Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - The Last DJ
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Music CD Cover Artist: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Edition: Music CD Audio: English (Original Language) Format: Enhanced CD Release Date: 2002-10-08 Music Label: Warner Bros / Wea Soundtracks:
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Free Music Notes for The Last DJ Album
Free Music Review: Emperor has no clothes
Hit: 1 Stars
Have you people even listened to Tom's complete library? This is easily the worst album he's put out. Song's like "Joe" are so embarrassingly simple and clunky - I don't care how much you might like the lyrics - Bad is Bad. It seems to be part of a trend - I feel ever since Petty joined up with the Traveling Wilbury's, he started to lose his way. It's like he wanted to impress George Harrison and Dylan, and was flattered by comparisons with Dylan and The Byrds - so he started to try and write and be like them - instead of sticking with his own worthy style. I thought that his songwriting really started to tail off on "Into the Great Wide Open", and the riffs and songs on Wildflowers were even more simple and dumbed down than the ones on "Full Moon Fever" - "You Don't Know How It Feels" is a prime example. "Wildflowers" had so many short throwaway filler songs that it reminded me of a Punk album. Echo had it's moments, as even the simple tracks like "Free Girl" had good hooks - but this "Last DJ" album is simply terrible, with only the title track being listenable. Anyone could have written this stuff. The Heartbreakers were outstanding through "Let me Up, I've had Enough", but since then it has been disappointing. A few bright spots - such as the neo-classic rock gem "Last Dance With Mary Jane, and even though Full Moon Fever has not aged that well, it is important as it brought Petty the fame and recognition he justly deserves - and a whole new fan base (which unfortunately for me is the one he caters to). I saw him live a few years back in Montana, and he rocked on classics from Damn The Torpedoes and Long after Dark just like the old days - so I know he can still rock, but he apparently wants to be a folk singer these days. I'll keep "The Last DJ" for my collection, but I see no reason to try and convince myself that it's any good.