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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,198 posts) Mon Oct 2, 2017, 03:54 PM Oct 2017

13

Into the Great Wide Open.

I remember blasting this song while driving through the Florida Everglades, watching the great blue open sky before me as I drove along to brilliant sunshine. It felt so absolutely perfect and I felt so good.

No one wrote a song for a road trip like Tom Petty. No one.

RIP Tom.

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Into the Great Wide Open. (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2017 OP

. librechik Oct 2017 #1

Yeah. Put a story about it in LBN Ken Burch Oct 2017 #18

RIP? Did he die? brush Oct 2017 #2

i haven't seen anything that says he has died... is there a link? spanone Oct 2017 #3

I've seen some reports that he's died. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2017 #6

just saw this...thanks spanone Oct 2017 #9

Free Fallin' Beaverhausen Oct 2017 #4

Something Big Solly Mack Oct 2017 #5

Remember this oldie? octoberlib Oct 2017 #7

Don't Come Around Here No More. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2017 #8

American Girl octoberlib Oct 2017 #10

You Wreck Me Solly Mack Oct 2017 #11

Runnin' Down A Dream Solly Mack Oct 2017 #12

Literally a great road trip song. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2017 #15

I always take Petty on the road with me. Solly Mack Oct 2017 #17

Mary Jane's Last Dance Solly Mack Oct 2017 #13

This shocked me. cwydro Oct 2017 #14

Can this day get any worse? Loryn Oct 2017 #16

I think this was my favorite of his: Ken Burch Oct 2017 #19

He also managed to make a very silly movie about a post-apocalyptic postman very enjoyable. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2017 #20

Who could forget this performance? Tom Petty, Prince, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood octoberlib Oct 2017 #21

librechik

(30,676 posts)

1. .

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 03:56 PM

Oct 2017

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

18. Yeah. Put a story about it in LBN

Reply to librechik (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 04:26 PM

Oct 2017

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017459814

brush

(53,871 posts)

2. RIP? Did he die?

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 03:57 PM

Oct 2017

spanone

(135,880 posts)

3. i haven't seen anything that says he has died... is there a link?

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 03:57 PM

Oct 2017

they all say he's critical...

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,198 posts)

6. I've seen some reports that he's died.

Reply to spanone (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 04:02 PM

Oct 2017

https://www.avclub.com/r-i-p-tom-petty-1819079682

spanone

(135,880 posts)

9. just saw this...thanks

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 04:03 PM

Oct 2017

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-petty-legendary-rocker-is-dead-at-66/

Beaverhausen

(24,472 posts)

4. Free Fallin'

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 03:59 PM

Oct 2017

Solly Mack

(90,787 posts)

5. Something Big

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 04:00 PM

Oct 2017

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)

7. Remember this oldie?

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 04:02 PM

Oct 2017

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,198 posts)

8. Don't Come Around Here No More.

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 04:03 PM

Oct 2017

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)

10. American Girl

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 04:07 PM

Oct 2017

Solly Mack

(90,787 posts)

11. You Wreck Me

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 04:09 PM

Oct 2017

Solly Mack

(90,787 posts)

12. Runnin' Down A Dream

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 04:11 PM

Oct 2017

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,198 posts)

15. Literally a great road trip song.

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #12)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 04:24 PM

Oct 2017

It's a song about a road trip that is perfect to listen to while on a road trip.

Solly Mack

(90,787 posts)

17. I always take Petty on the road with me.

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Reply #15)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 04:26 PM

Oct 2017

And I always will.

Now though....bittersweet.

Solly Mack

(90,787 posts)

13. Mary Jane's Last Dance

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 04:16 PM

Oct 2017

I may never stop mourning.

cwydro

(51,308 posts)

14. This shocked me.

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 04:19 PM

Oct 2017

Huge fan for years and years and years.

Loryn

(945 posts)

16. Can this day get any worse?

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 04:25 PM

Oct 2017

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

19. I think this was my favorite of his:

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 04:29 PM

Oct 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=2SF1iLXSQto

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,198 posts)

20. He also managed to make a very silly movie about a post-apocalyptic postman very enjoyable.

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 04:34 PM

Oct 2017

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)

21. Who could forget this performance? Tom Petty, Prince, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 05:57 PM

Oct 2017

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