I despise dad rock, as do most of you, I'm sure, but something weird happened to me recently. For some reason, and I don't even remember why, I starting digging into Tom Petty's discography, deep into it, and I found that there's actually some gorgeous stuff in there - both solo and with the heartbreakers. It's nothing brilliant, but the arrangements are pretty, the songs are genuine, and the compositions are engaging. He's done a lot of mediocre dad rock shit, but I now believe he's got some great shit, too.
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Anyone else get the realization that lots of Tom Petty's material is actually good?
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Owen Jenkins
Yeah Tom Petty's good op
Zachary Adams
What's your option on She's the One? I though the album had some pretty gud tracks.
Adam Miller
Refugee is still my jam
Matthew Myers
Tom had a lot of really good songs in him
Thomas Evans
His best album is still Damn the Torpedoes.
Jonathan Hall
Haven't actually listened to that one yet. His discography is fairly formidable, so there's still a few I haven't gotten to.
Kevin Johnson
when he's with the Heartbreakers**
Jason Cooper
You are a pleb for despising dad rock because a majority of it is good that's why it has stayed popular
Jack Lopez
I actually kind of prefer Echo, but I wouldn't disagree with you.
Justin Adams
I don't think dad rock is objectively or inherently bad. I just think a lot of it has been rehashed so much by now that it can be hard to listen to. I don't think it's any fault of the bands/musicians.
Elijah Bailey
Full Moon Fever and Wildflowers are great faggot
Thomas Cooper
I agree. Wildflowers has some particularly beautiful arrangements.
Owen Baker
"Swingin'" from the Echo album is one of those rare songs that I can listen to anytime, anywhere. "Rhino Skin" however is god-awful. Glad to see that album getting a second-look these days. It's underrated af. The behind the scenes drama alone is compelling and only makes it that much richer a listen.
Grayson Cooper
are you actually trying to apply meme logic to music? you know it's all a joke, right?
those aren't among the best tom petty songs
correct yourself:
s/t and damn the torpedoes are his best albums and they're brilliant. he has several other albums which are very good as well
Robert Young
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>ever
Blake King
Wildflowers is a great album
Ryder Bennett
are you on fucking meth?
a) this is one of their worst songs
b) on one of their worst albums
c) and they suck as a band in general
Evan Johnson
I only remember him from that one Simpsons episode.
Robert Edwards
Tom Petty is weird to me because, imo, his best songs came out super late in his career
ie Last Dance With Mary Jane and It's Good To Be King
he was already old
Michael Howard
you like songs that an artist made late in their career?
whoa dude... super weird
Jace Parker
duh, dip shit... assholes who hate on Tom Petty are just that...
Owen Johnson
i've known about tom petty for years now, godtier dadrock
Aaron King
Last Dance With Mary Jane is so good