Australian Pink Floyd Show
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- KVRist
- 278 posts since 14 Mar, 2004 from I'm standing right behind you
I'd never heard of these guys, but they have a 2-hour special on PBS tonight. Are they serious, or camp? According to their website, they played for DG on his 50th birthday.
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- addled muppet weed
- 111294 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
pretty serious
i saw em live years back,as i never had the chance to see the originals
put on a pretty good show
i saw em live years back,as i never had the chance to see the originals
put on a pretty good show
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- KVRist
- 368 posts since 3 May, 2002 from Canberra, Australia
They're serious. They do world tours. Actually, that's a fine Australian tradition - check out Bjorn Again, the Australian Abba tribute band (if you dareDoug Nelson wrote:I'd never heard of these guys, but they have a 2-hour special on PBS tonight. Are they serious, or camp? According to their website, they played for DG on his 50th birthday.
).They do the whole bit, light show and all, just on a smaller scale. They're currently touring here in Australia and are doing, amongst other things, a performance of The Wall. Unfortunately, I couldn't afford to go see them. I'm not paying $A80 for a cover band after all, even if they will be the closest I will ever get to seeing the real deal
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- KVRist
- 69 posts since 26 Nov, 2003 from Sydney, Australia
I saw them about 8 or so years ago, and I gotta say, it's one of the best live acts I've ever seen (second only to a real PF performance, which I've never seen). More than worth the money... they're no 3-piece coverband y'knowsmp wrote:They do the whole bit, light show and all, just on a smaller scale. They're currently touring here in Australia and are doing, amongst other things, a performance of The Wall. Unfortunately, I couldn't afford to go see them. I'm not paying $A80 for a cover band after all, even if they will be the closest I will ever get to seeing the real deal
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- KVRist
- 69 posts since 26 Nov, 2003 from Sydney, Australia
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- KVRAF
- 12977 posts since 29 Sep, 2003 from Ottawa, Canada
They just played a large-scale show here in Ottawa and I missed them due to fairly high ticket prices. The reviewer said that they were absolutely ace, though (with one or two minor complaints, but none to do with the fact that they're a cover band)
Greg
Greg
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 278 posts since 14 Mar, 2004 from I'm standing right behind you
I'm sure it's just my own hangup, but something about cover bands bugs me. I mean, why even bother playing if your highest goal is to sound like someone else? I mean, its one thing to cover someone else's song in a novel way, but a cover band is just mimicry. A case of grasp exceeding reach.
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- KVRian
- 901 posts since 1 Dec, 2003
That video trailer on their site looks SERIOUS!
I may have to take a short vacation and check em out.
What I'm really waiting for is The Partridge Family Tribute Band to get it together for a tour! Now that'll be a production you won't want to miss!
I may have to take a short vacation and check em out.
What I'm really waiting for is The Partridge Family Tribute Band to get it together for a tour! Now that'll be a production you won't want to miss!
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- KVRAF
- 12977 posts since 29 Sep, 2003 from Ottawa, Canada
Look at it from another perspective:Doug Nelson wrote:I'm sure it's just my own hangup, but something about cover bands bugs me. I mean, why even bother playing if your highest goal is to sound like someone else? I mean, its one thing to cover someone else's song in a novel way, but a cover band is just mimicry. A case of grasp exceeding reach.
The artists who made the original songs were not just musicians, they were also composers. Those songs were composed works of art, and when the original artists stop performing the songs themselves, why not pass along the torch to someone who has the passion to bring those compositions to life?
Yes, most cover bands ALSO cop the style and look of the bands they are covering, but in a way this is also a form of reproducing the original artist's vision. If a good cover band (the Pink Floyd show, plus there's a Queen one around somewhere) can give new life to material and perform it the way it was meant to be performed, I can only see that as a good thing.
Why do ANY 'bands' (I'm thinking Orchestras here) play other composers' songs? Because the art is still valid and it should be shared.
Greg
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 278 posts since 14 Mar, 2004 from I'm standing right behind you
I'm sure that's the way thousands of Elvis's (Elvii?) look at it 
But how tiny does your self-esteem have to be for you to be happy spending your life dressing up and performing like someone else? Of course, that's the non-cynical view. One might also say it's a terrific way for the mediocre (or at least the unambitious) to make a lot of money.
I knew a guy in a Zep cover band once. He was happy playing, and knew it was just what it was, fun for a Friday night at a no-name bar. And that's great. He kept his day job, and a healthy perspective. But to spend your life mimicing someone else does not honor them, it dishonors the spirit which led them to create in the first place.
But all this makes me seem more against the whole idea than I really am. I see it more as kind of sad than anything else.
But how tiny does your self-esteem have to be for you to be happy spending your life dressing up and performing like someone else? Of course, that's the non-cynical view. One might also say it's a terrific way for the mediocre (or at least the unambitious) to make a lot of money.
I knew a guy in a Zep cover band once. He was happy playing, and knew it was just what it was, fun for a Friday night at a no-name bar. And that's great. He kept his day job, and a healthy perspective. But to spend your life mimicing someone else does not honor them, it dishonors the spirit which led them to create in the first place.
But all this makes me seem more against the whole idea than I really am. I see it more as kind of sad than anything else.
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- KVRAF
- 12977 posts since 29 Sep, 2003 from Ottawa, Canada
Heh!
Well, I guess software programmers should always write all their own subroutines instead of using libraries. And short order cooks should find unique and creative ways to flip eggs that nobody's done before. Painters... well, they're not really innovators if they're using the same brush-strokes or fit into the same genre as another painter.
I know what you're saying, but I do agree with your own self-assessment that it's cynical. I don't find it sad in the least that a group of guys have decided that their ultimate job is to be in a band like this. If and when any of them get sick of it or lose their self-esteem, there's always the option to quit.
I would think that reaching that level of showmanship and musicianship should be quite the self-esteem BOOSTER, actually. Imagine, they get to play songs they love (hopefully) in front of mega-crowds that are thrilled to be hearing the music THEY love being performed in such a way. It could be highly fulfilling!
Great men have conducted orchestras without ever having had one of their own compositions become famous. The folks in cover bands such as this probably write their own tunes, too, just like you or I, and likely actually have a better chance of having them become hits due to their contacts in the industry than you or I will ever have. They're certainly further ahead than I'll ever be.
My own self-esteem is usually intact, regardless of whether I'm writing my own songs or playing someone else's. I can tell you this: I'll take THEIR day job over mine any day, and be thrilled to do so.
I hope the tone of my post is coming through OK-- I'm meaning it to be uplifting and showing a brighter side, it's not meant as a slam at ALL. I just want to share with you the non-cynical perspective.
Greg
Well, I guess software programmers should always write all their own subroutines instead of using libraries. And short order cooks should find unique and creative ways to flip eggs that nobody's done before. Painters... well, they're not really innovators if they're using the same brush-strokes or fit into the same genre as another painter.
I know what you're saying, but I do agree with your own self-assessment that it's cynical. I don't find it sad in the least that a group of guys have decided that their ultimate job is to be in a band like this. If and when any of them get sick of it or lose their self-esteem, there's always the option to quit.
I would think that reaching that level of showmanship and musicianship should be quite the self-esteem BOOSTER, actually. Imagine, they get to play songs they love (hopefully) in front of mega-crowds that are thrilled to be hearing the music THEY love being performed in such a way. It could be highly fulfilling!
Great men have conducted orchestras without ever having had one of their own compositions become famous. The folks in cover bands such as this probably write their own tunes, too, just like you or I, and likely actually have a better chance of having them become hits due to their contacts in the industry than you or I will ever have. They're certainly further ahead than I'll ever be.
My own self-esteem is usually intact, regardless of whether I'm writing my own songs or playing someone else's. I can tell you this: I'll take THEIR day job over mine any day, and be thrilled to do so.
I hope the tone of my post is coming through OK-- I'm meaning it to be uplifting and showing a brighter side, it's not meant as a slam at ALL. I just want to share with you the non-cynical perspective.
Greg