Tom Petty, a Secret Punk on Rock’s Mount Rushmore
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The New York Times
3.4 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2017
⏱️ 34 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the New York Times Popcast, your muddy crutch with music news and |
| 0:07.4 | criticism. I'm your host John Carrow Monica. |
| 0:10.0 | She's a good girl loves her momma loves Jesus in America too. She's a good girl. |
| 0:25.0 | It's crazy about Elbus, loves horses |
| 0:30.0 | in her boyfriend too. |
| 0:33.0 | And it's a long day. |
| 0:40.0 | And it's a long day |
| 0:42.0 | living in receded. |
| 0:45.0 | There's a freeway. |
| 0:48.0 | Running through the yard. |
| 0:51.0 | And I'm a bad boy because I don't even miss her. |
| 0:57.0 | I'm a bad boy for breaking her heart. |
| 1:02.0 | And I'm free. |
| 1:04.0 | Free for it. |
| 1:10.0 | Yeah, I'm free for it. Yeah, I'm free. |
| 1:17.0 | free falling. |
| 1:20.0 | That slow burn is free-fallen. That's Tom Betty. We're recording this on Tuesday. |
| 1:29.5 | Tom Betty died last night from cardiac arrest, his son in cardiac arrest. He was 66 years old. I'm here today |
| 1:36.0 | with New York Times Chief Bot Music Critic, John Porellis. |
| 1:39.1 | Hi John. And we are here to talk a little bit about the legacy of Tom Petty, but interestingly enough, |
| 1:44.7 | we're probably going to start with a little bit of a ten out ten about that particular song. |
| 1:50.2 | So, J.P. when we were just deciding to what song to start with, I sort of said, let's pick a hit, |
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