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Re: Birthday Wishes
« Reply #15 on: January 26, 2010, 09:28:37 pm »
Secret Santa?
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Re: Birthday Wishes
« Reply #16 on: January 26, 2010, 10:00:53 pm »
Quote from: jay-ell on January 26, 2010, 09:28:37 pm
Secret Santa?

if you cant wait until next Christmas, start dropping hints for Mothers Day.
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Re: Birthday Wishes
« Reply #17 on: January 28, 2010, 05:42:32 pm »
Quote from: jay-ell on January 26, 2010, 02:37:17 pm
I would just ask for Judy, gift-wrapped, but something tells me my in-laws wouldn't approve.

Don't worry love. I'll come for free  ;)
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Re: Birthday Wishes
« Reply #18 on: January 28, 2010, 08:04:52 pm »
*blush*
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Re: Birthday Wishes
« Reply #19 on: February 01, 2010, 05:26:18 pm »
So, sister-in-law settled on a spa gift card, and parents are probably going to give us money and labor towards finishing the bathroom remodel. In-laws are still a wild card, but I can always ask for knitting books. BFF has a Plan in Motion, apparently, and nobody else buys me stuff, which suits me fine.

Pedro, however, has given me an option: He was initially planning on taking me to a hockey game, but now is considering a Led Zeppelin tribute concert. Has anyone ever been to a tribute band show?

Zep is my favorite band ever, but being too young to have ever seen them for reals, I'm wondering if this kind of thing is worthwhile, or what. I can literally count on one hand the number of concerts I've been to in my life, so I'm hoping you experienced concert goers and music aficionados can help me out here. The specific band is "Get the Led Out," if that matters.

Thoughts?

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Re: Birthday Wishes
« Reply #20 on: February 01, 2010, 06:08:31 pm »
A friend was just telling me about when she saw Lez Zeppelin. She wasn't impressed.
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Re: Birthday Wishes
« Reply #21 on: February 01, 2010, 08:09:47 pm »
i saw a beatles tribute band last fall, decent show, wouldn't bother again.
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Re: Birthday Wishes
« Reply #22 on: February 01, 2010, 08:19:45 pm »
Quote from: CortJstr on February 01, 2010, 06:08:31 pm
A friend was just telling me about when she saw Lez Zeppelin. She wasn't impressed.

Here in the Twin Cities we have both "Zed Leppelin" and "Dread Zeppelin," and they rawk. 
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Re: Birthday Wishes
« Reply #23 on: February 01, 2010, 08:35:25 pm »
Quote from: bluemoon72 on February 01, 2010, 08:19:45 pm
Here in the Twin Cities we have both "Zed Leppelin" and "Dread Zeppelin," and they rawk. 

Yes, but are they all-female?
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Re: Birthday Wishes
« Reply #24 on: February 01, 2010, 08:39:52 pm »
Quote from: CortJstr on February 01, 2010, 08:35:25 pm
Yes, but are they all-female?

Sadly, no.  :(
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Re: Birthday Wishes
« Reply #25 on: February 01, 2010, 08:57:52 pm »
Quote from: bluemoon72 on February 01, 2010, 08:19:45 pm
Here in the Twin Cities we have both "Zed Leppelin" and "Dread Zeppelin," and they rawk. 

And they come from the land of the ice and snow!
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Re: Birthday Wishes
« Reply #26 on: February 01, 2010, 09:49:16 pm »
Quote from: AugustWest on February 01, 2010, 08:57:52 pm
And they come from the land of the ice and snow!

Is that anywhere near the land of wind and ghosts? Is it easily commutable?
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Re: Birthday Wishes
« Reply #27 on: February 02, 2010, 01:13:58 am »
I saw this Zeppelin tribute act back in '95-ish. Meh.
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Re: Birthday Wishes
« Reply #28 on: February 02, 2010, 01:31:21 am »
Quote from: CortJstr on February 01, 2010, 06:08:31 pm
A friend was just telling me about when she saw Lez Zeppelin. She wasn't impressed.

I wonder if this was when my friend was with them?  She only sang for them about 6 months.

Quote from: jay-ell on February 01, 2010, 05:26:18 pm
Pedro, however, has given me an option: He was initially planning on taking me to a hockey game, but now is considering a Led Zeppelin tribute concert. Has anyone ever been to a tribute band show?

Zep is my favorite band ever, but being too young to have ever seen them for reals, I'm wondering if this kind of thing is worthwhile, or what. I can literally count on one hand the number of concerts I've been to in my life, so I'm hoping you experienced concert goers and music aficionados can help me out here. The specific band is "Get the Led Out," if that matters.

Thoughts?

Personally I would probably pass on this particular Led Zeppelin tribute band for a couple of reasons.  I think a tribute band should strive to recreate the concert experience of the band they are paying tribute to.  This band fails in that regard.

Zep is tricky for a band to cover because they played their songs radically different on stage.  This band has obviously chosen to go the sound exactly like the studio recordings route.  To this end they've added a 2nd guitarist and a keyboard player.  Beyond that they don't look much like Zep and their stage mannerisms aren't very Zeplike either. 

But if seeing a band doing letter perfect covers of Zep tunes sounds good to you then by all means this band can definitely do that.

Quote from: miles on February 02, 2010, 01:13:58 am
I saw this Zeppelin tribute act back in '95-ish. Meh.

Ha!  I had tickets to see this Zep cover band, but it canceled at the last minute because the lead guitarist had back pains.
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Re: Birthday Wishes
« Reply #29 on: February 02, 2010, 01:37:25 am »
Quote from: pmcd9 on February 02, 2010, 01:31:21 am
I think a tribute band should strive to recreate the concert experience of the band they are paying tribute to.  This band fails in that regard.

I dunno. Their haircuts seem bad enough.
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