eskles
| | Posted: Oct 30, 2006 - 15:43 | |
Ahh....back at the beginning, when TP actually mattered and knew how to rock - a lot of junk since Refugee.
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Verpeiler
(Düsseldorf, Germany) | | Posted: Oct 16, 2006 - 01:35 | |
penumbra wrote:One hit wonder, who will never stand the test of time.
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1guppy
(East of TO west of the Shwa) | | Posted: Oct 01, 2006 - 09:12 | |
One of Petty's best...really stands the test of time. Very danceable too. But IMHO I think that Petty is a musical genious and love pretty much everything he has put out. However, I believe this was one of his first songs and one of his best. Long live Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers!
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MickMan
(Western, NY) | | Posted: Aug 18, 2006 - 12:29 | |
queenjill wrote:
Since when is girl a bad word? Who says he's generalizing about a certain group? It sounds to me as those he's singing about one American GIRL in particular.
Besides -- "American Woman" was already taken.
Yes, very good point.  |
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queenjill
(CA) | | Posted: Aug 18, 2006 - 12:22 | |
MickMan wrote:Since when is girl a bad word? Who says he's generalizing about a certain group? It sounds to me as those he's singing about one American GIRL in particular.  Besides -- "American Woman" was already taken. |
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handyrae
(Zero Point Field) | | Posted: Aug 18, 2006 - 12:18 | |
otto63 wrote:Never quite liked him. He was always too american for use outside the U.S. God Bless Europe!
He's too American for some of us right here in the good ol' US of A. |
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radiozep
| | Posted: Aug 18, 2006 - 12:17 | |
raelic wrote:No artist on the face of God's green earth makes me scratch my head in bewilderment quite as much as Tom Petty. Nursery rhyme quality lyrics backed with major chord ploddery, played and sung with all the verve of a hippopotamus trampling on an orchid.
Well put... |
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Marr
(Houston (dreaming of Austin)) | | Posted: Aug 18, 2006 - 12:14 | |
Pablo13 wrote:At last i now know where the song the female victim is singing along to in her car (Silence of the Lambs)comes from.
My wife used to love this song. But now she always thinks of that scene and gets creeped out. |
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orpheus
(east coast) | | Posted: Aug 03, 2006 - 21:39 | |
penumbra wrote:One hit wonder, who will never stand the test of time.
 serious or are you punkin' us? (one hit?)  |
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Pablo13
(in a little world all of my own!!) | | Posted: Jul 20, 2006 - 04:22 | |
At last i now know where the song the female victim is singing along to in her car (Silence of the Lambs)comes from.
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Pazzat
(Winchester, England) | | Posted: Jul 20, 2006 - 04:01 | |
plutodazed wrote:Although I give the song a high rating, I also rate it (unofficially) a 2 or a 3 because it is quite the mainstream song, and it shouldn't be played on RP.
Since when were 'eclectic' and 'mainstream' mutually exclusive? Also, please remember that what might be mainstream in the USA isn't always mainstream in the other parts of the world where RP has listeners. |
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penumbra
| | Posted: Jul 05, 2006 - 11:51 | |
One hit wonder, who will never stand the test of time.
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brokemusician
(Segoverkia) | | Posted: Jul 05, 2006 - 11:50 | |
There is enough Tom Petty outside RP to bring it here. Overplayed.  |
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mrrmt
(Baltimore, MD) | | Posted: Jul 05, 2006 - 11:50 | |
you gotta dance to this one, with crazy flailing arms and jazzy kicks and head rolls!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here I go..........
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1guppy
(Toronto area) | | Posted: Jun 20, 2006 - 20:21 | |
Tom has been making music for over 30 years and yet this song which he wrote almost at the very beginning of his career is one of my very favourites. Have you ever seen Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers in concert. It is worth every penny you pay to see him....and I have to come to the States to see him!
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FamilyMan
(Continent's edge) | | Posted: Jun 20, 2006 - 20:05 | |
otto63 wrote:Never quite liked him. He was always too american for use outside the U.S. God Bless Europe!
I think he once sang, "You can tell the whole wide world to shove it".
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squidish
(under the sea) | | Posted: Jun 20, 2006 - 20:03 | |
otto63 wrote:Never quite liked him. He was always too american for use outside the U.S. God Bless Europe!
Ποιο ηλίθιο σχόλιο....in other words, what a insipid comment.
Blessings for EVERYBODY on this tiny little planet! Namaste!
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zipper
| | Posted: Jun 20, 2006 - 20:01 | |
otto63 wrote:Never quite liked him. He was always too american for use outside the U.S. God Bless Europe!
well then. poor you.  |
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daveesh
(birthplace of the american revolution) | | Posted: Jun 06, 2006 - 06:02 | |
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otto63
(Kastoria, Greece) | | Posted: Jun 06, 2006 - 06:02 | |
Never quite liked him. He was always too american for use outside the U.S. God Bless Europe!
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UltraNurd
(Boston, MA) | | Posted: May 22, 2006 - 15:59 | |
Stanford's Mixed Company did a great a capella version of this a few years ago. Is rock a capella like that RP fodder?
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CCinSB
| | Posted: May 22, 2006 - 15:58 | |
raelic wrote:No artist on the face of God's green earth makes me scratch my head in bewilderment quite as much as Tom Petty. Nursery rhyme quality lyrics backed with major chord ploddery, played and sung with all the verve of a hippopotamus trampling on an orchid.
He sure plays a mean Rikenbacker! |
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raelic
(Boston) | | Posted: Apr 23, 2006 - 12:35 | |
No artist on the face of God's green earth makes me scratch my head in bewilderment quite as much as Tom Petty. Nursery rhyme quality lyrics backed with major chord ploddery, played and sung with all the verve of a hippopotamus trampling on an orchid.
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MickMan
(Western, NY) | | Posted: Mar 10, 2006 - 11:47 | |
catmaven wrote:Love so many Tom Petty songs. But this one . . . the instrumentation is actually great, but the singing isn't . . . and no surprise, I'm vexed by the title's generalization about a certain group, and I hate it when they put in the word "girl." OTOH, I am equal opportunity: I also couldn't stand "Skater Boy" (a.k.a. "Sk8er Boi" or some such).
Ambivalent because the instrumentation os so good.
 Seeing as how TP was probably 18 or 19 when he wrote this song, I think maybe we can forgive him for using the word girl. Since when is girl a bad word? Who says he's generalizing about a certain group? It sounds to me as those he's singing about one American GIRL in particular. |
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Helchat
(a record store near you) | | Posted: Mar 10, 2006 - 11:44 | |
Roverfish wrote:Certainly worked in "Silence of the Lambs"... 8O
Decent tune from Mr. Petty.
That's funny! that's what I always think of too! "It puts the lotion in the basket..." Great song in an otherwise creepy movie..... |
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amymich
(Chicago, IL) | | Posted: Jan 25, 2006 - 10:38 | |
I've always been a fan of his music. For some reason, I play this song first when I set out on a road trip. Great stuff!
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rKokon
(Colesville, MD) | | Posted: Jan 25, 2006 - 10:36 | |
Love so many Tom Petty songs. But this one . . . the instrumentation is actually great, but the singing isn't . . . and no surprise, I'm vexed by the title's generalization about a certain group, and I hate it when they put in the word "girl." OTOH, I am equal opportunity: I also couldn't stand "Skater Boy" (a.k.a. "Sk8er Boi" or some such).
Ambivalent because the instrumentation os so good.
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drtjdel
(Stonehenge) | | Posted: Jan 25, 2006 - 10:34 | |
plutodazed wrote:Although I give the song a high rating, I also rate it (unofficially) a 2 or a 3 because it is quite the mainstream song, and it shouldn't be played on RP.
I agree. |
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absolutemotion
(Central Florida) | | Posted: Jan 25, 2006 - 10:34 | |
plutodazed wrote:Although I give the song a high rating, I also rate it (unofficially) a 2 or a 3 because it is quite the mainstream song, and it shouldn't be played on RP.
But it became "mainstream" for a reason-- because it was good!
A little familiarity now and then in the mix isn't so bad.
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dwhayslett
(Raleigh, NC) | | Posted: Jan 25, 2006 - 10:34 | |
plutodazed wrote:... it is quite the mainstream song, and it shouldn't be played on RP.
Oh? Why not? |
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