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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers — Breakdown (Live)
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rlr511
(Philadelphia)
Posted: May 09, 2013 - 09:47
 
not sure why RP plays this guy so much.  there's only so much Tom Petty i can take on a daily basis. 

bb_matt
(Hampshire, England)
Posted: May 09, 2013 - 09:24
 
So clearly the same era and similar style to Thin Lizzy - really reminds me of them, or them of this :)

Classic. 

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: May 09, 2013 - 09:24
 


marvelous...
 

maxmox
(Broome, Western Australia)
Posted: Apr 18, 2013 - 19:13
 
Yay!  Classic!!! Lurve the Rhodes.


Poacher you're quite a unit, eh mate? Rapier-like grumpiness!

grant
Posted: Apr 18, 2013 - 19:11
 
Early pre-Torpedoes TP.  Nice.

Poacher
(Brighton, UK)
Posted: Apr 08, 2013 - 05:38
 
 Ballzak wrote:
Uh, why don't you just stay at home and listen to the shit in your living room?
How 'bout you sit on your hands during a football match until a goal is scored?  Ain't near as much fun is it?
Live music is for the living.
 
Well, being as I have no empathy for football. I can't comment on it being fun (although I have been to matches in the past). 

But as a regular live music attender I can sympathise. I have been to hundreds of gig's where to be there and be part of the crowd is just fantastic - the energy, the shared smiles, the dancing, the sheer excitement. 

But on rare occasions - usually at larger venues, but not exclusively - I have had to endure people around me shouting (not singing) the lyrics at the top of their ill advised voices and totally ruining the gig for me. Yes, you can call me a grumpy old git - but it is actually a bugbear of mine including people trying to shout a conversation while someone is performing so that it disturbs people (me) around them. 

Yes, I can have a fine old time at a gig, I can still jump up and down and shout, scream, whistle, clap and bop like I always have. . . but I have a sense of sharing my space with my fellow listeners. 

Those who spoil it for others by making it difficult to enjoy what one has usually paid a lot for can, in my humble opinion, fuck off. 

schayler
(Denver)
Posted: Apr 08, 2013 - 05:31
 
Dear Bill, Please play this more often. Thank you!

HRHPearl
Posted: Mar 18, 2013 - 07:56
 
Classic.  Love TP,
Rotterdam
Posted: Mar 13, 2013 - 03:42
 
 hbs47 wrote:
A great live album, spoilt by the audience. Probably American or at least learned from them , why can't you just listen to the music and then applaud at the end. You have say look at me I recognise a tune, and go yeah at every opportunity.

Singing along is different. 
 
Often I share your view, but to me, this is one of the exceptions. I love this live performance, excellently delivered, and the feeling of how the audience responds. It's brilliant. I am always transported. 

Ballzak
Posted: Mar 07, 2013 - 17:54
 
 hbs47 wrote:
...why can't you just listen to the music and then applaud at the end...
 
Uh, why don't you just stay at home and listen to the shit in your living room?
How 'bout you sit on your hands during a football match until a goal is scored?  Ain't near as much fun is it?
Live music is for the living.

cosmiclint
(romeotuma's hotel room)
Posted: Feb 04, 2013 - 10:12
 
Love the Jean Stapleton tribute during Hit the Road, Jack :)

Webfoot
(Eugene, Oregon)
Posted: Jan 14, 2013 - 15:17
 
 hbs47 wrote:
A great live album, spoilt by the audience. Probably American or at least learned from them , why can't you just listen to the music and then applaud at the end. You have say look at me I recognise a tune, and go yeah at every opportunity.

Singing along is different. 
 
That's pretty rigid don't you think? It sounds like they are having a good time...It's all right!

kdarwish
(Turku, Finland)
Posted: Jan 14, 2013 - 15:17
 
Wow, this live version is very alright, thanks!

CCinSB
(the west coast)
Posted: Jan 09, 2013 - 10:50
 
{#Bananasplit}{#Bananajam}

hbs47
(SE England)
Posted: Jan 09, 2013 - 10:48
 
A great live album, spoilt by the audience. Probably American or at least learned from them , why can't you just listen to the music and then applaud at the end. You have say look at me I recognise a tune, and go yeah at every opportunity.

Singing along is different. 

bpkengor
(East Coast, USA)
Posted: Dec 14, 2012 - 06:13
 
i guess there is a live theme this morning? 

funkyalfonso
(Vancouver Island)
Posted: Dec 03, 2012 - 17:19
 
 gemtag wrote:
This 'song' is a large piece of crap.

 
 

Really? I thought Grace Jones sang it wonderfully. Sorta dangerous.

ch83575
Posted: Dec 03, 2012 - 17:13
 
 rockpommel16 wrote:
...don´t like TP at all,...but THIS version is....to say it in german:GEIL.........
 
I think its safe to assume that GEIL is something like awesome... this version definitely rocks!

rockpommel16
(rockpommel´s land...near the netherlands)
Posted: Oct 12, 2012 - 12:45
 
...don´t like TP at all,...but THIS version is....to say it in german:GEIL.........

Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Oct 07, 2012 - 08:02
 
I give it a "one" for the dopey "rap" he threw in there, and the ugly segue into another song...

jadewahoo
Posted: Sep 10, 2012 - 23:16
 
Tom Petty is, and has remained, true to his RnR style. The guy is authentic... the highest praise I might give someone, BTW.

AvoidingWork
(Home of Big Boy #4004)
Posted: Aug 31, 2012 - 10:22
 
 Vogelfrei wrote:

Ninety percent of them are crap?
 
They're like @$$holes, everybody has one.

ziakut
(Right Here)
Posted: Aug 10, 2012 - 11:36
 
I like TP ok, but this along with many of his tunes are dull. The fact that it's live helps...just sayin'.

Giselle62
(many bear, big rock, estuary California)
Posted: Aug 10, 2012 - 11:35
 
when this song first came out it really stood out on radio.

drivingunit103
(around the 4 western provinces)
Posted: Jun 29, 2012 - 14:02
 
not big on listening to(any) the "live" version on the radio... would prefer to experience the live version - live. Jus' sayin...

schayler
(Denver)
Posted: Jun 29, 2012 - 13:59
 
I've never heard this version before, and right now my head is splitting open this is so amazing!  Where has this version been all my life?

billybob123
(Southern California)
Posted: Jun 29, 2012 - 13:58
 
No fan of this guy anymore, but I gotta admit to enjoying his first album and their performance as opener for Be Bop Deluxe at Winterland in San Francisco in 1977.

Vogelfrei
(Western Montana)
Posted: Jun 29, 2012 - 13:58
 
 That_SOB wrote:


You know what they say about opinions.....
 
Ninety percent of them are crap?

rasimych
Posted: Jun 03, 2012 - 01:08
 
Never claim to be right but in my opinion it's boring, two chords played all thru the thing. Where's music?

DAngel111
Posted: May 28, 2012 - 16:38
 
Great live version...real musicians playing live!

adroc
(slightly left of centre)
Posted: May 02, 2012 - 07:24
 
 gemtag wrote:
This 'song' is a large piece of crap.

 
 
Apparently we have a vastly differing idea of what constitutes "a large piece of crap".

whtahtefcuk
(Flagstaff, AZ, USA)
Posted: May 02, 2012 - 07:23
 
Real nice!

toomanyollys
(43.360368,77.020855)
Posted: Mar 05, 2012 - 03:41
 
 meloman wrote:
The bane of all live albums - crowd noise. I never understood why people buy albums that feature a bunch of drunk people singing off key and screaming at the top of their lungs. This is particularly irritating case.
 
Yeah, it sounds like they've recorded a crowd of teenage girls at a Bieber concert then mixed it on afterwards...

fatcatjb
(Sunny Sacramento)
Posted: Feb 28, 2012 - 21:54
 
bummed I missed this concert...one day

That_SOB
(In at least 2 places at once)
Posted: Feb 23, 2012 - 13:08
 
 gemtag wrote:
This 'song' is a large piece of crap.

 
 

You know what they say about opinions.....

johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Feb 23, 2012 - 13:06
 
 gemtag wrote:
This 'song' is a large piece of crap.

 
 
Well we all know a large piece provides more relief than a little piece of crap.
Speaking of which, excuse me , I gotta go and do something now.,,,,

gemtag
(Texas)
Posted: Feb 02, 2012 - 11:22
 
This 'song' is a large piece of crap.

 

werner
(12,000 years away from home)
Posted: Feb 02, 2012 - 11:20
 
Wow, now you´re back on track, Bill. After that Thompson/Talking Heads/My Morning Jacket desaster (for me, never mind).


to_the_eleven
(the groove)
Posted: Feb 02, 2012 - 11:18
 
Keep the live set going!  I've still got fuel in my Bic!{#Clap}

11:13 am - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Breakdown (Live)
11:09 am - My Morning Jacket - It Beats 4 U
11:05 am - Talking Heads - Air (Live)
11:00 am - Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning (live)

drewd
Posted: Dec 27, 2011 - 11:07
 
 philgood63 wrote:
what's the problem with crowd noise in a live version ???
 
That's called an "applaudience"


TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Nov 30, 2011 - 22:49
 
It's alright indeed, apart from that David Byrne 'Air' moment in the middle.

philgood63
(France)
Posted: Nov 30, 2011 - 22:48
 
what's the problem with crowd noise in a live version ???

martinc
(Ottawa Canada)
Posted: Oct 30, 2011 - 07:53
 
Great version. On the hit the road portion sounds like Adam Sadler is singing harmony

Poacher
(Brighton, UK)
Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 03:04
 
 meloman wrote:
The bane of all live albums - crowd noise. I never understood why people buy albums that feature a bunch of drunk people singing off key and screaming at the top of their lungs. This is particularly irritating case.
 
Agreed. It is worse when in the middle of a crowd and people are shouting conversations all round you while you are trying to enjoy the gig. 

I am close to having a t-shirt printed with "I have paid for a ticked to listen to this -  so will you kindly SHUT THE FUCK UP!"

/rant 

black321
(Apogee)
Posted: Sep 28, 2011 - 14:53
 
 johnjconn wrote:
 I like Tom, but he's gotta work on that haircut.
Looks like the barber used a bowl

 



Alright Dad

ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Sep 23, 2011 - 11:00
 
I've seen Tom Petty a few times here and there. Always intense, and this captures it pretty well, I think.

johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Sep 23, 2011 - 10:59
 
 I like Tom, but he's gotta work on that haircut.
Looks like the barber used a bowl


MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Sep 23, 2011 - 10:58
 
 Cynaera wrote:

Maybe think of it this way:  When the groove is right, there's all manner of improvisations that keep the groove going.  A lot of live music is about wandering, testing, playing, and just getting saturated in the whole experience.  If an artist is comfortable with the band, and if the audience is receptive, it's pretty hard to stick to the original version of a song. It's about playfulness, flexibility, and trust.

If you're not happy with the live version of this, stick with the studio version and quit bitching. (I mean that in a gently snarky way, with a hug and a cup of chamomile tea.) 

 

see the Irish rock band known as U2 as a point of reference...
they've been doing this since they could barely PLAY cover songs... {#Lol}

meloman
(Warsaw, Poland)
Posted: Aug 28, 2011 - 05:25
 
 ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote:
Definitely a slick version! I just wish they'd reduced the crowd noise.
  The bane of all live albums - crowd noise. I never understood why people buy albums that feature a bunch of drunk people singing off key and screaming at the top of their lungs. This is particularly irritating case.



Xstar
(Florence, Kentucky)
Posted: Aug 23, 2011 - 01:49
 
Dave Mathews is proud of his influence on Tom Petty!  Kill me now.  {#Frustrated}