that's kind of weird. until this topic i knew ZILCH about Mr. Petty except his name and even on that i just thought "sounds like boring dad rock.". seeing that picture and those album titles along with the mix of country/rock makes me think i was right.

yeah i don't need to actually listen to music to form an opinion on it!

hey I can actually argue that btw.

I won't but yeah you can form a valid, if incorrect, opinion on an artist without hearing a song. example: supergroup featuring Pete Wentz, Avril Lavigne, Ashlee Simpson, and the Jonas Brothers. they play pop punk.

yeah but saying "hmm.. 'Damn the Torpedoes..?' That sounds just like dad rock to me!" (whatever DAD ROCK is. what does that even mean?)

Also.. THAT PICTURE. HE LOOKS LIKE A DAD.

yeah but saying "hmm.. 'Damn the Torpedoes..?' That sounds just like dad rock to me!" (whatever DAD ROCK is. what does that even mean?)

Also.. THAT PICTURE. HE LOOKS LIKE A DAD.

hmmm...... *sees photo of Wu-Tang* THAT PICTURE. THEY LOOK LIKE NEGROES

Sounds like negro music to me........

Tu..tupac shakur? That's an African name. I don't want to listen to afrobeat!

hey I can actually argue that btw.

I won't but yeah you can form a valid, if incorrect, opinion on an artist without hearing a song. example: supergroup featuring Pete Wentz, Avril Lavigne, Ashlee Simpson, and the Jonas Brothers. they play pop punk.

Chinese Democracy

you guys are being kind of facetious though. like it's not Tupac Amaru Shakur, it's 2pac mostly and there's little chance of misinterpreting that. Wu Tang Clan should have brought to mind some asian rock, you used an example of pictures that Jamicus didn't. I doubt Jamicus didn't know anything about Petty than this name; Petty is associated with some dadrock legends like Blue Oyster Cult and REM. I think he meant more like he hadn't seen any albums or heard any songs but that the name had always carried a certain miasma of...dadrock...

he said he knew zilch about him! i assumed he meant that he gets the impression of being 'dad rock' because his last name is PETTY or something. plus saying THAT PICTURE and THOSE ALBUM TITLES give the impression of being 'dad rock' is just ridiculous.

honestly what is DAD ROCK? stuff older people listen to? does that make THE BEATLES dad rock?

also the only person I know of who listens to blue oyster cult is jeff. i don't know if he counts as a dad or not!

well i wasn't makin fun of jamicus, actually. i just wanted to make a black music joke


also i had the same idea of petty about two years ago before I knew about him. i dont have a dad who listens to classic rock so i dont know where my dadrock image came from...

oh oh oh, REM is Dad Rock?

nao nao, I think we're crossing the blurred line here.

REM is college rock from the 80s alright, but I think they are still quite a fresh band, as in, they are not stuck. Accelerate proved that.

Because the beatles old as they are is not Dad rock.


Music doesn't fall into Dad rock, people create the dad rock genre based on their experiences. Probably 20 years from now this will change.
To me Dadrock is Cat Stevens, Genesis, Fleetwood Mac, Simply Red, A Ha, Police, and such.
It is not like you can say, NO YOU DOLT, THIS IS DADROCK, because it depends.

Tu..tupac shakur? That's an African name. I don't want to listen to afrobeat!

sure it is african?

all the tupacs I know came from bolivia and peru.

An indigenous name.

Tupac Amaru was an Indian Peruvian leader

i probably did know just a little something more than his name and forgot that while still having the lingering opinion of the guy as really boring. is he the guy who the RHCP stole dani california from? that might be where i ran into him.

and ryan i dunno. i have been right most of the time when it comes to guessing if i'll like music or not based on description. like, if someone says "they play grimy punk rock but sometimes they mix it up up with a little thrash metal" i know i'm not gonna like that. there's just nothing in that realm of sound i like. when i just had this vague idea of who tomy petty was i was still open to "oooh, i should actually check this out." but then you said country/rock and it's kind of the same deal. i usually find that music really cheesy and boring. i don't really want to hear a middle aged guy playing a fairly mellow riff with slide guitar in the background while he sings about a highway and some woman he left behind in alabama. it's gonna be a little...conservative

although i'm not saying my reaction is "tom petty? i'm never listening to him. his name is bland and i think i remember hearing he was just a bland bon jovi guy once! fuck petty!"

like, if someone were to make a topic about him or something...i might check out a song or two

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yeah this is the song i heard

all the tupacs I know came from bolivia and peru.

how many tupacs do you know......?

historical ones