R.I.P. Tom Petty

Dr. Delight said:

Just woke up to this. God damn.

What time did you go to sleep last night?

I only just heard about half an hour ago.  Not meaning to be melodramatic but it was like a punch in the gut. My immediate reaction was shock, a moan and then tears.  Petty was close to my age-- only months apart.  Suddenly 66 feels a lot older. 

Rest in Peace, Tom Petty.  Thank you for so much great music.

I was at the Hollywood Bowl for his last concert on Monday.  Never would have thought it would be his last show. 

Bentleyspop said:

igotid88 said:

So many of our rock stars are dying in their 50s and 60s lately. You'd think we'd have them for another 20 or 30 years

After Bowie and Prince a friend said to me that a lot of our icons are going to start dropping more frequently now due to their heavy partying lifestyles when they were younger. And some who continue to have dangerous vices.

That being said, it's time we start worrying about how we are going to leave the planet for Keith Richards.

Bentleyspop said:

igotid88 said:

So many of our rock stars are dying in their 50s and 60s lately. You'd think we'd have them for another 20 or 30 years

After Bowie and Prince a friend said to me that a lot of our icons are going to start dropping more frequently now due to their heavy partying lifestyles when they were younger. And some who continue to have dangerous vices.

That being said, it's time we start worrying about how we are going to leave the planet for Keith Richards.

Haha!

PJ_Soul said:

Bentleyspop said:

igotid88 said:

So many of our rock stars are dying in their 50s and 60s lately. You'd think we'd have them for another 20 or 30 years

After Bowie and Prince a friend said to me that a lot of our icons are going to start dropping more frequently now due to their heavy partying lifestyles when they were younger. And some who continue to have dangerous vices.

That being said, it's time we start worrying about how we are going to leave the planet for Keith Richards.

There is that... I guess we also need to keep in mind that half of the population dies younger than the average lifespan. Not to be grim or anything, but... brace yourselves everyone. It's only going to pick up from here and it's not going to stop. Most of us are just at that age now, when we're going to see pretty much every single one of the musicians we've grown up loving die, and then our own peers will start dropping too. I know we all know that... but it's easy to forget... I'm not sure if it's good or not so good to live in this kind of denial. One the one hand, it does no one any good to avoid their emotions ... but if we greet each loss like this with any serious level of misery, that could be damaging as well. I guess trying to deal with these kinds of losses takes a bit of an emotional balancing act once it starts happening frequently, which it will.

Gee, thanks! Now I'm all stressed out over your post. Way to shorten my lifespan, PJS!

On a serious note...I'd much rather treat each loss like the tragic event that it is (my health be damned), than become numb to it, as I think so many people are.  But everyone grieves differently.  For example, I make inappropriate jokes.  It's my way of momentarily escaping the heartache I feel.

RogueStoner said:

PJ_Soul said:

Bentleyspop said:

igotid88 said:

So many of our rock stars are dying in their 50s and 60s lately. You'd think we'd have them for another 20 or 30 years

After Bowie and Prince a friend said to me that a lot of our icons are going to start dropping more frequently now due to their heavy partying lifestyles when they were younger. And some who continue to have dangerous vices.

That being said, it's time we start worrying about how we are going to leave the planet for Keith Richards.

There is that... I guess we also need to keep in mind that half of the population dies younger than the average lifespan. Not to be grim or anything, but... brace yourselves everyone. It's only going to pick up from here and it's not going to stop. Most of us are just at that age now, when we're going to see pretty much every single one of the musicians we've grown up loving die, and then our own peers will start dropping too. I know we all know that... but it's easy to forget... I'm not sure if it's good or not so good to live in this kind of denial. One the one hand, it does no one any good to avoid their emotions ... but if we greet each loss like this with any serious level of misery, that could be damaging as well. I guess trying to deal with these kinds of losses takes a bit of an emotional balancing act once it starts happening frequently, which it will.

Gee, thanks! Now I'm all stressed out over your post. Way to shorten my lifespan, PJS!

On a serious note...I'd much rather treat each loss like the tragic event that it is (my health be damned), than become numb to it, as I think so many people are.  But everyone grieves differently.  For example, I make inappropriate jokes.  It's my way of momentarily escaping the heartache I feel.

I definitely don't think becoming numb to it is a good option either! That's why it's a balancing act. One needn't become numb to learn how to kind of accept it as a part of life, rather than being jolted into a sense of depression and misery every time it happens. Not when it's going to happen as often as it's going to.... I think all people need to find this balance when it comes to dealing with the deaths of our peers who aren't actually in our lives personally. Otherwise we'll end up in a constant state of depression/heartache, and we don't want that. The goal needs to be to find some sort of peace in the loss IMO, especially as we deal with getting closer to our own inevitable demise (or to just get as close to that as possible - it's not easy of course, and I'm not claiming to have mastered this, lol. I wish.). I do think inappropriate jokes are one fantastic way to find that balance, FWIW. And yeah Hedo, it does fucking suck. Big time.

Out of everyone, seen PJ the most, then the Who, then TP and the HBs. Very sad news. What a catalogue of hit after hit. My prayers to his loved ones.