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The best thing -- I don't know.
The worst -- he's old and married.
The worst -- he's old and married.
Ask a Part-Time Pettyologist -- THE SECOND TRY
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I dont have a favorite unofficial concert video but if I had to pick this would come pretty close:
December 18, 1982 -- Dortmund, Germany.
(I dont even have to look up the date anymore)
Setlist:
1. You Got Lucky
2. Change of Heart
3. Straight Into Darkness
4. Breakdown
5. Refugee
6. Shout
December 18, 1982 -- Dortmund, Germany.
(I dont even have to look up the date anymore)
Setlist:
1. You Got Lucky
2. Change of Heart
3. Straight Into Darkness
4. Breakdown
5. Refugee
6. Shout
Spoiler :
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For you, what makes Tom Petty's music so worthy of devotion? I heard him when he was on SNL, and while his music wasn't bad, it also wasn't great. The only thing I can specificaly remember about it was that it looked like he was trying to eat the microphone.
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The latest SNL? He was on that show several times.
Im not too good with words, in explaining why i like it. But theres a certain stubbornness to the songs, you know, "I won't back down." "Don't have to live like a refugee." "Quit jammin' me." one mistake a lot of people make is to not go beyond the Greatest Hits.
Another part of it requires a bit of history, just that nobody really believed the band would survive so long. 'Cause in the 70s, disco was sort of the thing at the time. And so what TPATH was doing with the short, punchy songs, was kinda rare and then suddenly all the punk records came out and TPATH was mislabeled a punk, and then new wave, etc. but they were really a rock and roll band and the fact that they survived 30 years, I think one of the longest times for an American band, is certainly devotion. But im getting off the track about the music.
Id best explain it with some quotes, once I dig them up. But I have to go to an appointment in a bit.
EDIT: Oh yeah, one other thing. That big drum sound that was on Damn the Torpedoes? It was developed by Shelly Yakus (the engineer to Jimmy Iovine) and after that record became a hit everyone started imitating it.
Im not too good with words, in explaining why i like it. But theres a certain stubbornness to the songs, you know, "I won't back down." "Don't have to live like a refugee." "Quit jammin' me." one mistake a lot of people make is to not go beyond the Greatest Hits.
Another part of it requires a bit of history, just that nobody really believed the band would survive so long. 'Cause in the 70s, disco was sort of the thing at the time. And so what TPATH was doing with the short, punchy songs, was kinda rare and then suddenly all the punk records came out and TPATH was mislabeled a punk, and then new wave, etc. but they were really a rock and roll band and the fact that they survived 30 years, I think one of the longest times for an American band, is certainly devotion. But im getting off the track about the music.
Id best explain it with some quotes, once I dig them up. But I have to go to an appointment in a bit.
EDIT: Oh yeah, one other thing. That big drum sound that was on Damn the Torpedoes? It was developed by Shelly Yakus (the engineer to Jimmy Iovine) and after that record became a hit everyone started imitating it.
When I was a little kid in the 80s I was really disturbed by his music video with the alice and wonderland theme where she's a cake and they're cutting her up. I vaguely remember some other video of his where they're sitting around a pool or something. He was on MTV a lot in the 80s.
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Well, theres pools in Free Fallin', Learning to Fly, Into the Great Wide Open (sort of, it looks more like a pond to me), and Swingin'. more details would help, lol.
Some feminist people were freaking out about the cake; i read that there is an alternative version to the video with a difference ending but Ive only seen that mentioned once. Jeff Stein (the director) said it was just good fun and the policy was to keep all the sex and violence "behind the camera." Wish Foley (the girl who played Alice) thought the criticism was hysterical.
Some feminist people were freaking out about the cake; i read that there is an alternative version to the video with a difference ending but Ive only seen that mentioned once. Jeff Stein (the director) said it was just good fun and the policy was to keep all the sex and violence "behind the camera." Wish Foley (the girl who played Alice) thought the criticism was hysterical.
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Can anybody try to stump me with legitimate questions? (e.g. I do not know what sort of panties Tom likes on a girl or silly things like that). As i said I mostly do the pre-Wildflowers era.
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If we could stump you, we would be the Pettyologists, not you. 
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I suppose not. LOL.
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C'mon, you people are boring me. Ask me something, about a song or something whatever. Cant answer questions that arent there.
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Which country music legend covered "I won`t back down " ?
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I dont have a particular favorite. Its always changing. Right now Im in a Long After Dark mood. Before that it was You're Gonna Get It.
Thats easy. Johnny Cash. It was released in 2000 iirc.
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Does nobody have questions? Augghhhhh...
Right now Im in a Playback mood. Nice rarities.
Right now Im in a Playback mood. Nice rarities.
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There were other songs filmed for this, though I dont know why they didnt end up on the copy I has. I know cause you can see a setlist. I cant read every title on it
(What I see, it says "Woman In Love," "King's Road," "Breakdown," "Refugee." The first two dont show up in the video.) The other reason I know is cos they show Kings Road in the 1983 documentary (if you remember I posted the list in the handwriting thread).
In Germany, during "Straight Into Darkness" there were always fights ... I dont know why. But in the documentary Tom seemed worry that some kids would get hurt by the fighting.
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OK, heres a challenge: Ask me about any Petty song and see what I can come up with. 
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Yeah i know. I just dont want to spam A&E with threads or do a bunch of double-posting in here.
EDIT: Ha! crosspost! It first appeared on Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) which I think is one of the lesser-known albums (IMHO has the most amusing cover). It also appeared on Playback (disc 2) and Anthology Through The Years. Also a version on disc 3 of the Live Anthology.
EDIT: Ha! crosspost! It first appeared on Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) which I think is one of the lesser-known albums (IMHO has the most amusing cover). It also appeared on Playback (disc 2) and Anthology Through The Years. Also a version on disc 3 of the Live Anthology.
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