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Post by jeromemason on Oct 3, 2017 0:54:45 GMT -6
Truly was a genuine human being and told it like it was.
This one does hurt, he went way before his time should of ran out. I really wish this hadn't happened.
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Post by kcatthedog on Oct 3, 2017 3:00:45 GMT -6
Well and heartfully said Ragan and you are right a great track. For me, a big part of Petty's greatness and I don't use that word lightly was how his songs were so visceral , engaging and worked from different levels: the great music and the different textures of the story and their listener engagement. For me , I had Petty up there with Lennon in terms of their unique, singular and unquestionable masterful talent: goin to miss him too, always looked forward to his next record..
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Post by ericn on Oct 3, 2017 7:08:54 GMT -6
Let's not forget how he grew as a songwriter, he went from the typical songs of love lust and longing to a story teller who held his own next Harrison, Dylan Orbison and Lynne. The fact that he not only fit in the Traveling Wildberries but was as much a part and one of the most recognizable voices in a group of voices that defined 3 decades of popular music. Most of these supergroups end because you can't fit the massive egos in one room, these guys called it quits because of the loss of Roy. As much as we think of Tom as a solo artist, if you listen to his catalog you hear how much of it was a colaberation, and how brilliantly he worked with others.
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Post by swurveman on Oct 3, 2017 8:03:06 GMT -6
Well and heartfully said Ragan and you are right a great track. For me, a big part of Petty's greatness and I don't use that word lightly was how his songs were so visceral , engaging and worked from different levels: the great music and the different textures of the story and their listener engagement. For me , I had Petty up there with Lennon in terms of their unique, singular and unquestionable masterful talent: goin to miss him too, always looked forward to his next record.. I think this line epitomized Petty: "Yeah, I am a loser at the top of my game". He never lost contact with the humble roots of his America . The American that struggles. The American that doesn't quit. The honest American. The humble American. He was a main line of simple, direct honesty in an often phony, hyped America. Amongst all the bulllshit, you could always count on Tom Petty to remain the same. His songs were about people you knew, not people who Madison Avenue wanted you to fantasize about becoming.
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Post by jcoutu1 on Oct 3, 2017 8:15:20 GMT -6
Loved this guys music. The Wildflowers album was one of the first CD's I picked up when I was young. I saw TP live probably about 15 years ago. I distinctly remember people in the crowd singing along and going crazy during the "let's roll another joint" line in "You Don't Know How It Feels". The entire place was singing along and having a blast. It's amazing the way music can unite people, and Tom's was some of the best at appealing to everyone.
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Post by matt on Oct 3, 2017 8:23:47 GMT -6
"Let's head on down the road, there's somewhere I gotta go"
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Post by Johnkenn on Oct 3, 2017 8:32:36 GMT -6
I don't usually get that emotional about these things but this one feels like a gut punch. Tom Petty was a hero of mine. He represented something so quintessentially American to me. You could talk to the most coastal, urban music writer or an Indiana soybean farmer and get the same reverence for TP out of both. There are so few things like that anymore. Almost nothing left that's as unifying as the grin you'd see across the faces in a bar when a classic TP song came on. I feel like he represented the good part of America. The scrappy, compassionate, ballsy, thoughtful, enduring part. A part that seems so fundamentally at odds with 2017. I guess, though the conflict was obvious, I was hoping the Tom Petty side was gonna come out on top. This has long been my favorite Petty track. Feels particularly apt right now. Kind of eerie to hear him sing a song about going down swingin' that includes the line "...after that night in Vegas/and the hell that we went through..." Heavy subject matter with the characteristic Tom Petty 'wink' to it... "We went down...swingin'...like Benny Goodman...we went down...swingin'...like Sonny Liston..." I just got to see him for the first and last time a few weeks ago. You had a lot of gas left in the tank, Tom. Fuck. I'm gonna miss you. That whole Echo album was great...Sounds incredible too
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Post by drbill on Oct 3, 2017 9:33:44 GMT -6
I think this line epitomized Petty: "Yeah, I am a loser at the top of my game". He never lost contact with the humble roots of his America . The American that struggles. The American that doesn't quit. The honest American. The humble American. He was a main line of simple, direct honesty in an often phony, hyped America. Amongst all the bulllshit, you could always count on Tom Petty to remain the same. His songs were about people you knew, not people who Madison Avenue wanted you to fantasize about becoming. I think you hit the nail on the head swurveman. brought tears to my eyes. again. today's not feeling much better than yesterday......
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Post by donr on Oct 3, 2017 10:26:21 GMT -6
Petty was great all along the timeline. A great writer and performer.
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Post by popmann on Oct 3, 2017 16:51:57 GMT -6
If anyone is wondering, allegedly, his HD audio releases have UNloudness mastered the stuff from the 90s+....the way they were intended to be heard. I always admired the man as artist and human more than I did his his actual music.
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Post by Johnkenn on Oct 3, 2017 19:53:04 GMT -6
I admired his ear - and Mike Campbell - for the sound of rock and roll. An SG/Firebird through a Vox/Champ/Tweed...just disgustingly great...with Benmont...good lord.
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Post by Johnkenn on Oct 3, 2017 19:53:50 GMT -6
Also - Breaking: Now being reportedTom Petty will play the Tom Petty Memorial
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Post by johneppstein on Oct 3, 2017 20:11:54 GMT -6
I was there the night he fell off the Winterland stage - and got right back up and finished the set like nothing had happened. Such an amazing performer - topped only by his talent as a writer and artist... and his appeal across the generations.
Gone much too young....
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Post by Quint on Oct 5, 2017 17:54:05 GMT -6
This just really fucking sucks. I've been super busy the last few days so it really didn't truly sink in until today. He was such a huge influence for me and only got better with age. As testament to his progression, the She's the One soundtrack is SO underrated. It's one of my favorite Tom Petty albums. I love Walls (Circus Version).
One of my bands in college used to cover Honey Bee. I always thought it was such a rocking song (Petty's version, not our's). This version with Dave Grohl on SNL still kicks ass.
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Post by Quint on Oct 5, 2017 19:34:19 GMT -6
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