Don't Bore Us, Get To The Chorus - A Tom Petty Thread

[Norah]

[spike]

only four of those guys were lead guitarists, but i get it

[spike]

actually, not really. petty, garcia, lennon, and cobain were all band first guys. WOULD NOT SHARE.

[Strat]

Also, I really want this jacket

[Strat]

Random thoughts:

many people argue that rock n roll is dying or dead. Of course there will always be bands that we find and love and attach onto for a few years. We are music nerds and spend most of our days doing such a thing. But as far as rock n roll influencing modern culture? yea, thats probably dead. I some times argue that pearl jam was the last big rock band that did so. Since then its just been waves of popularity that have died out. My Morning Jacket doesnt have that kind of influence and the rest are small bands that we love but...clearly different. What im getting at is Tom Petty. Bruce Springsteen, etc..etc... Fucking Rock legends. National treasures. So when a guy like Tom Petty passes on...its one less concrete footing of Rock n Roll. The records will always be there but no mew music, no touring, no media cool.

Fuck life.

A majority of people feel sadness for that loss. No matter what level of music fan you may or may not be. Who in this generation will have that kind of impact? Beyonce? Bieber? Will the world collectively pause and weep for a moment?

[doug rr]

i'm getting a print of this and having it framed..it was just shot last week

[Strat]

i'm getting a print of this and having it framed..it was just shot last week

Those shots from the LA Times article are fantastic.

[epilogue]

Walked into a joint to grab lunch today and 'Stop Dragging My Heart Around' was playing and I almost lost it.

[evenslow]

Random thoughts:

many people argue that rock n roll is dying or dead. Of course there will always be bands that we find and love and attach onto for a few years. We are music nerds and spend most of our days doing such a thing. But as far as rock n roll influencing modern culture? yea, thats probably dead. I some times argue that pearl jam was the last big rock band that did so. Since then its just been waves of popularity that have died out. My Morning Jacket doesnt have that kind of influence and the rest are small bands that we love but...clearly different. What im getting at is Tom Petty. Bruce Springsteen, etc..etc... Fucking Rock legends. National treasures. So when a guy like Tom Petty passes on...its one less concrete footing of Rock n Roll. The records will always be there but no mew music, no touring, no media cool.

Fuck life.

A majority of people feel sadness for that loss. No matter what level of music fan you may or may not be. Who in this generation will have that kind of impact? Beyonce? Bieber? Will the world collectively pause and weep for a moment?

agreed.

unfortunately we are dinosaurs that love dinosaurs.

[i got bugs]

Bouts to play a ton of petty in the juke tonite after the yanks game

[Norah]

I played a shit ton at darts Tuesday night.

[Strat]

Im heading to austin in a couple weeks . Bet your ass when we aren't two stepping we'll be closing shit down on the jukebox and karaoke with Petty.

[Kevin Davis]

I gave a good listen to "She's the One" today. "Zero From Outer Space" rocks me outta my fuckin' head.

[Strat]

I gave a good listen to "She's the One" today. "Zero From Outer Space" rocks me outta my fuckin' head.

Such a great underrated song. And changed the locks....


"and honey (sniff) im laughing alll the time!"

[LetMeSleep]

Grew Up Fast is out of this world good.

[Strat]

Yea i fired up the Documentary tonight. Yup.

"Ill sell peanuts before giving you a record"

something like that.

badass.

[i got bugs]

I played a shit ton at darts Tuesday night.

Wed is my dart night.. people playing no petty all night, got the dj to play a bunch of petty at 10 when he started

[Higgs]

I thought this was pretty damn cool:

[Mecca]

this still sucks

[evenslow]

this still sucks

Story checks out.

The good news is I’ve listened to “Here Comes My Girl” 700 times in the last week.