Tom Petty

Petty with Bob Dylan on the True Confessions tour, 1985.

Recording with Rick Rubin (left) and Johnny Cash, 1994.

Playing Bonnaroo, June 16, 2006.

The Heartbreakers in 2006. Mick Campbell, Benmont Tench, Petty, Steve Ferrone, Ron Blair and Scott Thurston (from left).

Primal Scream - Спасибо! Хорошая подборка фото!

2Sweet Little Queen XIII:

Пожалуйста!

А боксик новый у нас уже продается?

2Primal Scream
Сегодня получил!

Достаточно хороший боксик. Правда нет субтитров, а "южный акцент" сабжа понять не очень легко. Во всяком случае, лично мне.
Обратимся к тому, с чего началась эта тема (не принимая внимания словоблудие о Патти харрисон).
Tom Petty Is Pissed
And he's got plenty of good reasons

Posted Oct 23, 2002 12:00 AM
The man who told the world "I Won't Back Down," "Don't Do Me Like That" and "Don't Come Around Here No More" doesn't need any assertiveness-training course. Tom Petty's determined, sometimes defiant attitude has collided with the music business throughout the years. For instance, in 1982 Petty recorded Hard Promises with the Heartbreakers, only to find that his then-record company had plans to use his name to initiate a new, higher $9.98 list price for albums. Petty withheld the tapes and threatened to retitle his record $8.98 in protest.

That same spirit is alive and well on Petty's latest album, The Last DJ, which takes a hard look at the lack of moral grounding in the music business. The title track has kicked up considerable controversy, with some radio stations seeing the song as a slap in the face and banning it. But Petty is not just biting the hand that feeds him. Music is only the beginning of what's pissing him off these days. "The Last DJ is a story about morals more than the music business," he says. "It's really about vanishing personal freedoms."

1 Radio is not even worth listening to
"I don't really give a flying fuck about any of it. I've tuned out. But I was elated when my song was banned. I mean, nothing could have complimented me more than to hear they just banned it at such-and-such a station because it's anti-radio. Now, in 2002 to have a song banned that doesn't have a dirty word, doesn't advocate violence -- it's fascinating, you know. Like, what are you afraid of? No record has ever been made that was more pro-radio, you know.

"I remember when the radio meant something. We enjoyed the people who were on it, even if we hated them. They had personalities. They were people of taste, who we trusted. And I see that vanishing. I thought it was a good metaphor to start the album."

2 All anyone thinks about is money
"You don't hear any more of, 'Hey, we did something creative and we turned a profit, how about that?' Everywhere we look, we want to make the most money possible. This is a dangerous, corrupt notion. That's where you see the advent of programming on the radio, and radio research, all these silly things. That has made pop music what it is today. Everything -- morals, truth -- is all going out the window in favor of profit.

"I don't think it's a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem. You know, I saw a billboard in New York I wish I had photographed. It was for the TNN network. It said three words against a patriotic background of red, white and blue - BIGGER, YOUNGER, RICHER. Now, I find that fascinating: 'Bigger, younger, richer.' This whole idea of being wealthy has gone too far. I never ride in a limousine, you know. I feel gross if I get in a limousine. One good thing about the Sixties was it sort of was the opposite back then. You looked silly trying to appear rich."

3 It's ridiculous to make people pay twenty dollars for a CD
"It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can't afford the music. I'm not condoning downloading music for free. I don't think that's really fair, but I understand it. If you brought CD prices back down to $8.98, you would solve a lot of the industry's problems. You are already seeing it a little -- the White Stripes albums selling for $9.99. Everyone still makes a healthy profit; it might get the music business back on its feet."

4 Only a complete greedhead would charge $150 for a concert ticket
"My top price is about sixty-five dollars, and I turn a very healthy profit on that; I make millions on the road. I see no reason to bring the price up, even though I have heard many an anxious promoter say, 'We could charge 150 bucks for this.' I would like to do this again and maybe come through and not leave a bad taste in people's mouths. I was at one of our gigs recently, and I was just stunned driving in that it cost thirty dollars to park your car. It's so wrong to say, 'OK, we've got them on the ticket and we've got them on the beer and we've got on everything else, let's get them on the damn parking.' You got to care about the person you're dealing with."

5 Record labels don't care about artists
"An act like ours wouldn't even be around today if someone hadn't brought us along and let us make mistakes and grow at our own pace. Today it seems that if you don't have a hit -- or even if you do -- they have no use for you the next time. It's like, 'Well, why wait for these guys to come back with another hit when we can bring in somebody else?' It's an asinine way to conduct yourself. These people are looking at balance sheets, not music. Most people involved in putting this music on the air or bringing it to us aren't really listening to it."

6 Filthy lyrics make me sick
"I'm frustrated by what I hear. Maybe it's not meant for me. Personally, I'm way too bright for a lot of the hip-hop lyrics to affect. I'm much too smart to think that jewelry or how cool I am is really going to change much about my personality. If you're dumb enough that it entertains you, have a great time. But I am seeking more than that.

"When I was a young rock & roll star, I was really fascinated and shocked at times by the power that I had, by the power of my words, and shocked that it can be taken wrong. I don't believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist has to take some moral responsibility for what he or she is putting out there. And I think a lot of these young kids are going to have to learn the hard way before they realize that you can actually do some damage if you're being careless or frivolous in what you're saying."

7 Only a sick culture would sexualize young girls
"It's disgusting. It's not just pop music, it's fashion, it's TV, it's advertising, it's every element of our culture. Young women are not being respected, children aren't being respected. Why are we creating a nation of child molesters? Could it be that we're dressing up nine-year-old women to look sexy? And even if we're wrong, let's not do it anyway. I really don't put it past these advertising people to say, 'Well, look, we made a lot of money when we brought the nine-year-old out and made her look like a hooker. Let's do it again.' "

8 Why are we rewarding people for being rich?
"Getting back to the whole issue of ticket prices: We don't do the Golden Circle/VIP thing. I don't see how carving out the best seats and charging a lot more for them has anything to do with rock & roll. A lot of the time, some corporation's bought up these seats with someone's money who doesn't even know it's being spent -- and they are going to use it to entertain clients. A lot of the people who buy these seats don't give a damn about the music -- they're going to get a waiter. What you see from the stage is a group of people just talking to each other, not really interested in being there at all. And the poor guy who really is interested, he's sitting way in the back."

9 And TV is worse
"I think television's become a downright dangerous thing. It has no moral barometer whatsoever. If you want to talk about something that is all about money, just watch the television. It's damn dangerous. TV does not care about you or what happens to you. It's downright bad for your health now, and that's not a far-out concept. I think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health. The music business looks like, you know, innocent schoolboys compared to the TV business. They care about nothing but profit. They will make a movie about murdering their kids, you know? And they'll put the guy who killed them on TV. And before long, he might even have his own show."

10 A lot of artists are as greedy as the industry
"Let me say this so it's definitely in the story: I don't think the industry is entirely to blame. Let's face it: The music industry has always been laughably corrupt, always. It's the artists themselves that often cause problems. Artists aren't necessarily business people. And they aren't neces-sarily aware of all the things that go on in their names. Some just want to make some music, but there is a lot of greed among artists as well. Whether or not we know it, we are all to blame. I think it's time -- starting with the artist -- to try to be a little more responsible and aware of what goes on in our name."

DAVID WILD
(October 23, 2002)

2Primal Scream:

>2Sweet Little Queen XIII:
>Пожалуйста!
>А боксик новый у нас уже продается?

Я его в продаже пока не видела, вроде бы в "Союзе" есть на заказ. У меня еще самой нет фирменного Бокса, смотрела только скачанную с сети версию, но надеюсь, что в скором времени удастся купить и фирменный. Кудаже я без него.

Посмотрел концерт. Класс!!! Однако, Стиви Никс там очень много. напрягает!

2Alex Red:

>Посмотрел концерт. Класс!!! Однако, Стиви Никс
>там очень много. напрягает!

Да, Стиви не то что бы очень много, но как-то она мне не понравилась. Я к ней обычно неплохо отношусь, но тут вульгарно она смотрелась, на мой вкус.

2 Sweet Little Queen XIII
Ну, вульгарно, уж слишком не то слово! Все ж таки, дамочка в возрасте, и фитнесом явно не занимается. Просто мне не понравилось, что кроме двух (положенных ей) песен она вылезала просто так не к месту, как будто бы явдяется участником коллектива. Наверное, ей показалось, что она воплотила свою мечту и стала одной из heartbreakers. В документарии Богдановича говорилось же о ее желании вступить в группу и оставить Флитвуд Мэк,

2Alex Red:

>2 Sweet Little Queen XIII
>Ну, вульгарно, уж слишком не то слово!

Я скорее про ее манеру поведению. Пышные формы ей вполне к лицу. А вот от жестов хотелось бы большего изящества.

"I just finished a record with Mudcrutch, my old band before the Heartbreakers. I am over the moon about it. I couldn't have hoped for it to be as good as it came out." -- Tom Petty

New Mudcrutch Album Information

Title None

Confirmed Tracks 18 Recorded - Final Track Listing Unconfirmed

Album Art Unreleased

Artists
Tom Petty
Mike Campbell
Benmont Tench
Tom Leadon
Randall Marsh

Tom Petty & Mudcrutch Tour Information
A future tour by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in 2008 has been alluded to by the Highway Companions Club. However, if it will include Mudcrutch members or if they will have their own seperate tour is yet to be announced.

How the News Broke
The epic return of Mudcrutch is coming in very early 2008. The Tennessean newspaper publicly and unofficially announced a new album by Mudcrutch with the following article:

Nashville's Leadon reunites with Petty on album and film

By BEVERLY KEEL

Nashville musician Tom Leadon recently reunited with his former bandmate and childhood friend Tom Petty.

The Toms were in a Gainesville, Fla., band called Mudcrutch - a precursor to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - with Mike Campbell and Randall Marsh. (The Toms were actually in an earlier band called the Epics.)


In August, Petty got Mudcrutch back together.

"It was just entirely unexpected," Tom Leadon says. "It was like a dream, the whole thing. Tom couldn't have been nicer. It was great to hang out with him again."

Our Tom, who teaches guitar at Jan Williams School of Music and Theater in Brentwood, stayed with Petty in Malibu, Calif., while Mudcrutch recorded with keyboardist Benmont Tench.

They recorded 18 old and new songs for an album that will be released in early 2008.

"We would play and then we would just talk about the old days," says Tom, who left the band in 1972, two years before Petty moved to L.A. to pursue his dreams. "We were all best friends.
"We hope to have enough interest in Mudcrutch that we are able to do to it again," he says.

Next month, Tom Leadon (the brother of former Eagles member Bernie Leadon) can also be seen in the Petty documentary Runnin' Down a Dream, which was directed by Peter Bogdanovich.

http://www.mudcrutch.com/index.php?pageid=mudcrutch_2008

2Primal Scream
Ну, раз уж ты фотку Петти с Лидоном не выложил, так я это сделаю.

2Alex Red:

>2Primal Scream
>Ну, раз уж ты фотку Петти с Лидоном не выложил,
>так я это сделаю.

Кажись она была несколько страниц тому назад.

Точно. Ты ее выложил 26 сентября, когда я был в Барселоне. Прошу пардону!

2Alex Red:

>Точно. Ты ее выложил 26 сентября, когда я был
>в Барселоне. Прошу пардону!

На хорошее фото не грех и еще раз посмотреть. Да и мало ли кто тогда тоже где-нибудь был. :)