Best Ever Albums

Re: Tom Petty

TrekkiELO — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:52:21 GMT

Author: TrekkiELO

Posted: 04/21/2012 20:52

I like his music OK. I have one or two albums and don't mind hearing him.

Re: Tom Petty

BlueNote — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:38:41 GMT

Author: BlueNote

Posted: 04/21/2012 20:38

Mr. Shankly wrote:

I have this theory that along with Bob Marley and Johnny Cash, most music fans have at least some appreciation for Tom Petty.

I agree (although I can't stand Bob Marley). There was a time in the early '90s when this also seemed to be true of INXS.

Re: Tom Petty

RoundTheBend — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:44:03 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 04/21/2012 04:44

Le_Samurai wrote:

The only thing I know about Tom Petty is that his song "American Girl" sounds almost exactly like "Last Night" by The Strokes... and I like "Last Light". However, from the few songs I've heard by him, he's ok. Not really my type of thing, but I can see why people love him.

One reason why I don't like the Strokes. I am glad someone else realized this. I have said this before on BEA, but I don't think anyone paid attention.

Re: Tom Petty

40footwolf — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:34:31 GMT

Author: 40footwolf

Posted: 04/21/2012 02:34

I like him. He was a staple on my dad's mixtapes that we'd listen to when we were just driving around so I have some pretty fond associations with his music. I have no real interest in accruing more albums beyond the one I have (Full Moon Fever) but I'll never turn him off if he comes on the radio.

Re: Tom Petty

Mr. Shankly — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:30:21 GMT

Author: Mr. Shankly

Posted: 04/21/2012 02:30

Le_Samurai wrote:

Oh, wow! I never noticed that. Do you think they consciously ripped off American Girl? So far, it would appear that my theory is proving to be mostly correct-- only two huge fans and two detractors with most people in the middle, just what I thought.

Re: Tom Petty

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:43:26 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/20/2012 22:43

The only thing I know about Tom Petty is that his song "American Girl" sounds almost exactly like "Last Night" by The Strokes... and I like "Last Light". However, from the few songs I've heard by him, he's ok. Not really my type of thing, but I can see why people love him.

Re: Tom Petty

RoundTheBend — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:40:52 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 04/20/2012 22:40

Tom Petty is one of those artists that has an amazing Greatest Hits, but I wouldn't want to own his albums. Kinda like Lenny Kravitz. Mojo, Wildflowers, Into the Great Wide Open are ok albums, but your not missing much if you just get his greatest hits and maybe a few songs from his last few albums: Wildflowers is a great song, Last DJ, etc.

Re: Tom Petty

Error Finn — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:57:10 GMT

Author: Error Finn

Posted: 04/20/2012 20:57

The Beatles + Bob Dylan + The Byrds + (Jeff Lynne) = Tom Petty 😁

Re: Tom Petty

covecove — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:20:17 GMT

Author: covecove

Posted: 04/20/2012 14:20

I enjoy Petty's music, his strenght is his lack of pretencious as someone already mentioned, sure he is not that imaginative or keeps exploring new sounds and reinvents himself but we have a lot of artists who already do that so it really isn't the point of his music. I admit that I like his more cheesy early 80s recordings like Hard Promises and Long After Dark which are both greatly produced and abouve all excellently written. But he is definetely not the guy to listen if you are either too close minded or Contemporary Adult's arch nemesis...

Re: Tom Petty

Romanelli — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:24:46 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 04/20/2012 13:24

I actually just saw them last night in Denver.

First of all, an amazing live show. Petty also has two of the very best in his band: keyboard player Benmont Tench and guitarist Mike Campbell, who only got stronger as the night went on. The crowd? Regina Spektor opened, and she was barely noticed. The audience was there for Petty. And it was a surprisingly young audience...not a room full of old people at all. Petty didn't play a simple Greatest Hits set...he got deep into songs you wouldn't ordinarily expect him to play live, and they were great.

Songs? My most recent band selected Tom Petty as the artist to play a tribute set for...we couldn't have made a wiser choice. We had a selection of 20 Petty songs, and we could easily add another 10 that would be easily recognized. Petty's music SOUNDS very simple, but it's not as easy to play as a band as it sounds. He's had a career that's lasted 35 years for a reason: there's a place for straight ahead rock and roll music still, and there really isn't anyone who does it better than he does on a consistent basis. I wouldn't call him "uncool" or "mundane"...he's a much better artist than that.

As for his albums, he has a consistency about him that keeps most of his discs at about the same level, so how high his albums rate will I guess depend on what level of a fan you are. Petty is an artist who has recorded a lot of really great songs, but not a lot of really great albums. His best work (Damn The Torpedoes, Southern Accents, Wildflowers) is underrated: most of the rest is underrated. Petty isn't a guy who comes out with great albums, but he also never really makes a bad one...not even Full Moon Fever, which offsets the massive overproduction of Jeff Lynne with a batch of pretty good songs.

Over the long haul, I'll take Petty's career as a whole over many others.

Re: Tom Petty

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:17:51 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/20/2012 12:17

Tom Petty is pretty uncool, but not as uncool as R.E.M. 😮

but seriously he's average, I can only listen to his songs and like them if they're peppered in a very long playlist for a very long roadtrip. The two albums I've heard are so mundane it gives me a headache when I try to listen all the way through (Damn the Torpedoes, Full Moon Fever)

Re: Tom Petty

albummaster — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 04:48:41 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 04/20/2012 08:48

Link

Link

Re: Tom Petty

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:19:04 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/20/2012 06:19

Jhereko wrote:

I couldn't name one of his songs or tell you it was him if one of his songs were playing. So I guess I abstain. Perhaps I'll seek some out to listen to...perhaps not, doesn't really seem like my thing.

Yeah this ^

Maybe name a few songs, they are pretty alright 😐 Guess i'm in the middle

Re: Tom Petty

Mr. Shankly — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:01:37 GMT

Author: Mr. Shankly

Posted: 04/20/2012 03:01

Jhereko wrote:

Interesting. That suggests that maybe he isn't an international star. 🤔

Re: Tom Petty

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:59:53 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/20/2012 02:59

I couldn't name one of his songs or tell you it was him if one of his songs were playing. So I guess I abstain. Perhaps I'll seek some out to listen to...perhaps not, doesn't really seem like my thing.

Re: Tom Petty

kidamnesiac — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:58:08 GMT

Author: kidamnesiac

Posted: 04/20/2012 02:58

or a little above

even if i rarely listen to him, he is really good

Re: Tom Petty

Mr. Shankly — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:54:33 GMT

Author: Mr. Shankly

Posted: 04/20/2012 02:54

kidamnesiac wrote:

some of his shit is really good, some ok some not ok

Sounds like you're in the middle then. I think he's one of those artists that best of compilations were made for, although I agree that Wildflowers is a pretty solid album. Full Moon Fever is good too. I'll admit I haven't heard most of his regular catalog in its entirety though. (Big fan question): What other regular catalog albums of his are worth picking up?

Re: Tom Petty

kidamnesiac — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:47:43 GMT

Author: kidamnesiac

Posted: 04/20/2012 02:47

some of his shit is really good, some ok some not ok

Re: Tom Petty

junodog4 — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:42:36 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 04/20/2012 02:42

I really appreciate Tom Petty. He's what I'm looking for when I want something simple. The epitome of non-pretentious, yet still quality work. Full Moon Fever and Wildflowers are great, but his earlier work is worth it as well.

Tom Petty

Mr. Shankly — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:28:12 GMT

Author: Mr. Shankly

Posted: 04/20/2012 02:28

I have this theory that along with Bob Marley and Johnny Cash, most music fans have at least some appreciation for Tom Petty. When I would meet someone or make friends with someone in the 90's, I would usually sort through their CD collection, and I swear even if I didn't like most of their collection, there was a always a copy of Tom Petty and Heartbreakers' Greatest Hits in there somewhere. But the same was often true with people who had collections I admired and enjoyed greatly. So I have this theory that Tom Petty is sort of the meat and potatoes of rock n roll (unless you're a vegetarian) 🤣 and that just about every music fan enjoys him on some level. As for me, I have the Anthology on my Ipod and mostly listen to him when it's on shuffle. Some of those songs are just classic rock n roll songs that never seem dated. Anyways, I'm curious. What does the BEA community think of Tom Petty?