does tom petty have any redeeming qualities?

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.

xp!

i love the extrapolation complaints that something isn't worth discussing, but other threads deserve it more.

It's fun to talk about Tom Petty, I think Michael Ian Black forgot to.

haha ok well ... bryan adams sounds like a canadian ... guy ... who wanted ... to get laid ...

B-b-but he fucked Princss Diana!

...or Princess Diana as she's more commonly known.

Carlene Carter album pretty good.

It's not bad. But the best song on it is one she first recorded 28 years ago, for whatever that's worth.

We talking about the same album, I Fell In Love?

that colin hay song is pretty good! it's at least as good as iron and wine and stuff like that that's big in indie circles

that colin hay song is pretty good! it's at least as good as iron and wine and stuff like that that's big in indie circles

Hey hey hey hey, easy there.

We talking about the same album, I Fell In Love?

I guess not! I'm talking about Stronger, out March 4 on Yep Roc.

Princss Diana has such great style sheets.

HAD *pow*