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Post subject: Re: Don't Bore Us, Get To The Chorus - A Tom Petty Thread
Posted: Mon November 06, 2023 8:53 pm
tl;dr
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Yes, same — the music video for “Jammin’ Me” is among my earliest musical memories. Watching those images of him pulling static out of the TV is an instant time machine trip for me, like walking back into my old elementary school, or seeing old issues of “Nintendo Power” magazine.
Post subject: Re: Don't Bore Us, Get To The Chorus - A Tom Petty Thread
Posted: Mon November 06, 2023 10:44 pm
Major Dude
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bada wrote:
Kevin Davis wrote:
liebzz wrote:
wease wrote:
wease wrote:
Just finished it. Fantastic.
I know that Springsteen is supposed to be the number one American rock singer/songwriter but Petty is numero uno for me. Springsteen, to me, always wanted you to know how smart and important his lyrics were. Petty wrote lyrics that you experienced and lived and related to without the pretentiousness of Springsteen.
Goddamn, I miss him.
Just rewatched it this morning. I’ve never gone thru a phase where Tom was my favorite. I’ve always liked him and would get the albums and stuff but never one of my favorites that I’d have to go and see no matter what or really became fanatical about. But goddamn if I don’t miss him more than any other artist we’ve lost. Even Cornell. And I was always a much bigger Soundgarden fan than Petty. I dunno. Maybe it’s because I’m older and different things hit me in different ways now. It would be safe to say Tom is probably in my top 5 now.
Yeah, I mean there’s something about the purity and freedom of Tom Petty’s brand of rock music that creeps in and makes a powerful connection. He never truly needed to expand his palette because he connected so naturally that it never got stale. I certainly miss him more than any other rock star we’ve lost. 66 and still felt like we lost him before his time.
I find Petty’s straightforward, uncomplicated songwriting more and more resonant and moving with each year. “Some things are over/Some things go on/Part of me you carry/Part of me is gone” — man, that just bowled me over last time I heard it. There is so much deceptively simple, good-hearted wisdom in so many of his songs, and the Heartbreakers’ music is the perfect mirror for it. Never a word or note wasted. One of the great American rock bands.
Even when I wasn't actively listening to Petty I was listening to Petty. He was always there. A constant. No mater what age or phase I was in he was always relevant. Always on the radio or MTV or a passing cars stereo. He comes on you listen to it. You'd never change the channel. You don't even realize how much you love him cause he was just a part of life.
That’s a good way of describing it.
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