Author Topic: Tom Petty  (Read 6599 times)

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Re: Tom Petty
« Reply #15 on: October 03, 2017, 06:46:17 AM »
RIP. Thanks for the music. Way too young.

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Re: Tom Petty
« Reply #16 on: October 03, 2017, 06:55:18 AM »
66 is getting way too close to my age

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Re: Tom Petty
« Reply #17 on: October 03, 2017, 07:47:17 AM »
R.I.P.  A fine musician indeed.
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Re: Tom Petty
« Reply #18 on: October 03, 2017, 10:46:06 AM »
Toronto approx 2008:

" And her name came to me on the wind... guys I said her name came to me on the wind."

We got it eventually.
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Re: Tom Petty
« Reply #19 on: October 03, 2017, 12:25:08 PM »
Only saw him the once... supporting Lofgren... '78 iirc... I already had the first LP, all the 12's that came from it (still have them), and had the UK copy of the official boot on tape (friend had it; 5 tracks to the US 4 track, which I have too) which I played to death... Dog On The Run, not on that first LP but on the Leg, is still one of my all time fave songs... played it the night I saw them... also played a then unreleased song called I Need To Know...
I just never got round to seeing him again after they took off...
rip Tom... :sad:
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Re: Tom Petty
« Reply #20 on: October 03, 2017, 03:02:57 PM »
RIP

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Re: Tom Petty
« Reply #21 on: October 03, 2017, 09:46:58 PM »
Local video about how Tom fulfilled a dying woman's wish to meet him a few months ago. She's still hanging on, now he's gone.
http://kstp.com/news/tom-petty-death-twin-cities-laury-myhre-manwarren-terminal-cancer/4623973/?cat=12196

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Re: Tom Petty
« Reply #22 on: October 04, 2017, 05:46:29 AM »
There's no such thing as gravity, the earth just sucks!!

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Re: Tom Petty
« Reply #23 on: October 06, 2017, 08:52:02 PM »
I posted this on FB yesterday, someone just uploaded it on 10/3. Worth 20 minutes of your time.

Garry Shandling and Tom Petty both died suddenly of heart attacks at 66 despite no history of heart problems.

https://youtu.be/-3AGlBYyLjo

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Re: Tom Petty
« Reply #24 on: October 08, 2017, 04:55:21 PM »
Nice clip. I could'nt help but noticing his smoking habit. If 4 cigarettes during 20 minutes was his usual smoking rate, that may be some kind of explanation to what happened to him.

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Re: Tom Petty
« Reply #25 on: October 08, 2017, 08:04:54 PM »
R.I.P. Mr Petty. Even as a teenager that was into hard rock/heavy metal, I loved Tom Petty. There was just something special about it to me. This is a big loss IMO.
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Re: Tom Petty
« Reply #26 on: October 09, 2017, 04:26:36 PM »
Nice clip. I could'nt help but noticing his smoking habit. If 4 cigarettes during 20 minutes was his usual smoking rate, that may be some kind of explanation to what happened to him.

(1) It was, and (2) I'm sure it was.
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Re: Tom Petty
« Reply #27 on: October 09, 2017, 09:57:28 PM »
The chain smoking couldn't have helped, that's for sure.

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Re: Tom Petty
« Reply #28 on: January 19, 2018, 08:01:43 PM »
Cause of death released today.

Statement from the Petty family

I had no idea he was in such bad shape.

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Re: Tom Petty
« Reply #29 on: January 19, 2018, 08:06:33 PM »
A broken hip for 53 tour dates! Holy shit!