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bumblebeeboy2
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 11/08/2004 : 14:14:39
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Tom Petty. Genius.
Any other fans?
Just been listening to Runnin' Down a Dream - fantastic. His stuff reminds me of 'nothern holidays to Wales, where my dad would always put on a Tom Petty tape in the car - songs like Free Fallin', I Won't Back Down & Into The Great Wide Open.
If you can't appreciate Tom Petty then there's something wrong. 
The Monkey Helper has arrived http://www.monkeyhelper.co.uk (that is my band) |
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soundofataris
= Cult of Ray =
USA
715 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2004 : 14:44:05
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I really liked the Echo record, especially Room at the Top. Good album.
Everything is New from SMYT always sounded kind of Tom Petty-ish to me.
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I go to bakeries all day long
There's a lack of sweetness in my life
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2004 : 15:27:00
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The older stuff's better. Can't really stand him since he turned all
Wilbury+Beatle-wanna-be with Jeff Lynne and Co.
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Posted - 11/08/2004 : 16:06:38
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nothing wrong with the travelling wilburys
Frank Black ate my hamster |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2004 : 16:10:13
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I like them. Was listening to Vol. 3 last night , matter of fact. Just sayin' I prefer early Petty to late Petty.
Signed
American Girl
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2004 : 16:11:30
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Originally posted by Tre
nothing wrong with the travelling wilburys
Frank Black ate my hamster
Except they let a Beatle in the group, and we all know how overrated they were.  |
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Posted - 11/08/2004 : 16:37:44
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One beatle is better than four of them, you cheeky little tyke you...
I forgive the Wilburys anything but only because of Handle with care
[edit] stupid mistake... sleepy...
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2004 : 16:51:12
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For the love of all that is holy, can we please avoid the "The Beatles Were Overrated/No They Weren't , You're Just Musically Unsophisticated" Debate?
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 11/08/2004 : 16:56:06
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No we can't. Tre has made an ill-advised stand and she's going to be beaten down until she admits that The Beatles are responsible for all that is good in rock music.
Back on topic: I like Tom Petty but only in a casual way. I have and enjoy his live CD from many years ago. |
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Posted - 11/08/2004 : 17:03:16
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(you're going to beat me? darwin is a sadist..... run away.......
I'll stick to my stance thank you very much and will admit to nothing.)
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
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Posted - 11/08/2004 : 17:06:09
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| I'm a fan. I'm finally getting into Wildflowers after all the years. One thing that made me appreciate him was playing his songs on acoustic guitar. Most of the songs are simple enough that you can just pick up and play. Plus my voice is right in his range. |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
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Posted - 11/08/2004 : 17:56:44
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quote:
Originally posted by darwin
No we can't. Tre has made an ill-advised stand and she's going to be beaten down until she admits that The Beatles are responsible for all that is good in rock music.
Back on topic: I like Tom Petty but only in a casual way. I have and enjoy his live CD from many years ago.
Back off topic: the only stands Tre makes are ill-advised ones. That said, The Beatles are so *not* responsible for all that is good in rock music. Some that is good, I'll grant you, but not all.
All?
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2004 : 23:32:36
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
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Posted - 11/09/2004 : 09:03:03
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Originally posted by darwin
I'm joking. Tre months ago called The Beatles an overrated boy band.
Composing and performing dozens of brilliant songs won't get you far in today's hypercritical music market. |
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TarTar
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 11/09/2004 : 09:17:31
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Who the hell is Tom Petty?
Inna zany combination of Wayne's Pet Youngin'! |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
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Posted - 11/09/2004 : 09:49:46
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Originally posted by TarTar
Who the hell is Tom Petty?
Inna zany combination of Wayne's Pet Youngin'!
For your sake, I hope you are kidding.
No, no, no. Seriously, you should check him out. Especially his earlier stuff.
And the video for Last Dance With MaryJane was cool. All that goth night-time stuff when he takes the dead body down to the water. Kim Bassinger's body, to be exact. Very EAPoe.
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Posted - 11/09/2004 : 12:05:31
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..........and as if by MAJIK my pops has sent me brand spanking new copies of the travelling wilburys volume one through to three, arrived in the post this very morning. I am currently enjoying bopping round my room and doing my best Roy Orbison impression, absolutely fucking loving it......
I'm so tired of being loooonely.......I still have some love to giiiive
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KimStanleyRobinson
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 11/09/2004 : 15:03:02
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Petty prior to his collab with Jeff Lynne - who I think was an absolute genius prior to 1981 - was very good.
ELO was amazing for the most part. Most of it anyway. ELO, Alan Parsons, Kitaro...that whole period was pretty strange. I was little , but I remember. Petty just kicked ass and took names back then...and you cold not fuck with the Heartbreakers...probably one of the best folk-rock bands ever...second to The Band maybe.
Full Moon Fever was the beginning of the slide into 'old stoned dude' writing style for Petty i think. I really don't like slow, stupid songs about being stoned. I liked him better when he was a pissed off street kid...not an old, fat dopehead with too many cool guitars.
Wilburys were good, but bored me a bit. Made me want to call up all the rhythm guitar players I knew and sit around with them and play all the same chords and sing the same notes at the same time.
The only thing I don't like about the Beatles is Oasis. |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 11/09/2004 : 18:17:40
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ELO rocked. My husband mocks me for loving them but I do, I do.
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The King Of Karaoke
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3759 Posts |
Posted - 11/09/2004 : 23:41:53
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Tom Petty deserves some respect, for sure.
I always liked "Muskrat Love". That song always brings back the memories.
"I Love a Rainy Night" was pretty good.
"Afternoon Delight" used to kind of weird me out though.
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TarTar
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 11/10/2004 : 07:16:52
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Of course I'm kidding. Petty's awesome. I have Full Moon Fever.
Inna zany combination of Wayne's Pet Youngin'! |
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
5155 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2004 : 07:45:37
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i enjoy petty and the wilburys and elo (in a cheesy 70s sort of way)
-brian
- "I joined the Cult of Frank / And they tried to cut off my nuts and make me put on a blue jumpsuit"
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KimStanleyRobinson
* Dog in the Sand *
1972 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2004 : 08:09:24
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Mister Blue Sky
ELO.
Sun is shinin' in the sky
There ain't a cloud in sight
It's stopped rainin' ev'rybody's in a play
And don't you know
It's a beautiful new day hey,hey
Runnin' down the avenue
See how the sun shines brightly in the city
On the streets where once was pity
Mister blue sky is living here today hey, hey
Mister blue sky please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long
Where did we go wrong?
Hey you with the pretty face
Welcome to the human race
A celebration, mister blue sky's up there waitin'
And today is the day we've waited for
Hey there mister blue
We're so pleased to be with you
Look around see what you do
Ev'rybody smiles at you
Mister blue sky, mister blue sky
Mister blue sky
Mister blue, you did it right
But soon comes mister night creepin' over
Now his hand is on your shoulder
Never mind I'll remember you this
I'll remember you this way
Mister blue sky please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long
Where did we go wrong?
Hey there mister blue
We're so pleased to be with you
Look around see what you do
Ev'rybody smiles at you
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
This war, it will be just like the War on Drugs. It will be potent and effective and our objectives will be clear. The nation had a nasty drug problem and we declared a war on drugs and spent billions over many years and now you can't buy drugs anymore. It will be just like that.
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
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Posted - 11/10/2004 : 08:17:15
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thats by far my favorite ELO song
-brian
- "I joined the Cult of Frank / And they tried to cut off my nuts and make me put on a blue jumpsuit"
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2004 : 10:19:46
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That's one of my least favorite ELO tunes.
Gotta go get "Afternoon Delight" out of my head. Thanks a fucking bunch, KOK! Maybe I'll play the song "Moonlight Feels Right." a couple of times. Get that in my head instead.
Moonlight.....feels right.
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KimStanleyRobinson
* Dog in the Sand *
1972 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2004 : 14:17:43
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OK kath...
Telephone Line
(Electric light Orchestra)
Hello, how are you?
Have you been alright, through all these lonely nights?
That's what I'd say, I'd tell you everything.....
If you'd pick up that telephone.
Hey, how you feeling?
Are you still the same?
Don't you realize the things we did,
Were all for real, not a dream?
I just can't believe they've all faded out of view.
I look into the sky, and I wonder why......
Telephone line, give me some time,
I'm living in twilight.........
Telephone line, give me some time,
I'm living in twilight.........
Okay, so no one's answering,
Well, can't you just let it ring a little longer?
I'll just sit tight, through shadows of the night.
Let it ring for ever more.
Telephone line, give me some time,
I'm living in twilight.........
Telephone line, give me some time,
I'm living in twilight.........
This war, it will be just like the War on Drugs. It will be potent and effective and our objectives will be clear. The nation had a nasty drug problem and we declared a war on drugs and spent billions over many years and now you can't buy drugs anymore. It will be just like that.
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2004 : 16:44:17
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I am feeling the magic now, KSR! Feelin' the magic.
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2004 : 17:07:14
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Yeah, telephone line is fantastic.
Don't come around here no more is my fave Tom Petty tune.
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Godfather of nothing, ancesters of none.
Black glasses and feedback took my sense of fun.
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KimStanleyRobinson
* Dog in the Sand *
1972 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2004 : 17:20:48
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You know, Carolyanna, I forgot that there were a few gems later on. Dont Come is a brilliant song. I saw some VH1 thing once where he said that he thought that they had really gotten it right on that one - that it was "what a pop song was supposed to be". Certainly a good song. Into The Great Wide Open is of course great as well. I stand corrected. It took a while for him to get to the "my old man was born to rock. he's still tryin to beat the clock." period that I alluded to earlier.
So, since this popped up, I've had all kinds of stuff in my head....ELO stuff mainly. I found that somehow, there's a seven CD set out there with no lees than 14 albums/compliations on it.
Man.
That would just about cover it for me.
Plenty O' ELO ear candy for years to come.
Truthfully, I think maybe The Diary of Horace Wimp is about my fav of all...so far.
I am thinking of buying this right now, tho:
http://www.ftmusic.com/shop_ultimatecd.html
CD1
Hold on Tight | Rock 'n' Roll is King | Calling America | I'm Alive | Confusion | Last Train to London | Do Ya | Showdown | The Way Life's Meant To Be | Turn to Stone | Here Is The News | Evil Woman | Can't Get It Out Of My Head (7" Edit) | Shine A Little Love | Strange Magic | Twilight | Wild West Hero | Nightrider (7" Edit) | Xanadu
CD2
Don't Bring Me Down | Livin' Thing | All Over The World | Mr. Blue Sky | Sweet Talkin' Woman | Don't Walk Away | 10538 Overture (7" Edit) | Secret Messages (Special version from the LP) | Ticket To The Moon | Telephone Line | Ma Ma Ma Belle (7" Edit) | Rockaria! | Getting To The Point | Across The Border (EP version) | Roll Over Beethoven (7" Edit) | So Serious | Illusions In G Major | The Diary Of Horace Wimp | Four Little Diamonds
Yes.
Want.
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2004 : 17:27:17
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You know you forgot to add in the
doo wop doo be doo da wop
doo wah doo lang.
That's the best part ya know.
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Godfather of nothing, ancesters of none.
Black glasses and feedback took my sense of fun.
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KimStanleyRobinson
* Dog in the Sand *
1972 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2004 : 17:33:52
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Yeah - it was a quick internet pull.
"The love you need ain't gonna see you through"
"The little things you find they're coming true..."
Gotta get some.
Its like freekin crack. |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2004 : 08:23:46
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I like what I have heard of Tom Petty. The Travelling Wilburys? Not so good Al.
Help me! He keeps making me post!
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