Sigh. Last year when the Graun said it was TP’s 57th birthday I wrote and pointed out it was actually his 60th. Did they take any notice? Nuh uh. I shall have to write to them again. Happy 61st, TP.
Here’s one of your favourite bands playing one of your favourite songs. Present from me.
I’m A Man by the Yardbirds in 1967, with Jimmy Page playing the guitar with a bow – I was hoping Mike Campbell would be using his e-bow in the TP&TH version but unfortunately he doesn’t.
I’m A Man by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in 2006. Bo Diddley wrote the song in 1955.
Hi, tfd.
Oo-ey, but that Yardbirds one is a curio. Will listen again to both later, but in the meantime, any excuse to post another of my favourites … have you heard this glam/sludgerock version, by French electro artists Black Strobe?
I bloomin’ love it. Listen in particular to the way the main riff splurges in at 0m50s, and the archetypal alluring French accent at 2m20s singing “ … they can’t resist…“
Whoops. It would help if I remembered to copy the link over, wouldn’t it?
He’s not doing his feet any favours in those shoes, you know…Yes, excellent, DsD – and I love the video too. Maybe we’d better have the M.A.N. himself while we’re at it, because Diddley is daddy.
The Graun is not the only one – i’ve seen his birthday posted as in February more than a few times. I remember this as i tend to keep in my head a little collection of Libra rockers and was never sure if Tom was in the club or not.
Happy Birthday Mr Tom Petty!
“I was born in October
Turned the hourglass over”
A ‘Spill point to SpottedRichard for knowing this very obscure song!
Too kind, Miss TFD.
x
Ms…
But you’re only 14, right?
Happy Birthday TP. Back when $2.79 was tough to scratch together I parted with the sum for the Yardbird’s Greatest Hits & played this track to death. Happy to say I’ve been lucky enough to see both TP & Bo do it live. Yardbirds never came near Reno unfortunately.
Yay! I’m younger than TP. I confess to never having researched it but i would have said he was younger than me.
I feel so much better.
Were you misled by him only having 3 candles on that cake?
Do you get Sky Arts 1 TFD? There are two live Tom Petty things on over the weekend, live in France and somewhere else, I expect you’ve seen them already, but thought of you when I saw them. Happy birthday to Mr P from me too.
Goodness, what an annoying website they’ve got! I can only find one concert, at the Fillmore, which I have on DVD. Can’t find the French one – do you remember what day it’s on?
sorry if I misled you, I can only find the Fillmore one too, maybe I imagined it.
Not to worry, beth – it was sweet of you to think of me.