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Tom Petty Passes

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6 years ago


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#71 6 years ago
Quoted from beelzeboob:

That's because of the genius of Jeff Lynne.

Interestingly enough, I was a huge ELO and TP fan growing up. Actually had all the US ELO albums through Time and then the first 5 TP albums which in my book were all masterpieces. Then when he collaborated with Dave Stewart and released Southern Accents I was really kind of turned off. Then when he started writing with Jeff Lynne it just didn't work for me; and I was really jacked about the joining of the two since I was an ELO fan. From Southern Accents on, his music and sound kind of changed from what I cut my teeth on and I never bought a TP album after that. Still a huge fan though as his early work was a soundtrack to my youth. Huge, huge loss of a one of a kind American icon. Still numb after a couple of days.

#84 6 years ago
Quoted from beelzeboob:

Well, Jeff was the reason Freefallin' came to be. Tom was just banging out some chords and Jeff brought it to his attention that he might have a hit on his hands. I don't know how you can't like the pairing of the two since the production sounds almost like ELO with Tom singing. Learning To Fly, Won't Back Down, Into the Great Wide Open, etc., etc. All great songs with solid hooks.
Did you not like the Wilburys stuff, either? That took me a little longer, but I still grew to love it.

I did like the Wilbury stuff to a certain degree. It just seemed like the later Petty works (post 1982) lost some of the rawness/wildness to it and was a little too refined. I do listen to the TP radio on XM all the time and there are some real gems in his later work that I have missed out on. May have to buy some of his later works.

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