What does Yea Forums think of Tom Petty?

What does Yea Forums think of Tom Petty?

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as little as possible

Didn't know he was still alive nor did I know he played bass.

He's dead

His voice is annoying

more like tom deady

>"Tom we need you to fill in for Bob on bass tonight, he's sick"
>"You fools! You know I can't play the bass, I only play the guitar!"
>"Damn it you're right. Curse this luck!"
>"Why God have you cursed me with mastery level guitar skills when all I wanted was to play the bass??"

he sucks

Overrated as hell. He's insanely self-centered and writes about sex and women a lot for somebody who's less of a sex symbol than Mick Jagger. Definition of a self-titled chad.

stupid talentless junkie

He was only good as part of the Traveling Wilburys

>This.

he’s great. Could do more with 4 notes than most could with all of em
now u take that back

I'd like Tom Petty more if I had never heard of him. If I ever hear Free Fallin' again, I think I'm going to shoot myself.

tom pooty because his music is all farts

I wish he did more songs a little differently like 'Don't Come Around Here No More'. While I liked him, his songs had a tendency to blur together.

Highway Companion is his best album

>take that back
Suck my dick, Tom Petty was the worst Wilbury and still did a better job as a Wilbury than a solo artist.

Pretty based. Had a real knack for crafting memorable hooks and melodies. I was sad when he died. What he didn't write was depressing music for miserable fucks. There's already enough of that crap.

one of the greatest melody writers in pop history

You're Gonna Get It! [ABC/Shelter, 1978]
". . . might sound strange/Might seem dumb," Tom warns at the outset, and unfortunately he only gets it right the second time: despite his Southern roots and '60s pop-rock proclivities, he comes on like a real made-in-L.A. jerk. Onstage, he acts like he wants to be Ted Nugent when he grows up, pulling out the cornball arena-rock moves as if they had something to do with the kind of music he makes; after all, one thing that made the Byrds and their contemporaries great was that they just got up there and played. Thank God you don't have to look at a record, or read its interviews. Tuneful, straight-ahead rock and roll dominates the disc, and "I Need to Know," which kicks off side two, is as peachy-tough as power pop gets. There are even times when Tom's drawl has the impact of a soulful moan rather than a brainless whine. But you need a lot of hooks to get away with being full of shit, and Tom doesn't come up with them. B

Damn the Torpedoes [Backstreet/MCA, 1979]
This is a breakthrough for Petty because for the first time the Heartbreakers (his Heartbreakers, this L.A.M.F. fan should specify) are rocking as powerfully as he's writing. But whether Petty has any need to rock out beyond the sheer doing of it--whether he has anything to say--remains shrouded in banality. Thus he establishes himself as the perfect rock and roller for those who want good--very good, because Petty really knows his stuff--rock and roll that can be forgotten as soon as the record or the concert is over, rock and roll that won't disturb your sleep, your conscience, or your precious bodily rhythms. B+

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>barbecues Petty over a spit in both reviews
>still gives him a B

Wait this is not California

Where has he been lately? It seems like he hasn't done anything in a while.

Just listen to the album "Wildflowers," and make up your own mind.

dementia.

he only played bass in mudcrutch. everywhere else he plays guitar

that's ridiculous. that's like saying Asia is better than Yes.

Asia is better than Yes.

>fought to keep albums cheaper for his fans
He was based for that alone