No, I haven't died. Real life got me for awhile.

I was Tuesday years old when I realized I've been mishearin' part of Hometown Blues (my most favorite Tommy song ever) this whole time.

What Tommy says: Gotta do a number on the late night show.

What I keep hearin': Gotta do a number on a late lasso.

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One thing it does point up is what an f-ing brilliant songwriter he was. I expect we'll be hearing his songs for the rest of eternity.

God, I hope so. It's like - I can and do listen to other artists, but at the end of the day, nothin' and nobody sounds better to me than my Tommy.

By the way, if anyone has SiriusXM, there's an entire channel devoted to Tommy called Tom Petty Radio. It has him's songs and repeats of this radio show him did called Buried Treasure.

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Paging JustAnotherSapphic. If you're at all into country, this might be of interest. It was recommended as a "road trip disc" by, of all places, Scientific American. Well, the editor of their daily newsletter anyhow.

https://store.tompetty.com/products/petty-country-a-country-music-celebration-of-tom-petty-cd

And I see Mike Campbell of The Heartbreakers guests on one track, so I guess this is official. Personally, I am intrigued by Rhiannon Giddens doing "Don't come around here no more". Her folk-bluegrass sound could do interesting things with that song, I think.

I'm not at all into country. Tommy is kind of my exception though 'n while I did hear of the album, I'm gonna pass cause I feel like nobody could sing those songs the way Tommy could.

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Saying anything negative about Tom would just be...😎...petty. 🤣

Hearin' anything bad bout him is a real heartbreaker.

I - I love him so much I could cry.

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Tom Petty seems to be pretty universally beloved.

As him should be. Him's pretty much my favorite person at this point.

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Tom Petty is just a terrible musician and ...😕... oh, who am I kidding, I love a lot of his music.

Very funny. I know you're kidding so it's okay but if somebody were to insult him in a mean way (like the person elsewhere who described him as the Applebees of music) I'd really be upset.

I - I very much doubt y'all know exactly how much I love Tommy.

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Ringo, Elyse? The least unattractive Beatle, in my world-weary eyes. What about John? In a related note, I have a strong memory of my Mom and my sister talking about Paul McCartney, and how he was almost too pretty. Note the “almost.” They both loved him.

Yes, Ringo. Him was my first love at the age of 5 (fell in love while watchin' him as Mr. Conductor 'n never looked back) but I like them all in varied degrees.

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I know I’m alone when I say I don’t find any Beatle appealing. Or their music. (please don’t throw things at me)

Nah, you're good. Now, if somebody insulted Tom Petty, that would be a problem cause I - I'm kind of a one-person protection squad where him's concerned.

Ringo was in my dreams yesterday.

Him 'n I were at a huge, fancy dinner party together and, even though everyone includin' me called him as such (and him's placecard said Ringo Starr in fancy galaxy themed script), him kept insistin' him's name was Marty for some reason.

Okay, I'm definitely havin' an existential crisis over the Beatles. Paul's doe eyes won me over 'n now...whoops.

I think I'm having a bit of an existential crisis, so to speak, over the Beatles cause I love Ringo 'n George...'n now John too.

...but one thing I will never, ever do is love Paul. Him's a bit too phony for my taste.

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The weirdness gets into that zone. Not those specifics but very weird. OTOH, the soundtrack is basically a Beatles greatest hits so the music is fantastic.

Oh, I believe it. Just as long as nothing happens to Ringo, I'll watch just about anything him's in.

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Thought of you yesterday - you HAVE to Google footage of Drew Carey enthusiastically praising the Phish concert at the LV Sphere during the After Midnight show. I think he had fun 😊 It's very funny.

Oh, I saw that. Him was postin' bout it on Threads too.

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Have you watched Yellow Submarine yet? If you think Help is weird...

You're actually the second person to tell me that, but no, I haven't seen it yet.

My thing is - what if the submarine was driven and co-piloted by the octopus and the walrus? And what if it was a killer submarine?

Help is one of the weirdest movies I've seen in awhile, but for Ringo, anything. Or just about anything.

If anything - or anyone, I should say - Pete Best is the terrible drummer. Just cause that's him's last name doesn't make it true.

I knew of Ringo even as a kid cause him was Mr. Conductor on 'Shining Time Station,' which is probably why my mom assumed him was my favorite.

Funny story. My mom thought my favorite Beatle was Ringo for years and now I think she's right.

And that leads me to think that Georgie, while I do like him a lot, was my beard (so to speak) for the feelings I actually have for Ringo.

Asking me to choose between any other classic rocker and Tommy is pointless cause I'm gonna pick Tommy every time cause nothing and nobody sounds better to me than him (even though I do like a lot of other artists too).

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I can't think of many movies where he did play that big a role. The Man Who Fell To Earth is the only one I can think of. Even in The Hunger he goes away fairly early.

That's on my list of them. It's probably my favorite look of him's, too.

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You could watch Last Temptation of Christ and just rewind the scene with him as Pilate a few times. 😉

I could but I kind of want to see something where him's in like every scene. Even Labyrinth doesn't have enough of him.

I was going to watch another David Bowie movie this past weekend but the one I had in mind had him dying at the end and that was too close to irl events so I passed.

...and in other news, just when I thought I wasn't so into George Harrison anymore, I was proven wrong. I think I really, really like him - but definitely not as much as Tommy.

Tommy was in my dreams last night.

Him was walkin' round my local grocery store and I wanted so badly to talk to him but I was too shy. The weird part is that I was convinced it wasn't him; just someone who looked like him.

...but it was and I woke up mad that I was too shy even in my dreams.

I ended up watchin' Labyrinth last night after many years and...oh my.

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Have you seen him as the Goblin King in Labyrinth? First time I have seen a bit goblin.

When I was thirteen, yeah, but not since - someone I knew showed it to me and then basically ensured I'd never share any of my interests until I was much older.

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My favorite Bowie song. Life on Mars.

I haven't a favorite yet - mostly I just marvel at him's interesting lyrics - but I've seen images of him in The Man Who Fell to Earth and...oh my.

I - I was listenin' to David Bowie earlier and all I can think about is listenin' to more later. Him kinda grew on me and...yeah.

...no, I've not died.

Real life caught up to me for a bit on top of my being in the middle of three or four stories I can't post here at the moment (every time I'm stuck on one, I just start another) and being fully immersed in Pettyphoria.

I've legit written more in the last week or so while listening to my Tommy than I have in the last year.

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It certainly stared into my soul. Give it a read, folks.

Thanks for that. I'm also working on somethin for the other side but that popped into my head and wouldn't leave me alone so...there we are.

...well, it got approved. And all I'm gonna say is if you know, you know.

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