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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

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  • @Barrelsmoke
    @Barrelsmoke Год назад +85

    Breaks my heart knowing he is gone. Such timeless music! Everyone loved Tom Petty! Thumbs up people!

  • @abelincoln3287
    @abelincoln3287 Год назад +135

    I grew up with Tom Petty, lived in the same city (Gainesville) went to the same high school (he was 10 years older than me). Even though I never knew him personally, I got to know him very well through his music. He was never a showboat, never a big shot, just a nice guy and down to earth. RIP

    • @MMMarvelous
      @MMMarvelous Год назад +4

      Grew up with him?? You said you didn't even know him & was 10 yrs younger! By that standard, I grew up with him also & I didn't pass through Gainesville until '84.

    • @LoveMaskedBandits
      @LoveMaskedBandits 10 месяцев назад +1

      I lived in Gainesville in the last half of the 1980s! RIP Tom.

    • @LoveMaskedBandits
      @LoveMaskedBandits 10 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@MMMarvelousHe attended the same high school and grew up listening to his music. He stated he didn't know him personally.

    • @MMMarvelous
      @MMMarvelous 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@LoveMaskedBandits When a person says "I grew with Tom Petty", 99.99% of Americans would infer that to mean they were friends as kids & grew up together as friends. The statement he made is actually paradoxical as it's like he's saying they were old friends from the time they were kids, but he doesn't know him. Just because you don't get the implication doesn't mean he's correct in his statement.

    • @LoveMaskedBandits
      @LoveMaskedBandits 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@MMMarvelous I do get it. I'm part of that .01%.

  • @oneanddone7992
    @oneanddone7992 Год назад +27

    After Tom passed, a tribute was given for him. The all-star band - with changing band members - played all of his hits. His catalog is remarkable. His ability to create one hit (and deservedly so) after the other, is on par with very few in all of modern music.
    One of the most remarkable things Tom ever said in an interview about his superstardom and brilliance, was "Man, I just wanted to make enough money to buy a decent car."

  • @devastaterx
    @devastaterx Год назад +49

    It's hard to get Tom's voice out of your head once you hear him. So special.

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 7 месяцев назад +1

      So true! His “intonation” on certain lyrics is phenomenal. I Love Tom. 💖

  • @jtf2dan
    @jtf2dan 10 месяцев назад +12

    The 70s was such an amazing time period for music, and Tom caught the end of it and carried it on.....RIP

  • @Teleman73
    @Teleman73 Год назад +21

    Tom was great. Mike Campbell still a character and playing and sounding like Tom when he sings!

    • @Lance37a
      @Lance37a Год назад +1

      He sounds like Tom when he talks.

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 7 месяцев назад

      Mike Campbell is Jimmy Pages doppelgänger, I always see him in old footage etc

  • @trumpingtonfanhurst694
    @trumpingtonfanhurst694 Год назад +40

    This song is one that takes me right back to a time when things were better

  • @michiganman5341
    @michiganman5341 Год назад +4

    This is the first time I saw them. Have loved Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ever since. RIP Tom.

  • @rodewerk5034
    @rodewerk5034 Год назад +38

    Absolutely incredible video. Tom Petty at his best. Thanks a lot, The Midnight Special, you rock. . .literally.

  • @macjam9090
    @macjam9090 9 месяцев назад +4

    I first heard this in 1977 while still at school and it blew my mind. I bought the record. In England Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers were classed as a new wave band. After all these years the song still sounds amazing and it still blows my mind. It is still my Favourite Tom petty song. I bought the album too( as well as many other albums by Tom Petty) . Those were different times and great music.

  • @MarkWoodChannel
    @MarkWoodChannel Год назад +6

    The sheer beauty of Mike Campbell's guitar carried this band and I'll die on that hill.

  • @retirednavy8720
    @retirednavy8720 Год назад +13

    I grew up in the 70s. We never knew how good we had it back then.

    • @LoveMaskedBandits
      @LoveMaskedBandits 10 месяцев назад +2

      We know now! I miss the 60s and 70s myself.

  • @aboutagirlnamedjessie
    @aboutagirlnamedjessie Год назад +13

    Tom Petty forever! Freaking love this guy! I'm so lucky I got to see him live on his last tour. What a kick *ss performance for this rebel genius!

  • @bonzotalonzo9072
    @bonzotalonzo9072 10 месяцев назад +5

    Oh how I wish I could go back in time....

  • @steveresa2342
    @steveresa2342 Год назад +20

    I've always loved the bass line throughout this song. This song has been with me for most of my 61 years. The finest live band I ever witnessed.

    • @Cap683
      @Cap683 Год назад +1

      Ron Blair is an excellent bass player with a great sense of melody.

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 7 месяцев назад

      Ron Blair the “snake man” as Petty liked to call him. I love the bass - my favorite instrument & he’s a fabulous player 🎸!!!

  • @hollygolightly7475
    @hollygolightly7475 9 месяцев назад +4

    I still can’t believe he’s not here

  • @stevejones18
    @stevejones18 Год назад +6

    June 1978 - Right before my high school graduation. I mean I had listened to his stuff in the two years prior, but at this point in my life, getting out of high school and getting ready to go off to college, I was really starting to get into him. And by fall 1978, he was a staple of my whole time in college, but really in particular, the first two years I was in college especially, his stuff was being played EVERYWHERE. Great time in my life, and now every time I hear his stuff, I think of this time, and frankly, I tear up. Man, was this ever a great time in life! I really, really, really miss those days!!!! And he was a big, big part of life right about then. Really hard to believe he's gone now. That also makes me tear up. Sometimes I love hearing this music, because it was such a great time. And on the other hand, it's hard to hear this music, because it WAS such a great time, and now it's gone and it will never come back. We never knew we had it so good then!!!

  • @KittyGrizGriz
    @KittyGrizGriz Год назад +8

    Saw Tom in ‘79 on “Damn the Torpedoes” tour, the Fabulous Poodles band opened.
    I’ll never forget it!
    Tom has said the ‘powerhouse’ of the band was the drummer Stan Lynch, & I agree Stan’s phenomenal !!!

    • @wheelgunner1970
      @wheelgunner1970 Год назад +1

      Stan is an amazing drummer!

    • @Santaheckler
      @Santaheckler 7 месяцев назад +1

      Nobody could replace him imo…he came up with the most awesome rhythms and fills.

    • @hklinker
      @hklinker 7 месяцев назад +1

      @Kitty I saw the same tour - Dec. of ‘79 in Vancouver. The opening act was The Fabulous Poodles. That was peak Tom Petty.

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@hklinker That’s so weird you said that! I kept all of my concert stubs forever & ended up throwing them away, like a dummy. For the longest time I thought the bands name was the Fabulous Poodles or Psychedelic Poodles. By golly I was wrong and you are right it was the Fabulous Poodles who opened for Petty on that tour. Thanks for setting the record straight! I feel like the “village idiot” now haha. Thank you!
      I’ll edit my original post 😉

    • @hklinker
      @hklinker 7 месяцев назад +1

      The Fabulous Poodles’ hit at the time was Think Pink.
      I can see how you might confuse them with the Psychedelic Furs and even wondered as I read your original post whether you actually saw the Fab Poodles.

  • @jimmycoleman5853
    @jimmycoleman5853 Год назад +11

    The synchronicity between Tench & Campbell at the end of guitar solo is another example of what a great band this was.

  • @louiegomez3466
    @louiegomez3466 Год назад +10

    Digging the VOX guitar TP is playing....

  • @MostlyBrenda
    @MostlyBrenda Год назад +13

    Thanks. Played the heck out of the album. Tom was true to Rock'n Roll's roots.

  • @SummerofKittyLove
    @SummerofKittyLove Год назад +8

    Tom is supposed to be homely with an odd singing voice but his looks and voice and everything just works. And I love that his favorite coffee was Folger’s!

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz Год назад +1

      He doesn’t look homely to me, plus his confidence if off the charts, confidence on it’s own is very very sexy

    • @theseeingeye454
      @theseeingeye454 Год назад +1

      Beaky nose .The key to his success . Gave him that McGuinn nasal quality

    • @jimhere1
      @jimhere1 Год назад +2

      I thought his looks and his voice were the perfect rock 'n roll sneer.

    • @theseeingeye454
      @theseeingeye454 Год назад +1

      @@jimhere1 Spot on. Give a listen to " She don't need you" on the Your gonna get it album

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz Год назад +1

      His singing voice is great too!

  • @andyinoregon
    @andyinoregon Год назад +7

    No other guitarist ever complemented a lead singer better than Mike Campbell did Tom Petty. And it was sheer genius to have Ron Blair's epic bass guitar notes make their dramatic entrance 15 seconds into "American Girl."

    • @10000jims
      @10000jims Год назад +2

      Mike Campbell is the best. I want to go back in time and slap the director of this episode for taking the shot away from Mike right when he starts his iconic solo.

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz Год назад +2

      Somebody mentioned before on another vid that Mike Campbell was studying Jimmy Page, now I can’t unsee the resemblance, wild.

  • @jackiehite5099
    @jackiehite5099 Год назад +7

    So awesome

  • @rebeccawagner4167
    @rebeccawagner4167 4 месяца назад +2

    I loved the Midnight Special, cause it showed all of my favorite bands and their music 🎶 🎵. I lived for the Midnight Special to come on. I knew that I would get to hear all the best that rock and roll had to offer. It was live. That is what makes it so freaking amazing. Those days of awesome shows are long gone.

  • @ireneparks7392
    @ireneparks7392 8 месяцев назад +1

    The greatest ❤

  • @gregoryduncan3067
    @gregoryduncan3067 Год назад +7

    Just gotta upload "Listen to Her Heart" as well.

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 7 месяцев назад

      That’s my 2nd favorite song of theirs,
      after #1 - “Breakdown”

  • @KittyGrizGriz
    @KittyGrizGriz 10 месяцев назад +2

    Mike Campbell-lead guitarist reminds me SO MUCH of Jimmy Page. Same mannerisms-moves etc… his doppelgänger for sure! ❤❤❤

  • @Heavyd103
    @Heavyd103 Год назад +2

    So proud of Tom, American classic artist

  • @Ibrian8888
    @Ibrian8888 Год назад +6

    Amazing!

  • @catherinewilliams9680
    @catherinewilliams9680 Год назад +18

    Their live album is one of the best ever. Their "breakdown" performance tells you all you need to know about their fans.

    • @BaconTomatoCheese
      @BaconTomatoCheese Год назад +1

      I still get chills just THINKING about it… I have it on vinyl👍❤️🎸🇺🇸

    • @tracevicente
      @tracevicente 10 месяцев назад +1

      Breakdown is my 5pm on a Friday song for decades.

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 7 месяцев назад

      “Breakdown” is my favorite song of theirs, it’s soooo good!

  • @hauntedmilk8540
    @hauntedmilk8540 Год назад +3

    Awwww yeah!

  • @blujay9191
    @blujay9191 Год назад +21

    I still remember the year the stupid Super Bowl half time show's "wardrobe malfunction." The next year Tom Petty came out at halftime and with no frills just completely rocked the shit out of the place.

  • @cliffkidby1578
    @cliffkidby1578 Месяц назад +2

    11 54 Thailand cannot agree more brilliant

  • @Sidley1960
    @Sidley1960 Год назад +4

    Saw their first tour at Cleveland Agora.i was amazed Mike Campbell’s guitar playing, truly underrated.

  • @TheHuckster100
    @TheHuckster100 Год назад +6

    Wow! Goosebumps! Chills! Tears! Absolutely fantastic performance!

  • @tomphillips8739
    @tomphillips8739 Год назад +1

    What a great song writer and performer. I sometimes watch the postman to see him, being humble in film as in real life. Pearl Jam did a tribute to him in Ft Worth a couple weeks ago. Eddie misses him too.

  • @josemiguelcarrizo7373
    @josemiguelcarrizo7373 Год назад +2

    Tom Petty was great. And the Heartbreakers too. All of them.

  • @dwaynejessome1728
    @dwaynejessome1728 Год назад +3

    here we go!!! the big daddy of live performances on the Midnight Special The Dukes of Rock Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

  • @timothym.johnson3485
    @timothym.johnson3485 6 месяцев назад +1

    That was the Friday night before my high school graduation. Which was the following Tuesday. June 6, 1978. Waukegan east high school.

  • @Piggy-Oink-Oink
    @Piggy-Oink-Oink Год назад +9

    TP was a stand up guy. He told The record co not to charge 9.99 for his album and to cap it at 8.99 which he said was the 'right' price. He was almost knocked off for saying this to the criminals who run the 'music business".

  • @andrewjacobsen1976
    @andrewjacobsen1976 18 часов назад

    Tom was one of a kind, took on the music moguls twice and won. Stood his ground. Try to put his music in a category. He was everything all at once. There will always be (hopefully) guys like him that stood entirely on their own

  • @catherinewilliams9680
    @catherinewilliams9680 Год назад +9

    Why Mike Campbell doesn't get more love and respect as a songwriter/guitarist is criminal.

  • @KimbaRoars
    @KimbaRoars Год назад +1

    Great loss, incredible authentic talent that will live on forever. Rock In Peace.🙌🏽

  • @iamtheoceanr
    @iamtheoceanr Год назад +2

    The best.

  • @popsrock6622
    @popsrock6622 Год назад +3

    Gorgeous video!

  • @mindriot69
    @mindriot69 Год назад +3

    I totally remember watching this the night it premiered. I was 14 (two months from turning 15). That was the Friday night that I decided to kick my almost 2 year old heroin habit (I started right after my 13th birthday). I was a young guitar player and I knew that heroin was keeping me from getting better. Watching Tom Petty that night (it was actually now Saturday the 3rd of June) convinced me that I needed to start a different path. It was a struggle but it worked out (although it was a rough month plus because I did it cold turkey). Seeing this again gives me an incredible feeling. I havent seen this since then. I’m so happy that there’s a Midnight Special channel on RUclips. And I really, really miss Tom Petty. ✌🏽❤️🎸🍄

  • @sandib4234
    @sandib4234 Год назад +4

    Love this!!

  • @leelejnieks1234
    @leelejnieks1234 Год назад +6

    oh yeah, all right.

  • @beckyc.2401
    @beckyc.2401 2 месяца назад

    Love Tom Petty ❤️ American Girl is my all time favorite song!

  • @joannmartinez8295
    @joannmartinez8295 7 месяцев назад +1

    Wow what a blast from the past! I remember this show and this performance I was all of 13 years old and completely in love with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers😊❤❤
    I still am today❤

  • @Jeffrey.Seelman
    @Jeffrey.Seelman Год назад +12

    Thanks Midnight. Another spectacular performance we can now watch.

  • @jaidanmckeich6883
    @jaidanmckeich6883 Год назад +3

    Hell good

  • @mr.roaddogwade7107
    @mr.roaddogwade7107 Год назад +1

    Oh wow, thanks Midnight special. These are gold. Tom is one of the greats. I grew up in Ocala Fla. and he was from next door Gainesville. Saw him in local clubs around Florida in his early career. Fan every since. 👌🏼👏🏼

  • @bennyteen8792
    @bennyteen8792 Год назад +2

    The best video music channel on Utube!! I think!

  • @tonyhoodlass1846
    @tonyhoodlass1846 Год назад +1

    Awesome Guy rank's among the Best

  • @johnshields6852
    @johnshields6852 Год назад +1

    I clearly remember this one, I was 18 and back then you couldn't see your favorite bands unless you went to a concert, they didn't have the bands I liked on very much, but Tom was one of shows I couldn't wait to see. Thanks for ride back in time.

  • @gogoyubari366
    @gogoyubari366 Месяц назад

    One of my favorite TP songs!

  • @metalbubba666
    @metalbubba666 Год назад +2

    Outstanding.

  • @OttoByOgraffey
    @OttoByOgraffey Год назад +7

    Right on, 'The Midnight Special'! Thank you, Burt Sugarman! Say hi to Mary for us!

    • @steveresa2342
      @steveresa2342 Год назад

      They're usually seen front row, behind the plate at Dodgers games. I only fairly recently realized that was Burt Sugarman.

  • @davidcaraballoriballo2966
    @davidcaraballoriballo2966 3 месяца назад

    Temazo impresionante, ojalá saliera un tema así hoy en día , se demuestra una vez más la puta mediocridad de la música del 2024 es acojonante la involución del arte alucinante es una cosa de locos es como en los siglos 17 o 16 y hoy en día no me puedo creer . Por dios que alguien diga allllllgoooooo señores . Puto reguetón

  • @tomshappyland2741
    @tomshappyland2741 4 месяца назад +2

    Tom Petty was a rare talent who blessed us with marvelous new material all the way up to his misfortunate passing. There was no resting on laurels for him. We can only imagine the great things to come if he had lived longer.

  • @bendigiorgio2830
    @bendigiorgio2830 Год назад +1

    Love Tom Petty. RIP

  • @louiebee6745
    @louiebee6745 7 месяцев назад

    TP & Co with great songs, great singing and a super tight band. That NEVER gets old!✌✌

  • @markstevenson6635
    @markstevenson6635 Год назад

    Their first album is simply great, especially this song. A sign of things to come.

  • @Matt_Kraczon
    @Matt_Kraczon 7 месяцев назад

    The nuance and interplay between the musicians her and throughout the entire career of the band is something to be respected and celebrated. Never a band to have anyone that would show out, but rather all use their impressive skills to make the song as good as they could. It all sounds so simple , but in reality it is far from it. The joy of their catalogue is that you can always hear something new and interesting every time you give one of their albums a spin, you just have to listen close enough. I always felt they did it all for the music and hang the rest of the industry BS, and that’s something we should all strive for.

  • @KittyGrizGriz
    @KittyGrizGriz Год назад +1

    Thank goodness Tulsa’s Leon Russell gave Tom Petty his start in the biz by recording him @ Shelter Records, love both artists! My TTown roots

    • @louiebee6745
      @louiebee6745 7 месяцев назад +1

      And Tulsa's own Dwight Twilley (RIP)

  • @that70sgirl90
    @that70sgirl90 Год назад +10

    The 70s... Great Music and Good Times !
    Happy Wednesday... thank you for sharing! 💖

  • @resetsurvivor
    @resetsurvivor Год назад

    man, what a great performance

  • @pejaguilar30
    @pejaguilar30 Год назад +1

    Great video. Thank you very much The Midnight Special.

  • @dwayneard5997
    @dwayneard5997 8 месяцев назад

    Way back when...Mr Dilly's first music book was by The Fabulous Mr Tom Petty !! Taught me a Lot....A True American Rock and Roll Hero.... Thank You Tom..You will live in our Hearts.. Forever !! 🙏❤️🎸😎

  • @TuckerSP2011
    @TuckerSP2011 Год назад +7

    Fantastic! I think this was about the time I saw him at the Beacon Theater in New York. He was just breaking into the big time. We knew he was going all the way.

  • @alienwolf2
    @alienwolf2 8 месяцев назад

    the great tom petty loved his music since i was a young man what a great musican and the heartbreakers were an essenital part of the success. god bless

  • @swampfizz
    @swampfizz 9 месяцев назад

    glad I got to see these guys....nuff said

  • @wandson5410
    @wandson5410 3 месяца назад

    Oh great guitar riff

  • @peterzang
    @peterzang Год назад

    A star from the start

  • @wandson5410
    @wandson5410 Год назад

    Great live

  • @MCW1955
    @MCW1955 Год назад +3

    Damn. Sure is missed.

  • @bryanjacobsen5005
    @bryanjacobsen5005 4 месяца назад

    It is unbelievable (yet true) that American Girl bombed when released as a single. Such a great song, but didn't even chart in the top 100! Hit #68 when re-released in '94.

  • @tommcgeethree
    @tommcgeethree Год назад

    Damn. That was fun. Gotta love Mike Campbell on guitar. 🎸 Oh yeah.
    😎👍🍺🇺🇸

  • @dwaynejessome1728
    @dwaynejessome1728 Год назад +1

    Editor / producer man!!! you had the prime opportunity to have a clear veiw of Mike Campbell's amazing lead & you blew it.Thanks for sharing though

  • @luke83rj
    @luke83rj Год назад

    Such an amazing performance!

  • @wandson5410
    @wandson5410 11 месяцев назад

    I like that live performance

  • @tabithatotten
    @tabithatotten 7 месяцев назад

    Good times. Sure miss Tom

  • @ethanjpetch
    @ethanjpetch 8 месяцев назад

    Oh yeah, Tom

  • @canadianstudmuffin
    @canadianstudmuffin Год назад +19

    The best music channel on RUclips!

  • @cohutta_pines
    @cohutta_pines 9 месяцев назад

    I saw tom petty 4 times...great memories

  • @michaelburns9207
    @michaelburns9207 6 месяцев назад

    .... one little promise she was going to keep 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

  • @crlaw75
    @crlaw75 Год назад +2

    Tom has said that the amps he used were Thomas Organ (U.S. VOX) Super Beatles because they were "handsome and cheap".
    Rest in peace, Tom.

  • @StephanieJeanne
    @StephanieJeanne Год назад +7

    I loved Tom Petty's music and style so much! This is a great song and performance! Would love to see Refugee or Here Comes My Girl if you have them, anything of his really.

    • @gregoryduncan3067
      @gregoryduncan3067 Год назад +4

      They were on an August 1978 episode too but it might have been the same footage as the June episode. American Girl, Listen to her Heart and I need to know were played on both shows. I don't think they did the show after that.

    • @StephanieJeanne
      @StephanieJeanne Год назад +3

      @@gregoryduncan3067Oh, okay. Well, those would be good, too!

    • @gregoryduncan3067
      @gregoryduncan3067 Год назад +4

      Certainly, "Listen to her Heart". That would be peachy if they put that on.

  • @wandson5410
    @wandson5410 Год назад

    Oh cool sound

  • @Piwork69
    @Piwork69 Год назад +1

    Saw him at the LA Forum in '87. I think it was with Bob Dylan.

  • @P51
    @P51 Год назад +8

    EPIC performance of a great tune

  • @marktroiani5401
    @marktroiani5401 Год назад +2

    Man that was hot. Live but sounded just like the album with better guitar solo.

  • @joannmartinez8295
    @joannmartinez8295 7 месяцев назад +1

    Tom Petty and Stan Lynch the two voices I always heard first whenever I played as a Tom Petty record.... yes I'm old we actually had these things we called records that were played on something called a turntable.😂
    Now they just refer to them as vinyl which is now coming back they're just massively expensive to buy or afford 😢
    You can get a turntable for a reasonable price.

    • @louiebee6745
      @louiebee6745 7 месяцев назад

      Hey I still have my old TP records to this day! (And the turntable too!)😎

    • @mattthrun-nowicki8641
      @mattthrun-nowicki8641 28 дней назад

      Agreed- Stan was Tom’s double vocally in the best way

  • @MikeB-1965
    @MikeB-1965 Год назад +18

    One of the best rock songs of all time by one of the best bands of all time. RIP Tom

  • @christineanderson8864
    @christineanderson8864 Год назад +9

    His face was plastered all over my bedroom wall. ❤

  • @skipsmith8121
    @skipsmith8121 9 месяцев назад +5

    The greatest American rocker of all time.

    • @Riffmaster227
      @Riffmaster227 8 месяцев назад +1

      Bruce Springsteen would like a word!

  • @ronrice1931
    @ronrice1931 День назад

    Good job, as always. Something seemed off, though, more like a rehearsal than a performance. In any case I wish the camera had stayed on Campbell for his solo. That was great.

  • @26101976bdm
    @26101976bdm Год назад

    Our little Billy must already be searching for that next special lady...