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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | This is the 4th tribute group I've heard and by far, the best sound and the most complete show, really more like a concert covering five of their major periods. Catch it if it comes to your town. These guys are terrific. |
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Location: Tennessee | Wow. I can't believe these guys are still at it. I saw them at least ten years ago ... and it was indeed a great show. Very good costuming as they covered the entire career from Ed Sullivan to the rooftop concert. Authentic instruments too.
But in the end, just another cover band. ;) |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | There was a big writeup about them in the paper here.
I thought about going but I have seen 2 Beatle tribute bands that were supposed to be really really good and I thought they both sucked.
Sounds like these guys might have been worth the price of admission (which was very reasonable). |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | We saw them on their pass through Hooterville several years ago and they were pretty good. Wouldn't sell a kidney to see them but it was a fun show for the cost of the ticket. |
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Location: New Hampshire, USA | I've seen 1964 The Tribute a number of times. They're great, but they only cover songs from the touring years. They dress the part, and talk to the crowd with the accents and they're very funny.
I considered seeing Rain when they were in the area about a year ago, but the tickets were like $125. A bit rich for a tribute band. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Let's see...Spam never goes bad because it was never any good to begin with. Elixers don't go dead because they were already dead when you took them out of the package. And Beatles tribute bands don't sound any worse than the original... |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Originally posted by CanterburyStrings:
Let's see...Spam never goes bad because it was never any good to begin with. Elixers don't go dead because they were already dead when you took them out of the package. And Beatles tribute bands don't sound any worse than the original... Thank you for putting my thoughts into words :)
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Location: everywhere | Tribute bands are generally made up of good to great musicians, who decide to take the easy way to a fast buck. There have also figured that the vast majority of the consumers out there are thick as pigcrap and it's easier to earn a living by serving them easy-to-handle pre-digested mush, than be creative with something original. It's kinda like giving your kids McDonalds or KFC instead of letting learn how good real food is, and ultimately it's just as unhealthy. Regardless of how authentic a tribute band may look or sound, it's like buying an Applause when you really want an Adamas. Or a Taylor when you want a musical instrument. I hope they all die slow horrible deaths. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | CR, except for your last sentence, I agree 100 percent. As far as slow, horrible deaths though, that would cause them to scream - come to think of it, no one would probably be able to tell the difference. Scream of agony or their version of someone elses song? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | What - A complete paragraph by CR, mostly punctuated properly, no profanity and I pretty much agree with him on all points?
I think my login must have been hacked ... |
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Location: New Hampshire, USA | Wow - why all the hate for the tribute bands?
There's obviously a market for these bands - why blame the bands for meeting that market, especially when so many of them do a great job and everyone goes home happy?
I'm just a few years too young to have seen the Beatles live (I was a one year old when they debuted on Sullivan). If the closest I can come is seeing a band like 1964 (or Rain, or any other good tribute band), I'm happy they're out there doing it. Certainly not "the real thing", but fun just the same. |
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Location: Michigan | easy does it , most of us play everybody elses music and some of us make their living at it.they may not just emulate one band but a bunch of different ones.does that make them a tribute band of all sorts.your ripping on some musicians that make a living playing songs and emulating their acts that they know people will pay to see & hear them play , whats wrong with that?
give them a break.... :confused: GWB :confused: |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | At least they're not busking (NTTIAWWT!)... :p
I'd break my left ankle to be good enough to play in a tribute band and put grits on da table. I've got too much invested in the right one. Oh, wait, never mind... I'll stay as a wannabe wank... and buy the cheap tickets!  |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I still thought it was an entertaining show. Then again, I get my kicks sitting on canons, so what do I know? |
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Location: MA | Wow, this chowder tastes funny!
I thought all the snobs were in the other guitar forums. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Sorry. I just think people should be themselves. There's nothing wrong with doing covers, but I think they should play the music their OWN way instead of trying to sound exactly like someone else. If you want to hear the Beatles, buy their records. If you want to see them, look at a video. If you want to see a bunch of people with skill (notice I didn't say talent) pretending to be somebody else, go ahead and spend your money. I would much rather see people with talent (creativity) play covers with their OWN style, or better yet, play their own music period. |
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Location: everywhere | Originally posted by scooterboy:
why blame the bands for meeting that market, especially when so many of them do a great job and everyone goes home happy?
I don't blame the bands for meeting that market. I'm just terminally depressed that such a market even exists. I blame the laziness of the consumer who need to be spoon-fed by the media and can't be bothered to make their own decisions about what is and isn't good music. And I blame cheap tawdry freak-show television like "America's Got Talent" and "X Factor" which perpetuate the myth that the path to fame and fortune is a pair of tits, a make-up artist and a producer who knows how to operate Auto-Tune. Tribute bands are just the thin-end of that wedge.
It all started with Karaoke. The f**king Japs have got a lot to answer for. |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | ...and exactly how is enjoying Rain any different than going to a movie or the stage?
"America's Got Talent" and all the rest? |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | While on same level I agree....
"...which perpetuate the myth that the path to fame and fortune is a pair of tits, a make-up artist and a producer who knows how to operate Auto-Tune."
I think this is FAR from myth. If one has a desire to become famous, and has access to the investment funds... this is EXACTLY how to do it. Do I like it, no... would I do it.. ummm in a minute... would I like myself... no, but I'd buy enough "toys" to deal with it. Is this the ONLY way to "make it" in the music biz... no.. just one of the many, and for those that can manage it... as they say... "it's a living."
"Tribute bands are just the thin-end of that wedge. "
Again.. while that is one way to look at it... I find nothing wrong a group playing "dressup" for people who would like to relive the days gone by for an evening.
What I don't understand is if group of musicians is talented enough to pull off a decent tribute act... why not move toward their own material, or at least material written for them. One obvious answer is they really love what they are doing, and they make a decent living at it.
Now... say what you will about tribute bands, and say what you will about todays pop artists.. but let me see a show of hands... How many of us are doing exactly what we love to do, and are getting paid more money than we could possibly spend in our or our childrens, childrens lifetime to do that one thing we love to do?
People don't go to see little Ms Cyrus or a Beatles Tribute band cause she writes such great music... or they are so much better than John, Paul, George, Ringo and Yoko. They go cause it's FUN!!!! It's only us old farts that are trying to put more meaning and worth into it.. |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | ".. but let me see a show of hands... How many of us are doing exactly what we love to do, and are getting paid more money than we could possibly spend in our or our childrens, childrens lifetime to do that one thing we love to do?"
Hmm, while I totally agree with the overall point, I would also seriously doubt that these characters are getting paid on that level. I think you were closer with "it's a living". |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Yeah the tribute bands are closer to "decent living" the pop stars... they do pretty well for the most part it seems... but you are correct... my point was really more that they are doing what they love and making a good living at it. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | I am doing what I love, and making a living. I'll never make more than I can spend in my children's children's lifetime for two reasons - 1)I never had kids ;) , and 2)if I had that much money, I honestly don't know what I would spend it on. Conventional wisdom aside, you really CAN have too many guitars, and that's about the only thing I enjoy spending money on. I could maybe fly a bunch of you out here to see the Hills. Then what would I do with the rest?
But I question whether the people in tribute bands are really doing what they love, or if they hate dressing up and playing the same songs over and over again. The money is good, but it must get old really fast, let alone the frustration any good musician must feel knowing that his OWN music, no matter how good it is, can't earn him the kind of money that these tired old hits from yesteryear do. |
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Location: Michigan | i would think that most bands ( all of them ) started out playing someone elses tunes and that they probably have their own music .if their own music doesn't get accepted very well when they are playing out and the tribute tunes get great acceptance then what are you going to do to make your living?
i would think that most tribute bands of the caliber of rain would all have their own music.GWB |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Like I said, I don't think there's anything wrong with doing covers. We all had to start somewhere. But if my own music couldn't earn me a living, I would get a job rather than do this tribute band stuff. Hey, that's just me. If these people can stand getting in costume and playing the same stuff night after night, and if people are willing to pay them, well, go for it. But I just couldn't respect anyone who values money over musical integrity. |
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Rain: A tribute show to the Beatles
