Tom Petty Officially Announced Dead
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Lincoln
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I see some of y'all talking about it in the Celebrity Death thread, but this man deserves his own, respectful thread.
http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-tom-petty-20171002-story.html
"Tom Petty rode to the pinnacle of pop music stardom with his beloved and long-running rock band the Heartbreakers, born out of the ashes of a group that flopped when he brought them from Gainesville, Fla., to California in the mid-1970s. He emerged as one of the most vocal and tireless champions of artistic integrity and musical purity in the record business.
Reportedly found unconscious at his Malibu home on Sunday night, Petty was rushed to UCLA’s Santa Monica hospital in full cardiac arrest and died Monday at 66. For hours, multiple media outlets reported his death only to retract those reports; his death was confirmed Monday night by his family’s spokeswoman. A cause has not been announced.
“On behalf of the Tom Petty family,” said Tony Dimitriades, longtime manager of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, “we are devastated to announce the untimely death of of our father, husband, brother, leader and friend Tom Petty. He suffered cardiac arrest at his home in Malibu in the early hours of this morning and was taken to UCLA Medical Center but could not be revived. He died peacefully at 8:40 p.m. PT surrounded by family, his bandmates and friends.”
http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-tom-petty-20171002-story.html
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RIP, but why couldn't you simply title this "Tom Petty is Dead"?
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They showed a medley of his videos and I remembered all of em. Thanks for the time U gave us T.P.
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I dont think people know petty like that
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1D3a5eDJIs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0JvF9vpqx8
My favorite songs by Tom Petty, especially "Runnin Down a Dream" -
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blackgod813 wrote: »I dont think people know petty like that
Wasn’t a big fan but I do know his big hits and respect his place in music. RIP -
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nvlTJrNJ5lA
*Well I know what's right/
I got just one life/
In a world that keeps on pushin' me around/
But I'll stand my ground......
Heeeyyyyyy baaaaby, there ain't no easy way out/
You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I wont back down!
One of his songs that I will randomly sing @ the drop of a dime.
RIP to a Legend!!
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1lWJXDG2i0A
I wanna glide down, over Mulholland
I wanna write her, name in the sky
I wanna free fall, out into nothin'
Gonna leave this, world for awhile
AND I'M FREEEEEEE.... FREEEE FAALLLLlIN'!
Tom Petty one of the GOAT's!
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RIP to the toker the midnight smoker
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Never heard a Tom Petty song until I pressed play on the videos posted in this thread
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Id been rocking with Tom Petty since 83.
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Never heard a Tom Petty song until I pressed play on the videos posted in this thread
How you never heard free fallin? -
atribecalledgabi wrote: »
Cause you ain't post the video is how!
Growing up all I listened to was black soul and R&B music my mother used to listen to and all I listened to for myself was go-go(my DC ? ) and so called gangsta rap 99% of the time.
Oh my mother did like some Phil Collins so I heard some of his ? .
My wife is a music buff. I swear if they ever brought back the game show "Name that tune" I would MAKE her ass go on there and win us some money. That's how much different music she knows. She has expanded my music tastes somewhat but she never played any Tom Petty.
Gabs you talking to a ? who has still til this day never listened to a whole Kanye West album all the way through. -
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RIP to the toker the midnight smoker
That was Steve Miller but R.I.P. Tom Petty. Mary Jane's Last Dance and Won't Back Down were favorites of mine growing up. -
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A legend. RIP
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RIP
N always good to see when the ic is knowledgeable about non urban music, hell I ain't follow Tom petty like some of yall -
RIP Im sad
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Ok, I heard free fallin before.. but when i hear his name i thought Richard Petty im like.. ? that cac.. lmao