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[Ayatollah Hermione 14762]

Was mates with Bob Dylan and George Harrison. Damn the Torpedoes is good but aye, it’s all a bit samey

[Toonpack 11677]

19 hours ago, Monkeys Fist said:

Totally the wrong thread, but can anyone explain to me why Tom Petty is so highly rated? 
 

He’s like a shit, middle-of-the-road AC/DC, writes the same song over and over again. 
 

The song named in the pic above is the only song of his that I can think of. 

 

Not a major fan by any stretch but Full Moon Fever is a canny album (only one of his I've had) but he fought the record companies and won, much to the benefit of fellow artists, similar to what Led Zep did for gig dosh.

 

He wrote "You got it" for Orbison btw, and if the rest of the Willbury's were happy to work with him he must have had something.

[Monkeys Fist 45713]

I know he was in the Wilbury’s , which was another puzzler to me. 
 

Every other member was at some level a musical legend, but Tommy? 
 

I guess it’s just personal taste, all the Septics I worked with in France thought he was some kind of genius, which led to some fun boozy “discussion” 

1 hour ago, Toonpack said:

but he fought the record companies and won

What’s the story here? 

[Toonpack 11677]

11 minutes ago, Monkeys Fist said:

 

What’s the story here? 

 

Saw a documentary on him yonks ago and in one part he talked about this:

 

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/tom-petty-lawsuit-changed-music-industry/

 

[Gemmill 50812]

4 hours ago, Monkeys Fist said:

I know he was in the Wilbury’s , which was another puzzler to me. 
 

Every other member was at some level a musical legend, but Tommy? 
 

I guess it’s just personal taste, all the Septics I worked with in France thought he was some kind of genius, which led to some fun boozy “discussion” 

What’s the story here? 

 

Americans all think Van Halen are mint. A band that barely registered in the UK cos they're absolutely fucking crap. 

[Toonpack 11677]

34 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

 

Americans all think Van Halen are mint. A band that barely registered in the UK cos they're absolutely fucking crap. 

 

First album is ok, but then Eddie went all how many more notes can I play at the speed of light in this solo, not for me.

 

Three maybe four tunes I really like the rest is bollocks.

 

His son's talented mind and in my twitter days he was quite funny as well. He got piled on a few times for his name Wolf Van Halen from VH zealots a good few along the lines of:

 

"you're desecrating Eddie Van Halen, stealing his name"

 

"but that's my real name"

 

"It's disrespectful to Eddie, you shouldn't use it, he'd hate it"

 

"Erm, He's my dad"

[Monkeys Fist 45713]

Van Halen ( until 1984 the album) were my top band as a nipper. 
 

I mean, you’re not telling me this is’nt mint