This one's an interesting article.

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This one's in my current queue of articles to type because of you-know-who. But I thought other people might like it. So heres the nice interesting article.

Enjoy that ok :) Please no mean posts :(

Spoiler :
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They got Petty's age wrong :( but only by a year. So its not so bad
 
Rewinding a tape? What's that? :D It's been so long since I have done that. I just realized that reading this article.

As for TP's age, when is his birthday? Depending on the time of year, his age could vary by one year.

Only one kid in this article listens to decent 80's music. Fred Turner's kids. :D I'm kidding. I like a lot of 80's music. Duran Duran mentioned many times in this article is good.

From the article it looks like Prince has the most mentions, and then Duran Duran. And not one kid in this article mentions Tom Petty. :p I'm kidding. Actually most of his best songs were in that era. But he was never cool like other artists. So while a lot of people may like TP, they won't mention him as their favorite artist.
 
Disgustipated said:
As for TP's age, when is his birthday? Depending on the time of year, his age could vary by one year.
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Oct. 20, 1950. A lot of articles got his age wrong though. Ive seen it happen up until the late '90s.
 
To me, when I think of "the 80s", probably the first words that pop into my head are "Duran Duran". I coudn't actually name any of their songs, but that reflects my total ignorance of pop music, not any lack of profile on their part.
 
Plotinus said:
When on earth do you think Duran Duran were around, then?
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That is exactly what I was thinking. :lol:

And yeah, way to make us feel old! I remember when "Hungry Like a Wolf" was played on MTV! :old:
 
Sorry everyone, I just think of Twisted Sister and some other hair metal bands when I think of the eighties.
 
Random Petty Trivia of the Day: Steve Ferrone, current drummer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, apparently played with Duran Duran for some time. I don't know much about it, though -- perhaps a research for another day.
 
I didn't want to make another thread, but heres another interesting article about music in advertisements.

Spoiler :
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Thoughts?
 
Was it even read?
 
If an artist gave their permission for a company to use the artist's song for advertisement then I'm okay with that.
 
Cynovolans said:
If an artist gave their permission for a company to use the artist's song for advertisement then I'm okay with that.
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Well one of the things mentioned was when the original artist declines and they make a soundalike. It happened to Petty:
http://thepettyarchives.squareserve.org/newspaper/newspapers-1987/1987-03-08-losangelestimes/

“We turned them down–we told them absolutely no,” Dimitriades said. “And now they come back and do an ad we feel is based on the same song. We turned down a substantial sum of money to not be associated with B. F. Goodrich. But now they’re doing it anyway, which we feel represents an element of deception. We feel that the pop artist should have the right to draw the line as to where his voice or likeness is used for commercial purposes.”
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How similar are the two songs? According to Irwin Coster, a veteran musicologist hired by Petty’s management to analyze the tunes, the songs have “similar” instrumentation, voice and lyrics. He added: “The lyrics (to the B. F. Goodrich jingle) are basically derived from Tom Petty’s song, ‘Mary’s New Car.’ The rhythmic pattern of both compositions . . . is basically the same.”
You be the judge. Here’s the first verse of Petty’s song:
Mary’s got a brand new car,
Mary’s got a brand new set of wheels,
And we wanna go where she goes,
we want to listen to the radio
The opening of the B. F. Goodrich ad goes:
Baby has got something new,
baby has got a brand new set of shoes,
And we wanna go where she goes,
so we’re getting Goodrich to radial
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