You're Gonna Get It! [ABC/Shelter, 1978]". . . might sound strange/Might seem dumb," Tom warns at the outset, and unfortunately he only gets it right the second time: despite his Southern roots and '60s pop-rock proclivities, he comes on like a real made-in-L.A. jerk. Onstage, he acts like he wants to be Ted Nugent when he grows up, pulling out the cornball arena-rock moves as if they had something to do with the kind of music he makes; after all, one thing that made the Byrds and their contemporaries great was that they just got up there and played. Thank God you don't have to look at a record, or read its interviews. Tuneful, straight-ahead rock and roll dominates the disc, and "I Need to Know," which kicks off side two, is as peachy-tough as power pop gets. There are even times when Tom's drawl has the impact of a soulful moan rather than a brainless whine. But you need a lot of hooks to get away with being full of shit, and Tom doesn't come up with them. B
>>130687507Tom Petty fucking sucks, man.
>>130687721Fuck you
>>130687507see, this nigga was a standard issue 'give me novelty' critic.how could you hate on Tom petty?I mean he might not be terribly original but he mastered all the sounds Christgau claimed to like yet Cuckgau still dissed him for not being novel.
>>130687507>Onstage, he acts like he wants to be Ted Nugent when he grows up, pulling out the cornball arena-rock moves as if they had something to do with the kind of music he makes; after all, one thing that made the Byrds and their contemporaries great was that they just got up there and played.wacky stage antics were a thing since 50s R&R. did he think Elvis or Jerry Lee just stood there like a cardboard prop and played?
>>130691871Rock critics expected everyone to be some guy with an acoustic guitar on a stool because that's what Dylan was and weren't happy when someone deviated from that format.
>>130687507>Thank God you don't have to look at a record, or read its interviews.he's right on this one. oftentimes it's best to not read musician interviews for your own sanity.
