Statement from family http://www.tompetty.com/statement
― Jeff, Saturday, 20 January 2018 01:31 (six years ago) link
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― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Saturday, 20 January 2018 04:41 (six years ago) link
xpost if he had multiple doctors they may not have known collectively what he was taking (which is increasingly common) & he probably wasnt mindful of interactions. if his pain was as severe as it sounds he may have kept seeking new prescriptions to be able to keep performing. which is obv a baaad idea where chronic pain is concerned but hindsight is 20/20 idk for sure that was the case obv
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 20 January 2018 05:05 (six years ago) link
I was in hospital a few years back and had two doctors prescribe similar drugs at almost the same time, both unaware of the other, so close together timewise that the hospital's system that informs doctors of what's being fed through the IV tube didn't reach the other one.
I'm curious as to whether the amount of these drugs found in the autopsy were consistent with what he was prescribed, and indeed whether he was prescribed them at all. There were three types of fentanyl found, one which isn't legal in the US, as well as another less powerful pain reliever oxycodone, plus two benzodiazepines (Xanax and Restoril, for insomnia maybe?) and Celexa, an SSRI antidepressant. I hope this wasn't another case of a celebrity bypassing usual channels to get medications for legitimate ailments, as Prince seems to have done. He also died of a fentanyl overdose, and like Petty was complaining of pain just before his death. Prince wasn't prescribed fentanyl though, and fentanyl tablets were found in his home in a bottle labelled hydrocodone which is a less powerful painkiller that's very common in the US. Had he taken hydrocodone for his pain rather than fentanyl, he might still be alive.
― Lee626, Saturday, 20 January 2018 05:56 (six years ago) link
Been watching and digging the Bogdanovich doc on Netflix the last few nights (which I'd never gotten around to before). The only jarring thing is one interview that I'm guessing is from the late '90s or early '00s, which is interspersed with a bunch of other interviews from different periods before and after, and I kept thinking "why does he look so weird in that one?" Finally realized it's because of the pinpoint pupils -- it's obviously from his heroin days. He's coherent and everything but it's still unnerving.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 2 February 2018 16:32 (six years ago) link
New Rare/Unreleased Box Set: https://variety.com/2018/music/news/tom-petty-boxed-set-of-unreleased-music-coming-in-september-1202869884/
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 22:38 (six years ago) link
The track listing for the box is out. About 1/4 of it is deep album cuts, and about half of it is live. I was hoping for more previously unreleased studio material, but I'll almost certainly buy it anyway.
http://www.tompetty.com/news/american-treasure-box-set-1772051
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 13:53 (six years ago) link
Perhaps the most random thing on there
6 Concert Intro Live introduction by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, The Forum, Inglewood, CA—June 28, 1981
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 14:05 (six years ago) link
How much of it is stuff that was not on the Playback box set?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 14:19 (six years ago) link
only one I'm seeing that seems to be right from playback is the stevie nicks version of "apartment song" but I'm not positive. looks like a cool set! the previously released album tracks thrown in seem a little weird, but maybe they're there for flow.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 15:13 (six years ago) link
first single is kinda great:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt0nIV60ssA
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 15:19 (six years ago) link
I think I'm gonna have to compare the 2CD and 4CD track listings. If the 2CD set has all the unreleased tracks and alternate versions, I'll buy that. Cause honestly the Live Anthology is so good that I don't really need the live stuff.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 15:34 (six years ago) link
Someone posted the entire Mike Campbell guitar doc!
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6g58e4
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 3 September 2018 15:45 (six years ago) link
thanking u
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Monday, 3 September 2018 22:41 (six years ago) link
How I'd rank'em.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 17 October 2019 03:52 (four years ago) link
into the great wide open gets love; i'm happy.
(also agree on mojo)
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 17 October 2019 20:31 (four years ago) link
"Into the Great Wide Open" is sooo great, easily one of the best power pop records I've ever heard.
― cpl593H, Thursday, 17 October 2019 21:14 (four years ago) link
wait what? The title track? For power pop it's rather sleepy.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 17 October 2019 21:17 (four years ago) link
lol yeah there's uh not a lot of "power" in that record
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 17 October 2019 21:24 (four years ago) link
No no, I meant the album. Mainly for "King's Highway", "Two Gunslingers", "All the wrong reasons", "Dark of the sun" (though I suppose the title track to a degree, too)
― cpl593H, Thursday, 17 October 2019 21:24 (four years ago) link
and "Out in the Cold"!
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 17 October 2019 21:25 (four years ago) link
wait i thought i hated power pop
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 17 October 2019 21:53 (four years ago) link
that's my favorite petty album wtf my life is a lie
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 17 October 2019 21:54 (four years ago) link
Yeah, I share the sentiment. This is like it's a power pop record made by accident.
I love Big Star but most of the power pop stuff I've heard sounds so defanged in comparison. To me, Petty eschews that languid sound and restores some edge to it.
― cpl593H, Thursday, 17 October 2019 22:52 (four years ago) link
"power pop" possibly one of the most poorly defined subgenres ever
The Raspberries are awesome btw
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 17 October 2019 22:53 (four years ago) link
power pop is extraordinarily well suited to the Spotify playlist formatnumero has a great oneBig Star is a power pop band in the same way Led Zeppelin is a early 70s hard rock band, of it but far above it
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 17 October 2019 23:54 (four years ago) link
I remember reading an interview with Mike Campbell were he said Petty wouldn't let him release a solo album, since he wanted first crack at potential songs, but also because he said Campbell's solo album would sound too much like a Petty album. Well, here is the Dirty Knobs, which is Campbell and friends:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_Cfsktanus
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 9 March 2020 22:03 (four years ago) link
what a horrible band name
― Οὖτις, Monday, 9 March 2020 22:57 (four years ago) link
I think it's a good name!
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 9 March 2020 22:59 (four years ago) link
It's a guitar nerd joke, but it's also a funny put-down.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 9 March 2020 23:00 (four years ago) link
too close to The Dirty Heads for my taste
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Monday, 9 March 2020 23:04 (four years ago) link
The actual chorus is weak. Should have cut it and just let the pre-chorus be the chorus.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 9 March 2020 23:13 (four years ago) link
I remember reading an interview with Mike Campbell were he said Petty wouldn't let him release a solo album, since he wanted first crack at potential songs, but also because he said Campbell's solo album would sound too much like a Petty album.
Was this around the time he started giving away songs to other people ("Ways To Be Wicked", "Boys Of Summer", "Heart Of The Matter", etc.)?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 9 March 2020 23:57 (four years ago) link
Much later, apparently. He offered "Boys of Summer" to Petty first, in fact, but after fiddling with it Petty reportedly passed. "Heart of the Matter" I assume was similar. Funny that that album also features a few songs written by Stan Lynch.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 00:30 (four years ago) link
verse is basically warren zevon covering "raspberry beret."
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 16:45 (four years ago) link
"Runaway Train" written in the same mold, and Petty accepted it because he didn't want another "Boys of Summer" situation.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 16:50 (four years ago) link
"Heart of the Matter" is fucking terrible.
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 17:22 (four years ago) link
runaway train is gorgeous
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 17:23 (four years ago) link
yeah this is covered in the Warren Zanes Petty bio — kind of an interesting glimpse of how un-laid back Petty actually was!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 17:32 (four years ago) link
He won't back down, man.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 17:38 (four years ago) link
just read that Zanes bio...really great...so much I didn't know
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 17:59 (four years ago) link
man I miss Tom way more than I thought I would - a good bio of him sounds like a worthwhile read
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 17:59 (four years ago) link
yeah, i think the Zanes bio is pretty unflinching for an authorized book.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 18:01 (four years ago) link
"Runaway Train" written in the same mold, and Petty accepted it because he didn't want another "Boys of Summer" situation.― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, March 10, 2020 9:50 AM (one hour ago)
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, March 10, 2020 9:50 AM (one hour ago)
...but then it did (purportedly unintentionally lol*):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27_-AWZcZec
*lol because Campbell actually played on the studio track and didn't recognize his own composition until Stevie brought it up to him.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 18:12 (four years ago) link
The Zanes bio is essential. One of the best rock biographies I've ever read. Petty was unflinching in interviews and 100% hands-off.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 18:21 (four years ago) link
it's got everything and Stephen Stills!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 18:25 (four years ago) link
I love "Oooh My Love."
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 18:26 (four years ago) link
Petty was unflinching in interviews and 100% hands-off.
Tbf, he was this after an epic documentary that overlooked (at his request) a lot of bad shit, and after that conversations book, which did the same. Third time's a charm!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 18:31 (four years ago) link
more like Tom Pretty am I right (as in, pretty petty!!)
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 18:35 (four years ago) link
that Bogdo doc is a strange watch
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 19:38 (four years ago) link