Rawk -n- roll shootout #2

[DdBob]

Cheap trick southern Girls vs Tom Pett 'merican Girl, which ones better ?

 

[tiger roach]

American Girl! One of the toe-tappinest rockers ever.

And the fact that the girl in Silence of the Lambs was rockin it before she got chucked in the pit gives it even more cred.

 

[Coralkong]

I like American Girl better than the Cheap Trick song, but it is one of those songs that is just so fucking overplayed that I cannot listen to it anymore (I don't care if it's the best version or not). I'd turn the radio station if it came on, so I can't very well vote for it, now can I?

 

[Flamencology]

The first two responses to this thread nail my conflicting feelings.

 

[VoidTerraFirma]

There are some damn good Tom Petty songs out there. American Girl is not among them.

 

[Flamencology]

I voted for 'American Girl' because the south has a longtime history of terrorism.

 

[Chad]

American Girl.

 

[Chad]

There are some damn good Tom Petty songs out there. American Girl is not among them.

booo! why do you hate America?

 

[Gary Blanchard]

I chose American Girl. Did I choose the smarmy unlistenable garbage again?

 

[335clone]

Petty.

 

[DFB]

American Girl.

 

[tompetty]

I voted...

 

[Stratguy]

Of those 2, I'm going with "American Girl."

 

[DdBob]

There are some damn good Tom Petty songs out there. American Girl is not among them.

That's his best song bar none....I sure as shit ain't gonna post last Dance

 

[B Valley]

"The Last DJ" almost destroyed my love for the early TP albums, but I'll go with American Girl.

 

[tompetty]

Wow....The Last DJ is a very cool record IMO...

What's your take on Wildflowers and the soundtrack She's The One??

 

[emmaporkchop]

American Girl, for the lyrics:

"And for one desperate moment
there, he crept back in her memory
God it's so painful when something that's so close
Is still so far out of reach"

And for one of my favorite guitar solos.

 

[dmn23]

Insanely tough call but I'll give it to Petty.

However, I now have overwhelming GAS for a sunburst Hamer Standard.

 

[dmn23]

This will do nicely: https://reverb.com/item/2105703-hamer-explorer-standard-1994-cherry-burst

 

[VoidTerraFirma]

I must be taking crazy pills. American Girl is schmaltz.

Vastly superior...