RIP Tom Petty

[Dick Whitman]

**** Whitman's Tom Petty Apple Music playlist:

Refugee
Don't Do Me Like That
Even the Losers
Here Comes My Girl
The Waiting
You Got Lucky
Don't Come Around Here No More
I Won't Back Down
Runnin' Down a Dream
Free Fallin'
Learning to Fly
Into the Great Wide Open
Mary Jane's Last Dance
Something in the Air
Love Is a Long Road
A Face in the Crowd
Feel a Whole Lot Better
Yer So Bad
The Apartment Song
Saving Grace
Wildflowers
You Don't Know How It Feels
Time to Move On
You Wreck Me
Its Good to Be King
Anything That's Rock 'N' Roll
King's Highway
U Get Me High
A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)
Nightwatchman
King's Road
Free Girl Now
Walls (Circus)
When the Time Comes

 

[MisterCreosote]

Enjoy the Great Wide Open.

RIP.

 

[Justin_Rice]

I'm crushed.

:(

 

[Huggy]

My favorite Petty song. Always great to hear, and the band kicks ass.

I saw Petty in Toronto in July and this is what they finished with. As I mentioned on the concert thread I wasn't crazy about the show and some of the songs he did at the expense of some classics, but I had seen him a bunch of times in the 80s and he was great. Incredible catalogue, great songwriter, a really unique voice who fit perfectly with other all-American rockers like Springsteen and Seger without trying to imitate either one.

RIP TP....

Here's Tom and the boys on the Tom Snyder show a million years ago doing one of my fave Petty deep cuts...

 

[Michael_ Gee]

This just sucks. RIP to one of the greatest.

 

[Dick Whitman]

I saw Petty in Toronto in July and this is what they finished with. As I mentioned on the concert thread I wasn't crazy about the show and some of the songs he did at the expense of some classics, but I had seen him a bunch of times in the 80s and he was great. Incredible catalogue, great songwriter, a really unique voice who fit perfectly with other all-American rockers like Springsteen and Seger without trying to imitate either one.

RIP TP....

Here's Tom and the boys on the Tom Snyder show a million years ago doing one of my fave Petty deep cuts...

Yeah, "King's Road" is right at the top of the list for me, too.

 

[MTM]

Heartbreaking quote:

In December, Petty told Rolling Stone that he thought this would be the group's last tour together. He said, "It's very likely we'll keep playing, but will we take on 50 shows in one tour? I don't think so. I'd be lying if I didn't say I was thinking this might be the last big one. We're all on the backside of our sixties. I have a granddaughter now I'd like to see as much as I can. I don't want to spend my life on the road. This tour will take me away for four months. With a little kid, that's a lot of time."

 

[MisterCreosote]

One of the lasting memories of my MTV-obsessed adolescence is Petty closing out the MTV Music Awards with a duet of Free Fallin' with Axl Rose.

 

[Jake_Taylor]

I think he was simultaneously a living legend and underrated. So many great songs.

 

[SpeedTchr]

Iconic voice, some great songs, thank you for leaving us with such a legacy.

 

[Riptide]

I saw Petty in Toronto in July and this is what they finished with. As I mentioned on the concert thread I wasn't crazy about the show and some of the songs he did at the expense of some classics, but I had seen him a bunch of times in the 80s and he was great. Incredible catalogue, great songwriter, a really unique voice who fit perfectly with other all-American rockers like Springsteen and Seger without trying to imitate either one.

RIP TP....

Here's Tom and the boys on the Tom Snyder show a million years ago doing one of my fave Petty deep cuts...

So many big hits, and hard to choose one favorite. But "American Girl" was one of his first, and it always stuck with me.

 

[Tommy_Dreamer]

To put it simply: Devastated. My absolute favorite musician.

Picked a horrible day to cover someone's shift at work.

 

[Dick Whitman]

I remember they played "The Waiting" over the NBA Finals highlights after the Bulls first title.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Always loved his music. RIP.

 

[Chef2]

One of my favorites. RIP.
3/5 of the Wilburys are setting up their set right now. Dylan and Lynne may be getting a little nervous.

 

[CD Boogie]

**** Whitman's Tom Petty Apple Music playlist:

Refugee
Don't Do Me Like That
Even the Losers
Here Comes My Girl
The Waiting
You Got Lucky
Don't Come Around Here No More
I Won't Back Down
Runnin' Down a Dream
Free Fallin'
Learning to Fly
Into the Great Wide Open
Mary Jane's Last Dance
Something in the Air
Love Is a Long Road
A Face in the Crowd
Feel a Whole Lot Better
Yer So Bad
The Apartment Song
Saving Grace
Wildflowers
You Don't Know How It Feels
Time to Move On
You Wreck Me
Its Good to Be King
Anything That's Rock 'N' Roll
King's Highway
U Get Me High
A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)
Nightwatchman
King's Road
Free Girl Now
Walls (Circus)
When the Time Comes

Jesus, what a catalogue. Had been listening to his Sirius station on the regular with my gf this year, and we had commented that he was one we wanted to see before, well, we didn't. RIP, what a career.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Dammit. This day, man.

Nobody has written a better rock song than "American Girl."

 

[Steak Snabler]

Saw him at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa in the fall of 1994. Put on an incredible show (also talked about marijuana after every song, but that's neither here nor there).

RIP.

 

[Chef2]

Jesus, what a catalogue. Had been listening to his Sirius station on the regular with my gf this year, and we had commented that he was one we wanted to see before, well, we didn't. RIP, what a career.

That is a helluva channel.

 

[Songbird]

Another one that has stuck with me.