RIP Tom Petty (1 Viewer)

[Christian T Lee]

Sadly, I have and much worse than this on many occasions. This one was just about the desire to report a celebrity death first...which is disgusting but sells advertisements.

I think part of the problem this time was that the LAPD erroneously announced his death and places like CBS and Rolling Stone ran with it.
Rather unfortunate the way it all rolled out.
Reportedly Tom's daughter was very angry and tore a strip off Rolling Stone.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

Reportedly Tom's daughter was very angry and tore a strip off Rolling Stone.

I can fully understand that as it is like a school of piranha all ripping away the flesh in a feeding frenzy. There just is no god damn dignity or respect in any of it.

 

[Christian T Lee]

I can fully understand that as it is like a school of piranha all ripping away the flesh in a feeding frenzy. There just is no god damn dignity or respect in any of it.

I agree 100%

 

[Radioman970]

That was terrible about his daughter. Media already has people's obits written up. Kirk Douglas' was probably written in the 90s.

 

[Greg_S_H]

The But my friends and I loved the music video because it featured Skateboarders. I was a fan ever since then.

It didn’t hurt that the skater girl was so cute. I didn’t know until years later that the main skater guy in the video went on to murder a girl.

I liked Tom as Luanne’s husband on King of the Hill. They’re both gone now. Interestingly, he also did a really good song with Roger McGuinn called King of the Hill!

 

[Osato]

Damn the torpedoes, full moon fever and echo playing today.

Saw tom live in Des Moines in 2005. He was great!

 

[Bryan^H]

It didn’t hurt that the skater girl was so cute. I didn’t know until years later that the main skater guy in the video went on to murder a girl.

Yup, Gator.

One of the best documentaries I have seen(it's on YouTube) "Stoked:The rise and Fall of Gator" about the whole deal.

 

[Greg_S_H]

Cool, I'll check it out.

 

[ChristopherG]

I've been listening to a lot of Tom Petty the past couple of days. What a body of work! So sad he is gone, but what an amazing legacy he leaves behind. RIP Tom.

 

[TravisR]

What a body of work!

Yeah, I've been periodically listening to the Tom Petty channel on Sirius XM over the last year (or however long the channel has been on) and it's given me a whole new appreciation for the guy's work.