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Nick, listen to Wildflowers all the way through.....that's a damn fine album.
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Petty is my second favorite musician of all time, and over the last decade or two, he's been far better and more interesting than the guy sitting at #1. As others have mentioned, Wildflowers is a legendary album. Full Moon Fever, too. I get the sense you've never actually dived all that deep into Petty's music outside of the 3-5 that you may know from the radio. Dave can only hope that he'll leave 10% of the musical legacy that Petty left. When people like Ringo, Harrison, Cash, Nicks, and Dylan knock on your door to work with you, you're one of the best musicians of all time. There's a Petty documentary on Netflix. It's really long, but I highly suggest you watch it. The guy was a fucking badass and took shit from no one, while also being one of the most caring and thoughtful people in music to those that deserved it. He was the complete opposite of Dave in that he actually embraced the leadership role in his band and always held himself (and those around him) to ridiculously high standards. That's why in their 40 years as a band they never really released a bad album; some were much better than others, but every single one of them was enjoyable. And somehow, miraculously, his "solo" albums - where he essentially had full creative control - were generally the best of the bunch, because he knew what the fuck he was doing. His loss HURTS. But, yeah, Wildflowers will be an album that I spin regularly until the day I die. So glad I bought the vinyl a few months ago, because they're going to be insanely expensive now.
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For the record, it's silly to compare IGTBK to 27, because IGTBK is good.
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I'll check out the doc. I know I've heard Wildflowers before, but I'll revisit.
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I listened to Wildflowers yesterday God Damn it's just so freakin' good. I fully admit to not being super familiar with his catalog but what I do know I liked a lot. The Greatest Hits album was one of my first CDs, spun it constantly when I was in college. RIP Petty.
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[Only registered users can see links.] Seeing Petty at the O'Dome in '90 while a student there was fucking awesome. |
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Does anyone know if the version of The waiting w/ Vedder is officially released in audio? There seems to be proshot videos all over youtube, and it was used in The documentary, but I’d like to find the audio. The version gove me chills.
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One of my favorite and one of the most underrated Petty songs is To Find a Friend. It's such good song writing...he could fit more thoughts (and paint amazing pictures) in 200 words better than Dave (after about the age of 32) could fit into 2,000.
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I find it funny there are people around here always hoping dave gets his heart broken and strung out on drugs so we get some decent lyrics when Petty actually decided to pick up heroin in his 50’s #SoYou’reTellingMeThere’sAChance
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![]() I think Dave just can't get out of his own head. Also, if we're going to be DMB fans, we shouldn't judge addiction too hard.
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I really like Hypnotic Eye. Very solid album. I thought Mojo was pretty strong too. Petty and the Heartbreakers were remarkably consistent.
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Petty never released a bad album. There, I said it.
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Refugee cover this week:
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I was in Barcelona for work last week and happened to be there for a Rolling Stones show which I wound up going to. Say what you will about their age, but it was downright inspiring to see them dominate a show at their age. Mick and Ron Wood truly brought their A-game. Richards was looking to be fading a bit.
Anyway, i bring it up because it's crazy that the Stones have outlasted far younger artists like Petty and Prince. Moral of the story - after age 60, appreciate your favorite artists every chance you get. You never know which show will be your last to see them.
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Lots of good Petty covers at ACL yesterday
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