Tom Petty on Elvis, The Beatles, and The Rolling Stones
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- In this clip taken from his feature interview with Jian at Woodshed Recording in Malibu, California, Tom Petty recalls how Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and The Rolling Stones each contributed to inspire him to pursue a career in music.
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"That didn't look like something you could be". Great line and homage to Elvis.
Yeah, REALLY great stuff, SO well put!!!!!!!!
"You'd have to look like that for one thing" haha great line from a great man about the King.
Right on!!!!!
He told another story of when he was a kid, he was in a crowd in Florida on an Elvis movie set - it was busy, with movie people milling around etc. Then Elvis arrived with some guys and Petty said the crowd went dead silent and Elvis walked through the crowd, people stepping aside and he was stared at because he was so good looking.
ELVIS-#1
Steve Van Zandt says the same thing: the Beatles showed that there was a new world to explore, but the Stones were the point of entry.
Petty: Only one Elvis, the Beatles was hard to copy, the Stones -yeah I could do that!
Yep. That’s what he said..
R.I.P. Tom Petty,great artist and such a kind,nice person
…Love his XM radio show called “Buried Treasure”, he was a real comedian there
A true artist. My god what a loss we just had and if you don't realize it you are blind. You won't get this guy back.
R.I.P Tom Petty I am so sad.
In other words you can copy the Beatles but elvis cannot ever be copied. Well said Tom.
John Lennon said without Elvis there would not have been the Beatles. They were big fans of his.
Alicia Noda and John also lamented the fact how Col. Parker ruined the King for rock and roll.
CooManTunes as we all do. During first concert tour Beatles stopped at Graceland to pay respects to their boyhood idol and inspiration. The other 3 left for the hotel but John stayed behind and I guess they played music into the wee hours. Later John was to remark he still had it. Rockabilly talent as they played together and it made John sad to see the King wasted in those light weight movies and singing crap songs. Didn't say John was 100% right. Peace
"John Lennon said without Elvis there would not have been the Beatles. They were big fans of his." Yep. And Keith Richards said without the Beatles there would be no Stones.
"Especially not by Parker." ! Don't know much about Parker, huh?
Joseph Scott that would be the pre-Parker Elvis, the Sun records Elvis. And not the prepackaged pablum the Col.
envisioned. When you voluntarily lose your ability to be controversial and shock your audience you simply no longer exert any influence in Rock.
ELVIS PRESLEY
Tom said it. You can be the Beatles...but you can't be Elvis. ;)
CooManTunes You can be the Beatles, but I don't think anyone ever will be
CooManTunes silly. they wrote their own songs and played their own songs. that's important to their legacy. great songs and growth on every album. There will never be another beatles. also they are still relevant to young bands.
jjBdrumming You're ignorant. This man has more talent in his left thumb than any one of the Beatles. And he also has ten times more soul. He FEELS his music and puts his all into his writing. Why did you even freaking watch his interview if you just want to be a Beatles sponsor? This man deserves way more respect and acknowledgment.
jjBdrumming The Beatles came about in a time when the world was obviously deprived of boy bands and they leached onto them and made them into something mystical, and we just can't seem to let go of that. They were "the shit" of that time period, just like any other run of the mill boy band (*NSYNC, etc.), but they kind of got the boy band genre generated so we can't seem to loosen our grasp on them. They're not all they're cracked up to be. Tom, however, is the most original artist this God-forsaken world has left. It's a shame he doesn't get acknowledged. And not only is he a genius on his own; he's just a quality guy. He's maintained his humble roots and has never seemed "famous". He has never been so bold as to claim he's "more famous than God." Would you also think the Beatles are Elvis-wannabes that rode his dick into a stronger song writing course? Because they have stated they wouldn't even be a thing if they hadn't idolized Elvis. And just because I look up to Tom Petty doesn't make ME a good songwriter. I'll give it to you: the Beatles are good songwriters, but that's not a trait you can obtain through idolization. You either have it or you don't. So don't even try and say that Tom depended on anyone to get where he is. He took his dreams, ran with them, achieved VERY underrated fame (not that he even cares about labels), and STILL isn't a pompous ass. Also, you can't touch anyone's soul with record sales.
jjBdrumming I repeat: you're ignorant.
Tom Petty enters the arena of everyone he's talking about in the video. Well done young man you've earned it.
Mr. Petty, no one will ever replace you.🎸
listen to Tom Pettys Buried Treasure on Deep Tracks XM ......awesome!
Cupillac agreed wholeheartedly!!
I agree with you on that! Take care. Pam. Hopefully I won't have anymore crazy nightmares!
Un tipo admirable.
I have no talent so I became a DJ. 40 years and still doing it. Man do I have some stories.... rip Tom
Elvis was a once in a lifetime singer. The beatles werent even close.
Tom was the last of the best.
Elvis started it all but don't forget Chuck Berry
Elvis opened it up but everyone tried to copy Chuck Berry who was brilliant and a true innovator. Keith Richards, All of the Beatles, and many other bands really tried to sound like Chuck Berry and learned from him, but not necessarily Elvis. There were other influences like Carl Perkins whom Elvis imitated too. The Beatles loved and emulated Carl Perkins as well. And also don't forget Little Richard. McCartney was a huge fan of his and copied his scream.
Bill Haley was before Chuck Berry. However, NOBODY was before Elvis. He invented the mainstream.
Turns out ole tom shared the King's love of scripts
Elvis was great in his time. he was one of a kind. but Elvis sang songs written by other people. like the Beatles and Stones did in the very beginning. but later on the Beatles and Stones went so far beond that. creating amazing songs written by themselves. so you heard there personalities come alive. in the music and words. but the Beatles will always be un matched. there writing from three song writers. and taistfull musicianship are and always will be the best of all time. but the Stones with there own style are a close second. i respect Tom Petty. and i understand what he meant when he said (when I listened to the Stones I felt like that was something I could do ). kindof like millions of kids who in the 90's heard Nirvana and thought they could do that. and we had one band after another that sounded like Nirvana. but inlike Nirvana. the Stones arent easy to emulate. and Tom Petty never came close. but i still like him. and any band that tried to sound like the Beatles never came close.
Tom Petty was not trying to be the Rolling Stones in any way. His songs were completely different than the Stones. He just thought that if they could do it so could he. They set the example of what could be done. I really like the early Stones stuff (65-69) but not so much later on. When Brian Jones left the music was never quite the same, for whatever reason. However I much prefer Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers to the Stones. I think he far surpassed them with the amount and quality of material. Did Jagger and Richards equal what Tom turned out? If you asked them I don't think they'd say they did. Keith especially knows what kind of talent Tom Petty was.
@Hungry Hubby I’m gonna have to disagree with you on that one. I love the stones and the heartbreakers but from 68-72 the stones put out a body of work that very few have surpassed. I mean let it bleed and sticky fingers are damn near perfect albums. Tom has had great albums (damn the torpedoes and full moon fever) but I don’t think he was as consistently brilliant as the stones. Also mick and Keith are very proud of the stones they would never say that petty is a better artist
If you're so hot about writing, be a poet. But if you're a singer, you're required to SING. And Elvis was much better at it than they ever were
Every Rock N Roll artist agrees Elvis is and was the greatest he was the blueprint for EVERYONE. The Beatles agree to this, Keith Richards, Alice Cooper, Tom Petty, Elton John, James Brown, Chuck freaking Berry even said Elvis is the King for good reason!
Petty makes a lot of interesting points. Google the bio on Jian Ghomeshi (the interviewer). Quite the character.
bareknuckles2u quite the court case LOL
Indeed!
Who's Helvis?
I love both the Beatles and Stones...but there was so much more, such an array of brilliant bands and artists who sprang and bloomed in the 60s. There never was or ever will be a more groundbreaking and musical era than that, and you can make your case "oh the 70s, the 80s" I was born in the 70s and no....there is no comparison
I hear you. For Elvis & the Beatles (and others) - they were developing a new era. It was a movement. They are what the next generations of music evolved from.
You’re right, there will never again be a groundbreaking music era like the 60’s.
Hey, isn't that Lucky from King of the Hill?
Jesus ! How many times does Tom say " you know ?"
Probably fewer than Paul McCartney......
Okay... so THURSDAY? The WHOLE interview? Nice... Tom Petty is almost as good of an interview as JONI MITCHELL was.... lol.
So he's saying Elvis was a GOD !
Martinez Roger he was
A one-off!!!!!!!!
Why is this interviewer not interrupting him...not used to that..
WELLNEITHER ELVIS NOR TOM NOR ANYONE ELSE COULD OBVIOUSLY NOT BE THE BEATLES!.... WELL THEY WERE GENIOUSES SO INNOVATIVE - AND THEY WERE WAY AHEAD EVERYONE ELSE. AND NOT TO FORGET - THEY WROTE THEIR OWN MATERAL....
Seems that Tom Petty named his band after a Stones song. Or a Led Zeppelin Song for that matter...
hey, didn't that interview beat up his girlfriend?
Is Chuck Norris was a hippie...
He's off his face lol
the heartbreaker's are nowhere NEAR the league of the stones.
He said nothing.
Military service during the Korean War is what eventually killed Elvis.
But he became a karate expert.
Ministry of Love in George Orwell's "1984" book.
Get religious with states' rights and the Biblical nonviolence of Jesus The Christ of The Holy Bible.
Only the amazing grace of Jesus The Christ of The Holy Bible has been saving a miserable wretch like me.
Lest I vaunt myself before GOD saying mine own hand hath saved me - Judges chapter 7 Gideons' Bible.
Elvis enlisted in the military five years after the Korean War ended. You got everything else wrong too. Excellent work.
@@ANDROLOMA The Korean war is still not over. Elvis was drafted for the Korean war after an "armistice" was signed and the fighting stopped, even though bipartisan incumbent, DemocratRepublican Leadership kept drafting people. But I can see your point. Devil is in the details.
Is this guy still in prison?
before Elvis there was nothing
the Beatles were not anything special the stones are better the end that's it
The Beatles was about as special as it gets, in contrast to the Stones, who really always stuck to their blues roots in some way. The Beatles took popular music where it had to go, as Dylan said. The Stones didn't come close.
John Lennon himself said before Elvis there was nothing so if the almighty Lennon said that he must have been right
Dude, you have to be a special kind of stupid - on more than one level - to say, "the Beatles were not anything special." Just do yourself a favour, and don't comment on music in the real world.
MrRp25 really I don't like the Beatles and I'm stupid well fuck you John Lennon himself said before Elvis there was nothing
lost94133 You know Elvis came before The Beatles, right?
Chuck Berry was better than Elvis, REAL king
Karol Bała ,How many number ones did Chuck Berry have ?
Martinez Roger number 1s mean absolutely fuck all.
How many of Elvis's music is rock because most of it is slow love songs. Chuck Berry plays real rock n roll.
Vocally I think Elvis is best of all time! But really we can all have our opinions and in our head we are all right! But when it's all said and done the answer is in the record books!!!
There have many pretenders
There have been a few contenders
But there's only one king
How many songs did Elvis write?
Chuck Berry wrote all the songs he played. No offense to The King, but I'll vote for Chuck. ~ Peace!
Elvis was crap after the 1950s and never produced a single classic album. No one is influenced by Elvis anymore, but every band starting out is influenced, knowingly, or unknowingly, by The Beatles.
Jajajojojeje! En serio lo decís??? Debes estar bromeando, Elvis es el padre de todos. Y en cuanto a los beatles hay 50 grupos mejores
A drug stupor interview
Tom has really nailed the point here. Young lads back then didn't want to be like Elvis, they wanted to BE Elvis. There's no other way to do it.
Petty is such a cool guy, even if he is stoned and looks like an undertaker.
What's not cool about that
The best looking Undertaker I have set my eyes on and he was the most humble!!!
Thanks Tom, Im glad your an admirer of Elvis. RIP - your were a wonderful Artist
Godspeed Tom..so hard to believe you're up in Heaven .. Hope you're reunited with George Harrison and Roy Orbison, R.I.P.
They reached the end of the line. But it’s alright.
don't forget elvis.
There's The King.... then there's everyone else.
I experimented for a while, listening to ALL different styles of artists at one point (I was brought up on SO many GREAT artists/stars, and The Beatles were my first fave until I heard my parents, Elvis '68 Special!!!!!), as Elvis was THE ONLY one, but I loved all kinds (Elvis-I sing all kinds, and it's an FTD cd) and went on a kicker in 1984, giving EVERYONE A listen/shot, went to an Elton John concert w/my stepdad and mom, and he and I got up on the seats and sang along, and my mom sort of said, you guys, Lol...and I heard everybody, but, when all was said and done, the cream rose to the top, and even when I was making mixed tapes with the Stones, Elton, Van Halen, The Who, etc., I HAD TO include at least a small sample of Elvis on the tape if I COULD...There's the BEST, then, all the rest!, Elvis came back as my MAIN focal point, but I DO appreciate ALL great songs, ones that make me feel so many emotions, which Elvis was a MASTER (RCA) at!!!!!
I saw Tom for the first time on the midnight special in '78 doing American girl ...I was a kid then but I was hooked for life . I had vinyl , 8 tracks , cassettes , CD'S and now digital . Tom has been with me forever and always will be ..Im sure Ive posted this or something close to this a few times recently ..I probably will continue to do so for a while . Still trying to process it all .
I love the Beatles. I love the Stones. I love the Eagles. I love AC/DC. But to me Tom Petty (and the Heart Breakers) is it as far as I am concerned. Above and beyond every other band for me. I'm pretty sure Stevie Nicks would agree.
My biggest regret not seeing him live.
I won’t miss U2.
Tom and U2 are my top two out of Classic.
Almost word for word the same answer that Stevie van Zandt gave.
Yes, I saw that.
What did that goofy Van Zant say? He wasn’t the smartest of all rock n’ rollers!
Tom Petty is so genuine the most wonderful fan of Rock and Roll. Tom petty is my favourite American Rock and Roll star 🌟 he is a light in a world so dark. 🙏
haha steve van zandt said the same thing about beatles and stones
Elvis phenomenal single masterful the greatest artist in the universe
Without a doubt.
Today you barely have to be a musician. One finger guitar players and their simple songs get on the late night shows, arenas even Jules Holland. Cause the little girls understand.
sad but true..
Talking to the king's haters if you don't like elvis it's ok it's your right but you can't change the history facts ELVIS influenced everybody in the show buisness
Very true. Elvis got it all started, more-so than Bill Haley and the Comets. Elvis was the man. But his style went out the door shortly after he got out of the Army. Along came Buddy Holly, the Beach Boys and the Beatles and Elvis became behind the times. Lots of the older girls and some of the guys still clung to Elvis but the new generation moved on. Suddenly the Beatles were all the rage and Elvis was passe. Even Elvis realized this. He took his show to Las Vegas and made millions on the older crowd that came to see him. He also made a lot of cheesy movies that made a fortune for him. But once the Beatles came along it was never the same again for Elvis.
Not a hater. Elvis is wonderful to listen to and he influenced much of the dancing. Also his voice is pretty much unbeatable. No doubt but don’t get confused. Elvis was a great entertainer. He wasn’t a musical artist. He was just one of the best performers ever. He took songs other people wrote and did wonders with them. The Beatles created their own songs.
A legend talking about other legends. 🙌🏻
El - ve - us......
excellent assessment of the music scene
I wonder how stoned he is. He seems really out of it.
Tom was always stoned. And he created the best music
This 2-part interview with Tom is my go-to favorite.
I've watched it a half dozen times.
Along with listening to his albums in steady and ongoing rotation.
totally again. Sadly there arent many interviews like this from Tom so you find yoyurself coming back to this one time and time again
oh hell yes
5th anniversary of Tom's passing today, so beloved and missed. You're rocking heaven now! 🎶 🎵 🎶 🎵
Tom Petty Miss You
Petty is brilliant. In his way he created a standard of thinking about Elvis and the Beatles.
About 3 minutes in to this clip, Tom talks about disco killing R&R. If a band is being replaced by a guy spinning records, where is the motivation to create. The 50 or so bands in the town are reduced to two or zero. The result is over-produced, corporate crap that originated from people that wrote music for the Archies. And, the real grass-roots talent were forced to work for Sears selling vacuum cleaners.
The music industry has never recovered from the dark ages of disco and other music that is spun rather than created.
Karaoke is worse. Anybody can be Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Or Elvis. Or the Beatles.
Ah, but Tom says it was a wake up call, 'you had to get better and better'. Disco didn't kill rock and roll, obviously. It simply found a place in that time because bands were all sounding the same and were NOT all that good. People were CHOOSING to go listen to records over bands. The ones who quit and went to work at Sears probably should have. The ones who REALLY should have kept going pretty much did. Live music is always nice but not necessarily always 'good'. Good live music is GOOD live music. Timeless.
Disco was an aberration from the norm. It lasted 3 years (78-80) and went into the dust bins of history. It was a dancing thing. It had a beat that was dance-able and that was pretty much it. Clubs could play disco and not have to pay a band. Fortunately the public eventually saw how inane it really was and got back to real live band music. At that time I avoided it like the plague. Instead I listened to the Eagles, Bob Segar, Fleetwood Mac, Joe Walsh, Queen or any other rock band. Anything but disco. Disco really did suck.
Yeah but disco is also cool👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️
Interesting. Steve van Zandt makes almost exact same comments about The Beatles compared to The Stones
This guy is a great interviewer. I’d like to see him interview Billy Bob Thornton.
Of couse, trying to imitate God has to be hard, but Satan is reachable.
Tom, as usual, is so humble and underestimates his contribution. There will never be another Tom Petty, and his music will last as long as anything done by Elvis or the Beatles. Don't get me wrong, I admire and enjoy both Elvis and the Beatles, but I love Tom Petty.
Practically the same as what Steve van Zandt said in interviews, for instance the one he did with Steve Jones for Jonesy's Jukebox.
I want the whole interview to see if he asks any of the same questions he asked Billy Bob. "Would you ask Tom Petty that?" , LOL
Exactly!
I've got THAT worked out-HA!!
Elvee-is!
Everyone without exception owes everything to Elvis. The greatest artist in the universe.
A visionary down to earth man and a great musician 🙌❤️
Keef.
Does anyone remember the conditioner brand Elvis used?
Still can't believe Tom Petty is gone.... RIP
I'd be honored if some Petty fans would check out my acoustic cover (keyboard & vocal) of INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN on my channel in tribute to one of the most legendary artists that the USA has ever produced. Thanks and keep on rocking.
RIP
This interview is free falling. I think Tom wishes he was somewhere else running down a dream.
a groaner
***** I know you have A Mind with a Heart of Its Own. But You're just A Face in the Crowd. You're just Makin' Some Noise. Like Two Gunslingers. We will meet on the Kings Highway. Out in the Cold. It will be All or Nothin. I Won't Back Down. You'll be Free Falling. It will be Too Good to Be True. Well Alright for Now. Depending on You. I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better. For All the Wrong Reasons. It will be like a Zombie Zoo. In the The Dark of the Sun. I am Built to Last. I'm Learing to Fly. I Won't Back Down.
I like Tom Petty .
Don’t do drugs! Sad!
"I-I don't know what you're talking about".
"Your producer was told not to mention that".
"Would you ask Billy-Bob Thorton that?!". :-)
Tom seems high on something.
I'm wondering if he saw trails if his own hand movements.
Vocally and visually Tom is doing his best George impersonation.
I'm rooting for Sir Paul to outlive Sir Mick.
His opinion is petty. Some smelling salts could help.
and the Rascals in 1965 too - much better and more complex music than the Beatles
"Big Ears Teddy shouldn't see this"
inter viewer - SPEAK UP!!!!!!
RIP
Wow man.
What year is Tom referring to when he says DJs took away the bands business?
think he means when disco arrived...late 70s I think
Awesome RIP
🎩✌
THE BEATLES
Willians W Beatles are gay sound like Chipmunks at Christmas time
WTF have you been listening to? You're describing nothing about The Beatles.
Elvis fan forever Lol and Elvis didn't wrote a single song. That's much worse
Tom is on the H here maybe?
I hope that's not what the last dance with maryjane led to. At his age could be on a prescription painkiller for authentic pain for all we know.