I knew there was a reason that you always seem to remain on my good side Eberg! You're a cool dude!
someone could call you all kinds of names, but as long as they say something nice about SP they'll be on your good side huh?
seriously though, SP was one of those things that I really had to open my mind to get into because they are obviously very different compared to what I usually listen to, and what I finally figured out was, you have to look really hard, but you can hear the influences from the older bands I like, but they just took those influences and warped them sooooooo... far out of what really anyone else could warp them too... and the result is great.. that is true art.. its what I try to do when I write music, doesn't really work that well for me.. but hey, I try
but thats the same reason I like Tom petty so much, look at the music he grew up on and was influenced by...and look what he created, obviously he did pay tribute to them very much so wiht songs like The Waiting, you can see obvious Byrds influence.. and some of the acoustic songs you can hear a lot of the country he grew up on.... but then songs like Listen To Her Heart.. where have you ever heard that before it came out?...
and speaking of Petty, and because I should really probably type an essay instead of this.....
playing my all time favorite acoustic guitar right there too
and a collaboration with Stevie Nicks...