just see it as a ripoff, refusing to enjoy it for what it is even if they would likely enjoy it otherwise. Bringing this to video games, the question I begin to wonder is at what point does a spiritual successor of sorts go from being enjoyed, to being hated and despised, being viewed solely as a ripoff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,684 Editorials Team · Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 I actually do think that's an interesting discussion: where do you draw the line of inspiration vs being a copycat? I do not care for most of Greta's library because I find it too derivative. But when there are tracks I do like, I feel it's either because I feel like they have a little more actual identity shining through or perhaps because the songwriting is strong enough that I can temporarily forgot how unoriginal it is. Maybe it's both things. Here is a Greta track I do like, so you be judge: Is it because the LZ worship is less overt? Or is because it sounds like a good LZ song? I haven't decided. But then in direct contradiction to that, my absolute favorite band of the 2010-2020s, Ghost, is famous for their songs sounding like they're straight out of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. So when they have a track that is very heavily inspired by Jake E. Lee-era Ozzy Osbourne, why don't they take heat for it like Greta does? I guess maybe it would if he tried to sound exactly like Ozzy did on the vocals? Maybe that's where the line is crossed. Maybe that's where we hone in on perceived phoniness. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickman | 4,109 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 I find them to sound too similar to LZ so I just go listen to the better band, LZ 1 hour ago, Reed Rothchild said: But then in direct contradiction to that, my absolute favorite band of the 2010-2020s, Ghost, is famous for their songs sounding like they're straight out of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. So when they have a track that is very heavily inspired by Jake E. Lee-era Ozzy Osbourne, why don't they take heat for it like Greta does? I think there is a fine line between being inspired by and sounding exactly like a band. Ghost are brilliant at making their music sound influenced by artists/genres but never make it sound like one particular band or singer. They then put their own spin on it and a masterpiece is born haha. Greta van Fleet on the other hand sound like they watched LZ videos for months then mimicked everything they saw without even trying to sound different or put some originality. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeatherRebel5150 | 1,067 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 I like Greta Van Fleet a lot. I only see a few of their songs as very “led-zeppelin-y.” What usually happens when people compare two bands I like. I start hyper focusing on the two to find the similarities and often end up finding more differences then similarities. I particularly focus on vocals. So in my head I’m analyzing every little thing I hear, “nope, Plant wouldn’t have pronounced that like that.” “Nope, that cadence isn’t the same, that tone is pretty close, etc.” I actually think the singer sounds way more like Geddy Lee just for being in such a high register at pretty much all times. Plant didn’t really do that. Anyway, even if your someone who thinks they’re just a ripoff Zeppelin, Zep is never going to give you anything new, might as well enjoy what you can get. It’s better then hearing Kashmir for the 20,000 time. I say that being a massive Led Zeppelin fan. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,041 Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Nay, but at least they're imitating Led Zeppelin and not Imagine Dragons. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bogomil | 818 Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 I could do without although I was never a huge Zeppelin fan either. There are definitely worse things out there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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