haha for the "Zombie Zoo" vote.
― lihaperäpukamat (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 31 October 2009 03:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Double-duty "dadrock" album: Both my dad and grandfather (an octogenarian!) owned a cassette copy which they kept in their cars.
― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Saturday, 31 October 2009 07:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Free Fallin' has become such a fixture in popular culture that it's easy to forget what a masterful song it is. It's eating me alive this morning.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 3 November 2012 12:56 (eleven years ago) link
runnin down a dream imo
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Saturday, 3 November 2012 13:12 (eleven years ago) link
"Depending On You" finds its way into my around-the-house oeuvre quite a lot, because I have a very syntactic mind and so when someone says "I am depending on you" I end up singing this song back to them
lol
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 3 November 2012 13:13 (eleven years ago) link
I can't remember if I voted in this or not, but the first five and Yer So Bad are all so fantastic I'd have a rough time picking a favorite. (Today it would be Free Fallin', but who knows what it would be tomorrow.)
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 3 November 2012 13:35 (eleven years ago) link
"Free Fallin'" is by far one of Petty's weakest singles.
― Clarke B., Saturday, 3 November 2012 14:10 (eleven years ago) link
It's the second worst song on this record
― Clarke B., Saturday, 3 November 2012 14:13 (eleven years ago) link
lol RONG
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 3 November 2012 14:14 (eleven years ago) link
I just don't like the shape of the melody--it's facile, nursery rhyme-ish. The song lacks tension and gravitas.
― Clarke B., Saturday, 3 November 2012 14:16 (eleven years ago) link
what a great album
― Nostalgic Windows Midi (crüt), Saturday, 3 November 2012 14:17 (eleven years ago) link
It's supposed to lack tension. It's not a tense song. It's meant to float. In fact, every criticism you just levied at it is intentionally part of its make up. xp
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 3 November 2012 14:18 (eleven years ago) link
I can see that, I suppose I just don't think Petty does that style very well. My favorite songs of his are his more urgent ones. I think the timbre of his voice and his delivery make his attempts to do the style you detail cloying--it wants to float, but it ends up just being sticky.
― Clarke B., Saturday, 3 November 2012 14:23 (eleven years ago) link
It depends on the song. I think Free Fallin' works very well, but I think You Don't Know How It Feels is as flat as a pancake.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 3 November 2012 14:25 (eleven years ago) link
I didn't even realize it was you who revived this thread... Sorry for pooping in yer cereal.
― Clarke B., Saturday, 3 November 2012 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
It's all good. I'm FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 3 November 2012 14:31 (eleven years ago) link
FREEEEEE FAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLIN'
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 3 November 2012 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
I associate "Free Fallin" so much with my early childhood that it's hard for me to approach it from a critical songwriting perspective. It's just always been there.
― Nostalgic Windows Midi (crüt), Saturday, 3 November 2012 14:34 (eleven years ago) link
"A Face in the Crowd" is almost ominous.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 16 August 2014 00:01 (ten years ago) link
My most-listened-to Petty album, though not my favourite (that would be Southern Accents). Because it was in my CD collection during high school, it was one that friends would always want to put on when they were over.
― MaudAdams (cryptosicko), Saturday, 16 August 2014 00:14 (ten years ago) link
petty was too old, and i was too young, for me to buy this when it was released, so it's wonderful now to know the hits yet get to hear the whole thing with fresh ears
― j., Tuesday, 3 October 2017 06:05 (six years ago) link
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, August 15, 2014 8:01 PM
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 October 2017 12:35 (six years ago) link
it's totally ominous, disassociative
this album is like 29 minutes long! that rules
zombie zoo is a great closer
― brimstead, Tuesday, 3 October 2017 14:54 (six years ago) link
I wanna buy a 12 string guitar just so I can sing “Yer so bad” at the top of my lungs. Best pre-chorus ever
― Heez, Sunday, 5 April 2020 21:41 (four years ago) link