I agree with you, the songs aren't far out there, and the playing isn't mind-blowing. Let me know how those hit you.Īlright, I guess this post is directed towards me since I love every single Tom Petty album. Spin "Damn The Torpedoes" and "Echo" and "Songs From She's The One". I think they are certainly worth checking out on a deeper level, though. You don't HAVE to like anyone or anything. Then we're gonna be left with the likes of Blink 182 and Third Eye Blind getting "classic rock" attention (PUKE). Those are great records.Īnyway, I like TP very much now and feel like they're the last of the great American rock bands. Then that thought sent me down a rabbit hole - why do I love his solo records? why is it the same guys as TP&THB and why didn't they just call it a Heartbreakers record? why are these songs SO DAMN GOOD? It still makes my head hurt. I'm 37 (roughly the same age as you) and also love Wildflowers.
The hits are cool and all, but the deeper cuts are where its at. It still doesn't rock my world like the Beatles or the Stones, BUT he (and they) have great deeper cuts. I became a fan and bought everything I could on vinyl. Then I watched the Runnin' Down A Dream rockumentary. It's a very funny selection for me because it's SO 80's synth pop and I hate those three words apart AND together. I got ridiculously tired of the usual TP songs on the radio and would tell everyone as such AND in the same breath tell them that my favorite TP song was "Don't Come Around Here No More" (I still love it). I was with you on this trip for a VERY long time. This is a topic close to my musical heart. It's just music that seems to connect in a very specific way with a few rather than reaching out and touching the many. You have not, and it would only be a fool that suggested the man lacked talent, ability or a wealth of great music. I would think many TP fans will disagree with this please bear in mind that this is IMO, and if you love the song that kind of proves the point below. It isn't - at a superficial level it's pretty damned bland, when you understand the context of the lyrics, you - or at least me - kind of go, "OK, but that doesn't vividly create for me a sense of either growing up or America in the way that, say, Springsteen, Neil Young, Paul Simon etc have done". Whilst I like Tom Petty, it irks me when I read things along the lines of "Free Fallin is not only his greatest song, but one of the greatest and most important songs of all time". In terms of grouping, he is closer to, say, Harry Nilsson or Warren Zevon than the artists that you list - wonderfully talented, admired and respected by musicians all over, has a dedicated fan base but never really connected to a wider audience beyond just a handful of songs. To be honest, when you look at the overall picture (record sales) you're not alone. I'm also a musician, so maybe I'm reading into it too much. Wildflowers was popular when I was a kid – and that record is really the only TP material I've enjoyed on any level.
When compared with some of the players on records made by artists mentioned above, they don't really push boundaries, or do anything very interesting.įor reference, I'm 32, born in 1984.
I get TP was a sort of “return to simplicity” – “don’t bore us, get to the chorus” (which believe me, I can appreciate, I'm a huge pop fan) – but I’m just having a hard timing getting emotionally invested in the music, like I do with all of the artists listed above.Īnd the Heartbreakers are great – very solid players. Dark Side of the Moon, early Police, Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy and Physical Graffiti, numerous brilliant Stevie Wonder albums, Talking Heads, Earth Wind & Fire, Steely Dan. But whenever the music is played – songs I've heard time and again over the years – I don’t necessarily overtly dislike it, but I have a hard time seeing why TP is considered one of the greats.Īt the current point of the documentary ( Damn the Torpedoes release) – I'm thinking about other what else was happening in the '70s. I'm a big fan of music docs, and currently watching Runnin' Down a Dream, which has been a really fun and interesting watch so far. Simply put, I just find the music to be a bit. I hope to have an honest conversation with you guys. First, I hope this isn't too blasphemous.
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