Now he is dead, it's ok to be sad.
Now he is dead, I'm gutted. Left a legacy of some great music.
pah.
Freefalling - one of my fave songs - reminds me of driving around West Cumbria in a funky red cortina, on the few sunny days of my youth.
Hell of a dude. Just heard Whisperinf Bob talking about him on he radio. If you make it onto his “one of my favourite bands” list, you’ve done alright. I liked the story about him telling the record company that they couldn’t stick an extra $ onto the price of his LP when he was at the height of his and The Heartbreakers’ popularity. He was standing up to record companies pretty early on.
BBC4 had an excellent doc on him a while back - which I imagine will be played again soon. Worth a watch if you get the chance.
Oh and “Running Down A Dream” is a good running song in the 170+ cadence range. 🙂
Did it ever occur that he was dead as reported ..and the other media outlets were just slow to catch up..?
The agency that first reported it changed their mind. He’d been taken off life support, apparently, but then evidently didn’t die for a few hours.
Edit - that’s what appeared to happen last night, anyway. BBC this morning said he ‘couldn’t be revived’ after they found him in cardiac arrest. 😥
Sad face.
Than you Tom.
Class track ...think he was also on " The edge of seventeen" with
Stevie baby ..
Blimey, forgotten "Stop Draggin My Heart Around". A girlfriend loved that song back in the early 80s. Fond memories of her 😉
I saw Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at Knebworth in 1978 supporting Genesis. I think the only album I have of his is "Full Moon Fever", I think "Running down a dream" is my favourite track from that.
They played Learning to fly when on Radio X this morning, cranked the stereo and sang along.
Introduced to Tom Petty via a BMX vid called Road Fools 4, great song and good video.
Sad that someone should get reported dead, when they're not. Media frenzy to be 'first' spills over onto STW.
The LAPD have apologised for prematurely releasing to news media the news that he was dead (which he wasn't, but now is).
I don't think it's massively unreasonable for news outlets (and STW members) to report news that has come straight from the relevant police department.
And to be fair, found unresponsive following cardiac arrest and on life support with no brain activity is tantamount to dead in any case.
I thought his own material was pretty good but weirdly his best stuff seemed to be on his many collaborations.
Hugely influential to many artists, just listen to the last 2 War on Drugs CDs for example.
Very sad to hear this. I saw him at the Rainbow on his first tour over here. I was helping a mate who ran a t-shirts and jewellery concessions stand in the foyer, we never saw support acts but always packed up in a hurry to see the headliners.
I'd vaguely heard of him but wasn't too certain about his music but he was excellent and I've followed his career with a lot of pleasure over the years.
Not sure what you're saying edlong, but I stand by my post you quoted.
But as the person who should know, I assure you I didn't post in a frenzy to be first. 😉
I was however a bit curious whether he was well known over here, seems more so than I expected.
Fair enough 🙂
Saw him at Hyde Park this summer. Totally rocked it. Such a cool dude. No need for fancy stage shows and lights, mostly just him and the band playing fantastic music, with Stevie Nicks popping up. So incredibly sad to hear this news.
Sad loss, Full Moon Fever was the soundtrack to a holiday in Boston, heard Free Falling in a car driving from the airport, bought the tape and listened to it the whole holiday.
Sad loss. Rebels was a favourite of mine. Pack up the Plantation is the best live album I've heard.
A bit ironic that his own heart broke.
I'm going to start a band "BigJohn and the Immortals"
very sad, 66 is no age. but watching him playing live last night on sky, recorded this summer. he did not look a well man.
Just wanted to add this track from the album " You're Gonna Get It "
One of the first albums I was sent as a " sample " from A&M records ( vinyl) as a young 18 year old record company rep.
( I worked for Bi-label who in turn worked on behalf of all the majors) ..still one of my favourite albums ..
The title of the track is pretty apt too.." When The Time Comes "
He had many a great song, but this one stuck with me, he could just convey the emotion required so effortlessly (see also "I Won't Back Down"
for @redsox, the Jonny Cash version of I Won't Back Down. Not a wasted word or note. Class.
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