Room at the Top (Petty cover) - Ed "Solo"

[stip]

[E.H. Ruddock]

Eh. I guess this is just where Ed is now with his solo stuff. It's fine.

[Kevin Davis]

2 stars for me. Pretty tired of all the covers.

[McParadigm]

A good cover of a good song that I don’t care to listen to very often. I like the performance.

Looking back at this era when I’m 60, I’ll hear this some time and think I’ve never heard it before. But I bet it’ll be effective on television.

[Strat]

One of my favorite petty songs. So, always glad to hear ed sing. Not as tender as pettys version.

Pretty certain this is just a mixed up version from the live show at YouTube theater couple years ago

[Thurman Murman]

2 stars for me. Pretty tired of all the covers.

This is where im at. I struggle to get thru this one and Save It For Later. Neither is offensive but they really do nothing for me.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[oasisfan35]

Fascinating that Ed seems to have this late-career interest in Petty yet seems to be actively undermining any potential of delivering the same sort of organic, understated qualities inherent to Petty's late-career output. Songs that should feel effortless feel the opposite.

His emulation rings quite hollow. He can adore the artist or piece but it simply does not work, this is a lot of Vedder outside The Who.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[oasisfan35]

Fascinating that Ed seems to have this late-career interest in Petty yet seems to be actively undermining any potential of delivering the same sort of organic, understated qualities inherent to Petty's late-career output. Songs that should feel effortless feel the opposite.

His emulation rings quite hollow. He can adore the artist or piece but it simply does not work, this is a lot of Vedder outside The Who.

So frustrating because it's not like we're asking for the moon. Just let it sound like a band in a room, and stop annunciating so much (he made good headway on this last one with Dark Matter).

The annunciation is a real crutch now IMO.

Live takes are a different animal but Benmont was in the studio for the solo album and this might be a frankenstein track.

[stip]

I love the save it for later cover. This didn’t grab me on first listen. It’s a shame, as I really dig his wildflowers cover

[Matters]

Haven’t listened yet. The Tom Petty tributes aren’t very interesting. That’s one of the reasons why Wreckage doesn’t work for me.

Long Way is my favorite of the group.

[ridleybradout]

Yawn. When is he going to play/record 'The Waiting' again? One of my all-time favourite covers by anyone.

[dprival78]

i kind of have a dream of a heartbreakers reunion show/tour with eddie handling the singing

[stip]

i kind of have a dream of a heartbreakers reunion show/tour with eddie handling the singing

that would be incredible

[RockPusher]

I love this song but Tom's version curbs this one. 3 sad little stars signifying meh.

[Ms Harmless]

I hadn't heard this song before; I listened to this, then the much more sensitive Petty version; I hear the weird enunciation from Ed, and the way he kind of bends notes now from low to high (*in there* liiiives) but hey it's a really nice song so whatever; I appreciate the louder Yield-like guitars on Ed's version

[C4lukin]

Not a big fan of this studio version. Eddie’s version at the Oscars a few years ago was fantastic though.

[epilogue]

I've always thought Ed covered this well. But nothing compares to the OG. Petty's original is perfection.

[spike]

Howie Epstein’s vocal harmonies are the secret weapon of the original.