Tom Petty album and tour news!!!

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by Livia

Yes, I bought a ticket for Hell's Belles. I don't believe it's sold out, but KLBJ has been promoting the hell out of it and they are also giving away tickets. You'd better go! My throat is all scratchy again and I can barely talk (damn allergies). I'll sing like Stevie for you! I keep calling Bruce and singing "Storms" to him w/ my "Tusk voice."

Well ****, I can't get over to Waterloo to buy tickets until after work. We have company coming over at 6:30, but maybe I can swing by after work at 5:00 p.m. You know I always put things off, why am I such a procrastinator??

Ha-ha, Tusk voice! Can't wait to hear it!

[Livia]

Originally Posted by cliffdweller

Well ****, I can't get over to Waterloo to buy tickets until after work. We have company coming over at 6:30, but maybe I can swing by after work at 5:00 p.m. You know I always put things off, why am I such a procrastinator??

Ha-ha, Tusk voice! Can't wait to hear it!

I didn't go to Waterloo. I simply went here and selected "will call" delivery.

http://frontgatetickets.com/

[David]

I miss Stan Lynch from the old Heartbreakers. Stan had an immediately identifiable style--the way Mick Fleetwood does (or did)--& it just seemed like such an integral part of the Heartbreakers sound.

If I were a drummer, I'd want to sound just like Mick or Stan Lynch, maybe even Stan a little more than Mick.

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by Livia

I didn't go to Waterloo. I simply went here and selected "will call" delivery.

http://frontgatetickets.com/

Oh, duh. Yeah, Zach's gonna swing by Waterloo and get 'em, it's cheaper.

We'll see you there! I don't know if I want to show up for the first two bands though, what do you know about them? You can p.m. me if you want

[trackaghost]

Originally Posted by Miss Vicky

"Worst" and/or any form of the word "disappointment" does not belong in the same sentence as anything pertaining to Tom Petty.

Full Moon Fever is a masterpiece. It was the very first album I ever owned by any artist and still ranks among my all time favorites. Into the Great Wide Open is another excellent record, though not as great as FMF.

If I recall correctly, Jeff Lynne also co-produced both Traveling Wilburys albums, perhaps two of the greatest recordings in music history.

But I'm not biased or anything.

I'm not crazy about the second Wilburys album either I must admit. To me they don't rank anywhere near the greatest recordings in music history, but the first album is pleasant listening.
I like Full Moon Fever a lot, but the production is too shiny for my liking. The songs are great though. And Into The Great Wide Open, hmmm... I still ithink it's his worst, along with Let Me Up I'll Had Enough.

[Miss Vicky]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

To me they don't rank anywhere near the greatest recordings in music history, but the first album is pleasant listening.

But then, it's pretty well established that you and I have greatly different tastes and opinions regarding music.

Originally Posted by trackaghost

Into The Great Wide Open, hmmm... I still ithink it's his worst, along with Let Me Up I'll Had Enough.

I love both albums. "Into the Great Wide Open" is just classically great Petty and "Let Me Up" stands as the one time Petty and the boys really experimented with their sound, and though it was not really a successful departure, I still think the result was greatness typical of Petty.

[trackaghost]

Originally Posted by Miss Vicky

But then, it's pretty well established that you and I have greatly different tastes and opinions regarding music.

I think we probably like a lot of the same things too though.
I do adore Petty, and I love all his albums. Into The Great Wide Open and Let Me Up I've Had Enough are just my least faves.

[amber]

I"m not wild about Full Moon Fever, but it's okay. Also, this guy who was my friend and then I dated - he's a drummer but a guitar player, too, and everytime we were all hanging out late, late, and people would be all "play a song!" he'd do "Yer So Bad", which I didn't love in the first place (except the chorus, the chorus is rad, okay and the lyrics are great, but...). So I'm pretty sick of that particular song. He's really good at singing/guitar playing SDMH with me, though! I guess he's my very own Tom Petty.
The general note scheme of many FMF songs doesn't appeal to me, it's the flatter tones rather than the more minor/passionate sounding ones.
Obviously, though, it's still good. And I think Into the Great Wide Open is a good song, though I'm not very familiar with the whole album.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by cliffdweller

Oh, duh. Yeah, Zach's gonna swing by Waterloo and get 'em, it's cheaper.

We'll see you there! I don't know if I want to show up for the first two bands though, what do you know about them? You can p.m. me if you want

Why would I PM you and pass up the opportunity to hijack a thread, which I so rarely get to do?

I don't know much about the Quick and the Dead, but I do want to be there early enough for the middle band, The Addictions, who have at least 2 former members of Quatropaw - the lead singer/guitar chick, Beth and her husband. They have completely changed their sound for this band. They are one of my friends on myspace, so are Hell's Belles, if you wanna check them out...they left me a comment recently, they like the Mac!

See ya tomorrow nite!

[PsychCat]

Originally Posted by David

I miss Stan Lynch from the old Heartbreakers. Stan had an immediately identifiable style--the way Mick Fleetwood does (or did)--& it just seemed like such an integral part of the Heartbreakers sound.

If I were a drummer, I'd want to sound just like Mick or Stan Lynch, maybe even Stan a little more than Mick.

Gotta agree with David on this one. Loved me some Stan with the Heartbreakers. Nothing against Steve Ferrone! ... just that Stan was more identifiable with the whole Heartbreakers sound.
I AM a drummer and would listen to both of these guys "back in the day" as original influences. Their "basicness" is still head and shoulders above the "I can play faster than you can play" mentality these days.

[Livia]

http://kkrw.com/pages/tompetty.html

Woodlands Pavilion - Saturday, August 5th

[David]

Will Stevie & Tom sing "What Are You Doing In My Life?"?

I don't want them to sing "Insider" per se. I would like them to actually act it out, sort of like a skit onstage ... like in mime. No dialog.