F*CKF*CKF*CKF*CK... Tom Petty in critical conditon after cardiac arrest

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Too soon?
 
I was listening to his greatest hits earlier tonight. He cranked out hits the way Queen did. And without getting too goofy in the 80s the way Queen did.
 
So, I crashed before it happened, was confirmed, or made official...what have you.

This and Cornell are two of the most devistating musical loses of my life. I grew up on Tom pretty much thanks to MTV and then classic rock radio. Just great tunes with perfect arrangements and accompaniment. Mike and Benmont have lost their musical brother.

Tom is an American music legend and icon. A flag bearer that was eventually welcomed into the pantheon of the "gods"...and rightfully so.

Peace to him and his loved ones.
 
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - greatest American band? I was thinking about it on the way into work today. I'd say certainly top 5 ,when you consider longevity and consistent quality of the output. Probably bands that had higher highs, but most either flamed out quickly or started to coast in their later years.
 
Plenty of great songs have been posted already. Here's my favorite from the early days.
It is impossible for me to not sing along every time I hear it.

 
I won't post a specific song. I will say that when people would talk about half-time Superbowl entertainment, I would quietly think about the 2008 show Tom and the boys put on. Just doing their thing, very well and professionally. I recall that was pretty impressed. And of course all the rest of the childhood into early adulthood and on and on memories. Rest in peace.


https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/10/02/t...per-bowl-xlii-halftime-show-performance-video
 
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Tom Petty and Elvis Costello probably wrote about 20% of the songs I play day to day, and it's hard to believe that now there won't be any more Petty songs.
 
Devil is Dill said:
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - greatest American band?
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Let's look at it this way: On any given night they could have walked on stage and played this setlist. I mean, holy shit. Every one of those is a stone classic. Who are you going to put up against these guys? They were bulletproof.

Breakdown
American Girl
I Need To Know
Listen To Her Heart
Refugee
Here Comes My Girl
Even The Losers
Don't Do Me Like That
The Waiting
It's Good to Be King
Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
Saving Grace
A Woman In Love
Insider
You Wreck Me
Wildflowers
You Got Lucky
Change Of Heart
Rebels
Don't Come Around Here No More
You Don't Know How It Feels
Southern Accents
Make It Better (Forget About Me)
The Best Of Everything
Jammin' Me
Free Fallin'
I Won't Back Down
Crawling Back to You
Love Is A Long Road
Runnin' Down A Dream
Yer So Bad
Learning To Fly
Into The Great Wide Open
Mary Jane's Last Dance
 
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This was our long setlist for our TP tribute "Full Moon Fever" - Fun times!!! Would love to play in another one.

Set: 1
1. A face in the crowd
2. Jamming me
3. Mr. Tambourine man
4. Rock and Roll Star
5. Shadow of a doubt
6. Something in the air
7. End of the line
8. You don’t know how it feels
9. Stop Dragging my heart
10. It’s good to be king
11. You got lucky
12. Out in the cold
13. Honey bee
14. Don’t come around here no more

Set: 2
1. Listen to her heart
2. The waiting
3. Breakdown
4. American girl
5. I need to know
6. Here comes my girl
7. Free Falling
8. Refugee
9. A thing about you
10. Even the losers
11. Think about me
12. Mary Janes last dance
13. Running down a dream

Set: 3
1. Handle with care
2. Don’t do me like
3. Feel a whole lot better
4. Learning to fly
5. Yer so Bad
6. Letting you go
7. Change of Heart
8. I won’t back down
9. Into the great wide open
10. Century city
11. A woman in love
12. You Wreck me baby
 
dmn23 said:
Let's look at it this way: On any given night they could have walked on stage and played this setlist. I mean, holy shit. Every one of those is a stone classic. Who are you going to put up against these guys? They were bulletproof.

Breakdown
American Girl
I Need To Know
Listen To Her Heart
Refugee
Here Comes My Girl
Even The Losers
Don't Do Me Like That
The Waiting
It's Good to Be King
A Woman In Love
Insider
You Wreck Me
Wildflowers
You Got Lucky
Change Of Heart
Rebels
Don't Come Around Here No More
You Don't Know How It Feels
Southern Accents
Make It Better (Forget About Me)
The Best Of Everything
Jammin' Me
Free Fallin'
I Won't Back Down
Crawling Back to You
Love Is A Long Road
Runnin' Down A Dream
Yer So Bad
Learning To Fly
Into The Great Wide Open
Mary Jane's Last Dance
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Not to mention B-sides.

He’s not someone I really ever listen to, and yet I feel like I know pretty much his entire catalogue. While I’m not a big fan, and while I think it’s worth admitting that he wasn’t perfect and that he made his share of duds, he’s definitely the kind of songwriter than I admire most; the consummate craftsman who cared about both the minute details and the big picture. And that produced a ton of terrific songs.

Anyway, though it kinda pains me to admit it, I am a little worried for tompetty. Will be following the Halifax news.
 
Flamencology said:
Not to mention B-sides.

He’s not someone I really ever listen to, and yet I feel like I know pretty much his entire catalogue. While I’m not a big fan, and while I think it’s worth admitting that he wasn’t perfect and that he made his share of duds, he’s definitely the kind of songwriter than I admire most; the consummate craftsman who cared about both the minute details and the big picture. And that produced a ton of terrific songs.

Anyway, though it kinda pains me to admit it, I am a little worried for tompetty. Will be following the Halifax news.
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