Ask a Part-Time Pettyologist -- THE SECOND TRY

[aimeeandbeatles]

I dont get it

 

[Abaddon]

If you included a link to your website in your opening post, if people actually want to find your articles, they will quickly find a link to them.
You do not need to transfer all your articles to here.

This is an "Ask A" thread. An thus you need to wait for other users to ask you questions, not just splurge out any information you have on the subject.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

? I was just planning to post a link ?

 

[lordsurya08]

you know, this thread is so stupid that it is actually quite amusing to read...

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I have something interesting to ask.

Have any of you heard the Petty song "Dog on the Run"? (It's not "DOGS on the Run," which was on Southern Accents). It's ~10 minutes long, recorded for the first album (although a studio version never surfaced) and the only place to get it officially is the Official Live 'Leg. It featured prominently during the 1977 shows and the 1979 Lawsuit Tour.

 

[Abaddon]

I have not heard "Dog on the Run".

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I think you can find it on YouTube, look for 1977 Rockpalast (the only existing video of it AFAIK).

 

[Plotinus]

Moderator Action: The purpose of an "Ask A..." thread is not for the thread starter to bump it by asking other people questions, especially contextless ones unrelated to previous discussions. So please don't.

 

[Luckymoose]

Do you fantasize about Tom Petty or are you a completely non-sexual fangirl?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Do you fantasize about Tom Petty or are you a completely non-sexual fangirl?

I fantasize. I am not going into detail.

 

[lordsurya08]

I fantasize. I am not going into detail.

yes, please don't.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Dont worry I wont.

Sometimes its tricky being a fangirl. Sometimes people dont take me serious because of it. But if I get over-intellectual I start going a little crazy,

Ought to mention today is Benmont Tench's birthday.

 

[Skwink]

Have you ever sent Tom any mail? If so, did he reply?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

No, I decided not to send a letter after I read that he doesnt respond to those, but I did have one of "Tom's people" email me.

 

[Abaddon]

He doesn't? Why, that seems pretty jerkish?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

No because he gets too many.

Actually, a long time ago (before they got really big) they used to answer all the letters. Or technically Margo T. did.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Hey guys, I have some good news.

 

[lordsurya08]

do you own any tom petty cds?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Several, and several LPs, and several cassettes.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Here's a funny true story: A few months ago I got some money and decided to order a magazine for the Archives from eBay. I decided to get an issue of Trouser Press. (You can see the article here.) So anyways I was IM'ing a friend as I was waiting for the thing to count down hoping nobody would grab it. And he was confused and eventually said something like "Why don't you just get a trouser press at the store?" He thought I was buying a literal one.

And now for a Petty story!
In the early days, this would be 1977-ish, the Heartbreakers were once playing in England. And in the hotel lobby Tom heard a snotty voice say "Oh, it’s the American pop star Tom Petty." He ignored that and went to check in to the hotel. So they did that, and he and Stan Lynch (probably the most temperamental Heartbreaker) began to walk to the elevator.
The same voice then goes, "There the hippies go. Bye-bye Tom."
So Stan turns to see who it is and he "wants to kill" (this is what Tom said). Turns out it was Johnny Rotten talking to some French journalists. Stan had to be restrained.

True story.