Travelin’ the long road of a rock ‘n roll lifer
Rock and roll has always been a young person’s genre. It began as the music of anger, rebellion, lust, heartbreak and sometimes violence, passions usually at their most heated among the young.
It’s hard for most rock and rollers to sustain that passion over time. The Who, I imagine, has a hard time playing “Teenage Wasteland” with a straight face, and I doubt Elton John has “Saturday Night’s All Right (for Fighting) on his regular playlist. The hard-rockin’ Rolling Stones might be the most notable exception to that rule, perhaps because they still see themselves as old bluesmen at heart. (Do they still do “Street Fighting Man?”)
This guy is another one. I haven’t drawn up a formal list, but he’s probably one of my Top Five Rockers of All Time. He’s certainly on my list of Top Five currently plying their trade. And he doesn’t back down.
– Jay Bookman
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Real Scooter
July 15th, 2011
4:40 pm
First! Nawwww!
Real Scooter
July 15th, 2011
4:43 pm
Petty is just a Dylon wannabe.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
July 15th, 2011
4:44 pm
Teenage Wasteland? I’d rather hear Baba O’Riley.
josef
July 15th, 2011
4:50 pm
My theme song these days…
Stan Lynch
July 15th, 2011
4:51 pm
hey, what I am doing beating the skins in this clip? he fired me in the early 90’s. Real Scooter, I hope you jest. Petty would tell you it is pointless to “wannabe” Bob Dylan (uneless you’re that clown from Counting Crowes). TP is the genuine article. He’s a true rocker; not some made for MTV poser. check out a coffee table tome from a few years back called Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Running Down a Dream. some candid insight to Petty. JB, good pull. I am sure you are aware TP gets heartbroken when politicos (’sepcially GOP types) conscript this tune for their campaigns. not that he’s lib or conservative, he’s just a rock n roll singer.
josef
July 15th, 2011
4:55 pm
Imam, from our boy tonight. me and Unmentionable to you….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ticcOE_0sLw
Fred
July 15th, 2011
4:55 pm
Wow Jay. Never cared for Petty that much. Kind of a nasally whiny voice. He had a couple of good tunes though……… probably the one I like best
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lWJXDG2i0A
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
July 15th, 2011
4:56 pm
Is this the guy that wrote Michelle’s campaign song? Must be a great guy, even if he does dress like a hippie.
Kamchak
July 15th, 2011
4:56 pm
Keep — my favorite from The Who
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ7k9ksBmcM
stranger in a strange land
July 15th, 2011
4:57 pm
hope I die before I get o….um…nevermind
and speaking of the Who – The Real Me (nothing much better than that – imho)
Stan Lynch
July 15th, 2011
4:59 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoV-awiHpuM
I’m more partial to this ditty… and I’m from NJ
Fred
July 15th, 2011
4:59 pm
LOL Redneck, you got me again. I forgot about that. I was ABOUT to say that if a rocker wrote Bachman a campaign song it would have been the motor city madman, Teddy Nugent.
Jay
July 15th, 2011
4:59 pm
Not his greatest work, Josef, but it does get at something I like about him. He’s authentic and true to his roots, which makes him much more than a Dylan wannabe in my book.
Jay
July 15th, 2011
5:01 pm
Kam, your earlier post? Not cool.
Fred
July 15th, 2011
5:01 pm
Wow stranger, (nice handle BTW lol) too many good who tunes for me to decide on a “favorite”. Always been partial to this one though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_BpxrnZDs0
Keep Up the Good Fight!
July 15th, 2011
5:01 pm
Okay this is just wrong but with all the Hilter talk lately just had to mention it: Hitler’s First Springsteen Show
Jay
July 15th, 2011
5:03 pm
Kam, I was referring to your post on the Cain thread.
josef
July 15th, 2011
5:03 pm
Thulsa…
Before I forget…from earlier today…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyeXaq_-lLY
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
July 15th, 2011
5:04 pm
Good for you Tom Petty ! Don’t Back Down !
Tolerance – the virtue of those who stand for nothing.
Oh, by the way check this out ………… only in modern America !
Headline (AJC): “Police in Ga. shut down girls’ lemonade stand”
.
MIDWAY, Ga. — “Police in Georgia have shut down a lemonade stand run by three girls trying to save up for a trip to a water park, saying they didn’t have a business license or the required permits.
.
Midway Police Chief Kelly Morningstar says police also didn’t know how the lemonade was made, who made it or what was in it.
The girls had been operating for one day when Morningstar and another officer cruised by.
The girls needed a business license, peddler’s permit and food permit to operate, even on residential property. The permits cost $50 a day or $180 per year.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFUIYg33DBE
josef
July 15th, 2011
5:08 pm
JAY
There’s just something about Petty’s version that, well, touches my soul…Johnny Cash said it ought to be the Southern national anthem and I agree…his version in case you’ve never heard it…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8kNhMu6FZE
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
July 15th, 2011
5:08 pm
“OBAMA: 80% OF AMERICANS WANT HIGHER TAXES… ”
“POLL: Just 34% support tax hikes… ”
O.K. ………….. so “someone” is shall we say “fibbing” ??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF0Do2sHh7o (The Fair Tax Song)
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
July 15th, 2011
5:09 pm
The girls needed a business license, peddler’s permit and food permit to operate, even on residential property. The permits cost $50 a day or $180 per year.”
Well, about time we had Law and Order. Make them pay like other businesses pay. If everybody opened a business without a permit then pretty soon cities wouldn’t have any money and that would mean a Tax Increase for the rest of us. And I’m Taxed Enough Already. Besides, those girls are vicious. Hard to tell what they put in that lemonade.
Sorry to break away from the music. But I had to rant.
godless heathen
July 15th, 2011
5:09 pm
MIdtown shooter at large. Police seek driver of Toyota Prius.
A Prius?
Liberal rage?
Kamchak
July 15th, 2011
5:13 pm
Kam, I was referring to your post on the Cain thread.
Fair enough. My bad and I apologize.
Message from Matti
July 15th, 2011
5:13 pm
Ahhhh yes. A theme song for the ages, and appropriate today! Had to drag the Underdog cape out of the closet and put it on yesterday. This is going to be a long, tough one folks. Trampling the vulnerable just to milk taxpayer dollars, bullying, belittling, and breaking the innocent….. It cannot stand. It won’t stand. I. Won’t. Back. Down. (Sing it again, Tommy Baby!)
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
July 15th, 2011
5:13 pm
Oooops !
Another “fib” :
Headline: “Newly released emails show the Obama administration communication team privately discussed whether to exclude Fox News from interviews in late 2009, despite claims at the time that the White House did not intend to snub the cable news channel.”
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/07/14/emails-show-white-house-ripping-fox-news/?test=latestnews
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMaGLnOD5i4
Fred
July 15th, 2011
5:14 pm
Yeah Keep. You were right. That was SO wrong. But funny as hell. “Tell Goebells to pick me up in a camaro. i’ll need stoned washed jeans and a wife beater……..
joe the plutocrat
July 15th, 2011
5:15 pm
Keep Up… never get tired of that clip. And guess what, I saw my first Springsteen show from upper level seats behind the stage – at the old Capital Center in Landover, MD (River tour, 1980). Josef; I agree, re: Southern Accents. As noted, it’s as genuine as it comes. “…that drunk tank in Atlanta’s just a motel room for me…”
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
July 15th, 2011
5:15 pm
Redneck:
Next girlscout trying to sell cookies that I see I’m calling the police ! Including the ones in front of the grocery stores.
Enough is enough !!!!!
Jack
July 15th, 2011
5:16 pm
Seen one doper you’ve seen ‘em all.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
July 15th, 2011
5:17 pm
Kam…. hope you are doing well. Haven’t seen much of you lately.
For some reason, I’m rather partial to this Zevon song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5puAN1PGQw&feature=related
But then again, I had a great Crim Law prof who managed to use some of the song as part of the essay question for the final exam. I worked in a few legal references to what to do when the fecal material hits the air circulating device and a medium of exchange.
Logical Dude
July 15th, 2011
5:18 pm
godless heathen: MIdtown shooter at large. Police seek driver of Toyota Prius.
Well, they’ve learned they can make a quiet getaway!
Soothsayer
July 15th, 2011
5:18 pm
Still my fav TP song!
josef
July 15th, 2011
5:18 pm
good fight
“…three hours with that Jersey riff raff…” I love those and this is one of the best ones, yet! Thanks. I had not seen it….
Message from Matti
July 15th, 2011
5:19 pm
Keep Up the Good Fight,
Do you? Fight the good fight, I mean? Like for real? Underdog needs the assistance of a good legal mind with an appropriate level of disgust for arrogant quacks.
stranger in a strange land
July 15th, 2011
5:20 pm
Fred @ 5:01 – a good one too. Townshend in a white jumpsuit, windmill guitar…that is, how you say…cool
Fred
July 15th, 2011
5:20 pm
Either Kam was posting under a different name or Jay deleted ALL his comments…………….
Keep Up the Good Fight!
July 15th, 2011
5:22 pm
Joe the plutocrat — Orpheum Theater, 1976, 4th row.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
July 15th, 2011
5:25 pm
Matti… I try and yes for real. But if its medical quackery, that is outside my arena.
Brad Steel
July 15th, 2011
5:26 pm
since Bachmann and Bush got spanked for using his songs, he has gotten even more cred. i guess the ‘pubs can go back to more ‘pub type rockers like…. uh….. mmm…… uh…. Ted Nuggent. The only thing better than his music is his stand-up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy8RIiTyhMI
Soothsayer
July 15th, 2011
5:26 pm
For Paul Ryan. “His hair was perfect!”
Fred
July 15th, 2011
5:26 pm
Keep: I don’t know why but I KNEW you were posting that Zevon and not this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j941CWUC_gY
Whoops that was the Republican ripped off version….. here’s the real one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhSc8qVMjKM
joe the plutocrat
July 15th, 2011
5:29 pm
Keep Up… that’s when he played theaters. I saw him open Brendan Byrne Arena in NJ (where Hitler saw him) in July ‘81, and seen him a dozen times since, including the “Tom Joad” Fox show in ‘96, but haven’t felt the need since the 2000 E Street Band reunion tour at Philips. With Big Man and Danyy Federici gone; I’d say the E Street Band is no more. None better between ‘75 and ‘85, but I think Petty has stayed a bit truer to his roots and has honed his craft to a sharper edge from ‘85 to present.
Streetracer
July 15th, 2011
5:29 pm
One of my favorite movie lines:
“Music has been going downhill ever since Buddy Holley died”
josef
July 15th, 2011
5:34 pm
matti
Here’s Tom’s for you…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFnOfpIJL0M
Fred
July 15th, 2011
5:37 pm
Hey Keep? How are you on construction? Recently finished a job for s $%#@@#$ who has decided that not only did I work for free but that I buy the materials…………
josef
July 15th, 2011
5:37 pm
and good fight….
How can I resist…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9qrJMTU1O8&feature=related
Kamchak
July 15th, 2011
5:42 pm
Recently finished a job for s $%#@@#$ who has decided that not only did I work for free but that I buy the materials…
Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.
Fred
July 15th, 2011
5:45 pm
Kam: i knew he was a scumbag when I first met him. But a former friend (who I was helping out) vouched for him. When he lied about cutting down the bushes I should have walked. Had I eaten the 2 grand of unreturnable windows THEN, I would have been 1500 ahead of how it is now.
Lien and sue.
Soothsayer
July 15th, 2011
5:45 pm
Always liked this one
Fred
July 15th, 2011
5:46 pm
Speaking of artists whom I don’t like but like one song they do really well……….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rGA_rZxIV0
Soothsayer
July 15th, 2011
5:47 pm
There weren’t Orientals involved were there?
Keep Up the Good Fight!
July 15th, 2011
5:49 pm
Fred….I know a just a wee bit ’bout construction.
Probably as little as SoCo knows about illegals. 
Quantum meruit….but hopefully if its a remodel you have your Georgia Residential Contractor state license or there could be trouble under the new law. Just dont discuss it on a public forum, but if you seriously need help send an email to Jay with your contact info and I can help.
Above all I know more than josef about them attorneys in love.
Fred
July 15th, 2011
5:51 pm
Sooth: I went through a period where I really started to despise the Beatles. Seemed like the radios played the same songs ALL the time. Then maybe 10-15 years ago, this kid I had working for me turned me back onto them and I “rediscovered” how good they really were. Here’s one of the songs that was over played to the point I lost my love for it, until I loved it again:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajCYQL8ouqw
Fred
July 15th, 2011
5:53 pm
Keep. I want a construction lawyer lol. One who specializes. Had one the last time I had to “go legal” 15 years ago, but lost contact with him.
josef
July 15th, 2011
5:56 pm
Good fight…
well, in my times of angst, here’s what I know…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY0Pg2Gu5uM&feature=related
and for Bruno when he checks in…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCTYxIsLThA&feature=related
Kamchak
July 15th, 2011
5:57 pm
Kam: i knew he was a scumbag when I first met him. But a former friend (who I was helping out) vouched for him. When he lied about cutting down the bushes I should have walked. Had I eaten the 2 grand of unreturnable windows THEN, I would have been 1500 ahead of how it is now.
Ouch. After I got burned (not as much as you have), I learned to trust that first instinct and politely refused any work from those that I didn’t trust. I just wrote it off as a lesson learned thing.
Soothsayer
July 15th, 2011
6:01 pm
“What do you see when you turn out the lights? I can’t tell you but I know that it’s mine.” A song with a lot personal significance for me.
Fred
July 15th, 2011
6:02 pm
Well Kam, the “friend” who got me burned owes the IRS over 60 grand but they can’t find him. I can. There’s a bounty on folks like that……….
Soothsayer
July 15th, 2011
6:03 pm
Fred: never let ‘em get too far into you! Never be bashful about asking for your money!
Keep Up the Good Fight!
July 15th, 2011
6:03 pm
Fred….okay let me try again. NARI, HBA, APSP, NKBA, ASID. Just a selection of the alphabet in my current client list. How ’bout Journal of Light Construction, Atlanta Home Improvement, Qualified Remodler as part of my reading/writing list. If you want someone who knows construction law, I would be high on that list in GA.
Soothsayer
July 15th, 2011
6:05 pm
Keep: Fred’s only out 2K. That wouldn’t even cover your retainer. Give it a rest!
Keep Up the Good Fight!
July 15th, 2011
6:06 pm
josef — why I would have thought your selection would be this sad song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cT-i8NhoFA
oldguy
July 15th, 2011
6:11 pm
OK Jay,
Just to show I am not just a bombthrower a bit of mellow 70s from Cat Stevens (before he became a bomb throwing Muslim, (reference his statement on being willing to kill the Dutch artist who drew the Muhammid cartoons, if directed).
Mellow out Dude!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHXpnZi9Hzs
Kamchak
July 15th, 2011
6:12 pm
Fred
Playing the IRS card on your ex friend is the nuclear option. Lotsa fallout.
Fred
July 15th, 2011
6:14 pm
Keep. Funny you would post that 6:03. I had mis-read your your first post (5:49) and realized you were saying you know a buttload about it. I was just about to respond when you did the 6:03………….
Keep Up the Good Fight!
July 15th, 2011
6:19 pm
Fred, you know I have to be careful. I dont want Kam to show up and nail my doors shut.
Fred
July 15th, 2011
6:20 pm
Keep. Sending to Jay. Taking your advise and shutting the hell up. Deleted two posts already, one to Kam and one to Sooth.
Ross Perot
July 15th, 2011
6:20 pm
Damn the Torpedoes was a great album, and you have to admire their songwriting ability as they weren’t an overly talented band!
Fred
July 15th, 2011
6:21 pm
Did you see my Cat Stevens last night oldguy? I can toss his songs pout all night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q29YR5-t3gg
Soothsayer
July 15th, 2011
6:22 pm
A perennial favorite!
At least one of mine.
Kamchak
July 15th, 2011
6:26 pm
I dont want Kam to show up and nail my doors shut.
I see that you remembered that I already know your identity and I wouldn’t use nails. I’m anxious to try out something I saw on Burn Notice.
Message from Matti
July 15th, 2011
6:26 pm
Keep Up the Good Fight,
Here’s your song! (And mine!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlJA-cN2C_0
Crank this, y’all… then kick some AZZ… Sincerely, Underdog the struggling superhero.
Soothsayer
July 15th, 2011
6:26 pm
How about this one?
oldguy
July 15th, 2011
6:27 pm
Josef,
I think this Jackson Browne may be more appropriate for the time!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJYRtOPUonA&feature=related
p.s. He still does some concerts around Chapel Hill… I may try to catch one.
Fred
July 15th, 2011
6:28 pm
Not just you Sooth. That’s an awesome tune. But since you brought up Clapton………
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf-O2Fi5nMI
josef
July 15th, 2011
6:29 pm
from the Caucasians to Herr Cain….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXRclxwqIpY&playnext=1&list=PL0333DD6A47D21B40
oldguy
July 15th, 2011
6:29 pm
no Fred,
Was st the Harry Potter movie
Still love his music but not the srtist!!
Fred
July 15th, 2011
6:31 pm
Matti? Triumph? Really? I thought I was the only one left alive who remembered them.
Do you remember this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIty0naKySo
Look in the mirror tell me what do you see Can you lie to yourself like you’re lyin’ to me?
Do you fall asleep real easy feelin’ justified and right
Or do you wake up feelin’ empty in the middle of the night
You want to think you’re different, but you know you never can
You’re just another ordinary man
Hey politician, can’t believe a word you say
Almighty media, whose truth d’you sell today?
Watchdog of justice, who keeps their eye on you?
Con man, song in hand, who you singin’ to?
The more I get to see, the less I understand
I’m just another ordinary man
Message from Matti
July 15th, 2011
6:33 pm
Fred,
REMEMBER them? The day the casette player in my car (two cars ago) ate my warped, melted 20-yr-old tape I was devastated!!!
stands for decibels
July 15th, 2011
6:36 pm
I prefer this version.
Fred
July 15th, 2011
6:37 pm
What’s with all the Jackson Browne? Guess I should jump on the bandwagon and play my favorite then…….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtuvXrTz8DY
Sorry, couldn’t find the version with Maurice Williams.
stands for decibels
July 15th, 2011
6:39 pm
While never a huge fan of Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, I sure loved his previous band, and thus found it pretty hard to tolerate this other guy with his other band he called “the Heartbreakers” ’round about the same time.
But yeah, Petty’s ok, I guess.
getalife
July 15th, 2011
6:42 pm
Petty is pop music.
This is rock and roll:
“You are going to get what you deserve:”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBnKO8Q_DMI
Fred
July 15th, 2011
6:42 pm
Oh man Matti. I saw them on the Allied Forces tour. Foghat opened up for them and then Vandenberg (Remember them too) It was one of the best concerts I’ve seen and I’ve probably seen 6 million concerts lol. Best thing was, after the concert Foghat showed up at this bar/rock joint called 90east (in Gulfport MS) and got on the stage and jammed for who remembers how long. Of course that is where WE were at after the concert. It was awesome.
Fred
July 15th, 2011
6:44 pm
getalife: Who was that? Adam Lambert?
HDB
July 15th, 2011
6:47 pm
Petty is OK….but I prefer Tom Johnston………
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG3qPn8xLrE&feature=fvst
getalife
July 15th, 2011
6:49 pm
Fred,
No.
Papa Roach’s lead singer is named Jacoby Dakota Shaddix.
I saw their first tour in Atlanta.
Message from Matti
July 15th, 2011
6:50 pm
Fred,
Wow… Yeah.. life used to be good back before reality got real.
jt
July 15th, 2011
6:53 pm
There is hope for the Jay Bookmans of the world.
One only has to wait.
The illusion that government protects us, that it is designed and structured in a way to do so, is everywhere. The progressive left believes that it shields us from economic inequality and dangerous consumer products, despite all evidence to the contrary. The progressive right believes it upholds moral virtue, the absurdity of politicians being moral role models notwithstanding. Everyone believes it protects us from violent crime, regardless of its horrific record in doing so, and the greats costs to our liberties inflicted by the criminal justice system. But probably no myth is more pervasive than the myth that U.S. national security policy keeps us safer than we otherwise would be, that even when it fails in particulars, its general composition is aimed toward achieving this goal effectively. It is a bunch of hogwash. The wars and homeland security state do nothing to diminish the terrorist threat and indeed in many ways enhance it, and the politicians in both parties are either to dense to notice or they do notice but are too wicked to change approaches.
.
One only has to wait.
.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMyCa35_mOg
godless heathen
July 15th, 2011
6:57 pm
A friend of mine’s teenaged son was lamenting on Facebook about his fate of being home on Friday night. I sent a link to this classic Jackson Browne song. He didn’t understand at first, but after a hint or two he got it and said nary a word more.
http://youtu.be/8rX6vumdt-A
Fred
July 15th, 2011
6:59 pm
Here’s one from Grace Potter and the nocturnals. Skip ahead to about 1:52 if all you want is the tune. Watch the whole thing if you want to see the process. GP and the Nocs are SO awesome. She has the voice and passion of Grace Slick, Janis Joplin, ect………. and a band to back her up. That squirrely guitar player he as is as talented as anyone I’ve seen. Of course it really helps that I like their Genre…….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyA075eiz28&feature=BFa&list=PL6332B2C1A05D6223&index=7
josef
July 15th, 2011
7:01 pm
zevon fans from earlier…his words, but imho HER song…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rky1XdRnHYI&feature=related
and, Herman et al, here’s one for y’all from those two…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kLGsPSrClE&feature=related
Normal
July 15th, 2011
7:03 pm
This is rock and roll…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXOjzCKDong
Keep Up the Good Fight!
July 15th, 2011
7:08 pm
Kam…. Oh no was that a death threat.. why I’m going to report you to the police but not do the sensible thing like change my posting name if I were truly concerned and weren’t just acting the poutraged drama queen with Morgan Fairchild.
Sorry had to get the feinting couch up to my office
Matti – Great Triumph song
Fred
July 15th, 2011
7:08 pm
Ya’ll don’t know squat about rock OR big rock stars. Let me educate you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of368QdosR0
Fred
July 15th, 2011
7:09 pm
keep: garedneck2112 near yahoo
out of the blue
July 15th, 2011
7:18 pm
Jay, Jay Jay….You’re much younger than I am but even you should know that rock and roll started off with rhythm and blues with a lot of soul
which became as Alan Freed coined rock and roll. The greatest rock and roll era was the 50’s and sixties….Here is one of those early pioneers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m6lymJy57E
Keep Up the Good Fight!
July 15th, 2011
7:31 pm
josef…you mentioned lawyers in love… I always found Amensia works much better
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm6AFag8SdY
Kamchak
July 15th, 2011
7:31 pm
More Jersey rock –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRVkS6Owp9Q