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Oh, So I guess you guys don't want those Pet Shop Boys cds I burned for you?!!A Gunslinger wrote:That is so damn funny and true that I am still a-laffin'! Good one buddy!Anything by ABC, OMD, Spandau Ballet, The Human League, Animotion, and any other '80s band that didn't feature a guitarist.
onewyteduck wrote:Trapper439 wrote:I loathe Tom Petty.
Especially that egocentric and opportunistic "We need peace in LA" song he released within about 12 hours after the Rodney King riots.
Thanks for rushing straight to the studio/Batcave and fixing that situation, Tom. Now if you could just write a song about Cold Fusion, please...
And then shut up.
I'm curious. I've heard this criticism before. And there have been some others.....Springsteen's The Rising, Elton John's remake of Candle In The Wind after the Princess Di affair.......(just to mention a few). Why is it no one ever said the same thing about Neil Young and Ohio?
Lucimay wrote:onewyteduck wrote:Trapper439 wrote:I loathe Tom Petty.
Especially that egocentric and opportunistic "We need peace in LA" song he released within about 12 hours after the Rodney King riots.
Thanks for rushing straight to the studio/Batcave and fixing that situation, Tom. Now if you could just write a song about Cold Fusion, please...
And then shut up.
I'm curious. I've heard this criticism before. And there have been some others.....Springsteen's The Rising, Elton John's remake of Candle In The Wind after the Princess Di affair.......(just to mention a few). Why is it no one ever said the same thing about Neil Young and Ohio?
oooh...i'm so excited...something to moderate in Vespers!!
first of all..that was an hilarious post about Petty Trap!
secondly, i THINK, when she stuck the little off topic emo in her post, Duck was warning us that she was going to go off topic with her comment and question, not that YOU were off topic.
thirdly, i also think the reason nobody said that about Young's Ohio is because of the times, the zeitgeist of that period. it was considered a protest song. same with Nash's Chicago, which protests the trial of the Chicago 7. those two songs are in a different category entirely. don't you think?
Lucimay, I am delighted to have presented you with an opportunity to exercise your Godly powers! 
And, yes, I was marking my comment as off-topic.I agree with you on Springsteen. And, a couple of other songs off the album, You're Missing and Into The Fire make me want to cry.Ahem... all of the proceeds of the peace in LA song went to rebuilding the affected neighborhood(s). Petty is an ICON, man! Ranked right up there with Springsteen, et.al.
As for opportunism... anyone who knows anything about Springsteen knows that he doesn't give a crap about $$ any more. He does what he does out of artistic expression and to fufill his own moral compass. The songthe Rising is perhaps one of the great somgs about death and dying this side of "Knocking on Heave'ns door"!
I'll have them...Tulizar wrote:Oh, So I guess you guys don't want those Pet Shop Boys cds I burned for you?!!A Gunslinger wrote:That is so damn funny and true that I am still a-laffin'! Good one buddy!Anything by ABC, OMD, Spandau Ballet, The Human League, Animotion, and any other '80s band that didn't feature a guitarist.
nuh uh. does not.Cail wrote:"Saturday in the Park" by Chicago. Oh man that song sucks.
Anything by James Blunt. He's boring.CovenantJr wrote:James Blunt. Anyone who's heard of him knows which song I mean.
Trapper439 wrote:Thanks for the moderation Lucimay.
A Gunslinger did have a good point that I hadn't previously appreciated about Petty's charitable intentions. And I didn't mean to criticize you either onewyteduck.
It's ALL good...
how was my Avatar imitation, Tankers? 
Done.sgtnull wrote:add John Mayer to the dull list...
Well, for a few moments there, I had thought it was Avatar......Lucimay wrote:Trapper439 wrote:Thanks for the moderation Lucimay.
A Gunslinger did have a good point that I hadn't previously appreciated about Petty's charitable intentions. And I didn't mean to criticize you either onewyteduck.
It's ALL good...
yer welcome.
The thing that gets me about Blunt is he isn't just blandly dull, he's offensively dull.Loremaster wrote:Anything by James Blunt. He's boring.CovenantJr wrote:James Blunt. Anyone who's heard of him knows which song I mean.