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kontextmaschine:

The way MTV had me thinking Tom Petty was a 90s act was weird.

He kinda was though. He was kind of a multi decade act.

Put it this way: I’ve seen younger boomers have fond adolescent memories of Tom Petty. I’ve never seen Gen Xers.

kontextmaschine:

kontextmaschine:

The way MTV had me thinking Tom Petty was a 90s act was weird.

Aerosmith, too.

When they were both really music for the older guy dating your high school classmates in 1979

The way MTV had me thinking Tom Petty was a 90s act was weird.

It’s really funny to pretend that Tom Waits is Tom Petty’s side project.