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From Rolling Stone:
Tom Petty 'Got Chills' When Democratic National Convention Played 'Won't Back Down'
From Silversun Pickups to Twisted Sister, artists have been lamenting the use of their music by Republicans in the 2012 presidential campaign. Tom Petty can relate. "I've been on the wrong side where I've had to tell some candidates to stop using my music," he told Rolling Stone on the MTV VMAs red carpet.
But Petty was pleasantly surprised on Wednesday night, when his song "I Won't Back Down" played as President Obama walked onstage at the Democratic National Convention, after former President Bill Clinton's speech. "I got chills," said Petty. "They knew it would be okay. I've had a chance to meet the President and talk to him about the music he listens to."
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http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tom-petty-got-chills-when-democratic-national-convention-played-wont-back-down-20120906
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)I've loved him since I was a 'kid'. This makes me love him even more.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)who never forgot where he came from or who he is. "Well, yeah, I make a lot of money, but all I'm doing is what I'd be doing anyway, so what's the big deal."
Amy6627
(1,323 posts)SirRevolutionary
(579 posts)Huge Tom Petty fan They get Wango Tango freak and we get Tom - woohoo!
left on green only
(1,484 posts)....completely devoid of self aggrandizement.
alphafemale
(18,497 posts)So it has to be pretty coded. But when I walked in Thursday morning and sang a few bars of "Won't Back Down" I got a few grins and knowing looks.
exboyfil
(17,857 posts)I live in a Fox bubble at my work. One of my managers shares the latest Fox talking point every morning. I just stay in my cubicle and grind my teeth.
BeyondGeography
(39,284 posts)And what a thrill it must have been for him, given the moment.
blogslut
(37,955 posts)Magnificent musical choice.
polichick
(37,152 posts)Cha
(295,914 posts)"They knew it would be okay. I've had a chance to meet the President and talk to him about the music he listens to."
Tom does Look GOOD!
ellenfl
(8,660 posts)i loves me some tom petty.
ellen fl
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)It was a great choice!
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)by Zach Schonfeld
The Republicans need your help. Its the music. See, they love rock n rollalmost as much as the bands loathe them.
Its not a new phenomenon. In 1984, President Reagans reelection team famously mistook Bruce Springsteens Born in the U.S.A. for a patriotic, fist-pumping banger. Springsteen was less than impressed. The President was mentioning my name the other day, and I kinda got to wondering what his favorite album musta been, the Boss quipped. I dont think hes been listening to [Nebraska]. Twenty-eight years later, at last weeks Republican National Convention, Governor Chris Christie, a diehard fan, referenced the singer during his speech. Never mind that Springsteen has refused to back Christie or appear at his 2010 inauguration.
That hardly matches the sting of Tom Morellos attack on Paul Ryan. When it came out that the Wisconsin rep loves Rage Against the Machine (he did attend college in the early 90s, after all), Morello didnt stick to folksy barbs or polite declinations. He took to Rolling Stone with a scathing op-ed, declaring Ryans vision antithetical to the message of Rage. Ryan, the guitarist wrote, is the embodiment of the machine that our music has been raging against for two decades.
See link to see what songs they suggested he use. lol
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/162891-romney-campaign/
otohara
(24,135 posts)Saw him a few times. There is a wonderful documentary sometimes runs on IFC about TP & Heartbreakers.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)He's the only rock star I can think of who is friendly and smiling. He even smiles when he sings sometimes!
JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)I loved that choice! It's a favorite among his many great songs.
Julie
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)glinda
(14,807 posts)lexw
(804 posts)play all the Hank Williams Jr. they want.
Hutzpa
(11,461 posts)this song carries a strong message.
"Stand my ground and I won't back down".
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tableturner
(1,676 posts)DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)radiclib
(1,811 posts)I recently put all my music on an iPod, and started listening randomly, and because I have all of Petty's stuff, it comes up quite frequently, from all eras-- '76 to MOJO. And I'm awestruck at how consistently great he is.
Tom Petty is one of us (see THE LAST DJ) and worthy of the Pantheon for sure.
underpants
(182,279 posts)glad to see that he said this.
American Girl - I LOVE this version
Bobbie Jo
(14,341 posts)baldguy
(36,649 posts)When the GOP play popular music, the artists tell them to stop it.
tanyev
(42,360 posts)Whisp
(24,096 posts)Diclotican
(5,095 posts)aaaaaa5a
Thank you - new artist I have yet to discover ..
Diclotican
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)I KNEW that the Dems had grown a backbone!
skeewee08
(1,983 posts)Love listening to TP& The Hearbreakers
Skittles
(152,964 posts)yes INDEED
PMcDee
(43 posts)When I heard "I Won't Back Down" start to play at the DNC, I said to my wife, "I bet Tom won't mind." Several years ago I saw Tom in Art's Deli in Studio City ("Every sandwich is a work of Art" . He was sitting in the back by himself. It was 3 o'clock in the afternoon so he was probably having breakfast. (He is a musician after all.) I seriously considered speaking to him but I've never been comfortable approaching celebrities in public so I didn't. Have regretted it ever since.