Mweh. Too repetitive and the singing is monotone.

Yep, Tom Petty sounding, but not as good. Lyrics a little raw.

This is Conor? Really? Could have sworn it was Tom Petty...smart move to follow up this song with actual Tom Petty, RP. Good ear. :)

 MiracleDrug wrote:  Ever heard of Steve Wynn & Dream Syndicate?  You might REALLY like it but it never happens on RP...a truly great mystery you might follow.

Conor, say thanks to Steve Wynn (of Dream Syndicate) & leave it at that.  He never made any money as as singer/songwriter either, band or solo but like yourself, an important artist in his (your) own right.  He's obviously your 1980/19090 hero in my opinion.  Good stuff...

Sausalito, represent!

A segue from Gay Delorme that made me laugh out loud.  Thanks, Bill.  You make music better.  Very much appreciated, in case no one told you that today.

I like this. Great sound.

 sirdroseph wrote: 
Me agree.

I'm not going to start a war because people hate my favorite music.

They're just morons.

 MiracleDrug wrote: 
It's a good thing.

I liked this song...partly because it is a cool subject....and liked him..but every other song he put out after sounded exactly the same and he now has no interest for me.....but what is wrong with roger mgguinn....although he is no gram parsons...he had some good songs...and did you mean tom petty???

NO this sounds like the next step in the Roger McGuinn-Tom Perry evolutionary scale...

Definitely get the Cracker resemblance on this - but that's a good thing.  

 7 => 8

 h8rhater wrote: 
He did refer to himself in the third person though, which I find obnoxious. Similarly, I never could stand Auntie Vickie telling me in the first person plural that "We are not amused".

 fredriley wrote: 
H8rhater never told you to f*ck off, Fred.  He did not use profanity as you did either.  Nor did he troll the music as you did. 

With a name like H8rhater... of course it's mostly flames.  Those flames are directed at music haters (i.e. crybabies who can't just wait for the next song without spewing unnecessary bile in a song's thread) not the music itself.

Also, we're not on a pirate ship so you can drop the "matey".  Arrrrggg!!!

This song goes from 9 to 10 with your impetus.

Hey Bill, give us more Oberst, Bright Eyes, Mystic Valley Band, and Monsters of Folk please.

 Jelani wrote: 
That's EXACTLY what I was thinking!

You can so perfectly do a traditional Arab Dabke dance to this song. :)

 Stingray wrote: 
Don't taze me bro!

Bumping this from 7 to 8.  I like it a little more each time I hear it.

 sirdroseph wrote: 
In general I'm not in favour of h8rhater's tactics, but sometimes I think he says what many others are thinking, and often his insults are well-deserved, IMO. That said, when music commentary degenerates into a verbal pissing contest, it all becomes rather pointless.

 On_The_Beach wrote: 

He was standing up for free speech and against hypocrisy; not commenting on musical opinions. Therefore, yes, it is ok and I agree with him.

BTW, I love alt-country and this song, but have no problem when people talk shit about it. Hey, it is an opinion, no biggie.

 fredriley wrote: 
But apparently it's OK for you to tell him to f*ck off?

 h8rhater wrote: 
And where you do you get off telling other listeners to f*ck off? Do you own the station? No you don't, troll. How can you write that "RP is for everyone" (which is true) then tell anyone you don't like to f*ck off? Can you not see the contradiction, or are you too self-absorbed in your own righteousness for that? For a hater hater, you post almost exclusively flames and are the most consistent hater on this board. Look at yourself, matey.

 Giselle62 wrote: 

And further - waying in from the east coast,  as one who spent much time at CBs, Max's Kansas City , the Mudd Club, Hurrahs' and other places in the "70s — here's to the bands that never made it to rock and roll radio, never mind the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

* Wayne County and the Electric Chairs
* Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers
* Richard Hell and the Voidoids
* Lance Loud and the Mumps
* Mickey Zone and the Fast
* Human Sexual Response (from Boston)
* The Dead Boys (from Cleveland)

and many more

 SmackDaddy wrote: 
I will second SmackDaddy's statement and clarify even further for history's sake::

CBGB's scene with Patti Smith, Television, Blondie, Talking Heads and Ramones came before English punk.
 Read "Please Kill Me" and that new one about the modern history of New York music...I'll get back to you.

those other guys are right about it being Johnny Rotten who walked into the store with the Pink Floyd shirt crossed out.

(I was a punk, but rode in on the LA 1980 hardcore wave (chronicled in the first "Decline of" movie) before becoming kind of a psychedelic punk toward the end.)

 h8rhater wrote: 
I love me some alt-country, but I hate Oberst's voice.  It's almost like nails on a chalkboard for me.

 Proclivities wrote: 
I always thought of Tom Petty as sort of a parody of Roger Mcguinn though I do like some of his stuff..

 Proclivities wrote: 

tzzzz...!!!!