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Did you all see this about Lindsey Buckingham? (Feb 9th)

Taylor Swift: haters gonna hate Ricky Nelson: can't please everyone, so you just gotta please yourself.😥

Tack (ie "Thanks" in Swedish, at least according to basic dictionary - similar to English language slang word "Ta" possibly all the way down the line from Vikings) for your thinking on possible factors in Down The Line. Lyrics are funny... Cuban boyfriend & then - oh - there's also a husband! Wonder how it'd sound with guitars (rather than horns).

Hope it's as good as it looks! "I've got two men here who claim that the songs are theirs." Cut to 2 sets of feet, one bare, one booted. "Let's see how this plays out shall we?"

Read what you wrote. Listening to it. Lotta horns ----> could they have dug out a demo from SA and started playing around with it, with Jeff Lynne? Maybe JL used some parts (especially the horns) to build the sound into what became "Down The Line"? Too good to waste, let's see if we can do this, add that, bring in this here... You have another interesting concept there, Shelter. I'm going with "I don't see why not!" Partly because of the logistics of bringing in horn-playing musicians. Not so much the time & hassle. More the psychology of it - if Heartbreakers were trialling / seeing how well they could work well with Lynne, would they also bring in extra musicians? Though, against that, wouldn't Dave Stewart have asked for part of the credit / mention in liner notes? No, scratch that comment I just wrote - he might've if he'd written the lyrics or definitely contributed some specific aspect, but otherwise maybe not?

Acclaimed writer/director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting) will debut his new feature film, Yesterday, on 6/28. Set in contemporary England, the film follows a struggling singer-songwriter named Jack Malik (played by Himesh Patel) who, after a global blackout and freak bus accident, becomes the only person on Earth to remember the Beatles. Jack launches himself to stardom by playing songs we all know like “Yesterday,” “Hey Jude,” and “Something.” Lily James and Kate McKinnon also star, plus Boyle cast Ed Sheeran as himself. Watch the trailer below.

^^^^^ True! Nodding enthusiastically. Nashville Skyline is album they made fast & is sensational. (...is what I meant to say). Plus its cover is my fave image of The Man.

But I'm posting this image.

OK, good point. I'll stop kicking sand in his face.

Hats? hahahahaha Noooo! I love caffeine, never tried nicotine, but understand & empathise with people who feel annoyed when cigarettes are airbrushed out of vintage images. Coffee cups airbrushed because of Californian health warning? Oh, and what about coca cola bottles (sugar & caffeine)? Sun in background? LA smog? ☹️

On another thread, I was sounding off about Zanes' writing style. So thank you universe for providing this wonderful example. * TP looked like a cinema cowboy? What does that even mean? Could WZ be saying TP's intense expression reminded him of John Wayne, or Clint Eastwood? ** "I couldn't think of a whole lot else to do". Please. Maybe next interview, if in doubt, ask a question. What about lobbing back an open question ... to clarify whatever it is that TP's trying to communicate? The coffee? The machine? The process? *** I have no words left. ☕

Oh no! The curse of the unreliable narrator! Oh no! The family memories are not all consistent! Next they'll be air-brushing people out of photos... Uh, how painful is having a tattoo removed? Asking for a friend.

... it's still definitely thumbs up for Elvis, vintage hollow-body guitars and Coca Cola, isn't it??? "Old dogs and children and watermelon wine...", now there's a song they maybe could have covered.

While recording Let Me Up, Heartbreakers had their own recent experience of recording something fast with Bob Dylan. What's the story (someone will know)? Flying across Tasman Sea from NZ to Sydney, Dylan says to Petty "I need to record a song - will you organise & produce it?" So they land in Sydney, and hitting that ground running, Petty books time in a studio that happens to have a Neve soundboard. Meanwhile, Dylan packs in: fielding questions in an interview session at an artist's studio by Sydney Harbour; recording single "Band In The Hand"; presumably running sound checks; & giving a concert. Allegedly, never was a minute late.

Okay so ...first side plus one or two more, re-released as live album. In that case, add song All Mixed Up and you have name for e.p./album! Also, rearrange sequence to satisfy issues raised above ... so it flows more. Bobology paragraphs haha yes yes Shelter, ain't that the truth. Some of his albums seem hastily made & don't seem to work even after the first 1000 listens. So, listeners may be tempted to join critics in dismissing his work. Commonly used phrase: "Oh, Dylan's lost it this time for sure." But just as often, maybe years later, people hear an album -or song- and (maybe against their will) realise there's something compelling about it. It's connecting with them this time. Then, kaboom, resistance is useless, they're loving it. Album "Slow Train Coming" is classic example. Album "Nashville Skyline" really was made fast: reportedly, writing tunes on the train to Nashville, recording with couple of Nashville musicians & guest Johnny Cash.

Into the the light of the dark black night!

Other songs from that time - oh, sure you have, you might not realise it off the top of your head - King Of The Hill is just one, even though it was officially released later. Here's link to an funny / interesting blog called xist.blogspot.com "Albums that Should Exist." They suggest a TPATH album called "Waiting For Tonight - Various Songs", they feel should have been released in 1988. You can even download it, if you want. Got My Mind Made Up Can't Get Her Out Ways To Be Wicked You Came Through Tonight Might Be My Night There Ain't Enough Money Make That Connection King Of The Hill (with Roger McGuinn) Don't Treat Me Like A Stranger Goodbye Little Rich Girl Travelin' Down The Line Waiting For Tonight (with The Bangles) Last Night with Tom singing lead (as a bonus track by Wilburys)

"Disappointing listen" for you maybe. I like listening to Let Me Up as a whole. Also, I appreciate that, even though there were other demands on their time, they stayed with it and carried their album all the way through from earliest stages to seeing vinyls /CDs on record shop shelves. So, it is what it is... take it or leave it... a selection from whatever music they were creating at that time. (An approach to albums that's characteristic of Bob Dylan, according to many Bobologists). Also, no hands were damaged in the making of the album, so that's an improvement from Southern Accents right there. I'm wondering if some of this discontent people feel about the album is due to the difference between a) what's included in Let Me Up and b) both the rich diversity of their live shows 1986/87 AND all the other music they were creating / recording In 1986/87. I'm guessing there are bootlegs of concerts 1986/87 that some people enjoy much more than Let Me Up. True? Do some people react to Let Me Up album with a feeling of frustration: "Of all their music available, why'd they choose those songs... and why'd they sequence (create a set list for the album) & mix the sound like that?" How true would that be?

Dolly Parton Grammy Musicares Person of the Year 2019

Plus also, there's a moment in Temple In Flames tour documentary by MTV which gives an interesting insight into issues like this. For me anyway. You know the one, where TP and Roger McGuinn are walking in Jerusalem. One of their Israeli guides is explaining why many people regard the area around the Dome of the Rock as one of the holiest places. He does something museum guides try to do - exploring the significance of cultural heritage in terms of something that visitors are already passionate about. Here he (wisely) uses music to talk about the process of holiness. Anyway, as Tom and Roger walk on they are talking about this experience with each other. The mike picks up Tom saying something like: "This is amazing. Pretty wild. Oh it's very simple. Ten years in Sunday School and this guy told me more in five minutes than I ever grasped in all that." ❤️

Hah - synchronicity - snap both posted at same time. Well, they did get rid of this "Marrow's New Car" of which you speak. Doctor's orders? Oh in a completely different universe & I would normally never mention this trash on Tom Petty Heartbreakers site, but what about Metallica bringning in a therapist for a documentary about creating an album??? That's all I know about Metallica, honestly.

🎩 here's good! If you don't mind posting it twice, how would you feel about adding it into the Old & New Interviews thread? ❤️Levon❤️ I have picked up some nice recommendations on Mudcrutch Farm Forum, including one from TomFest about Gram Parsons. (I ordered a second hand copy via Abe Books). I persevered & completed "Life". It's by Keith Richards (some chapters reading like a word for word dictation from Keef's stream of consciousness) AND a ghostwriter (other chapters are written in such a coherent style that it's surely someone else). My favourite book about Bob Dylan is his book "Lyrics 1962-2001", rather than any of all the other options, to be honest. Album after album, song after song. Some images from albums & handwritten lyrics. Index at the back. Songwriters & musicians - they express themselves through their music. Anything else is a bonus.