Yes I did to be honest. As stated earlier, I hated that track and that genre of music, so I didn’t listen to it, as I already knew I didn’t like it.Have you only bothered listening to the one track? The version of Ghost Town that BH posted is a live performance too. Think he did same yesterday, presume deliberate to vary it a bit?
Well it bloody worked! LolI know what you meant Phil, just getting you at it mate ;-)
I am, after that Hendrix abomination.Do you think anyone is clicking and listening to the songs before voting at this point of the cup?
Yes, he headlined Hyde Park on his last tour. And it was full and he and the magnificent Heartbreakers were superb. One of the great Rock n Roll bands.I liked Tom Petty but was he ever really big over here.
My thoughts exactlyBeach Boys....but not overly keen on either.
David Fricke (American) and David Hepworth (British) spring to mind, but perhaps it more informative to look at the list of musicians paying tribute to Petty following his death. Or maybe look at the Peter Bogdanovic documentary and see the musicians who held him in high esteem.
The comment about modern "rock n roller" alludes to the fact that his music is more in the spirit of Elvis, Buddy Holly or The Byrds and Dylan than it is with the other artists that you mention. His music wasn't of the 70s or the 80s or the 90s (even though this was his popular period) - the point is that it could have been written at any time since the 50s. There's nothing in it that ties it to AOR or punk or grunge or any other sub-genre of rock. He knew how to write a good melody, a great middle-8 and brilliant choruses. He also had a great band, Mike Campbell (guitar) and Benmont Tench (keybboards) who played with him for all of this career.
Look, we all like different artists, but the point is, Petty is not some AOR artist who came and went in the 80s. He was big from the mid-70s to the 90s and well respected for all of his career until his untimely death.
What a shit post :)
I’ve heard many of these songs so often I already know what I think and even now if you give me any random match-up among the survivors to this point I don’t think I’m going to have a difficult time deciding pretty quickly TBH. “Ghost Town” is a good tune but up against among The Beach Boys best, this one leans West Coast for me.
I agree with you apart from one thing, Tom Petty remained a big act until his death. His last tour was the 20th highest grossing tour, worldwide, of 2017 and the average attendance at each gig was almost 19,000 people.
Didn't his wife say that the touring and not wanting to let his huge fanbase down was at least a contributor to his death?