OT: Brit Floyd tonight
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Saw them at McCall Hall in Seattle a few years ago. Great show, but made me wish I had seen the original Pink Floyd.
I really got turned off from cover bands when I saw this Springsteen one, I can’t recall which name though. The guy went in to the whole Springsteen rap about growing up in a dead mans town....pretty much Springsteen’s ID. Just play the songs!
It was kinda creepy
It was kinda creepy
I've seen the real Pink Floyd many times over the years. No interest in cover bands.
those who like cover/tribute bands, should try and catch one of the many Bernie Sanders tribute bands now touring.
they have all his hit songs down pat, and i think tickets are free.
they have all his hit songs down pat, and i think tickets are free.
Definitely agree on cover bands of a single artist. Can tolerate being at a bar, where a cover band is covering many bands, although I'd rather just hear a good DJ who plays a good variety of the original artists' tunes (like me, lol).
Saw Pink Floyd's Animals and Wall tours in '77 and '80 iirc. Have never seen such a stoner crowd as a Pink Floyd crowd. Back then they were one of my favorite bands.
a hybrid would be "sort of" bands long gone that still had a remaining non lead member, that toured under the original name, despite essentially being a tribute band aside from the remaining non lead member.
saw Badfinger and Uriah Heep in bars that fit that makeup. (probably 80s for Badfinger, 90s for UH).
Uriah Heep in particular was really good, and sounded very much like the original as i remembered them.
The show was great! I have seen Pink Floyd, Aussie Floyd and Brit Floyd. I can honestly say Brit Floyd plays Pink Floyd as good if not better than Pink Floyd. Show was great!
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glad you liked it....as I have mentioned I have seen Brit Floyd a number of times
PF has a lot of long time fans that wish they were still kicking around, and this helps fill the void in a big way....
I had an old girlfriend that told me the exact same thing about four guys that covered the Beatles in a show called Beatlemania.
Nope. It was a rough night for me.
I just don't care for tribute groups. Play your own damn music.
You do realize that a lot of the music that the Beatles played wasn't their own, right?
Same goes for most musical acts. Cover songs are a big deal.
Big difference between an original music band doing a few cover songs (and making them their own, like the Beatles did with most of their covers) and a tribute band that is trying to exactly copy an original band's catalog in concert.
I've just never understood the allure of tribute bands - if you want to hear the original band, just put them on and if you want it loud, turn it to 11.
You're not a musician.
There's a great deal to be said for watching someone master David Gilmour's guitar artistry (for example). There's a big difference between listening to a recording and watching talented musicians perform that same music, live.
Fair point about appreciating musical virtuosity, but with regard to your "musician" point, I have family and friends, who are talented musicians, and I don't think any of them are big fans of tribute bands. I'm not saying tribute bands are worthless - I'd just rather spend my limited live music nights on original bands. Different strokes, I guess.
There are loads of covers of other artists' tunes that are among my favorites. Everybody from the Allman Brothers Band to Neil Young and the Rolling Stones have covered someone else's material and I love it. All Along The Watchtower is one in particular that I enjoy several artists' version of
I was talking more about an artist who has decided that their career move was to perform as a "tribute" to another artist. And I unfortunately have seen any number of them. From Elvis impersonators to the aforementioned Beatlemania to Grateful Dead covers and Doors tribute bands. I've gotten dragged to so many performances over the years of so many people doing music that I had little chance of enjoying much. And a number of them were cover bands.
I understand that it's hard to imitate Jerry Garcia's or Dave Gilmour's guitar work.. And I can actually appreciate it for a song or two. I've even enjoyed some shows where they have different artists each performing a different tune in a tribute to some other artist's career...like ones I've seen for Bob Dylan or Greg Allman or Bruce Springsteen.
But for some reason I'm turned off by someone who tries to look and sound like another artist and does nothing but imitate that artist. I've actually said this to people who were in cover bands...."Let's hear what you've got to say." It was especially hard to be honest about this stuff when the girl you're seeing has a brother in a cover band and you're asked your opinion of the band after a show. Needless to say, I didn't get lucky that night or stay in the relationship very long after my critique. But that's me. I gotta be honest.
Listen, if people enjoy cover bands, go for it. It's just not for me. And I'm sure I wouldn't much enjoy a Brit Floyd concert.
I was talking more about an artist who has decided that their career move was to perform as a "tribute" to another artist. And I unfortunately have seen any number of them. From Elvis impersonators to the aforementioned Beatlemania to Grateful Dead covers and Doors tribute bands. I've gotten dragged to so many performances over the years of so many people doing music that I had little chance of enjoying much. And a number of them were cover bands.
I understand that it's hard to imitate Jerry Garcia's or Dave Gilmour's guitar work.. And I can actually appreciate it for a song or two. I've even enjoyed some shows where they have different artists each performing a different tune in a tribute to some other artist's career...like ones I've seen for Bob Dylan or Greg Allman or Bruce Springsteen.
But for some reason I'm turned off by someone who tries to look and sound like another artist and does nothing but imitate that artist. I've actually said this to people who were in cover bands...."Let's hear what you've got to say." It was especially hard to be honest about this stuff when the girl you're seeing has a brother in a cover band and you're asked your opinion of the band after a show. Needless to say, I didn't get lucky that night or stay in the relationship very long after my critique. But that's me. I gotta be honest.
Listen, if people enjoy cover bands, go for it. It's just not for me. And I'm sure I wouldn't much enjoy a Brit Floyd concert.
Couldn't agree more. It's like when the New York Philharmonic or Boston Symphony Orchestra decide to play old music like Beethoven or Chopin or Bach. I mean, if I wanted to listen to them I'd go attend one of their concerts. Damn tribute bands!:stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
Well, that doesn't count for me, as I have zero appreciation for classical music. Or opera.
Although I do like Roll Over Beethoven. And The Who's TOMMY.
Live at Leeds and Who's Next are two of my favorite albums. IMO Live at Leeds is the best live album ever.
My ears haven't been the same since the first time I saw the Who.
BTW, I mean the Who with the original four members....and before the remaining two reached AARP age.
Pete Townsend is a genius.
the allure of tribute bands, is to allow the original bands' fans to hear their music preformed live as best they can, often in something much smaller than a sports arena, and for a reasonable sum.
if The Beatles or Floyd or The Who is coming to a bar near you on a regular basis, then you don't need a tribute band of them.
THEY AREN'T, so if you would like to hear their music live in a non arena/stadium, a tribute band is much better than nothing.
on a side note, let's set some definitions.
Cover Band,
a band that covers well known songs of numerous well known artists.
Tribute Band,
a band that covers one particular well known artist.
we think we are are fans of bands. but in reality, we are mostly fans of songs.
if an artist or band has enough songs we are fans of, we are then a fan of that band.
if you go see a well known band and they don't play your favorite songs of theirs, you aren't gonna be happy, no matter who the band.
you hear a cover band cover a lot of songs well that you love, and you'll like them..
a cover band can be great. they just won't be rich or famous.
the songs are what make artists rich and famous, other than a very few super talents like Bonamassa, who can dazzle you with sheer talent and ability.
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I saw Brit Floyd and thought the show was great.
There is another national touring band called Beyond the Wall. I paid $25 a ticket and firmly believe I was completely ripped off. I think the guitar.bass and keyboards for virtually every song is all prerecorded and portions of the vocals too. Felt like I plunked down $50 to see an air guitar show. What do you think
There is another national touring band called Beyond the Wall. I paid $25 a ticket and firmly believe I was completely ripped off. I think the guitar.bass and keyboards for virtually every song is all prerecorded and portions of the vocals too. Felt like I plunked down $50 to see an air guitar show. What do you think
i think "The Wall", in of itself, is such an elaborate production, that 5 guys with 1 keyboard aren't ever going to pull it off without X amount of digital help.
personally, i think the The Wall is too long and tedious to sit through the whole thing in concert.
give me Numb, a few others from The Wall, and fill out the show with the other great Floyd stuff.
Numb is Floyd's must have signature song, but even with a tribute band, i'd be disappointed without Us and Them. (back in the 70s there was a great local cover band where i lived at the time, that did Us and Them, and a lot of other stuff, great).
I'm all in on cover bands. Only way we're going to hear the music of our youth live. Yeah, the bad one's are cheesey and to be avoided. I like Joe Russo's Almost Dead. Also, Dark Star Orchestra. Both do the Dead justice. Anyone remember the name of the Dead cover band kicking around New Brunswick in the late 80's?
Probably the best living blues-oriented guitarist. If you like Eric Clapton, if you like Jimmy Paige, you'll like Joe Bonamassa. Check out his "British Blues Explosion Live!" album.
Gary Clark jr.....double live cd.
i also recommend his performance at Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival...2013
Seeing the original Wall tour in 1980 (at Nassau Coliseum, my first trip to NYC/LI) was certainly an amazing spectacle, but that album is about my 5th favorite PF album, which is why I'm happy I got to see them in 1977, where I got to hear all kinds of great songs from their whole catalog. Also, for me, Numb isn't nearly as much of a signature song as Time or Us and Them, both from unquestionably their greatest album.
Im a Floyd fan but not fanatical. I think Roger Waters is a hypocrite. Condemns capitalistic greed while pedaling $45 tshirts. All that said, saw his Wall Tour a few years ago at Citizens Bank Park. The Wall stretched the length of the outfield and the show, graphics and sound was spectacular. Regrettably, I have to give the nod to this show as the best Ive ever seen, hands down.