Halloween Countdown 2017, Day 3

[eldritchhobbit]

R.I.P., Tom Petty. I’ve been a fan of his music for more than thirty years and in every incarnation: when he was solo, with the Heartbreakers, one of the Traveling Wilburys, in Mudcrutch, etc. His death came unexpectedly and much too soon. I am holding my metaphorical lighter high in the not-so-metaphorical darkness.

It feels right to make a tribute post part of the Halloween Countdown. One of my favorite songs performed by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers yielded a music video that creeped out some of my fellow fourteen-year-olds with its twisted, macabre take on Alice in Wonderland imagery. I loved it in 1985, and I still love it now. (Then again, I don’t scare easy.)

I’m declaring this video Halloween worthy.

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I’d like to think there’s an empty car somewhere on a ghostly train traversing the countryside, and in it Charlie T. Wilbury, Jr. is having an epic jam session with Lefty and Nelson.

And it’s all right; they’re going to the end of the line.

Comments

[equusentric]

That video is the first thing I think of when I hear Petty's name. The song is kinda creepy on its own but paired with the video it's deliciously skin-crawly.

Travel well, Tom.

[eldritchhobbit]

The song is kinda creepy on its own but paired with the video it's deliciously skin-crawly.

Yes! This is a perfect description.

Travel well, Tom.

*holds up lighter*

[acciochocolate]

Oh, sad news. No TV and 'net because of moving.

[eldritchhobbit]

Very sad!

I hope the move has gone well! Sending best wishes your way!

[acciochocolate]

It's a pita. :( But thanks for the well-wishes.

[eldritchhobbit]

<3 <3 <3