For a musician who sold so many records and meant so much to so many people, Tom Petty still managed to be underappreciated. Maybe it was just his being that half-generation removed from the Mt. Rushmorean figures in rock history (Beatles, Dylan, Stones, etc.) that kept him flying somewhat below the radar when talking about rock's monumental representatives. In any case,, Petty now sets a new if unfortunate template: for the musician who has to leave this world for us to take full note of his beloved place in it. Tom Petty was always just out there somewhere, being Tom Petty. And now he's not. The time of course will come for all of us. Let's do our best in the meantime to listen: to our own hearts, and to each other's, and to the knocking of the door, and the growing of the grass. No more time for bullshit. The nightmare will end, the emperor will stand naked, and we won't be lost if we stand by each other.
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