Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - The Last DJ
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Free Music Review: THE LAST DJ
Hit: 5 Stars
The Last DJ is Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers new album and best CD besides Greatest Hits. About 5 or 6 of the songs are about the music industry. The Last DJ- Best song on the CD This song got banned from some radio stations because of "anti-radio lyrics" (when Tom Petty heard that they banned it he said "they couldn't have given me a higher honor) here is a few of the lyrics: (There goes the last dj/who plays what he wants to play/and says what he wants to say/hey hey hey/there goes your freedom of choice/there goes the last human voice/there goes the last dj)
Money Becomes King- A song about this guy who goes to a concert and is dissapointed at everything a few samples: (we arrived there early in time to see rehersal/and john came out and lip-synched his new lite beer comercial) (they sat in golden circles/and waiters served them wine/and talked through all the music/and to john paid little mind/and way up in the nosebleeds we watched him on the screen/they'd hung between the billboars so cheaper seats could see)
Dreamville- pretty good kinda like Tom Petty's song southern accents but more about rock 'n roll
Joe- this song is told from the point of view of a record company ceo (you get to famous i get to be rich)
When a kid goes bad- about school shootings (if you shoot at every one you see/you can't be my friend cause you might shoot at me)
Like a Diamond- a good love song
Lost Children-pretty good
Blue Sunday- a type of counryish-soft rock awesome song
You and Me- a love song more up-tempo than most love songs
The Man who Loves Women- sort of weird but awesome
Have Love Will Travel- one of the best songs on the cD despite the title it is not all a love song
Can't Stop The Sun- a very awesome song (well you may take my money/you can turn off my microphone/but you can't steal what you can't feel/can't stop the sun from shining)
I am a 12 year old from Lucasville Ohio I used to like Backstreet Girls NSTYNK and Britney Spears when they first came out. But I don't now because it is all a bunch of [stuff].The last dj (song and album) should be nominated and win a grammy award for song of the year and album of the year. I eat Eminems for breakfast.
Free Music Review: Petty Makes His Point ... and Ours ... With Style
Hit: 5 Stars
I'm a big fan of Tom Petty's work. I've enjoyed just about everything that the man has done up to this point. But I really do love this new album. "The Last DJ" grabbed me during its first spin in my player and didn't let up for the next three repeat plays. I finally had to force myself to take it out to give another disc a chance (I have a large collection, and it was getting to be a bit unfair!).It's a solid album musically, and I think that the melodies are quite strong. "Like A Diamond", for one, gets in your head and never leaves. Simple phrases from the title song make this holder of a BS in Broadcasting quiver. And the "you'll get to be famous / I'll get to be rich" tells the tale of the current state of the music industry in one simple couplet.
There are definitely some noteable influences evident on the record. Petty has out-Bruced The Boss with the simple storytelling aspect of the lyrics on this one, especially "Blue Sunday". And yes, I'm sure his fellow Wilbury, Mr. Zimmerman, also inspired Tom to not hold back with the cynicism and deeply-cutting images of the music indusrty that the new album puts forth.
There is one other writer, however, who has to be acknowledged as a reason that this album exists, and that is Ray Davies. "The Last DJ" is almost a logical sequel to the Kinks 1970 album "Lola Versus Powerman and the Money-Go-Round". As an exercise I imagined what tracks like Joe and The Man Who Loves Women would sound like with Ray singing lead ... and it's not a far stretch! I don't know whether or not Tom has ever stated that he is a Kinks fan ... but there simply MUST be something subconscious here. Not that anything is "lifted" from the Kinks ... but the feel is so close to something they could have done.
But alas, Tom Petty did it, and my hat's off to him! He's given us a great album and a solid, honest, bold statement. And folks, let's all make a statement, too. If the station isn't broadcasting locally ... TURN IT OFF!
Free Music Review: Thank you, Tom!
Hit: 5 Stars
Given the sad state of modern day society (not just with music, but with the corporate world as a whole), it was imperative that somebody - ANYBODY - step up and say something. And who better than Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers?With his latest album, "The Last DJ," Tom Petty pulls out all the stops and slams the music industry and the corporate world with a fervor that gives me chills. Lyrically, it may be Petty's best album ever. It begins with a bang with the title track in which Petty contends that the average disc jockey has no soul or a lick of self-respect, and instead falls prey to mainstream audiences everywhere.
"Money Becomes King" is a very powerful number that matches my exact view of the corporate world. Are you sick of seeing people buy success? Have you ever been overcharged for a concert ticket? Are you sick of high gas prices? Are you tired of needing a membership just to gain access to an apparent everyday store? Are you sick of paying an arm and a leg just to survive?? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you will be able to relate to this masterpiece. I know I can.
"Joe" is another one of my favorites. Here, Petty takes on the role of a typical modern-day CEO - a greedy, manipulative, whiney, self-centered brat who thinks he's God's gift to the world. The lyrics "He gets to be famous, I get to be rich" sum up the theme of this song perfectly. A very entertaining number.
Not every song on this record takes a shot at modern-day society, though. "Like a Diamond" and "You and Me" are beautiful ballads, and "Can't Stop the Sun" is a great pick-me-up song. All in all, every song on this album rocks!
Musically, this album is not unlike "Into the Great Wide Open" or "Full Moon Fever" - loaded with catchy and beautiful melodies and beats that are sure to stick with you forever, like the title track or "Like a Diamond."
With a passion so fiery it cannot be expressed in words, Petty and the Heartbreakers make their point and do so in style. Great job, guys!
Free Music Review: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers take another step forward.
Hit: 5 Stars
When I first heard clips of the songs of "The Last DJ", I thought to myself, "Gosh, what a dissapointment". I'm sure that a lot of people, who are now first hearing this album, are also thinking that. The point is that after about about a week of hearing this album, it started to make perfect sense to me. The album is not so much the band's triumph, as is Petty's biting social commentary. Tom Petty doesn't just tackle the Record Industry, (as he does on the title track, "Money Becomes King", and the hilarious rocker "Joe"), but all of society's immoral wrongdoings. From child abduction,(Lost Children), to misogynists, (The Man Who Loves Women), to disfunctional teenagers, ("When A Kid goes Bad").The ballads that pepper the album are also very good.
"Like A Diamond" has lovely piano work from Benmont Tench and one of Mike Campbells most lyrical guitar solos ever.
"Blue Sunday" is a truly masterful song, reminiscent of Joni Mitchell with it's descriptive and whistful lyrics.
"Have Love, Will Travel" is probably the best song on the album, overall. It's really the only thing that sounds truly like old-Petty, (at least circa "Wildflowers").
The album has two hopeful songs in "Dreamville" and "Can't Stop the Sun". "Dreamville" puts the listener into a young musician's shoes, free of all focus except for the music. Full of "dreams", so to speak.
"Can't Stop the Sun" almost sounds Beatle-esque with descending intro and positive, yet simple messege. It ends the album perfectly.
People were afraid of "Southern Accents", but you can't do the same thing for too long without turning routine and dull.
"The Last Dj" was the perfect album for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers to make at this point in their careers.
It's another masterpiece in a career full of them.
Free Music Review: More like 4.5, but oh well.
Hit: 5 Stars
Tom Petty releases an album, largely based on his distaste for modern music. It is worth saying that this has landed him in quite a bit of trouble. Part of this trouble comes from the RIAA banning The Last DJ's title track for "anti-radio lyrics". A charge which delighted Petty, and limited his sales. Considering the album doesn't have violent songs, or much in the way of profanity, he deserves praise for this.
Some trouble also comes from a small part of his older fan base that has fallen to conservative politics. After lashing out at the Bush administration for trying to use "I Won't Back Down" on their commercials, this album had to be the kiss of death for sales in that demographic. Roughly half a dozen songs on this album contain harsh anti-corporate sentiment, and it is clear from a few of the postings on this board that people think there isn't too much in the way of big money interests in modern music. I would tell the conservative that music has a strong history of being used as a political tool and that rock music has never been intended for him. Famous, timeless groups such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, Bob Dylan, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Nirvana, etc. (the fills rock encyclopedias) have never been kind to conservatives (except Ted Nugent, who is now a mockery of himself). Why throw out an aspect of an excellent concept? Stock fraud is meant for conservatives, good rock music is not.
Controversy set aside, this is a damn good album. Lyrically, I would call it his best. It sounds like it is the product of a lot of work. This album falls short of perfection (in my opinion) because it doesn't have anything like "Runnin' Down a Dream". A little too mellow for my taste.