does tom petty have any redeeming qualities?

For a minute I thought that was from The Simpson's "Rock Camp" episode.

Bryan Adams' has a bad voice and is a shitty songwriter.

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he got to sing with BABS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXuQJX30Vuc

I don't care, even if he had sung with POPS, he's still a drag.

"Girl on LSD" is an amusing song.

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.)

i wasn't talking about petty, bro

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now, for fun, try it again with bryan adams

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:R-JMxs42CN3MzM:www.americancheer.com/images/tour/pyramids.jpg

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."

and "lonely nights." he had his moments.

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.

^ HEY LOOK, I WROTE MORE THAN 3 WORDS

"cuts like a knife" is pretty unfuckwithable, but c'mon, Petty pisses all over this guy.

ew

I'm not a major fan of either, but I'd pay to see that.

aboriginal?

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.

pre-fame pre-superstardom I guess I should say.

aboriginal?

the natives of suburban ontario are a proud people, and strong.

"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.

men at work were pretty tight too

"wait, we're talking about the guy that did that fuckin We Come From A Land Down Under song, right?"

Unfair. Men at Work also did Overkill, which is teh great.

and "It's a Mistake."

I'm listening to "Learning to Fly" right now. Oh the memories of early 90's LA malls...

and "It's a Mistake."

Yes! Johnny Be Good, too.

Men at Work are better than Tom Petty, John Cougar and Bryan Adams put together.

hahaha

Another one for the ILM FAQ.

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.

hahaha Steve Shasta watches Scrubs

scrubs is funny

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.

...by Uncle Tupelo.

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.

it's supposed to be decent!

like I wrote upthread, I can't recommend the Epstein-helmed Prine albums highly enough.

Another one for the ILM FAQ.

THANK YOU. May I add that Men at Work are also better than LED ZEPPLIN and BOSTON combined. (n.1)

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(n.1) Actually, I was kidding in this and the original post. I do like Men at Work, tho.

the original question could have been answered with a quick "no". i love the extrapolation but other threads deserve it more.

Lock thread.

Seconded

yeah let's get extrapolating on the 700 poll threads about terrorizer poll results

agreed

i do like a lot of his songs but by no means does he warrant this much discussion, positive or negative.