Apart from everything else, it's just lovely to hear Tom Petty's fine slurred southern dialect together with a really fantastic live band. They were really great and I am proud to have followed them closely for almost 40 years. Miss you all. Rest in peace Tom.
I'm a big fan of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. I've seen them live several times. They always put on a great show and the energy of the band was wonderful and like no other band.
Saw them in 82 at the US festival. The best band I ever saw what a machine other worldly. the sound seemed physical like giant blocks of sound. So tight
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers put on the best concert ever. They could rock and how I hate it, that I will never see them in person again. The day he died, I cried all day. That was one of the greatest loses the rock world ever experienced. Wow! What beautiful music. RIP Tom. Tell your friend George Harrison, another beloved rocker of mine , I said, " Rock On!" Love and miss you both. ❤️🌹❤️ Thank you, Fil for loving them too! ❤️
Tom Petty is a multi~talented artist.. He is definitely missed.. His music breathes 🎶🎸💞😍.. Love, Love, Love Him.. I just pre~ ordered~ Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 2 disc The Greatest of Everything Collection this afternoon!!!!
I always believed there was something truly special about Tom petty! I remember buying the single Living like a Refugee in my early teens and playing it over and over again! Along with his band their musical presence on stage was phenomenal...uplifting and honest musical brilliance that gave each song time to tell its story! RIP Tom! Another awesome analysis Fil! Cheers Mario!😀🤘🤘
Saw Tom and the Heartbreakers in Boston, MA just a few months before he passed and it was a fantastic show. Not only musically, but Tom was just so humble and thankful of the crowd’s show of love. It was a terrific concert and I am so happy I got to see him before his premature passing. RIP Tom.
His death hit me cause I was a teen in the 80s and enjoyed his work over the years. I had no idea my wife would be gone a little over a year later. Its hit me like nothing else in my life and Im not and never will recover. RIP to all.
Daehawk So very sorry for your loss. I'm sure she is always with you in spirit. Yes, Tom's death hit me hard to!!!. I grew up with TP & his heartbreakers as basically a soundtrack to my life, always his music kind of running in the background of my teenaged years. I saw him during his very first years and first album released and then I saw him again later on in their career, just a few years back. Both times at venues in Atlanta . It was a real shock to me as well. So glad he left such a huge library of wonderful music for all generations to come! There will never be another one like Tom! Spot on Analysis as always Fil, Thanks so much as always!
So happy you featured Tom Petty. Mike Campbell is an awesome guitar player. Their songs make me happy but also cry at the sadness of Tom's death. You are correct that not one of them overplays over one another. I have all of their music and just love, love them. Also, EVERYONE loved Tom. Back in the early eighties, someone gave me a tape without the case. It was The Traveling Wilburys. I played it every morning before work not paying attention to who the singers were. I knew them individually, but wow. I still play their CDs at least once a week. Thanks, Fil.
@@TheSillykelly I'd have been in the passenger seat. Wearing my Members Only jacket, parachute pants and a Frankie Say Relax t-shirt.😥 I was a mess back then. 😁
Very nice. TP meant alot,,,from a buds band practicing BreakDown in the garage of family of my to be wife in '77 to seeing him during the Fillmore run 20 (!) years later. Rest In Peace, Tom.
You keep on hitting on stuff with deep meaning to me. I will share this one real quick. A day or two after Tom Petty died in October 2017, I was at my sacred spot deep in the woods where I do most of my songwriting. I have been a big fan of Petty since I was a kid. I sat there alone with a bonfire burning, contemplating his death, life and music. I looked up at the sky, which is almost completely shrouded by trees except for a small circle of sky. Right in the middle of that small circle of sky was the Full Moon, shining down to me. I looked at the bonfire and then back up at the small sliver of sky displaying the Full Moon... "Full Moon Fire", I thought to myself. And then, like an electric charge, it hit me... Tom Petty's big 1989 solo album was "Full Moon Fever". That inspired me to write one of my favorite songs, "Full Moon Fire", in Tom Petty's honor. Sorry to slam you with comments lately, but your vids are hitting me personally. Once again, keep up the good work!
@@loripond1839 I agree, Lori. My life has been replete with synchronicity and such life experiences. I have written 2 books about this. One relates to 9-11 (the book is called, "The New Lane"). The other is called "Mommy Issues" and is a free download on my RUclips channel. But IMHO, it's not just the comforts but the challenges placed before us as well that can be seen as divinely inspired.
I'm Athiest, so I don't believe in god per se, but I feel everyone has their own way to channel life's ebs and flows. This music touches a vein in us deeper than we probably ever expect. Love you, Tom! Rest peaceful !
You should watch Jimmy Dore's show the day after Tom Petty died. Ron is a musician, and Jimmy smoked pot so he knew Tom's music. And they started talking about his songs, and his songs, and his songs, and it went on. A very fitting tribute.
Miss Tom everyday, play his music now more than ever. Check out Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on The Tom Snyder Show jamming A Woman in Love. Great live performance and classic Petty at a young age.
Wow what a great video and a great mix. You're right Fil, you can hear all the parts and they all just mesh beautifully. Great song and it's just perfectly played. Tom is missed but that's an entire band playing here and they are tight!
Tom Petty was one of those unique artists. Not a classic singing voice and the majority of his songs were very simple 4 or 5 chord compositions. But God, they were so good, so melodic and so catchy.
I liked learning about letting a song breathe- something that I hadn't thought about before. Also, as always, I enjoyed your telling of the background stories which round out the whole critique.
Of course, Mike Campbell tours with Fleetwood Mac now. This video made me dig out my Concert For George DVD, where Petty and the Heartbreakers played "Taxman" and "Handle Me With Care". Tom reminisces about how the latter song was written, and about George's use of augmented and diminished chords (which he called his naughty chords). There were so many good performances in that concert (especially the ones with Clapton and McCartney together). Something about this video makes me want to try playing the strings of a piano with an E-Bow.
Campbell was also responsible for one of the most memorable pop tunes of the 1980's-Boys Of Summer by Don Henley which he wrote the music for, he was given Henley's number by Henley's producer as Henley was looking for new songs, he played it over the phone & Henley then wrote the lyrics to it.
I'm enjoying Mike Campbell with Fleetwood Mac. The naysayers say that Lindsay Buckingham was replaced by two guitarists. But what guitarists. What songwriters. (Stop draggin' my heart around is a Petty/Campbell song. They knew exactly what they were getting when they signed on Mike Campbell. There is history.)
And Bernie Leadon’s little brother Tom played guitar for Mudcrutch
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Spot-on analysis, Fil! Tom's talent was epochal. Mike Campbell's is too. Actually, Mike produced Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives's latest album, "Way Out West". And that's another winner! Keep on rocking your analysis videos, Fil. You're a fine teacher! 👏😢👌😊💕
Agree completely about Petty getting better and better like a fine wine….Highway Companion, Mojo, MUDCRUTCH albums, and Hypnotic Eye are so fucking good
Tom!RIP! Well missed music legend! 🙏. Hit after Hit! Great American songwriter and singer! It's hard to remember a time that his music wasn't in my life! I I'm 56yr OLD!👏👏👏Fil!
I agree good sir. I graduated in the eighties and they had great songs from the late seventies, eighties and nineties. American Girl, breakdown...my favorite was you got lucky. Last dance with Mary Jane a great one and so many more. His duo with Stevie another excellent song.
I was in high school when Tom Petty and Heartbreakers came on the scene, and I was a lifelong Tom Petty fan. I finally got to see him live in concert in 2014, and it was the BEST concert I've ever been to! It was a magical night that I will never, ever forget. When I found out Tom died, I was absolutely devastated. I was at work that day, and a co-worker came around and asked if I'd heard Tom Petty died. I was absolutely shocked, and I didn't believe her at first (didn't want to believe her). But I quickly realized it was true, and my heart sank. Whenever a song of his comes on the radio in the car I blast the volume way up, and I remember all the happiness his songs have given me over the many years. And I remember the best concert EVER!
Great video. Back in the “old days” the radio play only focused on the hits & I got a little over saturated with Petty. This video reminds me he was really a talent & I need to re-explore some of his more obscure stuff.
Thanks, Fil! Great performance by all on this Tom Petty song. "Here Comes My Girl" was big the year my husband and I got together, and he's incidentally a great Nils Lofgren fan. Brings us back!♡
A band and a singer/songwriter that continually grew and progressed from the beginning to the final recording and tour. Amazing how they could break a song down and go around the stage and each play a solo, and gather it right back together and continue on with the song.
Thank you so much! You couldn't have picked a better song than this. This Soundstage concert in its entirety is so great. I listen to this song from this particular concert at least once a week. I still can't believe that Tom Petty is dead. No more of his stories.. You gave a very nice synopsis of some of his music.
The first Petty album was pretty much my intro to rock and roll.... American Girl still my favorite tune... Mike Campbell's playing is a great example of serving the song.
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers have always been my favorite band. I can remember exactly when and where it was the first time I heard American Girl. I used to have this crush on this beautiful girl from High School, and the song really kind of framed "in my mind" who I dreamt she was. Their first album(?) was the first 8-track (remember those) I ever bought and I played it til it seized in the player. As good as their first album was, their second album, "You're Gonna Get It", in my opinion is their best and probably most overlooked. I always thought Mike Campbell was one of the best guitarist's out there, not because he pulls off mind blowing solo's, but because he has this "what I call" light touch a way of finding the right notes to highlight certain parts of a song. You mention his work with Don Henley in the song "Boys of Summer", which is a great example of his style of play. Another good example is the song "Hurt" off their second album. Sometime before Tom passed away, my nephew had a chance to sit in on a session with Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench and he never mentioned anything about it until well after the fact. I should have kicked his little punk ass.
Amazing talent and longetivity . A band I got to enjoy young and shared that love with my Children! (and lost most of my cassettes to) In the process of replacing them with CDs. Still have my vinyl! Another great review of the legend gone too soon. Cried like a baby!
One of the best American songwriters, with one of the best American bands of the past 4 decades. Their "House Band" status for the closing of the Fillmore West was legendary. The material released from that last week shows the band really firing on all cylinders.
Tom has written so many classic songs ,its so impressive,I saw a concert on TV,and virtually every track was a classic,such high quality,playing from all the band.
For years I didn't like Tom Petty. Didn't get him at all. Then I saw an interview with him and the interviewer asked him Why does your band sound the way it does?", and he got that little grin he had and said "It's rock and roll, it's not supposed to be THAT good". At that moment I understood everything I needed to about him. He was playing what he liked, and that was FAR more "96 Tears" by ? and the Mysterians than anything by Boston, for instance. He LIKED that there was danger in the sound, that at any minute, someone could make a HUGE mistake and it would be left in. He liked the rawness, the HUMAN aspect of R&R. Since then, I've had a real appreciation of him and his music. I listened to it with a whole new set of ears, and I LIKE the guy's music, now. It was my own lack of understanding that got in the way. Funny thing is, I like the old raw stuff, too, so we had that in common. I was saddened to hear of his death, and am sorry we didn't get to hear what else he would have come up with. Rock on, Tom!
@@paulablissett9396 , Not that I am aware of, just like my maiden name is Hilton, but unfortunately no relation to the owner of the Hilton hotels. My husband 's great great uncle is Edgar Allen Poe. His Aunt's still have many things that belonged to him.
Fleetwood Mac just played near me and I didn't get to see them. But fans are uploading great videos from that New Orleans show of the group paying tribute to Tom Petty with Stevie Nicks singing "Free Fallin'" during the encore with a picture montage of Tom on a screen behind the band and right at the end of the song there's a touching moment where Stevie and Mike Campbell (with their back to the audience) stare up at a huge picture of Tom with Stevie putting her hand on Mike's back. Very touching. I wish I would have been there.
Beautiful track! Tom Petty was one of the best live shows I've seen. It's powerful to have a packed amphitheater singing every word to every song. You should check out some performances by The Outlaws. They were probably the best live show I've seen. Great guitar work.
I have just gotten into the Heartbreakers this year and last year. This song is one of my favorites. I went to the Heartbreakers part of youtube, and listened to several Heartbreakers songs. I could not find another song with Tom Petty playing acoustic guitar. They are an excellent band. This live song is very good. I love how the band is so connected, Fil mentioned how they looked at each other once in awhile til his son was born. ,
Wow, I've never seen or heard of this before! Thanks for posting this- it's not what I expected when I saw Tom Petty in the thumbnail, lol. Love the barebones, Americana- bluegrass-ish feel of this song. Some tasty licks from the guitar player, too! (and a Les Paul into a Fender amp- one of my favorite sonic combinations)
Great performance by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. they also adapted to making music videos quite well in the 1980s. Tom left behind great works of art through His music. "Refugee" was the first song I herd by Tom and band. great analysis and break down again thanks Fil.
My favorite song from their first album Well, she was an American girl Raised on promises... I agree, they were fantastic in the beginning then aged like fine wine. I was fortunate to see the True Confessions tour in the mid 80s with Bob Dylan and Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - that was pretty special.
So glad you talked about Tom Petty. Listening to his songs he did get better vocally with age. I got lost in his video "You don't know how it feels" not because of the words but with the melody & rhythm of the song and of course the close up of him the whole time with those eyes! I love artist who sing & tell a story like you Fil with "Don't Cry"(btw I wish you would have done a close up on your face) , Tom Petty, Jackson Browne, Van Morrison's "Someone like you" Bap Kennedy's "Moonlight Kiss", etc. Songs that are so real & romantic. 😍😚💕👏🤗
Imagine your guitar lessons with a great guitar player from the eagles. Very great and interesting info. You do so well on breaking down techniques of playing and......your homework on the individual or group. Very sound, in all aspects. Great work Fil
Evening Fil! Great analysis! I worry about effects sometimes because of the drag it puts on a composition. This is a great example of instruments in support of it!! CHEERS Mate!
I saw Tom Petty in 1987 on the Rock And Roll Caravan tour. What a show he and the band put on! SO great! I'd been a Tom Petty fan since 1979 when Refugee was on the radio along with 'Don't Do Me Like That'. I was 11 and had just started playing guitar a year earlier. Those were magical times I'll never forget!
Mike Campbell,is the perfect foil,to Toms vocals,rythmn playing ,some iconic ,lead and rhythm playing from Mike ,so tasteful,and never over indulging ,for the song ,top duo,and Mike,I think,underrated ,just as Keith Scott ,is with Bryan Adams.
Love Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ! "1979-Damn The Torpedoes" (thats loaded with great songs) cranking as race down main street in my 66' Chevelle SS ! Another classic Fil... Thank you man for dropping on that cool music knowledge on us,well done 😎
Mike Campbell and The Dirty Knobs….Dude you should do a video on them….new album is rock n roll perfection. ELECTRIC GYPSY, WICKED MIND, IRISH GIRL, WRECKLESS ABANDON ate some songs
Spot on Fil. Hard Promises is such a classic. Tom Petty had such a phenominal musical history. Your historical information is excellent. I certainly agree that Tom developed as he got older. Mike Campbell, perfect choice in guitarists. Thank yiu again.
I remember listening (high) to "Breakdown" on my parent's couch. This time period is still my favorite. His sound was so new, and unique. He was very popular in NJ. We were very lucky. We had unbelievable 70s Rock radio stations in Philly. WYOQ, WMMR, WYSP. 'Jane' by Jefferson Starship was another favorite single of mine, during this time.
Miss Tom very much. His catalog is steller. Mike Campbell is a great guitarist. Tom had a radio show on xm called Buried Treasure. He was a music fanatic like the rest of us!! He brought to my attention alot of artist I had never heard of. Thanks Tom. RIP.
That was such an amazing performance, what a pure Joy that was to listen to! It was my second year in the military and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released ( damn the torpedoes ) , that album was such a hit and everybody I knew bought a copy.
What really improved Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers was their year long tour with Bob Dylan in 1986. Dylan would change things up each song, each session and Tom and the band had to be on their toes at all times as they never knew what to expect, which they eventually embraced as exciting for them and they grew as musicians. It was this tour that also brought that Dylan singing style to Tom Petty. Sometimes he sounds just like Dylan. Petty said there was no one else in the whole world he would have done a backup for besides Dylan. I am in the L.A. area and Dylan and Petty became as close as two friends can be and they each owned homes in the Malibu area. Tom named Dylan as Executor of his estate in the event both he and his wife both passed away, saying that he didn't know anyone else as honest as Bob Dylan.
That was a great break down, on Tom Petty Fil, what you said about Tom's dad, was spot on, plus! Actually, his dad berated Tom most of his life, he was quite mean ..... That's why Tom was such an over achiever, he was a great artist, and his band members complimented Tom, and vice versa... Wonderful analysis, BTW, and i noticed you hit over a little over 43 thousand subscribers YAY! I, too, have been spreading the word about your channel, i'm happy for you, close to that 50 thousand mark! GOOD JOB!
Two deaths that really hit me hard was Glenn Frey and then Tom Petty. Guess I never knew how much I loved those guys, I have listened to them and saw them Live for years and when I heard the news it hit like a ton of bricks and I cried real tears which I never really do even for my own family. Howie also, Howie was the best.
I grew up in a small town in central Fl about an hour away from Gainesville, my friend attended the University of Fl so I was fortunate enough to attend a few Gator football games, the gators didn't win much back then, (late 70's) but the frat parties afterwards were over the top!!! Was lucky enough to attend one of those parties and Mr Petty was rocking the house :-) Don't remember much, but I remember he was there ;-) Another superb review sir, thank you for that trip down memory lane!!! It's great to see a young musician so interested in what got us here and why, again, thank you :-)
Thanks Fil!…… I so miss Tom... I wish I had been able to see him perform in May 2017 but I had transportation issues and couldn’t go. Then when I heard in October he had passed I was so shocked, sad and regretful that I had missed the opportunity to see him live. I am not familiar with this track but hearing the name made me think of my grandmother on my mother’s side whose name was Melinda. I never knew her because I was only three when she passed away of cancer....✌️❤️🤘
You probably will not read this but I put a comment on your latest video about why you have not done an analysis of Tom Petty. I apologize. This is one of my favorites. I love all the instruments. They are all such great together. I loved it the most when his harmonizing with Howie RIP
Thank you Phil for covering Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It was one of my suggestions to analyze Mike Campbell. His guitar work was essential to the sound of the Heartbreakers
I first heard them in 79 on Damn the Torpedo's and was a fan since. was able to see the Heartbreakers in summer 2002 and was amazed how great they were live. Individually superior artists who complimented each other very well and they shared the spotlight equally during the show. Steve Ferrone was known as 'the new guy' in the band and he joined in 1994 after their original drummer left. In the interim Tom was booked on Saturday Night Live and asked Dave Grohl to play the show. Tom then offered Dave the position as drummer but he turned the offer down to start his own band. At that level there is so much quality talent on all instruments. We are so fortunate to have so many musical legends to entertain us with so much coming from the U.K. & U.S.
You mentioned Del Shannon, the Pride of Coopersville Michigan. His biggest hit was the Rock classic Runaway in 1961. The song is referenced in Tom's hit Running Down A Dream. He actually played at our high school as part of a rock and roll caravan thing in the very late 60s. He was working with the Traveling Wilburys as a producer when Roy Orbison died and some thought he was going to replace Roy when he committed suicide due to his problems with chronic depression.
My first vinyl LP of Tom Petty's was "Hard Promises" with my favorite track the rockin' "Kings Road" (Yes I liked it over the much more popular "The Waiting") The "live" recordings I've seen from the 80's were extended over 6 minutes with Tom and Mike at maximum energy. RIP Tom, give my regards to George, Roy and Del.
I’m a fan of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. I heard someone say what they loved about this group was how you never heard from them until they released a new album. They’d play ona few shows and tour. Then they were gone until they released something new. That seemed true to me about the time I would start missing them, there’d they be with some new stuff! Fil, again, I love your thoughts on all the performers, that you share. I feel like you appreciate the music like a lot of your RUclips family!
Apart from everything else, it's just lovely to hear Tom Petty's fine slurred southern dialect together with a really fantastic live band. They were really great and I am proud to have followed them closely for almost 40 years. Miss you all. Rest in peace Tom.
Such a great band with so many great songs. Rest in peace Tom.
Amen.
I'm a big fan of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. I've seen them live several times. They always put on a great show and the energy of the band was wonderful and like no other band.
Saw them in 82 at the US festival. The best band I ever saw what a machine other worldly. the sound seemed physical like giant blocks of sound. So tight
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers put on the best concert ever. They could rock and how I hate it, that I will never see them in person again. The day he died, I cried all day. That was one of the greatest loses the rock world ever experienced. Wow! What beautiful music. RIP Tom. Tell your friend George Harrison, another beloved rocker of mine , I said, " Rock On!" Love and miss you both. ❤️🌹❤️ Thank you, Fil for loving them too! ❤️
Tom Petty is a multi~talented artist.. He is definitely missed.. His music breathes
🎶🎸💞😍.. Love, Love, Love Him.. I just pre~ ordered~ Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 2 disc The Greatest of Everything Collection this afternoon!!!!
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Great choice, let me know what you think.
I always believed there was something truly special about Tom petty! I remember buying the single Living like a Refugee in my early teens and playing it over and over again! Along with his band their musical presence on stage was phenomenal...uplifting and honest musical brilliance that gave each song time to tell its story! RIP Tom! Another awesome analysis Fil! Cheers Mario!😀🤘🤘
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I went to a Tom Petty concert in Florida in 1991 and loved it. I also saw him at the Rupp Arena in 2002 and it was even better.
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Saw Tom and the Heartbreakers in Boston, MA just a few months before he passed and it was a fantastic show. Not only musically, but Tom was just so humble and thankful of the crowd’s show of love. It was a terrific concert and I am so happy I got to see him before his premature passing. RIP Tom.
Amen.
His death hit me cause I was a teen in the 80s and enjoyed his work over the years. I had no idea my wife would be gone a little over a year later. Its hit me like nothing else in my life and Im not and never will recover. RIP to all.
Sorry to hear that. Amen.
Daehawk So very sorry for your loss. I'm sure she is always with you in spirit. Yes, Tom's death hit me hard to!!!. I grew up with TP & his heartbreakers as basically a soundtrack to my life, always his music kind of running in the background of my teenaged years. I saw him during his very first years and first album released and then I saw him again later on in their career, just a few years back. Both times at venues in Atlanta . It was a real shock to me as well. So glad he left such a huge library of wonderful music for all generations to come! There will never be another one like Tom! Spot on Analysis as always Fil, Thanks so much as always!
You are so correct that you will never fully recover, the passage of time can be a great friend.
Sorry for your loss. Peace.
So very sorry for your loss. 😪
So happy you featured Tom Petty. Mike Campbell is an awesome guitar player. Their songs make me happy but also cry at the sadness of Tom's death. You are correct that not one of them overplays over one another. I have all of their music and just love, love them. Also, EVERYONE loved Tom. Back in the early eighties, someone gave me a tape without the case. It was The Traveling Wilburys. I played it every morning before work not paying attention to who the singers were. I knew them individually, but wow. I still play their CDs at least once a week. Thanks, Fil.
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Melinda is one of my favorite songs by TPATH! Been nearly 2 years since we lost him. RIP
The first time I saw Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers they were opening for The Cars. Jeez...I'm old AF.
Haha-I relate. I remember driving down a highway near Lake Michigan, t tops out of my ‘86 Iroc-jamming to ‘Running Down a Dream’ -I’m old AF too👍
@Nick l At The Warehouse in New Orleans.
Nick-Ludington area-but that side of the state is beautiful-but then again, so is the whole state ❤️
@@TheSillykelly I'd have been in the passenger seat. Wearing my Members Only jacket, parachute pants and a Frankie Say Relax t-shirt.😥
I was a mess back then. 😁
NuclearGrizzly - I’d have been driving with my acid washed jeans and spiral perm 😂
Very nice. TP meant alot,,,from a buds band practicing BreakDown in the garage of family of my to be wife in '77 to seeing him during the Fillmore run 20 (!) years later. Rest In Peace, Tom.
You keep on hitting on stuff with deep meaning to me. I will share this one real quick. A day or two after Tom Petty died in October 2017, I was at my sacred spot deep in the woods where I do most of my songwriting. I have been a big fan of Petty since I was a kid. I sat there alone with a bonfire burning, contemplating his death, life and music.
I looked up at the sky, which is almost completely shrouded by trees except for a small circle of sky. Right in the middle of that small circle of sky was the Full Moon, shining down to me. I looked at the bonfire and then back up at the small sliver of sky displaying the Full Moon...
"Full Moon Fire", I thought to myself.
And then, like an electric charge, it hit me...
Tom Petty's big 1989 solo album was "Full Moon Fever".
That inspired me to write one of my favorite songs, "Full Moon Fire", in Tom Petty's honor.
Sorry to slam you with comments lately, but your vids are hitting me personally. Once again, keep up the good work!
My favorite Tom Petty album!
@The cosmic busker……What an awesome experience you had!!…I do believe that God/Divinity comforts and speaks to us in mysterious ways…☮️❤️🤘
@@loripond1839 I agree, Lori. My life has been replete with synchronicity and such life experiences. I have written 2 books about this. One relates to 9-11 (the book is called, "The New Lane"). The other is called "Mommy Issues" and is a free download on my RUclips channel. But IMHO, it's not just the comforts but the challenges placed before us as well that can be seen as divinely inspired.
No problem ☺
I'm Athiest, so I don't believe in god per se, but I feel everyone has their own way to channel life's ebs and flows. This music touches a vein in us deeper than we probably ever expect.
Love you, Tom!
Rest peaceful !
Still missing Petty 💔 . His passing really felt like loosing a brother. Great tune, and great analysis on the band. ✌️
Congrats on making it to 43k! I admire the way you cover all types of musicians. I believe that is part of your appeal to people who love music.
Thanks!
One of the all time greats! So terribly missed!
Beautiful song!
Thank you so much for sharing this Fil! ❤❤❤❤
No problem ☺
A true artist, there's people that are good at making music but he was a TRUE artist omg
The man never wrote a bad song.
Every damn one was good, Boom.
Kenneth Perkins I agree ✊🏼☮️
You should watch Jimmy Dore's show the day after Tom Petty died. Ron is a musician, and Jimmy smoked pot so he knew Tom's music. And they started talking about his songs, and his songs, and his songs, and it went on. A very fitting tribute.
Well said.
Fil has been my go to guy for at least 6 months.. he’s helped me in difficult times... awesome explanation Fil .. inspiring and helpful to me ✊🏼☮️
Steve Kutz ……Same here……an educational and pleasant respite amongst life’s challenges....☮️❤️🤘
Thanks Steve ☺
Miss Tom everyday, play his music now more than ever. Check out Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on The Tom Snyder Show jamming A Woman in Love. Great live performance and classic Petty at a young age.
Wow what a great video and a great mix. You're right Fil, you can hear all the parts and they all just mesh beautifully. Great song and it's just perfectly played. Tom is missed but that's an entire band playing here and they are tight!
Tom Petty was one of those unique artists. Not a classic singing voice and the majority of his songs were very simple 4 or 5 chord compositions. But God, they were so good, so melodic and so catchy.
I liked learning about letting a song breathe- something that I hadn't thought about before. Also, as always, I enjoyed your telling of the background stories which round out the whole critique.
Of course, Mike Campbell tours with Fleetwood Mac now. This video made me dig out my Concert For George DVD, where Petty and the Heartbreakers played "Taxman" and "Handle Me With Care". Tom reminisces about how the latter song was written, and about George's use of augmented and diminished chords (which he called his naughty chords). There were so many good performances in that concert (especially the ones with Clapton and McCartney together). Something about this video makes me want to try playing the strings of a piano with an E-Bow.
Campbell was also responsible for one of the most memorable pop tunes of the 1980's-Boys Of Summer by Don Henley which he wrote the music for, he was given Henley's number by Henley's producer as Henley was looking for new songs, he played it over the phone & Henley then wrote the lyrics to it.
I'm enjoying Mike Campbell with Fleetwood Mac. The naysayers say that Lindsay Buckingham was replaced by two guitarists. But what guitarists. What songwriters. (Stop draggin' my heart around is a Petty/Campbell song. They knew exactly what they were getting when they signed on Mike Campbell. There is history.)
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Don Felder (The Eagles) gave “little Tommy Petty” guitar lessons in Gainesville, Fl, when Tom was a kid.
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And Bernie Leadon’s little brother Tom played guitar for Mudcrutch
Spot-on analysis, Fil! Tom's talent was epochal. Mike Campbell's is too. Actually, Mike produced Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives's latest album, "Way Out West". And that's another winner! Keep on rocking your analysis videos, Fil. You're a fine teacher! 👏😢👌😊💕
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Agree completely about Petty getting better and better like a fine wine….Highway Companion, Mojo, MUDCRUTCH albums, and Hypnotic Eye are so fucking good
Tom!RIP! Well missed music legend! 🙏. Hit after Hit! Great American songwriter and singer! It's hard to remember a time that his music wasn't in my life! I I'm 56yr OLD!👏👏👏Fil!
I agree good sir. I graduated in the eighties and they had great songs from the late seventies, eighties and nineties. American Girl, breakdown...my favorite was you got lucky. Last dance with Mary Jane a great one and so many more. His duo with Stevie another excellent song.
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"Stop draggin my heart around"
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Refugee, always stuck in my head, Tom was an awesome song writer, and singer, the lyrics were so intense!
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I was in high school when Tom Petty and Heartbreakers came on the scene, and I was a lifelong Tom Petty fan. I finally got to see him live in concert in 2014, and it was the BEST concert I've ever been to! It was a magical night that I will never, ever forget.
When I found out Tom died, I was absolutely devastated. I was at work that day, and a co-worker came around and asked if I'd heard Tom Petty died. I was absolutely shocked, and I didn't believe her at first (didn't want to believe her). But I quickly realized it was true, and my heart sank.
Whenever a song of his comes on the radio in the car I blast the volume way up, and I remember all the happiness his songs have given me over the many years. And I remember the best concert EVER!
Fil this last few weeks you've been looking at some fantastic artists. Well done mate.
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Great video. Back in the “old days” the radio play only focused on the hits & I got a little over saturated with Petty. This video reminds me he was really a talent & I need to re-explore some of his more obscure stuff.
Thanks, Fil! Great performance by all on this Tom Petty song. "Here Comes My Girl" was big the year my husband and I got together, and he's incidentally a great Nils Lofgren fan. Brings us back!♡
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What a song that is!! Swooning commences every time!
A band and a singer/songwriter that continually grew and progressed from the beginning to the final recording and tour. Amazing how they could break a song down and go around the stage and each play a solo, and gather it right back together and continue on with the song.
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Thank you so much! You couldn't have picked a better song than this. This Soundstage concert in its entirety is so great. I listen to this song from this particular concert at least once a week. I still can't believe that Tom Petty is dead. No more of his stories..
You gave a very nice synopsis of some of his music.
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The first Petty album was pretty much my intro to rock and roll.... American Girl still my favorite tune... Mike Campbell's playing is a great example of serving the song.
Tom Petty's music really resonates with a deep feeling / emotion.
A hauntingly beautiful song. Excellent analysis. I'm glad I got to see this "band of brothers" before Tom passed.
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers have always been my favorite band. I can remember exactly when and where it was the first time I heard American Girl. I used to have this crush on this beautiful girl from High School, and the song really kind of framed "in my mind" who I dreamt she was. Their first album(?) was the first 8-track (remember those) I ever bought and I played it til it seized in the player. As good as their first album was, their second album, "You're Gonna Get It", in my opinion is their best and probably most overlooked. I always thought Mike Campbell was one of the best guitarist's out there, not because he pulls off mind blowing solo's, but because he has this "what I call" light touch a way of finding the right notes to highlight certain parts of a song. You mention his work with Don Henley in the song "Boys of Summer", which is a great example of his style of play. Another good example is the song "Hurt" off their second album. Sometime before Tom passed away, my nephew had a chance to sit in on a session with Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench and he never mentioned anything about it until well after the fact. I should have kicked his little punk ass.
Amazing talent and longetivity . A band I got to enjoy young and shared that love with my Children! (and lost most of my cassettes to) In the process of replacing them with CDs. Still have my vinyl! Another great review of the legend gone too soon. Cried like a baby!
Saw him in Austin.Texas in April 2012.Thank God i got to see him before he passed.RIP Tom
One of the best American songwriters, with one of the best American bands of the past 4 decades.
Their "House Band" status for the closing of the Fillmore West was legendary. The material released from that last week shows the band really firing on all cylinders.
Tom has written so many classic songs ,its so impressive,I saw a concert on TV,and virtually every track was a classic,such high quality,playing from all the band.
For years I didn't like Tom Petty. Didn't get him at all. Then I saw an interview with him and the interviewer asked him Why does your band sound the way it does?", and he got that little grin he had and said "It's rock and roll, it's not supposed to be THAT good". At that moment I understood everything I needed to about him. He was playing what he liked, and that was FAR more "96 Tears" by ? and the Mysterians than anything by Boston, for instance. He LIKED that there was danger in the sound, that at any minute, someone could make a HUGE mistake and it would be left in. He liked the rawness, the HUMAN aspect of R&R.
Since then, I've had a real appreciation of him and his music. I listened to it with a whole new set of ears, and I LIKE the guy's music, now. It was my own lack of understanding that got in the way. Funny thing is, I like the old raw stuff, too, so we had that in common. I was saddened to hear of his death, and am sorry we didn't get to hear what else he would have come up with.
Rock on, Tom!
@brad zybola 96 tears is one of my favorite songs. It was recorded by the " ? and the Mysterions."
I think it was Jay and The Mysterians?
@@paulablissett9396 possibly could be, I am not sure, I just know I love that song.
@@CherylHShannon Hi, i'm pretty sure there is only one Del Shannon, are you related, lol?
@@paulablissett9396 , Not that I am aware of, just like my maiden name is Hilton, but unfortunately no relation to the owner of the Hilton hotels. My husband 's great great uncle is Edgar Allen Poe. His Aunt's still have many things that belonged to him.
Welcome to another analysis video and another legend. Thanks Fil
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Best American rock band in history…I’d argue best band period
Fleetwood Mac just played near me and I didn't get to see them. But fans are uploading great videos from that New Orleans show of the group paying tribute to Tom Petty with Stevie Nicks singing "Free Fallin'" during the encore with a picture montage of Tom on a screen behind the band and right at the end of the song there's a touching moment where Stevie and Mike Campbell (with their back to the audience) stare up at a huge picture of Tom with Stevie putting her hand on Mike's back. Very touching. I wish I would have been there.
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Beautiful track! Tom Petty was one of the best live shows I've seen. It's powerful to have a packed amphitheater singing every word to every song. You should check out some performances by The Outlaws. They were probably the best live show I've seen. Great guitar work.
Always enjoyed listening to Tom's music over the years. Great song writer.
Sad he has passed on.
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I have just gotten into the Heartbreakers this year and last year. This song is one of my favorites. I went to the Heartbreakers part of youtube, and listened to several Heartbreakers songs. I could not find another song with Tom Petty playing acoustic guitar. They are an excellent band. This live song is very good. I love how the band is so connected, Fil mentioned how they looked at each other once in awhile til his son was born. ,
Great Band, all the instruments compliment each other so well. Have a Great Day!
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Thanks Fil and please keep those Tom Petty video analysis coming!
Wow, I've never seen or heard of this before! Thanks for posting this- it's not what I expected when I saw Tom Petty in the thumbnail, lol. Love the barebones, Americana- bluegrass-ish feel of this song. Some tasty licks from the guitar player, too! (and a Les Paul into a Fender amp- one of my favorite sonic combinations)
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Great performance by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. they also adapted to making music videos quite well in the 1980s. Tom left behind great works of art through His music. "Refugee" was the first song I herd by Tom and band. great analysis and break down again thanks Fil.
My favorite song from their first album
Well, she was an American girl
Raised on promises...
I agree, they were fantastic in the beginning then aged like fine wine. I was fortunate to see the True Confessions tour in the mid 80s with Bob Dylan and Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - that was pretty special.
I got to see Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in Seattle at Safeco Field. In three months he was gone. O vount myself fortunate to catch that show.
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He was such an amazing performer. I was a teen when he was up and coming. 💓😢
In Georgia we called him a hometown boy. When they were starting up they played the hell out of the southeast.
Mike Campbell is definitely the master of the sweet notes. Love the video.
So glad you talked about Tom Petty. Listening to his songs he did get better vocally with age. I got lost in his video "You don't know how it feels" not because of the words but with the melody & rhythm of the song and of course the close up of him the whole time with those eyes! I love artist who sing & tell a story like you Fil with "Don't Cry"(btw I wish you would have done a close up on your face) , Tom Petty, Jackson Browne, Van Morrison's "Someone like you" Bap Kennedy's "Moonlight Kiss", etc. Songs that are so real & romantic. 😍😚💕👏🤗
Imagine your guitar lessons with a great guitar player from the eagles. Very great and interesting info. You do so well on breaking down techniques of playing and......your homework on the individual or group. Very sound, in all aspects. Great work Fil
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Evening Fil! Great analysis! I worry about effects sometimes because of the drag it puts on a composition. This is a great example of instruments in support of it!! CHEERS Mate!
One of the bands that I played their albums over and over.😎😎😎😍😊Loved Tom Petty.
I saw Tom Petty in 1987 on the Rock And Roll Caravan tour. What a show he and the band put on! SO great! I'd been a Tom Petty fan since 1979 when Refugee was on the radio along with 'Don't Do Me Like That'. I was 11 and had just started playing guitar a year earlier. Those were magical times I'll never forget!
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Mike Campbell,is the perfect foil,to Toms vocals,rythmn playing ,some iconic ,lead and rhythm playing from Mike ,so tasteful,and never over indulging ,for the song ,top duo,and Mike,I think,underrated ,just as Keith Scott ,is with Bryan Adams.
Great video Fil. Tom was indeed one of the all time best. R.I.P. Tom. Filled (no pun) with loads of info as well, as always....Bravo!...Paul
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Love Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ! "1979-Damn The Torpedoes" (thats loaded with great songs) cranking as race down main street in my 66' Chevelle SS ! Another classic Fil... Thank you man for dropping on that cool music knowledge on us,well done 😎
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Mike Campbell and The Dirty Knobs….Dude you should do a video on them….new album is rock n roll perfection. ELECTRIC GYPSY, WICKED MIND, IRISH GIRL, WRECKLESS ABANDON ate some songs
Always loved the way Mike played; very subtle but effective! I like how he uses a E-bow on this tune... 🤘🏻
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Whenever I think of...or hear Tom Petty....the words "Pure Americana" never escape me.....
Thanx again Fil!! Great job... as always!
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Spot on Fil. Hard Promises is such a classic. Tom Petty had such a phenominal musical history. Your historical information is excellent. I certainly agree that Tom developed as he got older. Mike Campbell, perfect choice in guitarists. Thank yiu again.
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My personal favorite is "American Girl"
I'm biased... RIP Tom Petty
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good choice, mine is refugee
Mine is Breakdown(1st song I learned on my electric). Close 2nd is Runnin Down a Dream.
I remember listening (high) to "Breakdown" on my parent's couch. This time period is still my favorite. His sound was so new, and unique. He was very popular in NJ. We were very lucky. We had unbelievable 70s Rock radio stations in Philly. WYOQ, WMMR, WYSP. 'Jane' by Jefferson Starship was another favorite single of mine, during this time.
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Miss Tom very much. His catalog is steller. Mike Campbell is a great guitarist. Tom had a radio show on xm called Buried Treasure. He was a music fanatic like the rest of us!! He brought to my attention alot of artist I had never heard of. Thanks Tom. RIP.
Thanks Fil for reminding me how great Tom Petty is
What a wonderful song.
That was such an amazing performance, what a pure Joy that was to listen to! It was my second year in the military and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released ( damn the torpedoes ) , that album was such a hit and everybody I knew bought a copy.
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What a voice. What a songwriter. One of life's great regrets was never getting to see this band live.
thumbs up for tom and the band, rip tom. one of the great ones
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What really improved Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers was their year long tour with Bob Dylan in 1986. Dylan would change things up each song, each session and Tom and the band had to be on their toes at all times as they never knew what to expect, which they eventually embraced as exciting for them and they grew as musicians. It was this tour that also brought that Dylan singing style to Tom Petty. Sometimes he sounds just like Dylan. Petty said there was no one else in the whole world he would have done a backup for besides Dylan.
I am in the L.A. area and Dylan and Petty became as close as two friends can be and they each owned homes in the Malibu area. Tom named Dylan as Executor of his estate in the event both he and his wife both passed away, saying that he didn't know anyone else as honest as Bob Dylan.
Sad he passed. Thanks for sharing.
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That was a great break down, on Tom Petty Fil, what you said about Tom's dad, was spot on, plus! Actually, his dad berated Tom most of his life, he was quite mean ..... That's why Tom was such an over achiever, he was a great artist, and his band members complimented Tom, and vice versa... Wonderful analysis, BTW, and i noticed you hit over a little over 43 thousand subscribers YAY! I, too, have been spreading the word about your channel, i'm happy for you, close to that 50 thousand mark! GOOD JOB!
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Fil I found where you did Tom Petty thanks ... keep up the great work.. 👍..
I always hit like b4 even watching ur vids Fil,...because I know I will like them....another great job...Rock!!
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Two deaths that really hit me hard was Glenn Frey and then Tom Petty. Guess I never knew how much I loved those guys, I have listened to them and saw them Live for years and when I heard the news it hit like a ton of bricks and I cried real tears which I never really do even for my own family. Howie also, Howie was the best.
I grew up in a small town in central Fl about an hour away from Gainesville, my friend attended the University of Fl so I was fortunate enough to attend a few Gator football games, the gators didn't win much back then, (late 70's) but the frat parties afterwards were over the top!!! Was lucky enough to attend one of those parties and Mr Petty was rocking the house :-) Don't remember much, but I remember he was there ;-) Another superb review sir, thank you for that trip down memory lane!!! It's great to see a young musician so interested in what got us here and why, again, thank you :-)
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When I heard "Here comes my girl" for the first time when I was a kid, I've been a fan of every single thing he ever did. R.I.P. friend.
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I saw Tom Petty and the heartbreakers in 1989 at the palace in Auburn Hills now they are both gone. He was definitely one of the greats. Thank you.
Thanks Fil!…… I so miss Tom... I wish I had been able to see him perform in May 2017 but I had transportation issues and couldn’t go. Then when I heard in October he had passed I was so shocked, sad and regretful that I had missed the opportunity to see him live. I am not familiar with this track but hearing the name made me think of my grandmother on my mother’s side whose name was Melinda. I never knew her because I was only three when she passed away of cancer....✌️❤️🤘
I Saw Tom Petty at a 4 dollar concert in Seattle in 1977, loved him since then.
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You probably will not read this but I put a comment on your latest video about why you have not done an analysis of Tom Petty. I apologize.
This is one of my favorites. I love all the instruments. They are all such great together. I loved it the most when his harmonizing with Howie RIP
Thank you Phil for covering Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It was one of my suggestions to analyze Mike Campbell. His guitar work was essential to the sound of the Heartbreakers
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I first heard them in 79 on Damn the Torpedo's and was a fan since. was able to see the Heartbreakers in summer 2002 and was amazed how great they were live. Individually superior artists who complimented each other very well and they shared the spotlight equally during the show. Steve Ferrone was known as 'the new guy' in the band and he joined in 1994 after their original drummer left. In the interim Tom was booked on Saturday Night Live and asked Dave Grohl to play the show. Tom then offered Dave the position as drummer but he turned the offer down to start his own band. At that level there is so much quality talent on all instruments. We are so fortunate to have so many musical legends to entertain us with so much coming from the U.K. & U.S.
Yeah Tom knew talent when he saw it!
Very True! When you evaluate the 'cream' of the crop isn't that a common trait among the founders?
You mentioned Del Shannon, the Pride of Coopersville Michigan. His biggest hit was the Rock classic Runaway in 1961. The song is referenced in Tom's hit Running Down A Dream. He actually played at our high school as part of a rock and roll caravan thing in the very late 60s. He was working with the Traveling Wilburys as a producer when Roy Orbison died and some thought he was going to replace Roy when he committed suicide due to his problems with chronic depression.
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My first vinyl LP of Tom Petty's was "Hard Promises" with my favorite track the rockin' "Kings Road" (Yes I liked it over the much more popular "The Waiting") The "live" recordings I've seen from the 80's were extended over 6 minutes with Tom and Mike at maximum energy. RIP Tom, give my regards to George, Roy and Del.
oh so glad you did Tom Petty HB. Love Tom Petty my favorite of all
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Very nice! The pianist reminds me of Bruce Hornsby a bit. :)
I’m a fan of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. I heard someone say what they loved about this group was how you never heard from them until they released a new album. They’d play ona few shows and tour. Then they were gone until they released something new. That seemed true to me about the time I would start missing them, there’d they be with some new stuff! Fil, again, I love your thoughts on all the performers, that you share. I feel like you appreciate the music like a lot of your RUclips family!
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