Deja Vu

Do you ever get Déjà vu when listening …

Some groups are heavily influenced by a another band for example Porcupine Tree’s track 'The Sky Moves Side' Ways has many similarities to Pink Floyds 'Shine on You Crazy Diamond' but I see that as a form of flattery to PF.

Led Zeppelin probably had the most success at ripping of another band music when they used Spirits instrumental tune 'Taurus' and gave birth to one of the most well loved classic song 'A Stairway To Heaven'.

What better form of adulation than to be inspired by another band and to assimilate their music into yours….or is it?

Too many to mention but well ok then ......Triumvirat:-

ELP CLONES

arrrgggghhhh!!

early rush = bad zeppelin

marillion mk 1 = bad genesis

genesis mk 2/3 = poor genesis mk 1

genesis mk 4 = really bad genesis mk 3

phil collins first 3 solo albums = poor pop imitations of peter gabriel's first 3 (at least in the rhythms /vibes)

Actually Zepp get quite a lot of bad cloning - how about Kingdom Come's Zeppalike awfulness or just as bad, David Coveradale's howlingly bad Plantisms on Coverdale/Page. Jimmy should be cringing in embarrassment!

richardh wrote: Too many to mention but well ok then ......Triumvirat:- ELP CLONES arrrgggghhhh!!

Triumvirat rule! They sound like ELP, but they never copied them.

Hi, and here are some contributions to this ATTACK OF THE CLONES:

Mike Oldfield clones:

Good: Asturias (a japanese group with a Spanish name!), Colin Masson (solo album from celtic rock band the Morrigan frontman), Ken Baird (Not just a clone, but there are several similarities in his first and third album.

In the middle ground: Amarok (the polish one. Some times it's ok, but no more than that), Engel ( I like it, but as I've read some not so enthusiastic reviews, I don't usually recommend him)

Bad: Gandalf (Boring new age with boring electric guitar parts), Jeremy (All the songs sound the same)

Camel clones:

Good: Odycisse (A bit of sameness in the album 'Impression' and one too Nude-esque melody in the Moondrive EP, but good nevertheless)

So-so: Rousseau (first and second are pleasant records. Forget about the other two)

Bad: Mirage: I've read some good reviews about this one, but... It's just a clone minus Latimer's emotion.

Renaissance clones:

Good: Theta (A very enjoyable japanese group. Some of the members were in 'Vermillion Sands', although I prefer Theta, because they are less derivate.)

Bad: Solstice (Not BAD, but simply terribly not memorable)

So that's it for now, young padawans...

Petra are you a woman?

I love you

threefates wrote: Actually I think every time I listen to "The Darkness".. I have a deja vu from half the bands in the 70s..

I made the effort to watch the edited highlights of this year's Reading Festival where The Darkness headlined and go most of three of their tunes - if these were representative, I can only conclude the band is desperately limited in respect to good rock riffs and tunes, and in particular, the guitar solos were mediocre cliched riff after dull cliched riff. We wouldn't toleranted such limited rock in the 70's. The kids are being conned, the pity being the radio DJs are largely pig ignorant of what lurks in the archives and even if they did know,  the programme producers have an embargo on any recording more than 10 years old.

Dick Heath wrote: .. the guitar solos were mediocre cliched riff after dull cliched riff. We wouldn't toleranted such limited rock in the 70's.

Ahh.... but we did.  Well at the end of the 70s anyway... Journey, Foreigner, all those mediocre rock bands... Even earlier.. the critic-loved "Velvet Underground"... very limited rock altho JC went on to better things.

And Petra...Thats how I look at a lot of the music of today... a bit of fun, if they only knew how to play their instruments..