Thread 128226981

what was the appeal of this dude and his boring-ass bar band rock? i never got it at all.

>>128226981 (OP)
That was the appeal, it was very basic and almost timeless music unlike a lot of 70s rock that relies on period gimmicks and aged poorly.

>>128226981 (OP)
back then those dudes were sexo material for groupie women that went to the bar to see generic boring-ass bar band rock.

Like Kiss kinda. Its dance Rock. They just wanted to fuck the band members ok. Thats it.

Petty was always a consummate bandwagoner who just sounded like whatever the current trend was.

>70s
>copy Springsteen
>80s
>copy John Mellencamp
>90s
>copy Hootie and the Blowfish
>00s
>copy Nickelback

He also sued his own label for overcharging for albums as he said it was unfair to his fans.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers [MCA, 1976]
Addicts of updated nostalgia and rock and roll readymades should find this a sly and authentic commentary on the evolving dilemma of Harold Teen. The songs are cute, the riffs executed with more dynamism than usual, and the singing attractively phlegmy. And like they say at the end of other cartoons, that's all, folks. B+

>>128226981 (OP)
he should've been featured in the original Road House but they couldn't afford him.

He was the dumbed-down Florida version of Joe Walsh.

>>128227093
he wasn't nearly as kind to albums 2 and 3 and that review of Southern Accents is one of the most "the fuck did I just read?" i've ever seen

>>128227001
different music listeners have different priorities some like Cuckgau really liked that stripped down pub rock sound better than 15 minute prog rock solos. there was always an audience for that style of music.

>>128227001
Fpbp

>>128227001
>a lot of 70s rock that relies on period gimmicks
name 5

>>128227001
i said in another thread i love (some) Blue Oyster Cult but their riffs clearly lock them into that era

>>128227152
you think a group like Styx has aged well? lol.

>>128227125
Ditto some people thought live albums were preferable to studio sounds.

>>128227125
Tom Petty was to be fair a little overrated by critics when he first came out because most of them hated the Yes or Uriah Heep kind of bands.

>>128227200
To be fair I'm not especially a fan of Yes or Uriah Heep either.

>>128227216
t. Cuckgau

Shut up, bitch

American girl is a great song

>>128226981 (OP)
its just drunk girl heart throb sex rock
back in those days thats how musican hot dudes got laid

>>128227306
why does she look Chinese?

>>128227161
of course BOC definitely never got laid unlike Tom Petty and they never made any sex songs which proves it conclusively

>>128227306
In their mother or grandmother's time it would have just been drunk girls swooning over Sinatra or something

>>128227200
>Tom Petty was to be fair a little overrated by critics
tom petty was never critically respected

>>128226981 (OP)
debut album did better in the UK than the US though "Breakdown" was a quite big US hit

>>128227216
and by not making that the only reason to prop up other artists you're already better than critics

>>128226981 (OP)
My sister saw him on his last tour just before he died.

>>128227372
Jimmy Page's curse

>>128226981 (OP)
It's cozy

>>128227064
when have any of those artists, even Springsteen (only good one you listed) come up with something like this

https://youtu.be/h0JvF9vpqx8

>>128227001
So if people consider it boring now, it didn't age poorly?

>>128227177
Some it their songs. Fuck Yeah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkkQPxoxJJY

>>128226981 (OP)
You heard about him for the first time when GTA trailer dropped?

>>128228416
I like Tom Petty, but that's a Dave Stewart collab and probably more reflective of him in the arrangement (the lyrics is Petty I guess, observing Stevie Nicks screaming at Don Henley).

The real secret behind Pettys appeal is that by the 1980s there wasnt much contemporary sounding quality rock around for those who werent

>>128229829
*who werent into hair metal and power ballads

>>128227547
he's literally one of the few artists respected by both cristgau, scaruffi, also i'm pretty sure he's got at least one album in the original RS top500