does tom petty have any redeeming qualities?

Then again, I would probably like "Vision of Love" if Johnny Cash was singing it.

I bet he really digs that Ryan Adams kid.

well that's just it oliver. he's so innofensive i can't even work up a good hatin. he's just there. but he's not so "just there" that he doesn't crop up on vh1 whenever necessary affirming the genius of classic rock, decrying disco, or any other personal jess bugbear. and to paraphrase kodanshi, "he has a dearth of very sexy whores in his videos."

Somebody's gotta make that kinda music.

oh, really?

happy new yr

(at least he's not Tom Cruise...)

Damn fuxing right. After all, I play prog on my ricky "Suzannah Hoffs" model ;-)

Oliver: In grade school I thought his version of "So You Want to Be a Rock n Roll Star" was one of the worst songs I'd ever heard.

Josh: I have. And I switched off the radio when he came on.

John: He is??? Should I still take your word on checking out Trey Azagoth, I wonder.

I like Tom Petty but own none of his records.

and i'll stick my neck out even further and say that "American Girl" is a classic rock tune i'll never tune out in the car, and it bugs the hell outta me when shits like the Goo Goo Dolls or Everclear (who, i concede, are probably about as close to a modern equivalent as Mr. Petty has) butc

I liked "You Got Lucky" and a few of his earlier hits (notably "Refugee") but everything since has been prety mediocre at best.

yeah but Permanent Vacation is (a) not the band's best seller (b) not considered a good album by anyone

ok pretend he said pump

it's not an indefensible position

Pump would def be in my top five Aerosmith

I was torn tbh but went w/permanent vacation for ushering in the Nu-Aerosmith era

my point is only, it's not unlike Hyden to stake out a dumb position and double down

hey I'm more offended he thought Petty's playing with GNR showed how hip he was

you gotta go to bat for some pairing of Aerosmith, Draw The Line, Done With Mirrors or Get A Grip for Pump NOT to be in your top 5

tbf I remember seeing petty on that tour with the Mats and the moment when Axl just strolled onstage unannounced was pretty lose-your-shit awesome

aaaaand here's another: http://www.stereogum.com/1696031/tom-petty-albums-from-worst-to-best/list/

like, this dude just kinda strolls onstage and starts singing along on free fallin' and... it kinda sounds like Axl... and it kinda shimmies like Axl does in the sweet child video... but what would axl be doing in Syracuse tonight? and now they're on to knockin on heaven's door and holy shit that is really axl fucking rose up there this is bonkers.

it was 1989 we didn't know yet that he was a monster

well, the Bogdanovich documentary wouldn't be made for another fifteen years.

solid zing

Apparently Hypnotic Eye is his first ever #1 album.

kinda lol but mostly sad: it's bc only olds by albums

well, and people who bought tickets had the option of buying the album.

and because 100 copies gets you a slot in the charts nowadays

you gotta go to bat for some pairing of Aerosmith, Draw The Line, Done With Mirrors or Get A Grip for Pump NOT to be in your top 5

― da croupier, Wednesday, August 6, 2014 2:44 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

draw the line fucking smokes, so much better than pump gtfo

Just seeing this sentence:

It’s true that the years I’ve designated as Peak Petty coincide with the time when I personally became a Tom Petty fan, so I can be fairly accused of being self-serving. But that doesn’t mean my assessment of Petty’s career is wrong.

I was able to guess who wrote it and where it appeared

Steve Hyden is really good at making me feel like I should hate something I like

just be thankful he didn't do the 'underrated, overrated, properly rated' thing again

I don't know what it means that my Petty deep cuts playlist only has 3 songs in common with Hyden's. probably just a testament to the strength of Petty's catalog.

hope you have Let Me Up tracks; he just chose the three tracks on the double-disc comp

everyone sleeps on runaway trains. I guess it was technically a single so maybe not deep enough?

that's a great song

for some reason, my five year old daughter is reallllly into tom petty all of a sudden. she drew this picture of him
https://scontent-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/11001682_10206058481601581_2667046924968240590_n.jpg?oh=b34b76efa393faecf0f861d30a60f8ef&oe=5587AA02

that mic stand is very stable

future engineer imo

petty plays a mean lute

Probably the Vox?

http://www.edroman.com/guitars/abstract/images/TomPettyVoxTeardrop.jpg

oh shit for sure!

tom should for real use that as his next album cover

totally.
someone pointed out it could also be sandy bull w/ his oud
https://oudmusic.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/sandy-bull-e-pluribus-unum.jpg

hahah!

I think every kid goes through their Sandy Bull phase

if they've got hair

lol yeah, an easy path from petty to bull. she'll be listening to nothing but deep oud jams from somalia in no time.

it is kind of interesting though... trying to figure out what it is exactly that makes kids respond to tom petty. i know i responded to him when i was eight or nine. it might specifically be the full moon fever album. i mean, obviously really catchy songs, but wondering if there's something about the production that gets right to a kid's brain.

i guess petty has some muppet like qualities

tom should for real use that as his next album cover

m@tt OTM, somebody get Mr. Petty on the phone

That picture is very good for a five year old!! Thanks for posting it!

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/0a/6a/2e/0a6a2e915a250b0feb3a8df0fe32e2ca.jpg

Finally got around to listening to Howard Stern interview Jimmy Iovine and Iovine is still dissing Stan Lynch for being behind the beat. Once you hear the shaker in Refugee, you can't unhear it.

Warren Zanes' book far more interesting than I expected.

What I came up with when we polled'em.

I just came across this post of the new Petty-produced Hillman album, with some other Byrds, Heartbreakers among participants---haven't had time to listen yet, but might be redeeming: http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7968856/chris-hillman-bidin-my-time-album

Oh man, slightly unfair to OP to dredge up this thread today.

i saw chris hillman at the opry while i was in nashville, played "turn turn turn" and a righteous bros. cover from the new record, both sounded wonderful, looking forward to checking it out

Tom Petty had plenty of redeeming qualities, not to mention he had the respect of a lot of prominent musicians. On the other hand, he had no classic albums and was pretty much an American phenomenon.

Eh, I'll stand up for OP.

I'm going to keep quiet for the next couple of days though. My opinions would only sound ... *ahem* ... contemptuously trivial.

Oh man, slightly unfair to OP to dredge up this thread today.

― enochroot, Tuesday, October 3, 2017

My post answered the thread question!

threadstarter earlier noted on twitter that he's listening to the heartbreakers today to lift his otherwise shitty mood, so alfred's post was evidently persuasive

rip tom