Is It Just Me?

Jeff Lynn has got to be the worst producer ever.

Why do I mention this? Because there's a Tom Petty song playing on XM right now, which I think really sucks. Mainly because obviously, it was produced by Jeff Lynn.

I never liked E.L.O. that much, mostly because of what I'll call a 'dry' beat they had in all their songs. After they became a thing of the past, Lynn somehow convinced the powers that be he was a good producer.
Here's a couple of examples. First, The Traveling Wilburys, who's "Handle Me With Care" had that same droll snare beat.
Then we had the so-called lost Beatles tapes released, in which one of the songs was "Free As A Bird". Same boring, snare tapping beat.

I think they all would have done better and made more money had they hired a producer with a broader scope of instrumentation and richer sound quality.

But what do I know? I'm only a consumer, not a producer.