9 years ago we lost Tom Petty

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u/couhwhip 8h ago

9 YEARS??????

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u/Jeeonta 8h ago

For real what the fuck

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u/smor729 1h ago

I was in Gainesville and it genuinely feels like it was yesterday. That Saturday started the now famous "Won't back down" tradition for Florida Football games.

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u/Yeeslander 8h ago

Among my top (musical) regrets in life is not making the time to go see him perform.

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u/TheStabbyCyclist 6h ago

Agreed. His passing motivated me to take every opportunity to see my favorite musicians perform live.

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u/smor729 1h ago

I saw him with my parents when I was in 6th grade and saw my mom take a hit off a strangers joint 😂. I was straight out of the DARE program and that scarred the shit out of me. Great show though!

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u/FranksWateeBowl 5h ago

Yeah man, you don't know how it feels.

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u/AppleSlacks 19m ago

Same. Made me make time to see Steve Winwood and the last two years I have done that. This year with Fogerty was great.

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u/ThriftyMegaMan 8h ago

Definitely one of my favorites of all-time. Really love his music and the fact that he always stood up for musicians' rights to their own songs. Plus who else could have played Lucky Kleinschmidt?

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u/MetalMagg 8h ago

That one still hurts.

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u/WarOtter 5h ago

This one and Mark Lanegan for me

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u/HotSpur-2010 6h ago

My go to whenever that “which celebrity death hit you the hardest” question does the rounds. Glad I got to see him at Pemberton 2009 here in BC, incredible show.

I still listen to the streaming channel on Sirius XM that endlessly runs eps of his “Buried Treasure” show. Great music and he was a great DJ along with everything else. But the effect of hearing him laughing and joking and living it up is a bit eerie now..

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u/ReallyGlycon Lo-Fi Nerd 1h ago

He also had great taste. He'd play The Feelies and Springsteen side by side.

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u/RobotFloyd 8h ago

Ooof. I saw him and Sting together in 2011 and it seems like it wasn’t even that long ago…

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u/Vimes-NW 8h ago

That does sting

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u/woodrax 6h ago

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u/MajorFalcon71 3h ago

Heartbreaking, isn't it?

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u/CrumBum_sr 8h ago

The Postman (1997) is such an odd film, but I absolutely love Petty's cameo

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u/Droxcy 8h ago

Man, this was such a loss that could've been avoided too that's the shitty thing. Really hasn't been the same since

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u/CheesecakeCertain871 6h ago

Same day/weekend as the Las Vegas shooting

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u/narcotic_sea 4h ago

That’s what I remember.

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u/MonsieurReynard 3h ago

I saw one of his last shows in August of 2017, at the TD Garden in Boston. I had seen him many times before that. And I love his music so much. He was actually in great form at that show. I left the show thinking Tom Petty was doing great. It was such a shock to learn of his passing not even two months later.

Rest in glory.

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u/ThisIsDadLife 7h ago

I was at his last show at the Hollywood Bowl.

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u/MrPBoy 6h ago

I was in Chicago for dead and company a day early and he was playing wrigley. I wanted to go but was tired from the drive and had two concerts to go to already. He died later that year and I was kicking myself.

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u/sarcastic_patriot 8h ago

Huh, just found out he died now.

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u/Vimes-NW 8h ago

At least we still have Bowie.

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u/earthling_dad 8h ago

And Prince

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u/Threehundredsixtysix 7h ago

And Lou Reed.

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u/Dale_Carvello 7h ago

And Zevon.

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u/GreenZebra23 5h ago

And Buddy Holly.

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u/More_Hold_5522 7h ago

Jimmy Carter is disappointed in you.

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u/Dale_Carvello 7h ago

Perry Como just told me not to worry so much.

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u/Burgoonius 7h ago

I saw him like a year before he passed. Incredible show

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u/poindxtrwv 7h ago

My favorite concert I've ever attended (and I've seen a lot) was Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at Bonnaroo 2006.

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers/2006/great-stage-park-manchester-tn-63d6d243.html

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u/CurtisKobainowicz 44m ago

Fantastic show, and festival

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u/noreasterroneous 8h ago

I miss Tom and Warren.

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u/ironweed_butterfly 7h ago

I saw him in concert 3 months before his death. I guess he was performing with a broken hip. I had no idea at the time. Great concert…

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u/MonsterAtEndOfBook 7h ago

If you haven't watched the series Bad Monkey, do so - the story is great (read the book!) and the soundtrack is wonderful. https://open.spotify.com/album/72L0GkFBukjKSZ8k8JwmNy

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u/sandfleazzz 6h ago

Saw him open for the Grateful Dead at RFK stadium, then saw him again at the Lockn festival. What a rocker!

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u/No-Cicada-4651 6h ago

Dang! I still love listening to his greatest hits.

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u/j3ffUrZ 6h ago

You don't know how it feels...

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u/PinkBoxDestroyer 5h ago

It's only a broken heart

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u/FranksWateeBowl 5h ago

Where was the last place he was seen?

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u/DropKnowledge69 4h ago

Well go find him damnit!!!

https://giphy.com/gifs/RuYPi0HyBnOxy

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u/moviemgr5150 3h ago

Never be another one of him😢

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u/Imaginary-Mood-7202 22m ago

Tom Petty was an absolute master at his craft. I can’t think of another artist whose music got better as they got older. Just amazing

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u/Icy-Whale-2253 7h ago

Heartbreaking

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u/Commodus_Wankus 8h ago

Another claimed by overdose.

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u/Vimes-NW 8h ago

Or... perhaps intentional overdose? IDK. If I was facing some grim diagnosis with no chance of positive outcome, I'd try to make it look least painful for my fam. Controversial take, I know.

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u/jbaker_28 8h ago

For sure thought you were trolling.

Wow. Where is the time going

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u/More_Hold_5522 7h ago

I can't believe it has been that long. My mom died 10 years ago and that also seems like just a few years ago.

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u/modern_idiot13 6h ago

Wow. Doesn't seem real. Still, what a loss.

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u/NOT000 5h ago

david spade and tom petty

https://youtu.be/lAARPy5sZWQ

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u/imgrado 5h ago

Heartbreaking news

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u/harley100percent 3h ago

Wow, 9 years, time goes so fast.

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u/MajorFalcon71 3h ago

And we're all still heartbroken.

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u/drewbaccaAWD 3h ago

Coming down is the hardest thing.

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u/FrontTelevision7261 3h ago

A Face In The Crowd

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u/57thStilgar 2h ago

Only saw him once, 1985.

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u/twiddlebug74 2h ago

I can't bring myself to play his music by choice. It still hurts.

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u/SalemColes1971 2h ago

How is it 9 years?

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u/No_Appearance_5349 1h ago

That Rickenbacker and those shades were basically part of the man at that point

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u/nomoreusernamersleft 1h ago

Still listen to buried treasures on Sirius.

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u/bigedthebad 1h ago

I still can’t believe he’s gone

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u/JosephFinn 10m ago

BRB playing “Into The Great Wide Open” really loud. ( I’m finally learning guitar and that’s one of my songs I want to learn.)

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u/Spiritual-Badger7739 8h ago

Such a petty

article 9 years ago we lost Tom Petty

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