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[personal profile] 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.



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.

Date: 2017-10-03 01:29 pm (UTC)
equusentric: (Default)
From: [personal profile] 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.

Date: 2017-10-26 04:15 am (UTC)
acciochocolate: (blue guitar by maypanic -- don't take!)
From: [personal profile] acciochocolate
Oh, sad news. No TV and 'net because of moving.

Date: 2017-10-26 11:35 am (UTC)
acciochocolate: (autumn rainy road by polvodestrella)
From: [personal profile] acciochocolate
It's a pita. :( But thanks for the well-wishes.

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