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General Discussion & Feedback => Just Chat! => Topic started by: DoctorBeaver on 25/09/2007 19:56:25
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I'm listening to loadsa Yes at the moment. They have to be 1 of the greatest bands of all time (Chris will agree). It got me to thinking about tribute bands.
I've seen quite a few & some of them have been damned good. 1 in particular springs to mind. It was a Bon Jovi tribute band called By Jovi. They looked & sounded like the real thing.
My question, though, is this. Why have some of the greatest ever bands not got any tribute bands going? I'm thinking Yes, King Crimson, ELP, Wishbone Ash, The Who, Mahavishnu Orchestra.
Surely it can't be that there are no musicians around these days who are talented enough to play their music? No, that can't be true. There must be plenty of Rick Wakemans, Steve Howes, Chris Squires, Keith Emersons, Carl Palmers, Alan Whites, Robert Fripps, Doctor Beavers (OK, maybe not that last 1 [:(] ). I'm sure Sim could whack out a few Steve Howe licks if he tried (& had 20 fingers). [:P]
So let's have your views on tribute bands and your thoughts as to why the sort of bands I mentioned don't have any tribute bands going around.
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YES!! OMG I CAN PLAY ONE OF THEIR SONGS!! OWNER OF A LONELY HEART! Heck yeah go Doc!
Bon Jovi!!
The Who!!
:) Yeah i just told you I can play one of their songs. I haven't looked up no Bon Jovi, but I"m sure I could play that. The who..I know them, but I don't remember what songs they play. Probably could play some of that too.
DOn't make fun of me. I luff my 20 fingers. LoL.
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DOn't make fun of me. I luff my 20 fingers. LoL.
Hillbilly! [:D]
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1. I'm Ryan not Billy
2. I live on the flatest land on the country, not a hill. :P
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That's my best attemp to making a joke in the morning. Lol
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It's obviously very early in the morning [:P]
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YES are the best !
saw them on their 35th Anniversary tour....also saw Keith Emerson last year doing a load of ELP and The Nice stuff !!
I can think of one possible reason why there aren't many tribute bands...because the realms or Prog rock's purview is not far and wide enough to warrant it commercially !.....you're not gonna get a pub full of punters listening to a twenty minute version of Close to the edge !..(incidentally...my fave Yes song is the first part of I've seen All Good People...best version is the live version on the Keys to Ascension album.....and Starship Trooper on that is awesome too !!)
However, if you seek....ye shall find that there are tribute Cds to ELP, YES, Pink Floyd etc etc..I have a few !!..I even have a pretty cool Modern remix of a load of ELP stuff but you have to like modern dance stuff to appreciate it !!...Lots of drum 'n' bass !!..and trancey stuff !!..which I luff !
I just think the prog rock bands of old are not mainstream enough to warrant a tribute band to make a living !!.......Of course, having said that...a whole plethora of tribute bands will now make themselves known !!..I'd go see them !!....and I hope I am wrong and there a few out there !!
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I do not even know what is meant by a tribute band???
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saw a great ac/dc tribby band a few months ago in a pub "whole lotta dc" - prefer it though when they cover a few artists and just do their major hits
seeing the real deal next month when the FOO-FIGHTERS hit town - tickets were sold out in 20 minutes - i had the desktop and a laptop logged into ticketmaster and also my mobile on repeat ring - got through 7 minutes after they came online and got 4 really good seats (cant wait)
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I do not even know what is meant by a tribute band???
Whoops Yes I do know what a tribute band is and well.... uh.....well I make no excuses I am nuts right now.. and have lost all my marbles...LOL....Sorry!
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Sheepy - what you said may well be true for the likes of Yes & ELP; but what about The Who?
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There does seem to be a remarkable lack of Who band tributes...the only ones I could find are these http://www.thewhoshow.com/
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nice old tunes!
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Pink Floyd! I just heard "Another Brick in the wall Part 2" on the radio this mornnig.
Ac/Dc! I really wanna learn some of their songs. I can lay the easy version of "Whole Lotta Rosey" intro and "Thunderstuck" into.
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You pick things up quickly I admire that!
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Yeah I do. I'm just a little more then average in everything.
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Good, Its nice to be a little more then average! LOL!
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I started you a new topic, did you find it yet?
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Yup! Defienly the science thingy right? Yeah I"m good at everything, there are just people that are better then me at one thing, but yet they cna't do nothing else.
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Yep me too! LOL.. You can help me in this department! It is not my strong suit.
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Oh I see. Wow ice is cold when you eat it.
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Yes it is!
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Queen!
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YES.....you called?
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LOL LOL!
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haha nah the band queen
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Yes I know.. LOL I couldn't help it.. I like Queen at least a lot of it!
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Freddie Mercury is an amazing singer/piano player
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yep
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Freddie Mercury is an amazing singer/piano player
Was.
He was 1 of the greatest front-men ever but his piano playing was pretty mediocre.
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I saw Queen three times !!..freddie WAS the best front man ever....a 'prancing megalomaniac' I once read one critics view...and he was right !!....but that was freddie !!....the ultimate showman....with a talent for composition and a voice to match !!.....he was just a natural !
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He was and still is definately one of my all time favorites!
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OK IS STILL
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Queen is great they have some great tunes. I know nothing about them personally only recognize their songs!
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Yeah I know that he was gay :P no i don't know if that's true or not
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It doesn't matter anyways he was a great, is a great talent! I loved a lot of the music he made.
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Yeah I know that he was gay :P no i don't know if that's true or not
Yes, he was. But maybe that's what made him such a great performer.
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Yeah that might be why. We don't have to get into all the gay song writers do we? Cuz yeah I can just say "80's music haha"
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MAybe he was a great performer because he loved his music... I doubt very seriously it had anything to do with his sexual orientation..LOL.. My sexual orientation does not make me more skilled at anything else outside of sex then the man in the moon! LOL!
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haha..
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Sorry Ryan!
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So let's have your views on tribute bands and your thoughts as to why the sort of bands I mentioned don't have any tribute bands going around.
The names of "tribute" bands can be occasionally be amusing, such as ..
"Nudist Priest" (Juadas Priest)
"Pink Fraud" (Pink Floyd)
"Led Zeplica" (Led Zeppelin)
"Robbing Williams" (Robbie Willaims)
"Fake That" (Take That)
"Antarctic Monkeys" (Artic Monkeys)
"Oashish" (Oasis)
Any more ?
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RD - you forgot "5 Mingers With No Talent" - Spice Girls
Oh no, that's the original, not a tribute. [:D]
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RD - you forgot "5 Mingers With No Talent" - Spice Girls
Oh no, that's the original, not a tribute. [:D]
They're back... Spice Girls to play London in December (and earn £10m each)
Last updated at 08:41am on 29th June 2007
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=464854&in_page_id=1773&ico=homepage&icl=tabmodule&icc=picbox&ct=5
By the looks of the promo pictures, a couple have been reupholstered [:)].
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I luff the Spice Girls..
i'd do em !
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I luff the Spice Girls..
i'd do em !
You sick perv
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Sure
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Sure what??? *smiles*
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Asia!
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Asia????
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Yeah its a band. I forgot the song they have on my mix cd though. I"ll find out when i'm on the other computer
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OH, OK!
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Yep, I still haven't figured it out.
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and the card game..its consentration rummy.
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HUmmm I don't know that one! OOOOH!
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i didn't spell the first word right.
and yeah i think its something grandpa made up
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sounds fun, I like concentration! and rummy! LOL I can't for the life of me figure out how to play combining the two, but I bet it is interesting!
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rum..yum lol nah never had it. it is a long game. i never really get into it much i'm busy playing piano, guitar, sax or a different game. Or opening presents. lol
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Christmas time eh?
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yup thats like the only time we all get together. expect on easter. then we don't play it though
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Too bad you don't do it more those will be really special times later in your life!