what the fuck @ this thread title
i bet you listen to 1st wave emo
― roxymuzak, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 07:18 (fourteen years ago) link
i srsly get confused when this thread title comes up
― underwater, please (bear, bear, bear), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 07:24 (fourteen years ago) link
When I think of flower power, I think of Bryan Adams.
― Band Fag X (u s steel), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 07:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Not if you read the post. More like the standard anti-white-guys-with-guitars-attitude.
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 11:34 (fourteen years ago) link
He's not Sarah Palin
― Sam Weller, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 11:43 (fourteen years ago) link
^ I meant to italicize that quote from above and add a sarcastic, "No, I don't suppose he is." And I have failed at that.
I like some of Petty's songs very much, for what it's worth.
― Sam Weller, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 11:45 (fourteen years ago) link
important questions:
-- does tom petty have any redeeming qualities?-- the pope: catholic, or what?-- bears shit in the woods, y/n?
― women are a bunch of dudes (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 12:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Well, polar bears don't.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 14:32 (fourteen years ago) link
jess totally listens to first wave emo i'm pretty sure
― he's a beast, he's a dog, he's a muthafuckin' viking (some dude), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 14:41 (fourteen years ago) link
That live 4CD Tom Petty box that came out last year is fucking great. First of all, the performances are from a twenty-plus year span but sound like they could have all been recorded at the exact same gig; second of all, you can get it for like $22 at Target. Highly recommended.
― Born In A Test Tube, Raised In A Cage (unperson), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 15:04 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i still need to get that live box ...
― tylerw, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 15:07 (fourteen years ago) link
ug threads like this up top are the worst of the "good old days" of ILM
― you better check that sausage before you put it in the rofl (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 15:27 (fourteen years ago) link
i wonder what jess thinks now?
best answer:
Good god Jess, have you never been in a CAR?― Josh, Monday, December 31, 2001 7:00 PM (8 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Brio, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 15:34 (fourteen years ago) link
there was a curious form of anti-rockism that was actually anti-popism
― you better check that sausage before you put it in the rofl (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 15:39 (fourteen years ago) link
More like anti-boringmusicism.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 15:47 (fourteen years ago) link
ah petty's ok. josh otm.
― goole, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 15:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Blimey, this thread. So old, people posted with their real names!
― Mark G, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 15:48 (fourteen years ago) link
They probably used real instruments too.
― cool and remote like dancing girls (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 15:48 (fourteen years ago) link
We carved out our posts on petrified papyrus.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 15:49 (fourteen years ago) link
the heartbreakers are a terrific band, even on songs i don't really like mike campbell comes up with something really distinctive -- he might be a better melodicist than his band leader.
― goole, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 15:50 (fourteen years ago) link
dude wrote fucking Boys of Summer
― the sound of a norwegian guy being wrong (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 15:52 (fourteen years ago) link
and this is a good or a bad thing?
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 11 May 2010 15:53 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah campbell writes brilliant guitar parts, very typical of amazing guitarists that don't really get that much recognition from the guitar mag industry because they don't specialize as soloist....
― you better check that sausage before you put it in the rofl (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 15:53 (fourteen years ago) link
me and a couple of friends were speculating that thunders and petty should have swapped heartbreakers for like 3 months and each recorded albums with the other band...that could have been pretty cool
― you better check that sausage before you put it in the rofl (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 15:54 (fourteen years ago) link
i did not know that!
xp re: boys of summer
― goole, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 15:55 (fourteen years ago) link
yep petty admitted that was a fuckup letting that go in the documentary
listen to it now, and you can TOTALLY hear that chorus as a tom petty song
― you better check that sausage before you put it in the rofl (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 15:57 (fourteen years ago) link
"Runaway Trains" always sounded like Campbell trying to write a "Boys of Summer" sequel for Petty.
― cool and remote like dancing girls (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 15:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Has Petty ever covered it ("The Boys of Summer") ?
For what it's worth, I think Henley's vocal suits the snotty wistfulness of the song better than Petty's would have.
― Euler, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 15:59 (fourteen years ago) link
In 1984 Henley was much more comfortable with synths than Petty was.
― cool and remote like dancing girls (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 16:01 (fourteen years ago) link
"Runaway Trains" always sounded like Campbell...
Yes. Except he forgot to write a melody for the verses
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 16:01 (fourteen years ago) link
great chorus though
― you better check that sausage before you put it in the rofl (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 16:02 (fourteen years ago) link
He's such a riveting figure, his thread has held the top of the list for the past 40+ minutes.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 16:02 (fourteen years ago) link
First thing I thought of too!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 16:03 (fourteen years ago) link
?? hmm....southern accents was 85, and that has "don't come around here no more" which is as much classic rock new wave as "boys of summer"
― you better check that sausage before you put it in the rofl (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 16:16 (fourteen years ago) link
"you got lucky" is from 82 and that's pretty much a synth pop song!
― you better check that sausage before you put it in the rofl (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 16:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Tom Petty, fronting Yazoo.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 16:19 (fourteen years ago) link
once in college i was trying to figure out how to play the keyboard part from "you got lucky" on guitar and some girl in the dorm asked me if i was playing the theme to the young and the restless
― goole, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 16:20 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, petty was collab-ing with the dude from the eurythmics so he can't have been too scared of synths. maybe he thought "you got lucky" and "don't come around here" were enough when "boys of summer" came his way.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 16:21 (fourteen years ago) link
omg mary j blige could KILL a track that used a "you got lucky" sample!
i'm tellin u ned! it IS synth pop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTAhZKP5wCY
plus the weird ambient music in the lol mad max intro totally sounds like early tangerine dream!
― you better check that sausage before you put it in the rofl (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 16:22 (fourteen years ago) link
guys, the intro to Louisiana Rain
s'all
― coalition to me (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 16:23 (fourteen years ago) link
what, no love for free fallin'? barely even heard it mentioned, but if you ask me it's of a much higher quality than most rock bands sellout powerballads, and is a perennial staple of my ongoing classic rock itunes playlist
― messiahwannabe, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 16:24 (fourteen years ago) link
"You Got Lucky" was the first to feature synths, and it got some resistance, according to Petty (he's himself not very fond of it).
― cool and remote like dancing girls (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 16:24 (fourteen years ago) link
totally sounds like early tangerine dream..or mid period Rush
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 16:24 (fourteen years ago) link
"Don't Come Around Here No More" is not a song by a guy comfortable with synths, let alone his voice. God, that thing is so annoying.
― cool and remote like dancing girls (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 16:25 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost on louisiana rain
oh dip that's a good one too.
― you better check that sausage before you put it in the rofl (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 16:25 (fourteen years ago) link
NO WAY ALFRED!!!!
don't come around here no more is awesome
i don't even know how it works, so mysterious
http://www.fortunecity.com/uproar/amused/513/alice/image2.jpg
"It's just one of those things, you just can't explain"
― you better check that sausage before you put it in the rofl (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 16:26 (fourteen years ago) link
learning to fly >> free fallin'
(it's REALLY beautiful)
― coalition to me (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 16:28 (fourteen years ago) link
It always gives me a bit of a rush to out myself as a(n occasional) Petty listener - his records got LOTS of play in the car when I was young
― coalition to me (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 16:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Someone said upthread that it's a sound looking for a song. And Petty sings it like Dave Stewart's chewing on his feet.
― cool and remote like dancing girls (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 16:30 (fourteen years ago) link