aw, I saw him play some turkey day football game a few years ago and he just did one pretentious new "What Price Sweet America's Freedom" song, ROCK In The USA and some other oldie
― da croupier, Monday, 4 February 2008 20:27 (sixteen years ago) link
So many of Petty's songs (actually, more "hits") are so bitter and corrosive, you'd have thought that Jess would have been more of a fan.
― Steve Shasta, Monday, 4 February 2008 20:29 (sixteen years ago) link
you mean "whiny."
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 4 February 2008 20:31 (sixteen years ago) link
give him the right night, the right drink and "Don't Come Around Here No More" and otm.
x-post
― da croupier, Monday, 4 February 2008 20:32 (sixteen years ago) link
though alfred otm too
I like lots of them despite his singing. I said on the other Petty thread that I wish George Harrison had sung "Don't Come Around Here..."
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 4 February 2008 20:32 (sixteen years ago) link
http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/060511/135612__king_l.jpg
― Pleasant Plains, Monday, 4 February 2008 20:32 (sixteen years ago) link
For a minute I thought that was from The Simpson's "Rock Camp" episode.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 4 February 2008 20:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Bryan Adams' has a bad voice and is a shitty songwriter.
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Monday, 4 February 2008 20:34 (sixteen years ago) link
^^^
― roxymuzak, Monday, 4 February 2008 20:34 (sixteen years ago) link
― omar little, Monday, 4 February 2008 20:35 (sixteen years ago) link
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 4 February 2008 20:35 (sixteen years ago) link
he got to sing with BABS
― da croupier, Monday, 4 February 2008 20:35 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXuQJX30Vuc
― da croupier, Monday, 4 February 2008 20:36 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't care, even if he had sung with POPS, he's still a drag.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 4 February 2008 20:36 (sixteen years ago) link
"Girl on LSD" is an amusing song.
― clotpoll, Monday, 4 February 2008 20:37 (sixteen years ago) link
this has probably been said elsewhere in the thread, maybe even by me, but i just don't get the "normalized MOR region-free white-bread" tag on petty, apart from him being white. his reference points are way more specific than whatever "MOR region-free" means. to me he sounds like a north florida pothead who learned his riffs from dylan, the byrds and the stones, and who for years (and maybe still now) wrote about the kind of guys from gainesville who didn't become rock stars. the tom petty narrator is a really specific and identifiable character. (and hardly region-free, even without the rebel flag.)
― tipsy mothra, Monday, 4 February 2008 20:38 (sixteen years ago) link
i wasn't talking about petty, bro
― gabbneb, Monday, 4 February 2008 20:39 (sixteen years ago) link
^^^^
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 4 February 2008 20:39 (sixteen years ago) link
(xpost)
now, for fun, try it again with bryan adams
― gabbneb, Monday, 4 February 2008 20:41 (sixteen years ago) link
http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:R-JMxs42CN3MzM:www.americancheer.com/images/tour/pyramids.jpg
― omar little, Monday, 4 February 2008 20:43 (sixteen years ago) link
haha ok well ... bryan adams sounds like a canadian ... guy ... who wanted ... to get laid ...
no ok. but i do love "cuts like a knife" and "summer of 69."
― tipsy mothra, Monday, 4 February 2008 20:44 (sixteen years ago) link
and "lonely nights." he had his moments.
― tipsy mothra, Monday, 4 February 2008 20:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Bryan Adams' arrangements are soooo predictable; he has the sonic diversity of the one ply poo paper at my office ruffling. Production is so fucking flat and his voice (his weakest point) is mixed to appeal to the Lite Rock radio set, which may be an unfortunate artifact of his aboriginal fanbase that vaulted him to stardom.
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Monday, 4 February 2008 20:50 (sixteen years ago) link
^ HEY LOOK, I WROTE MORE THAN 3 WORDS
"cuts like a knife" is pretty unfuckwithable, but c'mon, Petty pisses all over this guy.
― will, Monday, 4 February 2008 20:53 (sixteen years ago) link
ew
― HI DERE, Monday, 4 February 2008 20:57 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm not a major fan of either, but I'd pay to see that.
― Sara Sara Sara, Monday, 4 February 2008 21:01 (sixteen years ago) link
aboriginal?
― da croupier, Monday, 4 February 2008 21:02 (sixteen years ago) link
I mean, I'd take those pre-fame Huey Lewis & the New records over Bryan Adams.
Johnny Cougar will forever get a pass for 1. I need a lover 2. ain't even done w/ the night 3. Authority song 4. Rumbleseat
but when Petty was still putting solid stuff outlike Wildflowers, Mellencamp was Dancing Naked. No thanks.
― will, Monday, 4 February 2008 21:04 (sixteen years ago) link
pre-fame pre-superstardom I guess I should say.
― will, Monday, 4 February 2008 21:05 (sixteen years ago) link
the natives of suburban ontario are a proud people, and strong.
― tipsy mothra, Monday, 4 February 2008 21:06 (sixteen years ago) link
"wait, we're talking about the guy that did that fuckin We Come From A Land Down Under song, right?"
nobody's claiming Bryan Adams is better than Tom Petty. What's being claimed is that Tom Petty is a better Bryan Adams.
― da croupier, Monday, 4 February 2008 21:06 (sixteen years ago) link
men at work were pretty tight too
― M@tt He1ges0n, Monday, 4 February 2008 21:13 (sixteen years ago) link
Unfair. Men at Work also did Overkill, which is teh great.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 4 February 2008 22:15 (sixteen years ago) link
and "It's a Mistake."
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 4 February 2008 22:20 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm listening to "Learning to Fly" right now. Oh the memories of early 90's LA malls...
― baaderonixx, Monday, 4 February 2008 22:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Yes! Johnny Be Good, too.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 4 February 2008 22:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Men at Work are better than Tom Petty, John Cougar and Bryan Adams put together.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 4 February 2008 22:34 (sixteen years ago) link
hahaha
― roxymuzak, Monday, 4 February 2008 23:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Another one for the ILM FAQ.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 4 February 2008 23:13 (sixteen years ago) link
I heard a recent song from Colin Hay (men at work singer) and was totally impressed! Let me see if I can youtube it for you guys.
― Steve Shasta, Monday, 4 February 2008 23:24 (sixteen years ago) link
hahaha Steve Shasta watches Scrubs
― Shakey Mo Collier, Monday, 4 February 2008 23:26 (sixteen years ago) link
scrubs is funny
― M@tt He1ges0n, Monday, 4 February 2008 23:27 (sixteen years ago) link
NOOOOOOOOO I DON'T WATCH SCRUBS!
Some weird chick I met from NYC who works for MTV 0put it on a mix for me...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4tcRlHY-3Q
I thought the voice sounded familiar. But what interested is that the guitar playing is straight up Uncle Tupelo circa Jay Farrar's songs on Still Feel Gone.
― Steve Shasta, Monday, 4 February 2008 23:29 (sixteen years ago) link
...by Uncle Tupelo.
― Steve Shasta, Monday, 4 February 2008 23:30 (sixteen years ago) link
hahaha, i shouldn't post when I'm on the phone.
OK, as a result of this thread I just got a hold of a Carlene Carter album produced by Howie Epstein, so maybe some good will come of it.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 01:00 (sixteen years ago) link
it's supposed to be decent!
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 01:00 (sixteen years ago) link