Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

paulinebeziat

8 years ago

LEARNING TO FLY but I ain´t got wings

Borostomias antarcticus original illustration in Fishes of the Southern Ocean

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danger days the true lives of the fabulous killjoys killjoys tom petty tlotfk tom petty and the heartbreakers dr death defying even in the tags i ramble DJ Dr. Death Defying Dr. D killjoys headcanons the Last DJ don't mind me just combining my childhood musical obsession with my present day musical obsession to anyone who only knows me in the MCR fandom yes I was obsessed with Tom Petty as a child and in fact he is still one of my favorites. I suppose you might say his music is like my 'comfort music'. Dr. D just strikes me as a Classic Rock kind of dude I mean I'm sure he likes a variety of modern and Zones rock as well but I think he has a certain amount of a Classic Rock base/background like yeah he's out there with the new rock and he loves that stuff and it's special to him too especially since he's a part of the community and culture that's making it but like there's this special place that classic rock and Tom Petty will always hold in his heart oh no I'm projecting onto Dr. D now too lol but yeah. For him Tom is like that music from a simpler time before the Helium Wars and BLI and everything actually I'm working on a whole Killjoy Vibes playlist which includes the Last DJ among many other non-MCR songs that I think fit the world I may eventually make a separate post about the whole playlist but for now I wanted to share my Dr. D-specific thoughts the Last DJ just fits him so well!! but for once I'm making a fairly concise post I think huh found this all written up and tagged in my drafts. IDK why I didn't already post it that 'hill I will die on' post just reminded me of it

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alfhildr-the-word-weaver

5 years ago

Anyways, I’m just having some nostalgia(tm) this morning and I was just thinking about all the ways fandom has affected my musical experiences of late since I joined the MCR fandom and how much Tumblr has had to do with that.

And then I was like, what would it have been like if I had grown up with fandom around the music I was listening to in my youth (I say like an old person)? And anyways I’m looking through pictures of Tom Petty on Tumblr now as I continue to contemplate Tumblr fandoms and my musical tastes. I picked this one to share because I hadn’t seen it before and his hair looks particularly lovely here.

(I did make a post with some of my favorite Tom Petty pics a while back, though I was basically just talking about how I thought Lemony Snicket ought to look like Tom Petty.)

Also, I believe I’ve found references to Tom Petty made by 3 of 4 MCR members in various interviews and things (I think Mikey is the only one I haven’t heard mention him) and I do love the excitement of finding the people behind one of your obsessions mentioning another (just like whenever Gerard mentions a fondness for Doctor Who). Let me know if you want sources and I’ll track those back down :)

Tom Petty, especially sassy, by Michael Zagaris

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