Conference mr1pst::music

    Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers are one my all time favorite groups. 
    I've seen them in concert 9 times since 1980, which is more times than
    I've ever seen any other group or performer.  And, I'd see them tonight
    if they were playing nearby and I could get tickets!
    
    Although I've liked all of their albums, including Tom's solo album, my
    two favorite Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers albums are still Damn The
    Torpedoes and Long After Dark.  I, also, love the albums Southern
    Accents and Let Me Up I've Had Enough.
    
    I think Tom Petty has written some of the most interesting lyrics in
    rock'n'roll, too.  One of my all-time favorite songs is "You Got Lucky"
    from The Long After Dark album.  I, also, think their video of "Don't
    Come Round Here No More" is one of the all-time best rock videos.  
    
    They put on fantastic live shows filled with energy.  It's been over
    two years now since I've seen them live, and I'm long overdue for a Tom
    Petty concert.
    
    I, also, think Mike Campbell is an excellent guitarist, and Benmont
    Tench a fantastic piano player.
    
    Lorna
    

But is Tom Petty good looking?

    Yeah, but he's skinny and has all his hair.
    
    Dave

    re. 556.4
    
    dave, you think he's attractive?
    
    (things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmmm)
    
    ;-O
    

    re .4, you got it, Dave!  :-) "Skinny and has all his hair" is very big
    with me.  :-)
    
    Actually, I know I'm being baited, but....  :-)
    
    I think Tom Petty is very attractive and has a lot of charisma.
    
    I love that blonde hair, and I like the way he dresses.  I used to like
    it when he wore the coat with long tails, and the hat.  Very cool.
    
    Also, he has a nice smile and a great personality on stage, and a good
    sense of humor.
    
    Also, and this is really true, and I think kinda funny.  I have had
    a lot of dreams about Tom Petty over the past 10 or 12 yrs.  I've had
    this one dream several times where I start talking to this guy in a
    long line at a McDonald's, and I realize that he looks just like Tom
    Petty, so I tell him this, and then he tells me he *is* Tom Petty.  I
    don't believe him, so he shows me his license and it really is him, and
    the dream goes on from there.   Sometimes I've said to my daughter or
    one of my close friends, "I had another Tom Petty dream last night."
    and then say, "Oh, no!  Again?"   It really is weird.  I don't know why
    my subconcious always picks Tom from all the rock stars I like.
    
    Lorna
    

    re: dave, you think he's attractive?
    
    He's OK, but he's no Neil Young.  %^)
    
    Yeah, Lorna, I'm baiting you.  Sorry, it's been a slow week around
    here.  And remember, people only tease people they like.
    
    Dave

    Just to chime in... I'm a reasonably big Petty fan, too.  Have a
    special soft spot for him in my heart on accounta he's a Gainesville
    (FL) boy, and I have family there who I visit about twice a year.
    
    I only own "Damn The Torpedoes" and "Full Moon Fever," both of which
    are excellent works.  Looking forward to rounding out the collection
    based on some of the recommendations given earlier.
    
    Favorite song : "Louisiana Rain"
    

In case anyone's interested, the tracks on the TP&H Greatest Hits (released
Nov 16 are:

American Girl
Breakdown
Listen to Her Heart
I Need to Know
Refugee
Don't Do Me Like That
Even the Losers
Here Comes My Girl
The Waiting
You Got Lucky
Don't Come Around Here No More
I Won't Back Down
Running Down a Dream
Free Fallin
Learning to Fly
Into the Great Wide Open
Mary Jane's Last Dance
Something In the Air

All but the last track were written by Petty (some co-written).
The last track sound vaguely familiar so it might be a cover but I am
not sure, it is written by some guy named John.
And interestingly the two new songs were not co-produced by Jeff Lynne,
but rather Rick Rubin.

    >The last track sound vaguely familiar so it might be a cover but I am
    >not sure, it is written by some guy named John.
    
    Probably the old Thunderclap Newman tune, written by John "Speedy"
    Keen.
    
    >And interestingly the two new songs were not co-produced by Jeff Lynne,
    >but rather Rick Rubin.
    
    Thank heavens for small favors...
    
    							Brian

I always thought that "Something in the Air" was
originally done by Flo and Eddie (The Turtles ?).
It certainly *sounds* like them...

I just saw the new video for "Mary Jane's Last Dance" on MTV last night.
Sick humor.  TP goes to the morgue and takes Mary out (played by Kim Basinger)
and sets her lifeless body in front of the tv, then dresses her up for dinner
and then of course dances with her.  Then he goes out his back door and dumps
her body into the ocean.  I like Tom Petty and all, but thought this was kind
of beyond the limits of good taste.

>I just saw the new video for "Mary Jane's Last Dance" on MTV last night.
>Sick humor.  TP goes to the morgue and takes Mary out (played by Kim Basinger)
>and sets her lifeless body in front of the tv, then dresses her up for dinner
>and then of course dances with her.  Then he goes out his back door and dumps
>her body into the ocean.  I like Tom Petty and all, but thought this was kind
>of beyond the limits of good taste.

Sounds pretty creepy.  As a weak defense, maybe it was metaphorical, even 
allegorical.  (or maybe just abhorical.)


Bob

    
    
    "Tom Petty: Going Home" is on the Disney Channel Saturday night at 11pm
    -- and Disney is having a free preview weekend, too...
    
    "Join one of rock 'n' roll's most enduring legends in an intimate
    portrait of his professional life.  You'll see recording sessions,
    backstage antics, and dazzling performances as Petty and his superstart
    pals rock out."
    
    I can just hear Gary Burghoff reading that copy.
    
    

    re .17, darn, I missed it!  Thanks for trying to let me know, though.
    
    Lorna
    

    What happend to Stan Lynch, the drummer?  I saw a Petty interview on
    MTV a week or so ago and he mentioned something about Stan and I didn't
    understand it, and then on Saturday Night Live last saturday the
    drummer from Nirvana (I think it was him) played with the
    Heartbreakers.  Is he like dead or did he just split?

    
    I read somewhere recently, that Stan Lynch had left after a
    disagreement of some sort with TP. The drummer from Nirvana (who's name
    I can't remember either) was going to play a gig or two with TP to
    see how he fitted in, if it works then he'll become TP's drummer
    full-time. What wasn't clear though, was whether he'll just be drumming
    for TP on the solo stuff, or whether it means the Heartbreakers stuff
    as well...
    
    Graham

    Dave Grohl (formerly of Nirvana) is TP's new drummer.
    
    

    so who was the drummer with TP last night on Letterman ? if I remember
    correctly Dave is a white guy....the guy last night was a black guy.
    anyone see it ? oh in case you might have watched Dave at 10pm he was
    also on at 1130 too this was when TP was on....
    
    maybe TP has a bullpen full of drummers !

Mr. Petty did a song at a concert, he said it was a B-side.
The song went something like
	I had a girl, Marijuana...
then
	I had a girl, Cocaine...

and went through a lot of other 'girls'.

Anyone know what this was a b-side for?
Thanks in advance.

    Girl on LSD is the B-side to You Don't Know How It Feels. I sent for
    the 45, and it came the same day Petty played the Boston Garden and
    he played the song that night. Very funny song.