Poll: Tom Petty Or Bruce Springsteen?

[driventotheedge]

... doesn't make sense ..... gimme a quarter of that ...... please!!!!!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_iYcJHYzHc

Not to derail this thread, but that may well be my favorite BTO song.

[RushFanForever]

Since I did post a BTO song, although this topic is about Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty.

 

Randy Bachman & Fred Turner (half of Bachman-Turner Overdrive) Bryan Adams, and Bruce Springsteen shared a bill of performing at the 2017 Invictus Games closing ceremony in Toronto.

 

A photo of Bachman, Turner, and Springsteen here.

 

There's brief footage of this in the Randy Bachman documentary Bachman, which also features Alex Lifeson and other's.

 

Springsteen and Adams dueting on 'Cuts Like A Knife' and 'Badlands' below.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUTmqptb-XY

Edited October 10, 2020 by RushFanForever

[Steevo]

Wow, that's 3 more than I thought liked Bruce here

[zepphead]

Wow, that's 3 more than I thought liked Bruce here

:LMAO:

[Segue Myles]

Wow, that's 3 more than I thought liked Bruce here

 

I'm a bigger Springsteen fan than I am pretty much anyone else.

[Texas King]

I like Petty, but prefer Springsteen.

[Steevo]

Wow, that's 3 more than I thought liked Bruce here

 

I'm a bigger Springsteen fan than I am pretty much anyone else.

 

You were that one I thought of.

[RushFanForever]

I just discovered something.

 

The Jeff Healey Band recorded an unreleased song Tom Petty wrote during the Mudcrutch era titled 'Lost In Your Eyes'.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E-FmjN-_hU

 

it was released as a single in the early 90's to moderate success.

 

I heard the song on rock radio at the time, but wasn't aware that Tom Petty was the writer until now.

 

Later, the Mudcrutch version was released on the An American Treasure compilation box set.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcbvaRzBzbE

 

As well, there's a female roots-rock musician from Austin, Texas named Carla Olson.

 

She recorded an unreleased Tom Petty song (also from the Mudcrutch era) titled 'I Can't Fight It' on her best of album Wave Of The Hand: The Best Of Carla Olson in 1995.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkAMLbcQC-M

 

Olson had a band in the late 70's called The Textones, which were a power pop/punk band.

 

The Mudcrutch version was released on the Playback compilation box set, also in 1995.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkqN2siO3jI

 

That's one thing that Springsteen and Petty have in common is they've released box sets of rare unreleased material.

Edited October 16, 2020 by RushFanForever

[RushFanForever]

Tom Petty's posthumous new single was a radio hit for Rod Stewart 25 years ago.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY_WBZ5unC8

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw_nxXpcXXc

[Stormtron]

Tom Petty. I've never felt compelled to dive deeper into Springsteen's catalog.

[pjbear05]

...and Springsteen would have been terrible in the Traveling Wilburys

...and thought of him fcucking up this jam is cringeworthy:

 

[custom55]

http://youtu.be/MRJprb5x2xc

[New_World_Man]

Bruce for me. For the longest time I didn't like Tom Petty at all and while he has grown on me I still prefer Bruce.

[RushFanForever]

...and Springsteen would have been terrible in the Traveling Wilburys

 

From wikipedia here.

 

"Tweeter and the Monkey Man" that Bob Dylan and Tom Petty wrote is sometimes regarded as a playful homage to the songs of Bruce Springsteen. The lyrics include the titles of many Springsteen songs, and the song borrows many of Springsteen's themes. The setting of the song itself is New Jersey, Springsteen's home state and the setting for many of Springsteen's own songs. New Jersey locations such as Rahway Prison and Jersey City are mentioned by name. Springsteen song title references include: "Stolen Car", "Mansion on the Hill", "Thunder Road", "State Trooper", "Factory", "The River", and a song made popular by Springsteen but written by Tom Waits, "Jersey Girl". Additionally, "Lion's Den" and "Paradise" are each mentioned and prominently enunciated in the song, each being the title of a Springsteen song released after the Traveling Wilburys album.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PabG3nJRu3k

Edited October 18, 2020 by RushFanForever

[RushFanForever]

Nancy Wilson of Heart has released a version of Bruce Springsteen's song 'The Rising'.

 

I like both versions.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5_8gpiSotI

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRsyOJFKHkw

[Self-Indulgence]

Tom Petty by a longshot.

 

I never got into Bruce that much. It his voice, I guess.

I do like two songs, though.

 

Spirits In The Night and Jungleland

[1-0-0-1-0-0-1]

...and Springsteen would have been terrible in the Traveling Wilburys

 

That's a stellar point.

 

Some of the old Bruce is real good. Rosalita, Born to Run, Jungleland, stuff like that. Long songs with some complexity and lots of layers. Then he started doing simple roots rock and I ain't got time for that.

 

I saw the Petty at Fenway Park concert video from 2014 and that band still had the goods. Like others have said here, Petty's output is more consistently good.

[bathory]

not a fan