rass wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 7:50 am
Tom Petty >>> Rod Stewart
for one song, at a minimum
They're both great, but I'd say Petty mostly always >>> Stewart
Stewart started out as well as any rock and roll musician could, realistically speaking. Those first few solo LPs are timeless, and Faces are as seminal as bands get.
But then disco and the 80s happened.
Petty wins because of Stewart’s trajectory, IMO.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2020 11:00 am
by DaveInSeattle
mister d wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 10:24 am
KEXP morning show is John's most upbeat playlist to open in ... just over 4 years?
Yes it was.
But don't listen today (Thursday) if you want upbeat. Its the annual 'Mom' show...about death and mourning and grief. Its always a great show, but very heavy.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2020 11:01 am
by DaveInSeattle
Sturgill Simpson was on Colbert last night.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2020 11:25 am
by Giff
I don't think Tom Petty ever had his stomach pumped because he swallowed too much cum. Advantage Tom.
rass wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 7:50 am
Tom Petty >>> Rod Stewart
for one song, at a minimum
They're both great, but I'd say Petty mostly always >>> Stewart
Stewart started out as well as any rock and roll musician could, realistically speaking. Those first few solo LPs are timeless, and Faces are as seminal as bands get.
But then disco and the 80s happened.
Petty wins because of Stewart’s trajectory, IMO.
A Southerner from Gainesville, FL and a Scotsman with a penchant for football is kind of my sweet spot.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2020 11:30 am
by rass
Giff wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 11:25 am
I don't think Tom Petty ever had his stomach pumped because he swallowed too much cum. Advantage Tom.
if you say so
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2020 11:31 am
by rass
and so we're clear, this was in reference to Petty's version of Leave Virginia Alone from the Wildflowers boxset
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2020 11:40 am
by govmentchedda
rass wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 11:31 am
and so we're clear, this was in reference to Petty's version of Leave Virginia Alone from the Wildflowers boxset
I followed. That boxed set is really great.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2020 11:54 am
by sancarlos
I don’t understand why we have to denigrate one artist to praise another. Petty was truly great. And, as Enoch said, Rod’s early solo stuff and his Faces releases really stand up.
eta: I just posted a couple good ones in the Old Timey thread that you younger guys might not be familiar with.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2020 12:14 pm
by rass
I just posted a clarification in this thread that some of you older guys might not be familiar with.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2020 12:21 pm
by sancarlos
I wasn't just referencing you, bud.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2020 12:25 pm
by Giff
I wasn't criticizing Rod's music. I actually think he's overall underrated when it comes to his earlier stuff.
But he's been awful for about 35 years now.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2020 12:26 pm
by sancarlos
Giff wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 12:25 pm
I wasn't criticizing Rod's music. I actually think he's overall underrated when it comes to his earlier stuff.
Giff wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 12:25 pm
I wasn't criticizing Rod's music. I actually think he's overall underrated when it comes to his earlier stuff.
But he's been awful for about 35 years now.
Absolutely true.
Disagree
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2020 12:39 pm
by rass
chedda's Exhibit 1 - The Official Swamp Anthem:
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2020 12:47 pm
by Giff
I get an early 80s Rod Stewart vibe from The War on Drugs. Anyone else?
Legal Eagles is probably what made chedda want to be a lawyer, so I'll give him a pass.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2020 12:48 pm
by govmentchedda
Look, when you want to push a Sheen, Sutherland, O'Donnell vehicle, you've got to call in the big guns.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2020 12:49 pm
by govmentchedda
Giff wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 12:47 pmI get an early 80s Rod Stewart vibe from The War on Drugs. Anyone else?
Legal Eagles is probably what made chedda want to be a lawyer, so I'll give him a pass.
Definitely, and likely a reason I love TWoD so much. Funny too, that they also remind me of Petty a lot.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2020 1:11 pm
by BSF21
For the record, any Swamp anthem should be by The Toadies. It only makes sense.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2020 1:23 pm
by rass
BSF21 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 1:11 pm
For the record, any Swamp anthem should be by The Toadies. It only makes sense.
Was going for the over the top bromance angle, but The Three Muskateers is set in France...
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2020 7:27 pm
by DaveInSeattle
I needed to get out of my KEXP routine today (The Mom Show was too much this morning) so I've been listening to the Murakami Vinyl collection on Spotify (Here) and its great...lots of jazz, classical, but everyone in a while you get a Creedence or Beach Boys song, and its kinda jarring.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2020 7:56 pm
by EnochRoot
BSF21 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 1:11 pm
For the record, any Swamp anthem should be by The Toadies. It only makes sense.
Played above Hells Gate on Possum Kingdom Lake.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2020 12:44 am
by sancarlos
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2020 6:49 am
by Pruitt
rass wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 12:39 pm
chedda's Exhibit 1 - The Official Swamp Anthem:
This is the kind of music that they play in hell.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2020 8:58 am
by mister d
That's a good jump-off for a "Hey, was _______ unavailable?" contest.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2020 9:05 am
by rass
Looking at it now, Adams might seem like odd man out, but he was just a couple of years removed from one of the biggest singles ever, from a movie this one was clearly using as a template. Stewart and Sting were still huge stars, so I bet this trio was the #1 choice.
Just heard the cover on KEXP. She's released it on her bandcamp page.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2020 12:29 pm
by EnochRoot
rass wrote: ↑Fri Nov 13, 2020 9:05 am
Looking at it now, Adams might seem like odd man out, but he was just a couple of years removed from one of the biggest singles ever, from a movie this one was clearly using as a template. Stewart and Sting were still huge stars, so I bet this trio was the #1 choice.
Bryan Adams reminds me or Richard Marx or Sheryl Crow in that I felt ripped off for liking “Cuts Like a Knife” and “Don’t Mean Nothing” and “All I Wanna Do” and then not even remotely coming close to appreciating anything any of them did afterwards. Throw No Doubt / Gwen Stefani onto the pile too for making like “Just a Girl.”
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2020 12:58 pm
by P.D.X.
I went to my parents cabin a couple weeks ago and flipped on the bluetooth speaker and (not realizing it actually had an FM tuner and that we could get reception there) was greeted with the intro to Cetera's Glory of Love. Right song, right place.
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2020 1:22 pm
by mister d
Is their cabin a roller-rink?
Re: Getting the spins
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2020 1:42 pm
by govmentchedda
mister d wrote: ↑Fri Nov 13, 2020 1:22 pm
Is their cabin a roller-rink?
rass wrote: ↑Fri Nov 13, 2020 9:05 am
Looking at it now, Adams might seem like odd man out, but he was just a couple of years removed from one of the biggest singles ever, from a movie this one was clearly using as a template. Stewart and Sting were still huge stars, so I bet this trio was the #1 choice.
Bryan Adams reminds me or Richard Marx or Sheryl Crow in that I felt ripped off for liking “Cuts Like a Knife” and “Don’t Mean Nothing” and “All I Wanna Do” and then not even remotely coming close to appreciating anything any of them did afterwards. Throw No Doubt / Gwen Stefani onto the pile too for making like “Just a Girl.”