Who here hasn't heard of Tom Petty?

So, there are few people I've met who don't know who he was. I am a little stunned when they say they don't know who he is, but I have to remind myself that the new generations are used to the new age music...though it doesn't feel that long ago that Tom Petty was on the top of the charts. He was my favorite rock star, and known for writing some of the greatest lyrics/first lines of all time. It's hard not to know who he is, unless you live under a rock, or just like a certain genre. If you are someone who likes music, I recommend being open to the older genres/bands/stations that got your popular generations of today started. You'd also be surprised who their idles and inspirations are. They all have them.

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sassypants · 36-40, F

He was an amazing musician. Rip Tom😢

PoisonLace · 41-45, F

@sassypants I cried. The Heartbreaker broke my heart for sure.

sassypants · 36-40, F

@PoisonLace I was crying with you. So sad and when they showed the fan at his hometowns football game in Florida singing "Won't Back Down" 😤

Fernie · F

@sassypants I'm still crying over Joplin, Amy Winehouse and George Carlin...but not petty

PoisonLace · 41-45, F

@sassypants There's a group on Facebook dedicated to Tom, and a lot of them visited the hospital (outside) while he was there and were singing his songs. He passed as they were singing Into the Great Wide Open. :'(

PoisonLace · 41-45, F

@Fernie Was it his music or his personality that makes you dislike him? We get you didn't care for him, but dang! If you're going to keep shoving it on this feed then I will have to say you are disrespecting him after he is dead. I liked the people you mentioned, but what makes them better?

Fernie · F

@PoisonLace disrespecting him after he is dead??? are you serious? Was he god or something? He was a musician like any other musician...I didn't like his style, I never liked heavy metal either,or country, not a Hendrix fan...I was a folk music lover in the 60's and well into the 70's and even now. People like what they like and I gotta tell ya...you are taking this all waaay too personally and sounding a bit nutty

PoisonLace · 41-45, F

@Fernie Actually, no. Disrespecting anyone who is dead is bad karma, and I was going to let it go because everyone has their own opinions (you have a right, but my point is to not say it more than once) about music until you decided for a second time to voice in another comment what you had already said in a different way...but with more of an insulting remark that you were sad over Joplin (rocker), Winehouse (Soul, Rythm&Blues, Jazz etc.)--two 27-year-olds that didn't have half the experience that Tom Petty did (he was one of the few people who took on the music industry and record companies and won all the rights to his music) because they both died of overdoses before they could make an even bigger impact (that they should have) on the world, and Carlin (who has nothing to do with music), but not Petty. But that's okay because his genre meant nothing to you so it's fine not to be sad about it. ;) And wow, I've never met a bird who didn't like Hendrix, but whatever floats your boat! ---Oh, and it's not that I'm nutty (I take that as a huge insult), it's that I'm a fan who saw him as a person and not just a musician. This is the only post that I've made about him, so it's not like I've preached all over my page and worship him like a god. You make it seem as though I do, but you don't know me at all.