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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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clhs04
62 posts
 

hey guys sorry to depart off course but give the tribute band 

  “ Lez Zeppelin “ a listen you’ll agree they rock hard

(for who & what they are) 🤙 

tylermunns
600 posts
 

Can’t tell if the OP is joking when he asks if the most famous plagiarists in the history of pop should “get their lawyer” because of Greta Van Fleet.

Greta Van Fleet are embarrassing.
Don’t get me wrong, I would highlight songs like “What Is and What Should Never Be,” “Ramble On,” and the best stuff on 3  through Physical Graffiti and have a good 2-LP’s-worth of brilliance, but…uh…yeah…they have been in no position to file for copyright infringement for the entirety of their existence.

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jbhiller OP
1,361 posts
 

There’s some intentional irony in the thread.

I also agree that LZ stole and borrowed but always advanced their own view and soundscape. GVF sound like they are imitating too much in my humble perspective. I’d like them more if they had more of their own sound. Glad to see young ones rocking though.

teo_audio
2,197 posts
 

I was '1st' to post in this thread, back in 2019. I'd like to add that have nothing against GVF, and wish them the best. I'm neither here nor there on any of it.

Music is a tough business, and any success they gain, in some minimal to even total way, the probably deserve it. Good for them. Humans need music. GVF provides, for some. And that's enough.

n80
2,107 posts
 

I get tired of hearing about Led Zep's thievery. Faulkner once said, “Immature artists copy, great artists steal.” Many other famous folks have said similar things.

Led Zep stole the way great artists do. Then they got caught. And they paid for it in the end. They were also instrumental in bringing blues back to the forefront where it belongs rather than being a cult fad for young English musicians in the 60s. That alone as a lifetime achievement is redemptive even if unintended.

If it had not been for Led Zep I'd have never heard of Willy Dixon or Bukka White.

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