haha i only know facebook time!
― scott seward, Monday, 15 April 2024 22:25 (five months ago) link
it seems like they are being more generous with whole episodes on Youtube of the MS. i am all for it. i think they actually wanted people to pay for them. or still do. reminds me of that dumb wolfgang's vault from way back. which might still be a thing, i don't know.
― scott seward, Monday, 15 April 2024 22:28 (five months ago) link
A Thing About You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZquPbwmDa4
― scott seward, Tuesday, 16 April 2024 11:10 (five months ago) link
peppy!
― scott seward, Tuesday, 16 April 2024 11:11 (five months ago) link
i like it! this would have made a nice album track on either of the first two lps.
― Thus Sang Freud, Tuesday, 16 April 2024 12:11 (five months ago) link
Underappreciated gem, this one. Great buzzy little rocker. Never a single as far as I know but I definitely heard it on rock radio now and again.
Plus, Emmylou Harris and Southern Pacific had a top 20 country hit with it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PyGRzmAoqQ
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 16 April 2024 13:52 (five months ago) link
nice one, has a bit of Marshall Crenshaw sound on the chorus.
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 16 April 2024 19:58 (five months ago) link
"thing about you" is one of the most "what if buddy holly lived and made music in the 1980s" songs ever and i love it
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 16 April 2024 20:18 (five months ago) link
I like the Southern Pacific + Harris cover!
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 16 April 2024 20:33 (five months ago) link
I had totally forgot about this very solid and enjoyable song! peppy, yes. Petty's breathless delivery of the chorus injects a hint of urgency beyond what's there in the lyrics.
apparently Southern Pacific got on the country chart with their own cover in 1985, and then again with the Harris duet in 1990. i like the vocals, but for me both versions are hampered by that increasingly airless, blank "karaoke track" sound, increasingly sought after by country producers in those days.
― not the one who's tryin' to dub your anime (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 11:28 (five months ago) link
Insider
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7bjXWzms5I
― scott seward, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 11:30 (five months ago) link
He and Nicks harmonize like pros.
He wrote for Bella Donna but at the last minute asked for it back.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 11:33 (five months ago) link
*wrote it
why do i love it when an album title comes from the lyrics of a song that is not a title track? i just do.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 11:34 (five months ago) link
i guess i came around to adult contemporary when i realized it was just power pop with pretensions. nice tune. he crawled through the briars?
― Thus Sang Freud, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 11:45 (five months ago) link
https://sharonsflorida.com/plants-page/native-vines/smilax-in-central-florida/
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 11:47 (five months ago) link
oof -- looks prickly.
― Thus Sang Freud, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 11:54 (five months ago) link
"why do i love it when an album title comes from the lyrics of a song that is not a title track? i just do."
same!!! it always feels special when that lyric comes around.
― not the one who's tryin' to dub your anime (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 12:50 (five months ago) link
otm
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 14:32 (five months ago) link
"insider" is one of my absolute fav petty deep cuts
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 14:33 (five months ago) link
Lynch makes this song for me. A lot of lesser artists would have let it be just a mellow strum-and-sing, and the vocals (Petty and Nicks both) are great, but Lynch practically taking a drum solo through the whole goddamn thing is what elevates it.
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 14:38 (five months ago) link
The humility of the performances impresses me, from the instrumental fills to Petty and Nicks never soloing or jumping over each other's lines.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 14:40 (five months ago) link
yes the restraint and tension are perfectly balanced
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 14:57 (five months ago) link
"you've got a dangerous background," what a great opening line
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 14:59 (five months ago) link
this was the period when iirc Nicks was begging Petty to admit her as a Heartbreaker; astounded, he said she couldn't because "you're a girl."
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 15:06 (five months ago) link
Petty and Nicks never soloing or jumping over each other's lines
otm. they were so goddamn good together. their sensibilities blend so perfectly. loooooove this song. love that turn in the last verse: "i'll bet you're his masterpiece / i'll bet you're his self-control."
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 16:56 (five months ago) link
has a bit of Marshall Crenshaw sound on the chorus.
very otm re "thing about you."
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 16:57 (five months ago) link
"his quiet world of white and gold"!
wait, is that a dig at John Stewart???
― scott seward, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 17:29 (five months ago) link
Nothing to add to the "Insider" love except to otm it.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 18:51 (five months ago) link
Nicks should've joined the Heartbreakers imo
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 18:59 (five months ago) link
but then we might not have gotten Tango In The Night!
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 19:06 (five months ago) link
You say that like it's a bad thing...
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 19:10 (five months ago) link
haha I was teasing Alfred
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 19:12 (five months ago) link
The real way to tease him is to have said Rock A Little or one of those other solo albums TP might not have let her make.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 19:28 (five months ago) link
Mike Campbell co-wrote a Rock a Little track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeROwFYGgJI
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 19:50 (five months ago) link
The Criminal Kind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWjN4VVVxx4
― scott seward, Thursday, 18 April 2024 12:01 (five months ago) link
Now the guy who took his gal is not only a mean mistreater but a criminal! Tom's got Trumpian levels of grievance going on. The song itself is OK? I like the Stones too?
― Thus Sang Freud, Thursday, 18 April 2024 12:09 (five months ago) link
sounds like a circa 2023 rolling stones album track.
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 18 April 2024 13:04 (five months ago) link
High praise! Best Stones album in years! Back to basics! Just three guys and some session guys in a room!
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 18 April 2024 13:07 (five months ago) link
this one is a little too long, but it's a fine "album track", some sweet guitar sounds
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Thursday, 18 April 2024 13:53 (five months ago) link
In The Wild: "I Won't Back Down" (coming after "Eternal Flame") in my motel lobby.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 19 April 2024 02:21 (five months ago) link
Makes sense. The Bangles will sing harmonies on one of his best-ever singles.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 19 April 2024 03:55 (five months ago) link
You Can Still Change Your Mind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5XHrJ1A0WI
― scott seward, Friday, 19 April 2024 11:51 (five months ago) link
Gator On The Lawn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZABzLa2WRf4
― scott seward, Friday, 19 April 2024 11:52 (five months ago) link
Stevie Nicks and her longtime backup singer Sharon Celani on it too.
xpost
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 19 April 2024 11:52 (five months ago) link
Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5i7j0VhEHw
― scott seward, Friday, 19 April 2024 11:53 (five months ago) link
i think that does it for 1981.
https://i.discogs.com/ZKIAgpvxhxRkui5qfPYCoxKykNHt33vbcoa_iFRBwdo/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:577/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE4Nzg4/MTc5LTE2MjE0MDY1/NzYtNjk2Ny5qcGVn.jpeg
― scott seward, Friday, 19 April 2024 11:55 (five months ago) link
For those of you around at the time: did "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" hit as hard in 1981 as it seems? That was one of the most somnolent pop years of all time.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 19 April 2024 11:58 (five months ago) link
it was on the radio a ton and it was one of those birth of MTV moments too. they played that video long after 1981.
― scott seward, Friday, 19 April 2024 12:08 (five months ago) link
long after dark?
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 19 April 2024 12:11 (five months ago) link