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Jimmy Page, It's time to call your lawyers?

I'm pretty late to this party--as usual.  A Chicago radio station is starry-eyed over Greta Van Fleet.  I gave them a listen today.  All I could think was...

Is this a Zeppelin parody band? 

There are so many features to their sound, playing, and sonics that sound just like LZ--so much so that I cannot get into the music passionately.  These are (IMHO):  Vocals (phrasing mimics Robert Plant without stopping);  Lyrics (the themes seem, based on limited listening, to track LZ);  Lead Guitar (I cannot think of another guitarist who sounds like he's trying to sound like Page as much as this one).  

Does Greta Van Fleet sound like a facsimile to you?  I'm not hung up on punishing artists who copy, as I think it's part and parcel of the art form.  But I'm having real trouble getting past the photocopy nature of this.  Again, this is just one person's opinion. So curious to hear what others think and feel about this group.  I'd like to give them more of a chance and maybe others can help.  For now, I can't keep listening.

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tablejockey
3,894 posts
 
I tried my best to listen to the entire song, then judge.

https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=Awr46ueuk0RcKUoAAXu5mWRH;_ylu=X3oDMTByZ2N0cmxpBHNlYwN...

Lasted 30 seconds. Even closed my eyes to get past the lead singers goofy,over done,trying too hard outfit and tired Robert Plant mannerism.

The guitarist moves around in rehearsed Page moves.

Thank goodness for You Tube, it’s bad enough SNL has been awful for decades.

For me the pitch of the lead singers voice is a turn off.. Musically, they sound fine, just generic.

Fail....again.

Does any remember watching this on SNL in 1978? These guys killed it.

https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=AwrS32FSmkRcW3YA8hu5mWRH;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjBzZmhtBHNlYwN...

Approved by Mick
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQzvBztQIg4


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wolf_garcia
6,695 posts
 
Greta et all, although generally not writing songs that are particularly interesting to me, are already the next "big thing" in spite of curmudgeonly critics like those around here. The drummer isn't Bonham, the singer is sort of hilariously weirdly dressed, the songs are "meh," but the delivery is sincere and high energy and they seem to be having fun, as any 20 year old kid should when selling out shows all over the world. Note the bass player on a B3 playing bass pedals with his feet...yeah man...
tooblue
1,927 posts
 
While we are on the subject, give the Train redue of Led Zeppelin II a listen, it was recorded live I believe and all money donated to a charity that they chose. Never was a Train fan prior to me getting this LP but I have to appreciate their talent.
rlb61
789 posts
 
I kinda like these kids, but here’s the deal: Zep ripped off others and made a whole new and fresh sound out of it. GVF rips off Zep and sounds just like ... well, Zep. GVF provides us with nothing "new" in their blatant homage, whereas Zep did. To me, that’s the big difference. The kids in GVF have talent and write good songs. Hopefully, they’ll be able to shake off the LZ comparison at some point.
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