I think I was the only person in America who actually enjoyed that movie.
Been listening to a lot of Petty lately. Also jonesing for a Rickenbacker guitar. I've got nine guitars, no Rics.
First time I saw Petty was on SNL in '79. I was almost 11 and I thought he looked like my older cool cousin. I've been a fan ever since.
I took my mom to see him live at Red Rocks with the Heartbreakers. Must've been 2002. Last concert I ever saw with my mom. She wanted to go because her idol, Jackson Browne was opening. As a guitar nut, I was in heaven. Petty and his band played for about two hours, nothing but hits. You forget how many hit songs that guy wrote! Between him and Mike Campbell, they must've toured with at least 60-70 mostly vintage guitars. They didn't play the same guitar two songs in a row. At the end of each song, they'd take off the guitar they had been playing and strap on something different. What a show!
“Last concert I ever saw with my mom.“ You’re a better man than I am. Well done.
“I think I was the only person in America who actually enjoyed that movie.”
Oh NO you Not! It is one of the greatest movies of all time. I wouldn’t take advise from a critic who despised it. Riveting and emotional for the entire 3 hours. And a Movie with a great ending for a change. The Tom Petty scene was just a fun moment in the film- That,s all. When you see it for the fist time it is like “Wow” that’s Tom petty. But it was just a minor part in a great movie.
I was probably the second person who liked “The Postman”. I loved Petty’s raw, gritty rock and roll too. RIP Tom Petty.
I had an "older cool cousin" like that; he wound up being a Navy musician. But Petty was the "coolest" of all, IMO. Well said!